In the city, high-rise buildings rise from the ground, crisscrossing the roads, the river is endless, people come and go, many young people dragging tired bodies, just after work. The old people in the square are seriously exercising their bodies, and everyone is running and struggling for their own lives.
In this bustling metropolis, there is such a corner, sitting on an ancient house, its style is somewhat out of place with the high-rise buildings rising from the surrounding ground.
Why has this ancient mansion not been built into a high-rise building? It turned out that Mr. Ren, the owner of this ancient house, had recently threatened: "Don't say it's one hundred million, even if you give me 10 billion, I won't tear it down." ”
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Perhaps everyone's hearts are very curious, why the developer has offered Mr. Ren such a high price, but he will choose to refuse to demolish it, is there any unknown secret in this ancient house?
Or is it that Mr. Ren is too greedy and wants more demolition money, so he chooses to delay. Today, let's walk into this ancient mansion together to understand its unknown side.
A striking museum
In 2017, a special museum was finally approved by the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and named "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum." Mr. Ren, who heard the news, was very excited, and he tightly grasped his wife's hand and said: "Our audit has finally passed, and our old house has finally fallen." ”
The main reason why this old house was named "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum", is that the village where the Ren couple lived, Dongshima Village, was originally called "Tianxiang Village," and the name of the museum was derived from this.
After the Henan Cultural Relics Bureau approved Mr. Ren's application, the Ren couple began to handle the various affairs of the museum, because the museum belonged to their own personal belongings, so they did not hire another staff, but worked on their own.
Mr. Ren became the director of the "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum", responsible for managing various matters in the museum every day and receiving some visitors.
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Mr. Ren's wife, who works as a cleaner, wipes down all the objects in the museum every day to make a good impression on visitors. Their daughter-in-law became a docent in the museum, introducing visitors to the furnishings.
In this way, the "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum" opened on May 18, 2017 with the orderly preparation of everyone. In order to let more people know about the excellent traditional culture of our country, the Ren couple decided to open the museum for free.
People who enter the museum only need to register their names and ID cards at the door, at the beginning, their museum has received the attention and curiosity of the locals, they do not listen to the fee, it is free to enter the museum, they have come to visit.
Subsequently, many people from other places who are interested in China's cultural relics and ancient houses have come to visit the "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum", and they want to enrich their insights, improve their connotations, and appreciate the profound heritage of Chinese culture through these things.
Although the current "Zhengzhou Tianxiang Museum" has been welcomed by many people and has been protected accordingly, all this is not easy to come by. The owner of this ancient house, Mr. Ren, has worked hard to protect the ancient house from being left intact.
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The temptation of sky-high prices, the ren family that can't move
Originally, as early as 2007, Zhengzhou High-tech Zone Dongmashi Village was still just a very ordinary rural area, but in 2007, due to the continuous development of society, the continuous construction and expansion of the city, the government needed to demolish Dongmashi Village and transform it into a bustling metropolis.
When the villagers of Dongmashi Village heard that they were about to be demolished, their hearts were very excited, because they were about to receive a demolition payment, which would allow them to enjoy things they had never enjoyed before. According to the government's plan, all the villagers in Dong Ma Shi Village must live in new resettlement houses, and their village will be demolished.
The developers thought that everything would go smoothly, but who knew that they had encountered a nail household, that is, Mr. Ren's family. In 2010, when the developer took out 100 million yuan of demolition money and negotiated with Mr. Ren's family, Mr. Ren's family was indifferent, and Mr. Ren even released harsh words to the developers who came to negotiate: "If you count your 100 million yuan, even if you give me 10 billion, I will not agree to the demolition." ”
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In fact, there is a reason why the developer will pay such a sky-high price to accept Mr. Ren's house. One of the most important reasons is that the location of Mr. Ren's old house is very superior, the east of this old house is Peony Street, the south is Lotus Street, the west is Henan Industrial Compound, and the north is close to some office buildings and major supermarkets and high-end residential areas, so for developers, this is a rare and good place, therefore, they will repeatedly come to Mr. Ren to negotiate, but the result is the same every time.
That is, the coordinator of the developer was driven out in disgrace, and the neighbors around him all felt that Mr. Ren's family was too greedy, and 100 million yuan was already a lot, and they even did not agree to the demolition.
In fact, what they didn't know was that this ancient mansion had a very important significance to the Ren family. Before Mr. Ren's grandfather died, he took Mr. Ren's father's hand and said:
"You must remember that this ancient house is a cultural heritage left to us by our ancestors, and you must protect it and not let it be harmed in the future."
In this way, this sentence left by Mr. Ren's grandfather has been passed down from generation to generation, and Mr. Ren has always kept these teachings in mind, so he is indifferent in the face of 100 million yuan of demolition money.
Mr. Ren's persistence has also made Mr. Ren a well-known nail household, and the huge demolition money of the developer has also attracted the curiosity of historians. So they went to Mr. Ren's ancient mansion to find out.
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The long history of the Ren family's ancient residence
For the arrival of the historians, Mr. Ren's family expressed great welcome, and before they entered the door, the historians were deeply attracted by a plaque hanging at the gate, which wrote the four big characters of "Auxiliary Wing Guozheng", which is composed of brilliant yellow and low black.
After the introduction of Ren's family, it turned out that this plaque was during the tenure of his ancestor Ren Derun, because of his excellent performance, he always looked at the problem from the perspective of the common people, handled the state affairs just right, and was deeply loved by the Daoguang Emperor, so he gave him the plaque with the words "Auxiliary Wing State Administration".
