A brief introduction to the old residence of lai chuan street

Lichuan Street preserves a two-story wooden building with a southern-style residential architecture. It is the old home of Mr. Zhang Henshui, known as the "master of the novels and the popular literature" in the history of modern Chinese literature. This building is more than a hundred years old Ming and Qing dynasties, experienced many years of stormy weather, many years of the accident, still standing in the Li Tan River. Today it is the only "Zhang Hanyui Old Residence" preserved in China, with extremely high historical and literary values.

Zhang Henshui (1895-1967), formerly known as Zhang Xin Yuan, native of Anhui buried hill. He wrote more than 120 novels in nearly half a century of writing career with a total of nearly 20 million words. Among them, four novels like "Chun Ming Wai Shi", "Jin Fen Family", "Ferocious Love" and "Eighty-one Dream" are their representative works. In addition to the novel, he also wrote a large number of literary, news essays, plus about 3,000 poems and some scripts, all the total number of works surpassed 30 million words, is a veritable master of popular literature, when Mr. Lao She called him As "the only old writer known to women and children in China." Zhang Hen-shui's work extensively describes the social and historical features of the turbulent turbulence before and after the Revolution of 1911 and reveals the evil of the invaders, the reign of old and new warlords and the social injustice. It shows compassion and sympathy for the lower classes and all those who are insulted and victimized. It has a wealth of social value, literary and artistic value and inspiration value, is a master left underage to cultural heritage.

Zhang Henshui and Li Chuan became friends in 1905, his father from Nanchang tune Xincheng County (now Lichuan County) office, the whole family go by boat from Ganjiang out, by the Fuhe, Qijiang, Lishui straight up, more than 300 Km waterway. When Zhang Hen-shui was 10 years old and was lonely and boring on a boat, he found a "remnant of the Tang," read it with hunger and thirst, and the twisting story soon caught him. When he arrived in the city, his father invited a fellow countryman, Mr. Duanmu, to teach him and his younger brother to study. Mr. Duanmu was a "fan of the Three Kingdoms." There was often a "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on his desk. A few pages, proud to see, actually shook his head and brain, remember, forget everything around. Zhang Hen-hai very envious of, not to take advantage of Mr., they secretly took the book over to see, very fascinated. Since then he "fell into the fiction circle" and became a "fan of the novel." Therefore, some researchers said that the starting point for the achievement of Zhang Henhui literary dream is Lichuan, that is, to this boat on Lichuan.

Zhang Hanyui old residence is located in Lichuan County, Nanjin Wharf, at the foot of Xinfeng Bridge. At that time, Lichuan was an important transportation hub between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. The distribution center of goods and streets were built according to the river. Busy water and many wharfs were set up. Officials set up likin and bamboo tax and salt tax in lijinjin dock. Zhang Henshui's father is transferred to the Metro salt tax official, then tax levied on the scene on the spot, so Zhang Henshui will live in a small wooden ferry in this South Tianjin.

This two-storey wooden building with a Southern-style residential architecture has a history of 150 years so far and covers an area of ​​about 300 square meters. It is a spacious but somewhat gloomy hall with a large hall Eight tables of banquet, the ground is Ma Shiban shop on the right side of the hall there is a patio for lighting and drainage. The left side of the hall there are three through the bungalow, the house is under the window Nanjin ferry, windows can clearly hear the rushing noise of Lihe and the noise on the pier. . The hall on the right side of the door, there is a dark wooden staircase, up the stairs, the second floor is a hall, even more bright than the first floor. There are two ears on each side of the hall, across the hall, is a hanging wooden floor, stands overlooking the wooden floor, winding mountains, winding water, the towering ancient bridge, the river spinner's wheel, field Green seedlings ... ... This is a very Jiangnan landscape painting. To become the future dream of Mr. Zhang Yanshui "Dream Jiangnan."

Around November 1905, Zhang Hanyui grandmother died, his father returned home in Anhui buried hill. Thus said goodbye to Lichuan. This small building has been used as a government office until the Republic of China. It was changed to a paper bank at one time. Thus, on the left wall of the small building, the words "Longchang Paper Bank" can still be discerned today.

In the planning of Renovation of Lichuan Street, the protection and restoration of "Zhang Habitat Old Residence" will be listed as key projects and the old residence will be restored according to the principle of "repairing the old as the old" and the "Zhang Henshui Memorial Hall" will be built on the basis of the old residence. And obtained the support and assistance of Zhang Henshui children and other relatives and domestic Zhang Henshui experts and scholars.