Yan Xishan travels in the former residence Nanjing of China

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Nanjing Yan Xishan former residence lies in and keeps fit on and the road No. 8 (original the 6th) ,Around establishing in 1913. Until 1937 shortly before Anti-Japanese War broke out, did not build up present scale. During this period, successively built up a governor palace, had the first floor (each prosperous spring connected) , go to general s office, two elderly gentlemen s office, wearing the heart institute, new south institute, east garden, west gardens, son s bright kind young institutes, the size amounts to 27 courtyards, nearly one thousand houses. Store more than 700 now, the area of total occupation of land is more than 33,000 square meters. Yan Xishan (1883- 1960),Word uncle s Sichuan, five native in Taiwans in Shanxi.
Duties such as successive northwest commander of frontier defence, commanding officer of the Kuomintang, vice commander-in-chieves, presidents of executive organ, ministers of Ministry of National Defence of general headquarters of the army,the navy and the air force,etc.. Come into Yan Xishan former residence, that reflected eyes of people is the things garden, the so-called things garden at first, it is not the destinations of the strongly fragrant spring onions of trees everywhere of real flowers and plants, but is a set of deep office compounds connected with one. Having entered the gate, it is a institute in the east garden. This is courtyard that Yan Curie is largest. Build the hall on four sides, the middle is the flower bed, rockery and fountain, it is with the strip stone, cobblestone and belt sidewalk of car and horse with decorative design where the blue brick paved the rhetorical flourishes paved around. Cross the corridor in the middle of a institute east drawing room, it is two institutes of the east garden. This courtyard is a little smaller than a courtyard of area, but architectural relatively luxurious and exquisite. The vivid stone carving, openwork, wood carving, and bright column, drum mound, flying in eaves, sets of brackets on top of the columns, layer upon layer of, it is the palatial architectural style of typical late Qing. Behind the east courtyard stall of garden three, there is a more concealed small courtyard of radical, also the place where Yan Xishan often lives, works. In the thirties, Jiang JieShi has come here to pay an official call to lord Yan. In three institutes southeast direction, tower in a three storeyed building. The ground floor is three very spacious large cave dwellings. And there is a stone steps passway going upstairs. Two layers are built by the blue brick above, the rooftop is that the side brick tiles, for visitors to ascend a height and overlook. Opposite to the east garden, it is the west garden. Compared with the east garden, the scale of the west garden is much smaller, destruction is relatively serious too. Two what is called elderly gentleman s offices, that is grandfather of two uncles of Yan Xishan s Yan ShuDian inhabited the mansion. Here is also a large Chinese courtyard house, go out of the bright column of the tall building, carve and painting is very exquisite. Stick to two elderly gentlemen s office to the south of the east garden closely, there are buildings of tile-roofed house where the Supreme People s Court and the Supreme People s Procuratorate of front and back a exquisite one communicates and links up, this is the far-famed governor palace.
The intersection of governor palace and northeast corner of backyard, another sites of small courtyard, tower Yan office second skyscraper in the courtyard -Have the first floor. Very coherent governor palace in front of the floor this, behind so as to bonded to east institute of garden two while being genuine. Export bats to brandish genuinely, auspicious cloud one, it is possible to cluster round Three big characters, it is the stone carving. In addition, in two elderly gentlemen s due south in the office, another courtyard. Namely go to general s office, this is a inning compound. The due north in the east garden separates a way, it is quite famous son s bright kind young institute.