The former site of Fuxing Temple on Twelve Road, Maping Town, Zhangpu County?

Lam Tingzhen Mansion is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Lantingzhen Mansion is located in Xincheng Natural Village, Dingtan Village, Huxi Township, Zhangpu County. Because the mansion was newly built in Dingtan, Huxi, and is surrounded by buildings like a city wall, it is known as "Dingtan New City" and "Dingtan New City". It is known as "Yuancheng". It is a mansion-style castle built by Lan Tingzhen, the admiral of the Fujian Navy in the Qing Dynasty, at the end of Kangxi and completed in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727). It is also the former residence of Lan Yuanmei, the grandson of Lan Tingzhen, the admiral of the Jiangnan Navy. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. .

Lan Tingzhen (1664-1729), courtesy name Jingpu, was from Huxi, Zhangpu. He served as the commander-in-chief of Southern Guangdong and the admiral of the Fujian Navy. He once photographed the affairs of Taiwan and made great contributions in formulating policies to govern Taiwan. After his death, he was given the title of Prince Shaobao, posthumous title of Xiangyi, and hereditary captain of Qingche. During the Kangxi period, he joined the army with his elder brother Lan Li (also known as Yifu, nicknamed Wenshan, from Chiling, Zhangpu, who was a pioneer in the bloody battles during the Kangxi period, became the governor of the left, and became the admiral of Fujian) and defected to Prince Kang of the Qing Dynasty. . In the 34th year of Kangxi's reign (1695), he was successively appointed as the commander-in-chief of Dinghai Camp, the garrison of Panshi, the guerrilla of Wenzhou Zhenzhong Camp, the deputy general of Penghu, and the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao. In the 60th year of Kangxi's reign (1721), troops were sent to Taiwan to put down Zhu Yigui's uprising. After Taiwan was recovered, he was appointed as the chief of Taiwan's printing department. While acting as an agent for Taiwan's military affairs, he dissuaded Fujian Governor Man Bao and General Shi Shipi from killing the masses indiscriminately, which caused many people who had come from the mainland to defect to Zhu Yigui to return to the Qing Dynasty. Many of them were immigrants from their hometown of Zhangpu. They came out of the "Zhangpu Liao" to help Lan Tingzhen stabilize society and develop agriculture, and played an important role in the early development of Taiwan. He also suggested to the Qing government to pay attention to Taiwan's defense and prevent foreign aggression. He also followed the advice of his younger brother Lan Dingyuan (alias Yulin, nicknamed Luzhou, a native of Chiling, Zhangpu, a famous official in the early Qing Dynasty and a master craftsman of Tsai Tai), and adopted measures to strengthen the unity of the Han and Gaoshan ethnic groups, improve Taiwan's defense, and encourage reclamation. , development of production and a series of "reasonable" policies. These policies have been "adopted as law by those who have governed Taiwan in the past generations" and have extremely far-reaching influence. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Lan Tingzhen was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fujian Navy. His son Lan Richong took over the post and became the staff general of Tongshan Camp. Sun Lan Yuanmei successively served as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan Town and the admiral of Jiangnan. During the Qianlong period, he entered Taiwan to pacify Lin Shuangwen. uprising. Lan Tingzhen's mansion is large in scale and rigorous in layout. The building complex is oriented from west to east. In front of the mansion is a broad square made of 360 stone strips, which are criss-crossed and magnificent. The base of the main building is made of large-area granite, and the exterior walls of red bricks, gray bricks and whitewash walls complement each other. It is 50 meters wide and 86 meters deep, covering an area of ??about 4,300 square meters. There are a pair of bluestone drums standing on both sides of the gate, 1.5 meters high, with exquisite reliefs of unicorns, lotus flowers, water plants, etc. on the drum surfaces. A couplet is engraved on the gate pillar, praising Lan Tingzhen's historical achievements in pacifying and governing Taiwan:

Restored the deer's ears in the Chong Dynasty, and the Taolue River resembled wind music;

Ding Dongdu In seven days, the garrison can be compared to Sun Wu.

The whole building is characterized by the combination of load-bearing brick and earthen walls, Xieshanjue purlins and wooden bucket frames. The entrance hall, main hall, and back hall are wooden bucket frames. The beams and columns are thick and the diameter of the prisms is large. It reaches 40 centimeters, and the wooden beams are richly decorated with "Yuan Guang", "Today" and "Hanging Tube".

The mansion building complex is distributed symmetrically in five vertical directions, with the foyer, main hall, back hall, main building and rear chamber along the central axis. The left and right wings are protected houses, connected by a "water-crossing corridor", forming a layout of a large quadrangle within a small quadrangle. The first floor is 7 bays, and the curved roof surface rises into a hard mountain style with heavy ridges. The second falling roof has heavy ridges and hard hills. The main hall is in the middle, with a screen at the back and a verandah in the front. It is in the style of a tent. The main hall and the patio are open. The third floor is the back hall, which is a place for enshrining and offering sacrifices to gods and goddesses. The back hall is connected to the patio, and the corridors on both sides are connected with the back corridor of the main hall, forming the largest indoor space in the house and reflecting its role as the center of the house. status. The fourth floor is a two-story earth building, called "Rijie Building". The plaque on the building is "Rijie Building" and "Jing Pu", "Bamboo Buds and Pines", "Lanting Zhen Seal" and other seals inscribed by Lan Tingzhen himself. . The name of the building is taken from the "Three Connections of Day and Day" in the "Book of Changes", which means that Lan Tingzhen's sons Richong, Rizhang and Rining will have successors to the Lan family. The ground floor of the building is made of square stone, and the second floor is made of triple earthen walls. The wall thickness is 0.8 meters, the floor width is 23 meters, and the depth is 10 meters. It is worth mentioning that the construction of earth buildings in mansion buildings is very rare among folk houses in southern Fujian and is also a unique feature of Lan Tingzhen's mansion. The wooden structure on the earth building was burned in a fire in the 1940s, and the outer wall of the main building is still intact. The fifth floor is the back wing room, one of which is an open hall with back doors at both ends. The back wing room and the left and right wing rooms are connected in a circle to form a large quadrangle. The earth buildings are located in the quadrangle, forming a unique "courtyard city" form. , a spectacular sight.

The Lan Tingzhen Mansion is a masterpiece of official mansions in southern Fujian. It is also a historical witness for the study of the relationship between Fujian and Taiwan and the history of the Lan family. The mansion is large in scale, symmetrical in layout, ingenious in conception, and has various craftsmanship methods. Earth buildings were built in the mansion to form a courtyard-city pattern, which reflected the highest level of architectural art in southern Fujian at that time. It is worth mentioning that more than 300 years ago, the Zhangpu Lan family had dozens of people who were famous for their illustrious martial arts, including Lan Li, Lan Tingzhen, Lan Dingyuan, Lan Yuanmei, Lan Richong, Lan Yao, and Lan Yuan. Military generals holding important positions made important contributions to the reunification of Taiwan by the motherland and the early development and governance of Taiwan. Among them, Lan Tingzhen, Lan Li, and Lan Yuanmei were ranked first in officialdom and were listed by the Taiwan Documentation Committee as having contributed to the early development of Taiwan. A person who made significant contributions.

Lan Li, Lan Tingzhen and Lan Dingyuan, a famous official and master craftsman of the first generation, are known as the "Three Heroes of the Lan Family" in history. They are all outstanding representatives of the Lan Family in China. This special family phenomenon is of great significance to the study of the history of the She nationality in China, the history of the relationship between She and Han, and sociology.