The old house has blue bricks and gray tiles, stone piers and wooden columns. Although there are no carved beams and painted buildings, they are antique. Walking into the gate and passing through the front hall, you can see the high patio, which is high around and low in the middle, and there is a circular ditch around it, which leads directly to the sewer. Whenever it rains, the rain falls from the sky, gathers inside and flows down, meaning "four waters come to the hall". This building format is very different from other places. Generally, houses are drained from the outside, but this house is drained from the inside, which means "rich water does not flow outside", which shows that the original design is unique. Climb the creaking wooden stairs above the patio and you will find the building at the corner. Walking around in the corridor is like dreaming. From a distance, you can see vermilion wooden columns, vermilion railings and handrails, showing blue sky and white clouds.
The couplets in the old house are also quite interesting. "The vestibule was built in the early years of the Republic of China. At the beginning, the backyard was not clear." "According to Qinba, villages and towns are widely mined in mountain products, and Hanshui River is rich in Xing' an ancient city." These two couplets seem to tell the spectators about the prosperity of this old house and its owner.
According to the records of the ancient clan in Ankang, they are descendants of the ancient clan.
Gu, one of the three great thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty, lived in the south of the Yangtze River. How did his descendants come to Ankang and build it in the family courtyard, which also attracted the attention of Ankang people at that time?
1645 After the Qing soldiers crossed the river, Gu, like many literati, did not cooperate with the Qing government and traveled to Shaanxi in 1662. Since then, I have never set foot on the land of Jiangnan in my life. In his later years, Gu bought 50 mu of land in Huayin, Shaanxi Province, where he began to cultivate land.
? 1870 or so, it is a time of turmoil. China was at war and suffered from famine for many years. There was no harvest in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, and a little boy came to Ankang in the fleeing army. By chance, he was an apprentice at the "Guangyilong" in Xujiaxing Stack of Dabei Street at that time. At that time, Dabei Street was called Jintong Street, and the north was close to the flood and drought wharf, and merchant ships shuttled on the water. The businesses, shops and catering services in Jintong Street are very prosperous. You Ji Teahouse, Majia Mutton Restaurant, Yixing, Little Paradise, Xinmin Village, Youyicun Hotel, Hexinglong Hotel, Silver Cabinet and Zhao Yunfeng Thick Wine Shop are all famous in all walks of life. (According to Zhou Bangji's Walking in the Old Town of Ankang)
There were many people doing business in mountain products at that time, and "Guangyilong" was one of the eight most magnificent firms. Besides the mountain products accident, Guangyilong also provides accommodation and catering services for businessmen. This young man is smart, kind and talented in business, which is very helpful to Xu's life. A few years later, Xu shopkeeper betrothed the big girl to a teenager. With the birth of four sons, his boyhood ended, and he was no longer satisfied with continuing to live under the wing of the Xu family. After many twists and turns, I founded my own enterprise-Chunhoutang, which deals in paint, hemp, ears and shells. In the front hall of the old house, we can also see a plaque: Gu Chunhou Hall.
? Gu, the eldest son of a teenager, was a famous figure in Ankang at that time. According to Records of Ankang County, Gu Yu studied in Shaanxi Army Primary School on 1906. Later, he joined the league after being introduced by Ling Datong, and later came to Chen Shupan's military department as the chief of military supplies. 192 1 year left the army and rented Jixing apartment in Hankou to engage in business. 1924 met Liao Ganwu, party member and China in the early stage of the production party, and donated money to help. 1930, go back to Ankang to continue business. He has served as president of Ankang Charity Association, business president, and temporary member of the provincial Senate, and took over the chairmanship of Ankang People's Knowledge Times. Wang Yujiu, secretary of the Kuomintang County Party Department, could not tolerate the People Know Times' exposure and satire on the behavior of local officials enriching themselves through smoking bans, which led to the arrest and escort of Niu Xiyuan, the editor of the newspaper, on suspicion of producer supervision. Gu cooperated with local people to mediate and rescued Niu Xiyuan from prison. At that time, Ankang Commissioner Hang Yi wanted to pay attention to the "cooperation between officials and gentry", and Gu said, "Isn't this in cahoots?" . Gu opposes the local collection of "prostitute donations" and thinks that "if so, thieves can donate". Presided over the design and construction of Xing 'an Library (now Wen 'an Building of Ankang Group Art Museum), and raised funds to build Shu Ren Building and Bo Studio for Ankang Middle School (now the former site of Hanbin High School). During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he also donated money to help refugees from Zhou Ji as the president of the Anti-Japanese Support Association and Ankang Chamber of Commerce, and participated in the organization of river embankment reinforcement projects.
? Gu inherited his father's mantle and went into business when he was a child. Gu was born around 1886 and grew up in her grandmother's house when she was a child. Gentlemen often teach him mountain products specialties such as auricularia auricula and codonopsis pilosula, and also teach him Chinese characters. When Shi Sheng was 9 years old, he learned to peddle local products everywhere. I started my own business in mountain products at the age of 20. By the time I was 30, I had saved a lot of money. 19 19, Gu bought land in Xiaobei Street (then Baofeng Street). After nearly 10 years of construction, the ancient residence was completed in 1928, and the word "Wuling Yinyi" was engraved above the corner gate of the backyard to show that future generations will not forget their ancestors' hometown and inherit the meaning of others. This year, Gu Shi Sheng also welcomed the birth of his first child, Gu Mingyu. This is the most prosperous period of family planning. Gu Jia merchant ships shuttle back and forth between Wuhan and Ankang. When I went down, I loaded a ship with local products such as codonopsis pilosula, tung oil, lacquer, hemp, ear and shellfish, and when I came back, I loaded a ship with foreign goods such as sugar, cloth, silk and nylon. Because business at home pays attention to honesty, every time a merchant ship sets out from Ankang, people come to order in an endless stream.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, the world was at peace and prices in Ankang plummeted. Gu, like other big stores, sells a lot of hoarded goods at low prices. No, not long after the civil war broke out, prices soared. In order to purchase goods, Gu sold five facade houses in succession, but he could not reverse the decline of business. Years later, Gu died of depression, leaving three wives and six children.
Touching the rough bricks and tiles a hundred years ago with your fingers, listening to Gu Mingyu, Gu's eldest daughter, telling the past, staring at Gu Minglian's inscription, "The sun and the moon are like a boat carrying the eternal right and wrong, and time is like water to dilute the past grievances." The couplets engraved on the wall of the old house built by our ancestors are even more lamentable: the sun and the moon last forever, and life is fleeting.