Zhu Family Garden

Zhu Family Garden in Jianshui Ancient City, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan

"Zhu Family Garden" is located on Hanlin Street in the ancient city of Jianshui. It was built by two brothers of the Zhu family, a wealthy local family, in the late Qing Dynasty.

The entire compound covers an area of ​​about 20,000 square meters, with a total of 42 courtyards and 214 houses. The courtyards are stacked one after another, and the houses are lined up one after another. It was later nicknamed the Grand View Garden in the southwest border.

The "Zhu Family Garden", a combination of parallel and terraced residential buildings, is an important part of the Jianshui ancient city and has now become a national key cultural relic protection unit.

In the last photo, there are four characters written on the arched doorway: "Follow the rules and regulations", which is the family motto of the Zhu family. It can be seen that the reason why they can become a wealthy family is that they must have their own reasons and actions.

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Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle section of Jianxin Street, Lin'an Town, Jianshui County. It is the home and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters and is known as the "Grand View Garden of Southern Yunnan". I once saw a joke: Want to know what "rich" means? And want to know what "Southern Yunnan culture" is? Then go to Zhu Family Garden and take a look!



The main buildings of Zhu Family Garden are arranged in a "three vertical and four horizontal" layout, with orderly houses and well-organized courtyards. The huge plaque at the entrance also reveals the family style and motto of the former wealthy family.



Probably because Jianshui has a warm climate all year round, the doors of every room are open. So every door is connected to every other door, and every courtyard is connected to every other courtyard. Walking among the pavilions and towers stacked one after another and extending in all directions, I felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden for the first time.



Among China's classical gardens, the royal gardens in the north are grand in scale and rich in colors, while the private residences in the south of the Yangtze River are exquisite, simple and elegant.



However, Zhu Family Garden perfectly combines the delicate and lively "skeleton" of the south of the Yangtze River with the rich and bright makeup of the north.



There is a faint fragrance floating in the air as you walk, which is quite unique.

I have always had a habit of hiring a tour guide when visiting cultural attractions, because otherwise I feel that even if I visit them, I won’t understand the stories behind them, and it would be a waste of time.

The tour guide at Zhujia Garden is not expensive, 35 for the whole trip, about 40 minutes. The lady is kind and friendly, and the explanation is also good.

In addition to history, you can also see many details of life, such as the water stage at home. You can see where the elderly sit and where the younger ones sit, which shows the strictness of the time.

There is also the young ladies' embroidery building, where they do needlework every day. There is no place to sleep, just like us going to school every day, where they go to embroider.

In Zhu's Garden, apart from some renovated old houses and Zhu Chaoying's rough life, I prefer the wisteria in the old lady's yard and the grape trellis in Zhu Chaoying's brother's yard. The garden is really nothing to see. Any garden in Jiangnan is more beautiful than it. I don't know whether Zhu Chaoying didn't plan it well when he built the garden, or whether the later renovation was not up to standard. For the first time, I felt that the garden was very messy. This mess is not just ordinary dirty and messy, but the design is completely out of order. No good photos can be taken from any angle.

There are many scenic spots and historical sites in Jianshui Ancient City, but the biggest attraction is Zhu Family Garden. Zhu Family Garden is a typical parallel row house in Jianshui. It was originally a private house and ancestral hall built by the Zhu brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It has a "four vertical and three horizontal" layout. The garden has everything, including ancestral halls, living rooms, stages, gardens, etc., with rich spatial levels, magnificent decorations, and endless landscape changes, like a "maze", and has the reputation of "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan". Although Jianshui's Zhu Family Garden is not so famous, it has the grandeur of Qiao's Courtyard and the exquisiteness of Jiangnan gardens, and is worth a careful viewing.

Warm reminder: Tickets are 35 yuan, and you should allow at least two hours for the visit.

In my previous concept, a wealthy family was the richest family in Anhui. But when I came here, they were dwarfed by their size. It was so big that you could get lost. Ordinary houses face north and south, but this one faces south and north. It is low in the middle and high around. The higher the status of the family, the higher they live. It is really a big and beautiful place. You must hire a tour guide to visit these places. It would be a waste of time to enter the attractions without a tour guide.

