The style of the Lanting Zhenfu Di Minnan Dacuo highlights Zhang Han's photography
The Nichiren Tulou is the most special building in the province, but unfortunately the wooden structure was destroyed by the fire. Photo by Zhang Han
According to a report by the Minnan Ribao on 30 June, Fujian's close geographical proximity to Taiwan has created many capable tiger generals who govern Taiwan; Huang Shengzhen, the builder of Zhangpu Yao'an Fort in Zhangzhou City, has received the emperor's favor for his meritorious efforts in pacifying Taiwan, and Lan Tingzhen, the most "young" Lan Tingzhen Fudi in the "Five Li and Three Cities" (Zhao JiaBao, Yao'an Fort, and Lan Tingzhen Fudi), whose master Lan Tingzhen is a famous general in ruling Taiwan.
Lan Tingzhen is a native of Zhangpu Lake and is also a member of the She. During the Kangxi Dynasty, he joined the army with Lan Li and rose all the way; in the sixty years of kangxi (1721), he unified the army into Taiwan to quell the Zhu Yigui uprising; after the recovery of Taiwan, he served as the director of Taiwan's printing affairs. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Lan Tingzhen was promoted to the post of Admiral of Fujian Water Division, and his son Lan Ripet was promoted to the tongshan camp staff general, and Lan Tingzhen's grandson and Lan Ri's favorite son Lan Yuanmei successively served as the chief soldier of Taiwan Town and the admiral of Jiangnan, and entered Taiwan during the Qianlong period to quell the Lin Shuangwen Uprising. The Zhangpu Lan family successively appeared in the Qing Dynasty a number of famous courtiers, who made important contributions to the early development and governance of Taiwan. Among them, Lan Tingzhen, Lan Li (Lan Tingzhen's uncle), Lan Yuan's official residence Yipin; Lan Tingzhen, Lan Li and a generation of famous officials and masterminds Lan Dingyuan (Lan Tingzhen's younger brother) are known as the "Three Masters of the Lan Clan".
The Lanting Zhen mansion was built from the first year of the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and was completed in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), which has a history of nearly 300 years. Facing the Taiwan Strait, the whole mansion is 47 meters wide, 108 meters deep, and there are 108 halls in it. Judging from the appearance of the mansion, it does not have a heavy wall, which shows that the place is relatively peaceful during the repair; the house presents a typical Southern Fujian dacuo style, with a longitudinal five-fall symmetrical distribution, constituting a pattern of large quadrangle courtyards and small courtyards.
To visit the Landing Zhen Mansion, you can walk slowly along the central axis, look at the entrance hall, the main hall, the back hall, the main building and the rear compartment in turn, and the left and right compartments are guard houses, connected by the water corridor. Entering the gate, the doorpost is engraved with a pair of Yang Lian "Fu Lu Er Yu Chongchao, Taoluo Xi like pipe music; Dingdong capital to seven days, shu ji can be compared to Sun Wu", praising Lan Tingzhen's merits in pacifying Taiwan and governing Taiwan; a pair of bluestone drums under the doorpost, 1.5 meters high, the drum surface is exquisite reliefs such as qilins, lotuses, and water plants. After the entrance is the five falls of the big house, the first fall and the second fall is the main hall and the box, the main hall and the left and right bedrooms have been dilapidated, the bedroom faces a narrow courtyard, there is a beautiful window flower wall in the courtyard, which divides the space into a large and a small part; the third fall is the back hall of the master's sacrifice, which is connected with the patio, and the two sides of the corridor are connected with the back porch to form a huge indoor space; the fourth fall is the most special place in the house, the two-story earthen building set in the minnan building - the day-over building, the plaque is Lan Tingzhen's handwriting. Today, the wooden structure of the Nichiren Building has been damaged by the fire, and the fifth is the back compartment, that is, the clan bedroom, which is still inhabited by the descendants of the Lan clan.
The scale of Lan Tingzhen Mansion is grand, witnessing the meritorious service of lan clan master ruling Taiwan. Photo by Zhang Han
According to historical records, in the early Qing Dynasty, many relatives of the Lan clan went to Taiwan with the army, and a large part of them took the initiative to stay in Taiwan to develop and build after the war, opening a chapter in the survival and reproduction of the Lan clan in Taiwan. In recent years, many relatives of the Lan clan in Taiwan have gone to the west of Zhangpu Lake to find their roots and ancestors, continuing to write about the kinship between the two sides of the strait, whose blood is thicker than water. Lan Tingzhen Fudi is a masterpiece of the official family mansion in southern Fujian, which reflects the highest level of architectural art in southern Fujian at that time, and is also a historical witness to the history of Fujian-Taiwan relations and the history of the Lan family. (Reporter Zhang Han)