"This house must be more than two hundred years old, and it used to be that My Father lived here, and when I left, I lived here." 77-year-old Uncle Guo Tongyu, standing in front of the old house, said that some time ago, because the house was in disrepair, the bricks and tiles in some places fell, he found several craftsmen, repaired as is, no matter how it can not be restored to the original appearance, the roof eaves tiles behind, repeatedly disassembled and installed several times, still can not be restored, had to be glued with cement, looking different, but there is no way, the current rural masons will not repair such an old house.
Uncle Guo introduced this house
In Shilongkou Village, Longshan Town, Juxian County, Rizhao City, Shandong Province, there are still several old houses that were built in the Qing Dynasty. The ancient mansion where Uncle Guo Tongyu now lives is about 200 years old. At that time, his father returned home as a soldier, the village divided the house, this ancient house because of its age, plus it is the house of the big family in the village, so no one dares to ask for it, his father is not afraid of this, there is no concern, just like "picking up leaks", owning this century-old house.
The old mansion is now
According to the old man in the village, the ancient house was lived by a family surnamed He at that time. The He family was a large family in the village at that time, with a lot of land, and later for various reasons, they went to other places to make a living, leaving this old house to be confiscated. Shilongkou Village, which was located on the main traffic road in those days, was the only way to the Rizhao Shiusho in Juxian County, which was once an ancient post road, and merchants transported grain, salt, etc. from here. Therefore, in those days, there was a lot of traffic here, merchants gathered, and all kinds of shops, restaurants, dyeing workshops, and oil mills were set up.
Uncle Guo introduced the maintenance of the ancient house
Uncle Guo said that in the past, the old people said, "In the south, there was a Big Shop Zhuang family (now Dayian Town, Junan County, and the Zhuang family was a big landlord in that year), and in the north there was the Shilongkou He Family (a large local family at that time). "You can see how glorious this place once was. Uncle Guo introduced that when he was a child, he remembered that there were originally six or seven tile rooms in the courtyard, both east and west, and the roof was full of antique tiles.
The west gable of the old mansion is covered with wires
Later, because the house was too old, and there was no craftsman level at that time, it could not be repaired, and the partial room and the box room collapsed, and now only the three main rooms were saved. However, now the roof tiles of these houses also have many bad places, and it is difficult to restore them to their original state.
The roof of the old mansion
"This house has been a cultural relic for so many years, no one dares to move, let alone demolish, can only repair." Uncle Guo introduced that every year, many people will come to visit and take pictures. To protect the old house, every few years he had to find a local mason to repair it. The tiles of the roof, now there is no such thing on the market, he once bought some antique tiles, but it is not a style with this house, nor can it be installed, so he has no choice but to abandon it.
Uncle Guo introduced the situation inside the ancient mansion
"You see, the roof is made of wooden planks, and the beams are different from the current ones. It turned out that there was a wall in this house, which was later demolished, and the inside was all made of lime cauldrons, and I don't know what was added inside, but it is still very strong. Uncle Guo said that in this house now, his brother was married here, and the white walls inside were all pasted with lime, and now there are paper-cut red double happy characters on the wall when they were married, as well as festive patterns such as phoenix.
Paper cuts on the walls of ancient houses
Because it is a century-old cultural relic, it cannot be demolished if it is broken, but can only be repaired. The current repair can only be regarded as a symbolic repair, so as not to let the house leak rain, do not let the roof tiles fall again. The black bricks and black tiles on the house cannot be bought, and even if the tiles that have fallen off are fixed, they can only be glued with cement.
Uncle Guo said that this door was inside the ancient mansion
Now the masons in the countryside have no technology to repair these old houses. Two or three hundred years ago, in the era when there were no modern tools for building houses, the brick walls, stones, and carved patterns of houses were so exquisite that I don't know how ancient craftsmen did it. So much so that repairing the ruined places has stumped modern craftsmen.
The door of Uncle Guo's home with a modern atmosphere
"Now a brick has fallen on the house, a tile has fallen, and I have to keep it, put it away, don't lose it." There is no way to restore it to its original state, but you can't lose a brick or tile. Uncle Guo introduced that there were people who specially went to the countryside to buy old objects, found him and said that they wanted to use an instrument to detect in this century-old courtyard to see if there was a valuable treasure, if they found the treasure, they should share half with him, that is to say, if the treasure was found worth 10,000 yuan, each of them was divided into 5,000 yuan, and this request was categorically rejected by him.
Beams in an old mansion
Uncle Guo said that how much the house is worth now is not known, because it has a history of two or three hundred years, and the value is immeasurable, even if it is worth millions, it cannot be sold. This is an ancestral house and a cultural relic, and no matter how much money it is, it cannot be sold. The cultural value of this house is already greater than the value of money itself. You look at the brick masonry process on the house, the walls are straight, the eaves of the masonry, the three-story swallowtail type, and now the countryside is the best mason, and it can't do such a level. The point is that after two or three hundred years of wind and rain, it still stands tall.
Uncle Guo introduced the maintenance situation
"You look at the east side of this piece, it was broken before, this one was later repaired, didn't you look at it as a thick brick, you can't do it with thin ones, it used to be three layers, and then it was two layers of thick bricks." Uncle Guo said, if you look at the tile on the roof ridge on the top, you can't see it directly, you just can't restore the original appearance, just like that and you are fooling and repairing, there is no way.
The uneven roof of the ancient house was caused by later maintenance
Uncle Guo introduced that the wooden bed in the house has been there before, and before this bed had an upper floor, it was broken later. Now this bed is no longer needed, the house does not live, it is a warehouse, the bed is filled with miscellaneous things, and the house is filled with miscellaneous agricultural tools, grain and other miscellaneous items. Because there is no way to repair this house, it can only be like this. The house he lives in now is a partial house that has been rebuilt on the original basis.
The wooden beds in the old mansion are piled with debris
The doors and windows of this ancient house that have been preserved are still the same as they were. The structure of the brick wall is still intact, without cracks and deformation, and it is necessary to admire the level of architectural craftsmanship of the craftsmen at that time. The beams in the house are all made of wood, and for two or three hundred years, they have not been broken, nor have they been eaten by insects, and they seem to have been specially treated.
The windows of the old mansion
Just like the ancient mansion of Uncle Guo's family, there are still two or three places in this village, but now they have been destroyed beyond recognition, although after hundreds of years of baptism of wind and rain, it looks more vicissitudes, but there are still the original ancient building bones.
The appearance of an ancient mansion
Although it is vigorously protecting this ancient house, it is still unable to stop the invasion of wind and rain. As an ordinary farmer, I did not have the ability and financial resources to repair it, so I had to find a mason in the village to carry out simple and rough reinforcement and maintenance. The use of modern techniques and modern materials to maintain ancient buildings, although it has caused a different appearance, but this is the best way at present.
Uncle Guo introduced the story of the ancient mansion
With the acceleration of the pace of rural revitalization, there are still many such ancient houses and old houses in the countryside, which are in the dilemma of difficult protection and repair. There are also many stone houses with very original rural characteristics, which are now in the same situation, the overall relocation of the countryside, as well as the implementation of policies such as the increase and decrease of rural land, as well as the process of rural environmental improvement, many old houses have been demolished and have since disappeared from people's sight. If you look for rural memories, you can only really look for them in your memories.
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