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Clean beauty-tall
It is the place where the Huangs received common guests
and handled their daily routine. They thought that to be clean is beauty.
Being an official, one should be incorruptible and one’s behavior should
be stainless. These were what they sought after. Surrounding and
protecting porches were built on three sides before the hall. The feature
of hall framework and molding is the type of holding up beams. The shape
seems simple but it is on ado elaborately. Besides the hall is 60or
centimeters lower than the level ground outside southern gate. One may
infer that the house is a remaining structure of the Ming dynasty because
of its long history. The lower side of beam ends are carved with curves.
The padded wood at ends are sculptured like good luck clouds. There are
verandas with windows ahead and behind as its shape is like the mat
roofing of a boat, it is called veranda with mat roofing of a boat in
south and it is called rolling roofing in north. There is a screen door
behind the major room in the hall and there stands wood sculptured cover
falling to the ground between the two miner room. There are two couplets.
One is that the only way to establish a family is either by ploughing or
by reading; the only way to sustain one’s family property is to be
industrious and thrifty in running a household. This is the cherished
heritage of the Chinese people which embodies their conception of and
attitude forwards life, but not it comes under the attack of western
culture. The other can pelt scroll hung the screen door reads: Rain and
snow add beauty and charm to bamboo and pine; flowers and wind make one
have the feeling of being far from the bustle and hustle of the city. All
this showed that the owner of the residence paid traditional culture its
due homage. At the same time, it manifested his elegance as a man of
letters and interpreted Huang Zhiyun’s double identities: a mtrchand and
concurrently a man of letters.
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