This may be the most magnificent residence in Jianshui City. There are many houses and they are decorated exquisitely, which shows that the owner is very wealthy. It has the grandeur and spaciousness of the royal gardens in the north, and the smallness and agility of the courtyards in the south of the Yangtze River. I like the wood carvings on the door the most. The flowers, birds, fish and insects are different, but they are all equally delicate. There are pavilions, rockery waterfalls, flowers, birds, insects and fish. I like the hibiscus very much. The hibiscus in the north is kept in a small pot and needs to be carefully cared for, but here it is so lush.

The gate is the most luxurious five-section gate in Jianshui. Passing through the flower wall moon gate engraved with the Zhu family motto "obey the rules", you will enter the Zhu family's "flower hall", which is similar to an open-air living room for growing flowers and raising fish.

Facing the flower hall is a private garden. Walking along the winding corridor in the garden and climbing up the rockery, you can see the entire garden, pavilions, towers, and azure blue ponds. Due to historical reasons, the garden we see now is much smaller than before.

Entering the residential area of ​​Zhu Family Garden from the back of the flower hall, courtyards one after another gradually appeared in front of us. At the gate of the ancestral hall, there are exquisite wood carvings, which are engraved with the stories of the ancient twenty-four filial piety.

Opposite the ancestral hall is Xiaoe Lake and the stage. Whenever there is a performance, the music is transmitted to the ancestors in the ancestral hall at the same time, and both humans and gods enjoy the music.

The stone balustrades by the lake have exquisite reliefs, but unfortunately some of them were destroyed during a special historical period.

Walking through the countless overlapping courtyards, where plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum and other flowers and plants are planted, there are so many courtyards that it looks like a maze.

Old calligraphy and painting inscriptions can be seen everywhere in the house.

Unfortunately, this huge fortune and large family declined amid the complicated changes in the world.

Cherish what you have now, cherish every piece of tile you have now, cherish your family and friends. This is what I felt after visiting Zhu Family Garden!

Zhu Family Garden is a precious architectural historical and cultural heritage of Jianshui. It is the product of the combination of Han architectural art and local ethnic minority architectural art. The sculptures and paintings have absorbed the content and techniques of ethnic minorities, adding characteristics. In the construction of Zhu Family Garden, great attention was paid to the coordination and integration of residences with the local natural environment.

As a private mansion, Zhu Family Garden shows the rise and fall of the Zhu family. Such a large-scale and well-preserved residential complex is rare in China. Sun Tieqing, former director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, once wrote the inscription "Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, magnificent residential buildings, open to tourism, a wonder of Jianshui".

As soon as you enter the house, you will see a round brick door with four words on it: "Follow the rules and regulations" and "Be careful in what you say and do" on the back. This is the Zhu family's house rules. It means that no matter how high your status is outside, you must abide by the house rules and respect your elders after you enter the house. It reminds the Zhu family to be careful about their words and deeds when they go out and be a moral and cultured person.

The Zhu family's family rules not only reflect their emphasis on family harmony and respect for elders, but also reflect their personality cultivation and family education.

Opening hours: 8:00-19:00

Ticket price: 30 yuan, the "Hi Play Jianshui" mini program costs 99 yuan, which includes tickets to Chaoyang Tower, Zhu Family Garden, Confucian Temple, Examination Hall, and Tuanshan Residences.

Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle of Hanlin Street in the center of Lin'an Ancient City.

It is the home and ancestral hall built by Zhu Weiqing and his brothers in the late Qing Dynasty.

The ancestral hall, temple, residence and garden in the park are all magnificent and cover an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters.

The arrangement of the house patios is orderly and well connected.

Walking through it is like walking in a maze

Zhu Family Garden, ticket price is 25 yuan.

The tour lasts 1-2 hours.

It is a star in the ancient city. It was built by several generations of officials surnamed Zhu in the late Qing Dynasty. In the Republic of China, it also produced a figure who was very powerful in the military circles of Yunnan, but he died in the end because of his team.

Zhu Family Garden in Jianshui Ancient Town was first built during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. It was built by the local gentry Zhu Weiqing and his brothers. The building covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters, of which the house covers an area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters. The main building is arranged in a "three vertical and four horizontal" pattern. The house pattern is orderly, the courtyards are well-organized, the residential buildings are made of high-quality materials, exquisite carvings, delicate structures, and sophisticated layouts.

