The Wang Family Courtyard is located in a famous historical and cultural town in China, at the east of Lingshi County12km. It is 35 kilometers away from Pingyao Ancient City, a world cultural heritage, and 4 kilometers away from Mianshan Mountain in Jiexiu. The Wang Family Courtyard was built by the Ming and Qing families, which lasted for more than 300 years, including five lanes and six castles, with a total area of 250,000 square meters. It is an architectural art museum with Chinese cultural characteristics. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a 4A-level scenic spot.
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Wang Family Courtyard is located in Jingsheng Town, east of Lingshi County, Shanxi Province 12km. It is 35 kilometers away from Pingyao ancient city, 4 kilometers away from Mianshan in Jiexiu, and 2 kilometers away from Zishou Temple, where the 18th Luohan returned overseas Chinese. It is a boutique tourist route with the advantages of "famous city, famous mountain, famous courtyard and famous temple" launched by Shanxi Province in recent years. Tongpu Railway and National Highway 108 run through the county. The Lingshi exit of the newly opened Dayun Expressway is 2 kilometers away from Wang Jia Courtyard, and the traffic is very convenient.
The Wang Family Courtyard is a master of residential buildings in Qing Dynasty. It was built by Wang Jingsheng family, one of the four families in Lingshi County in history, during the years of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, with a total area of over 250,000 square meters. At present, Gaojiaya, Hongmenbao and Wang Ancestral Hall opened by China Folk House Art Museum and China King Museum have a total of 123 courtyards and18 houses, covering an area of 45,000 square meters.
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Gaojiaya complex was built by the 17th Sun Wang Rucong and Wang Rucheng of Wang Jingsheng from the first year of Jiaqing (1796) to the sixteenth year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), covering an area of 19572 square meters. All buildings are built in strict accordance with the feudal hierarchy, and the courtyard is exquisitely carved with bricks. It shows the profound cultural heritage of the Chinese nation and the unique ideas of the Wang family. Sima Yuan Sima Yuan is located in Fort Lane, Hong Men, and is the former residence of Wang Yinde, the 16th grandson of Wang. The characteristic of quadrangles is that one door governs three doors, and three doors lead to four hospitals. The four courtyards have different themes, namely, increasing officials, increasing wealth and prolonging life. Xiaoyi Temple is the smallest of the five ancestral halls of Wang Jingsheng family. 1998 is open to the outside world. Located under the south slope of Gaojiaya and Hongmenbao buildings, the street is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jinzhong City. Xiaoyi Temple was expanded on the basis of Xiaoyi Square. In the forty-five years of Qianlong (1780), Emperor Qianlong ordered the construction of Xiaoyi Square for the fifteenth grandson of Wang as a sign of filial piety, and Qianlong lasted for fifty-one years. Later, in the first year of Jiaqing, it was expanded into the Hall of Xiaoyi. The ancestral hall faces south and is divided into two rooms, upstairs and downstairs, with a total area of 428 square meters. On the first floor of the courtyard, there are three main kilns, which show the model of Wang Ancestral Hall and the three-dimensional sculpture recording Wang Yisheng's filial piety. The artistic value is extremely high. There are five halls upstairs, which are places to worship ancestors, and there is a stage facing north in front.
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The famous director Hu Mei released a new drama "Qiao Family Courtyard" with a different flavor after last year's blockbuster "Hanwu Emperor", which will be broadcast in CCTV prime time tonight as the opening drama of CCTV.
"Qiao Family Courtyard" stars Chen Jianbin, Ma Yili and Angel, who play Qiao Zhiyong and Lu respectively. According to director Hu Mei, this TV series tells the story of a legendary Shanxi businessman, Qiao Zhiyong, who abandoned literature and went into business, embraced the dream of saving the country and enriching the people through business, and finally realized the story of goods connecting the world through thousands of difficulties and dangers.
In order to truly reflect the situation of that year, the film crew took photos in the most famous Qiao Family Courtyard in Qixian County, Shanxi Province, which is also the location of Zhang Yimou's film "Hanging the Red Lantern High". Hu Mei bluntly said that she didn't shoot such a TV series just to tell the history of the development of a generation of Shanxi merchants, but to let people know that the root of the success of Shanxi merchants lies in the word "sincerity", which is also something that is relatively lacking in society now.
Qixian, in the main hall, is little known. Shanxi, the Qiao Family Courtyard, few people don't know.
15 years ago, Zhang Yimou's movie "Hanging the Red Lantern High" achieved the architectural style of the Qiao Family Courtyard, which shocked China and foreign countries. What "Qiao Family Courtyard" wants to show is not the architecture of Qiao Family Courtyard, but the Shanxi merchant culture it contains.
Shanxi merchants are a unique phenomenon in China culture. From "Dragon Chapter" to "Baiyin Valley", many filmmakers have seen the shining point of China businessmen's "practical guiding significance" from the Shanxi merchants' culture, but there are also many TV dramas that reflect the Shanxi merchants' culture, but few of them can arouse social repercussions.
