Wang's Xiaoyuan is one of the traditional Chinese residential buildings in Jiangsu Province. It is located at No. 14, Dongshou District Official, Dongquanmen Historical Street, Yangzhou City. Because the owner's surname is Wang, the residence is the main residence, and the garden complements it. The garden area is not large, so it is called Wang's Xiaoyuan. Basic introduction Chinese name: Wang's Xiaoyuan Location: East end of Dongquanmen Historical District, Yangzhou City Area: more than 3,000 square meters Opening hours: 7:15-18:00 in summer, 7:15-17:15 in winter Tickets Price: 35 yuan/person Famous attractions: Monuments Country: China City: Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province Recommended play time: 1-2 hours Must read before traveling, scenic spot updates, scenic spot introduction, key information, ticket reservations, scenic spot pictures, Wang's Xiaoyuan in Yangzhou, composition, transportation information, ticket information, Wang's Xiaoyuan in Yangzhou covers an area of ??more than 3,000 square meters, with nearly a hundred old houses remaining, and a construction area of ??more than 1,580 square meters. Among the large residences in Yangzhou, it is one of the most complete salt merchant residences in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The characteristics of his house are its regular layout, exquisite decoration and carvings, exquisite gardens and rich cultural heritage. Wang's Garden has attracted many Chinese and foreign tourists over the years with its unique characteristics and little-known salt merchant secrets. It is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. Composition The layout of the small garden group is regular: the residences are arranged in three parallel ways horizontally, the main house extends vertically into three directions, the front and rear central axes run through, and the left and right sides are symmetrical, embodying the Confucian doctrine of the mean. The corridors next to the main hall and the sleeping quarters behind the hall reflect the feudal ethical concepts of equality between superiors and inferiors and distinction between men and women. The combination of odd numbers in the building embodies the mysterious Feng Shui consciousness that odd numbers are yang and even numbers are yin, and fully embodies the ingenuity and artistic creativity of the working people in ancient China. Residential courtyards have balanced proportions, sufficient ventilation and lighting, are interconnected vertically and horizontally, and can be freely separated and combined inside and outside. It is one of the traditional patterns of Yangzhou mansion gates. The garden is exquisite and exquisite: there are "Keqi", "Chunshen Xiaoyuan" and "Yingxi" small gardens in front of the hall and behind the house, making the residential gardens integrated into one with many twists and turns. The decoration and carvings are exquisite: wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings and decoration, walls and floors are cleverly combined to complement each other. The materials used are precious, including white marble, golden nanmu, mahogany, cypress, etc.; the techniques are diverse, including intaglio, flat, shallow, deep relief, single-sided, double-sided openwork; the themes are rich, including geometric patterns, birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, etc. The characters, landscapes, profound meanings, and auspiciousness. The cultural and historical connotations are profound: the lintels, stone inscriptions, plaques, and couplets contain calligraphy of "Kaifu, Li, Xing, Cao, and Zhuan", which are from famous works. The allusions are exquisite and intriguing, and they are integrated with the environment of the small garden and complement each other. Little-known secrets: There are secret doors, secret rooms, secret walls, secret pavilions, hidden treasure caves, basements, etc. in the garden. There is a high wall surrounding the front door of Wang's Xiaoyuan. The wall is thick and has no windows. Its function is to prevent theft and fire. Look at the wall of the gatehouse. The gatehouse is not decorated with carvings and the wall is not decorated. It looks simple and unpretentious. , in fact, it is hiding wealth without revealing it. Moreover, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were social turbulence and constant wars. The salt merchants could no longer compare with those in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. However, the pair of deep relief stone drums on both sides of the gate and the thick door leaf nails inlaid with peeled iron sheets still had the "Five Blessings" pattern. It vaguely revealed the wealth of the former owner. A pair of stones engraved with "double lines" of alumite have the same shape and style as the east entrance