When visiting Jianshui Ancient City, you must go to Zhu Family Garden, located in the middle of Hanlin Street in the center of the ancient city. It is the home and ancestral hall built by the local gentry Zhu Weiqing and his brothers in the late Qing Dynasty. Covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters, the main building is arranged in a "four vertical and three horizontal" layout. It is a typical Jianshui "three rooms and six ears, three halls with ears behind the mountain, one large courtyard with four small courtyards" parallel and rowed combined residential building complex. The courtyards are layered, and the houses are lined up one after another. There are 42 large and small courtyards and 214 houses. It is known as the "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan".

The Dazhaimen is worth visiting, but if you want to take portraits, you must choose good weather and Hanfu or Republic of China style clothing is most suitable.

Zhu Family Garden is a residence and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It is known as the "Grand View Garden of the Southwestern Border".

Zhu Family Garden, Jianshui County, Yunnan.

Tall buildings and beautiful scenery.

Jianshui Zhu Family Garden is a large-scale residential building complex from the Qing Dynasty, and is known as the "Grand View Garden of the Southwestern Border".

Jianshui Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle section of Jianxin Street in the ancient city of Jianshui, Yunnan. It is the home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty.

Go in and take a leisurely stroll. It’s best to hire a tour guide. The back garden was built later, so just take a look at it.

Zhu Family Garden is a group of large-scale residential buildings from the Qing Dynasty, known as the "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan". It is the home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, a wealthy gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters, of which the building area is more than 5,000 square meters. The main building is arranged in a "vertical four and horizontal three" layout. It is a typical "three rooms, six ears and three halls" residential building in Jianshui. It is a product of the combination of inland culture and frontier culture. It has a high architectural art value and is unique among Yunnan tourist attractions. The ticket is 40 yuan/person. I didn't go in because I didn't have enough time.

The well-preserved and repaired courtyards are maintained by staff and you can learn about the local culture and history

Such exquisite and small gardens are rarely seen in Yunnan. Although they cannot be compared with the mansions of wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, they are already very good private gardens in the local area.

Jianshui County is a place with a lot of historical and cultural charm, where you can take a quiet walk

To put it simply, it is the house of a local wealthy businessman and a tourist attraction worth visiting when visiting Jianshui.

Which idiot came up with this? It completely destroyed Zhu's Garden!

Don't come during holidays. First, there are too many people. Second, the garden is full of colorful light boxes and photo spots. You can't feel the charm of the ancient house. It's so disappointing.

When I came to Zhu Family Garden, I felt the profoundness of China's historical and traditional culture. The tour guide explained many legendary stories that happened in the garden. I felt that the trip was worthwhile and benefited a lot. It is the first choice for tourists.

The courtyard condenses the culture and history of Jianshui. Among the books sold there is "Jianshui Cuisine". I sat on a chair beside and read it. The beautiful staff member next to me told me to ask her anytime if I don't understand.

It is so beautiful that it makes people envious of the wealthy family who once lived there. It is said to have been built in imitation of the Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber.

Note: Keep your ticket stub, it can be used as a 30 yuan discount if you take the train.

The architecture is very distinctive - it has the solemnity of a quadrangle courtyard and the agility of houses and courtyards nested in layers, especially the pavilions, towers, flowers, birds, mountains and rocks in the back garden, which make people feel as if they have arrived in a water village in the south of the Yangtze River.

Very good, traditional Chinese courtyard, with both Su-style architecture and Yunnan ethnic characteristics

There must be a reason why it is called a garden. In every corner of the courtyard, you can see various bonsais. Each tree is built in a different shape, and it can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it.

The layout of the courtyards and halls in Zhu's Garden is very reasonable. After all, it is a wealthy family. The spatial landscape is rich in layers and infinitely varied, forming a "maze-like" building complex. If there were no clear signboards inside, you would really be confused.

Some of the pavilions still house some old furniture from that time, which have now become priceless cultural relics.

