Eighteen rooms
There are three structural forms of folk houses in Heyang: sixteen, eighteen and twenty-eight, and there are also ten and thirteen.
Take "eighteen rooms" as the representative, that is, eighteen rooms in each building. This is a typical representative of a large family in Heyang, mostly in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, and a few were built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The layout structure is determined according to the overall needs of the extended family. As a big family, it is essential to show off to the surrounding elements. Confucian culture is conservative in nature, so there will not be much innovation in the whole eighteen rooms.
There are more than 20 existing "eighteen rooms", many of which have their own names, such as "Yuanmen", "Concession Room", "Ancient Scholars" and "Farming Heritage".
"Eighteen rooms" are generally divided into two parts: the compound and the annex, and their layout is: apartment, compound and dormitory in sequence.
Suite: In front of the front hall of the compound, it is the passage before entering the compound, and some even are the only passages, so it becomes the first place where the whole "Eighteen Rooms" appear. Although it belongs to the annex, it is one of the places where homeowners are most willing to spend money. Its main function is to guard. But its fence is not in the traditional sense. In modeling and local decoration, special attention is paid to cultural taste, and various pictures and poems are carefully drawn. For example, on the wall of the "Lianrang" room, there is Zhang's "Fishing Song" in the Tang Dynasty:
White dew flies in front of Mount Cisse, and peach blossoms and flowing water are rich in mandarin fish.
An old man in the bank, wearing a green bamboo hat raincoat and a green raincoat, braved the wind and rain and fished leisurely. He was fascinated by the beautiful spring scenery and didn't even go home in the rain.
"There are anonymous poems.
The past is over, there is no need to think about the future;
Only today, only today, a pillow of * * * Wu Liangmeng leisurely.
Another example is the Round Gate Suite, which is 36 cm long and 4 cm wide. Two round doors were built in the middle, and the titles "Follow the rules" and "Reflecting the Moon" were placed at the entrance, symbolizing the title "Family Style of Farming and Reading". Unique structure, unique.
The compound is the center of the "eighteen rooms", with a front wall in the middle and a gate connected with the front hall. There are side doors on the left and right sides, which communicate with the corridor. The front wall is the true face of the "eighteen rooms", and the brick carvings under the front eaves are tireless, with white walls and small blue tiles and head walls. It constitutes the basic characteristics of simplicity and freshness.
The internal structure of the compound is: the front hall is on the central axis. In the back hall, there are also some left and right halls in front. The front hall is a hall, and the back hall is expanded to be semi-open, with nave in the middle and bedrooms around. There are three rooms wide and one classroom. Plus *** 18 rooms on both sides of the hall, the hatchback has a corridor along the courtyard, which runs through the courtyard in a "well" shape.
The kitchen behind the back hall is a well-shaped building structure with a notch shape on the plane and a small patio along the back wall of the back hall. Kitchen, feeding room and utility room are arranged on three sides. From a design point of view, everything is simple.