There is a beautiful village in Taiping Town, ling shan, with an area of about 12 hectares. The village site used to be a big lawn, and people used to describe its topography as "the immortal sleeps on his back". The Taiping River is graceful from west to east, and the topography is staggered from southwest to northeast, with several large water nests connected together. Therefore, the village field was named Lianwoping when it was formed during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and it was renamed Liankeping only after the first Rongfeng of Daoguang was completed in 24 (1844). Rongfeng is located in the southeast, in the "fairy chest". The half-moon pond in front of the mansion is the "fairy navel", surrounded by ancient litchi trees. The back mountain from the southwest end of the pillow to the river is the "immortal head", with lush forests of pine trees and pears, facing the vivid Shamaoling across the river. The northeast terrain diverges at the silkworm house, and under the "fairy crotch" are paddy fields that are handed down in turn, and the streams are rushing from the picturesque fields; The "left foot" presses the Taiping River, the "fairy belt", and pushes straight at the Longtou Ridge, which is shaded by pine trees. The mulberry forest and green bamboo on the riverside side sway with the wind; The "right foot" bends slightly, and it is placed on the side of Jiutuling Mountain, and the pear trees are connected into a forest. In the north, Tianjing Ridge and Eagle Ridge rise and fall, such as curtains, while in the distance, the black Qingwo Ridge stands like a screen. Liankeping's original ecological natural environment, full of birds' songs and flowers all year round, is more secluded, ultra-dusty and refined, but the transportation is convenient and remote. Tourists praise it as a little-known peach blossom garden hidden in the back garden of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, and compare Rongfengdi to the exhibition hall of residential culture in the late Qing Dynasty, not because of its grand scale, spectacular momentum and luxurious decoration, but because of its rich folk culture and the essence and charm of Chinese folk tradition.
Cultural background
Qiu (Yinqiu), the owner of Rongfengdi, is said to be a Xia Dynasty warlord who hated my family and originated in Chenliu, Henan. It is well documented that before the Qiu family settled down and took root in "the hometown of litchi in China", the clear and conclusive branches can be traced back to the thirteenth generation. They called it "the ancestor of the Song Dynasty" and were awarded the judge by ten township officials, and then moved from Hanshan, An Wei to Zhuji Lane, Nanxiong, Guangdong Province. Later, it was said that it was because Prime Minister Jia Sidao threatened Song Duzong to make Hu Guifei a monk, and Hu Guifei disobeyed orders and hid in Nan-Jia, and the escaped slaves of the Huang family leaked their loose-packed articles. The Ministry of War, who was ordered to go to investigate, ordered the residents of Yanle, the state and county to move to eliminate traces, and Qiushi went to Wangchen Township, Gaoyao County, Zhaoqing Province to start a family The 12th ancestor took an examination of ling shan's canon history in the late Ming Dynasty and died of illness. The 13th ancestor Qiu Ziqi (1613~1675) heard that Lu came to the funeral home to support the coffin, accepted the suggestion of Lingshan magistrate, took the post of father, endowed Luchuan County in Guangxi with the history of canon, and donated the Nanning magistrate's office to arrest thieves and was promoted to the Nanning Road Supervision Army. After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, he was bumped and displaced for several years, raising reimbursement and repairing soldiers to support Prince Gui of Nanming. In the 11th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1672), Li Dingguo, the Anxi king of Nanming, took over Gao (Zhou), Lei (Zhou) and Lian (Zhou) in Guangdong via Lingshan, confronted the Qing government and called him out of the mountain. In the 12th year of Kangxi (1673), Wu Sangui rebelled against the Qing court's title of independence for Zhou, and sent someone to send him a letter of appointment, which was both hard and soft. He sternly refused by saying that "he only knew how to be bright but didn't know how to be Zhou" and avoided hiding in the mountains, but he was eventually killed by people in Wu Sangui. Qiu Bozhang, his son, who was born to Tan in Wangchen Township, Gaoyao County, went back and forth three times before he found his stepmother Lai and his half-brother who were hiding in Tandong Village, and they settled in Songtai Village together. Since then, the Taiping Qiu family has been divided into four rooms, one of which is a four-room descendant of Keping Village. In the 12th year of Daoguang (1832), Qiu Huizhong bought Rongfengdi of Liankeping Construction. After 2 years' completion, he led 12 family members to move here from Liangmei Village (formerly known as Lingmei Village). By 1929, the total population in 75 years was 95, and 75 years later, there were 213 registered residents in 24.