hall of the "Chengzhitang" ancient residence in Hongcun, Yixian County, Anhui Province. Why is it the same shape as the entrance hall of the ancient residence in Hongcun? This is because the former owner of Wang's Xiaoyuan, Wang Zhuming, was a Huizhou merchant. Looking at the sill again, there are double rings on the sill that can be activated up and down to facilitate the entry and exit of the sedan. The exquisite brick-carved "Fu Temple" (commonly known as the Earth Temple) built against the wall is used to burn incense and worship gods in the morning and evening, as well as during weddings and funerals. On the left side of Fu Temple is a polished brick door with seams, and the main hall is inside. The courtyard in front of Chunhui Room is spacious, and the flower street floor is paved with pebbles, porcelain tiles, bricks, and tiles in the shape of pine, crane, deer, bat, longevity peach, Ganoderma lucidum, and unicorn, which means "crane and deer are in the same pine", "good fortune and longevity", and "unicorn brings good luck" son". There are a few lake stone rockeries on both sides of the wall, and are planted with viburnum, wintersweet, and vine flowers and trees, which is elegant and pleasant. The peak stone on the east side of the front courtyard protrudes, splashing close to the eaves. There is also a small corner door with polished brick veneer on the east side, giving it an artistic conception of seeming presence and absence. Entering the Chunhui Room deep in the courtyard, you can see the plum blossom and pear relief screen in the bright room. Although it has gone through a hundred years of vicissitudes, it is still as shiny and radiant as ever. The wood carvings on the apron under the screen are "Lion Playing Ball", "Corucopia", "Dieffenbachia", etc., which are extremely exquisite. There are six marble natural landscape paintings embedded in the middle, such as windy mountains and streams, waterfalls and streams, and dragons and snakes swimming around.
The incised couplets written in seal script and the plaque are like the finishing touches. Together with the exquisite open-carved cypress flower cover between the two, it adds to the simple and elegant atmosphere of Chunhui Room. Professor Ruan Yisan of the National Famous City Protection Committee lamented that it is "a rare masterpiece." Through the open-carved cypress flower cover in the secondary room of Chunhui Room, the flying cover behind the screen and the flying cover at the entrance of the wing room, the exquisite decoration and carvings are emphasized, which shows that the wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, decorations, walls (such as Fu Temple, door covers), and The ground (such as the courtyard flower street) is comprehensively and skillfully used to complement each other. Its artistic style is different from the complexity in the north and the exquisiteness in the south. It is influenced by emblem carvings and has its own personality. It is characterized by exquisiteness, refinement, and various techniques, including inverted carving, flat carving, shallow relief, deep relief, and single-sided carving. Openwork and double-sided openwork. A wide range of materials are used: the wood materials include plum, rosewood, nanmu, cypress, fir, Douglas, pine, etc., with rich themes; there are auspiciousness, geometric patterns, birds and animals, flowers, birds, fish and insects, figures and landscapes, with profound meanings; there are pines and cranes that prolong life (pine, crane), peace every year (flowers on the vase), peace in the four seasons (flowers of the four seasons in the vase), children and grandchildren (squirrels, monkeys, grapes), Feng Xi Peony (phoenix, peony), pomegranates (pomegranate) , lotus seeds (lotus seeds) and other auspicious meanings. Marble natural landscape paintings, such as windy mountains and streams, waterfalls and streams, and dragons and snakes swimming around. After the Chunhui Room is introduced, the east side faces the north wing. The door of this room is not a traditional double door, but a sliding door. There is a copper notch on the lower sill of the door. Let's look at the "treasure cave" in the floor. This is a carpenter who accidentally discovered two movable floors when repairing the floor. He opened the movable floor and found a large thick iron plate covering the ground. There are two iron plates on the surface. The iron handle has two thick iron rings on the side (which are used to insert iron bolts into the locking iron plate). Although it is rusty and partially peeled off, it can be opened and closed easily. When the heavy iron plate cover is opened, it is found that under the iron plate There is a "treasure cave" with a depth of 1.5 meters, a width of 1.2 meters x 1.2 meters square, and smooth walls. It is speculated