The History of Yangjia Courtyard in Quanzhou West Street

The Yangjia Courtyard is located in the east of the middle section of Yinzishi Street. It was built according to the plot of the TV series "Dry Wharf" and is the main shooting place of the drama. In 26, the TV series Dry Wharf, which was jointly produced by CCTV, Shandong Film and Television Production Center and Zhoucun District Committee and Government, took the century-old commercial port of Zhoucun as the background and the business experience of the protagonist Yang Ruiqing as the main line, reflecting the entrepreneurial history of China national capitalists in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The TV series Dry Wharf, with a total investment of 15 million yuan, is another painstaking work by Mr. Chen Jie after Dyeing House. The protagonist in the TV series is played by the famous actor ZhangFeng yi, Xia Zhiqin is played by Fan Zhibo, and Four Wins is played by Wu Jun. The exhibition boards on both sides are the synopsis of Dry Wharf and some stills. With infinite creative passion for Zhoucun's special history, Mr. Chen Jie went deep into the investigation of folk customs with a rigorous working attitude, and finally finished the script of the TV series "Dry Wharf". When the TV series was finished, Mr. Chen Jie left us forever.

why is Zhoucun called a dry dock? According to Wang Yanlin, a native of Jiaqing in the third year, the inscription on the reconstruction of Xinglong Bridge in Zhoucun recorded: "Zhoucun is full of fireworks and spring goods, and the name of the residence is dry dock. Dock owners, where merchants come and go, belong to Hankou, Foshan, Jingdezhen and Zhuxian Town, so they are called dry docks because they don't have access to waterways and there is no possibility that huge ships will sail and sail.

in the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China, Zhoucun had a complete set of five lines and eight works, three religions and nine streams of salt, and the main business items were raw silk, porcelain, tea and other items, all of which were controlled by the royal family representing the bureaucratic forces, forming a so-called "order management" situation. Yang Ruiqing, the hero of this play, is a smart man with a great business mind, but he is tired of his official career. His father runs a small silk workshop, but he can only harvest cocoons after the Wangs finish harvesting them every year. He hated this unfair deal and broke the rules with another cocoon supplier to collect cocoons while his father was out. The Wangs were furious and regarded it as a gross violation. On a dark night in January, yangfu's workshop was set on fire, and Yang Rui's father died of grief. Yang Ruiqing was forced to bid farewell to his lover, Osmanthus fragrans, and went to the beach alone to join a foreign firm and enter the business world. Yang Ruiqing became a businessman like a duck to water, and quickly made his mark in Shanghai Foreign Firm. After Zhoucun opened its port in 194, he returned to Zhoucun with his wife Xia Zhiqin to compete with the official and business forces of the Wang family. Although the Wangs were rich in financial resources, they were soon defeated in the face of Yang Rui's new business operation mode and the use of new machines. Seeing that the old business model couldn't keep up with the trend of the times, the Wangs took the initiative to show their kindness to Yang Ruiqing, and Yang Ruiqing let bygones be bygones and regarded him as a business partner. * * * co-founded a new silk reeling factory, a porcelain factory and a power plant, and sold their products at home and abroad. National capital began to dominate the commercial tide, but the good times didn't last long, the Qing emperor abdicated, and warlords scuffled, causing the nascent national industry and commerce to die in infancy. The story of Dry Wharf is tortuous, and there are many characters, which are not only the interpretation of the culture of Shandong merchants-honesty and forgiveness, but also the love entanglement between the protagonist and two women, as well as the ingenious changes in business warfare, which is highly ornamental.

The Yangjia Courtyard is a courtyard with two depths, with a total area of about 2 mu. In the south is Miss Guihua's living room, and Guihua is Yang Ruiqing's childhood sweetheart. Because of the improper family and the wrong family, the two did not come together. After Yang Ruiqing was forced to go to Shanghai to do business, he met Miss Xia, who was sensible, gentle and virtuous, and finally got married. After making a fortune, he returned to his hometown Zhoucun. Yang Ruiqing was very affectionate and righteous. Seeing that Osmanthus fragrans was very embarrassed, he built such a house for her in yangfu. Because Yang Ruiqing often does business with foreigners and his thoughts are westernized, the structure of the house also has the style of combining Chinese and western styles, but the traditional thought of osmanthus is relatively strong. Please look at this plaque on the wall. The first part of it is "Five Blessingg's Pian is facing the auspicious light", and the second part is "Three-star arch shines to enhance the auspicious spirit". There are several words on the picture: "Five Blessingg is coming today". This plaque in Five Blessingg embodies the feudal traditional thought of osmanthus fragrans.

The opposite north room is the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall. The vigorous and powerful characters you see at the entrance are written by Mr. Li Shenshan, a calligrapher from Zhoucun and the former president of Zibo Silk Vocational College. He is nearly 8 years old, and his handwriting is quite beautiful and has certain collection value. This is Su Shi's Nostalgia for the Red Cliff in the Northern Song Dynasty, and this is the theme song of the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Mr. Li's calligraphy is flowing, elegant and free and easy!

