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Section 833: Thirty-six strokes of the prodigal

Yunluo thinks that as long as you are with Yan Chenyu, it doesn’t matter where you go. What’s important is that the girl around you is liked by Yunluo and likes Yunluo. This is love. Yunluo hopes to quietly hold Yan Chenyu’s delicate little hand, from today to tomorrow, to that distant future, and until her old age.

Huang's fire alley is much spacious than ordinary houses, with high walls and large houses on both sides, with heights and lows. It is built with blue bricks and blue-gray silk joints, and the walls are thick and clear, pure and simple. It has obvious local characteristics, which are different from the thin walls in Jiangnan, white-gray painted and black smoke painted. The fire alleys mentioned by Yangzhou people are called "preparation" in Jiangnan.

However, the fire alley in Yangzhou is more cheerful than the Jiangnan residential building. It is seen from the sky, the sun is seen, and the light is transmitted and breathable. Usually, the two pairs of doors in the alley are covered with open roofs. It is called tiles. However, the Jiangnan residential building is relatively small, with almost completely enclosed and darker lighting.

From the walls on both sides of Huangshi Fire Lane, there are two characteristics: one is that the lower half of the wall is made of green bricks and flat bricks. The upper half is made of vertical bricks and empty buckets. It is called a mandarin duck wall. Another characteristic is that the nails on the wall are arranged in an orderly manner and neatly arranged. This is a method of building walls by wealthy families in the past.

When building a wall, wood (horizontal wood) is placed in the wall. At the same time, wood slabs are placed inside the wall. Wood slabs are connected to wood slabs. This iron slab looks firm on the wall, but is actually T-shaped. The other end is nailed to wood and slabs to act as a knot, making the wall and slabs stronger and not easy to collapse. Simply put, it is equivalent to the reinforcement of concrete ring beams of the current building.

On the front of the middle road of the residential building in the south of Geyuan, the main hall is the main hall, and the middle and back halls are the residences, which are called the front hall and the back bedroom. The layout of this residential building is three rooms and two wings, with a large size, with a large seven-beam frame and four wing rooms next to it. This is one of the traditional layout forms of wealthy families in Yangzhou in the past.

The grid fans, short windows, and lattice wood carvings of "turtle back brocade" on the middle road. The sill walls, bluestone slabs in the patio, square tiles on the main hall, wooden floors in the bedroom, wall panels in the walls are decorated very regular. The tile dripping at the eaves and doors, windows and pavilions are all hanging upside down bats, which means "blessing".

The Han Academy is also a place to receive guests, but the reception specifications are higher than those of the Qingmei Hall. Huang Xilin called the hall "Han Academy" because he advocated "Shenology". The so-called "Shenology" refers to the Han Dynasty scholars studying Confucian classics, focusing more on exegesis, examining the system of famous objects, and having a very rigorous attitude towards academic research.

The Han Academy is the main hall of the Huang family's mansion and is a formal etiquette reception place. This hall is three spacious and has a lifted beam. It has a cypress structure and a cypress pavilion beam, which is also called the cypress hall.

The Datuo beam is 60 cm wide and 40 cm thick. It is made of flat materials. (stone walls) are round and below. The short brain (child column) on the roof is simple and simple. The entire structure is simple and simple, without the complexity and changeability of the Qing Dynasty. It should be a legacy of the Ming Dynasty.

The furniture in the hall is decorated in the traditional layout of Yangzhou, and all the decorations of the tables and chairs are in the shape of bamboo leaves. The one hanging on the couplets and the painting scroll of the middle hall is called "Taishi Wall". The magnificent mahogany strips are placed on the table with porcelain hats, stone screens and vases, which are homophonic to "ping Ping An".

There is a couplet written by Zheng Banqiao in the middle hall: stick to a few useful books, but forget to eat; cultivate a few new bamboos, just like children and grandchildren. The first couplet talks about the essence: to make money, you need to read books, and you need to read books that are useful in the world. The second couplet talks about adults: to become adults, you need to have "joints" like bamboo. The owner of the garden uses Zheng Banqiao's couplet to explain from another perspective why a garden has an indissoluble bond with bamboo.

