After Wang Fanzai and Chen Yun introduced the importance, significance and attributes of the tourism industry in spreading the country's own cultural values ​​(cultural "soft invasion"), Wang Fanzai and Chen Yun also began to think about the repair work of many Yanhuang monuments in the ancient city of Pingyao and the Qiao Family Courtyard.

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"Wang Fan, are you going to be a human trafficker again?" Yadi asked in Wang Fan's mind.

"Huh? How did you guess it?" Wang Fan replied in surprise.

"Tch! You're so smart, you can't hide any secrets or thoughts. To use the old saying from your hometown, if you stick your butt out, I'll know what shit you're shitting!"

"Ugh~~~ Can you say some elegant words? It sounds disgusting~~ But you did guess it!" Wang Fan scratched his head and replied, "But Yadi, what should I do specifically?

I need your help to check the information. I need to know about the famous craftsmen groups and architects in the country during the Republic of China. Without them, just relying on enthusiasm to repair and maintain ancient buildings, it is very likely that they did bad things with good intentions and ruined the culture of their own country.

A treasure.”

"I know, I need to find the information in the database, please wait for me for a while!"

"OK!"

Half an hour later.

"Yeah~~Okay, I generally have some clues." Yadi's voice sounded in Wang Fan's head again.

"Come on, tell me!"

"According to the historical data and documents on your main plane, during the Republic of China, there were a few people who could help you. The first one was the Suzhou 'Xiangshan Gang'!"

"Xiangshan Gang? Why does it sound a bit unreliable? It's very similar to the ancient underworld Salt Gang, Cao Gang or something like that?" Wang Fan wondered.

"Wang Fan, you have read too many pure novels! You are really ignorant and have too little knowledge of the history of your country!" Yadi sighed and explained: "The Xiangshan Gang is the builder of the Forbidden City, Kuai Luban.

'The inheritor of craftsmanship, is that clear?"

"Building the Forbidden City? So awesome?" Wang Fan was surprised, and then asked: "By the way, Yadi, I really never cared about who built the Forbidden City before!"

"Historical data records that Kuai Xiang of the Ming Dynasty was responsible for supervising the construction. He came from a family of carpenters. During the construction of the Forbidden City, he was promoted to "Maintenance Director" (equivalent to the current chief engineer and chief engineer) because of his outstanding performance and outstanding ability.

Designer). "Huang Ming Tong Ji" records: "Xiang, a native of Wuxian County, was a carpenter. His father was Fu, and he was able to (take charge) of the large camp. He was the head carpenter in Yonglezhong, and retired as an old man. Xiang replaced him and built the Beijing Palace.

Yadi replied patiently.

"I understand, what about the 'Xiangshan Gang'?"

"After Kuai Xiang passed away, he was revered as the founder of the Xiangshan Gang. This Xiangshan Gang does not refer specifically to carpenters, but refers to carpenters, plasterers, stonemasons, painters, dustlayers, sculptors, mountain builders, painters and other ancient construction workers.

The general name of the craftsman group. It is named because most of its members come from Xiangshan. Of course, this Xiangshan is not the Xiangshan in Beijing, but Xukou Town, Suzhou City in your main plane. In ancient times, because of the dense population and relatively insufficient arable land there,

The remaining labor force abandoned farming and worked in the handicraft industry. In addition, there are many wealthy households in the surrounding areas, and there is a strong demand for housing construction, thus honing their superb skills."

"Oh~~~In addition to the Forbidden City, do they have any other works in existence?"

"Many imperial mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty were designed and built by them. In addition, Suzhou Yiyuan Lotus Pavilion, Mudu Lingyan Mountain Mahavira Hall, etc., but compared to the Forbidden City, their reputation is much smaller." Yadi replied.

"Okay, so where are they now? How should I find them? The Suzhou area should still be in the hands of the Japanese pirates, right?"

"According to historical records, the representative figure of the 'Xiangshan Gang' during the Republic of China was Xue Fuxin. He should be in Sichuan now, because he dropped out of school when he was young and learned skills from his family to help, and did plaster work, woodwork, brick carving, clay sculpture, painting, etc.

He is a generalist. Later, he studied clay sculpture from Yan Genda, a famous sculptor, design and painting from Li Xiuting, and painting from landscape painter Wang Zizhen, so he became a tutor at the age of 17. In the later generations of your life, he was also an architect.

Celebrity, Suzhou renovated 24 gardens in the city, including the Eighteen Folds in Huqiu Mountain, the Thousand-Hand Guanyin Hall, the Vajra Hall, the Magnolia Mountain House, etc. He was the technical person in charge, but he was not well-known among ordinary people."

