Meizhou is the capital of Hakka and the hometown of culture, and there are countless celebrities who go out from here.
Many Meizhou merchants will return to their hometowns to build mansions after their discovery, and recently traveled to Tai Po in Meizhou and found a "mansion" grade dragon house - Guangludi.
Guanglu Di is the former residence of Zhang Bishi, located in Chelong, Huangtang Township, Xihe Town, Dapu County, Meizhou City.
Speaking of Guangludi, I have to say Zhang Bishi.
In his youth, Zhang Bishi crossed the ocean to Indonesia to earn a living, and developed from a helper to a huge wealth of overseas Chinese businessmen, which is a legend.
Many people may feel unfamiliar with Zhang Bishi, but when it comes to Shandong Yantai Zhangyu Winemaking Company, many people have a little impression that this national brand has opened a precedent for Chinese winemaking and enjoys a high reputation overseas.
Guangludi is sitting on the east facing west pattern, back to the water surface field, there are mountains behind, the mountains are often smoky, the geographical location and environmental atmosphere is excellent, especially in the autumn harvest season, the golden rice fields and the dragon house and the mountains behind them contrast with each other, looking like a painting.
Guangludi is a three-hall, four-horizontal and one-walled pattern, mainly based on civil structures, although the appearance is not luxurious, but it is also simple and elegant, magnificent.
On the ground, this "mansion" is not much different from other Guangdong-Dong courtyard-style buildings, the middle part is the ancestral hall, and the other rooms surround the surroundings, and the structure of the Dragon House can only be clearly seen when the drone is taken off.
The enclosure reflects the characteristics of the Hakka people living in a crowd, with the functions of residence and defense.
So how big is Guangludi?
There are 13 patios alone, in addition to 18 halls and 99 rooms, which is a veritable "folk small Forbidden City", which is now a cultural relics protection unit and an important node attraction of the rural tourism route in Tai Po County.
Zhang Zhenxun's name is Zhang Zhenxun, "弼士" is his word, his assets were as high as 80 million taels of silver, is the richest Chinese in Nanyang at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the annual revenue of the imperial court was only 70 million taels, which was 10 million taels less than Zhang Bishi's assets, and it was not an exaggeration to use "rich and enemy of the country" to describe Zhang Bishi's wealth at that time.
Hu Xueyan, a wealthy man in the Qing Dynasty, once worked as a red-top businessman, but the results were not very good, and Zhang Bishi was well balanced in this regard, and his official positions were also international.
According to the data, Zhang Bishi was successively appointed by the Qing court as the first consul in Penang, Malaysia, and the consul general of Singapore. In 1892, he began to invest in the establishment of factories in China, vigorously developed the national industry, and was recorded in history as a pioneer of China's wine industry, laying a certain foundation for the development of China's modern industrial civilization.
The characteristics of Zhang Bishi's former residence are the atmospheric pattern, gorgeous details, exquisite places are expressed in the carving of beams, pillars, screens and other places, and the green plants and potted plants in the garden are the physical reflection of elegant feelings.
I like the low-key and pragmatic style of Hakka merchants very much, even if I create a mansion, I will not show too much exaggeration in appearance, but I am a master of simplicity and atmosphere.