Zhou Residence on Huama Ying Alley

Zhou Residence on Huama Ying Alley

The Zhou Residence on Huama Ying Alley is a Wenzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Zhou family residence on Huama Ying Alley is located at the rear of No. 10, Lane 3, Huama Ying Alley, Anpingfang Community, Wuma Subdistrict, Lucheng District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It is said that this residence was built during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty. The structure features a three-bay width, faces east and west, and is a single-eave wooden building with a hard mountain-style roof, spanning five columns and ten purlins. The main hall is equipped with a screen door, in front of which the beam framework adopts a post-and-lintel and through-tenon style, with central pillars reaching the ground and a double-step beam in front along with a single-step beam. Behind the screen door is a thatched roof structure supported by a five-purlin beam. The original flooring was made of blue square bricks. Behind the residence, specifically to the east of the central bay, there is a pond with a pavilion built over it. The pavilion has six round columns, through-beams and bracket sets, tile roofing, and a ridge aligned with the columns, resembling a hip-and-gable roof. The pavilion floor is paved with flagstones, surrounded by granite strips, and furnished with balustrade seating. The base of the pavilion is supported by artificial rockwork. Above the pond stands an ornamental carved wall in its original style. The pond walls are built from piled-up rockery stones, with a relatively large lower area. To the north of the pond and to the east of the main house is now a wooden corridor with four columns and a single-slope roof. To the south of the pond, there was originally a moon gate, which has now collapsed and been demolished. To the east of the courtyard on the east side of the main house is a two-story brick-and-wood building constructed during the wartime resistance period. In the southeast corner of the building is a square-walled well, and the water in both the pond and the well remains clear. This residence was purchased by the Zhou family during the wartime resistance period. At that time, a Lu Ban ruler was still present on the roof, documenting the construction date, dimensions, and other details of the residence. It was later lost during the Cultural Revolution. The pavilion was renovated in the 1970s. The layout of this courtyard is quite distinctive and holds certain significance.

Era: Qing Dynasty

Category: Ancient Architecture

Protected Area: Bounded by the existing perimeter walls to the south and north, the existing courtyard wall to the east, and a line 2 meters outward from the building’s foundation to the west.

Building Control Zone: Extending 25 meters outward from the existing courtyard wall to the east, 28 meters outward from the existing perimeter wall to the south, 15 meters outward from the building’s foundation to the west, and 20 meters outward from the existing perimeter wall to the north.

Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of Wenzhou Municipal-Level Cultural Relics Protection Units