New works are released, welcome to the east end of Daqingshi Lane, at the southern foot of Wolong Mountain, a three-in-one courtyard stands quietly. The eighteen-acre house has nanmu as beams and red sandalwood as utensils. White marble window sills are carved with curly grass patterns. Gray glazed tiles reflect the skylight. The garden is planted with "Jade Hall of Fortune" and the pond hides the "Spirit Fish Town House". The deep courtyard built with six years of craftsmanship hides the ups and downs of three generations of the Zhang family.
The ancestors who resigned from office and returned home in the late Qing Dynasty set up the family motto of "farming, studying and inheriting family traditions, being cautious in morality and cultivating one's moral character". The house where the family lived together was not only a symbol of the glory of the distinguished family, but also the epitome of the traditional order. There is the solemnity and solemnity of worshiping ancestors at the end of the year, and the piety of being cautious about pursuing the future during the three kowtows and nine prayers; there is the clear hierarchy at the New Year's Eve banquet, with mahogany round tables and coarse cloth benches, delicacies from mountains and seas, and multi-grain vegetarian dishes, all showing the difference between superiority and inferiority. There are embroidered purses in the boudoir and Western translations in the study, reflecting the collision of old and new trends of thought during the Republic of China; there are also the fireworks and warmth of clan mutual assistance, the open and secret fights in the business world, and the anecdotes of the deep mansion.
From house regulations to Feng Shui mysteries, from food and clothing expenses to etiquette rules, from family trivial matters to the changes of the times, "Chronicles of Zhang's Mansion in the Republic of China" outlines the daily life of a distinguished family in the Republic of China with delicate brushstrokes. In the smoke and smoke of blue bricks and black tiles, it unfolds a family epic about inheritance, rules, human relations and the times. Go home to Tomato Novel to read my work. I hope you all like it. Your attention is the motivation for my writing. I will try my best to tell every story!
