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A 11 former residences lie in front of Taishun Si small stream town in the county in the level ground village.
A 11 names are easy to have distinctions. Then, 11 of one is what sort of person. Taishun Si level ground piece surnamed most early ancestor the intersection of Fujian and good fortune would rather first ask pieces of people that should be loyal in front of the small stream, 345 years ago, in order to avoid robbers, the level ground village lived ago the Si small stream in Taishun county in Zhejiang with wife s belt. Piece bring wife and children level ground get just, stay, in conformity with chastity, born in a poor family, lived a hard life, the broken room of several rafters, in order to cover the trials and hardship; But piece, until chastity honest and Piao thick, it is long, respected by the people of home town very much. Later on the son grew to manhood slowly, married the wife, gave birth to six sons, has just bought several old rooms gradually, having put some places, through decades, the life of the Zhang s improves slightly. Has reached the third generation, grandsons that one should be loyal have grown up slowly too, when six brothers break up the family, because there are few family properties, the fifth grandson Zhang ZhaoShi that one should be loyal, only gets several mu of fields, several poor houses. But Zhang ZhaoShi, can manage the industry, have capacity for industry and thrift, more than 20 years later, more than 100 mu of fields are put; The eighth year of Qianlong, the garden (the present location) by Bu Di Build the new room, begin to take shape, in the 52nd year of Qianlong, built the study with the descendants of lesson. ZhaoShi Zhang, in the 70 birthday, dishes of constitution observe Gong Liu present straight the intersection of hall and one horizontal inscribed board write, say bright until people auspicious (see Fig.) . In the ninth year of Qianlong, Zhang ZhaoShi was on the 90th birthday, the office of Wenzhou office was studied, Hu TengJiao, Professor of Confucianism, presented and wrote one piece of preface of longevity, and write 24 ancient filial piety of China to carve and look like; Seven colorful portraits of the deceased of charcoal ahead of the grandfather, image Bi Zhen, vivid. One horizontal inscribed board write, say outside the 3 gate exactly: whether star it gathers Kui to be gentle ,A horizontal inscribed board write saying on li: the flower is in bloom daytime the silk .
From then on house Zhang in before there develop up is level ground and even Wenzhou area. The great prosperity one is the fourth generation of the Zhang s, is mainly second son Zhang RiHua depending on Zhang ZhaoShi. After Zhang RiHua grows up, do not forget the elder generation meets with the poor one arduously, follow the ancestor s instruction, have capacity for industry and thrift, resolve to start an undertaking; Good at, speak housekeeping, financial prosperous, put real estate while being wide, among the 20 several year, rent, produce, increase sharply Damien, more than 2000 take on, mu high in 700 content. Though pieces of Japan getting rich to stand up China have, he all the time conduct honest, friendly to wait for people, so love deeply by the neighbourhood, has won the commendation of city content person, high official in the prefecture gradually. By last years of Qianlong, Zhang RiHua builds the new room in the original place, because the fund is richer, the scale of the new house is very large, has built for several years, to the third year of Jiaqing (1798) Just complete. New house put the beams in place Shi, doctorate of Taishun Dong raise and send a horizontal inscribed board. Have the question: the mythical bird like the phoenix stops swans and stands erect Four big characters. Zhang RiHua s new house, the whole courtyard divides and builds 10 buildings, imitate the mode of officer s administration, five drawing rooms three are entered, retreat on storey and widen, fish s pool, flower nursery, warehouse, wine room, stable All available; The most exquisite one in the courtyard, the name is called: Suzhou floor ,Handsome in appearance, the craft is exquisite and unsurpassed. Dig the intersection of well and 5 mouth in institute, in-sequence is divided into five houses of grandsons and drinks, dry five three honest arches over a gate of Cheng in the sun, two left and right gates, the brick wall of every Wu s drone charters one, in order to avoid the fire, separate as well as contact. Really may be said the scale is huge, structural Liancheng, it is bright, grand to draw one and carve the roof beam, exquisite, rich hall of the craft.
Whole floor area wide to up to 5784, scale big to may be said one of the best big big houses in a village, district of Wenzhou. It s a pity, superb Suzhou floor ,Destroyed in the fire unfortunately later. At that time, new house name of RiHua Zhang shout: the money of thoroughbred horse s garden surrounds the bottom . This had a origin, originally, Zhang RiHua s nephew and all grandsons were studying from the family letter room, at the time of the afternoon nap, see a person hold 0.33 meters in the dream plainly, ask nephews to send, one chi of plain other books at noon: The money of thoroughbred horse s garden surrounds bottom Zhang Jun to open. The nephew speaks the thing to Zhang RiHua after waking up, Zhang RiHua does not understand either what is the matter, build new house just, surnamed Zhang, until whether the intersection of thoroughbred horse and the intersection of garden and King surround the bottom Have made the name of one s own new house. Zhang RiHua living 93 year old, reach the intersection of house and five generation Zhang, three the intersection of son and Zhang Jia of RiHua Zhang, the Xiucai of China, has and then married three wives, has given birth to 15 sons and four daughters altogether, the children are scarce in groups. Zhang Jia 11th son of call NanQing Zhang, the general idea because Jia Zhang many in son of , others call several house Zhang directly, several, NanQing Zhang name others pieces of 11. Zhang NanQing is the sixth generation of the Zhang s, is the more remarkable personages of the Zhang s too.
According to the records of historical data, Zhang NanQing (one is 11) whether enter office, study, the intersection of Guang Xu and the intersection of man and ugly years old, admire, add, defend a thousand always, mend, award, hold in the mouth by 4 products ,Pieces of 11 the intelligence and wisdom, exceed all expectations, natural disposition is honest and tolerant, do not fear the dignitary, travel in China in all one s life, it is allusions that the common people uphold justice, too numerous to mention . So, the local authorities of all parts at that time, so long as heard of one 11 arrivedded, feared three fen all without exception, so locality have one proverb, ask the pieces of 11, strike officer s tube .
Among the people in regions of Wenzhou, a lot of interesting stories of 11 about one have stayed. There are few but persons that Zhang Nan knows blue and green name, so, the old house which we saw, called a 11 former residences It is not strange either. Pieces of 11 rich house, oneself whether admire, add, defend a thousand always, mend, award, hold in the mouth by 4 products ,Calligraphy and painting of the family, antique historical relic are not the minority naturally, it s a pity, calligraphy and painting, antique loss single sonorous stone are free now; Survive only odd horizontal inscribed boards See Fig.) ,Have Dong raise doctorates and present and write one pair of couplets written on scrolls, the word is being called: Select being blue and green piles of Wan money last of floor of birds among front yard,at on the a thousand years gold be lasted varieties of trees department name flight of steps leading to a palace hall ago to be supervised.
