Yao Ying's former residence

Yao Ying's former residence is a wooden frame and beam lifting building with arched eaves, two slope roofs, small grey tiles, and "well" shaped large square lattice wooden windows decorated with diamond pattern. There are 12 tile houses, 5 in front and 5 in back, 1 in East and 1 in West, symmetrically arranged in front and back, left and right. It has an area of 442.7 square meters and a height of 7.5 meters. Surrounded by corridors, there is a rectangular courtyard, covering an area of 42.1 square meters, with cobblestone paving "herringbone" ground.

Yao Ying's former residence

Yao Ying's former residence is located in the urban area. The old house in the deep lane and the small courtyard in the corridor are actually part of the former residence. Yao Yongkuan, a descendant, once called it "shenyixuan". In the old courtyard, there were bamboo and plum blossoms, which were elegant and clean. In the front porch, there was a couplet saying: "the door is near green bamboo to invite gentlemen, and the window is red plum to meet old friends.".

The former residence is a wooden frame and beam lifting building with arched eaves, two slope roofs, small grey tiles, and large square wooden windows in the shape of "well", decorated with diamond pattern. There are 12 tile houses, 5 in front and 5 in back, 1 in East and 1 in West, symmetrically arranged in front and back, left and right. It covers an area of 442.7 square meters. Surrounded by corridors, there are rectangular courtyard, covering an area of 42.1 square meters.

Yao Ying (1785-1853), a famous anti British general, is one of the representative writers of Tongcheng school. Jiaqing thirteen years (1808) Jinshi. In the 18th year of Daoguang (1838), he was appointed as a military officer of Taiwan to prepare for Daoism, and was appointed as an inspector. When the British invaded, Yao Ying actively organized a fight, destroyed the British ship and captured the British army. She was awarded by the imperial court and advanced to the second grade. After the peace negotiation between the Qing government and Britain, Yao Ying was sentenced to prison for "fraud", demoted to Sichuan and then sent to Tibet. During this period, she made great contributions to the settlement of ethnic disputes. In the early years of Xianfeng, he was granted the Guangxi envoys and succeeded Hunan envoys. Soon he died in the army.

Yao Ying is one of Yao Nai's famous disciples. She is known as the "four outstanding Yao men" together with Mei Zengliang, Guan Tong and Fang Dongshu. He is the founder of the compilation of the frontier history of China's ethnic minorities. His works include complete works of zhongfutang and a brief account of dongcha.

Address: longmian East Road, Tongcheng

Longitude: 116.95858019243

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