Si Le Xuan ancient house

Si Le Xuan ancient house

Located in the north of Bandong plain, silequan was built in 1754, the 19th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. It originally covers an area of 24500 square meters and has a grand scale.

Basic information

Name: Si Le Xuan ancient house scenic spot type: ancient architecture area: Fuzhou, Fujian

brief introduction

Founded in 1754 in Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, it is located in Bandong Town, Minqing County. It is a large civil structure residential building community with an area of more than 24500 square meters and a construction area of more than 19300 square meters. The whole house is divided into four parts, with 42 halls and 793 houses. In terms of area, silexian is the largest ancient residence in China.

Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong were the heyday of feudal dynasties. Most of the larger ancient dwellings in Minqing County were built in these years. Since ancient times, there has been a folk saying: "four music houses in the six capitals, three foreign houses in the three capitals, and five Chinese houses in the five capitals.". Located in the northern part of the Bandong plain, the former Si Le Xuan covers an area of 24500 square meters. Because of its grand scale, there was a nursery rhyme: "Si Le Cuo, Si Le Cuo, birds can't fly." For the sake of elegance, the scholar in Houcuo was renamed "Si Le Xuan".

history

Liu Shijie, the builder of Si Le Xuan, is the youngest brother. When he was young, Yihao was the son of his aunt, who had promised to send him to school. A few years later, Yijun, the 16-year-old elder brother, became a scholar. According to the custom, he would go to his aunt's home to "worship". When the eldest brother went to his aunt's house in a sedan chair, he met a yellow faced cowherd, who was his seventh brother. The elder brother paid a visit to his aunt. Seeing that his aunt's family was destitute, he left silver and led his younger brother back home with the sedan chair. He said that each of the six elder brothers saved a mouthful of food and would not let the seventh brother go hungry. In 1747, Yihao won Gongsheng. When the seven brothers got married and set up their own businesses, Yihao and his widowed sixth sister-in-law built a new house together, which is the fourth fall of the existing Si Le Xuan. On the day of the completion of the new house, friends of Minqing County Magistrate and Yihao came to congratulate them on the good feng shui of the house. They praised the house for its noble talents. Under the coordination of the county magistrate, they purchased land to expand another house. Their descendants and brothers and nephews built two houses in the middle and left and right horizontal houses together, completing the grand model of the four music Pavilion. There has been a nursery rhyme metaphor, four music Pavilion is a bird can not fly over the big building group.

Architectural features

The architectural features of Si Le CuO are four falling straight forward, seven columns and eight wind and fire walls. According to the main axis of symmetry, the middle is the main hall, and the left and right official rooms are three straight. The three official rooms and the wind fire wall are separated by 1 or 2 meters, which is called fire wall lane. In front of the courtyard on the left is a large courtyard. There are three academies on the left and right of the courtyard. In the middle is the hall of the Academy. On both sides are the study. Behind the academy is a small courtyard for the flower garden. There are three kitchens on the left and three on the right. There is a 4.5-meter cross street between erluo and sanluo, which leads to the left and right model houses. Beside the Fenghuo wall, there are two meter wide straight street SHUSHUI ditches, which lead to the four falls, forming a "+ +" shape with the cross street. There are four arched side doors under the Fenghuo wall of each luozhengcuo, leading to Zhijie. Outside the Zhijie street, a series of horizontal houses are built. The upper and lower model houses are separated by fire walls one meter thick and twelve meters high to prevent fire. According to the tradition, the left and right horizontal houses are built on the back of the fire wall. Waihengcuo is built in the opposite direction, facing hengcuo, forming a whole building around zhengcuo. A turret was built in each corner of the building, with narrow windows and gun holes to prevent bandits. The back door of the house is close to the wall, and an ancient camphor tree is planted on the left and right, with a chest circumference of 5 meters and a height of 18 meters. It looks like a canopy and is the same age as the house. There is an ancient well in erluo zuozhi street. The spring water is clear enough for the whole house. There are 13 main doors, screen room doors and back hall doors in the siluozhengcuo. The front line of the main door is vertical, the heavy door is open, and the Guangyuan hall is far-reaching and magnificent. The whole building is rich and rigorous, with oyster walls and tile houses, which form a huge complex.

present situation

Silequan in Bandong town was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of 255 years. It covers an area of 19352.4 square meters. Its building area is larger than the famous Honglincuo, but its preservation is not as complete as Honglincuo. Now there are 886 descendants of Liu family living in silequan, including more than 100 households.

Significance of inheritance

The whole building is rich and rigorous, with oyster walls and tile houses, forming a huge complex. In ancient times, every time there was a war, the neighboring villagers often stayed in it in order to avoid banditry and catch strong men.

influence

Compared with Honglincuo, the hometown of Taiwan scientist Huang Kaisheng, which was built in 1795 and covers an area of 17800 square meters, silequan is indeed the largest ancient residential building in China in terms of area. However, some ancient buildings in silequan have been demolished and built into modern reinforced concrete buildings, which are far less intact than Honglincuo. Therefore, many experts and scholars in the cultural heritage circles believe that it is "complete" The former covers the largest area in the country, while the latter is the best preserved in the country. In 1998, both silexian and Honglincuo started their tourism development at the same time. The admission tickets of the two houses have always been the same. However, today, Honglincuo has chosen to increase the admission ticket price substantially, but they choose the ultra-low price tourism of silexian ancient dwellings, which is highly praised by the people in the industry!

Tips

Admission and opening hours: 25 yuan

The "Qingming Festival" of social activity Si Le Xuan has been held for 36 times, from only 18 people to more than 1000 people

In order to satisfy the curiosity of students and tourists about the ancient dwellings in Minqing, many "moti" riders in Bandong town of Minqing have launched a new business of visiting meiyishou town (Bandong town) scenic spots for foreign students and tourists. For 30 to 50 yuan, the "moti" riders can accompany the whole journey, act as drivers and guides, and stay for 3 days at each scenic spot 0 minutes! These scenic spots include: Honglincuo, silequan, LiuYe temple, Zhitian palace, Qilu, zhangzhici, huangnaishang cemetery, Guangde Temple and Minyue King Temple! If you give more tips, you can also help to buy local local products of Bandong Town: Minqing lees, Chakou powder, sandalwood olives and Banxi guobian, and taste Bandong town snacks: Honglin ancient banquet, Qingdun non skinned snake meat, smoked and roasted dog meat, wild boar meat, glutinous rice wine Ziba and Minqing Guangbing.

Address: Banzhong village, Bandong Town, Minqing County, Fuzhou City

Longitude: 118.77139435848

Latitude: 26.116442789694

Ticket information: market price: 25.0 yuan