A Brief Introduction to Visiting Changjia Manor

The architecture of Changjia Manor is particularly primitive, and the Shanxi merchants' mansions such as Cao Family, Qiao Family and Qu Family in Jinzhong are far behind.

Introduction of scenic spots

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when merchants learned from each other and business became increasingly prosperous, they often began to build houses in Che Gu Lu's hometown. In the ninth century, the career of Chang Wansui and Chang Wanda brothers was in full swing, and the mansion architecture also entered its heyday. Wan Wan built a street from south to north, commonly known as West Street; Wanda bought land in the north of the village and built a new street, commonly known as backstreet. So it is called two streets at home. After nearly 200 years of improvement, there are more than 4,000 houses and more than 50 buildings, covering an area of 600,000 square meters. The halls in the courtyard are exquisite, magnificent and spectacular. There are seven other gardens, including famous flowers and ancient trees, high pavilions and low pavilions, winding corridors and fast houses, as well as streams and ponds. Surrounded by the eight gates of the Li Qian Fort wall, the owners can live in seclusion, cultivate themselves, daydream, watch, browse, rejoice and sigh. Eight cans? The ideal spiritual manor pursued. The restored 40,000-square-meter mansion and 80,000-square-meter garden, although only a quarter of the original size, have basically maintained the manor style and reappeared the former style.

Changjia Manor is located in Chewang Village, Dongyang Town, southwest Yuci. The edge consists of four small natural villages. There is a big temple in the center of Sizhai, which is half a mile away from Sizhai, forming a spoke shape, hence the name? Rim？ .

In the early years of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of the Chang family often moved here from Huian, Taigu to herd sheep. During the reign of Kang Gan in Qing Dynasty, Chang Jinquan, the seventh ancestor, began to do business, and Chang Wei, the eighth ancestor, led Wanji and Wanda, the ninth ancestor, to engage in business activities, which made a lot of profits. Gradually, it often became a strong force among famous families and Shanxi merchants in Jinzhong, and began to build residential courtyards on a large scale. Chang Wanqi was built in the vehicle village? Nanci Temple? , stand? Shirongtang? Take the southwest of the village as the axis and develop eastward and southward; Changwanda was built in the north of the village? North ancestral hall? , stand? Shihetang? Building a new street from east to west, commonly known as? Backstreet? . From the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty to the end of Guangxu, after more than 200 years of construction, two streets, east, west, north and south, were often built on the curb. On both sides of the street are rows of deep curtilage courtyards, pavilions and pavilions, which set each other off, carved beams and painted buildings, which are spectacular. * * * covers an area of 100 mu, with more than 40 buildings and more than 500 houses, connecting the original four natural villages. There is a proverb:? Qiao's family has a yard, and Chang's family has two streets. ? The building scale of Changjia was called the first of residential buildings in Sanjin at that time. Chang's Confucian merchant culture is unique, with many literati and famous calligraphers coming forth in large numbers. Therefore, he also has his own extraordinary originality in the construction of his mansion, which is beyond the reach of Cao Shi, Qiao and Qu in Jinzhong.

The Qing Dynasty was a glorious period for Shanxi merchants. Like many successful businessmen in Shanxi, Chang's family began to build in their hometown after they became rich in business. Different from many Shanxi merchants, Changjia is a foreign trade family that looks at the world, dares to be the first in the world, seeks the benefits of the world, and develops Wanli Tea Road; As a cultural family and an educational family that abides by etiquette, respects teachers and attaches importance to education, after more than 200 years of continuous construction, its house not only has the characteristics of a fully functional manor and an orderly Chinese etiquette tradition, but also has a rich taste of Confucian culture. 100 mu of garden integrates Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in one furnace, blending North and South styles. This feature is rare among ordinary people in the north, and only exists in many quadrangles of Shanxi merchants.

The grandeur of Chang's manor is beyond ordinary people's imagination. A 650-meter-long Qing street is displayed between an arched stone bridge with a width of 20 feet and a gate with a height of 70 feet and 20 feet. The north and south houses of the long street are close together, and there is no horizontal passage, which is formed? Street doors open in turn, while fort doors close? Mode. More than 600,000 square meters, more than 4,000 houses, more than 50 buildings, 13 gardens.

