"Then your ancestral home is still there?"

Lin Chao asked a little stunned, but soon felt that his words were a little wrong, and immediately covered his mouth.

Zeng Lao said with a smile: "My Zeng family can be regarded as a big family in Fujian Province, what is so strange about the ancestral house? Not to mention the ancestral house, even the entire village has maintained its original appearance!"

"Is it a Hakka walled house in Fujian Province?" Lin Chao knew some Hakka customs.

Zeng Lao smiled: "There are indeed many Hakka people in Fujian Province, and there are also many walled houses, but my Zeng's ancestral house is not a walled house, but a 'three-way patio type', and I am not a Hakka." ”

Lin Chao is not surprised, although there are many Hakka people in Fujian Province, they are not necessarily Hakka.

"Elder Zeng, what is this 'three-in-one patio type'?" Lin Chao was very interested in architecture, and was a little ashamed to ask.

At this time, Master Deng, who was eating in a sullen voice, put down his chopsticks and said: "This is a classic type of building in Fujian, in fact, it is a patio courtyard surrounded by one wall of three houses and two walls of two houses. In addition to the 'three-way patio type', the building types in Fujian include the 'one light and two dark' type, the 'earth fort walled house' type, and the 'townhouse' type. ”

Zeng Lao was stunned: "Master Deng, you are very familiar with the architecture of Fujian Province?"

Master Deng said nostalgically: "How can I not be familiar with it? I have been in Fujian Province for more than ten years, and now I have to go back to Hui'an every year. ”

"Are you a stonemason from Hui'an?" Zeng Lao immediately came to his senses, "No wonder!"

Master Deng said with a smile: "Carving insect skills, techniques like mine are too common in Hui'an, that is, they are just mixed in this area of Panzhou." ”

Zeng Lao definitely didn't believe it: "Master Deng is humble, your ability is definitely not simple!"

Tang Chen said with a smile: "Yes, Master Deng's stone carving technique is superb, and my Dragon Transformation Pavilion has almost become a living thing in his hands!"

Hearing this, Master Deng's face flushed slightly, and he seemed to be very happy: "I have been an apprentice in Hui'an for nearly twenty years, and I can say that I have studied Fujian Province a little. ”

"That's right, if you learn stone carving, you must learn the types of buildings in Fujian Province. In addition to the dwellings in central Fujian, the dwellings in other parts of Fujian Province are also different. First of all, the building types in southern Fujian are: climbing lion and four points of gold, 'three Zhang' and 'five Zhang', southern Fujian tulou and so on. The exterior of the folk in southern Fujian is mostly red brick as the outer wall, with exquisite stone carving decoration, rich and vivid roof outline, gable decoration, brick and stone, large oyster shell wall, etc., which is the main customer of Hui'an stone carving.

Then there is the Pu (Pu) Xian Folk House, mainly there are single buildings, conjoined houses, mandarin duck houses and other types, the Pu (Pu) Xian Folk Houses take the main hall as the central axis of the symmetrical plane layout, the closed building appearance and the open internal space combined, the wooden frame as the load-bearing, the raw earth wall as the enclosed structural system, the main hall on both sides of the longitudinal passage, masonry between the bricks and stones, the red wall tile nails, the whole is covered with decoration and so on......

The dwellings of eastern Mindong are even more distinctive, what is the "multi-entry patio type" house, "chailancuo" wooden house, "one light and two dark" type, "quadrangle" type, the combination of courtyard-style houses and earth forts, etc., the longitudinal combination of multi-entry patio layout is the common layout form of Fuzhou folk houses, the sealing volcanic wall is the most characteristic external feature of Mindong folk houses, and the allegorical 'gold and silver' walls are the characteristics of Mindong folk houses.

As for the folk houses in northern Fujian, there are patio type, 'high stilt house' type, 'three into nine buildings' type and so on. Because northern Fujian absorbs more culture from the Central Plains, the architectural style of northern Fujian is more stable than other places in Fujian Province. All buildings are made of wooden beams and columns as the main load-bearing components, the last entrance of the dwellings is the building, the building is in place according to the mountain, falling layer by layer, the colorful horse-head wall, the exquisite brick carving art, the thick and simple rammed earth wall. Master Deng, if you take over the folk work in northern Fujian, it is estimated that you may not be able to finish it for half a year!"

Master Deng laughed and said, "That's right, it's that brick carving, I don't know how much effort I have to spend!"

Zeng Lao smiled and said: "So it is still easy to build a Hakka tulou walled house, just use local materials." ”

Lin Chao listened on the side, looking at the two of them who were talking and laughing unconsciously, and felt that there were still too many things to learn, and he vaguely felt that it was not a very advantageous thing to not study, like what stilt house they just discussed, what house, Lin Chao couldn't figure out what it was.

Tang Chen couldn't help but interject: "Elder Zeng, then your ancestral house is a 'three-in-one patio type', how can there be a problem with feng shui?"

It's no wonder that Tang Chen suddenly asked like this, as far as he knows, the feng shui of Fujian Province is unique, paying attention to rationality, orientation, hexagrams, and temples, which is called the temple law or the house law. The reason why Min style feng shui is unique is actually in the selection, location, orientation, and layout of the yang house. Most of them are located in the middle of the ancestral hall, which is introverted and closed, or the whole village is linked by religious temples, or it is centered on the market to form a small town. It is precisely because of this exquisiteness that when people in Fujian Province build houses, they must ask Mr. Feng Shui to test them before breaking ground.

In the concept of Min Feng Shui, each house has a unique and optimal orientation, and before breaking ground, the feng shui master uses a compass pointer to match the birth date and zodiac of the person in charge of the new house to determine the direction, as well as a series of complex rituals. These were all things that Tang Chen heard from his grandfather, but he was still young at the time, and he couldn't remember a lot of things.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of Min feng shui that most of the houses in Fujian Province will not have any feng shui problems, and even if they do, they are just minor problems.

Zeng Lao smiled bitterly: "As the so-called feng shui rotates, where in the world is there a permanent feng shui treasure?" Master Tang, I'm not afraid to make it clear to you, this matter is really not easy, I don't know if you are willing to take over?"

Tang Chen said in his heart: "You have given away hundreds of thousands of pieces of furniture, can I not accept it?"

"Can you tell us about it?"

In the face of Tang Chen's tentative questioning, Zeng Lao did not hide his secrets, and said bluntly: "Master Tang, I won't tell you anything, the village where my ancestral house is located originally had a stream around the village. It's just that in recent years, for some reason, the stream has become less and less, and there will be two months of interruption in the year. This year seems to be even worse, in the spring, the flow has been cut off for three whole months! Everyone knows that the owner of the mountain, Ding Shui, is the main wealth, and there is no water, and he can't make a fortune if he wants to!"

Tang Chen was stunned, this was indeed a bit tricky. After all, he is not a god and can conjure up streams. The interruption of the stream is not necessarily a feng shui problem, and Tang Chen did not dare to solve it with a ticket. If this is not a feng shui problem at all, but just a momentary coincidence, then Tang Chen can't solve it?

Thinking of this, Tang Chen asked again, "Do you know what the reason is?"

(End of chapter)