China's largest private mansion, 100,000 square meters larger than the Forbidden City, built in 300 years, is still full of treasures

When it comes to the Forbidden City, everyone will think of it

Solemn, magnificent, and so on.

The Forbidden City, as the residence of ancient emperors,

The palaces are full of magnificence,

In the whole world, whose house can there be,

Can it be compared?

But there is a private mansion in China,

Its floor area is 1.6 times larger than that of the Forbidden City.

It has the "Chinese Folk Forbidden City",

The title of "the first house of Chinese folk houses".

The folk even have

The reputation of "the return of the Wang family does not look at the hospital".

This private mansion is

It is located in Lingshi County, Shanxi Province

Royal Compound.

Mr. Wang Luxiang, a professor at Tsinghua University

After the visit, he directly said:

"The king is a surname, and the surname is half a kingdom;

A home is a courtyard, and a courtyard is half a city."

With a total area of 250,000 square meters, it is comparable to the Forbidden City.

Known as the "Forbidden City of Shanxi"!

How big is the royal compound?

It's said by everyone who has been there

No guide will get lost to the degree.

Let's put it this way,

The construction area of the Forbidden City is about 150,000 square meters.

But the royal compound has reached 250,000,

It is 100,000 square meters more than the Forbidden City.

The well-known Qiao family compound,

There are 313 houses, 20 small courtyards,

It adds up to only one-tenth of the Wang family's compound.

▲Qiao's Courtyard © Picture Worm: Wang Jipeng

▲王家大院 © 图虫:Fiction

Rome wasn't built in a day,

Such a magnificent royal compound,

Naturally, it didn't happen overnight.

It is the 28th generation of Wang clan people,

It took more than 300 years to build with the strength of the whole family.

©图虫：墨迹耕耘-戴方钧

Now we can see the royal compound,

There are more than 8,000 houses,

It is composed of five lanes and six forts

Huge complex.

The whole building is in place according to the mountain, changing with the shape,

Stacked courtyards, scattered!

At a glance, this is the courtyard,

It's like a castle,

It deserves to be called the "Forbidden City of Shanxi"!

If you come here,

A large courtyard that makes eyes shine,

When I panicked into my field of vision,

Your heart will immediately be swept away by this overwhelming momentum,

Stir up the excitement!

At present, only a quarter of the compound is open,

The area is already not small,

The main ones open are Red Gate Fort and Gaojiaya.

These two groups of complexes,

East and west face each other, and a bridge connects them.

Just a glimpse of the two, you can imagine

The luxury of the royal compound!

▲ Red Gate Fort

▲高家崖 © 图虫:凯奇KACH

Covering an area of 19,000 square meters of Gaojia Cliff,

There are 35 courtyards of all sizes,

There are as many as 65 doors that communicate up and down, left and right.

It is also an independent chapter.

Each courtyard is a three-entry quadrangle,

There are all courtyards, flower courtyards, kitchen courtyards, dormitories, and courtyards.

There is a courtyard in the courtyard, and there is a set of doors in the door,

Walk here and get lost.

The Red Gate Fort was built more than 100 years earlier than Gaojiaya

It's bigger and more jaw-dropping!

A 180-meter-long dragon scale street,

Runs through three strips

The same more than 100 meters long crosswalk.

If you look down from the air,

Necrophogic grounds and alleys

Presents a huge "king" word!

Combined, the two complexes

There are as many as 123 large and small courtyards,

1,118 houses!

And stop in any of the hospitals,

You can see jagged green trees, pavilions and pavilions.

People can't help but sigh:

It is worthy of everyone's demeanor after a hundred years!

The rich and pristine royal compound,

It's a sculpture art museum!

can get the praise of "the royal family returns without looking at the hospital",

Nature isn't just because it's big!

The royal compound is also a sculpture art museum.

Stroll through it, from the high gate to the inner courtyard,

From the plaque in front of the door to the tiny interior,

Finely carved architectural artworks,

Everywhere you see.

Still at the gate, you can see the courtyard gate

Two majestic stone lions,

It means to guard the town!

This stone carved lion

It is placed in front of the doors of the courtyards everywhere,

The most noteworthy thing to see is each lion

The demeanor is different, and there are thousands of postures!

