Liu Lao's home is in the Liwan District, a large Xiguan mansion that covers an area, which opened the eyes of Zhao Tianming and others.

This is a protected cultural relic, which can only be used and cannot be changed, but I didn't expect Liu Lao to own one, and the value of this property alone is much higher than that of Tianzi jar.

If it weren't for the protection of relevant laws and policies, it could not be demolished, and this land alone would not be worth more than 100 million yuan, right? Naturally, because it is a cultural relics protection unit, the commercial value is not so high, and the high value is the artistic value.

Xiguan is the name of the area around the Liwan District in the center of the city from Xicun in the north, the Pearl River in the south, Renmin Road in the east, and the Xiaobeijiang River in the west.

Xiguan was the commercial center of Yangcheng in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it also gathered many famous families and bureaucrats in that year. These wealthy businessmen built a large number of "mansions" in the Xiguan area, which were called "Xiguan Mansions".

In the past, most of these old houses were the residences of wealthy merchants, tall and bright, beautifully decorated, with strong Lingnan characteristics, showing the former style of ancient residential buildings.

As an ancient treaty port and an open place, it not only retains the local customs and customs, but also embraces and absorbs foreign advanced science and technology culture, and integrates tradition with foreign culture to form typical Lingnan cultural characteristics.

Xiguan Mansion usually covers a large area, the architectural style is mostly Chinese, the basic structure is a brick and wood structure, including three entrances, three slope roofs, three bays on the front façade, and seven depths, inside the living room, small hall, study, garden and other buildings.

"Lao Liu, you are really a good place to live here! Every time you come, you are still envious. Zhou Lao sighed, but unfortunately, he didn't have the opportunity to have one, which is quite a pity.

The door of the Xiguan Mansion is very distinctive, there are three in total, and the front of the door is paved with blue brick and stone slabs. The outermost is a low-stilted ceiling door, also known as a corner door, which is only chest-high and has a delicate openwork wood carving.

The second gate is a movable fence composed of 13 or 15 hard log strips, which open and close horizontally, so it is called a paddle. Liu's hometown's trip, all made of precious mahogany, looks extremely luxurious, it has been intact for so long, no one has beaten its idea, it is not easy.

The corner gate and the paddle gate have the function of ventilation and security, and are specially made building components to adapt to the hot and rainy climate of Lingnan.

The gate is made of high-grade wood such as mahogany or camphor wood, about eight centimeters thick, the door button copper ring, the foot of the door is hidden in a stone mortar, the door is buckled with a horizontal latch, and the two sides are mounted with granite to prevent thieves.

On both sides of the big house, there is a Qingyun Lane, which takes the meaning of "stepping into the green clouds", and has a variety of functions such as ventilation, fire prevention, drainage, lighting, drying, transportation, and planting flowers and trees.

The three major doors are collectively called the porch, and after entering, it is the connected entrance hall and the sedan hall. This is used to welcome distinguished guests and park the sedan chair in ancient times, and the sedan hall is also called the tea hall for tea to entertain guests.

Zhao Tianming found that on one side of the foyer, there was a small courtyard, which was planted with various precious flowers and trees, which were blooming at this time. In addition, there are rockeries, stone scenes, fish ponds, lotus ponds, etc. in the courtyard, and there are many colorful koi swimming around in the fish pond, not afraid of life at all.

Liu Lao lives with his family, and there are many family members and children in the house. It is not surprising to see everyone coming to the door, and some people are serving fragrant tea.

Liu Lao has a wide range of friends, and from time to time friends will come to visit, which they have become accustomed to.

"Grandpa, you're back!" Seeing Liu Lao coming back, a cute little girl pounced on her, and her two little braids swayed one after another.

"Eh~ Is it good today?" Liu Lao held her in his arms very dotingly, teasing her pigtails.

"I'm very well-behaved every day. The little girl said in a childish tone, causing a burst of laughter.

After teasing her granddaughter for a while, Liu Lao asked her to go to the courtyard to play, and there were other children, so she would not be alone.

After tasting the fragrant tea, Liu Lao also saw the impatience of a group of old guys, so he stopped resting. Then enter, there is the main hall, which is the main building of the big house, with the largest area and the highest ridge.

The whole hall is red and black and white tiles, spacious and grand, with high windows on both sides, and the roof is also staggered with glass tiles, which has good lighting.

The interior decoration is elegant and exquisite, in addition to all kinds of mahogany furniture, there are also screen lamps, banner couplets, antique calligraphy and paintings, vases and potted plants and other works of art, gorgeous and restrained.

The whole hall is covered with all kinds of wood carvings, wood and stone brick carvings, pottery and gray sculptures, mural stone scenes, carved color patterns, in addition to the Manchurian windows and sill windows rich in local characteristics, and its unique layout form, with a strong Lingnan charm, can be called the culmination of arts and crafts.

The surrounding hollow wood carvings are exquisitely clear, exquisite and small, and I don't know how much effort and time the masters spent to complete such a masterpiece.

Zhao Tianming had only seen these things on TV before, and they were so dazzled that many of them couldn't be named.

This kind of background and bearing is not something that can be possessed in a short period of time, and his little money is really nothing, Zhao Tianming felt that his vision suddenly opened up, as if he had seen another world.

Behind the main hall is the elder's room, the patio, the second hall, and the second room, of which the second hall is generally used as a dining room, and the second room is for children and grandchildren to live.

Each hall is progressive, staggered, with the middle as the central axis, on both sides of the central axis, there are buildings, such as study, side hall, bedroom and stairwell, which are generally symmetrically arranged on the left and right, forming a typical symmetrical beauty in the building.

"On the one hand, the architectural art of Xiguan Mansion comes from history and accumulation, and on the other hand, the merchants engaged in the north-south trade brought back the essence of architectural art from all over the country, and used and imitated it.

At the same time, with the development of foreign trade and the increasing number of returned overseas Chinese, and the introduction of many foreign advanced technologies, the architecture and decoration of Xiguan Mansion are becoming more and more gorgeous. When it was prosperous, there were more than 800 Xiguan mansions, but now, only less than 100 are left, and there are only more than 10 of them with preservation value, and I am one of them. ”

Liu Lao took them around the hall, and his words were full of pride and pride.

After walking around and returning to the hall, in addition to talking about the relevant history of Xiguan House, Liu Lao also introduced the objects in the house, and this hall has become his treasure pavilion. Many of them are his meticulous collections, and they are not easy for people to touch.

Even those old people are a little lingering, and they are not in a hurry to look at the Tianzi jar. Although they have been guests at Liu's house, they usually don't take them in and out to feast their eyes, but today is really the right time.