The picture of bamboo and stone hanging in the middle of the couplet is also a work imitated by later generations. The couplets on both sides are: more than three thousand years old; 17 schools of thought are strange in writing. The general meaning is: works on Chinese civilization and the writings of 17 schools of thought can be described as "magnificent". 17 schools of thought are the official history of all dynasties written before the Song Dynasty recognized by the Song Dynasty.

The seventeen official historians refer to "Records of the Grand Historian", "Book of the Later Han", "Records of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin", "Book of Song", "Book of Southern Qi", "Book of Liang", "Book of Chen", "Book of Wei", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Later Zhou", "Book of Southern Qi", "Book of Northern Qi", "Book of Sui", "Book of Tang", and "History of Five Dynasties".

On both sides of the Taishi Wall are wood-carved floor-standing pavilions. Walking into the pavilions, you can see two fan sketches, one is a fine brushwork flower and bird, and the other is a sketch imitating the Song Dynasty. The characters include landscapes, all of which were painted by Huang Zhiyun.

When you pass the screen door (the wall of the Taishi), you can see the grinding brick cover and the waist door connected to the three "seats" facing north. Arriving at the seat is usually used for reception etiquette.

The bluestone corridor between the house looks narrower and narrower. This is not only a visual effect, but in fact, the road is indeed becoming narrower and narrower. The widest part to the south is 4 meters, while the narrowest part to the north is only 2 meters. Because the owner of the garden is not so elegant that he is not as elegant as the worldly fireworks. The corridor is wide in the south and narrow in the north, homophonic to be the south official and the north wealth, which means to pursue promotion and wealth.

When you get out of the seat, you can see a three-bedroom and two-phase courtyard, which is the middle road. The indoor corridor runs across the three-border buildings of the East, Middle and West roads. This is the residence of Huang Zhiyun's second son Huang Shi and his wife.

Huang Shi was mainly engaged in "compiling the idles", which was as famous as another scholar of the same era, Ma Guohan, and was known as "the two great masters of collecting the idles". His main works include "Jinsilu Jishulu", "Luyun Ji", "Qingsongtang Collection", "Hanxuetang Collection", "Hanxuetang Collection", "Hanxuetang Collection", "Hanxuetang Collection", etc. There are hundreds of volumes in total.

Huang Shi highly praised Sinology and was rigorous in academic research. The famous scholar Ruan Yuan called him "diligent and proficient". It is not easy for rich children to keep their reputations for their diligence and erudition. Of course, having a son is so proud. At this point, we can understand why the furnishings and arrangements of the Sinology school in the main hall of the Huang family show the elegance. It seems that the Huang family is not only a wealthy businessman, but also a house full of books.

The Taishi in the middle is hanging a picture of "Song of Reading in Four Seasons" on the wall. The couplet is in large seal script: sing bamboo dew and crafting Tang verses; chewing plum blossoms and reading Jin Script. The first couplet means: collect the pure dew on the bamboo leaves and grind it with a thick ink full of ink, so it is easy to choose poems from the Tang people.

The meaning of the second couplet: Just like the fragrance of plum blossoms, you have to carefully appreciate the calligraphy art of the Jin people. This couplet expresses the lifestyle of literati and elegant scholars who learn Tang poetry and appreciate Jin calligraphy. The furniture and furnishings in the east and study rooms on the west are typical Qing Dynasty styles, exquisite and luxurious.

There is a screen hanging in the study: "The white duckweed blowing on the Yangtze River is blowing on the Yangtze River. Every year, I am sad and storm. The spring breeze does not recognize the pain of the Leaving Pavilion. I send long strips to the guest clearance first." The author of this poem, Liu Qinzai, was the wife of Huang Shi, the daughter of the history of the salt transportation in Lianghuai at that time, and a famous talented woman in Yangzhou.

Huang Qi and his wife can be said to be a couple who follow each other. From the content of calligraphy and paintings hanging indoors and the furniture that are decorated, we can roughly know the life scene of Huang Qi doing research here.

