"Revitalization and utilization" is the best protection of historical and ancient buildings. In recent years, Yangzhou has carried out protective repairs to 41 cultural protections at all levels and 6 historical buildings of 12,100 square meters, such as Wenchang Pavilion and Siwang Pavilion, while revitalizing and utilizing cultural resources. According to statistics, the city has built 147 various cultural museums and museums using the repaired Wang's salt merchant residence and ruan yuanjia temple. When the reporter interviewed on Ganquan Road yesterday, he saw that the repair project of another ancient building in the old town of Yangzhou has also been basically completed, and in the next hundred years, Zaolu will be transformed into a research institute of traditional Chinese medicine.
How to protect exploitation
The reporter saw at the scene yesterday that the construction fence around the Dagger House has been demolished, and the cornice of the gate opposite the street is tilted, and the plaques of "Qingzhitang Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Institute" and "Chinese Medicine Clinic" are hung on it.
The reporter walked in and saw that the building had already placed Chinese medicine cabinets, and in the courtyard, the construction personnel were carrying out the final sweeping work.
Located at No. 227 Ganquan Road, Zaolu is now a provincial-level cultural security unit, built by Lu Dianhu, general manager of Yang Automobile Company in the early Republic of China, and constructed by Yu Jizhi, a famous gardener in Yangzhou. There are about 60 old houses of various types, which are composed of a combination of regular residences and exquisite gardens. Its main room is a pattern of light three dark four or light three dark five, decorated windows and doors and doors are exquisite. The front and back of the five main axes are coherent, can be divided and combined, its garden is adapted to local conditions, compact construction, and the combination of home and garden covers the layout of the shape of sheng, which is one of the famous gardens of Yangzhou celebrities, and the preservation is quite complete.
According to the deployment of the municipal government, in April 2010, Mingcheng Company repaired and restored the gatehouse, residence, flower hall, string corridor, etc., completed the repair and restoration of the house, and restored the garden landscape according to the design, and added supporting facilities such as fire protection and rain sewer lines. In order to facilitate the further protection and utilization of the dagger, during the repair, Mingcheng Company also used the open space on the north side to build a supporting house, with a construction area of about 347.8 square meters.
It is understood that the zaolu and supporting buildings will be built into a research institute of traditional Chinese medicine, and the business format will be the Chinese Studies and Chinese Art Lecture Hall, the sale of cultural and creative products, and the exhibition of works of art. The Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine will be committed to creating a new format with traditional Chinese medicine research and development as the forerunner, research and development, experience and participation as the main body, guided by the idea of "medicine and food homology" of traditional Chinese medicine, giving full play to the ideological essence of Yangzhou salt merchant culture "combination of medical and nursing care", and highlighting the refinement of Yangzhou's lifestyle.
What are the highlights of construction
Experts said that the dagger is known for its chicness, small in the big, there are no holes in the sky, entered by a narrow alley, divided into two small courtyards on the left and right, shaped like a scoop gourd, so it is called "Dagger Lu". With its ingenious pattern, Zaolu is unique among many gardens in Yangzhou, and is praised by garden experts as a good example of using irregularities in design.
The building of the garden basically belongs to the traditional Yangpai style, but in the last two buildings, circular windows, folding sashes, simple wooden support hanging, yellow, blue, red and grass green stained glass, etc., these are mostly found in Western architecture. This is inseparable from the education and experience of the owner of the garden, Lu Dianhu. The owner of the park, Lu Dianhu, was known as the industrialist who "pioneered the way" in the early years of the Republic of China - the general manager of Zhenyang Automobile Company. In 1878, Lu Dianhu was born in Baitianpu, Anyi Town, Baoying County, and was admitted to Jiangnan Higher Education School at the age of 21, and accepted Western civilization earlier. In 1917, Lu Dianhu was appointed as the Daoyin of Huaiyang, ruling Yangzhou and beginning to live in Zaolu. In 1918, he proposed the construction of the Yangzhou-Qingjiang Highway and the Yangzhou-Liuwei Highway, established the Guaqing Long-distance Bus Company, and the Jiangbei Road Political Bureau, and did many industrial good deeds.
What is the cultural connotation
When the reporter visited Zaolu, he learned that this place was once a place for cultural people, full of cultural connotations.
Zaolu has a deep cultural heritage. In addition to the owner of the garden, Lu Dianhu, the designer of the House, Yu Jizhi, was a horticultural master and gardener in Yangzhou in the early years of the Republic of China, who was good at designing gardens and making bonsai, especially good at stacking stones. The famous gardens of Yangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, as well as Yilu and "Yang's Small Building", are mostly famous gardens that win with small victories.
After the founding of New China, Zaolu was requisitioned for public use, and successively there were newspapers, political consultative conferences, and literary associations in Zaolu.
"The restoration and revitalization of the centennial dagger will add a lot of color to the history of the protection and utilization of the century-old zaolu and the creation of the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine." Expert reviews said.
Correspondent Wang Zhendong Reporter Zhang Kongsheng