Chen Ruitao inscribed the lattice fan (column couplet) of the first entrance hall of Chenjia Temple, hanging on the columns on both sides of the lattice fan file of the first entrance hall of Chenjia Temple.
The main idea of the first couplet is: If we go along the road taken by Taizu, and gather the sages together to learn from each other, future generations will be more prosperous. The bottom line is to be close to the prestigious Guangya Academy, to cultivate my children and promote outstanding talents with a good style of study.
2. Mr. Wen Fanyang was still Dexing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with Guangzu Temple; Sun Mou, an heir, took my family as an example and grew up in this glorious south.
Chen Bingzhang and others wrote the lobby of the back hall of Chenjiaci (Tan Zhulian)
The main idea of the first couplet is: admire the model of Tai Wei's ancestral words, be a saint like Mr. Fan Wen, and bring honor to the clan. The bottom line means: pass on the good virtues and family style created by ancestors to future generations, and make it look like the bright sun in the south and continue to shine on our clan.
3, Du Dong is the first, Lide makes meritorious deeds, looks at the past name, and Zhao Riyue; Kun is in the south of China, giving prosperity and enthusiasm, celebrating this place and recommending eternal spring and autumn.
Sun Temple is in Bianfang, Sanyi Town and other places. The hall (column couplet) of the back hall of Chen Family Temple was written and hung on the hall column of the back hall of Chen Family Temple.
The main idea of the first couplet is: carry forward the cause developed by our ancestors in Beijing, make a name for ourselves, and look at Chen's past fame as the sun and the moon. The bottom line is that future generations will carry forward in the south of the motherland. I hope today's sacrifice will be handed down from generation to generation forever and held every year.
The origin can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Fan Wenbing has a thousand years' history, high academic spirit and abundant talents. Strange jade is outside Tianmen, with beautiful bells and flowers in Guangdong. Watching Shimen return, Zhuhai echoes.
Chen Jingkui wrote the lobby of the back hall of Chenjiaci (Tan Zhulian)
The main idea of the first couplet is: Chen's moral model originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and illuminated thousands of generations. In order to learn Mao's awe-inspiring moral integrity, the sages of our nation gathered together like bright stars. The bottom line is to open an academy in Lingnan and gather outstanding children from the whole province to study in Guangzhou. The beautiful scenery of Shimen in Yangcheng is also a gift to me, and the turbulent waves in Zhuhai are also a memorial to me.
5. Xu Yan dates back to Gong Hu. From the calendar, Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties to the present, there are great men representing him, and the door is open; Jing Zong Dai recorded in detail that surnames are related to distance and friendship is closed.
The couplets written by Chen in the center of the back hall of the Chen family shrine are hung on the pillars in the center of the back hall of the Chen family shrine, which is an important couplet to understand the origin of the Chen family.
The origin and achievements of the Chen family originated from. After Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and today, generations of great men appeared, and Chen's portal has been greatly developed. The gist of the bottom line is: the ritual of ancestor worship is recorded in detail in the book "Dai Dai Li Ji". People, no matter far or near, are all linked with an ancient word, and mutual affection is rooted in their respective lineages. What's the difference between family view and region?
Extended data:
Chen Academy, commonly known as Chenjiaci, is located in Zhongshan No.7 Road, Guangzhou. Chen Academy was founded in the 14th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1888) and completed in the 20th year (1894). Chen Academy is the largest, luxuriously decorated and well-preserved traditional Lingnan ancestral temple building in Guangdong, and is known as the "Pearl of Lingnan Architectural Art".
Chenjiaci is a splendid folk decorative art hall, which concentrates the achievements of Guangdong folk architectural decorative art and skillfully uses wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, gray sculpture, pottery sculpture, copper and iron casting, painting and other decorative arts.
There are as many as 284 architectural sculptures and ornaments in Chenjiaci, including 58 stone carvings, 57 wood carvings, 57 gray sculptures, 58 pottery sculptures, 4 brick carvings1piece, copper-iron castings 13 pieces and murals. Chenjiaci is a national key cultural relics protection unit.
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2. Who has a famous poem about Chenjiaci? Chenjiaci couplet Xianyan, gave birth to a beautiful girl; Buddha wells spit sweet springs.
