Although Gan is not famous in history, the preserved mansion is the first private mansion in Nanjing, and its scale is extremely huge. It is located on the edge of Zhongshan South Road in Qinhuai District. Now the remaining ancient buildings cover an area of 9,500 square meters. In addition to ancient buildings, modern buildings such as museums have been added, and the overall area of the scenic spot exceeds 2 1 000 square meters. Just look at the area, you can feel the luxury of this private mansion.
Through the efforts of several generations of Gan family, Gan House was finally completed. The courtyard combination is relatively loose, but the arrangement of houses is very strict. At first glance, it's basically neat. There are "ninety-nine and a half rooms" in the whole mansion, which is very famous not only in Nanjing, but also in China. The architectural style of the mansion is a typical Jiangnan residential style, all of which are blue bricks and white walls, and the walls are horsehead walls.
Because it is an ancient building that has been extensively repaired, it has excellent ornamental value, especially the white wall feels a little white and shiny. The most interesting thing about the architecture in the mansion is all kinds of pane decorations, which are very small and elegant, with hollow carving design and various carved flowers. After all, it is the mansion of an ancient aristocratic family, and it pays great attention to family prosperity and children. Architectural pattern design or small decoration embodies these ideas everywhere.
Ninety-nine and a half houses, each with different styles, some serious, some lively and some elegant, especially the walls, tiles, floors, wood carvings, stone carvings and other contents have their own merits, and are known as "folk treasures". Although Gan Mansion has no imposing manner of big government and super-rich mansion, it has only one entrance, but it has a unique flavor of life and charm of water town.