Zhu Family Garden is small but exquisite, especially the gate, which can be recognized at a glance as a wealthy family in the past.

Zhu's Garden has two outstanding features:

1. "The fertile water should not flow into the fields of outsiders" comes from his family. The water circulation system of Zhu's Garden is very well done, and the fertile water flows into the pool of his own garden and can be used. In that era, it felt that the engineers were really amazing. But imagine our Dujiangyan, which was built by Li Bing more than a thousand years ago. This Zhu's Garden is nothing compared to it.

2. "歪门邪道" also comes from Zhu Family Garden. There is a courtyard in Zhu Family Garden. The door is crooked and the road is slanted, so it is called "歪门邪道".

The overall courtyard design and architectural structure of Zhu's Garden are quite interesting, but the interior decoration is far inferior to that of Liu's Manor in Anren Ancient Town.

Zhu Family Garden is a well-preserved private residence with a large area and buildings such as a stage. Unfortunately, the garden has been artificially repaired too luxuriously and does not match the ancient house!

The combined ticket for the Temple of Confucius, Zhu Family Garden and Swallow Cave is RMB 133 per person, while the Zhu Family Garden is RMB 50 per person.

Stepping into the courtyard, one feels as if one is in the historical life of a hundred years ago...

This visit was beyond our expectations. We didn’t want to go out. We kept saying, “If I had known, I would have bought two cups of afternoon tea and come in to sit for the whole afternoon!” It was a really pleasant place. It was sunny and not hot at all. The tour guide explained the history of this “Grand View Garden in Western Yunnan”. We listened carefully and lamented the fate of the ladies in the boudoir during that period and the historical turmoil that this garden had experienced.

Don’t be fooled by the crooked door, it is actually designed like this, implying “no leakage of wealth”. The thresholds get lower from the inner courtyard, because the oldest family lives in the innermost part, and each floor is in accordance with the generation level. There are many details and stories, and the courtyard design is quite exquisite.

The garden outside has been renovated, with rockery and flowing water, and the air is very humid. It is really a place where you can sit for an entire afternoon. There are tables and chairs everywhere in the courtyard.

After returning to the hotel, we kept praising Zhu Family Garden. Maybe we were tired after walking around the countryside for so long, and when we came across such a comfortable place, our favorability doubled.

Besides being shocked, I was also shocked by the ingenious craftsmanship of ancient craftsmen and the charm of Chinese history and civilization.

It is a worthwhile attraction to visit in Jianshui. It has an ancient style and many courtyards.

I advise everyone not to eat the grilled tofu next to Zhu's Garden. We ordered ten pieces of tofu, ten pieces of potatoes, a plate of grilled pork belly and chicken feet. The pork belly and chicken feet were fried. They were very unpalatable. I feel like they are specifically ripping off outsiders.

I bought tickets online for ¥40/person and exchanged them at the tourist center. Walking through the "Xufang Pavilion", "Hanyu Tower" and "Honglou Yingshe" pavilions, couplets show the elegant tastes of the owners of the mansions; the delicate flowers and trees scattered in an orderly manner, the winding paths leading to the courtyards, the whole garden is full of mystery and nobility.

Entering the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the breath of history hits you in the face. There are introductions to the origin of "Jianshui", the rise and fall of several generations of the Zhu family, ancient historical relics, etc.

All the buildings are incredibly beautiful. Steep ridges and flying eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, "three rooms, six ears and three halls, a large patio with four small patios", a scene at every step, and the walls and beams are covered with the calligraphy of literati. The most interesting thing is the couplets on the lintels. They are not the clichés we see now, such as happy family and peace in all seasons, but cover all aspects of life creed, principles of being a person, how to behave, etc., showing a profound and profound background. Some of them are particularly vivid and interesting. I read them one by one, and sometimes laughed out loud while admiring them.

Arrived at 6pm, ticket price 50, student ID half price 25, walked around for an hour and a half, the layout is well organized, courtyards are layered, the overall feeling is good,

Both this place and the Confucian Temple are worth a visit. Take a look at the Zhu family's yard, their back garden, the water stage, and the ancient buildings. They are all very nice. And Hanlin Street is just outside the scenic area. It is bustling and prosperous. I had lunch here. I am not used to their special fried tofu here~\(≧▽≦)/~

Zhu Family Garden - a private mansion with a story, known as the "Grand View Garden of the Southwest Border". The history of the Zhu family's rise and fall fully verifies the saying that "wealth does not last for more than three generations".