And in front of a courtyard in the royal compound,

A cute stone lion statue is placed,

It's even more cute for a lot of tourists!

On the wall opposite the door

It is also carved with a lion rolling hydrangea.

There is a folk saying that:

The lion rolls the hydrangea, and good things are ahead.

And the homonym of "lion" is "heir",

It also means that the Wang family hopes that their children and grandchildren will prosper.

Such a homophonic implication

It can be seen everywhere in the royal compound.

Under the eaves of the Red Gate Fort

It is carved with peony flowers, which means "wealth".

The sill stepping stone in front of the door is also interesting.

It carves the scenery of the lotus pond in the water town south of the Yangtze River,

A waterfowl stands among lotus leaves and lotus flowers,

It means "all the way to the branch".

Further inside, there are four pillars inside and outside the hanging flower gate

Also carved with a persimmon-shaped pattern,

合起来寓意着

"Four o'clock, everything goes well".

Even the drains on the ground,

all made into the shape of coins,

It means that the water goes and the money stays.

The Wang family pursued husband and wife

Life is happy, children and grandchildren are full.

In their dormitories,

You can also see patterns everywhere that symbolize the prosperity of children and grandchildren!

▲Restore the wedding room © where the Wang family got married

Only when you come here can you understand what someone said

"If the royal family has a courtyard, there will be carvings,

There is a carving must be intentional, and the intention must be auspicious"!

▲天圆地方 ©图虫：-Yurong-

No wonder someone said:

"The Wang family compound is not so much a courtyard,

It's more like a city.

Its past is a thick book,

Every small courtyard, every alley, every carved decoration

It is the inheritance of faith and culture. ”

©图虫：黄小豆Jason

To understand the book of the Royal Compound,

It's not easy!

If there is a chance to come here,

Be sure to savor it,

Every flower and tree, every brick and tile here.

Only by being truly in it,

In order to appreciate the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsmen at that time,

can also get a glimpse of the wealth of the Wang family at that time!

In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan,

Fly into the homes of ordinary people!

Walking through the courtyard gates,

Stroking the building carving,

It's like walking into a section

Precipitate a hundred years of royal family history.

Such a large-scale royal compound,

It is also the Wang family that has struggled,

A little bit of self-made accumulation!

The Wang family first started by selling tofu.

Then from agriculture to business, from business to official,

The family business is getting bigger, the family assets are getting richer, and the reputation is getting higher.

In the Qing Dynasty alone,

There are 101 officials in the Wang family from the fifth rank to the second grade,

So the wealth of the Wang family is not flashy,

On the contrary, the tone is revealed everywhere.

Throughout the compound,

Every hall must have a couplet, and every door must have a plaque.

Couplets and plaques are different everywhere,

All have profound meanings.

On a plaque at the Red Gate Fort,

There are four big characters of "rules and squares".

It is easy to see that there is a little more on the "moment",

But that's not a mistake,

It's deliberate.

It means that the Wang family does things and behaves

We must do "more rules and more".

In the place where the children of the Wang family studied,

This kind of tone is even more imminent!

The door frame is made of bluestone,

The green bamboo knots on both sides are raised,

It is used to teach the children of the Wang family

Be humble and upward, and rise higher and higher.

At the top of the door frame, the branches and leaves are staggered,

The Annunciation of the Magpie, means

"If you are successful in studying, you will be a marquis from generation to generation".

The Wang family, who grew up in this atmosphere,

All of them do good deeds,

Set up a charity warehouse in the local area to provide disaster relief and help the poor.

It's a pity that after the Daoguang period

The royal family gradually decayed,

Even later generations sold some of it.

Thankfully,

Later, many local people

moved into the Wang family compound to live,

This also allowed the royal compound to be preserved.

It's just that it is inevitable to have a feeling of embarrassment,

Rich as a royal family,

also drowned in the torrent of history,

Only these complexes remain

Let's talk about the luxury of the Wang family back then!

If you have the opportunity to go to Shanxi,

Be sure to go to the royal compound to feel it

The atmosphere of this luxurious folk mansion is majestic!

When you're in it,

Looking at these courtyards that have been carefully carved by the years,

Constant meeting 10,000 impressions.

Though it is no longer prosperous,

But one tile and one brick, it still shows the grace!

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