In order to further verify how many rooms there were in the ancient house, the village chief brought seven or eight people with him. They used the traditional method of counting incense by placing a candle in each room. That's it. After counting them back and forth five or six times, the result was still the same. countless.
The numbers calculated each time are different, always differing by two or three numbers.
The structure of this ancient house is very complicated. Some are large rooms and small rooms. As soon as you enter the door, the rooms are connected.
There are many darkrooms scattered upstairs and downstairs like a maze, and you will miss them if you are not careful.
In the end, the county cultural relics department stipulated unified standards, excluding some storage rooms and small darkrooms that cannot be used by people at all.
The number of rooms calculated in this way turned out to be 108 as mentioned in the legend, which is amazing.
And this also provides basis for the claim that the ancient house is the Hong Gang's secret contact point.
Because the 108 rooms may have been built after the number of 108 heroes in Liangshan Bozhong.
"Water Margin" has always been a model for civil society organizations to follow, and Hongmen is no exception.
Although there is a lot of fog, the ancient house itself is a building that reflects the highest level of its time.
This is why Chen Wenzhe paid attention to this ancient house at that time, because the interior decoration of this ancient house was still very artistic.
There are more than 30 patios in the mansion, the halls are spacious and bright, the doors and windows are decorated with gilt hooks, and the beams and rafters are embossed everywhere.
Even the swallows' nests have withered into animals of various shapes, lifelike.
The bricks used to build the wall are all specially made from pebbles wrapped in field mud, and are well insulated, keeping them warm in winter and cool in summer.
The brick walls are built with glutinous rice mixed with lime and painted through multiple processes to make them extremely smooth.
The main room, side room, horizontal hall, study room, miscellaneous room, workshop, kitchen and dining room are arranged in an orderly manner.
The wind and fire brick walls stand between them, and the drainage system is scientifically designed. It has been worry-free for more than 100 years.
Walk out of the house, climb up to a nearby high place, and overlook the entire village. The huge boat-shaped house faces eastward against the water, and is surrounded by several ancient houses guarding it. It is quite impressive.
This is a masterpiece in the history of Chinese architecture. It successfully uses the principle of wind resistance and heat insulation to divide the connected courtyard into several fire safety zones.
This large house with brick and wood structure uses a lot of firewood for heating and cooking.
This highly fire-prone mixture has remained safe for hundreds of years thanks to the use of firewalls.
Especially the groundwater system of the house, a large amount of domestic sewage and garbage are poured out every day.
But for more than 150 years, there has never been a sewer blockage.
All patios in the house will dry immediately after rain, leaving no standing water.
According to the old residents there, this sewer leads directly from the ground to the river below, but there is only a small gap between the ground of the ancient house and the river water.
Why has it remained unobstructed for so many years?
People in the village said that after the sewer was built, two giant turtles were put in, and they kept cleaning up the filth flowing down from the ancient house.
Many children in the village had seen these two big turtles when they were playing by the river.
Of course, this is just a myth and legend and cannot be taken seriously.
However, it can also be seen from this how scientifically designed this mansion is.
As for modern urban design, many people think that foreign countries do it well.
In fact, good design is all around us, but it lacks national confidence.
It turns out that the precious wealth left by our ancestors has made us regard it as if it were nothing, and those who have eyes are like blind people who cannot see it.
Chen Wenzhe dare not talk about other ancient technologies, but in terms of architectural design, it can be said that there are many designs in China that can be proud of the world.
For example, a text Chen Wenzhe studied when he was a child - Zhaozhou Bridge.
With thousands of years of history, this stone arch bridge has been intact and making contributions to mankind.
Zhaozhou Bridge accurately introduced us to this magical ancient bridge.
It has opened the door for us to understand the construction of ancient bridges.
Just like ancient buildings, although there are many modern office buildings today, they can never replace the place of ancient buildings in our hearts.
The same is true for bridges. The newly built bridges have made great breakthroughs in terms of span length and construction environment, but they cannot replace the unique charm of the ancient bridges.
There is no stone arch bridge older than this in the world.
This is mainly due to the wisdom and sweat invested by the ancients in building this stone bridge.
Although it has gone through wind and rain for such a long time, even earthquakes, floods and war artillery fire, it has not been destroyed and it still stands on the Mihe River.
In fact, many ancient buildings are like this. For example, the Guanyin Pavilion standing in the Yangtze River has been soaked and washed away by the river for many years, but it has not been shaken at all.
However, after standing for thousands of years, it completely "disappeared" 60 years ago. This is the tragedy of Zhaozhou Bridge.
The last renovation started in 1955 and was completed in 1958.
This is the eighth time that Zhaozhou Bridge has been repaired, and it is also the most comprehensive one.
Only a few parts of the ancient bridge have been preserved, and the rest have been replaced by reinforced concrete covers.
However, because the structure and style of the Zhaozhou Bridge still imitate the old bridge, although the appearance of the Zhaozhou Bridge has not changed much, it is actually the same as a new bridge.
Due to the lack of ancient charm after reconstruction, some people feel that the new bridge cannot replace the ancient bridge that has been preserved for thousands of years, and they have questioned this;
However, some people believe that although Zhaozhou Bridge has a new look, it does not affect its status and image in their hearts.
More importantly, what this bridge brings to everyone is the superb architectural skills and architectural wisdom of the ancients, which is a very important achievement in our ancient science and technology.
So only the appearance of the Zhaozhou Bridge is left, is it still the Zhaozhou Bridge that has survived thousands of years of flooding?
Can a reinforced concrete structure still withstand a thousand years of wind, frost, rain, and snow?
Looking at the design of modern cities, waterlogging is serious every time it rains. Can we still have some confidence?
Fortunately, no one has thought about restoring the ancient boat-shaped old buildings.
The most important function of the preserved courtyard of this ancient house is actually to provide comfortable living, because until now, it has always been the best place to cool down in the village in summer.
In the hottest time of summer, the highest temperature in the ancient house does not exceed 27 degrees, which is almost the same as an air-conditioned room.
Because the architectural shape of the ancient house, whether it is a room or a courtyard, is an upright rectangular shape.
Just like the principle of a chimney, this structure accelerates the flow of air.
What's even more strange is that there are no mosquitoes in the rooms of the ancient house all year round, even though the walls of the ancient house are closely surrounded by pig pens and paddy fields where mosquitoes are rampant.
Such a huge mansion that symbolizes the family's legacy has now become an ownerless house.
In the history of Zhouhu Village, there are few records of dignitaries.
Who built this luxurious mansion in a small mountain village, and what secrets are hidden behind it?
Not only that, this mansion has many unusual features.