I have to say that as soon as the plaque is hung, the entire ancient mansion is permeated with a sense of majesty, which makes people dare not come closer. Immediately after entering, the experts found a second plaque that read, "Hope to accomplish the work." ”
The origin of this plaque is somewhat inferior to that of the plaque just now. Because he was not rewarded by the emperor, but written by Ren Derun's younger brother himself.
But at this moment, Mr. Ren told the historians that the plaque they were seeing now was actually made by their own imitation later, because the real plaque could no longer be found, and the historians who heard the news also expressed great regret.
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Mr. Ren said that the construction of this ancient mansion began in 1775 AD, cost a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, covering an area of about 1978 square meters, it took about 63 years to build it, that is, it was built in 1838, and the history is very long.
After Mr. Ren finished speaking, these historians began to observe themselves, and they found that the ancient mansion was full of some beautiful and exquisite carved patterns and unique architectural styles, especially on the walls inside the ancient house, which were some exquisite brick and wood carvings. The technique of this engraving is very superb, and the stroke of each engraving is just right. The unicorns placed at the front of the door are even more lifelike, adding a bit of vitality to the serious and solemn ancient house.
At the same time, experts found that if this kind of ancient house was in ancient times, it could only be inhabited by officials with more than two products. In the end, historians came to the conclusion that the ancient house could not be demolished because it had a very rich traditional cultural heritage and cultural value.
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Representatives of nail households, living conditions are difficult
In this way, Mr. Ren's old mansion was a disaster, but what he didn't know was that the most difficult thing was still to come, and they would face a very serious situation.
At that time, all the villagers were resettled after receiving the demolition money from the developer, and they all left the Dongmashi village where they had raised them, except for Mr. Ren's family who stayed here and did not leave.
I have to say that the demolition has brought a lot of trouble to Mr. Ren's life, they live in a large area of construction sites every day, in addition, Mr. Ren's family also has to bear the dust, yellow sand and noise when demolishing the house.
In fact, these things are not a big problem for Mr. Ren's family, the biggest problem is that due to the construction team's construction, they have cut off the wires and water pipes near them.
At this time, they can only spend the night with candles or charging lamps. In order to be able to use drinkable water, they would initially run to a long distance to buy some mineral water to survive, but this was not a long-term solution, so Mr. Ren decided to build a well at home after consulting with his family, which was specially used to fill water.
After the problem of electricity and water was solved, another problem followed, because the construction team came from all over the world, their character in the end, is not very well understood, recently Mr. Ren found that many carved bricks on the roof of his house will always be lost for no reason.
Therefore, Mr. Ren wanted to build a villa on his ancient mansion to protect his ancient mansion from being destroyed. It is true that Mr. Ren's idea is very perfect, but the fly in the ointment is that they simply do not have enough money to build this protective cover.
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At that time, the economic resources of Mr. Ren's family mainly came from their eldest daughter, who often used her daughter's money to repair the damage of the ancient house, and now they have to repair a protective cover, I am afraid that their economy is not allowed.
But fortunately, with the help of historical experts, Mr. Ren's ancient house was included in the list of the second batch of cultural relics protection units in Zhengzhou, and in this way, they received a protection fund, and the ancient house was restored at this time.
In order to keep the ancient house, racking his brains
After the ancient house was restored, the Ren couple discussed taking out their treasured antiques and cultural relics and putting them on the table, and transforming the interior of the ancient house. In this way, the two people moved out the furniture, porcelain, and costumes in the house.
In addition, they also displayed some stone bricks, stone troughs and some dated things collected from the surrounding countryside. I have to say that such a whole, there is really a taste of a museum. So the Rens wrote an application and submitted it to the relevant departments in Zhengzhou.
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However, during this waiting period, a very infuriating thing happened, that is, on the night of April 6, 2016, the construction unit was digging the foundation, and when they were about to dig up near Mr. Ren's ancient house, it caused the anger of the Ren family, they ran out to theorize with these construction personnel, but who knows, these construction workers not only did not admit their mistakes, but said that the ancient house of the people was too obstructive, so the two sides have been arguing continuously, and finally, with the help and coordination of the police, the matter was solved.
It wasn't until 2017 that everything the Rens had done finally got a response, and the Henan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau approved their application, and in this way, the Ren couple began their life running the museum.
Since then, the narrator: "The two gates of the gate, one text and one martial arts, the gate is wen, the second door is martial, that is, the martial arts of Wenzhi, which reflects the meaning of brilliance." The voice, which often appears, has become the most beautiful language and sound in the high-tech zone of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.
Mr. Ren's various deeds are admirable
Nowadays, Mr. Ren's ancient house is very well preserved and has not been harmed in the slightest, and he also insists on allowing tourists from all over the world to visit, because Mr. Ren once said: "The long-standing cultural heritage is for everyone to visit for free, if the fee may lose its original meaning." ”
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I have to say that Mr. Ren's approach is indeed worth learning from us, he only wants to protect the precious cultural heritage of our country, and he is not moved in the face of a hundred million demolition funds.
In the face of repeated entanglements from developers, he chose to refuse. Faced with the arbitrariness of the construction team, he chose to defend his ancient house to the death. After his application was approved, Mr. Ren did not use the so-called exhibition to collect money, but let the visitors carry out the exhibition in a free way.
It is precisely because of Mr. Ren's various practices, and it is precisely because of people like Mr. Ren, that China's cultural heritage will have a long history and be profound. Even if you have experienced war, you will not be lost because of it.
Nowadays, the development of society is getting faster and faster, the progress is also getting bigger and bigger, the pace of life has gradually changed, there are more and more high-rise buildings around, and more and more new areas for development, but there are fewer and fewer ancient villages and ancient buildings.
Therefore, we must protect ancient villages and ancient buildings in our daily lives, contribute to the cultural development of our country, learn from Mr. Ren, maintain our original intention, and forge ahead.