that this cave was hidden under the floor and was used by the owner to store valuables. Later, the "treasures" may have been taken out or stolen, or they may not have been used at all after being built. Of course these are just guesses. Beautiful photos of the ancient house. When you exit the back door of East Road, turn right into the kitchen. Judging from the spaciousness of the kitchen, there were many people eating at home in Wang's Xiaoyuan, as well as cooks and servants. Exit the hexagonal door on the north side of the kitchen and enter the east garden. The stone forehead of its hexagonal gate has the official script "spoon", which means kitchen. Pass through the pavement beside the rockery with sparse peaks and straight slopes in the Xiaoyuan, and enter the octagonal gate to the north. The stone forehead above the door has the cursive script "xiyu" written in cursive script, which means cherish. This is The place is where chefs and servants live and where grain, oil and sundries are stored. The path beside the cave wall leads west to the "bathroom room". The bathtub, tiles, and floor tiles here are original from seventy or eighty years ago. Looking at the lintel of the moon gate, the six characters are: "Huahaohaoyuanyuanlifeshu", and the postscript is: "Mr. Boping and Zhu Kunzhong have built a new residence and restored a small garden behind it, with secluded pavilions and winding corridors, with flowers and trees. Every time the blue clouds begin to close, , the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner, and I wonder if the banquet in the Taoli Garden in Taibai is such a joy? The six words in the seal are written on the lintel of the list, which is to wish you all a happy day. Chen Yan ( Wei Hua)". This means that the Wang brothers not only built a new house in the front, but also opened a small garden, winding pavilions, and flowers and trees in the back. Whenever the moon is full, the Wang brothers gather together to have fun. I wonder if Li Taibai's peach and plum garden has this kind of fun, that is, It refers to Li Bai and his brothers gathering in the Peach and Plum Garden in the Tang Dynasty, because Li Bai wrote the article "Preface to the Spring Night Banquet in the Peach and Plum Garden". It describes "the garden of gathering peaches and plums, and the joy of family relations". Wang Zhuming had four sons and two daughters, and his sons were classified as Taijie, Tailin, Taike, and Taidi, which means "high-ranking Qilin, who passed the imperial examination." The business names are Boping, Zhongshi, Shuying, and Jigao, and they operate salt merchants, real estate (Shanghai), leather goods (Nanjing), financial banks (Shanghai), and Yangzhou Zuowei Street (now Guangling Road Zhongbaiyi Store) The original Yihexiang salt number. The house in Chunhui Hall with green walls and red walls on East Road was expanded by the eldest son Wang Boping in the early years of the Republic of China, while the houses on Middle Road and West Road are the remaining houses in the late Qing Dynasty. Exit the bathroom and enter the alum stone moon gate. The top of the moon gate faces east. On the forehead of the stone is the official script "yingxi", which means that the morning sun rises from the east and its sunlight shines into the small garden. The top of the moon gate faces west. The forehead is "Xiaoyuan Chunshen" and the font is regular script. On the stone forehead above Huoxiang facing north is the seal inscription "Yi'an". On the back of the stone is the running script "Tibetan Secret". His calligraphy includes the Chinese calligraphy arts of "Kaifeng, Li, Xing, Cao and Zhuan". Qingfeng has a profound foundation in writing skills and the meaning of the title is thought-provoking. There is a white marble moon gate in the middle of the "Xiaoyuan Chunshen" and "Yingxi" gardens. There are various water-polished bricks and fine flowers and leaky windows on both sides to separate the east and west gardens, making the two gardens merge into one. Standing in front of the moon gate and looking east at the scenery of the small garden, you can see rising stone peaks, towering ancient cypresses, and lush pomegranate branches. The top of the towering green and gray silk-stitched cloud-mountain-style wall looks like a swimming dragon.
