YIN YU TANG: THE ARCHITECTURE AND DAILY LIFE OF A CHINESE HOUSE
Book ID/图书代码： 02911019C00245
English Summary/英文概要： With hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information, Yin Yu Tang tells the history of a traditional Chinese house and the fascinating stories of its occupants.
In the late Qing dynasty, around the year 1800, a prosperous Chinese merchant named Huang built a house for his family in a remote village southwest of Shanghai. He called the home Yin Yu Tang which means Hall of Abundant Shelter—implying his desire for the building to shelter many of his descendants. For seven generations, members of the Huang family ate, slept, laughed, cried, married and gave birth in the house.
By the mid-1990s, the surviving members of the Huang family had moved away from Yin Yu Tang to take jobs in the cities. In 2003 the house found a new home as a permanent exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. This book, with its room-by-room, generation-by-generation documentation of life in the house, serves as a unique and invaluable introduction to traditional Chinese family and village life.
Nancy Berliner, one of the country’s foremost experts on Chinese furniture and arts, takes the reader on a tour of this unique homestead providing detail on Chinese architecture, construction methods, decoration, furniture and family heirlooms. She weaves a story of domestic life in Chinese culture by explaining the traditions of the family who lived here—especially their love and respect for family and ancestors. She also documents the remarkable restoration and reconstruction of Yin Yu Tang, truly a treasure trove of Chinese history
With hundreds of photographs, scores of primary documents, and thousands of fascinating details, Yin Yu Tang: The Architecture and Daily Life of a Chinese House offers a vivid portrait of everyday life in traditional China.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 荫餘堂... 荫求祖荫﹐餘祈富餘﹐三个字里包含了多少世代相传﹐生生不息的想望。
荫餘堂是一栋典型的徽州建筑。徽州位於安徽南陲，地处黄山白岳之间﹐所耕地有限﹐百分之九十的居民远走外省市从商。1127 年南宋迁都临安(今浙江杭州)，兴土木，筑宫殿，引发了徽州商人从事竹、木、漆的建筑营业，也培养了许多徽州工匠。徽商致富还乡，在家乡兴建住宅﹐形成有徽州特色的建筑风格。
徽州建筑的特色﹐一是外围东西两面有高过屋脊的马头墙﹐用意在防火及护瓦﹔但是墙的设计﹐或见人字形斜下﹐或见山字形高突﹐层层仆落﹐次垒分明﹐簷角青瓦飞扬﹐衬落著白墙﹐跌宕有致。图见黟县西递村鳞次櫛比的屋脊﹐西递村建於北宋元丰年间，有保存完好的124 幢明﹑清建筑，代表了徽州建筑艺术的典范。
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About the Author/作者介绍： 白玲安是著名中国艺术史学者，从哈佛大学毕业之后，她曾赴北京中央美术学院进修。此前，她最为人所知的成就，是花了7年，将有两百年历史的安徽荫余堂老宅原封不动地搬到了美国博物馆，此事在中美两国都轰动一时。
而白玲安与中国的缘分远不止于此。2005年，她受故宫博物院邀请，担任乾隆花园项目世界古迹基金会的顾问。2012年起，她就任波士顿美术馆中国部策展人，曾与中国故宫博物馆合作“皇帝的私人天堂：紫禁城的珍宝”展。
Nancy Berliner is currently the Wu Tung Curator of Chinese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She previously held the position of curator of Chinese art at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, where she spearheaded and curated the Yin Yu Tang house project. She also serves as a consultant to the World Monuments Fund on the Forbidden City’s Qianlong Garden conservation project. She has lectured throughout the world including at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, University of California at Berkeley, Asia Society, La Sorbonne in Paris, Tel Aviv University, Palace Museum and World Art Museum in Beijing. She has written for the New York Times, Asian Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Asian Art, and Orientations magazines.
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