Yang Hall was originally the former residence of Zhao Zhuang, the richest man in Gaochun. Later, it was sold to the Yang family and renamed as ‘Yang Hall’. It has a depth of three entrances and covers an area of more than 500 square meters. The first entrance is a two-story brick-wood structure building with three rooms in width. The middle and rear entrances are in the shape of ‘Zoumalou’. In the main hall of the middle entrance, tables, chairs, and incense stands are all as they were at that time.
The left and right side rooms are the bedrooms of the master and his son respectively, and upstairs is the boudoir. There are wing rooms on both sides of the courtyard, which were originally for guests and servants to live in. Courtyards are set between entrances for ventilation and lighting. The courtyards also collect rainwater from all around, which is called ‘fertile water does not flow out’. There are stone thresholds inside the pillars between each entrance hall, with a total of three entrances and four doors. The threshold is higher for each successive entrance, symbolizing that life and business are getting better step by step. Six hollowed-out screens are also placed on the stone thresholds facing the doors, meaning that external evils do not enter and internal wealth does not flow out. The entrance facade is in the form of a row of doors. There is a balcony above the door lintel, and the eaves are overhung by curves, which can block rain and shade the sun. Under the lintel, there are carved grass and flower dragons supported by wood carvings. The gable ends on both sides of the gable wall are overhung step by step. There are patterns such as Iron Crutch Li, peonies, and longevity and fortune painted. The carved door cover at the back entrance faces inward, and on it is carved ‘Virtue is the foundation of happiness’. This is different from the magnificent outward characteristics of Huizhou architecture and has the characteristics of inward self-reflection of Jiangsu architecture. Yang Hall also uses a large amount of wood carvings in its architecture, with contents such as ‘Three Stars of Fortune, Longevity, and Prosperity’, ‘Two Phoenixes Playing with Peonies’, ‘Two Lions Playing with Embroidered Balls’, ‘Three Friends of Winter’, and ‘Cloudy Crutch’. Opening hours: Open all year round from 08:30 to 17:00.Yang Hall
Yang Hall was originally the former residence of Zhao Zhuang, the richest man in Gaochun. Later, it [...]
