Unlike the beauty of the second eye, you have to be familiar with it before you can find the beauty from the inside out. Therefore, if you don't understand the history, culture, humanities and stories behind it, you can't appreciate the great beauty and value, such as places of interest, such as cultural relics, such as Zeng Guofan's former residence.
It was originally an old house in 100, yes or no, because it was a house prepared by Zeng Guofan's eldest brother Zeng Guohuang, third brother Ceng Guoquan and eldest son Ceng Jize for Zeng Guofan's resignation and retirement. No, maybe I think it's because he didn't live here after it was repaired.
Why is it so famous? It must be because Zeng Guofan is famous-Lide has made meritorious deeds, made an immortal statement and is a perfect teacher. The history textbook says: He was the first person who China opened his eyes to see the world and practiced it: he presided over the construction of the first ship in China; Established the first military academy in China; Translation and printing of western books for the first time; Arrange the first batch of students studying in the United States ...
As the most influential figure in China's modern history, the bravest and most determined reformer in China, the most perfect scholar-bureaucrat in China's history and the most ideal embodiment of China's traditional culture, Zeng Guofan's death symbolizes the disappearance of the last spiritual idol in China's feudal society. (This paragraph is from Baidu Encyclopedia)
Therefore, this well-preserved "last country mansion" really should be visited.
Fuguitang sits facing south, with its back to the half-moon Aoyu Mountain, surrounded by Fuguitang from the southeast and west. From a distance, Fu Hou seems to be sitting in an armchair of Tang. The surrounding natural environment is beautiful, with dense trees in the back hill and towering old trees. In front of the door is a relatively open flat land with an eastward river. This flat land is surrounded by mountains and peaks. In fact, if you think about it carefully, most of the feng shui treasures seem to be in this pattern.
In front of the sidewalk from Dongzhaimen to Xizhaimen, there is a half-moon terrace paved with granite, with the dragon and phoenix flag of Qing Dynasty and the handsome flag of Xiang Army beside it. The half-moon lotus pond outside Taiping is called "Cuihe Lake". This is the place where the Xiang army is trained. If it is in summer, it should be a special occasion. In the middle of the platform is the gate, on which are hung four gold-lettered plaques of Ceng Jize's book "Yi Hou Yong Di". In the Qing Dynasty, the ritual system of * * * did not seal the public or the king, so Zeng Guofan only sealed the Hou, which was the highest state reached by * * *. Posthumous title was named "Zheng Wen" after Zeng Guofan's death. Also known as "Zeng Gong". "Jin Dynasty is a teacher by example, and Jin Dynasty is a teacher by example until death do us part" is the highest goal pursued by ancient officials for thousands of years. After 268 years of the Qing Dynasty, there were only eight essays, and he was one of them. After Song Dynasty, "Zheng Wen" was the highest minister in posthumous title.
I met this group of men in the black sightseeing group, and we will meet again in the future.
Into the main entrance, there is a wide inner ping, which should have been planted with exotic flowers and grasses, but now I think it is grass. Cross the flagstone road in Zhong Ping, which leads directly to the second step. On the door of the main hall, Zeng Guofan inscribed "Fu Hou Tang" in gold, with white characters on a black background. The word "Fu Hou Tang" was copied from the diary of the ninth day of February in the first year of Zeng Guofan's Tongzhi (1862). The second dictionary of "Rich and Thick" published "Hanshu"? A vassal The phrase "30,000 to 40,000 households, a small country is twice as rich" in the hero list. Zeng Guofan named Hou as "as rich as a man". The couplets on both sides, "Honesty, Observing the World, Prospering Virtue", were written by Ceng Jize in memory of his father, which means: My father was an official all his life and remained uncorrupted. This virtue of incorruptibility should be guarded and carried forward from generation to generation.
