Pursuing history and understanding the Qiao family courtyard.

Qiaojia Courtyard is located in Qiaojiabao Village, Qixian County, Shanxi Province, 54 kilometers north of Taiyuan and only 2 kilometers south of Dongguan Town. Also known as the "Middle Temple", it is the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, a famous commercial and financial capitalist in China in the Qing Dynasty. Built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt twice and expanded once. After several generations' continuous efforts, a magnificent building complex was built in the early years of the Republic of China, which reflected the unique style of northern houses in China in the Qing Dynasty. 1990 was awarded the title of national advanced cultural relics unit and provincial civilized cultural relics unit. 1995 was rated as one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanxi Province, and was named as a patriotic education base by the provincial government.

Basic information

Chinese Name: Qiao Family Courtyard

Location: Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province

Category: historical sites

Ticket price: 72 yuan

Floor space: 4175m2.

Famous attractions: rhinoceros moon mirror, 10,000 yuan ball.

Opening hours: 08:00- 19:00.

Climate type: temperate monsoon climate

Scenic spot level: AAAAA level

Duration: 1756

Qiaojia Courtyard is located in Qiaojiabao Village, Qixian County, Shanxi Province, 54 kilometers north of Taiyuan and only 2 kilometers south of Dongguan Town. Also known as the "Middle Temple", it is the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, a famous commercial and financial capitalist in China in the Qing Dynasty. Built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt twice and expanded once. After several generations' continuous efforts, a magnificent building complex was built in the early years of the Republic of China, which reflected the unique style of northern houses in China in the Qing Dynasty.

The compound is a fully enclosed castle-like building complex, with an area of 10642 square meters (about 16 mu) and a building area of 4 175 square meters. It is divided into 6 courtyards, 20 small courtyards and 3 13 rooms. The courtyard faces the street on the third side and is not connected with the surrounding houses. The periphery is a closed brick wall, the height of which exceeds 10 meter. The upper floor is a female wall-type crib, with many floors and pavilions dotted in it, which is magnificent and magnificent. The gate sits west facing east, with a high top floor, a doorway in the middle and a brick-carved longevity painting opposite the gate. To the inside of the gate, there is an east-west corridor paved with stones. The walls on both sides of the corridor are surrounded by retaining walls. At the end of the corridor is the ancestral temple, which is a temple-like structure opposite to the gate. There are three courtyards in the north, all of which are eaves doors, hidden columns and three bays of historical cloisters. There are more than enough cars coming in and out, and there are nails and horses on the outside of the door. From east to west, it is the old courtyard, the northwest courtyard and the study courtyard in turn. All courtyards are positive-biased, with the master of the main courtyard living, and the partial courtyard is the guest room, maid living room and kitchen. Architecturally, the side yard is relatively low and the roof structure is very different. The main courtyard is a tile eaves, and the side courtyard is a square brick roof bungalow, which not only embodies the ethical level, but also embodies the sense of hierarchy in architecture. There are four main buildings in the compound, including the gatehouse, the sentry box and six pavilions. There are walkways on the roof of every hospital, which is convenient for patrolling at night to protect the hospital.

Looking at the whole hospital, the layout is rigorous and the design is exquisite. From the top, it looks like a "hi-hi". Exquisite architecture, well-made bricks and tiles, archways and cornices inlaid with gold, and exquisite masonry and wood carving fully show the superb architectural technology level of our working people. It is praised by experts and scholars as "a bright pearl in the history of northern residential architecture", so it is praised as "the royal family has the Forbidden City, and the residential houses look after the Qiao family"

Historical review

1985, the people's government of Qixian county used this ancient house to establish the Qixian Folk Museum, which was officially opened to the public on 1986 1/month1day. Chen Zhan has more than 5,000 precious cultural relics, reflecting the folk customs in Jinzhong, Shanxi. The contents of the exhibition include: agricultural customs, life etiquette, seasonality, food, clothing, housing and transportation, commercial customs, folk crafts, Qiao's historical materials, Qiao's treasures, film and television topics and other special exhibitions.

Since its opening, the museum has received more than 8 million Chinese and foreign tourists, including more than 40 national leaders including Qiao Shi, Liu Huaqing, Li, Bo Yibo, Qian Qichen and Tang Jiaxuan, as well as experts and scholars such as Zheng and Fei Xiaotong. More than 40 film and television dramas, such as Hanging the Red Lantern High, Chang Jin Yuan Piao Hao, Miss Zhao Si and Zhang Xueliang, have been filmed here.

