Gulangyu villas, exquisite, historians can trace the historical vicissitudes of this, a sociologist customs in this study, architects can draw on this inspiration, and those of us mere mortals can enjoy the natural beauty and artistic beauty.
Gulangyu villa owner is not Gulangyu most people, mostly surrounding areas overseas Chinese businessman. They make a fortune out after the first thought that the family line, returning to their roots. In addition to seeking stable flies in his later years, they also have made arrangements for future generations. Gulangyu is the International Settlement, they believe the most secure concessions, they have come to the Gulangyu villa built on Western-style house. Today, more than a thousand seat on Gulangyu imitation European, Chinese and western walls of buildings, so that we appreciate not finish. Which Fanpo floor is worth a view.
Fanpo floor Ji Jinjiang, Fujian, right through the Philippine Overseas Xu built, completed in 1927, building is colorful, unique shape, some of the characteristics of the Rococo with China's very harmonious combination of traditional craft clever. This is where Gulangyu villas is rare. Have been shot here, "Liao Zhongkai", "spring fall", "Earthen people" and many other films.
Why the Fanpo price? Xu then turned right to go to the Philippines by the business to get rich, it will honor his mother received the Philippines to support, to let his mother live a good life. Xu mother had used to be Taiwanese life, accustomed to the Philippines, water and soil, also lost, speaking in Minnan dialect of the villagers, they do not live a few months to get back on the Naozhe Jinjiang home. Xu Jingquan quite a dilemma, not to come back to the mother, the mother all day long clamoring to go home to his mother back home bar does not serve to express the mother's honor. So he thought of Gulangyu, with another of the overseas Chinese who went to buy land for house Gulangyu, providing for his mother, in order to make the Son of Man of filial piety.
He first bought an old villa will be the mother to settle down, and then, in its east side to build a large villa on a scale demands in excess of Xiamen "days on the first floor", and an annex building was built for the servants place to live. Also at the villa front yard to build a stage, often ask for the theatrical troupe to sing for his mother, Xu mother is sitting in the villa at any point plays, it really amused.
Xu Xu mother and other son saw the right to such honor by the old and the mother rushed to go with. Xu mother usually wore out the sons and daughters sent sections of the new clothes, wearing gold and silver jewelry, one bedecked in jewelry and belonged to a South Seas Fupo, while neighbors called "barbarian woman", she naturally became a living floor, " Fanpo floor. " Fanpo floor there is a door to floor, two large iron gate on the positive and negative two "fu" word, it means the door see the good fortune to go out see also fu, and out of double-fu, this as a "blessing" a culture of new content.
Today's Fanpo Gechao ground floor room occupied by the stranger pulling wooden handcart, upstairs is rented to a family of white-collar workers in Xiamen gold. Among them were admiring the Gulangyu experience life's writers and artists. They interviewed during the day, night, in a quiet environment of creative freedom. A house to live with people, have been effectively protected, so Fanpo floor, still retained the original style.
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