Ancient House of Li Tengfang

Li Tengfang's old house is a second-class historic site in Taoyuan. Yuemei Li's ancestral home is in Zhao'an, Fujian. Their ancestors came to Taiwan during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and moved to Daxi Yuemei. Tengfang's father, Li Bingsheng, was engaged in business. Because the high economic crops such as tea, rice and camphor in the nearby mountainous areas were all distributed in Daxi, and Yuemei was rich in rice, Li Bingsheng, who started in the rice industry, gradually became the owner of Daxi. rich gentry. In 1865, at the age of 52, Teng Fang went to Fujian to participate in the township examination and passed the juren, which played an important role at that time. As a result, the place name of Daxi was changed from "Dagusan" to "Dakekan", and later to "Dakankan". The wonderful part of Li Zhai lies in the wood carvings, which are not only numerous but also excellent in craftsmanship. The concave part in front of the entrance hall is the facade of the building and the place where the sculpture art is displayed. All kinds of flowers, plants, birds and animals have soft and delicate lines It is both powerful and has a high artistic level. In addition, Li Tengfang is a leader and is good at calligraphy and painting, so there are quite a lot of decorations such as calligraphy and painting in the house, which is one of the characteristics of Li's house and is worth watching carefully.