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Tiangong Master "Style Thunder"
In Yongxiu County, Jiangxi, there is a famous architect Lei Developed, who is on a par with Lu Ban.
This has to start from Lei's "big splash" once before the Kangxi Emperor. After the Qing army entered Beijing, the Shunzhi Emperor recruited craftsmen across the country, which lasted 14 years to repair the buildings in the Forbidden City that had been burned before Li Zicheng's army retreated. It was also during this period that Lei Develop "applied for the recruitment of art" and came to Beijing to participate in the restoration of the imperial palace. Lei developed his skills and soon became prominent among craftsmen. In the eighth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1669 AD), the Taihe Hall was rebuilt, and due to the lack of large beams, Lei Develop proposed to dismantle the old beams of the Ming Tomb Nanmu and use them, which was approved by the officials of the Ministry of Works. On the day of the liang of the main hall, Kangxi led a hundred officials of civil and military affairs to personally pay their respects. However, at the time of the upper beam, due to the discord of the tenon, the girder hung but did not fall. The minister of industry was stunned, lest he delay Shangliang Jichen, and find Lei in a hurry. Lei Develop changed into a formal uniform, sleeved with an iron axe, climbed on the beam frame, clicked a few axes, and the mortise fell on the beam. Kangxi was very happy to see this scene, and on the spot awarded the Lei Development Ministry of Construction to take charge of the class (also known as the long class). Since then, the legend of "there is a Lu class on the top, a long class on the bottom, Ziwei according to the order, and the official of the Golden Temple" has not gone away.
In the early years of Yongzheng, the imperial court wanted to revise the Great Bright Hall in the Yuanmingyuan, and according to the design requirements, it needed the best gold silk nan wood as beams and pillars. After searching from all sides, it was found that there was a nanmu forest on the bank of the Jinsha River in Sichuan, but there was a giant python in the cliff cave above it. After hearing this, Lei Develop thought about it and said, "No matter how big the python is, it is also a beast, so I don't believe it, it can block our way." ”
Despite his old age, Lei Develop arrived at the local area, looked at the cave in the distance, thought about it for a day, and finally came up with a way. He ordered the men to wrap the iron anchors and gunpowder for the ship in mutton, and attach them to long chains, and tie them to the calves, so that the calves could graze by the cave. When the sky was dark, the river waves shook gold, the snow mountains reflected red, the beautiful Nanmu forest suddenly whistled the wind, the black gas in the cave came straight out, the python stretched out its head, opened its blood basin mouth, and swallowed the calf into its mouth as soon as it reached out, watching a knot in the python's belly slowly slide down, it twisted and churned for a while. The iron anchor hung on the stomach, and Lei Develop lit the gunpowder lead while telling people to desperately pull the rope back, only to hear a rumble, the python's head was shattered, the body was dragged out of the hole, and rolled over on the edge of the Nanmu forest for a while, dying. The Nanmu forest was smoothly cut down and transported to the capital for use in the Zhengda Guangming Hall, no more, no less, just the right amount. At that time, there was a poem praising: Nanmu was born in a small number, and the imperial seal changban personally looked for it. Skillfully killing pythons to eliminate mountain pests, the courage of the adults is highly skilled.
In this way, with rich experience and superior technology, Lei Developed served as the "style house" of the Ministry of Works and engaged in the construction industry in Beijing for more than 30 years. His descendants have been passed down from generation to generation, all presided over the "style house", for more than two hundred years, they have built the Imperial Palace, the Yuanmingyuan, the Fragrant Mountain, the Summer Palace, the East and West Erling Tombs and other projects, and the hot samples (that is, models) created are widely used in the construction industry. The "Style Lei" architectural family has written the most brilliant chapter in the history of ancient Chinese architecture with wisdom and sweat, and is known as the "Master of Heavenly Craftsmanship". Yongxiu County is also famous for its "style thunder", and its reputation is all over the world, and it has won the reputation of "Yongxiu Eight Generations of Style Thunder, Half of China's Ancient Construction History".
【Source: Jiangxi Scenery Unique】
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