Architectural characteristics of Dong Mansion

Dongfu is a Tian-style manor house with unique layout: the main entrance is a western-style building with different doorways and courtyards with different styles and functions. The main building of the main courtyard is five buildings with three floors, and the framework consists of twenty-eight columns. At both ends are two-story watchtowers; There are five old halls in the east, west and south; There are quadrangles in the northwest and southwest, with five rooms in the east, west, north and south; The southwest is the kitchen courtyard; The outer court has a flower viewing building, a police station and a chariot yard, and evergreen pine and cypress are planted on both sides of the passage in the hospital.

More than 600,000 bricks were used to build Dongfu, with tile 1 0,000 pages, pigment 1 0,000 kilograms, and gold 10 for decorative bricks and woodcarving flower patterns. In the courtyard of Dongfu, pavilions and pavilions are connected, with carved beams and painted buildings. 189 Brick carvings were all made by the famous artist Zhan Chengyuan and his disciples. The pattern is unique and can be called a must. On the screen of the court, there is a large picture of the mountains and rivers, with beautifully written official script couplets on both sides. The contents are: graceful and graceful, open and industry-oriented, Acer tall and graceful, solar terms. This picture of mountains and rivers is engraved with a banana fan, a gourd, a Cai Lan and a flute, which means that Ma was defeated in officialdom at that time. Peony vases are symmetrically arranged in the east and west gates, imitating the characteristics of cloisonne and carefully carved by combining carving and hollowing out, which is very realistic. People call it "double-product rich door" and "double-product peony door", which means that Ma was a second-product official at that time, and it also means that entering this door means stepping into the official residence of the second-product official. Entering the main entrance of the western-style building, a picture of the ancient philosophers is full of grapes, which makes people drool, exquisitely carved and exquisitely carved. On the southeast wall of the three-story courtyard, the moon is loose and the moon is bright. Gu Song is lush, surrounded by rocks, with clear springs and blooming flowers. On the east and west walls of the south room of the main courtyard, there are pictures of peony budding and lotus graceful. On both sides of the three-story building, the pattern on the right is autumn moon, and the beautiful bamboo in Maolin flies, which is relatively quiet and quiet; In the pattern on the left, the Duchenne grass in Li Zhuo is lush and plantains are tall and straight. Brick carvings with a wide range of materials can be seen everywhere in Dongfu. They are all famous for their novel ideas, vivid shapes, exquisite carvings and exquisite skills. They can be called the grand view garden of brick carving art, and they are the must-see scenery for visiting Linxia.

The woodcut of Dongfu is also a fine work of art .. The houses, doors, windows, partitions and handrails of the main courtyard are carefully carved, and the patterned flowers are gilded. Peony, pomegranate and various flowers are carved in the main room and the east, west and south wing rooms on the third floor, especially a pair of Kirin on the eaves of the county government, which is vivid and touching. The woodcut dragons and phoenixes in the flower viewing building are dancing with different expressions. The magnificent classical buildings are decorated with exquisite woodcut patterns, which makes the whole building look magnificent and resplendent.

Dongfu is a temple of classical architectural art, the crystallization of the wisdom and hard work of Linxia people of all ethnic groups, and it has rare ornamental and research value.