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贞和堂:
青果巷86号贞和堂原名保和堂,唐荆川先生在世时曾作为书房,唐顺之学富五车,当年,唐氏藏书甲于东南。唐顺之的儿子唐鹤徵也是进士,他80大寿时,其外甥,孙慎行书匾为寿,并写了《保和堂记》刻于石上。孙慎行是明朝礼部尚书,大书法家。石碑刻于明万历45年(1617年),现仍能在贞和堂大厅东廊墙上见到它。明崇祯六年(1633年),唐鹤徵的子孙唐宇昭改保和堂为贞和堂。贞和堂为多进,大厅为抬梁式构架,梁为大型月梁,材质为楠木、紫檀、正间大梁曾有彩绘,木雕精美,在苏南实为罕见。
常州素有“刘半城、庄一角、青果巷唐家半条街”之说。唐家自明朝以来就建有“唐氏八宅”,光阴荏苒、历史沧桑,今天仍留下“贞和、筠星、礼和、八桂、松健”五堂,组成了青果巷古建筑的精华。
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Jiangsu located at Yangtze River, the Huaihe River downstream, shore of Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, north meets Shandong, west continually Anhui, the southeast and Shanghai, Zhejiang border on, is the Yangtse Delta area important component, is situated between the east longitude 116°18 ' -121°57 ', north latitude 30°45 ' - 35°20 ' between. Acquires fame in the Qing Dynasty Jiangning government office and the Soviet state capital two government offices the first character. Is one of Chinese population density highest provinces, the total area 102,600 square kilometers, account for the national total area 1.11%, the continuous nearly 1000 kilometer coastlines are hugging the approximately 9,800,000 Chinese acre gold shallow seas and tidelands. Within the boundaries plain is vast, the land is fertile, the product is rich, the rivers and streams lake is densely covered, in five big fresh water lake's Tai Lake, Hongze Lake recline in this, in the history is known as “the land of plenty” fine reputation, Jiangsu's abbreviation “Soviet” the traditional character is this Italy originally. The Jiangsu history is glorious. Here is the Chinese Wu culture and the Chinese culture birthplace, as early as area Nanjing already was the humanity lives together the place hundreds of thousands of years ago. more than 6000 years ago, nearby nearby Nanjing and Tai Lake as well as Xuzhou and Hongze Lake already presented the primitive village, started the primitive farming production. more than 3000 years ago, Jiangsu bronzeware's smelting and forging, has achieved the very high technical level. 3- the 6th century, Nanjing became south China's economic civilization center. 7- after the 10th century, south the national economical center of gravity moves, has so-called “the world important matter, supinely in southeast” the view, Yangzhou becomes the national liveliest city. A.D. 14- after the mid-17th century, places such as Suzhou, Songjiang District and Nanjing, become the birthplace which our country capitalism germinates. The 19th century end, modern industries and so on silk reeling, spinning and weaving, bread flour, mining coal, in places such as Wuxi, Nantong, Suzhou, Changzhou, Xuzhou emerge one after another. Hereafter, Jiangsu's economy, the social development have been among the best in China.