Zeng Guofan's family letters and Zeng Guofan's family instructions have always been the desk books of many people. The letter was signed by the right book Yuan Di, indicating that the son and nephew of this family, Xianfeng, were in Anqing County on August 1 1 year. This year, Zeng Guofan led the Xiang army to seize Anqing, the gateway of Tianjing, which the Taiping Army had held for nine years. It was a year when the movement to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was about to win in an all-round way. The 50-year-old man who rescued the Qing Dynasty from outrageous officials went to the governor of Liangjiang and wrote in a private letter to the third brother in "Three Nights": the position does not want to be noble, and the salary does not want to be extravagant. The children in your family unconsciously show their arrogance, while the children in rich families unconsciously show their extravagance. This is a continuous trend. If you want the family fortune to continue, there will be no arrogance between children and no extravagance at home, then you can almost do it.
The ancients said: moral heirloom, more than ten generations;
Farming and reading are family heirlooms, and secondly;
Poems and books are handed down from family to family, and later for others;
Wealth passed from one family to another, but only for three generations.
The seventh generation since the Zeng Guofan brothers,
There are really a lot of talents. There are 76 professors at Everbright University, including 100 senior officials and engineers.
In short, Zeng's descendants have no idle people and no waste people.
Not to mention a dude, there are all over the world.
Make achievements in various fields.
It will still reflect light when it is empty, so just make do with it.
Letters from Zeng Guofan is one of Chiang Kai-shek's favorite books. He has been reading it all his life, taking Zeng Guofan as a moral model everywhere. Zeng Guofan has the habit of keeping a diary. He likes to reflect on himself in the diary. Chiang Kai-shek followed suit, cursing himself in his diary and paying attention to self-cultivation. It is said that the way he called the roll and the method of keeping in good health are all imitations of Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan's influence on Chiang Kai-shek can be seen.
Dedicated to Tian Hu: I love the person I love deeply, and even God will bless you. This was originally a plaque that Zeng Guofan gave to his lover Yang. There is a story about recovery, and those who are interested can go to Baidu.
Of course, the final signature can be said to be the most awesome business card: "Give the Jinshi origin, give the imperial envoy Dr. Guanglu, the Prince of Taibao, the University of Tierenge, the Minister of War, the Governor of Liangjiang, the special yellow jacket, the eyes of Henaan, and the title of Zeng Guofan", and two pieces are printed under the title, one of which is "Zeng Guofan's seal". However, Zeng Guofan's personality naturally dislikes high-profile, so for the first time, he was asked to write all his positions on a plaque and give them to others, which also shows that Zeng Guofan attaches importance to his favorite Yang.
It is rainy and humid in the south, so houses are generally centered on patios, which is convenient for ventilation, lighting and water storage. Fuhoutang is a typical cloister quadrangle building centered on the central axis in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It can be seen that Zeng Gong has been an official in North Korea for many years and has become accustomed to the North.
There is no slow room, this is the only door in the whole house, the only door without a threshold. It means to welcome tourists from all directions with a smile. There is no threshold limit, and civilians in white are equally respectful.
On the way to the Yun Si Pavilion in Houshan, this group of men in black left the tour guide and followed me the wrong way. The young man in a big hat said, we were abducted by our little sister. At the end of the story, they enthusiastically sent me to the intersection to wait for the bus. I wish this lovely group of strangers happiness and peace. I believe there is not so much filth and evil in the world. Whether it is a short journey or a long life, all companionship is goodwill worth cherishing.
You see, Mrs. Zeng Ouyang, no matter from which aesthetic point of view, seems to be not a beauty, and even a little girlish and manly. However, according to the traditional physiognomy, the girl and the man are Wang Fu.
Does Zeng Guofan love this Mrs Ouyang? I like it so much. Why?
Zeng Guofan, who has no intention of lifelong officialdom, intends to resign and return to his hometown to provide for the aged. Because his wife Ouyang was in the "drowning pool" in front of the former residence of Golden Hall, he never thought it was safe. Even when his son returned to his hometown, he created a rich hall. Therefore, the original intention of building Fuguitang was because the lady thought that everyone was drowned in front of the old house, so she built a new house.
As for why he chose this place, I don't know if Mr. Feng Shui meant it, but Zeng Guofan thought it was a first-class place to build a house when he lived in Yun Si Pavilion during his worrying about his father.
