In Jinlan Town, Hengyang County, there was a famous general Chang Dachun during the Qing Dynasty, and when Chang Dachun was mentioned, he would think of the first of the four major bibliophiles in Hunan at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and he would want to go to Chang Dachun's former residence to have a look. Today, we will go to appreciate the ups and downs of the former residence and experience the nobility and prosperity of the past.
A symbol in the depths of memory, when accompanied by the sunset, into the former residence of Chang Dachun, although the time has passed, the vicissitudes of the sea, the mansion is no longer the original appearance, but a long-lost ancient architectural scene - emerging in front of the eyes.
Chang Dachun's former residence is located in Tan Yinkuo, Ruizhi Village, Jinlan Town, Hengyang County (that is, the current Ruizhi, Xinhua, Tan shape 3 villager groups), built in the 19th to 23rd years of Qing Daoguang (1839-1843), the site is beautiful, the seat is facing south, leaning on the mountain on three sides, in front of the mansion there are ping, pond, contour, pavilion, pond. Tan Yinkuo planning consists of three houses, Ruizhitang, TanYinkuo and Lingzhitang, and the layout is similar to the shape of a character. Tan Yinkuo is on the lower right, and Ruizhitang is in the center. The Lingzhi Hall was designed to be opposite to Tan Yinkuo's pond and connected by a bridge and a pavilion, but was on strike due to Chang Dachun's death. The main building is three and six horizontal, 108 houses, green brick walls, white jade foundation, small green tile roof, glazed tile head, surrounded by green trees, beautiful and pleasant.
On the front floor of the gate of Ruizhitang, there are remnants of dead yellow weeds, and two white jade carved lions are separated on either side, quietly guarding the secrets here. There is a wooden pillar on both sides of the foundation of the front steps, and the pillar foundation, the door frame, the heavenly fang, the door top, and the door threshold are all white jade, and the relief of the erlong play beads on the gate sky is blurred. The entrance is 3 connected halls, with a depth of 50 meters, and the ground of each hall is gradually raised, and the height difference is about 150mm. There are original patios on the left and right sides of the hall, with rockeries and trees. On both sides of the patio, there is a round door made of green and linen stone, and the upper part of the round door is engraved with dragons, phoenixes, figures and other patterns, and the image is realistic and lifelike. The second hall has four square wooden pillars arranged in a square arrangement, supporting the glyph-shaped wooden house frame. There are four wooden columns in the three halls and four squares, and the pillars are all white jade. The main house has four 600mm high white jade sit drums, weighing about 200 kilograms, and carved with dragons. The main hall of the three halls hangs a plaque with the character "Blessing" given by the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty (destroyed before liberation). Ruizhitang's huge building complex, most of them have become ruins and broken walls, in the gap of the ruins and broken walls, from time to time a new building has been built, disrupting the pattern of three positive and six horizontal, so that people can not touch the direction of history, a bit of "standing out from the flock" feeling.
Tan Yinkuo sat facing east and west, and was built in 23 years by Qing Daoguang. Covers an area of 864 square meters, construction area of 623 square meters, in the shape of "]" layout, two-story brick and wood structure, green tile roof. In the middle of the inner wall of the middle hall hangs a horizontal plaque written by Peng Yulin himself" "Zhonglie Qianqiu". The gallery contains more than 30,000 volumes of books and thousands of inscriptions. The pond in front of Tan Yingkuo was dug by hand, the water surface was 7200 square meters, and there were four cobblestone piers in the middle of the pond, on which an octagonal pavilion was built, and there was a cloister connecting the east and west directions, and the soil of the dug pond was piled up on the west side to form a mountain. With the passage of time, Tan Yinkuo no longer exists, and three small bungalows occupy the historical position.
Walking on the stone road, I am looking for ancient memories, there is an ancient carrier such as Ruizhitang, the ancient folk culture and the ancient mansion are integrated, you can experience the years of the ancestors' life, understand the past, know the future, and the culture is passed down in this way.
Author: Shengping Fruit