Tourists check in to the ancient residence of the Hu family (south house).
New Gansu Gansu Daily reporter Yu Xiaoming
In the downtown area of Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, there are two Ming Dynasty official residence-style buildings across the street, which attract tourists to stop and watch because of their long history and traditional architectural form.
Ancient dwellings are immovable cultural relics, carrying the historical memory of rural China for thousands of years. Hu's residence is located on the north and south sides of Minzhu West Road in Qinzhou District, consisting of two ancient buildings, the south house and the north house, which were built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 400 years. The south house is the private residence of Hu Laijin, the official of the fourth grade of the Ming Dynasty, the doctor of Zhongxian, and the deputy envoy of the Shanxi Provincial Prosecutor, and the north house is the residence of Hu Xin, the son of Hu Laijin. Because the father and son are honest officials, there is a "father and son village sage" archway at the entrance of the street, which is praised by the local people.
On the left side of the gate of the south house, there are two thousand-year-old locust trees, the trunk is straight, the tree shape is simple and elegant, and the crown is large and thick. Under the cover of the ancient acacia, the gate of a south house with hanging flowers and black lacquer hanging on the top of the mountain stands impressively, and the three words "Vice Constitution" on the door are vigorous and powerful. Walk into the south house, pass through the hanging flower gate, enter the Guifu courtyard, the lilacs are fragrant and gorgeous, full of golden branches, gorgeous and lovely.
According to reports, the precious flowers and trees in the house are widely planted, and every spring, the houses are beautiful and fragrant, smart and vibrant. There is a door on the side of the courtyard that leads directly to the backyard. Now the east wing of the backyard restores the wedding scene of the Qinzhou official eunuchs in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the west wing restores the living and living scenes of the younger generations of the official eunuchs in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the back hall restores the scene of the master bedroom of the folk houses in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The back garden in the Hu family's ancient house (south house).
The courtyards of the south house are connected by the corridor, the height is staggered, and the arrangement is orderly. Inside the Hanging Flower Gate, the north-south passage divides the house into two areas, east and west. The west area consists of a front yard, a back yard, a study yard, a chess yard and a garden, and is the main part of the south house. The main buildings are all built in the Ming Dynasty, with huge beams and columns, and exquisite materials. Its mullioned partition doors and windows, railing beams, bucket plates and other carving techniques are exquisite. The East District is composed of six small courtyards, which now display various folk exhibitions such as calligraphy and painting of historical celebrities, shadow puppetry, paper-cutting, root carving, embroidery, and canes. The scale of the courtyard of the south house, the exhibition hall exhibits are the representative of the essence of Tianshui folk customs, the overall building is composed of 12 courtyards and 78 single ancient buildings, which is compatible with the characteristics of the north and south houses, the layout is rigorous and symmetrical, the main and secondary are clear, majestic and rugged and there is no lack of beauty.
The north house sits in the north and faces south, faces each other across the street from the south house, the building scale is large, the original appearance is three into seven courtyards, due to the earthquake, fire and natural destruction, the existing building is one into three courtyards, by the gate, the inverted seat, the hall, the main hall building, the east and west wings, the back hall and the ear room and other parts.
"It is very rare to have buildings such as embroidery buildings, wooden buildings and underground treasure caves in ancient houses." After visiting the dwellings, Mr. Song, a tourist from Liaoning, said that the Hu family residential complex is the epitome of the folk culture of Tianshui, which contains profound traditional culture and unique regional culture.
Tourists visit the Tianshui Folk Museum.
The courtyard is wide, the scale is appropriate, quiet and friendly, and the flowers and trees are in order...... Based on the architectural form of the courtyard house in Beijing, the Hu family house integrates the architectural characteristics of the delicate, delicate and rich garden vegetation of the southern region, forming a unique architectural style of the courtyard of the house. The 400-year-old ancient dwellings were continued to live by the Hu family, which is rare in the country. In 2001, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
The front hall of the Hu family's ancient residence (south house).
In 2004, Tianshui City started the protection and maintenance project of the South Mansion and began to prepare for the Tianshui Folk Museum. After more than two years, the Tianshui Folk Museum was completed and opened to the public. In 2018, Tianshui City handed over the Hu Ancient Residential Building (North Mansion) to Tianshui City Museum for unified management, and together with South Mansion, it formed the Tianshui Folk Museum. Today, the Hu Ancient Residential Building (Tianshui Folk Museum) covers an area of 6,374 square meters, with a construction area of 4,140 square meters, consisting of 15 courtyard houses and 9 single buildings. The ancient residential buildings in the Folk Museum are set against the folk culture, and it has become an important place to display the folk culture of Tianshui people, and it is an expo park for the folk culture of Tianshui.
After more than 400 years of vicissitudes, the ancient houses of the Hu family still shine with the light of history. Located in the downtown of the hundred-year-old ancient dwelling, dignified and elegant, strolling in it, as if dancing with the years.
Private. This group of pictures was taken by Tian Qi, a reporter from the New Gansu Gansu Daily