The buildings inside are really beautiful, especially I like retro buildings. After entering, there will be a QR code. After scanning, voice navigation will be given, and the introduction is also very detailed. On the same day, we arrived at the stage of Zhu Family Garden, and there were performances of local folk songs and dances. Opposite the stage is the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, and behind the stage is the back garden. The back garden of Zhu Family Garden has a spectacular waterfall, and there are many ancient buildings that give me a feeling of being huge.

Each house here is centered on a patio, and the main gate is mostly on one side of the main building. Through corridors of different shapes, you can reach the main courtyard. The entire layout is based on the traditional Yunnan dwelling structure of "four courtyards and five patios" and "three squares and one screen wall". Unfortunately, I have not studied these, but I think these buildings themselves are worth appreciating and studying. Their layout is reasonable and orderly, and they all reveal the rigor and depth of Chinese culture. That style hides the owner's admiration for "elegance".

Zhu Family Garden is well preserved.

The design of the garden is a maze-like complex of buildings.

Zhu Family Garden is one of the representative attractions of Jianshui. The ticket price of 50 yuan is a bit expensive, especially

I went to Zhu Family Garden in September last year. At that time, the back garden was under renovation, but the ticket price was still the same. The renovation of the back garden is said to last until the Honghe Prefecture's anniversary at the end of 2017, when it will be reopened. It is also worth mentioning that Zhu Family Garden is open for night tours. I didn't know when I went there that there would be lights at night. I think it would be more beautiful to visit this garden when the lights are on.

The entrance to Zhu Family Garden is on Hanlin Street. It is very small. Standing at the entrance, it is hard to imagine that this is a large courtyard covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters with more than 200 houses. The stone drum in front of the gate is quite exquisite. It is said that it took a skilled craftsman a whole year to make it.

The first attraction to check in in Jianshui is very unique and should not be missed

Jianshui Zhu Family Garden is a group of large-scale residential buildings from the Qing Dynasty. It is known as the "Grand View Garden of the Southwest Border". It is the home and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. There is a hotel inside, where you can stay. At present, the garden part is under renovation and cannot be visited. I came here just before it opened, and there were not many people, so it was comfortable to visit.

Jianshui Zhu Family Garden is a group of large-scale residential buildings from the Qing Dynasty, known as the "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan". It is the home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, a wealthy gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It contains profound cultural connotations in rich forms. It is the product of the combination of inland culture and frontier culture and has high architectural art value. It is unique among Yunnan tourist attractions, covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters, of which the building area is more than 5,000 square meters. The main building is in a "vertical four and horizontal three" layout, which is a flexible combination of Jianshui's typical "three rooms, six ears, three halls, one large patio with four small patios" traditional residential buildings. The house pattern is orderly, the courtyards are layered, there are 42 large and small patios, and 214 houses. The whole group of buildings has steep ridges and flying eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, and is exquisite and elegant. The courtyard hall is reasonably arranged, and the spatial landscape is rich and varied, forming a "maze-like" building complex.

There is also a discount for National Day tickets, 40/person. The entire scenic area is large and beautiful. I personally think this attraction is worth visiting. Not only is there a lot of people on National Day, but you should come here on ordinary holidays.

Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle section of Jianxin Street in the ancient city of Jianshui, Yunnan. It is the home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It is relatively well preserved and worth a visit.

Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle of Jianshui Ancient Street, with courtyards and pavilions.

Zhu Family Garden, located in Jianshui Ancient Town, was built by Zhu brothers. The garden layout is grand and exquisite!

The ticket to Zhujia Garden is 60 yuan, and the guide fee is 30 yuan. It is recommended that you hire a guide, otherwise you will just be a quick tour.

Entering through the round gate, there is a Xufang Pavilion, which is the Young Lady's Embroidery Building. The Embroidery Building is a two-story wooden structure with three rooms, facing south and well-lit. There are palace lanterns hanging under the eaves, exquisite carvings on the doors and windows, and calligraphy and paintings on the fences and walls. It looks exquisite, magnificent, and luxurious, and the characteristics of a wealthy family are obvious. I think the young lady who lives here is also pampered, charming and elegant.

