Lingshi was promoted to Wang, which originated from Taiyuan. During the period of Yuan Renzong in the Qing Dynasty (1312-1313), after the ancestor Wang Shi moved to Jingsheng Village, Wang Jingsheng began to cultivate and manage the tofu industry, from agriculture to commerce, from business to government, and his family wealth gradually became rich.
The Wangs first built the house near the locust tree in the west of the village. Later, they gradually expanded from west to east, from low to high, and built huge buildings such as "three squares, four castles and five ancestral halls", with a total area of 6.5438+0.5 million square meters.
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The architectural pattern of the Wangs Courtyard in Shanxi;
There are three groups of buildings in Wang Jia Courtyard: Gaojiaya, Hongmenbao and Xiaoyi Ancestral Hall, which were built in the years of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. 123 Courtyard 1 18 Room, construction area? 45,000 square meters, with a total area of 6.5438+0.5 million square meters.
The two main courtyards of Gaojiaya complex are three-way quadrangles, surrounded by tight walls. Large and small courtyards are both harmonious and independent, and all kinds of portals give people a maze-like feeling that there are courtyards in the courtyard and doors in the door. The overall layout of the Hongmenbao building complex contains the word "Wang" and is accompanied by the shape of a dragon.
Wang Jia Courtyard is a fully enclosed building on the loess high slope, and its appearance conforms to the situation. Its caves are made of ceramic tiles, which are skillfully connected together. The general feature is that it moves with the mountain and changes with the shape. The buildings are layered, strewn at random, magnificent and functional. It inherited the architectural style of "front hall and back bedroom" formed in China during the Western Zhou Dynasty. ?
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