Former residence of Hou Fangyu

Zhuang Hui Tang

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Hou Fangyu's former residence generally refers to the Zhuang regret hall

Zhuang regret hall is one of the scenic spots of Shangqiu ancient city. It is recorded that Hou Fangyu, a romantic genius, and Li Xiangjun, a famous Qinhuai acrobat, met each other in the stormy Jinling City. They fell in love at first sight and fell in love with each other. Soon Hou Fangyu accepted Li Xiangjun as his concubine. Originally, it was a perfect love made in heaven, but because Li Xiangjun's identity was not tolerated by the Hou family, he was driven to live outside the city and eventually died of hatred. Heartbroken, Hou Fangyu recalled his life experience and lamented that he had many regrets. So he renamed his study "the hall of great regret". Soon he was depressed and died. He wrote a sad ending for the famous Chinese classical drama peach blossom fan.

Development history

Influenced by the education and influence of his predecessors, Hou Fangyu took part in the restoration of the society, a progressive patriotic organization, and launched a positive struggle with Wei Zhongxian's remaining party. Li Xiangjun, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, fell in love with Hou Fangyu and supported him to expose and attack the castration party. The love story between Hou Fangyu and Li Xiangjun was made into a famous play Peach Blossom Fan by Kong Shangren, a dramatist in the Qing Dynasty. Besides being staged by many kinds of dramas, it was also put on the screen and made a great impact, becoming a monument in the history of Chinese drama. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Hou Fangcheng, 35, returned to his hometown of guide. Recalling his frustrations and failure in his career, he was very regretful and vowed not to be an official all his life. He built the Zhuang regret hall and devoted himself to the study of knowledge and the creation of poetry. Here, he completed his two anthologies. When he was 37 years old, he fell ill and died because of grief and indignation over state affairs and missing Xiang Jun.

In July 2005, the Suiyang district government invested in the production of three groups of 12 wax statues, including Hou Fangyu, Mrs. Chang and Xiangjun Fuqin, all life size and lifelike. There are also more than 100 pieces of ancient furniture and ceramic utensils from the folk collection, which greatly enrich the connotation of the scenic spots. Suiyang district also invested more than 1 million yuan to renovate the former residence of Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu's father and Minister of household affairs of Ming Dynasty, and collected a large number of precious antiquities from the folk to enrich it.

Main attractions

Located in the north gate of Shangqiu ancient city, it is the book writing office of the late Ming Dynasty scholar Hou Fangyu. It is a hard mountain style building with one bright, three dark, five hidden, two upper and lower floors. Four rows of columns and eighty-eight root lines run through the top and bottom form a wooden frame with green bricks on the wall and ridge tiles on the top. There is a green Beast on the roof. There are wooden screens in the house. The doors and windows are carved with lines, and the columns are embossed with dragons and phoenixes. The architecture shows the excellent architectural art of Qing Dynasty craftsmen. There are five halls 20 meters in front of the hall, with the same architectural style as the hall. Hou Fangyu (1618-1655), a famous poet in the early Qing Dynasty, was named Chaozong and Xuehua. His grandfather Hou Zhipu was the imperial Minister of the Ming Dynasty, his father Hou Xun was the Minister of the Ministry of household at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and his uncle Hou Ke was the emperor's son's supervisor in Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty. Hou Zhipu, Hou Xun and Hou Ke were all progressive leaders of the Donglin Party, which were at odds with Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party.

Zhuang regret hall was built by Hou Fangyu, the hero of the famous Chinese classical drama Peach Blossom Fan and one of the four great talents in the late Ming Dynasty. Zhuang regret hall is solemn and elegant, antique. On the five ridges, the strange beasts with unique shapes and different postures are unique. The doors, windows and lattice fans in the building are exquisitely carved. The 26 columns have vivid dragon and Phoenix reliefs. The wooden structure of the root column and 62 crossbeams is perfectly natural, which makes the internal framework of the building form a perfect whole. Even if the four walls are removed, the hall is still intact, and the architectural skills are amazing. The wonderful design and exquisite craftsmanship make countless skilled craftsmen admire.

Address: Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province

Longitude: 115.618044

Latitude: 34.384045

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