-Anonymous from the "Aunt House" showroom of the West Campus of Chen Academy. In the past, feudal ethics were strict, and many women did not want to be abused, resolutely refused to marry, or supported each other to death with their girlfriends. Since the middle and late Ming dynasty, there has been a special custom of grooming and caring for the elderly at home. Because the rise of silk industry provided women with the opportunity to make a living independently, these customs were able to coexist under the oppression of feudal ethics for more than 300 years, and reached a climax in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It was not until 1930s that women gradually disappeared with the improvement of social status and the influence of war.
In the past, when a woman got married, her mother tied her hair in a bun. Those who are determined not to marry, perform some ceremony and tie her hair in a bun, which is called "self-combing". The ceremony is usually held at the "aunt's house", where girls who dress themselves up live with women who stay at home. Participants bought new clothes, shoes, cosmetics, lens ropes, incense, wine and vegetables in advance, bathed in yellow leaf water and vowed never to get married. Then the elderly self-grooming girls put their braids into a bun, put on new clothes and shoes, and saluted other self-grooming sisters. If they are rich, they must also hold a banquet.
After the performance ceremony, the woman was "combed her hair" and officially became a "self-combed woman", and she could not repent for life. "Self-grooming girls" can continue to live in their parents' homes on weekdays, collect mulberry silk and earn their own living. In their spare time, they often go to "menstruation's house" to get together with their sisters and support each other in life, just like family.
If you are old or dying, you must move to "menstruation's house" and never die at your mother's house. Being away from home is a fake marriage custom for women who comb their hair. Being forced into marriage by parents is a compromise. They refused to sleep with their husbands after going to the wedding, and stayed at their parents' home for a long time after going home three times, so they were called "not at home".
The Tao is too high, and the stars gather future generations; Delingha is broad and elegant, the wind ploughs a hundred Guangdong, and it vibrates sven. -Chen Ruitao wrote the plaid fan (column couplet) of the first entrance to the Chen Family Temple. This couplet is hung on the pillars on both sides of the first entrance hall of Chenjia Temple. The main idea of couplets is: Go along the road that Taizhuzu walked, recruit wise men, learn from others' strengths, and make future generations.
The bottom line is to be close to the prestigious Guangya Academy, to cultivate my children and promote outstanding talents with a good style of study. In this pair of couplets, Chen tries his best to render the Chen Academy and Guangya Academy as neighbors, hoping to cultivate the children of Baiyue Chen with the virtue and style of Guangya.
Famous temples in the south, talents serve the motherland; The scenic spots in Guangzhou are all over the ancestral temples in China. —— The entrance to the first gate of the newly-written Chenjiaci is rotationally linked (1). Yingchuan sages are United, and the six hospitals and eight halls often operate; Southland Seiko, pointing upward, colorful Changchun.
House number: Chen Academy-the newly written Chen Family Temple enters the gate first and hangs couplets in turn. (2) It was sent back to Yingzhou in 900 years, so the hometown often cherishes its ancestors; Seventy counties were united with Sui, and Dexing was reunited with Wei Wen. -Nanhai Zhiyuan Hall contributed to the lobby of the back hall of Chen Family Temple (Zhu). The general idea is: For 900 years, the clan branch has been traced back to the Yingchuan era, so we should always remember my hometown where I was born and raised, and inherit the deeds of our ancestors.
The bottom line says: Seventy counties (in fact, 72 counties), born of the same clan, gather sages in Yangcheng, which makes our ethical culture more prosperous. The Eastern Han Dynasty was still Mr. Wen Fanyang of Dexing, with Guangzu Temple; Sun Mou, an heir, took my family as an example and grew up in this glorious south.
-Chen Bingzhang and others wrote "The Hall in the Back Hall of Chenjiaci (Zhu) Part I", the main idea of which is: We should respect the example of Qiu Zuyan, be a saint like Mr. Wang, and win glory for the clan. The bottom line means: pass on the good virtues and family style created by ancestors to future generations, and make it look like the bright sun in the south and continue to shine on our clan.
