In Guzhai, Long Ting, where Fuzhou-Wenzhou-Tongjing Ancient Post Road must pass, there is a businessman who is known as "giving charity and giving up all his family wealth".
Zhu Chen _. According to Chen Jiapu's records, _ whose real name is Yunhui was born on December 21st in the 19th year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 1839) and died on October 4th in the 12th year of Qing Guangxu (A.D. 1886) at the age of 48.
According to the introduction of "Chen Wenhua Research Association", the _ family has been doing business for generations, and its family is well-off, so it is known as the "rich side". When I was young, I was studious. I learn from my filial friends. I am broad-minded and heroic. I am brave, helping the poor and being open. Ordinary people will generously ask him for help in an emergency. There are good people and deeds in the county. Do everything possible to help each other. They never break their promises. Their good deeds are widely known and enjoy a good reputation. The second good thing is listed below.
First, from the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1860) to the second year of Tongzhi (1863), it undertook the task of Guanyinge Village in Ban Ling, Shuimen Township, Xiapu County, which was built in the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1369).
Thousands of dollars were invested and it took nearly three years to complete the project. Today, Tingzi Village is a cultural relic protection unit in Xiapu County.
Secondly, in July of the ninth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1870), he and Xiaping Yangchun Rongyang jointly built the Yangjiaxi Bridge on the ancient post road that was destroyed by floods during the reign of Qing Qianlong.
All the costs of repairing the bridge are borne by him alone. After three years, it cost tens of thousands. Give up all your family wealth and be on the verge of bankruptcy. When the bridge was completed, Zhou, then the county magistrate of Xiapu County, personally presided over the completion ceremony and wrote a special inscription to publicize it.
He died on the fourth day of October in the 12th year of Guangxu (1886), at the age of 48.
After his death, villagers near and far felt sorry for him. It is really "a generation of businessmen, talents die young." As for his noble character of "charity", it will be passed down from generation to generation on the postal route forever.
(a), Zhu Chen _' s ancient house.
Long Ting Village, Yacheng Town, Xiapu County, Fujian Province, is an ancient road leading to Beijing, which was built in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an ancient village in Xiapu. It is the only place for scholars from eastern Fujian and southern Fujian to go to Beijing for fame and business travel.
There used to be many shops and people coming and going, and many ancient houses were built around the ancient road.
Among them, the most attractive thing is that the word "Cai Chang" is engraved on the lintel of the ancient house. This is the old house in Zhu Chen, facing east and west. This is the building of A Qing Dynasty, and the date of construction is unknown. According to the introduction of "Chen Wenhua Research Association", this ancient house is a rectangular building with two-story brick-wood structure, with a length of 30m and a width of 60m, covering an area of1.800m2..
The left and right sides of the central axis are side rooms, and the center is the gate, gatehouse hall, patio, hall, back hall and back seat in turn. The foundation of the wall is made of granite and Shi Lei, and its height is about 1.5. Above is a brick bucket wall, and the gate is made of stone.
At the top is a dovetail ridge, and a single eave hangs from the top of the mountain. The whole ancient house has the layout of traditional architectural style in Jiangnan. From this, we can not only see the prosperity of the family at that time, but also study how the style of ancient buildings in the south of the Yangtze River was introduced into Fujian along the ancient post road, which is one of the few ancient houses.
② Tombstone Forest in Zhu Chen _
Zhu Chen _ Tomb is located on the hillside of Mazhai Natural Village, Luoxi, Yacheng Town, Xiapu County, Fujian Province. It was built in the late Qing Dynasty, with an east-west direction and an area of about 170 square meters. The tomb is a fauteuil style, with a mixed structure of concrete and slate, and three coffins are buried side by side.
According to "Biography of Justice in Xiapu County Records" 34, Zhu Chen made great contributions to the construction of Yangjiaxi Bridge and Banling Pavilion, and was a well-known man of justice.
He started from business and returned to society with business. The inscription on the grave buried after his death was written by Chen, a teacher who studied Confucianism and harmony in Qing Dynasty. It was carved into a book, escorted to Long Ting by more than 30 foot soldiers from Fuzhou along the ancient bronze of Wenfu, and then sent to Houmenshan Cemetery of Mazhai Natural Village in Luoxi Village for installation.
From the tombstone, we can clearly see the inscriptions engraved in intaglio: Yingchuan County, the tombs of Chen Gongcong, Liu and Zhu. Left engraving: the mid-autumn moon in the eleventh year of the Republic of China; Right: Yang Xiaonan, Sun and Great-grandson.
The couplets of stone pillars around the monument were written by Huang, a scholar of Ningde Dynasty in Fujian, Kong Zhaogan (Qing Bagong), a member of Fujian Provincial Advisory Bureau, and Nie Yuan, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, respectively, for "Five Deer and Three Peaks Leave Flowers Blooming, and Tide Up the Vast Sailing Island Outside the Bohai Sea";
"I am waiting for the pen of Qian Zhonglang, and I will always engrave the filial son tablet." On the left and right sides of the wall stand four stone monuments and diabase stones, with a height of 120 cm and a width of 50 cm.
The inscription was written by Chen, the teacher of the Qing emperor, and described the deeds of filial piety, generosity and helping others all his life. It is a small forest of steles, which is composed of three characters: Kai, Li and Zhuan. The whole forest of steles is well protected.
According to the legend of local villagers, _ and are classmates, and studied under Mr. Chen (Chen was born in Luozhou, Minhou, Fujian, and was promoted at the age of 18, and was a scholar at the age of 2 18. He was a cadre of the "Liu Qing Party" in Guangxu court, a politician, educator, poet and famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. He has served as assistant minister of rites, bachelor of cabinet, doctor Guanglu, general Jianwei and prince Taifu. , a leading poet of Tongguang Fujian School, was the first president of Fujian Normal University).
Because of its unique shape and simple structure, Zhu Chen Tomb is a typical merchant tomb and has been listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.
At the same time, the epitaph grove will also be an ideal place for calligraphy lovers to study and study Chen's calligraphy.