In Shuinan Street, Qingliu County, the first gate building of the Ming Dynasty Nanjing official Shangshu Pei Yingzhang's mansion is embedded in the street entrance, and the 4 big characters of the forehead inscription "Gong Bao Shangshu" and the small characters of "Longqing Pengchen Ke jinshi Pei Yingzhang" below are quietly telling people the story of Pei Yingzhang, highlighting the noble character of this Qingliu sage. In November last year, the renovation of this 400-year-old Shangshumen Building was fully completed – and the protection of the ancient home in Qingliu County added a wonderful touch.
The distant Shangshu
Pei Yingzhang,Ziyuan Dark,Trumpet Light Spring,Ming Jiajing was born in Qingliu Chengguan in the fifteenth year (1536) of Ming Jiajing. When he was young, he was a young man with a talented and talented man, and after Zhongxiucai, he taught himself in Yangshan In the Wangjia mountains of Wenjiao. In the second year of Ming Longqing's second year, he was initially appointed to the official department to Shizhong, and then to the viceroy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the Hubu Shilang, and the Nanjing Official Shangshu.
When Pei Yingzhang was in the Nanjing official Shangshu, his family wanted to expand the old residence, and on the right was the house surnamed Yu, and refused to move. The son wrote to his father, hoping that he would send a message and let the local officials come forward to suppress him. Pei Shangshu did not say a word. This has evolved into a common version of the legend of good officials everywhere, saying that Pei Yingzhang replied to the letter and quoted poems to dissuade his family: "The Book of Thousand Miles is a wall, so why bother him three feet?" The Great Wall is still there, and He once saw Qin Shi Huang. The "Shang Shu Di" that has survived to this day is still the ancestral house of the Yu surname on the right.
It was not until the end of his life that Pei Yingzhang retired. The Divine Sect set up a royal feast for him, and his colleagues feasted on him. After returning to his hometown, he wandered through the idyllic landscape and entertained himself with poetry. Outside the South Gate City, he built a watchtower building, and often went up to the building to watch the peasants' labor, and talked with his father and elders about the harvest, which was endlessly enjoyable. In his later years, he still harbored the heart of poverty relief and compassion, and Wu Mou of Ninghua County borrowed hundreds of taels of silver from his family and could not repay it, and Pei Yingzhang destroyed his bonds and gave up his creditor's rights. Dozens of rooms were also distributed to the clan so that they could have a place to live.
In the DPRK, seek his own government, do his duty, and be an upright and innocent official; in the opposition, get close to his neighbors, practice the landscape and water, and enjoy the pleasures of the countryside. On the fourth day of the first month of the thirty-seventh year of the Wanli Calendar (1619), Pei Yingzhang died of illness in his hometown. Emperor Shenzong posthumously honored him as "Prince Shaobao" (太子少保) and the courtesy name "Gongjing", and sent people to bury and pay tribute to him. Ming Yushi Qiao chengzhao established "Tsukasa Fang" and "Yishi Shangshu Fang" for him.
The existing Shang Shu Di Gate Tower is dignified and quiet, simple and elegant, and the workshop is full of carving decorations, which use through carving, hollow carving, high relief carving, line carving and other techniques to carve out auspicious patterns such as mythological figures, dragon fish flowers and birds, etc., vividly. Its heavy sense of historical vicissitudes and the legendary story of Pei Yingzhang have become a landmark building for people to understand the history and culture of Qingliu, and a beautiful scenery with unique local characteristics and cultural atmosphere.
During the period of land reform, due to the redistribution of land, the former residence of Shangshu was divided into small pieces and distributed to the masses, and in the later period, under the influence of urban development, only the Shangshu Gate Tower and a wall of fire were left, witnessing the vicissitudes of history in this hundred years.