The courtyard is full of celebrities, outstanding in Lingnan, and celebrated by hundreds of stars. The collection of natural history, ingenious art and exquisite space, good luck in all kinds of weather. —— The anonymous Chen Family Temple (Zhu) has a bright future, and he has made meritorious deeds and watched the past name, showing the sun and the moon together; Kun is in the south of China, giving prosperity and enthusiasm, celebrating this place and recommending eternal spring and autumn.
-Sun Sacrifice Hall in Nanchen Bianfu, Sanyi Town, etc. This couplet is hung on the pillar in the lobby of the back hall of Chenjiaci. The main idea of the couplet is: carry forward the cause developed by our ancestors in Beijing, make great achievements, and see that my past fame is as bright as the sun and the moon. The bottom line is that future generations will carry forward in the south of the motherland. I hope today's sacrifice will be handed down from generation to generation forever and held every year.
Originated at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fan Wenbing has a thousand years' history, high scholar style and abundant talents. Strange jade is outside the Nantianmen, with beautiful bells and flowers, and the stone gate shines, and Zhuhai returns to the sky. -Chen Jingkui's first article (Zhu) in the lobby of the back hall of the Chen family is to the effect that the moral model of the Chen family originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty and illuminated several generations. In order to learn the admirable virtues of Taizhuzu, our sages gathered together like bright stars.
The bottom line is to open an academy in Lingnan and gather outstanding children from the whole province to study in Guangzhou. The beautiful scenery of Shimen in Yangcheng is also a gift to me, and the turbulent waves in Zhuhai are also a memorial to me. Xu Yan dates back to Gong Hu. From the Zhou and Qin Dynasties to the present, there are great men representing him, Daimon Masaru opened; Jing Zong Dai recorded in detail that surnames are related to distance and friendship is closed.
-Chen inscribed couplets in the center of the lobby of the back hall of Chen Family Temple. This couplet is hung on the pillar in the middle of the back hall of Chen Family Temple, which is an important couplet to understand Chen's life experience. The origin and achievements of the Chen family originated from. After Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and today, generations of great men appeared, and Chen's portal has been greatly developed.
The gist of the bottom line is: the ritual of ancestor worship is recorded in detail in the book "Dai Dai Li Ji". People, no matter far or near, are all linked with an ancient word, and mutual affection is rooted in their respective lineages. What's the difference between family view and region? Zudehou Liuguang, the emperor is hanging Taoist immortals, and Pijilong enjoys sacrifices; No matter how powerful the craftsman is, he is also a dwarf who wedges into the temple, but his diligent paintings are spectacular. —— The first part of Chen Ruichang's "Chen Jia Ci (Zhu) Houtang Lobby" is to the effect that the ancestor Dao Gao Dehou had a far-reaching influence, which was passed down to later generations, and great men came forth in large numbers, and such a grand and dazzling hall was built to pay homage to the ancestors.
The bottom line is this: How exquisite the craftsman's craftsmanship is, this academy, which is carefully carved with wood, stone, brick and mud, can only be magnificent if it is diligently painted and repaired.
3. On the eve of the Tang Dynasty, I wrote poems to Qing Qing.
Last night, the candles in the bridal chamber were lit all night, waiting for dawn to worship the parents-in-law.
Make-up whispered to her husband, is thrush fashionable or not?
Liu Yuxi of Wuyi Lane
There are some weeds blooming by the Suzaku Bridge, and there is only sunset at the corner of Wuyi Lane.
Swallows under the eaves of Wang Dao and Xie An have now flown into the homes of ordinary people.
Du Fu's "Meeting Li Guinian and Going Down the River"
In the Qi family, I often see your performances; Before urging the wine hall, I praised your art many times.
Never thought, in this Jiangnan scenic area; It is the season of falling flowers, and I can meet you, an old acquaintance.
Bai Juyi of Yueyang Tower
The river under Yueyang is vast and boundless; Standing alone on the tall building, leaning against the railing.
In spring, the green color echoes the vegetation in Dongting Lake in the distance, and the rosy clouds echo the red waves in the lake in the evening. The red waves are close at hand and seem to be the capital Chang 'an.
The old ape on the shore stood on the tree and cried miserably, and the geese in the sky had a hard time flying over the boundless lake.