Huang Shi's academic achievements allowed him to be famous in history. His academic achievements were not only because of his intelligence, but more importantly because of his "diligence and talent". "Biography of History of Qing Dynasty" says that he was very smart when he was a child. Although he was born in a business family, he liked reading and studying almost to be obsessed with it. It was completely different from the children of other salt merchants who advocated luxury and were ignorant of their skills.

He once invited Jiang Pan, a famous scholar from the "Yangzhou School", to "living his family for four years". In other words, Jiang Pan was a tutor for Huang Shi for four years. After Jiang Pan's death, Huang Shi did not leave his home for more than ten years, devoted himself to research, and had a very rigorous attitude towards academic research, focusing on empirical evidence and neglecting discussion.

Passing through the hall, you can reach the middle road, and it is also a three-bedroom and two-box layout, but the furnishings are very different, very simple, without the luxurious style of wealthy businessmen. This is the residence of Huang Xixi, the fourth son of Huang Zhiyun.

Among the four brothers of the Huang family, Huang Xixi was the youngest child and the last person in the Huang family to leave their ancestral home. Huang Xixi was relatively noble and regarded the officialdom as dirt, placing all the fun of life in reciting poetry and painting.

Huang Xixi is like the treasure jade in the Grand View Garden. She has gone through the whole process of her family's business from prosperity to decline, and lived in her later years. From the youthful clothes and food to the living in a foreign land in her later years, her mental journey is probably unimaginable to others.

Xixi, like his three brothers, is good at poetry and painting. It is written in "The Nostalgic Records of Wucheng"; "Xixi is elegant and good at poetry and writing." "Qiyunshanguan Ci Copy" is still in the world.

The main room is facing the middle hall of the mountains and rivers. The couplets are composed of Huang Xixi's poems: distinguishing the river trees in the clouds; listening to the birds in the flowers. "The river trees in the clouds" presents hazy beauty; "The birds in the flowers" show the quiet beauty. The sentences express the poet Huang Xixi's calm temperament and elegant feelings.

Huang Xixi's literary style is pure and graceful, and calm and natural. The cause is also due to the situation.

The left and right rooms are still the study bedroom, just like the middle entrance. The doors on the middle entrance can be opened through the front and back, and the doors are closed and formed into one. You can enter and exit through the ear door in front of the wing. After Huang Xixi left the garden, he lived in and out. His son was a doctor since childhood and was skilled in medicine. He was hanging pots in the world and was known as the "one finger magic needle".

The main house of the residence remains in the south West Road of Geyuan is three times in front and back. It is a place where the Huang family's family members live and move together. The forward is a hall, called the flower hall, and the middle and backward are two-story houses, called the embroidery building.

The tile dripping on the eaves is a longevity peach pattern, and the doors, windows, pavilions and fans are made of a crane pattern, meaning longevity. There are ear doors on both sides of the corridor, both of which are bright, three dark and five, which looks like three rooms, but they are actually five rooms in a horizontal row, and a small room will be used as a suite.

In feudal society, the common people could only have three rooms in the main room. In order to avoid the rules, the people cleverly adopted the combination of "three lights, five darks, and five" in order to avoid it. In fact, this is also a functional need. A small patio is placed in front of the front and a flower bed is built. It is very elegant and quiet, with strong privacy. It is usually used as a boudoir, study, and secret room.

Qingsong Hall was named after the garden owner Huang Zhiyun's reputation in his later years. It has a fir structure, but it is extremely exquisite. The main hall has three rooms, a suite next to it, and a small patio in front of the suite.

There are three corridors in front of the hall, with a corridor width of 2 meters. The patio is paved with a square stone (white marble) and is square on all sides. It corresponds to high square columns and ancient square stone walls. The steps along the stone are made of a whole piece of granite, with a width of 0.6 meters and a thickness of 0.2 meters.

The eaves are not only thick and solid, but also have a whole piece of wood that is located across three rooms.

Qingsong Hall is not only the tallest and spacious hall among the Huang Family Third Road residential buildings, but also the highest remaining hall among the ancient houses in Yangzhou. It is famous for Huang Zhiyun's "high reputation" in his later years.