"Yeah, is there anyone else?"

"Tong Jun [jun], but he is a Manchu, born in 1900. In terms of age and experience, he is more suitable than Xue Fuxin, who is still a young man. Now he is opening a company in Chongqing and Guiyang. He was born in a major, as early as 19)

, he was exposed to the theories of Corbusier, Constructivism, and De Stijl. He went abroad for four months to study in Europe. He visited England, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Eastern Europe.

, Soviet Russia, I have seen many Renaissance buildings and new buildings, and I can be regarded as a talented person who combines Chinese and Western things.”

"Manchus? Can we win over them?" Wang Fan was a little unsure when he heard Tong Guo's ethnic attributes.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. You tie the person up first. This guy is best suited to be a lecturer and professor who cultivates talents. He is close to the revolutionaries. When he visited the UK, he once wrote in his diary, "I visited the Crafts and Manufacturing Museum, where there are rich

Collection, in the Yanhuang exhibition area, there is a Han Dynasty mirror broken in the middle, about 4.5 feet in diameter. It is very perfect, this is the first Han mirror I have ever seen. It seems that there is no need to go or stay in the British Pavilion, Britain

All the wisdom of people is to rob us. He is a bit of an angry youth, so he has great hopes. Of course, there are the following people..." Yadi continued to introduce.

After Wang Fan discussed the list with Yadi and compared it with historical records, he selected a few construction experts from the Republic of China who were easier to find and knew where they were at that time, and then continued his business of kidnapping people. The process was boring, and the search was boring.

People are tedious and time is long, but the result is not bad. After more than half a month of busy work, we finally kidnapped Xue Fuxin, Tong Guan, several people, and their families and abducted them to Shanxi.

When they met for the first time, Wang Fan, who transformed into an ancient dragon, explained to them the ins and outs, and was met with blank stares and silence. Xue Fuxin was a little better, after all, he was a young man under the age of 10, and he would just accept his fate if he was frightened.

Eat, right? So I finally agreed to work under Wang Fan. Tong Guo is different. He was born in 1900 and is 43 years old this year. He has experienced the Revolution of 1911, the change of dynasties, warlords' melee, Japanese pirate invasion, and his psychological quality.

That's called being strong, and he didn't resist. He just gave Wang Fan a non-violent non-cooperation, which made Comrade Xiao Wang anxious. Finally, he and Yadi combined to serve pickled vegetables. No, it was a trump card!

"Ahem! Mr. Tong Huan, I brought you some books for you to read!" After Wang Fan entered the room, he ignored Tong Huan's stern face and said to himself.

Sure enough, he was answered with silence.

"Then I'll put the book here!" After the contact in the past few days, Wang Fan didn't want to find trouble. He put down the book and left. He returned to his room and watched the "live event" through the map function of the plane ring.

broadcast".

Tong Huan didn't move much at first, but people have to move around. He stood up and unconsciously walked to the library where Wang Fan had put it down.

"Huh? "History of Yanhuang Painting", "Yanhuang Garden Design", "Characteristics of Yanhuang Architecture", "Yanhuang Architectural Art", "Yanhuang Ancient Fashion", "Review of the Appearance of Public Buildings in my country", these are not articles I have published "?" Tong Huan said doubtfully, and then scrolled down: "Jiangnan Garden Chronicles", "Gardening History"? How could it be~~~"

"Jiangnan Garden Chronicle" is Tong's work before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. It was completed in 1937. Due to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the publishing house moved south and was not published. It was not published until 1963 by Yanhuang Industrial Press. In mainland China and Bao

During the 40 years of island isolation, this book was the only mainland architectural publication to be photocopied and published in Taiwan. Cultural celebrity Huang Shang once commented on this book: "One volume of "Jiangnan Garden Chronicles" not only shows the author's opinions and discussions, but also provides a good foundation for the study of Yan and Huang traditions.

It is a classic work that pioneered garden art, and you can even appreciate the author's beautiful writings, such as "Luoyang Jialan Ji", which is by no means comparable to other later works on gardens."

"Outline of the History of Gardening" is even more remarkable. It is the work of Tong Huan in his later years. It is famous for its refinement. It summarizes the development process from the legendary paradise to modern abstract gardening, including important historical facts, famous gardens, masters, works and gardening.

The stunts are all involved, but there are only more than 40,000 words. It can be said that it is the self-refining and sublimation of Tong Huan's lifelong knowledge. So soon the master forgot everything and devoted himself completely to the book.

"Fight with me, little one? This is called 'attacking one's shield with one's own spear'!" Wang Fan opened his mouth and took a bite of the banana in his hand, looking at the 4D stereoscopic map, and said viciously.

