Kang Million Manor is a castle-like building with masonry structure isolated from the outside world, surrounded by walls halfway up the mountain. There are 9 architectural groups, 365,438+00 living quarters, 365,438+0 courtyards and 73 caves in the manor. Divided into storage rooms, workshops, ancestral halls, animal feeding areas, etc. Covering a total area of 64,300 square meters, it is a very large, comprehensive and well-preserved typical ancient architectural complex, which is 19 times that of Shanxi Qiaojia Courtyard. Its architectural feature is to build caves on the mountain and buildings on the street. The courtyard is independent and connected. It combines the artistic features of palaces, temples, dwellings and gardens, and has the architectural features of North China and the Loess Plateau. It is a typical feudal fortress-style building complex. From a distance, there is a green hall tile house under the village, with many buildings and resplendence. Its form is mostly quadrangles with three entrances and four exits, and the decoration has its own characteristics. There used to be a hall in the Intermediate People's Court. East-west wing, connected by roads in the hospital, winding path leading to a secluded place. The main entrance building is magnificent, and the second door building is simple and elegant. The earth cave is located on the mountain, with strict layout and spectacular scenery. This is necessary. The manor is backed by Mangshan Mountain, facing Luoshui, with the Yellow River in the north and Heishiguan Natural Barrier in the south. This is a beautiful landscape with dangerous terrain and pleasant scenery. Although Kang Million Manor looks simple in appearance and lacks the temperament of noble castle, its interior decoration is gorgeous. Today, well-preserved buildings add infinite charm to this ancient manor. Luoshui winds its way through Kangdian Village, a typical feudal fortress complex in western gongyi city. Pushing open the heavy mansion door, I walked into the dark bluestone doorway. A feudal manor with strict barriers and deep courtyards opened a dusty memory for more than 400 years and stood before my eyes. The blue bricks and gray tiles can vaguely distinguish the bearing of the rich and powerful mansion in those days, and they can't hide the grandeur of the past. Kang Million Manor was built in the late Ming Dynasty with a history of nearly 500 years. Surrounded by mountains and waters, this manor consists of 19 buildings with complete functions, rigorous layout and different styles, with a building area of 64,300 square meters, including 33 courtyards, 53 buildings, 97 bungalows and 73 caves * * * 57 1 room. Today, the main buildings preserved are residential areas, warehouse areas and workshops. In June, 20001year, Kang Million Manor was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In its heyday, the Kang family built a large number of buildings with different uses, including houses, academies, theatres, ancestral temples, gardens, vegetable gardens, forest farms, stone archways, shipyards and cemeteries, in accordance with the principles of "harmony between man and nature, learning from nature" and "building caves by mountains, buildings by streets, docks by rivers and walls by dangers". The manor is built by mountains and rivers, mountains and mountains, surrounded by flat houses and high-rise buildings. The high-rise buildings are densely covered with caves, and the courtyards are independent and connected. The front and back yards are winding and secluded, which can be opened and closed, and they are seamless and integrated into one department. From a distance, there is a Qingtang tile house under the village. There are many buildings, magnificent momentum, rigorous layout and spectacular. It is both luxurious and majestic, elegant and noble. Li Chuanze, a famous architect in China, said that Kang Million Manor is the most complete and typical building in China Hard Mountain. Manor residential area includes three buildings: upper house, lower house and Longwogou, with *** 14 courtyard. It is the residence of the main members of the Kang family, and there is a walled village about 10 meters high and 500 meters long. The entrance passes through a 23.7-meter-long brick tunnel, and the courtyard spreads around with the Intermediate People's Court as the axis. There are four tall gatehouses in a row, all carved with wood. In the past, there was a hall in the Intermediate People's Court, with an east wing and a west wing. The gatehouse was magnificent, the second gatehouse was simple and elegant, and there were caves in the mountains. There are rockeries, grape vines, flower houses, flower beds, bonsai and various reliefs and wall carvings in the courtyard. The workshop area is on both sides of the stockade wall. There are four caves and dozens of brick houses on the stockade wall, which is the residence of the Kang family. The barn area and feeding area are built on the east side of Zhaixia Road, with ***5 courtyards, room 102, stables and a horse farm. 200 meters southwest of the