According to historical records, in 1823, Shen Chengshu's brothers built this house on the "bird's nest" land three miles away from their ancestral home. Six years later, their father's wish came true.
In front of Yinjiatang, steam water flows through. Before the construction of Hengbao Highway 1938, steamed water was the main waterway connecting Baoqing and Hengyang. When the big house was just built, Shen Chengshu took a fancy to the river in front of him. Shehu Mountain, one of the 72 peaks in Nanyue Mountain, guards the courtyard across the vast ridge, forming a rare good feng shui.
With convenient waterway transportation, the traditional grain transportation business of Shenyang has flourished for hundreds of years. Ji Shen Caochuan flows eastward along Taoshui River to Xiangjiang River, enters Dongting, and goes north to Hubei and other places.
According to legend, during the Qianlong period, there was a severe drought in Baoqing, and the steamed water was almost cut off. A grain merchant in this township has bought dozens of boats of rice, and the steam inlet in front of the Chen Chun Bridge is ready to be transported to Hubei. For several months, Wan Li was clear, the sun was shining, the steamed water dried up, but there was no sign of rain. The grain merchants were worried and were seen by the grandfather of fellow traveler Shen Chengshu, Lantian Gong.
The long drought has made grain merchants want to give up this kind of trafficking several times, but who can afford dozens of boats of rice except Shen family? Lantian Gong certainly understood the grain merchants' thoughts, but he didn't find it, and he didn't want to fall into the unjust name of taking advantage of others' danger.
Seeing that the weather had not changed, the restless grain merchant finally decided to sell dozens of boats of rice to Lantian Gong at a low price.
Just a few days after Lantian Gong signed a contract with a grain merchant to buy all the rice, the weather suddenly changed and it began to rain. Lantian Gong led people to ship stranded rice to Hubei overnight, and Hubei needed a lot of rice just because of famine.
An unexpected business has greatly promoted the development of family business.
Although the history of river transportation of steamed water has long since ended, it has been silently accompanying Shenyang. 1876' s "Bingzi Dashui" flood gate is four feet and five inches, and 1949' s steamed water flood gate is about seven feet, and the house is in good condition.
After the completion of Yinjiatang, it lived for Shen Chengshu's five brothers. There are now more than 70 households with nearly 300 villagers surnamed Shen. Shen Chengshu's five brothers have produced more than 900 descendants. Except some of them live outdoors, others are scattered in towns and villages near the county seat, and some people go to Huaihua, Loudi, Guilin and Taiwan Province Province for official business.
"The Qing Daoguang three years, not just on July 14th, Shen Chengshu built a house, so remember this. Statement. "
"It's been three years since Daoguang was cleared, and it hasn't arrived on July 14th. Shen Chengshu's brothers have built a new house, one with four entrances and six horizontals. May future generations have a long history. Narrator. "
On the south front wall of Yinjiatang, villagers led reporters to find two blue bricks engraved with handwriting. This is a clever message from the builder Shen Chengshu to future generations, with clear words and profound brushwork, which is surprising and awe-inspiring.
After the main body of Yinjiatang was completed, the owner built several shops on the right and a study on the left. It has been destroyed or destroyed by the flood.
It is particularly worth mentioning that there are two English clocks on the cornice, which symbolizes the opening and communication of business between them. 190 years ago, Shen Shi brothers traveled all over the country, depicting western ornaments and having a special liking for western civilization. Eastern and Western cultures are presented in such a harmonious way. The broad vision of the originator of Shaoshang injected fresh genes into the endless stream of Shaoshang. The east-west tributary of Shaoshui leads to the river, which breaks through the convention of east-west, suggesting that Shaoshang "goes upstream" and dares to be the first!
Shen Chengshu, the owner of Yin Jiatang, is a brother. When he was young, his family was not rich and barely made ends meet. If you are poor, change it. Since you set foot in rice industry, with honesty and shrewdness, you have steadily become the first rice merchant in central and southern Hunan in just a few years. The reporter marveled that the old house of Yinjiatang was destined to become the spiritual totem of the few businessmen, and its owner was invisibly branded as the originator of the private economy. The meaning of "specimen" is obvious.
Yin Jiatang has never produced a very prominent political figure since ancient times. From Shen Chengshu's ancestors to Shen Shi's descendants who are walking around the motherland today, they are following the huge team of "less merchants" and "Hunan merchants". They are creating wealth with the spirit of "being the first" and "constantly striving for self-improvement", and continue to write the history of Shaodong's private economy.
Now it is a national key cultural relics protection unit. On May 4th, 20 13, the State Council issued the Notice on Approving the Publication of the Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units, and approved the publication of the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Yinjiatang, an ancient building of A Qing Dynasty in Yangqiao Town, Shaodong County, was among them, which filled the blank of the national protection units in Shaodong County.