The characteristics of Changjia Manor attract worldwide attention! You have to have enough time and energy to visit Changjia Manor. To sum up in the simplest language, what are the main buildings and landscapes? One mountain, one pavilion, two pavilions, four gardens, five courtyards, six waters, nine halls, eight columns, thirteen pavilions, twenty-five corridors and twenty-seven houses? . Add up these figures, and there must be more than 100 places open to tourists. From the layout point of view, the main building is dominated by the majestic and square North Courtyard, and each main courtyard is divided into two entrances. The outer courtyard and the south building are facing the street, and various gatehouses are built on the east side. There are five rooms in the front yard, east and west wings, a south wing in the north and a hanging flower door in the middle. The inner courtyard is rectangular and spacious, about twice as large as the outer courtyard. The upper room and the south room are symmetrical, with ten rooms, nine rooms and eight rooms in the east and west respectively. If there are eight rooms upstairs and eight rooms in the south building, they will be separated from the side courtyard according to the pattern of "five plus three" and will never cross? Founder? What about the rules? Grade? In an instant, it fully shows the momentum of aristocratic families. However, its annex fully shows'? Lingxiu? , manufacturing? Founder? Soak in it? Beautiful? . The beauty of Changjia Courtyard is mainly manifested in three aspects.

Main attraction

Changshi ancestral hall

Is the ancestral temple original? North ancestral hall? It was built in 1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu in Qing dynasty) and completed in 1882 (the eighth year of Guangxu), which lasted for three years and cost more than 20,000 taels of silver. The North Ancestral Temple is located on the north side of the east section of the back street of the manor, facing south, with a width of 25 meters and a depth of 100 meter, covering an area of more than 2,500 square meters. The whole building follows Confucianism, the north-south axis, east-west symmetry, three doors and four entrances, majestic and solemn. It is the ancestral temple complex with the largest existing scale, the most complete structure, the most complete facilities and extremely high specifications in northern China. In terms of architectural layout, Changjia Ancestral Hall consists of four courtyards from south to north, namely, Shiwei Outer Courtyard, Front Courtyard (Stage Courtyard) and Upper and Lower Courtyards of Inner Courtyard separated by Sacrificial Hall. The main building facilities are the main hall and dedication hall, matching hall, matching room and stage.

Guihetang

Guihetang House is located on the north side of the west section of Backstreet, facing south, with 73 rooms and 2 buildings. It is the largest existing hall in Changjia manor building. The preserved bricks, wood, stone carvings and painted paintings are the most complete; There is the largest brick carving screen wall in China residential buildings; Experts believe that the seven-bay back building is the highest-level building in China. The buildings of Guihetang are located in the south of Backstreet, except for the affiliated courtyards such as Che Ma Yuan and Keyuan, and the six main buildings are located in the north of the street, which is the most intact one in the North Building.

Shiyunxuan

Stone Academy is located on the north side of the middle section of Backstreet. It is a family school of Chang family, named after its rare treasure-stone. The academy is composed of three groups of courtyards: Shiyunxuan Academy, Private Academy and Yuezhai Academy, with an integrated layout. A garden-like college complex is formed in the courtyard. The stele gallery constitutes the main body of Shiyunxuan Academy, displaying four large and precious steles, namely, the gallery is the post and the post is the gallery. Three of them are in the front yard, one is made of stone in the main gallery, one is from the rain-listening building in the east gallery, and the other is the regular ink in the west gallery. A south corridor in the backyard is the post of emperor 44.

Close the park (according to the scheduled time)

Jingyuan, is it in the original home? On the basis of apricot garden, jujube garden, mulberry garden, garden and vegetable garden in the back garden, it was carefully planned by China contemporary famous classical garden experts Meng, Zhou and Zheng, followed the original appearance, and was restored after necessary integration and repair. The main body of Jingyuan is located behind the main halls, facing the north of the manor, covering an area of 120 mu. When the Chang family built the Jingyuan Garden, it was the peak of China's gardening activities. The Chang family wandered between the Jiangnan water town and the Saibei desert for generations. Therefore, the combination of north and south styles makes the garden both simple and bold of the north school and smart and beautiful of the south school. The style is dominated by wild interests, with streams, ponds, cloisters, corridors, pavilions, bridges and gardens dotted in it, which are exquisite, quiet, ethereal, transparent and detached.

Traffic guide

train

From Beijing to Yuci: K609, K96 1

Datong to Yuci: 267 1, 2463, K7807, K 1365, K96 1

From Zhengzhou to Yuci: K 1366, K2502, 1552.

Xi An to Yuci: K690, 2672, 1096, 1486, K506.

be self-drive

Beijing to Yuci: Beijing? Beijing-Shijiazhuang Expressway? Shijiazhuang? Shitai Expressway? Taiyuan? Yuci

Datong to Yuci: Datong? Universiade Expressway? 108 national highway? Yuci

Zhengzhou to Yuci: Jinjiao Expressway? Changjin Expressway? Taichang Expressway Yuci Exit? 108 national highway southbound? Dongyang town of Yuci

Xi 'an to Yuci: Get off at Qixian Exit of Universiade Expressway? Dongguan? 108 northbound national highway? Dongyang town of Yuci

public transportation

Bus 12 is the round-trip line from Yuci Railway Station to Changjia Manor.

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