The mahogany furniture decorated with the Eight Immortals in the hall is simple and exquisite. The couplet on the pillar says: "A family has accumulated good deeds for hundreds of years, and the first good thing is just reading." This hall is a gathering and sacrificial place for the Huang family. There is a pavilion on the back of the hall, where tablets of ancestors were placed.

Huang Zhiyun once raised a family opera troupe of two or three hundred people, so this place is also a place where operas and sings "Carriages" are often performed. There are two pairs of large brick-ground windows on the corridor wall, which is a typical Yangzhou style. Through the begonia brocade and the tortoise's back brocade decoration, several sparse bamboos in the small patio can be seen on the east side, and a wintersweet can be seen on the west side, which is extremely elegant.

From the couplets of the Qingsong Hall, we can see that Huang Zhiyun was deeply influenced by Confucianism and believed that studying was the best thing in the world. He attached great importance to the education of his children. He spared no expense to hire famous teachers to teach his children, and inspected them personally every day.

People at that time had such a description of Huang Zhiyun's education of his children and became talented, and it felt worth learning from. When Huang Zhiyun first arrived in Yangzhou, the literati and celebrities in Yangzhou were mostly disdainful of being with him because he was a businessman. Huang Zhiyun did not interact with them either.

But every year he spent a lot of money to hire celebrities from Anhui to teach their children, and personally checked their children's learning situation every night. When he found that there were any shortcomings, he would immediately send a servant to the study room and ask the teacher to explain again. He had to fully understand before he could go to bed. Twenty years have passed, and never stopped.

One day, a famous scholar in Yangzhou talked with the teacher of his eldest son Xiqing in the Huang family. He accidentally involved the "Book of Han". The famous scholar was a little puzzled. The teacher pointed at Xiqing and said to him, "Yi Shang is familiar with it." He asked Xiqing to answer. Xiqing stood up, recited it like a stream, and explained it in detail. After the famous scholar came out, he said to someone: "The Huang family has a good man, so don't take it seriously!"

With strict requirements, excellent teachers, and his own efforts, Huang Zhiyun's four sons: Huang Xiqing, Huang Shi, Huang Xiqi, and Huang Xixi are good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and have profound literary achievements. They have all written works that have been passed down to the world.

What is particularly prominent is that his second son Huang Shi, who has made great achievements in the collection of ancient books and has written more than ten academic works such as "The Hanxuetang Series", and his name has also been recorded in history.

The middle of the West Road is a house with three sides, three dark and five floors, with a total of 10 rooms up and down. The last room downstairs is the bedroom of the owner Huang Zhijun, with a treasure cave inside. The other room is the study room, and the eastmost room downstairs has a staircase that can directly reach the second floor.

The upper floor is a place for internal family members to engage in activities, including embroidery rooms, children's rooms, etc. The corridor walls do not have flower windows, and the suite and small patio form their own pattern. You can escape the heat in summer and resist the cold wind in winter. You can live in a good place and read elegantly.

The backwards of the West Road still have a corridor on three sides, with three lights and three darks and five floors, with a total of 10 rooms up and down. The downstairs is the bedroom of the main house.

The stairs can be reached from behind the screen door. The upper floor is the embroidered building of the boudoir, which has the bedroom, study, entertainment room, bathing room, etc. of the daughter's house. The high walls and deep courtyards are isolated from the world. No wonder there was a saying that the daughter of a wealthy family was "raised in the boudoir and unknown to the people".

Now every March of fireworks, Geyuan will jointly organize the "Yangzhou Paper Cutting Art Festival" with Yangzhou Craft Factory. It is currently the only place that concentrates on displaying Yangzhou paper cutting art. Yangzhou paper cutting uses rice paper as raw material and uses black and hard paper as a village. The pictures are distinctive in black and white. The subject matter is rich, including characters, scenery, flowers, birds, fish and insects, especially flowers and butterflies.

Yunluo really felt that this garden was still very beautiful. Although in Yunluo's eyes, there was no beauty from Yan Chenyu. At this time, the little fish baby was the most beautiful girl in Yunluo's eyes. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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