Chao’an Taiqing Mansion

Chao’an Taiqing Mansion

Chao’an Taiqing Mansion is located in Gucuo Village, Jinshi Town, Chao’an County. It was the residence of Gu Chaolian, who served as the Minister of Rites in the Ming Dynasty. The mansion faces south and has two courtyards, measuring 20 meters in width and 32.4 meters in depth. It features a post-and-lintel wooden structure with carved wood decorations on the beams and brackets. Two Qing Dynasty plaques hang inside the mansion, and Qing Dynasty flagstone pedestals are preserved in the front courtyard. Gu Chaolian, a native of Jinshi, Chao’an, passed the imperial examination for the xiucai degree in 1624 and became a jinshi (advanced scholar) in 1628. He served as magistrate of Tongcheng, imperial censor of Shandong Circuit, and an official in the Ministry of Rites. He remained in the Censorate for ten years. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he went to Xiamen to join Zheng Chenggong and was known as one of the "Seven Gentlemen" along with Lu Ruopeng. After Zheng Chenggong’s death, he followed Zheng Jing to Taiwan, where he lived for six years before passing away at the age of 70.

Gucuo Village: Gucuo Village consists of two natural villages—Gucuo (also known as "Dazhai Gu") and Nanpu Huang (commonly called "Daluding Huang"), with the surnames Gu, Huang, Hong, Zhuang, and Wu. The Gu surname is predominant. The ancestors of the Gu family originally migrated from Putian County, Fujian Province, to Wangpubu in the Sangpu Mountains in 1174 (the first year of the Chunxi reign in the Song Dynasty). Due to the remote and sparsely populated location, they later moved to the current village site and named it after their surname—Gucuo. With over 800 years of history, villagers follow ancestral teachings, uphold etiquette, and are traditionally engaged in woodwork, earning the reputation as the "Hometown of Lu Ban’s Craftsmanship."

Gucuo Village is located 3.5 kilometers southeast of Jinshi Town. To the east, it is… Detailed information about Gucuo Village++