The Tan Residence

The Tan Residence

The Tan Residence is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Tan Residence (Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Year: Qing Dynasty

Announcement date: March 16, 2005

Composed of two courtyards—the Tan Residence and the Small Tan Residence—their structural forms and craftsmanship features are largely similar. The Tan Residence was built during the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 1,760 square meters, with a total width of 30.30 meters and a total depth of 55.27 meters. It is a two-story building with seven bays, and its overall layout consists of four sections: the entrance hall, the main hall, the rear sleeping quarters, and auxiliary rooms. Each section has a courtyard, flanked by wing rooms. It features a mixed post-and-lintel and Dougong-style beam frame, a flush-gable roof covered with square rafters and small blue tiles laid in a yin-yang pattern. The Small Tan Residence was built in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 530 square meters, with a total width of 20.20 meters and a total depth of 24.20 meters. Its overall layout includes the main house and side rooms. The main house is a two-story, three-bay structure divided into a front hall and a rear hall, with a Dougong-style beam frame, a flush-gable roof, and small blue tiles laid as a single layer. It is surrounded by brick firewalls.

The architectural layout is rational and the craftsmanship exquisite, preserving much of the historical original appearance. It carries significant cultural connotations and historical information, and is the largest existing ancient building in Lishui urban area, providing a typical example for the study of Qing-style residences in southern Zhejiang.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website

Further reading:

· Fifth Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units