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Former Residence of the Weng Clan

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cross-beam". On either side of the hall stands a room and a roofed walkway connects it with other halls at its back. The traditional decorative colorings painted on the pillars are of high artistic value and they are considered masterpieces of the Suzhou style decorative paintings
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In traditional Chinese architecture, the beam can be named according to the number of purlins that it supports. Here, the beam support five purlins and thus called "five purlins cross-beam" (五架梁). More information about this architectural term, please see
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Built in the late Ming dynasty and occupying an area of 235 m, the Caiyi Hall is the third hall along the central axis of the whole residence. Serving as the main hall, it was first called "Sengui" (
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grew up here. It occupies a total area of 6,000 m, and the gross building area is about 3,000 m.
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and originally belonged to the Sang Clan. It became Yan Cheng's property during the
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Here, bay (structure) is the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column.
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Typical examples of the Suzhou style decorative paintings (苏氏彩绘).
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Old Laizi (老莱子) is one of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars (二十四孝)
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wide and features a "yingshan" (firm-mountain-sloped) roof (
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The Art of Decorative Paintings in Caiyi Hall (彩衣堂建筑彩画艺术)
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in 2001 and is now open to the public as the Memorial of
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Changshu
Jiangsu
China
Coordinates
31°38′26″N 120°44′30″E / 31.64048°N 120.74165°E / 31.64048; 120.74165
Chinese
pinyin
Changshu
Jiangsu
China
National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units
Weng Tonghe
Ming dynasty
Longqing era
Daoguang era
Qing dynasty
Weng Tonghe
Changshu
Jiangsu
China
Coordinates
31°38′26″N 120°44′30″E / 31.64048°N 120.74165°E / 31.64048; 120.74165
bays
rafters
purlins
知止齋詩集, 第 1519 卷 續修四庫全書: 集部別集類 知止齋詩集, 翁心存
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9787532524600
江南綵衣堂/翁同龢家族文化史/中国近现代文化世家书系: 翁同龢家族文化史
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