Old House in Nanning: The Last Glance of the \”Sandaomen\” House

Old house in the Republic of China, No. 31 Xinhua Road

——Nanning \”Sandaomen \”The last glance of the house

◎ ​​Ye Huatong

The traditional houses in the southern part of the country have the term \”three heads to enter the door\”, that is, you have to go through the house to enter the house\”Three Doors\”——Pingfengguan, and Damen.

The first screen door is like two sashes, which serves as an external barrier and shading. The function of the visual line; the second trench door is an ancient \”block door\”, which looks like a large wooden frame, with more than ten round woods in the middle, opening left and right, and locking the trench door during the day, without tying the trench door, so It is not only conducive to the ventilation and lighting, but also prevents people from entering; the third is the official door.

\”Sandaomen\” is particularly common in the historical buildings of Xiguan, Guangzhou, and has Become a fresh cultural symbol. In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the \”Three Doors\” building form was imported with the trade deals in Guizhou. Nanning is called a low door, a steak, and a large door by locals. It is widely used in residential buildings such as galleys and foreign buildings and commercial and residential buildings.

However, with the demise of old buildings in the old city, now the \”Three Doors\” It is already very rare in Nanning City. I originally knew there were two troughs of the gates, one of which was located in Xi\’an No. 2(Golden Lion Lane)No. 59, the customer\’s door was once a need for house repair in the \”Three Streets and Two Alleys\” old renovation project in recent years. Disassembled, has been reinstalled back in place and has been renovated.

The local media once reported that the owner of No. 59 was 2019 Grandma Chen Libo, who is over 70 years old and from Guangdong, was once the manager of Zhonghua Cinema. Her trekking door was designed in the style of Western architecture. The other is No. 40 Gonghe Road, which is the only hangar gate in the city. But there are \”two doors\” in both places – the Tengguan (Pushing Guan) and the Large Door, and there is no actual example of the Pingfengguan (Down Door).

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▲Traveling gate at No. 40 Gonghe Road.

Recently, a detailed alley between the mosque and the water tower was accidentally entered (North Eight of Minsheng Road, alley The two links to Xinhua Road and Minsheng Road, old called \”Shit Lane\”), there is no such thing as a cave.

The door sign is a glance at the two old houses connected by No. 31 Xinhua Road Then you will know that it is a building of the Republic of China. The doors and windows of the building facade are neatly decorated, and the relief lines on the walls are clearly visible. They have a typical Nanning Minzu building style. The construction method seems to be from Zhenhexing Construction Company.

What\’s more difficult is to save two screen doors (low This is the first time I have seen a complete \”three doors\” in Nanning City! The excitement was filled with pain, and the big word \”demolition\” written on the wall was written.

As the \”three doors\” of Nanning Ministries\’ construction, it is rare Existence has a certain historical and cultural value and should be properly protected by methods and should not be allowed to be compromised. For example, the door structure can be disassembled and moved to the Nanning Museum and exhibited to the public so that citizens can visit directly Understand the style and living conditions of Nanning before.

▲Two old houses in the Republic of China face north and south.

▲The \”three doors\” on the old house on the side are only an orphan in Nanning City.

▲The green painted wooden screen door (dwarf door) in the old house on the side.

▲The small device on the door is used to insert incense and flags.

▲The structure of the trench door can be clearly seen from the indoor angle.

▲Interior view of the first floor of the old house on the side.

▲The water tank next to the wooden staircase should be a kitchen.

▲The second floor overpass. The interior is divided into two rooms with wooden partitions. There is an empty wooden column at the top of the wooden partitions to facilitate ventilation and change air. This is Nanguan. Common practices for building in the Republic of China.

▲The house in the second floor. The ceiling is not equipped with a hanging lamp, but is opened. A large skylight, the way to make full use of natural light for indoor lighting is very environmentally friendly.

▲The structure of the skylight is in an inverted fight.

▲Three windows are arranged on the south wall of the house, and colorful windows are pasted on the glass in the middle. Paper, sunlight projecting in to create a sense of colored glass.

▲The wooden tea between the two windows is placed on the walls with two wooden photo frames, with portraits of framed characters. On the outside, one is a man wearing a horse jacket, who should be a figure in the late Qing Dynasty, or Xu Zeng Be the owner of this house.

▲The windows along the facade of the old house near the inside are clear, Typical Republican architectural decoration techniques can be seen in the Lin Family Old House on Qixing Road.

▲Back to the outside The old house has a red painted wooden screen door (lower door) and the edges of the door column are curved.

▲Damn Red painted wooden screen door in the old house on the outside.

▲The first floor of the old house next to the outside. The interior is also divided into two rooms with wooden partitions, and there are diamond-shaped hollow wooden columns at the top of the wooden partitions.

▲The wooden staircase near the old house on the outside. The decoration of the two old houses is very thoughtful. The wooden doors, wooden partitions and wooden staircases are painted in the same color, and the overall style is planned.

▲Outside the old house is a thin alley, with green brick walls exposed along the side of the alley, and the windows on the walls have arched eyebrows. These They are all typical elements of the Republic of China\’s architecture. The roots of the halal hotel are covered with tight roofs on the east side of the alley.

▲ The old building is being demolished in the footprint area of ​​the water tower where the alley is located, and the two old houses in the Republic of China may also disappear soon. As a continuation of the old renovation project of the \”Three Streets and Two Alleys\”, it will be transformed into a water tower building in the future.

(Picture edit: Ye Huantong, Ah Sula)

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