Photos of tie qin tong jian lou

The Tieqin Bronze Sword Building has been well-known at home and abroad for a long time. It has more than 100,000 rare manuscripts in its collection. Lou" is equally famous, and is also known as the Four Great Book Collectors of the Qing Dynasty. The library was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 200 years. From the founder Qu Shaoji onwards, the five generations of Qu's book collectors are all indifferent to fame and fortune, and enjoy collecting and reading books. Qu Yong, the second generation of the Qu family and the son of Shaoji, has an eclectic mix of Ding Yi ancient seals, and especially cherishes an iron qin and a bronze sword, hence the name. This building has two floors and two floors, and the third and fourth floors are the only remaining buildings today, where the "Tieqin Bronze Sword Building" is located. The ancient building is facing south, with three syllables, separated by small patios. Every two floors, the lower eaves are supported by arches, and the exquisite Kuilong pattern is carved. The decoration shows the architectural style of southern Jiangsu. In this building at that time, the third and fourth ones were upstairs for the collection of books, the third one was downstairs for reading, and the fourth one was downstairs for the family ancestral hall, which also collected antiquities and stone carvings. Except for some of the books that were robbed, most of the books were donated by the descendants of the Qu family at the beginning of the People's Republic of China, such as Beijing Library, Shanghai Library, and Changshu Library.