This place is magnificent and beautiful. It can only be painted as a barrier and hung in the lobby of your rich people for their appreciation.
Linjiang Cao Xianxue Qin
Dance in front of Baiyun Hall in spring, and the east wind rolls evenly. Bees swarmed around butterflies, and how many times did they disappear with the water? Is it necessary to appoint Chen Fang?
Never change, let him get together and let him leave. Laughter has no roots in youth: good wind, with its power, sends me to Qingyun.
There is no place for you to stay.
I am a happy couple, so let me talk about the distant mountains.
Late at night in autumn, when the fir tree is dripping.
The wind dispersed for a long time, and the thatched cottage was built at the end of the month.
Sit in meditation and lie down, knowing nothing about life.
Farewell to my friend Chen Ziang on a spring night.
Silver candles spit smoke, and gold is like a feast.
Farewell hall in the hall to recall the friendship of friends, bypass the mountain behind the water, a long journey.
The bright moon is high in the treetops, and the long river is still unknown.
To Luoyang, when will this meeting be held?
Du fu in jiangcun
The clear river winds around the village, and everything in the village looks elegant in the long summer. Go to the lobby and swallow it,
Close relatives, gulls in the water. The old lady is using a chessboard, and the younger son is making a hook with an injection.
The only thing many diseases need is medicine, what else can they ask for?
4. What are the poems about the ancestral hall?
Year: Song Author: Yu Liangneng
Chang' an restaurant has a new song, a song that makes the gods cry.
A madman is as drunk as a tortoise, and everyone knows that he is a fallen fairy.
Sticking the Pearl River Ancestral Temple to Death in Shaxian County
Year: Song Author: Liu Kezhuang
Huaiyou is a good soldier, and I know Zhu Hou.
Tigers can eat meat, and leopards die with skin.
Iron man cries and tears, ice Weng Xue Kan.
Name, loyalty and righteousness, I can't ask for anything more.
"Looking at Ming Taizu Temple through pengze county"
Year: Song Author: Yang Wanli
In my dream, I am familiar with Handan, and I talk about my relatives in chestnuts.
I don't know Dan Banhan, but I once admired wei ren.
Stop and wait for tomorrow, and the discussion is still pitiful.
Only deceives five measures of rice, and the code has no golden body.
Title ancestral hall
Year: Song Author: Wang Anshi
Sven did send it. God is a genius.
One day, the phoenix and the bird will leave, and the beams and trees will be destroyed.
Smoke leaves grass to hate, and wind makes forest sad.
It's called boarding a place and floating alone.
The name of Fan Wenzheng Gongci.
Year: Tang author:
A chapter of playing bird-free tea has benefited tens of thousands of people.
I have been pregnant with virtue since my later years, so I have asked you this question many times.
5. Tell me a story about Chenjiaci. Chenjiaci is located in Zhongshan No.7 Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It is the ancestral temple building in China in the Qing Dynasty, and it is the family ancestral temple of the Chen family in Guangdong Province. It is famous for its exquisite decorative arts, and it is the epitome of the decorative arts of Lingnan folk architecture. It is known as "Three Carvings, Three Carvings and One Cast Iron" and is known as "Baiyue Crown Temple".
Chenjiaci was built in the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1890) and the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), and was designed by Li Julin. After the completion of the ancestral temple, it has been used as a place for Chen's children to study and run schools, also known as Chen Academy. In the 31st year of Guangxu (1905), after the imperial examination was abolished, the academy was changed to Chen Industrial School. In the folk period, it was successively a model school, Guangdong Institute of Physical Education and Juxian Middle School. Guangzhou Administrative Cadre School was established in 1950. 1957, approved by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Committee, is listed as a cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou, which is fully maintained and managed by the Guangzhou Cultural Relics Management Committee. 1959 was opened as Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum.