manor, there is Jinguzhai, surrounded by deep valleys, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a post station for the Kang family to resist the Nian army. The person in charge of the Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi once sighed after visiting Kang Million Manor: "There is one feature of Kang Million Manor that we can't learn, that is, all the objects used by Kang Family in those years are kept in the manor, which is absolutely a fortune for the tourism development of cultural relics units!" According to the manager, Kang Million Manor still preserves 3,478 luxury furnishings and household utensils used by the Kang family, including furniture, antiques, utensils, stationery, paintings, hats, etc., which not only shows the primitive life of the Kang family, but also reflects the social customs at that time, and is of great value to the study of folk customs, costumes, ancient metallurgy, porcelain making, sculpture, textiles, embroidery and other technological processes and production technologies in the Central Plains. During my visit to Kang Million Manor, I saw a very popular T-bed and a plaque engraved with Kang Family's instructions. It takes more than 65,438+0,700 man-days to complete the jacking bed, which is equivalent to the work of 65,438+00 skilled craftsmen for three years. The bed is unique in carving and looks like a castle in a palace. It is not only a practical product, but also a rare woodcarving work of art. There are more than 80 kinds of figures, flowers and patterns carved inside and outside the bed. The whole bed is divided into two rooms, with wooden steps in front of the bed and a bedroom at the back. Bats and flowers are engraved on the footboard in front of the bed, and hanging eaves are engraved on the face from inside to outside, with four Da Lian petals hanging down. There are three old people and three children carved in the middle of the first floor, and lotus, crane, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, pine tree, Bai Shou, Swiss beast and butterfly plate carved on the left. They drink, have classes, play chess and teach children here. On the second floor, the peony map of Diaofeng Opera; The third floor is carved with Kirin pine nuts, Youlong, golden rooster and various flowers. The "Yu" plaque has a strange shape, like an open book. This is one of the famous plaques in China. Some people praised it as "when you enter Kang Million, look at Yu Bian first". The announcer of the manor said that there are many stone carvings, wood carvings and brick carvings in Kang Million Manor, ranging from various artistic components on the roof to different and ingenious stone carvings such as pillars and doormats, to intricate carvings, round carvings and reliefs under the eaves and in front of the door, and then to the green gauze kitchen in front of the hall, the floor in the kiln, and indoor flowers. Brick carvings, wood carvings and stone carvings all over the manor are exquisite in craftsmanship, rich in content and both in form and spirit. The manor is like a palace that integrates architecture, archaeology, painting, sculpture, calligraphy, gardens and other arts, and is known as a wonderful work of the Central Plains. Zhao Yuan, former director and associate researcher of gongyi city Cultural Relics Management Office, believes that Kangbaiwan Manor itself is a small society, with houses, commercial warehouses, workshops, study halls, temples, ancestral halls, walled castles, and even closed buildings and soldiers for those who violate clan rules. Only the workshop area can be divided into building workshops, stone workshops, wood workshops, oil workshops, gunpowder workshops, printing and dyeing workshops, theatrical troupes and other categories, which can be described as complete, reasonable in layout, beautifully designed and extremely luxurious. Kang Million Manor not only retains the characteristics of residential buildings in the Loess Plateau and quadrangles in the north, but also absorbs the characteristics of government, gardens and military fortress buildings, which is also the unique feature of Kang Million Manor and is also different from some residential courtyards in all parts of the country, especially in Shanxi. Under the blue sky and white clouds, Kang Million Manor has a strong pastoral charm. In front of the manor, the ships in the Luohe River are driving slowly, and the distant mountains opposite are clearly visible. The countryside around the manor is full of fragrance, and the budding roses, peach blossoms and apricot blossoms in spring attract bees and butterflies ... Experts say that Kangbaiwan Manor is a beautiful picture of folk customs in the Qing Dynasty. Compared with similar Qiao Family Courtyard in Shanxi, Kang Million Manor has a history of more than 400 years in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Qiao Family Courtyard was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, which was later than Kang Million Manor 100 years. Kang Million Manor is of great value in both cultural relics protection and tourism development.