Huang Shiling's former residence is located in Biyang Town, yi county, in the Qing Dynasty.
Among the "yi county Ancient Dwellings", there is a building named "Old German Neighborhood House", which is the former residence of Huang Shiling, an outstanding painter in the late Qing Dynasty and the founder of "Yishan School". Although it has gone through many vicissitudes, it has been well preserved so far and has become a dazzling pearl among many ancient houses.
In fact, Huang Shiling has two former residences. In addition to the "Old German Neighborhood House", there is also a "Big Three Rooms" in the west of the village, which is the birthplace of Huang Shiling, that is, the "old house". The four walls of this house are high wind and fire walls, and there are protruding bricks on the outer wall with the words "six inches outside", which is unique in Huangcun. Inside, there is a courtyard in front, a hall in the back, and two rooms on both sides, upstairs, hence the name. According to his descendants, Huang Shiling lived here from childhood to youth. At the age of 56, he returned to his hometown and lived in this house at first. He also arranged a full set of mahogany furniture brought back from Guangzhou. Because people were crowded, he later built a new house "Old German Neighborhood House". After moving to the new house, the "big three rooms" will be rented by others. During the land reform in 1950s, due to various concerns, Huang's descendants did not dare to declare this house as their own property, so they returned it to the occupants. Few people know this inside story, so few people mention it.
When Huang returned to his hometown in his later years, his former residence, "Laode Neighborhood House", was located several hundred meters east of Shuikou Pavilion at the head of the village. It is a special residence with rich Huizhou architectural style, "with small tile-headed blue brick walls and lattice windows hanging in the cloister." The surrounding environment is very quiet and it is Huang's ancestral home. According to the old people in the village, from Shuikou Pavilion to Huang's former residence, it used to be the big garden of the Huang family. Now it's deserted, but the charm of the past is still discernible. The bamboo forest in front of the house is swaying, the reflection is hidden in the clear round fish pond, and the fish and shrimp are swimming, which can be counted. Not far from the former residence is the Huangjia Ancestral Temple. Huang Shiling once said on the seal: "My family moved to Huangcun from the Song Dynasty, and the ancient trees in front of the ancestral hall also belonged to the Song Dynasty. _ The shade is half an acre, and the cave can accommodate ten people. Tongzhi was wiped out by soldiers in the second year, and next year Sun Zhi will have a relapse and become independent. The late king once had a poem about it. I have read this book for more than a year, and the height is out of the roof. The little boy lived nearby and moved to the famous Fangziyun. " It is puzzling that although the words "Old German Neighborhood House" are engraved on the forehead of the former residence, the name has been decided. But in fact, Huang still uses his study number "Guhuai Neighborhood House" and never uses "Laode Neighborhood House" abroad. This may be because he prefers the house number "Guhuai Neighborhood House", which can avoid the suspicion that he claims to be "virtuous in his ancestors" abroad. It can be said that there is a difference between inside and outside! This practice is also in line with his undisguised character. Therefore, people who are not close to their eyes only know the name "Guhuai Neighbourhood House" and don't know that there is an "old German Neighbourhood House".
Entering the hall, there is a spacious and elegant living room in the middle, a courtyard courtyard in the center, and rooms in the upper and lower halls. Although it is not elegant, it gives people a simple and generous feeling. It is said that there was a hand-painted "Zhong Ding Map" hanging on the wall of the main hall, a wooden couplet written in calligraphy "In the beauty pageant of Guhuai, Malaysia, Yan Qingfen", and a book from a close friend Huang, which presented "Festival is a bitter experience and mr. yi is superb." Couplets, etc. The hall is elegantly decorated, but it is impossible to see it now.
On the left side of the main hall is the study of "Guhuai Neighborhood" in Huang Shiling, a bungalow building with windows on the left wall. The light is much brighter than just relying on the wings of the patio. It is the place where he collected all kinds of inscriptions, paintings and calligraphy, studied, painted and printed. According to his descendants' memories, on the eve of liberation, a new portrait was hung on Zhai's wall. Tao Junxuan wrote: "My specialty is writing history, so I should call for help." Couplets, etc. Behind the main hall is a small building called "Wen Meiting" and posthumous title's "Xiao Lu", which was built by his eldest son Huang Shaomu in the 28th year of the Republic of China and connected with Mufu's former residence upstairs. It can also be said to be an extension of the former residence of Mufu. Although "Wen Mei Ting" is not as exquisite as the former residence of Mufu, there is a cloister on the west side of the building overlooking the mountains and rivers of the village, and there is even a saying that "it is suitable for misty rain and cool breeze to enter the threshold". Interesting, so it is unique from the former residence.
Huang Shiling's former residence was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Huangshan City.
Huang Shiling (1849 ~ 1908) is a native of Huangcun, Xiwu Township, Yixian County. My father is neutral and can be good at poetry and seal. Huang Shiling was born in a family education. At the age of 20, he became a noisy village. During the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, he wrote bookmarks for a bookstore in Nanchang. His calligraphy was appreciated by Wang Mingluan, a political scholar in Jiangxi Province, and he gained profound knowledge by making friends with many celebrities at that time, traveling with famous scholars, Wang and Wu Dayou, and visiting the inscriptions and descriptions of calligraphy treasures collected in various places. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), Wu Dazi became the governor of Huang Shiling and Guangdong.
Biyang Town: Biyang Town is located in the ancient Miao Basin at the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain, in the axis of Xidi Hongcun, a world cultural heritage, only 40 kilometers away from Huangshan Scenic Area, and is the political, economic and cultural center of yi county. The town has jurisdiction over 25 village committees and 3 community neighborhood committees with a population of 45,000, including 4 1 10,000 permanent residents and 4,000 floating population. Land area 120 km2. Biyang Town, as an important industrial town in Yixian County, has been taking the development of cocoon and silk industry, tourism food processing industry and tourism handicraft processing industry as the leading industries, and has built 8 enterprises above designated size with an annual output value of.