Qingshui Huang Family Tranquility Garden

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Qingshui Huang Family Jingyuan was completed during the Japanese colonial period in the 4th year of the Showa era (1929). The founder, Huang Ruzhou, served as the head of Sankuaicuo Township and Sikuicuo District during the Japanese era. His son, who was engaged in the rice business, was inspired by the architecture on Minquan Street in Sanxia and commissioned the construction of this large residence. The building features a two-courtyard, double dragon pattern layout, with a spacious front courtyard and a semi-circular pond.

The first courtyard exhibits an eclectic style with a façade incorporating Western architectural elements such as columns, arches, and gables. The second courtyard reflects traditional Minnan (Southern Fujian) style, with decorative techniques including the use of white ceramic tiles on the walls, and traditional techniques such as cut and paste ceramics, Jaochitao (a type of pottery), mud sculptures, wood carvings, stone carvings, and paintings on the framework, eaves, and roof ridge. The decorative style is highly complex, blending Taiwanese, Japanese, and Western architectural elements, serving as a notable example of foreign cultural influence at the time.

In terms of construction, Huang Residence features wooden trusses and walls made of earth-pressed bricks and traditional brickwork. The existing decorative patterns and techniques showcase the architectural decoration methods of the Japanese colonial period. The fine wood carving techniques and paintings were done by Liu Pei, a painter from Dongshi, who also created the paintings for the Lin Family Mansion in Wufeng. With the introduction of Western painting at the time, the paintings also feature perspective techniques similar to Western art. Additionally, on the façade, the decorative motifs include washed pebble techniques, while the inscriptions on the back panel were first carved and then filled with black glass sand, a unique feature found only in Taichung’s residential architecture.