Rujia Family Lineage Changzhuang Manor--People Say Shanxi

Author: Xie Yan, Liu Xinyu
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: How did the Chang Family's "Long March Tea Houses" emerge? Is the reputation of being a "foreign trade family" true or false? What talents were nurtured by the family motto "study well and become a merchant"? What is the artistic value of the manor that harmoniously coexists with Jiangnan gardens and northern frontier forts? The descendants of the Chang family attempt to trace the life of their ancestors from incomplete historical records, but they often find themselves unable to enter the scene, so they have no choice but to rely on the traces of history—the castle-like building standing in the countryside—to revive and strengthen the memory of the living state of the Chang family ancestors. Buildings are objective, universal, direct historical existences. They not only faithfully record the vicissitudes of the times and the hardships of life, but also convey rich humanistic information. The people are gone, but the houses remain.