The whole building of Chenjiaci faces south, covering an area of 1.5 million square meters. The main building is five buildings with three entrances, nine halls, six hospitals and a building area of 6,400 square meters. The main building is 80 meters wide and 80 meters deep, and the plane is square. Taking the gate, Juxiantang and the back seat as the central axis, it passes through Qingyun Lane, galleries and gardens and consists of 19 buildings. Each building is independent and interrelated. It adopts a beam-lifting building structure and a hard mountain-closing volcanic wall. In general, the layout of "three entrances, three roads, nine halls and two compartments" is adopted, and the six hospitals and eight corridors are interspersed with each other. Strict and symmetrical layout, spacious space, clear priorities. In the treatment of architecture, the central axis is the main line, surrounded by low buildings and corridors on both sides, which sets off the majestic spirit of the main hall and forms a vertical and horizontal structure that highlights the main body. There are blue brick walls around the building, forming a complex with closed outside and open inside, which is a typical Guangdong folk ancestral temple building.
Chen Academy is famous for its exquisite decoration technology. Wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, pottery sculpture, gray sculpture, mural painting and copper-iron casting are widely used in architectural decoration. The carving techniques are simple and extensive, and elaborate, reflecting each other, making the academy solemn and elegant and magnificent. In the halls, corridors, courtyards, doors and windows, railings, roofs, brick walls, beams, shrines and other places of Chenjia Ancestral Hall, traditional architectural decorations such as wood carving, stone carving, brick carving, pottery sculpture, gray sculpture and cast iron technology can be seen everywhere. Chen Shuyuan has the largest number of woodcarvings, large scale and rich content. The beam of the first entrance door is carved with wood carvings based on historical stories and folklore, such as "The Queen Mother's Birthday", "The Union of Practitioners" and "Wei Chi's Palace Zheng Shuaiyin". Among them, the most prominent is a group of bronze finches in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which depicts Cao Cao sitting on the bronze finches to watch the battle between generals under the tinker, highlighting the scene of Huang Xu and Chu Xu competing for brocade robes after the battle. The characters are vivid and fascinating.
The Chenjia Ancestral Temple is a large-scale and luxuriant decoration, which is a well-preserved representative folk building in the late Qing Dynasty in Guangdong. As early as the 1920s, architectural decoration technology was paid attention by architectural experts and scholars at home and abroad, and was introduced in German and Japanese architectural art monographs. 1959 After the Guangdong Folk Arts and Crafts Museum was built, the state allocated special funds to rebuild it on 1980. 1988 was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
6. The poem describing the ancestral temple climbed to the top of Lingyun.
Song Liuguo
Take the clothes and walk up a flight of stairs, just at the top of the cloud.
Only by knowing that Gan Kun really turned his head can he know his life experience and pay for the empty boat.
In September, the vegetation is wet, and the mountains and rivers in Wan Li float.
I am more eager to look into the eyes of the poor. I can't recognize China in my eyes.
Chaozhongcuo
Song Mazhihiko
Chi Ying of Sun Long broke the pattern of moss. The heroic spirit wants to fly. There is no need to stay in the depths, the spring breeze covers Chai Men. Sitting at the futon banquet, tapping on the tea bowl and smoking in the oven. Play to the heart of the piano, and the partridge sings at dusk. Yueyang Tower
Preface to Wang Teng Pavilion
Invite for a drink
Jiangchengzi Mizhou went hunting Su Shi.
The old man talked about juvenile madness, pulling yellow on the left, holding pale on the right, wearing a gold hat and mink fur, riding a thousand troops on a flat post. In order to repay the people of the whole city for following my generous hunting proposal, I will shoot this tiger myself like Sun Quan.
After drinking wine, my chest is still open; What's wrong with the slight frost on the temple? When will the emperor send someone down, like Emperor Han sent Feng Tang to the cloud to pardon Shang Wei? I will make my strength as full as the full moon, full as the full moon, heading northwest and shooting at the team in West Xia Jun.
Komatsu
Du Xunhe
When pine trees were young, they grew in deep, deep grass and could not be seen. Now they are found to be much taller than weeds.
Those trees that don't recognize that they can soar into the sky, until it enters the sky, people say it is tall.
Shuidiao Ge Tou Shang Zhong Jinggangshan
Mao Zedong
For a long time, lingyunzhi way:
Back to Jinggangshan.
Looking for the old place thousands of miles away,
Take on a new look.
Singing and dancing everywhere,
More gurgling water,
The road leads to clouds.
