Jinhua Luzhai | There is the Forbidden City in the north and Luzhai in the south.

| There is the Forbidden City in the north and Luzhai in the south. 🌿"There is the Forbidden City in the north and Luzhai in the south." The reason why Lu's house has such high cultural relic value is because it is the place where the Lu family of Yaxi lived. Generally speaking, southern mansions generally have three entrances, while Lu House has nine entrances in total, and each entrance has a clear function. This house is so large that it can be said that it belongs to a prominent family in Dongyang. Dongyang's wood carvings, as a treasure of Chinese handicrafts, are perfectly reflected in every detail of Luzhai's architecture. 🧭Navigation: Luzhai (Dongyang) 🎫Tickets: 65 yuan; discounted price of 58 on major apps (may need to be purchased in advance); 🆓Free with Zhejiang Cultural Tourism Card 🚘Travel: Self-driving; Luzhai is in the city, and it is very convenient to take the bus when you get to Dongyang 🅿️Parking: free within one hour; 1-2 hours, 2 yuan per hour; more than 2 hours, 1.5 yuan per half hour; capped at 30 yuan per day. The parking lot is huge, not only on the ground but also underground. ⏰Play time: about two hours ⭐️Architectural style: The entire building community is simple and elegant, grand and beautiful, extraordinary in momentum, rigorous and regular, and symmetrical. It shows the residential structure of the Lu family tied by blood relations, and typically reflects the rich local characteristics of Dongyang wood carvings and the feudal scholar-bureaucrats. Traditional Feng Shui awareness. 🌈Featured landscape: ☀️Lobby lamp: There is an existing lobby lamp in Suyong Hall, which is 4.5 meters high and weighs 255 kilograms. Three large lamps of sheepskin, silk and sheep horns are connected up and down in the middle under the treasure cover. There are 6 strings of 24 small sheep horn lamps hanging from the periphery. The bead basket lamp is made of 400,000 colored glass beads and has been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. ☀️Wood carving art: Lu Zhai’s wood carvings are exquisite and it is one of the most dazzling wood carving halls in China. The building components are carved with various patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects, mission stories, landscapes and other patterns, and every part is ingenious. ☀️Archives: There are three archways at the ticket gate of Luzhai Scenic Area, namely: "Jingbiao Chastity Gate", "Da Fangbo", and "Fengji Family". They are very simple and elegant. Unfortunately, these three archways were rebuilt later. Yes, every time I visit ancient buildings, I will sigh, how great it would be if I could see the prosperous times. ☀️Suyong Hall: Founded in 1456, it consists of a corridor and nine front and rear buildings. It is the largest residential building in China. The plaque "Enrong IV" in the hall was given by Emperor Kangxi to General Lu Yuxiang of the Lu family. ☀️Nine Lions Playing Ball: There is a three-beam exhibition of "Nine Lions Playing Ball" in Jiahui Hall, which is known as "a unique thing in China". There are a pair of beams. One of the left and right beams has four lions, and the other has five lions. There are nine lions in total. They are first carved from fine camphor wood. They use round carving, deep relief, and hollow carving techniques. In order not to damage the ridge of the beam. The purlin reaches the pressure of the roof ridge, and the nine lions are connected into a whole through the hanging lotus pillar method. Ancient artists carved the lion into a lifelike shape that is both physical and spiritual. It is the pinnacle of Dongyang's traditional architectural wood carvings. 🧋Recommended food in the surrounding area: 🥒 Dongyang Wo Noodles, during the cooking process, constantly add starch and stir, so that the soup becomes mushy but the noodles are not mushy. I recommend "Beizhen Louwo Noodle House", located next to Lu's house. In addition, its soybean tofu is also worth trying. 🍇Nanma meat pie: The Nanma meat pie on Chenzhai Street has a good overall taste and is slightly oily. 🍓Exploded Tofu: The store name is "Lalala", it's next to Lu's House, and the taste is pretty good. 🍑 Shanglu Wonton: A specialty recommended by locals, but I didn’t try it today. 🌈Visiting experience: There are very few people and it is very quiet. If you like taking antique photos, this is the right place. There are also some antique clothing makeup shops outside the scenic area, but I have never experienced bad reviews.