Qiu Huizhong (1788-1861), known as Naxuan. At the age of eight, he lost his father, and when he studied for a little longer, he took part in the boy test. After his mother died, he was bound by housework and did not study in Confucianism in the county. In the twenty-first year of Jiaqing (1816), he donated a thousand candidates to the garrison as a supervisor, and in the sixteenth year of Daoguang, he was awarded the Wei seal of Wude Riding by the emperor. "Lingshan County Records" recorded in his biography: small and good, with a style of writing. Advocate the construction of Tai Ping Wei Dashiqiao and Sandi Temple. Advocate the "cherish the word meeting" with Zhang Yongyuan, an honest teacher. When you meet a good deed, you are willing to do it. Elected by the public as the township government, every day, sons and nephews are called to tell the reasons held during the day, and the township people are as respectful as gods. Live 74 years.
traditional architecture
there are 18 original houses in Rongfeng, covering an area of 6, square meters. The main body has a five-depth "three rows and nine rows" structure (each entrance consists of a main seat, a small courtyard and an veranda, with 9 horizontal rows). In the twenty-fifth year of Daoguang (1849), in order to defend the heaven and earth, watchtowers were built at the four corners of the mansion. In the third year of Tongzhi (1864), the Qing government suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising and reopened the imperial examination, and then built a college study hall outside the back wall. In November 1939, the Japanese invaders landed in Qinzhou, and in order to avoid military disasters, some houses were added with sandwich walls. Today, there are still more than 7 houses that basically keep their original appearance.
Rongfengdi belongs to the traditional construction of the unique style of Lingnan Han folk houses, which first adds courtyards in depth and then expands horizontally. Wrap it with tall walls to isolate it from the outside world. The first and second seats are "three rooms with two ears" (three in the main room and two in the wing room) and "one in the light and two in the dark" (one in the hall and two in the wing room), and the wing room is the upper room. The center of the head seat is the ancestral hall, which runs through the second, third and fourth halls as the central axis. In the middle of the two buildings are women's halls, and outsiders and men and women serving in prison are not allowed to enter. Three halls and three bedrooms are places for meeting guests, with exquisite materials and magnificent layout. The front and rear gates are towering, with wide eaves and wide corridors, which are bright and solemn. On both sides of these halls, there is a quadrangle surrounded by cloisters, which is the residence of family members and their affiliated houses, with orderly respect and strict distinction, and has its own world. The traffic between the entrances does not have to go through the hall, which is both perfect and independent.
On both sides of the patio between the third and fourth buildings, the parapet is level with the eaves, and the first small quadrangle on the left and right is opposite to the verandah. There are also men's and women's living rooms with "three rooms and two ears" and "one bright and two dark" in front and back, which is a classic. The front hall is called the Division Hall, which is the master's study and the suite for receiving distinguished guests. The bas-relief and carving technology of the front door of the small hall are exquisite, and the grille is ventilated and daylighting; The front porch with big eaves can access the three halls and the side courtyard, with elegant style. The living room dedicated to women is called the flower room, commonly known as the inverted hall. The small eaves gallery is connected with the four halls and the inner courtyard respectively, and the atmosphere is simple and pleasant. Between the men's and women's living rooms, there is a plugging window in the middle of the small patio, which is blocked by the wall, and a goldfish pond is built to the side of the hall, symbolizing the men's rising, and a flower bed is built to the side of the drawing room, which means that the family is fragrant and fragrant. The verandahs on both sides are divided into two rooms, with a small door with a vertical ridge at each end. The left verandah is close to the secretary's office, where the draft waste paper is placed, and the word-saving room is close to the drawing room, which has different functions. The steps of the house can go back and forth between the secretary's office and the drawing room, and advance and retreat. In the past, it was customary that "men don't go into the kitchen and women don't go into the department hall", enjoying themselves, giving consideration to both inside and outside, and fitting in with IKEA.
Screen doors are set in the lobby of the four seats, which are usually closed to avoid the sunset. Only when there is a major accident or a distinguished guest visits, the "middle door" is opened to welcome Renafu, creating a solemn and restrained atmosphere. Between the four or five blocks is the front courtyard. Before, outsiders stopped here, so please don't enter. Two granite horse stones are embedded in the flat chest height of the outer walls on both sides of the four main doors. Five of them are inverted corridors, and there is no gatehouse. There are gatehouses on both sides of the wall-type gate. It shows the open-minded and solemn spirit of the host family, combining civil and military skills, and also hides the profound significance of expecting the younger generation to continue their studies and broaden their families at that time. Further to the outside, on both sides, there are chores yards in turn. There are five entrances to the fence, which not only echoes the "five generations of honor", but also makes the residence like an idyllic poem in which people live in harmony with nature.