Cultural Weekly | Tsai’s house is full of ups and downs
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This time I accidentally came to Liuke Village, the hometown of overseas Chinese, by the Wanquan River, and saw the exotic Southeast Asian style and profound village built by the four brothers Cai Jiasen. The Coconut Grove Manor and buildings with Chinese cultural heritage are a surprise.
There are four surprises:
First, I am amazed and like this tropical manor. Its seaside coconut breeze, its Nanyang style, its tropical sentiment, its cultural charm, and its Chinese style all make people marvel and feel extremely happy.
The second is to marvel at and like this building complex. It is both humanistic and ecological; it is both historical and fashionable; it is both foreign and Chinese; it is both solid and smooth. I especially like its overall layout, its original texture, its Feng Shui location, its mutual harmony, and its harmony between man and nature.
The third is to marvel at and like the style, posture and posture of each building in the building complex. There is a mold, a style, a spirit, a rhyme, a "school" and a "style". Look at its momentum of rushing upward towards the blue sky, and its agility in dancing freely. Doesn’t it make you full of surprise and joy in your heart?
The fourth is to marvel at and like the culture in this manor complex. If you are used to seeing farmhouses and village houses with bamboo and wood structures, and now looking at this kind of big old house, are you surprised by the reputation and status of the Cai family? I also deeply feel the long history and the profound nostalgia.
This tropical manor building complex is located on the bank of Wanquan River in Qionghai, Hainan, next to the site of the Boao Forum for Asia. It is a private house, a fortress, and a treasure box. This kind of building can maintain the true energy. It can build confidence and create atmosphere.
The Cai Family House in Liuke Village was built by Cai Jiasen and others who went to Nanyang to return to their hometown. After leaving their hometown and going to Nanyang, people go to the world and have a broader vision; when they return to their hometown to build buildings, they settle down their souls. , the mind is brighter.
The Cai Family Nanyang Manor in Liuke Village vividly explains the meaning of the word "Liuke" in Liuke Village. It represents Qionghai’s affectionate call to overseas travelers, and also represents the homesickness and nostalgia for hometown of those visiting Nanyang. Some people say, "The longest road in the world is the road back home that gets closer and closer. The deepest love in the world is the growing homesickness." As the saying goes, "The feeling of being close to home is even more timid, and I dare not ask." Visitors." After looking at the manor complex and reading the history of Cai Jiasen and his family's departure and return to their hometown, I remembered a poem: "Life is a long road to Nanyang, and the nostalgia is strong in the guest village."
The reason why the Cai Family Nanyang Manor in Liuke Village is pleasing to the eye, pleasing to the eye, soothing, and refreshing lies not only in its landscape location, garden style, and elegant architecture, but also in its rich history and culture. Communion, and an upward spirit.
The Cai family manor complex makes people feel cultured.
On the wall of the living room, we saw a couplet, which is a poem by Su Dongpo: "The sea has never cut off the earth's veins, and the white robe has joined together for the first time." The meaning of the poem is: The roaring sea can never cut off the popular earth's veins. ; Bai Ding, a scholar, can achieve unprecedented ambitions. In the fourth year of Shaosheng's reign in the Song Dynasty (1097), Su Dongpo crossed the Qiongzhou Strait in a solitary boat and came to Danzhou, a desolate place. At this time, Su Dongpo was exiled for the third time. He was demoted from the capital to Huangzhou, from Huangzhou to Huizhou, and finally from Huizhou to Danzhou. As he himself said, "The heart is like a gray tree, and the body is like a boat without ties. I ask you about your life achievements, Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou."
But Su Dongpo was Su Dongpo after all. He crossed Poyang Lake, crossed the Meiguan Yuling Mountains, crossed the Qiongzhou Strait, and came to the hot and humid land of Hainan. He wrote "I am a native of Dan'er, parasitic in Western Shuzhou." . Su Dongpo was demoted to Hainan and came to Danzhou to take up a post. He himself was demoted and suffered, but he did practical things for the people of Hainan, building water conservancy, farming technology, and setting up museums and schools. Among the students he accepted was a Hainanese named Jiang Tangzuo. Su Dongpo said in "Shu Liuzi Hou's Poems": "In the ninth month of Ji Mao of Yuan Dynasty, Qiong Shi and Jiang Jun came to visit me, and they followed me every day. They returned in the third month of Gengchen." "Sun and Yu follow each other" means that Jiang Tangzuo came to study with his teacher.
Jiang Tangzuo studied diligently under Su Dongpo and made rapid progress. Half a year later, Jiang Tangzuo had to return home due to his mother's illness. There is also information that Su Dongpo is returning to the north. In short, the two are about to separate. Before leaving, Su Dongpo wrote two poems to Jiang Tangzuo: "The sea has never broken the earth's veins, and the white robe has never been reunited.
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Don't tell me, things are so magical. Later, Jiang Tangzuo did pass the exam. It is said that he was the first person in Hainan. Judging from these two poems, Su Dongpo's education was not It is not just imparting knowledge, nor is it privately imparting the secrets of imperial examinations, but it is to plant ideals and ambitions in Jiang Tangzuo.
From the poem couplet "The sea has never broken the earth's veins, and the white robe has joined together for the first time". , I read the open-mindedness, selflessness and vision of Su Dongpo, and the diligence, intelligence and ambition of Hainanese Jiang Tangzuo. At the same time, I also read a kind of historical information and cultural code. The prosperity of a place lies in the openness of society. , lies in the flow of talents and cultural exchanges. Whether it is the ancient Central Plains man Su Dongpo who came to Qiongzhou, or the modern Hainanese Cai Jiasen who went to Southeast Asia, they both exported and introduced culture, and they all learned and brought values. Opening up and strengthening exchanges is the road to growth, development and prosperity.
The Cai Jiasen brothers have a solid foundation in traditional Chinese culture. After they developed, they popularized Chinese culture and spread Chinese values in Indonesia. They donated money to start the establishment on Airi Island. Chinese primary schools and middle schools, and the tombstones in the Cai family cemetery in Indonesia are all engraved with the words "Residence in Qiongzhou, Hainan", not forgetting where they came from.
In this old house of the Cai family manor, there are also words. The Cai Jiasen family’s love and inheritance of Chinese culture can be seen everywhere, as well as their awareness of using Chinese culture to educate their families.
In the main hall of Cai Jiawu’s front yard, there is a letter "Loyalty and Filial Piety to the Family", and the door couplets on both sides are magnificent: "In the chest." "The clouds in the dream are vast, and the universe is wide in the eyes." It not only has the traditional cultural heritage of Confucianism, but also incorporates the fearless spirit of marine entrepreneurship.
Cai Jia Zhai also specially opened a private school "Betel Nut Study" in the old house. A portrait of Confucius hangs in the middle, with the words "Enlighten yourself with knowledge and cultivate integrity, learn books and show courtesy" on both sides.
The Cai family manor complex in Liuke Village gathers the descendants of the Cai family scattered around the world. Although the Cai family is scattered around the world and engaged in different industries, they will return to their hometown to worship their ancestors every Qingming Festival. They have a small gathering every three years and a big gathering every five years. The family has also set up a fund to protect and repair the old house. " Descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties attach great importance to the concept of hometown. No matter how far they travel, they must return to their roots. The Cai family's old house carries the thoughts of hometown for six generations of descendants, and it is a home that is haunted by dreams. "The descendants of the Cai family said.