Looking to the west of the small garden, there are winding corridors and secluded pavilions, a flower hall and a study, a thousand bamboo poles on the peony stage, and sparse flowers and trees. In front of the study window, a century-old pomegranate stem moves like a dragon and a snake. Looking at the five-colored glass in Shuozhai, you can't see anything clearly when you look in from the outside. From the inside, you can see the outdoor scenery through the five-color glass, which is clear and colorful. There is a floor-to-ceiling plum-framed mirror in the northwest corner of the room. There was an original secret door behind the mirror (it was built solidly because it was still used by a flower factory). Enter the flower hall through the side door. The hall faces south with an ice-cracked flying cover. Three groups of figures are carved in wood inside the crabapple in the center; in the middle are the three longevity stars "Fu, Lu, Longevity", which means "three stars shine brightly", and on the right is "Bangs Playing with Golden Toad" ", on the left is "King Wen Seeking Talent" (that is, it is often joked that "Jiang Taigong commits fishing, and those who wish to take the bait"). On the west side, a group of floor-standing wood carvings are composed of the "Three Friends of Suihan" pine, bamboo and plum. Take a closer look and appreciate the vines climbing ancient pines, old bamboo shoots, and plum blossom stamens in bloom. Pine is a cold-resistant tree that survives the winter and is a symbol of integrity. Bamboo also survives the winter. Its character is neither humble nor arrogant, and it is chic and unrestrained. It is often a symbol of elegant people from different customs. Plum blossoms welcome the cold and frost, and bloom with fragrance. They are a symbol of perseverance and perseverance. The wood carving material is made of precious golden nanmu, and the two-way open carving technique is used. The front and back sides look the same, which is a masterpiece. There is an air-raid shelter in the garden under the corridor when you exit the West Flower Hall. This air-raid shelter is not a product of the "deep digging of holes and wide accumulation of grain" period during the Cultural Revolution, but an air-raid shelter that existed during the Anti-Japanese War. The cave is not large, with two entrances and exits from the north and the south. There are also two closets in the cave. If you are interested, you might as well go in and take a walk. There is a Wang's small garden in the west corridor of the air-raid shelter, and the back door leads to Majia Alley. There is an Islamic mosque on the north side of the alley. There is an ancient well in the temple called "Seven Aunts Well". According to legend, it was the place where seven women died and entered the mosque to die. There are inlays on the wall next to the well. The stone forehead records the incident. The hexagonal door on the south side of the air-raid shelter has the stone "Juyi" on it. There is a courtyard inside, and in front of it are three two-bedroom houses. The reason why this door is now solid is because it is a private house for the descendants of the Wang family, so it is not open to the public. . Walk along the east side of Peony Taitung and enter Chaonan Huoxiang from the hexagonal gate of "Yi'an". Walk along the east side of Peony Taitung and enter Chaonan Huoxiang from the hexagonal gate of "Yi'an". After passing through the middle road, enter the west room, enter the house after entering the west road, then enter the narrow to wide alley from the side door of the west wing, and then enter the boat hall to the south. Judging from its shape and layout, the south head is the ship hall, the middle is the ship's side, and the north is the stern. This is based on the geographical scope. The wood-carved plum flower cover in the boat hall is also very exquisite, with "Phoenix Playing with Peonies" on the top and "Lion Playing with Peonies" on the bottom, which symbolize auspicious flowers, birds, birds and animals. Through the east-facing glass windows, you can enjoy the rockeries, flowers and trees in the elegant small garden. If you enjoy tea and relax here, it will be a unique and elegant place. Transportation information: Take bus No. 18, No. 26, No. 32, No. 86, No. 88, No. 89, No. 99 and get off at "Qionghuaguan (Galaxy Electronic City)". Ticket information: 1. Valid IDs of active servicemen and disabled servicemen, "Retired Honorary Certificate of the People's Republic of China", "Yangzhou City Veteran Cadres Preferential Treatment Certificate", "Park Preferential Treatment Certificate" (decals of the year), "Yangzhou City Returned Overseas Chinese Certificate" ", "Disability Card", "Yangzhou City VIP Card", "Journalist Card" issued by the State Administration of Press and Publication, and those over 60 years old with a valid ID card can enter the park free of charge. Children under 1.2 meters in height enter the park free of charge. 2. Children between 1.2 meters and 1.5 meters tall, and full-time school students (excluding adult school students) can purchase half-price tickets to enter the park with their "Student ID Card". 3. The above types of certificates can only be used during daytime hours. 4. Tickets are valid on the same day and are non-refundable once sold. 5. Ticket price 35 yuan/person