In fact, without exception, they all come from the "Style Ray" family. So, what kind of family is Style Lei? How can there be such a high achievement? During the 200-odd years in the Qing Dynasty, eight generations of Lei family worked in the style room of the Department of Architecture of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, participated in the design of almost all large royal palaces and gardens, created miracles and myths in the history of architecture, and also created a classic business card of a famous architectural family, Style Lei. The prosperity of "Style Lei" should start from the developed generation of Lei. After Emperor Kangxi visited Jiangnan for the first time, he fell in love with its beautiful scenery. Especially for the exquisite private gardens in Jiangnan, it is full of praise.
So he decided to imitate Jiangnan gardens, transform the Forbidden City and build royal gardens. During the rebuilding of the Three Great Halls by Emperor Kangxi, Lei Fada came to Beijing from his hometown of Jinling, Jiangsu, and joined the mighty palace building team in China. But at this time, Lei Fada was still unknown, just a small foreman, leading several craftsmen to do some basic woodworking. An accidental event made the Schleswig family leap into the Longmen and skyrocket. On the day when the beams were placed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Kangxi personally attended the ceremony to salute. But it happened that after the girder was hoisted, the tenon and mortise hung high and could not fall off. The officials present were frightened and panicked. At this time, Lei Jinyu, the son of Leifa, grabbed an axe and climbed up. After climbing to the post, it took only a few axes to completely close the girder. Emperor Kangxi was very happy and gave Lei Fada a "face-to-face lecture by the construction director of the Ministry of Industry". For this bizarre experience, later generations used "there is a luban on the top and a dragon class on the bottom; Crape myrtle according to life, Jin Dian according to the officer "to describe.
But it happened that after the girder was hoisted, the tenon and mortise hung high and could not fall off. The officials present were frightened and panicked. At this time, Lei Jinyu, the son of Leifa, grabbed an axe and climbed up. After climbing to the post, it took only a few axes to completely close the girder. Emperor Kangxi was very happy and gave Lei Fada a "face-to-face lecture by the construction director of the Ministry of Industry". For this bizarre experience, later generations used "there is a luban on the top and a dragon class on the bottom; Crape myrtle according to life, Jin Dian according to the officer "to describe.
Lei Jinyu is the second generation of the Lei family. He not only inherited his father's position as class supervisor, but also designed and built Changchun Garden for Emperor Kangxi, and was promoted to be a cultural and sports room. In this process, Lei Jinyu's superb skills, good Confucian education and high cultural accomplishment were undoubtedly revealed, and he was further favored by Kangxi. So, Kangxi handed over the design of chengde mountain resort, another major project, to Lei Jinyu. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, the design and construction of Yuanmingyuan naturally fell to Lei Jinyu. Since then, the Lei family has basically controlled the design of the royal architecture in the Qing Dynasty, and the name of "Style Lei" has become louder and louder.
On Lei Jinyu's 70th birthday, Yong Zhengdi "ordered the Crown Prince to inscribe the word' Guzhen' to celebrate his birthday and gave him an oil embroidered robe". A year later, Lei Jinyu died, and Yong Zhengdi "offered a reward of more than one hundred taels, and ordered him to be buried". For a carpenter and architect, it is unprecedented to be treated like this by the emperor. Lei Jinyu's youngest son was only three months old when he died. When he grew up, Lei inherited his father's career, and in the Qianlong Dynasty, he took the post of "in charge of Nanmu in the class, that is, poor style room".
As we all know, since Qianlong, various royal garden construction projects have never stopped. In the middle and late Qianlong period, Lei Chengcheng participated in the construction of the royal garden and was responsible for the decoration of the inner eaves of the temples, but his achievements were few and he made little contribution to the "Shi Lei" family. Lei Chengcheng has three sons, who made great contributions to the construction of royal gardens after Qianlong and Jiaqing. Lei Jiawei, the eldest son, was responsible for "going out to investigate palaces and dikes in other provinces" and made great contributions to the repair and expansion of the emperor's palace.
The second son, Lei Jiaxi, was in charge of "the restoration of the Three Mountains by Emperor Qianlong and the Rehe Summer Resort", and also participated in the actual construction of the tomb of Emperor Jiaqing and the design of pavilions and pavilions for the 80th birthday of Emperor Qianlong. When the youngest son, Lei Jiarui, went out to supervise the Changling Mausoleum, the second brother briefly took over the post of director of the Style Institute and repaired Qichun Garden and other places.
"Shi Lei" spread to the fifth generation, and only Lei Jiaxi's son, Lei, took over the handed down skills, but failed to continue to hold the post of Shi Shi Zhang. The reason is that Lei Jiaxi took the initiative to hand over the case to others on the grounds of "being cautious and afraid of improper handling". However, through his own efforts, Lei once again took charge of the Style Academy in the 29th year of Daoguang. Until the late Qing Dynasty, this post was held by Lei's descendants. Never stopped. During his tenure, Lei mainly undertook the design and construction projects of Qing Xiling Mausoleum and Mu Dongling Mausoleum. Lei's greatest contribution is to collect and sort out the architectural design drawings of "Style Mine", and make a detailed explanation and filing one by one. His collection of paintings filled three rooms.
In Daoguang 2 1 year, Lei Siqi, the son of Lei 16 years old, began to study the affairs of the world's errand. After Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties, he presided over the renovation of Yuanmingyuan and Xiyuan and the renovation of the eaves of temples, participated in the design of Tongzhi Emperor Hui Ling, and built tombs for Ci 'an and Cixi. Until the second year of Guangxu, he died from overwork. Lei Tingchang, the son of Lei Siqi, has been helping his father run errands since he was 0/4 years old. Father and son have made great contributions to the construction of royal gardens and tombs. In the 12th year of Tongzhi, Zai Chun wrote: "Give Leisi the second one and Lei Tingchang the third one".
As a result, the "Style Lei" family reached the generation of Lei Tingchang, and even reached its peak. In the 22nd year of Guangxu reign, Lei Tingchang's son, who was under 20 years old, took over the post of the cultural and sports hall in his father's hands, and presided over the renovation project and interior eaves decoration design of many royal buildings such as Siyi Bookstore, Siyong and Conon of Samos Xuan. After "Eight-Nation Alliance" entered Beijing, all the gardens were destroyed, and Lei later undertook the overhaul project of the Summer Palace and other gardens. Therefore, looking at the royal garden construction in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, the "Style Lei" family can be said to have made great efforts, and the exquisite buildings they left behind are amazing and memorable. (Reference:
The legend of style thunder, etc. )