1993, Qixian Folk Museum was named as a civilized unit by Qixian county government, 1995 by Shanxi patriotism education base, 1996 by regional administrative office as a prefecture-level civilized unit, 1996 by provincial tourism bureau as one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanxi province,1996. In 200 1 year, it was named as a key cultural relic protection unit in China by the State Council, and was rated as an AAAA-level tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration in 20001year.

Qiao Family Courtyard is the residence of Qiao Zhiyong, a famous commercial and financial capitalist in Qing Dynasty. Formerly known as the "Middle Temple", 1965 was listed as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, and 1985 established a folk museum here. 1986 1 1 month 1 day officially opened to the public. * * * There are 6 courtyards, 20 small courtyards and 3 13 houses. More than 30 film and television crews, such as "Hanging the Red Lantern High" and "Long Jin Yuan Xing", have filmed in our library. As a result, it has achieved certain social and economic benefits and won strong support and praise from competent departments at all levels. 1990 was awarded the title of national advanced cultural relics unit and provincial civilized cultural relics unit. 1995 was rated as one of the top ten tourist attractions in Shanxi Province, and was named as a patriotic education base by the provincial government.

cultural relic

Ten thousand balls

There is a mercury glass ball hanging on the ceiling, which is said to have been bought by the jstars from America. Will reduce the image of the people hanging on the ball by a certain proportion. In those days, when Joe's family came to visit on business, they hung them on the house to monitor the people in the house. It can be called the first monitoring probe in the world, which was extremely rare at that time.

Rhino moon mirror

The rhinoceros moon mirror is a mirror with a diameter of about one meter, and its frame is made of the hardest rare wood-iron pear wood. There is a rhinoceros carving Xiangyun, which fills the air under a round mirror like a colorful cloud baking the moon, and the rhinoceros looks back under Xiangyun like a bright moon. There is a rhinoceros moon mirror in Qiao's No.3 Hospital. It is two meters high and weighs a ton. It is carved from iron pear wood in Southeast Asia. It is a national first-class cultural relic and the treasure of Qiaojia Town House. The whole baby consists of three parts, the top is the mirror representing the full moon, the middle is Xiangyun, and the base is rhinoceros, so it is called "rhinoceros moon mirror". The rhinoceros moon mirror is unique in shape and beautiful in style, which has both practical and ornamental value. It is a rare treasure. The mirror consists of three parts. The mirror above is round, with the moon and auspicious clouds in the middle. The base is a rhinoceros. The homonym of "rhinoceros" is "happy cow", which is the mascot of good luck and happiness falling from the sky. When the owner of the Qiao Family Courtyard, a giant of Shanxi merchants, heard this legend, he regarded "rhinoceros looking at the moon" as a treasure to make money. From then on, "the bright moon shines high around Xiangyun, so it is good to live and work in peace." Today, the jstars are still enshrined in their homes. The unique "Rhinoceros Moon Mirror" in Qixian, a national historical and cultural city, is a national first-class cultural relic.

Deng Jiulong

Jiulong Lantern is one of the fine works of Qiaojia Courtyard Folk Museum in Qixian County, Shanxi Province. It's mahogany from the Qing Dynasty. When Empress Dowager Cixi Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and fled to Anshi, Qiao's family donated 302,000 pieces of silver to Empress Dowager Cixi to solve the urgent need. Empress Dowager Cixi sent two Kowloon lanterns to thank her for her loyalty. Three Lamps District has not been found in China at present. The main body of the lamp passes through the shaft up and down and is divided into three layers. The upper layer is a gourd-shaped hanging button, and there are four dragons below. The faucet is high and the dragon body is coiled; The middle layer is an octagonal lamp body, four sides are glass landscape paintings and four sides are mercury glass; There are five dragons on the lower floor, four of which have heads up, and their bodies are in a zigzag shape, which can rotate, stretch and bend; The other dragon is head-down and can rotate in all directions, and the dragon body is coiled on the main shaft. There are lampstands and wax labels on the four faucets on the lower floor. Looking at the whole device, it has exquisite technology, unique structure and dynamic and static combination. It is a luxurious, complicated, practical and beautiful wood carving process. After textual research, a similar third piece has not been found in China.