Today is the 25th World Book Day. The whole world is enjoying the joy of reading together, meeting great souls and touching their thoughts.
More than 200 years ago, Chang Dachun, a general of the Xiang Army, should have been in the same state of mind. He set up a library "Tanyin Pavilion", which collected more than 40,000 kinds of books, and inscribed more than 1,000 books and hundreds of stones, which was the first of the four major bibliophiles in Hunan.
Chang Dachun was revered by his people. The clan members built the Changjia Ancestral Hall in the new bridge section of Beishan Town, Changsha County, with a dignified structure, simple and dignified. As the only well-preserved old ancestral hall in Changsha, the Changjia Ancestral Hall has resisted the erosion of time and become the root of the family's endless life.
New Hunan Client specially planned "Reading Stories and Pin Gu Jian" and walked into the Changjia Ancestral Hall on the 25th World Book Day.
The ancestor who was all-rounder and died of loyalty was revered by his people
The Chang Family Ancestral Hall was built during the Guangxu Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty (1875-1909) after a member of the Chang family moved from Hengyang to Changsha.
The elite of the clan often become the idols that the clan worships. In this vein of the Chang clan, the most worshipped are Chang Yuchun and Chang Dachun. Chang Yuchun was a famous general in the early Ming Dynasty, known to most people, Chang Dachun does not seem to be so famous, but looking at his life, you can understand the reverence of the Chang clan for him.
Chang Dachun was a native of Hengyang, Hunan, and after the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun, daoguang jinshi, successively served as the inspector of imperial history, anhui envoy, hubei envoy, zhejiang inspector and so on. In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), when he was the governor of Hubei, he spared no effort to prevent the Taiping Army from entering Hubei, strengthen water and land facilities, and recruit water troops. After Xianfeng conquered Wuchang by the Taiping Army in the third year, he threw himself into a well and martyred himself. Edict to the Governor-General, Yuwen Festival.
Chang Dachun's fame was not because he was after Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, nor was he the governor of Xianfeng after his death, but because he was the first of the four major bibliophiles in Hunan.
Chang Da Chun was a civil official, who loved books and became addicted to books, and once set up a library "Tanyin Pavilion", which built more than 600 square meters, collected more than 40,000 kinds of books, and inscribed more than 1,000 books and hundreds of stones, and was named Hunan. The "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" contains "Da Chun Ren Rou", he loved books all his life, but wherever he smelled, there were orphans, rare books, and rare books, all of which were far away from the mountains and rivers to find, even if collectors could live in strange goods and ask for prices in the sky, they did not hesitate to buy them with heavy money.
In this way, the ancestors who were all-round in culture and martial arts and died of loyalty and martyrdom would naturally be revered by the clansmen, and the clan culture was based on the foundation of bloodline and elite worship.
The central axis of the building is supported by granite studs and is imposing
Chang's Ancestral Hall is located in the Xinqiao Section House Group of Beishan Town, Changsha County, and can be seen more than 500 meters along the river across the Changxin Bridge.
The whole building sits east and west, plus classrooms, toilets, kitchens, courtyards and other buildings, with a total length of 59.8 meters, a width of 48 meters, the existing construction area of 2800 square meters, and the gate is lined with couplets of "filial piety, love and affection".
The ancestral hall faces the Baisha River, followed by a low mountain, seven wide rooms, and three buildings, each of which is gradually raised along the terrain. The ancestral hall is divided into a gate, antechamber, patio, atrium, theatre and upper hall along the central axis, all supported by granite pillars, which are magnificent.
There are boxes and patios on both sides, spacious and simple; the door beams of the gate and the roof pillars in the hall are all granite, and the upper part of the hall is full of wooden beams and wooden planks; the green brick fire wall, the wall foundation is granite stone, and there are carvings and patterns on the roof ridge.
New Hunan client reporter Wang Mingjun sorted out
Reference sources: "A lifelong confidant is a plum blossom - The biography of Peng Yulin", Stylistic Xingsha, Xiaoxiang Morning News
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[Source: New Hunan Client]