What Is a Construction Trailer?

The horse-drawn trailer is a famous architectural style in Chaoshan area. The whole architectural pattern is like a four horse-drawn car, hence the name. The "horse horse trailer" is also called "three falls and two fire lanes and one back pack", which is a complication of "four points of gold".

Four horse trailer

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On the Zhongshan North Road in Hui'an County, there is a row of ancient Ming dynasties known as the "Four Horse Trailer".

This house was Liu Wanghai's return to his hometown, the emperor Zhunjun, and gave him the opportunity to return to his hometown to build a "four-horse trailer" house.

"Four Horse Trailers", that is, four columns of buildings side by side, sit northwest and southeast to face Shili Foreign Language Mountain. Each column is made up of three large and five large rooms. On the building ground, the back drop is 1 meter higher than the previous drop, that is, the total drop between the front and back is two meters. The four rows of buildings are 1.2 meters apart, which are used as passageways. The earbuds on each side have ear doors to facilitate mutual visits. Four columns of buildings, each 20 meters wide from north to south, 34.5 meters long from east to west, with a building area of 690 square meters, a large stone slab in front of the door is 94.9 meters long. A corridor in front of the eaves has a length of 5.9 meters, a width of 0.6, a thickness of 0.18 meters and a weight of 1,720 kg. It is 6.3 meters wide and covers an area of 597.8 meters, covering a total area of over 3,000 square meters.

Each of the large halls has a foyer (with a lower room 4), an open well (with a beech room 2), a hall (with a large room and five rooms 4) and Houqing (with a rear room 4). The hall area is 41.5 square meters. With a daifuku cedar planting column (circle diameter 40 cm), the positive ridge is more than six meters high, and it is a beam-lifting structure. The interior is made of reed straw roofs with hard mountain tops and dovetailed ridges. The gables are made of small stones embedded in a small circle of rubble, commonly known as "Guan Yin Huo Ba", which is chic and solid. It is a masonry building built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The walls on both sides of the gate, The wall skirt is lined with large horizontal slate, and the red brick wall is quaint and beautiful. According to rumors, the construction work of the "Four Horse Trailer" is huge and completed over ten years. In order to ensure the specifications and quality of the red material, the self-built ceramic kiln fired bricks and other components.

The exchange of objects for stars shifted 400 years ago, and most of the four ancient magpies have been destroyed so far. One collapsed due to fire, two collapsed due to disrepair, and there are still surviving walls; only two in the first row on the north side, although old-fashioned, but the old appearance is more complete, and the original construction materials are also sturdy; and the second row on the south is two Block, rebuilt by its second-family grandson Sun. And rebuilt the back seat of the hall as Liu Wanghai worship hall. Langzhong worshiped Liu Wanghai's colored official uniform sitting stone statue with a solemn expression; Yupiao: "Henan Yanpai has a long family, Huibei Zhiji is long." Couplets: "The embankment building endows Fujian and Zhejiang with a sound, eliminating the disadvantages and advocating civilization and supporting the government of Guangdong and Yunnan." On the doorway of the hall, the famous Ming Dynasty prince and calligrapher Zhang Rui gave away the word "Ancient Night", which is precious.

The entrance and exit in front of the south side of the former residence (front of the street) are built with tiled roofs and eaves gates; on the lintels there are "Fan Li Ren Yinnian Liu Huili" and "Four General Constitutions" with a four-word gold banner; the door is placed next to the door A pair of stone lions, classical weather. There are three ancient wells, and there are endless springs.

Nowadays, the "Horse Trailer" has become a beautiful scenery of the ancient houses in Hui'an County.

The former residence of Chen Cichun in Qianmei Village, Longdu Town, Chenghai District, is based on a typical horse-drawn trailer in Chaoshan. Its unique architectural style blends Chinese and Western architectural features.

There is Songzhu Gongci in Jieyang area, which is a horse-drawn trailer.