It is worth mentioning that the decorations, poems and paintings of the four small courtyards of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are all related to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which is very romantic.

Very beautiful, you can see the old Lin'an and the Zhu family's mansion

It is really worth a visit. There are few signs of restoration of the old house, and there are a lot of text introductions. I think it is necessary to ask a tour guide to talk about it, so that you can discover the beauty more.

Zhu Family Garden is located on Hanlin Street in Jianshui County, an AAAA-level scenic spot.

Zhu Family Garden is a residence and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall, living rooms and gardens in the garden are all magnificent, and it is known as the "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan".

Zhu Family Garden is located on Hanlin Street in Jianshui County. It is the home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall, living rooms and gardens in the garden are all magnificent and have the reputation of "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan". We hired a tour guide (30 yuan, 50 yuan for tickets). He explained the structure and purpose of each building, the meaning of some carvings and paintings, and the rise and fall of several generations of the Zhu family. The garden, which has been renovated for 30 years, also reflects the hard work of several generations. The Zhu family made their fortune mainly from tin mines. It seems that the mine owners of any era are all local tyrants. The garden also feels very local tyrant. It is very large, covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters (including the back garden), with a construction area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters, like a maze, and there is also a back garden that is being renovated. It is said to be open in June this year.

Zhu Family Garden, December 23, 2013, Jianshui.

It is leisurely and quiet here, and people who come here to play come to visit and take photos.

Zhu Family Garden is the home and ancestral temple built by Zhu Chaoying and his brothers, who were local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters and a construction area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters. The houses are well-organized, with courtyards that come and go. There are 42 large and small patios and 214 houses. If you were not led by a tour guide, you would feel like you couldn't get out of it. The whole group of buildings is well-arranged, with carved beams and painted buildings, and is exquisite and elegant, which makes people think of the Grand View Garden in the Dream of the Red Chamber.

The ticket price is really expensive, the back garden is under renovation, and the cost performance is not high. I hired a tour guide who gave a casual explanation.

The Zhu family is a large family in Jianshui. The entire Zhu Family Garden took decades to build. It is similar to the Suzhou Gardens in Jiangnan and the various large mansions in Shanxi. It is a typical Chinese ancient building.

Zhu Family Garden is a home and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall, living rooms and gardens in the garden are all magnificent and magnificent, and it is known as the "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan". The main building is divided into two parts: the residence and the ancestral hall, with a "four vertical and three horizontal" layout, which is a typical parallel row house in Jianshui. There is a Huaiyuan Hall in the southeast corner of the garden, in which there is an "Exhibition of Materials on the Rise and Fall of the Zhu Family in the Past 100 Years", which shows the ill-fated fate of Zhu Family Garden with various texts and pictures. In addition, there are exquisite old buildings such as the water stage in the garden. The TV series Zhu Family Garden broadcasted by the TV station tells the story that happened here, and many shots were shot here.

I didn't go in to observe it closely, but walked past it several times. The ticket cost 50 yuan. I felt the Zhang Family Garden in Tuanshan Folk House, which ranked second, and I liked it very much! I think the Zhu Family Garden, which ranked first, is not much worse.

As a Yunnan native, I think the layout of Zhu Family Garden is really good, but the ticket price is a bit high. This place is not very big, but it is very unique. There are some ancient photos that I like very much. The wealthy family has an ancestral hall, a stage, and an embroidery building. I feel that the wealthy families in the past were really grand!

Jianshui Zhu Family Garden is located in the middle section of Jianxin Street in the ancient city of Jianshui, Yunnan. It is a house and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty, covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters. One can infer the living conditions of the Zhu family at that time.

You can appreciate the rise and fall of a family and it is a good place to experience local culture

Located on Hanlin Street in Jianshui County, Zhu Family Garden is a home and ancestral hall built by the Zhu Weiqing brothers, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. The garden covers an area of ​​20,000 square meters and was carefully built by two generations over more than 30 years to reach its current size. The ancestral hall, temple, living room and garden in the garden are all magnificent and have earned the reputation of "Grand View Garden in Southern Yunnan".

