The wooden frame propped up the ancient academy.
The gatehouse of Meihua Academy is made of all kinds of ancient bricks, and the gate is scarlet and antique. There is a stone forehead above the gate with the words "Meihua Academy" written on it. The reporter saw at the scene yesterday that the gate had been painted, and the words "Meihua Academy" had been recolored, and the blue words were very eye-catching. The house on the west side of the gate is also decorated, facing Guangling Road, and a small door is opened to connect Nanmutang.
Walking into the gate of Meihua Academy, you are greeted by a row of long corridors. On the west side of the long corridor, there is a long list of houses renovated this time. Go in through the small door that says "Plum Blossom Academy", facing the upstairs stairs. On the south side of the stairs, there is the front room-Nanmutang. The reporter saw that after the transformation, the wooden columns in Nanmutang stood tall. Nanmu Hall, supported by the traditional wooden frame in Yangzhou, is very magnificent. The corridor in front of the hall winds on three sides. The courtyard on the north side, the blue bricks and stones, the lattice windows around it and other traditional architectural elements in Yangzhou make the whole courtyard antique.
On the north side of Nanmu Temple, there are three groups of two-story buildings. After renovation, these dilapidated buildings have also taken on a new look. Through the efforts of construction workers, the former style of Meihua Academy has been fully revealed.
Sanjin Xiaolou is also in this style.
The reporter noticed that the three small buildings behind are independent, and each small building has its own entrance and exit. There are stairs on the east side, and the second floor is self-contained and unconnected, especially the last one, which is still a small building with three floors of modern architectural style. However, after this transformation, Sanjin Xiao Lou became the second floor with the same style, and the second floor of Sanjin Xiao Lou was connected by stairs and aisles, which became an organic whole.
Responsible comrades told reporters that the southernmost part of the old Meihua Academy building is on Guangling Road, and some buildings were demolished to widen the road. The existing old house of Meihua Academy has Nanmu Hall, with corridors on three sides in front of the hall and two floors of wooden buildings behind the hall, all of which are three rooms wide, and the front and rear main rooms are on the same central axis. In the past, there was a middle door on the back eaves of each entrance room, so that the front and rear were connected, separated as needed, and the secondary entrance rooms were opposite and connected in series. The main hall has a nanmu frame with thick beams and solid columns. The second floor behind, tall and straight, with high walls on the left and right, highlights its rigorous trend. There is a gatehouse on the east side of Erjin Hall, and a cloister of 17 in the north, which is more than 60 meters long.
This time, the last three-story modern concrete building will be restored to its original appearance, and the original appearance of the academy will be restored to the maximum extent. The first three buildings are mainly repaired. The front hall, front building and back building are kept and partially repaired. Remove the east stairs between the back building and the front building and add two floors of corridors. Stairs are added to the east side between the front building and the front hall, thus making the first three buildings coherent and convenient for guests to visit. At the same time, the 19 corridor was reserved and partially restored. The last modern building was rebuilt, the original three-story building and front staircase were demolished, the east, west and north external walls were retained, and two buildings were added to the original site in harmony with the previous buildings. After the renovation, new stairs will be built from the back building, and all the second-floor houses in the small building are connected, so you can walk to the building behind Nanmutang.
A copy of the only college relic.
According to experts, Meihua Academy has a history of more than 400 years and has been relocated three times. Meihua Academy is one of the ancient academies in Yangzhou, and its history can be traced back to Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. This stone was carved by Wu Rangzhi, a famous calligrapher, when Ding Richang Tongzhi was rebuilt in the fifth year (1866). Meihua Academy is the only academy with special courses in China and the only surviving academy relic in Yangzhou. After the restoration of this historic site, the only remaining remains of Yangzhou Academy will glow again.
Although there were many academies in Yangzhou in ancient times, Anding Academy and Meihua Academy were the most famous, and all the funds for running schools were spent from the salt transportation in the two Huai Dynasties. At Meihua Academy, there is a merit award. According to records, each official student can get up to 7.2 taels of silver a month. Due to the national reputation of Meihua Academy, there are many talents here. According to a person from the preparatory office of Yangzhou Academy Museum, the key to the fame of Meihua Academy is that a group of famous teachers and scholars teach here. Yao Nai, a famous writer of Tongcheng School, once applied for this position, and Zhu, a historian of salt transportation, also taught here, and a famous scholar of Huizhou School also held this position during Jiaqing period. According to statistics, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Meihua Academy successively won the top four places, including Xinghua, Baoying and Yizheng. In the 14th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1809), Meihua Academy selected four people at a time, among which Hongying Temple won the first prize in the exam.
The reporter learned that according to the characteristics and history of Meihua Academy, it won't be long before Yangzhou Academy Museum will be built here. Preparations such as the collection of historical materials started in advance have basically been put in place. After the renovation of the Academy Museum, relevant departments will hold exhibitions.