Who is Xiang Yurong's prototype?

The "Xiang Mansion" of Xiang Yurong, the "tea king" in the play, does have a prototype in real life. It is the "Yinggong Temple" located in Lane 288, Fengyang Road.

As early as 19 18, Ying Ziyun, a businessman from Ningbo, Shanghai, was thinking about Gai Lou, building a wedding room for his eldest son and showing the glory of home. I never thought that after the project started, the project increased again and again, and the budget increased again and again. Finally, it took three years and invested 654.38+ twelve thousand silver to build this mansion.

The "British Mansion" was designed by Tonghe Foreign Firm, with five rooms and four floors, imitating the European Renaissance style. Its luxury and firmness were among the best in Shanghai garden houses at that time.

Ying lived in Fengyang Road for 33 years, and the house of 1954 was sold to the National Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives for1750 million yuan (175,000 Singapore dollars). The whole family moved to No.21in Shanghuayuan and lived there until 1994. Ying Ziyun died in Shanghai on 1969 at the age of 90.

1946165438+10, Ying Jia took a family photo in front of the house. In 2006, exactly 60 years later, the same people gathered in the same place and took a second family photo.

The decoration in this mansion is almost the same as that in the play, with the same antique grand piano and the same 16 pieces of stained glass:

In addition to Ying Mansion, Gongjia Garden, which is also hotly discussed on the Internet, is also located in an old villa on Huaihai Road.

The property is now a residential building, built in 1930, with a two-story brick-concrete structure, some with three-story square windows, some with arc window covers, red window frames and lintels decorated with wire feet. Light gray cement painted wall with shallow balcony. On April 27th, 20 17, Xuhui District Cultural Bureau announced it as a cultural relic protection unit in Xuhui District.

In fact, it is not only the old villa, but also a wave of "exploration" fever among the audience. If we look closely, we will find that many familiar scenes are actually around us.