Is the Jia family in a Dream of Red Mansions in Beijing or Nanjing?

The Jia family in A Dream of Red Mansions was originally from Nanjing, but later moved to Beijing, which should be Beijing. There are many differences in the collision between north and south cultures in the whole book, which shows us a different kind of rich family. For example, the furnishings in the Grand View Garden built by Jiafu have the charm of a southern water town. For example, many courtyards such as Wu Hengyuan, Xiaoxiang Pavilion and Hongyi Garden have weak willow buttresses, and there are lotus ponds with southern flavor in the Grand View Garden.

Therefore, we often see the southern culture in Jiafu, which will make people mistakenly think that Jiafu is in the south, but in fact it is in the north. When I first introduced the four famous schools in Jinling, I was talking about Jiafu, which is located in Nanjing. When Lengzixin saw the spectacular scene of the mansion in Nanjing, he described that the two mansions occupied half the street. In fact, this speculation should be that after the success of Rongning Ergong, he also built a mansion in his hometown of Nanjing, sometimes going back to live, but rarely going back.

There is also evidence that Jia Fu is in Beijing, that is, when Jia Zheng was beating Jia Baoyu, Jia Mu was very angry and ran to Jia Zheng, saying that she would take her family back to her hometown in Nanjing. In fact, whether it is the Jiafu in Beijing or the Jiafu in Nanjing, they are very imposing and can reflect the characteristics of wealthy families. In fact, not only the Jiafu in Beijing will build quadrangles similar to those in the south, but it is also something that rich and powerful people will do. In addition, we can know the position of Jia family from the side branch of Lin Daiyu.

Jia Min has never gone home to visit relatives since she married the Lins of Jia's family. We know very well that the Lins are in Suzhou. In addition, Lin Ruhai later went to Yangzhou to be an official and never went to Nanjing to visit relatives with his family. Yangzhou and Suzhou are close to Nanjing. If it wasn't a long-distance relationship, otherwise, according to Jia's love for Jia Min, they wouldn't have seen each other for such a long time. Jia Fu's splendor is also very spectacular in Beijing, such as Qin Keqing's funeral, which cost a lot of money and treasure, not to mention the appearance of princes and nobles for sacrifice. Jia Fu's face is really big.