The entire building of Zhu Family Garden faces north and has a construction area of ​​more than 5,000 square meters. The main building is divided into two parts: residence and ancestral hall. It is a typical parallel and terraced residential complex in Jianshui. The house pattern is orderly, the courtyards are layered, there are 214 rooms of different sizes, 42 patios, each of which is different but reasonably arranged, and the spatial landscape is rich and varied, like a "maze".

The west gate of the garden faces Hanlin Street. It is a gate with hanging flowers and layers of eaves that look very spectacular. The 10 "Daijiao Buildings" along the street on the left are connected to the "Paoma Zhuanjiao Building" behind it. They were the account offices and material supply rooms in those days. They were the general business of "Zhu Hengtai" where the Zhu family engaged in import and export trade. The front of the right side is the family ancestral hall, and the back is the inner courtyard. There is a pool in front of the ancestral hall, and a stage is built on the pool. The stage is very unique, and the 24 stone carvings surrounding the pool are exquisite and of great artistic value.

The front part of Zhu's Garden is a flower hall with three large bays, and on the left and right sides are the "embroidery towers" for young ladies. In front of the flower hall is the garden, and the open flower walls on the left and right naturally divide it into the East Garden and the West Garden. The garden is very large, with a lotus pond in the front, and nurseries and flower gardens scattered around the pond, forming a private garden with local characteristics.

There is a Huaiyuan Hall in the southeast corner of Zhu Family Garden, which houses the "Exhibition of the Rise and Fall of the Zhu Family over the Past Century", which uses various texts and pictures to show the ill-fated fate of Zhu Family Garden. After visiting the exquisite architecture, you must come here to learn about the history of the Zhu family. Several major disasters caused this once glorious family to quickly fall, which is very sad.



Zhu Family Garden covers a large area and has many rooms. Each room has a different story. It is recommended to invite a tour guide to get a deeper understanding of the origins of this mansion. If you want to experience the life of the Zhu family, you can also stay in the garden. Some of the rooms in the Plum Pavilion, Orchid Courtyard, Bamboo Garden, Chrysanthemum Garden and other buildings in the garden have been developed into guest rooms, giving visitors a chance to relive yesterday. Zhu Family Garden under the night sky has another flavor. However, the price of accommodation in the garden is not low. Generally, a standard room costs 480 yuan and a suite costs 780 yuan. However, there is no entrance fee for staying in the garden.

It is extremely rare for a private home to have such large-scale and detailed carvings and paintings.

I went to Yunnan and Guizhou during the Chinese New Year in 2014. When I visited Zhu Family Garden, what I remember most was their family rules and the countless orchids in the exhibition hall, with different shapes. There is an ancient tree in the yard, which is very majestic.

Spoiler: His ancestors were opium dealers! If you want to get rich, sell opium.

Zhu Family Garden is a large residential complex built by local wealthy merchants Zhu Chengzao and Zhu Chaoying in Jianshui after nearly 30 years of hard work. The four sonorous and powerful characters "follow the rules" come into view, giving people a sense of strict family rules. Perhaps this is the family motto that made the Zhu family successful at that time. According to legend, in order to show their wealth, the Zhu family used silver to grind the four big characters "Zhu's Ancestral Hall". Until now, after a hundred years of wind and rain, the handwriting is still clear. The embroidery building of the Zhu family ladies, Xufang Pavilion, is two stories high, with carved doors and windows, and is very delicate. There is a stage in the garden, carved with dragons and phoenixes, antique, and it is a castle in the air. Four finely carved stone pillars hang the stage of more than 30 square meters above the pond. It is the back garden of Zhu Family Garden. The flower hall in front is the activity center of the whole family.

Zhu Family Garden is a home and ancestral hall built by the brothers Zhu Weiqing, a local gentry in the late Qing Dynasty. It is known as the "Grand View Garden of the Southwest Border". Generally speaking, it is to take a look at some of the architectural styles inside and feel the grandeur of Zhu Family Garden. It is recommended to go in the off-season. There are many people in the peak season, but it is not too crowded.