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Feng's
House
Feng's House of the Stone Buddha Temple is now located in Sanxing
Administrative Village, Fengqiao Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City,
which is in west the shore of the former Yangmiaotang Pool of Stone
Buddha Temple's Natural Village and in the north of Fengyu Road, covering
more than 2 thousand square meters. It consists of three residences
in one west-south row. The western residence is an independent single-storey
house which was built before the Emperor Tongzhi's Reign of Qing Dynasty;
the middle one consists of two houses in south-north direction, with
the symmetric central axis. The 7-meter high southern house with two
halls is 7 meters' away from the northern house, built during the
Emperor Tongzhi's Reign of Qing Dynasty, which is used as a granary
and is called main hall by local people. The eastern one consists
of three halls; the first two halls are two-storey buildings while
the third hall is the main hall. There is a stone dock in the east
of the Yangmiaotang, on which there are two small houses built by
local person Feng Zhongqing in the third or fourth year of Republic
of China.
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The two houses in the west are South-China style, while the eastern
three-hall house that facing the river has the character of Huizhou
construction. It is constructed by bricks, wood and stones with wooden
structure and large beams. The girder and its supporters are carved
with patterns while the gate is covered with large brick carving.
In the middle yard, the house heads walls stand opposite to each other
with frescoes of Qing Dynasty on them.
The architectural style of ancient Fengs' Abode, which combines Huizhou
style with traditional south-China style, is rarely found in the traditional
residence in Jiaxing. In the sense of architect and art, it is highly
valued in research area. Furthermore, it also reflects the cultural
communication between two places in the certain historical period
indicating that the Stone Buddha Temple is a prosperous communication
center of economy and culture in that very years.
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