In the seventh year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guofan was transferred to the governor of Zhili. Before she ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Cixi was summoned to hall of mental cultivation in the Forbidden City for three consecutive days. She was very concerned about this important official and asked Zeng Guofan, "What is your wife doing at home?" Zeng Guofan casually replied: "Don't hide from the Queen Mother, my wife does something at home."
After listening to Zeng Guofan's Xiangxiang dialect, Empress Dowager Cixi seemed puzzled and asked, "What is 7788?" Zeng Guofan realized that his speech was too rustic, and it was Hunan dialect, which was difficult for the queen mother to understand. By the way, he explained that "seven" means firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea; "Eight" refers to filial piety, faithfulness, courtesy and sincerity.
Empress Dowager Cixi nodded approvingly: "What a' minister's wife', there are so many big things and so many small things.
You see, in Zeng Guofan's eyes, he is such a capable and virtuous lady. Of course, later he married a concubine, Mrs. Chen. It is said that Zeng Guofan asked her to be a Jiangnan woman, which is estimated to be a beautiful and gentle translator.
The whole building includes the half-moon pool in front of the door, the gatehouse, the main building of Babentang, Gong Ji, Puji, Ji Fang (this is the essence of Fuhou Hall, with a collection of about 300,000 volumes, which is the largest private library in modern China), the lotus pond in the back hill, the Bird Crane Tower, the chess pavilion and the park pavilion, and the Yun Si Pavilion built by Zeng Guofan himself at home in the seventh year of Xianfeng, covering an area of 4.
There must be a partner willing at this time, because I really think so. Zeng Guofan, who flaunted honesty and simplicity all his life, built such a luxurious house? Isn't that hypocritical? Because even he thinks it's really luxurious.
He wrote in his diary on February 9, the sixth year of Tongzhi: "On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, I received a letter from Gansu and learned that it would cost as much as 7,000 strings to repair the rich temple. I don't know why it is so expensive. I am deeply saddened! In my life, I regard buying a house and land as my bad habit and swear not to do it again. Unexpectedly, if you are extravagant, how can you meet people! What a shame to break your word on weekdays! Since the house is like this and everything is extravagant in the future, don't ask. It's worrying that the children of the big official are all arrogant and extravagant!
But it is luxurious. No, it's beyond the standard. No, no, not at all. How much is seven thousand strings of silver? About three thousand five hundred and twenty. What was Ceng Houyi's monthly salary at that time? The basic salary is 65,438+050 Liang, and the salary is18,200 silver. The cost (similar to gray income) is about 180.
Ceng Guoquan, a nine-general who had not been awarded the title of the first earl at that time, built his own house in the ninth year of Xianfeng (AD 1859): What is Dafu? According to the records, Jiuzheng has a total of 18 halls, with 148 rooms. The house is magnificent. There is a moat outside, and there is a luxurious jade belt bridge on the river. There is a three-mile corridor outside the house. Sunny weather does not expose you to the sun, and rain does not wet your shoes. The whole house covers an area of 1.4 million square meters and is 1.2 kilometers long, just like a famous garden in Beijing. Of course, because it was too luxurious, it was seriously damaged during the Cultural Revolution.
As for the Houdian, although the whole building has the scale of Houfu, it is simple and elegant, with no precious wood and stone, carved beams and painted buildings, nor magnificent, which basically reflects Zeng Guofan's intention to build a house. "Although the house is not gorgeous, it needs a variety of bamboo and cypress, and a variety of vegetable gardens, which occupies four acres of land, but it doesn't matter."
His official position rose the fastest. Within ten years, he jumped seven levels in a row. At the age of 37, he was promoted to the second grade. Only Zeng Guofan of the Qing Dynasty can have this honor.
He is the most stable official. He has served three generations of kings, Daoguang, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, for 34 years, and his trust remains unchanged.
He is the best official, with outstanding political voice. He has a saying of governing the country and reassuring the people, so he has the reputation of "Zeng Guofan in politics and Hu Xueyan in business".
So, it's better to live in such a big house, but later he really didn't live here because it was too luxurious.
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