After Huang Yangjie,
Don't look at the danger
Wind and thunder,
Flags are flying,
It's people.
Thirty-eight years later,
A flick of your finger.
You can stay on the moon for nine days,
You can catch turtles in five oceans,
Laughing and singing.
Nothing is difficult in the world,
As long as you are willing to climb.
Yueyang Tower
Preface to Wang Teng Pavilion
Invite for a drink
7. What are the poems describing ancestral halls? 1. "Xu Ruzi Ancestral Temple" Song and Huang Tingjian have three acres of houses and trees. Who is a bunch of lives? The vine is proud to dry the clouds, and the flute and drum have no intention of entering the wine.
A White House may have no children, and Huang Tang does not owe Fan Chen. The ancients laughed at today's cold, and the lake grew old every year.
2. Shuxiangtang Du Fu is located in the famous Prime Minister Temple, in a deep pine forest near the Silk City. The steps are dotted with green grass in spring, and birds are chirping happily under the leaves.
The third call aggravated his state affairs, and he gave his sincerity to two generations. But before he conquered, he died, and since then the heroes have been crying on their coats.
3. "Four of Five Poems of Chanting Huai" Tang Du Fu's Shu Master glimpsed the Three Gorges in Xing Wu, and he died in Yong 'an Palace. The blue-green flag on the empty mountain can be imagined, and the Jade Temple is a void in the empty temple.
On the pine trees in the ancient temple, water cranes nest. In summer and winter festivals, all the people who come are the elders of the village. Wuhou Temple often lives next to each other, and the monarch and ministers share the sacrifices.
4. "Leiyang Ancestral Temple" Tang took the Miluo River water with his hand, and God knows what it was. After the death of the Ministry of Education, I came to accompany the doctor's soul.
A lasting legacy, coquettish * * * a source. Eliminating coagulation hurts the past, and the setting sun hides the wall.
5. "Going to the good ancestral temple is a matter" always wins the heart and worries, and the four sages smile for a while. My late king didn't dare to say anything about the regiment, but I was born in early autumn.
6. "Tiquyuan Temple" Tang Hongzhou's general Cang Teng Gu Mu came several times in spring, and the old ancestral hall was on the waterfront. Chen San, a traveler, drinks and wakes up the doctor Yuan alone.
8. What are the poems that express "Let's get together"? 1. Hexi shogunate has many old friends, so don't come for three or five days. Looking at autumn grass in front of the flower gate now, how can you watch each other grow old and poor? You can laugh several times in life, and you must get drunk when you meet everyone today. -Cen Can's Night Collection of Judges in Liangzhou Pavilion in Tang Dynasty.
I have many old friends in Hexi shogunate, and we have been apart for three or five years. Now that autumn grass is in front of China, how can we watch each other grow old in poverty? You can laugh several times in life. Everyone must be drunk when we meet today.
2, Taohuayuan, family happiness. -Excerpted from Li Bai's Preface to the Spring Banquet Peach Blossom Garden/Tang Dynasty's Preface to the Spring Banquet Peach Blossom Garden.
Gather in the Peach Blossom Garden and talk about the happy past between brothers.
3, when the golden wind and the jade dew meet, they will win countless people. -Excerpted from Song Qin Guan's "Qiao Yun, the Fairy of Queqiao"
Chinese Valentine's Day meets in the autumn wind and dew, which is better than those lovers who are physically separated.
Prepare chicken and rice for me, old friend, you entertain me on your farm. Green Woods surround the village and green hills are located outside the city. Open the window facing the valley vegetable garden and pass the glass to talk about crops. -"Passing the Old Village" Tang Dynasty: Meng Haoran
My old friend prepared a sumptuous meal and invited me to his hospitable farmhouse. Green Woods surround the village and green mountains span the city. Open the window to the grain field and vegetable garden and raise a glass to talk about crops.
There is a ray of green in the old bottle and a trace of red in the quiet stove. With dusk and snow coming, how about a glass of wine? -"A suggestion for a friend Liu" Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
Brewed light green rice wine and burned a small stove. It's getting late and it's snowing harder and harder. Can I have a cup of hot wine in my humble abode?