This central hall in front is the place where Yang Ruiqing receives customers and negotiates business. The four-character plaque "Sincere as God" hangs at the entrance, and honesty is very important to every enterprise. "Honesty-oriented, honesty in the world" is the principle followed by Yang's businessmen, the way to entertain guests, and the true portrayal of Zhoucun businessmen. Now it is an antique boutique exhibition hall. Walking into this exhibition hall, we can see the screens used as partitions on both sides, all of which are hollowed out carvings. These antiques displayed in the cupboard next door are some private collections. There are three-legged tripod in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, hand-made gold cups and cups in Tang Dynasty, and coral red gold vase in Qing Dynasty. The most worth watching is this Russian white jade weighing one ton. In 27, it was appraised by the Jianbao column group of CCTV with a value of more than 1 million yuan. You can take a closer look. The figures and scenery carved on this white jade are very realistic. Shown in the window on the right are some bronze mirrors and a pair of purple unicorn.

go out of this exhibition hall and have a look in the backyard. After Yang Ruiqing arrived in Shanghai, he met Xia Zhiqin, a famous lady in Shanghai. This Miss Xia helped Yang Ruiqing a lot, and then they naturally came together and got married. By 194, when Zhoucun was opened, Yang Ruiqing returned to Zhoucun with Xia Zhiqin. This north room is their living room. The small round door on the left, which is a Shanghai-style building; Look at the plaques on the back wall, which read "All rivers run into the sea" and "Benevolence, righteousness, Taoism and virtue" below. Benevolence, righteousness, Taoism and virtue are each a plaque, and each word is explained in detail. From these plaques, we can easily see that Yang Ruiqing, a generation of Confucian businessmen, has a broad mind and a business philosophy of sincere hospitality.

The exhibition hall visited below is Yang Ruiqing's father's living room. Entering this exhibition hall, you can see several big characters "Confucian businessmen help the country", which was written by Zhang Zhidong, an official in the late Qing Dynasty, to encourage the development of national industry and commerce. On the right is Yang Ruiqing's father's bedroom with a heatable adobe sleeping platform. This kind of heatable adobe sleeping platform is particularly practical in the north. In winter, you can burn a fire under it, sit on it to keep warm during the day, and sleep on it at night, which is very warm, especially suitable for the elderly. On the left is a study, where Yang Ruiqing studies. Yang Ruiqing was smart since childhood, but he was tired of his official career and finally embarked on the road of business.

The exquisite quadrangle-style layout and festive wedding bridal chamber in Yangjia Courtyard have become the model base of traditional folk wedding in Shandong. Since the folk wedding of "Love in Qilu, Love in the Ancient City" was held in Zhoucun Ancient Mall on January 11th, 29, more and more young people have come here to hold weddings. The profound cultural background, colorful folk activities, antique century-old architecture and traditional folk wedding in Zhoucun Ancient Mall set off each other, adding a lot of romance to the wedding. Here, you can enjoy the original traditional folk wedding process. The flaming sedan chair, the festive crested gown, crossing the brazier, crossing the saddle and drinking a glass of wine surprise the couple. In the trend of more and more young people advocating retro, take part in a rare folk wedding, put on a crested gown that is often seen in images, experience a wedding that travels through time and space, and leave a photo album with good memories. Zhoucun Ancient Mall will make your dream come true.

Zhoucun Ancient Mall is also a famous film and television shooting base at present. In 28, episodes 4-6 of the opening drama "Going to the East" were filmed in Yangjia Courtyard and Daranfang. This antique house, plaque, roller, gravel road at the foot, and the small round door next to the central hall have all appeared in the camera, so you can recall them carefully. Zhoucun Ancient Shopping Mall was taken a fancy to by the film and television crew. As a film and television shooting base, it started with Zhang Yimou's filming "Alive" in 1993. It is said that when Zhang Yimou made the shooting plan of "Alive", he looked around for a suitable location, but because of the long time span of the film, there was no satisfactory place. By chance, a friend recommended Zhoucun Street in Shandong Province to him, and found an information piece for him to enjoy-the long stone road, the numerous shops and the deep house compound with the color of the last century made him overjoyed. When I came to visit the site, I was even more ecstatic. There are traditional buildings with cornices and arches, Arab-style shops, and traces of the Westernization School reform in China in the late Qing Dynasty. The patchwork pattern, varied facades, and colorful plaques and signs are simply living specimens of the ancient commercial street in China. He immediately said: this is the only market in the country. At present, the archway at the south end of the main street was rebuilt at a cost of more than 1, yuan when Zhang Yimou filmed the movie "Alive". It was originally the archway of "Nine Highways". The archway is 7 meters high and 1 meters wide, with one main entrance and two side doors, which not only embodies the dignity of Shandong archway, but also has the exquisite and gorgeous characteristics of other archways in China. Its main materials are wood and cement, but after painting, painting and old treatment by artists, even experienced old artists thought it was an out-and-out ancient building. On August 17th, 1993, Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Ge You and others held the shooting ceremony of "Alive" under the newly completed signboard.

Later, film and television crews such as Who Paid for Dreams, Wang Jinmei, Black and White Past, Hanging the End of the World, Braving the Journey to the East, Niang and Merchant of China entered Zhoucun Ancient Shopping Mall in succession. The bazaars, inns, restaurants and houses here all maintained their original features in a specific era, with striking and clean bluestone roads. After a hundred years, the bustling market provides an ideal shooting location for film and television creation, and the enduring century-old shop is the best interior shed. The crew comes here to take pictures, and there is no need to purchase and build it separately. Therefore, some crew members said that in Zhoucun ancient shopping mall, the ancient market has a view without building; Choose extras, and ordinary people who live here will be in shape without makeup. The original Ming and Qing customs make people feel that the drama is around, people are in the drama, and every corner of the ancient shopping mall is a scene, and every angle can be seen. The "ancient" talent and the "ancient" primary colors have created a rare original ecological film and television shooting base. In 29, Shandong Film and Television Culture Society, Shandong Film and Television Production Center and other units jointly awarded Zhoucun Ancient Mall as "Top Ten Film and Television Shooting Bases in Shandong Province".