The façade of the gatehouse is carved
Awaken to a sleeping history
At the end of the last century, the stone sculptures of the Shangshu Gate Tower were stolen, and the old house had problems such as roof leakage and corrugation fracture, and the possibility of collapse was very large, and there were also great hidden dangers in the use of fire and electricity by households.
Due to different conditions and uneven hearts, the residents have never been able to carry out overall and effective repairs to the gatehouse. Firefighting measures are even more impossible to talk about. "It is difficult for any individual to protect Pei Shangshu's former residence, and only when the government coordinates the repair can it be permanently protected." Pei Xiangen, a descendant of 70-year-old Pei Yingzhang, said.
"It is a pity that such a valuable Former Residence of Shangshu is not repaired and restored..." In 2019, a sentence from a Shanghai tourist dialed Pei Xiangen, "The safety of Shangshu's former residence is related to the inheritance of excellent traditional culture, the survival of historical memory, and the safety of residents' lives and property, and must be protected." Therefore, he summoned the descendants of the Pei family and people of insight to discuss, and everyone suggested that comprehensive protection should be carried out.
To reproduce the classic history and carry it forward in the current era, in addition to consolidating and sublimating the ideology, spirit and connotation, the necessary materialization, carrier and image are becoming more and more important. To this end, the Qingliu County Party Committee and the county government have set up a cultural management committee to carry out the protection of ancient buildings together with experts in housing construction, structure, literature and history, and ancient building repair. In line with the principle of "repairing the old as the old", the first to repair and transform the gatehouse of the former residence was taken to gradually awaken the rich history that was sleeping.
"Before the start of construction, we held a special review meeting for the repair plan, combed and sorted out the protective elements of the gatehouse, numbered each stone, and handcrafted each pattern." Liu Guangjun, director of the county museum, said that the protection of the old building is to restore its original appearance and function as much as possible.
Cutout on the back
Recreate the appearance of the gatehouse
On the basis of improving the lives of the masses, how to implement refined transformation, so that these precious historical relics can resonate with the pulse of urban development while continuing the historical vitality?
Recently, the renovation of Shangshu Gate Tower has been fully completed, which has not only been praised by the residents in Shangshu's former residence, but also won the attention and praise of the nearby people for inheriting and continuing the historical and cultural style.
"During the renovation of the gatehouse, we continued its original style and customized special bricks from Hebei. Repair broken areas. According to the person in charge of the construction unit, in addition to filling in the missing parts, all the structures were also repaired to make them look new.
"Before the renovation, the place fell into disrepair, with sloping walls, tiles falling off, carvings falling off, tiles overgrown, and in danger of collapsing. The current gatehouse has been restored to its original form and has also improved its appearance. Pei Xiangen introduced that in the past, when he mentioned the gatehouse of the former residence, he had a headache, but now the archway has been restored, the road has become wider, and the surrounding environment has become beautiful.
In recent years, Qingliu County has followed the principle of "protecting the authenticity of history and maintaining the integrity of the style", and carried out the repair and protection project of ancient buildings, ancient bridges and ancient tombs in the county in accordance with the order of "points, lines and surfaces gradually deepening" and from partial repair to the stage of gradual improvement. Pei Yingzhang's former residence gate tower, Ma's Ancestral Hall, Luo's Family Temple and other courtyards and single building elements have been basically repaired and protected, through unremitting efforts, the county has 80 historical buildings have been included in the cultural protection unit.
Conservation and restoration continue. This year, Qingliu County has increased the rectification and protection of historical buildings, signed a letter of safety responsibility with each township, and set up a full-time firefighter with a special person, and at the same time, each cultural security unit has hired a special cultural administrator to manage and protect. "We adopt the principle of 'repairing the old as ever', trying our best to protect the original historical relics, protect the traditional style of historical buildings, highlight the humanistic connotation, and improve their various functions, so that ancient buildings can be revitalized." Liu Guangjun introduced.
Source: Sanming Rong Media Center Qingliu Reporter Station: Yang Ying
New Media Editor: Wang Lihua