Hu Xing Wei

The "Tiger-Shaped Enclosed House" is located in Fangwu Pai, Chebu Village, Lishi Town, Dingnan County, south of Jiangxi Province. It was built in 1786 and has a history of more than 200 years. The enclosure is square outside, with a front width of 40 meters and a depth of 33 meters. It sits from northwest to southeast. According to reports, this is the Hakka people who came to Dingnan at that time, in order to protect the interests of themselves and their families, they designed and created a square fortress integrating defense and practical life. The four corners of the enclosure are three-story watchtowers. Stone, blue brick and ash are built to the top, the outer windows on the first floor are made of granite strips, and there are defense facilities such as gun towers and gun holes above the second floor. Today, this unique "tiger-shaped enclosure" in southern Gansu has attracted many tourists from home and abroad to come and watch. The enclosure is built in a typical small mountain basin, surrounded by sandy hills, in a pattern of Tibetan wind and water. The enclosure is located in the northwest to southeast direction, with the tiger-shaped mountain range on its back and the beautiful Beacon Hill in the sky. Surrounded by a clear stream in front of the door, and the surrounding 100 acres of fertile fields, what is presented in front of people's eyes is the A richly layered landscape and pastoral picture. From the perspective of "feng shui", the enclosure designer observed the terrain and believed that the green dragon was holding its head high here, and the back mountain was like a crouching tiger, so the Fang family enclosure was designed as a tiger-shaped enclosure. The gate of the enclosure is a tiger's mouth, and two round windows are added on the side to represent the tiger's eyes. The cannon towers on both sides of the upright stand are tiger claws, and there is only one cannon tower behind the enclosure, which is the tiger's tail. It is a work of ingenuity to connect the tiger-shaped enclosure and the green hill behind it into a tiger shape. The owner of the year chose such a shape, and it is still the only one. According to some experts' research, this kind of tiger-shaped enclosure is rare in Jiangxi Province and has valuable cultural relic value. Due to the influence of the geographical environment, the orientation of the enclosure can only be arranged according to the rear Longshan. But in this way, the landscape of the distant mountains facing the central axis of the enclosure is not very harmonious. For this reason, the designers of the enclosure put the axis of the gate and the weight line of the outer wall on the main peak of Beacon Hill when building the gate. The lintel of "Sun Can Ting Hui" is embellished to form a wonderful landscape effect. Perhaps the portrait of a tiger is too majestic, and it is suspected of emphasizing martial arts and neglecting writing. After a few years, the owner of the enclosure built a courtyard gate in accordance with the concept of Feng Shui "wenfeng", and the courtyard door faces the east. One is to take the meaning of "Always come to shine" inscribed on the lintel, and the other is to make the axis of the courtyard door face a high point in the distant field of vision, hoping for the prosperity of the humanities.