In the long 30 years, 12 carefully carved houses have different faces! Quanzhou Anxi Baitou Pavilion!

In Lugu Lake, Sichuan, there is a flower called "Yide". Yellow buds, white petals, attached to a green stem more than ten meters underwater, leisurely swing around the wide lake. That pair of swaying looks, much like the "bare lattice" I saw, on the winding mountain road.

"Baitouge" is located at the end of the mountain of Knowledge Village in Penglai Town, Anxi. On the U-shaped mountain at the same altitude, there are seven magnificent century-old houses. Locals call it "Baitouge", which is named after the foothills at its feet produce a kind of "white eel soil". In fact, behind every splendid century-old building is a vast family history, and "Baitou Pavilion" refers to the same family history.

During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, Hu Diancheng, who grew up in this remote Shan Ye, ran away from here in his twenties wearing a pair of sandals and came all the way to the Philippines to make a living. 1908, he established his career in the Philippines and built this ancient house in his hometown. It has been built for 30 years, and 12 blocks have been built. Hundreds of Hu's children once lived here, including the "Meicun Bookstore" for teaching, the "dining hall" for eating and drinking, and the rectangular earth building against mountain thieves.

Upper intellectual village, a village in the mountains. At an altitude of 400 meters, the village road is empty, the mountain canyons are full of Miscanthus flowers, and the faint white makes a green mountain village look very graceful.

The road to Baitouge is a stone road, which leads to a high mountain and then descends the stone steps to a U-shaped mountain. In the 12 residential complex, five have collapsed, and some have been retreated into Shan Ye by banana trees and vines. The existing seven houses stand by the mountain, most of which are two-story Gu Lou, and the remaining three or two are ancient buildings.

The concave part of the U-shaped mountain is the central axis of this residential group. The earliest "Xin 'an CuO" and the "Kangle Mountain Building" built 30 years later are all here, and the ancient CuO group has a panoramic view. There are "He 'an Building" and "De 'an Building" connected by cloisters on the left front, and there are front study and "Tai 'an Building" on the right front. In front is a U-shaped field, sliding down the hill layer by layer. The dining room with only one wall collapsed here. /kloc-The mountain corner 0/00 meters away is the old "drugstore", which is closest to the village.

"Hu Diancheng has three brothers, and Hu Diancheng is the third. He went to Nanyang Jianye, and his two brothers stayed at home to build a house. " Hu Zisheng, a descendant of Hu who is nearly 70 years old, has lived here all his life. He was born in a two-story "He 'an Building". These buildings built on the mountain, because the mountain rises, have two floors in front and one floor behind. When he was a child, his parents and grandparents called it a "crib building" to support the mountain wall.

12 When the house was built, Hujiahai's business was booming. Hu Diancheng, who runs native products in his hometown, has several shops in the Philippines and branches in Xiamen, and founded the "Jinhesheng" firm, which is quite famous in the Philippines. "The two brothers who do business at home invited the famous Mr. Feng Shui to explore Feng Shui for the house. After living for 8 years, the stone carver in Hui 'an and the carpenter in Yongchun stayed here for 30 years. "Hu Zisheng said that the distribution of this residential group is horseshoe-shaped, which is said to be a" golden chair "with excellent feng shui.

The architecture of Hu Jia Building is very beautiful. The stone was shipped from the Philippines, and its color is different from that of southern Fujian. The tiles attached to the roof are imported from Italy, and each house uses galvanized pipes to introduce tap water. The room is equipped with qing-style furniture, wooden partition and exquisite carving. Many partition fans are painted with beautiful pictures of mountains, which are still handsome and lovely after a hundred years.

1908, an ancient building was built here. In the same year, in the distant United States, Edison obtained the patent right to invent the film projector, and the Philippines accepted Hu Diancheng, a new trend of thought. Many years later, he brought back a hand-operated silent film projector and many foreign films, which opened the door to a new world for the villagers in the mountains.

A hundred years ago, there were undulating stone steps between houses, and steam lamps were installed in front of the house and on the slate road. As night falls, the steam lights light up gradually, Nanyin ancient music is playing or black-and-white movies begin. It is like an independent and prosperous town.

In the long 30 years, 12 blocks of carefully carved houses, from ancient buildings in southern Fujian to earth buildings, to buildings combining Chinese and western styles, have different faces. Every building has its own function.

Hu Diancheng's three brothers all have many children. They have lived together for generations in a big family and have not been separated for decades. "Eat three meals a day together,' Zhong Ming Shi Ding'. That "dining room" is Hu's kitchen. Every time the chef and the cook cook a meal, they will ring the bell, and the servants in each room will walk from each room to the restaurant and bring the food back. " Hu Zisheng's grandfather once told him the scene at that time. In addition to hundreds of Hu family members eating together, the master who has built a house here for 30 years and the people who help in the village also eat here. In the dining room, the host's meals and the workers' meals are provided in different categories, and they are also sent to the place to prepare banquets for the guests.

There are many descendants of the Hu family. Room 12 has a "Meicun Bookstore" specially built for family members. Invite private school teachers to teach ancient classics here. Hu Changju, 9 1 year old, is the grandson of Hu Diancheng. He said: "My father Hu 16 was still farming in the knowledge village. It was not until grandpa made money overseas that he began to invite teachers to private schools. Later, during the Guangxu period, he and his cousin won the bid together, which became the most sensational thing in the town. " His father also became the first Anxi county magistrate in the Republic of China.

In addition to running water, ancient wells have been dug in the earth building for emergencies. More than 20 rooms with hidden attics are enough for hundreds of people to live here.

The 30 years since the establishment of Baitou Pavilion is the most brilliant highlight of the Hu family. After World War II, Hu Diancheng's business in the Philippines began to decline.

When Hu Zisheng was a child, there were 12 houses here. Except for the "Kangle Mountain Building", all the other houses were filled with Hu's descendants. By the 1980s, all the young people in Gucuo had gone abroad, most recently in Nanjing and Fuzhou, and in Xiamen and Anxi. Hu Zisheng has lived here all his life because he teaches at Shangzhi Primary School.

The young people are leaving, and the old people are passing away, making these houses gradually empty, broken and collapsed. Hu Zisheng and his house are getting old at the same time. The only thing he can do is to repair the leaking tile joints for the "He 'an Building" where he was born.

Now, he also went to other places to entertain his grandson. In the seven remaining ancient buildings, only one or two old people live with a large group of chickens and ducks. Because it is hidden deep in the mountains, people occasionally find their way here. The old man in Gu Lou undertook the task of explanation, and he gradually realized the preciousness of baldness in other people's eyes.

"Do you think the government can fix it here?"

"Do you think it's worth doing it again?"

Yes, there must be many people, like me, who will go there to explore and see the growth of a person and the prosperity of a family in the deep clusters of ancient houses and history. Look at the times and look at yourself.

Source | Hu Axiang