Why do most people in China still think of the "Qiao Family Courtyard" when they mention the culture of Shanxi merchants? Why did director Hu Mei choose Qiao Zhiyong, the third generation descendant of the Qiao family, to show the legend and spirit of Shanxi merchants? Before the curtain of "Qiao Family Courtyard" opened tonight, the reporter interviewed director Hu Mei to reveal the secret of "Qiao Family Courtyard" for everyone. Why did you choose the Qiao Family Courtyard to represent the culture of Shanxi merchants? Su Tong's "wives and concubines in groups" is aptly interpreted by Zhang Yimou's films as "lighting the second hospital". However, people have mentioned "Hanging the Red Lantern High" so far, and the clearest memory is not the feudal family life shown in the story, but the Qiao Family Courtyard.
Athletic News: Why do people still think of Qixian when it comes to Shanxi merchant culture, and why do people immediately think of Qiao Family Courtyard when it comes to Qixian? Hu Mei: Before choosing to shoot The Qiao Family Courtyard, I not only visited the Qiao Family Courtyard and their descendants, but also personally visited Shanxi. Shanxi still retains many famous courtyards of Shanxi merchants, such as Changjia Courtyard and Wangjia Courtyard in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are thousands of ancient dwellings in Qixian County, Shanxi Province alone, but only the building of Qiao Family Courtyard is the best preserved.
I learned a lot of anecdotes about Qiao Zhiyong, the third generation descendant of the Qiao family, when I was exploring why the building of the Qiao family courtyard was the most intact, which can represent the spirit of Shanxi merchants. The Qiao Family Courtyard has a history of about 500 years, and its existence cannot be separated from the soil of Shanxi merchants. Competitive newspaper: From Dragon Poke to Baiyin Valley, why do many filmmakers take a fancy to the theme of Shanxi merchant culture? Hu Mei: I haven't seen "Dragon Poke" and "Baiyin Valley", and I'm worried about duplication in creation.
In ancient times, someone said, "Where there are sparrows, there are Shanxi merchants." They traveled all over the country. They have been active in business for more than five centuries in the form of groups, and their business scope is very wide, from silks and satins to green onions. They founded the earliest bank in China in the early Qing Dynasty, and held a leading position in the financial circles of China.
Today we collectively call them "Shanxi merchants". Competitive newspaper: Why did Shanxi merchants become a culture? Hu Mei: Shanxi Shanxi merchants have the characteristics of officials and merchants, and the prevalence of imperial merchants also developed in that period and region.
Shanxi is close to Beijing. At that time, it was very convenient to enter and leave the customs, and tea, private grain and salt grain all had unique trading facilities. That is, the convenient "logistics" in Shanxi at that time.
Shanxi businessmen are also very distinctive. Even if they are earth-shattering, they are people from this dirt land. They are honest with others and have many simple characteristics. The main characters in "Qiao Family Courtyard" have many interesting things and are representatives of Shanxi merchants. For example, no matter how rich they are, they are also rustic, stingy and simple.
They follow the spirit of Confucianism, serve people with virtue, and handle the relationship between business and family. Competition: Shanxi merchants' culture is profound. Since you don't want to cover everything, what attracts you most? Hu Mei: There are many places worthy of expression in Shanxi merchant culture.
But I made such a TV series, not just to tell the history of the development of a generation of Shanxi merchants, but to make people understand that the success of Shanxi merchants lies in the spirit of Confucian businessmen. When I visited Shanxi, I saw a plaque with the word "sincerity" in the courtyard of a Shanxi merchant, which showed that Shanxi merchants, who were deeply influenced by Confucian culture at that time, had very progressive business ideas.
Although this is not the first plaque put up by the Qiao family, Qiao Zhiyong was deeply influenced by Confucian culture when he abandoned business and took over the legacy left by his eldest brother's early death. The essence of the spirit of Confucian businessmen lies in the word "sincerity", which may also be a kind of value concept that is relatively lacking in society now.
Therefore, I appeal to this spirit. Why did you choose Qiao Zhiyong, the third generation of Qiao family, to represent the spirit of Shanxi merchants? Competitive newspaper: The Qiao family has been passed down to the eighth generation. Qiao Zhiyong is neither the founder of the jstars nor the owner of the jstars at the turning point. Why did you choose Qiao Zhiyong, the third generation successor, to show the legend and spirit of Shanxi merchants? Hu Mei: In the heyday of the Qiao family, when it spread to Qiao Zhiyong, the third generation of the Qiao family, a share of silver reached 1.7 million, which was already extremely rich at that time, but the Qiao family was not the richest man in Shanxi at that time.
I can't show the culture of Shanxi merchants in all directions, so I can only take it as a representative. I chose the Qiao family as the representative, not because his family is rich, but because he represents the spirit of Shanxi merchants. Competitive newspaper: What is the representative of Shanxi merchants' spirit in Qiao Zhiyong's personal legend? Hu Mei: First, as a representative of Shanxi merchants, Qiao Zhiyong not only made money for himself, but also had patriotic intentions. At that time, he shared expenses for the imperial court in coastal defense and western expedition.
Second, he emphasized honesty and integrity in doing business. Thirdly, it is very important to combine Confucianism with the business practice of Shanxi merchants for many years through honesty.
Fourth, his management thought is also very progressive.