Sure enough, the next day, Wang Fan went to Tong Huan's temporary residence again, and the latter immediately asked to meet the author of "Outline of the History of Gardening". Wang Fan, who was well prepared, took Tong Huan to a building, which was densely packed with people.

There are various architectural books designated and issued by later generations. Of course, the contents have been reviewed and deleted by Yadi, and there is no risk of leakage.

"Mr. Tong, unfortunately, the overseas author of that book has passed away. But we have shipped most of his books here, look!" Wang Fan said, pointing to the rows of bookshelves.

Tong Huan, who was dazzled by domestic and foreign architecture books, finally signed a series of "unequal treaties" under Wang Fan's threat of not giving him the key, such as: how many classes should he take in a week, and how many times a month should he give instruction on ancient architecture?

Building maintenance projects, etc. Comrade Xiao Wang was extremely proud that his conspiracy was successful, hahahaha~~~~ (Stephen Chow's laughter passed by).

With the help of professional masters and the traditional skills of Yanhuang craftsmen that have not been lost, the repair work in Shanxi and Shaanxi such as Qiao Family Courtyard, Pingyao Ancient City, Xi'an Ancient Capital, etc. has started smoothly. From time to time, carpenters are heard from repair sites everywhere,

The voices of painters, plasterers and others discussing and scolding their apprentices.

"You idiot, you should use 'dig and patch' here. It's just that the surface of the pillar is partially rotten, but the core of the pillar is intact. Just use 'dig and patch'!" An old carpenter shouted at his apprentice.

"But master, can I use the 'bezel' method?" The apprentice, who had never been exposed to such a large-scale work, asked in confusion.

"'Bezel setting' is not impossible, but it is only used when the decayed part is relatively large, more than half of the circumference of the column body, and the depth does not exceed a quarter of the longest section (diameter) of the column section. This is dry

Follow the rules, don’t let other people laugh at me and embarrass me, do you understand?”

"Yes, yes!" The apprentice quickly replied about this shunpo.

On the other side of the scene.

"San Shi, the ear is broken here. Make one according to the pattern and reattach it!"

"Okay, Master! By the way, Master, this is the first time for me to come into contact with so many 'big wooden works'. Why don't you tell him about it?" asked the apprentice named Sanshi.

In ancient Yanhuang wooden frame buildings, all backbone wooden components are called big wood, such as columns, beams, squares, brackets, purlins, rafters, etc. The profession responsible for making, assembling, and installing these large wooden components is called "big wood work."

"Well, that's fine. He has been an apprentice for five years. It's time to teach him something real." Sanshi's master thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

Mason's Office.

"Pay attention to the order in which you choose to build. Be sure to dismantle and build at the same time, so as not to make the wall crooked!" the master mason warned.

"Don't worry, Dad, I haven't been doing this for more than a year or two!" the bricklayer's second son replied dissatisfied.

"You brat, it's strange that you can make me feel at ease." Hearing his second son's reply, the mason muttered, and then shouted to his eldest son on the roof: "Those on the top, pay attention to 'Qinglong' (roof weeding and mending).

Do it thoroughly!"

"Okay~~~"

At the same time, in the command room for the repair of ancient buildings in the border area, several construction experts from the Republic of China were discussing the repair plan for the ancient city of Pingyao.

"My idea is to demolish this place and widen the 'deep' space appropriately. Although the 'top room' and 'secondary room' here seem to be integrated, they were actually added in the early years of the Republic of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,

It is impossible for the 'five bays' of the period to have such a pattern." Tong Huan pointed to a location on the map and spoke.

The planes of ancient Yanhuang buildings were mostly rectangular. For common rectangular plane buildings, the longer side is called "width" and the shorter side is called "depth". Along the direction of "width", the distance between each two adjacent columns is

The distance between them is called "width", and one width is the width of a room. The distance between two adjacent columns along the "depth" direction is called "depth", and one depth is the depth of a room.

A wide area is commonly known as "bay". Folk buildings often use three bays (commonly known as one light and two dark) or five bays. The names of each bay in the building vary depending on the location. The one in the middle is called "light room"; the left and right sides of the bright room are adjacent to each other.

The adjacent rooms are called "secondary rooms"; the rooms outside the secondary rooms at both ends of the building are called "top rooms".

"I agree! Although there is no clear record in the local chronicles here, this style is indeed not a creation of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It should be modified by later generations." Yang Tingbao, another architectural master in the Republic of China era, nodded in agreement.

"In addition, I also have some ideas on the eaves pillars, golden pillars and the head beams between them, as well as the "collection" and "rolling" of the pillars..." Tong Mao, who was fully at work, kept talking about himself
Chapter completed!