Shen big house is located in Liuyang City, Long town and the newly opened Village fishing knife River, also known as the Temple origin of the big house, a big house made eight Temple. Five houses the main part of Shen Tuan nine people recruited in the first year of the newly opened Village wen Shen Bin Ann's family room (1862) was built, Tongzhi four years (1865) built. Guangxu years, the continued construction of three of his six sons Sau Tong, Shi Zhu Tong, Tong DELHI, Jun Chung Chi bamboo Church and the Church and so on. Shen Tuan nine impoverished, in Liuyang city do Tau master, to discuss a girl of eighteen wife, six children, sons by his mother to buy an acre of weaving binary fields from this business, get rich and the construction of this house. According to Shen's genealogical records, Shen Tuan nine Kung three generations of four people had to confer tomorrow gifts from the political doctor and two straight from the doctor (from the political doctor line text rank the Five, straight from the doctor-based text rank from five products rank) , is a very influential local wealthy family.

Shen big house sitting east to west, yard, brick stone mixed structure, Xiaoqing tile roof. It is formed by Yongqing Church, the Church of bamboo division, DELHI hall, the three Sau Tong, Yun Chung Chi bamboo Church Hall and other buildings and has a 17 halls, 20 patio Tianxin, over 30 short and long corridors, over 20 buildings housing , more than 200 large size houses ancient buildings. It covers an area of ​​13,551 square meters, construction area of ​​8265 m2 (including 576 m2 area has collapsed, count 23). In the era of flourishing population, a big house had three hundred banquet tables. War years in a group at once full, eat cafeteria village of 1958 people live in. On the wall "members opinion column," big red banners "work points bulletin," and the ultra-left's still eye-catching.

Shen Tai Uk is the ancient city of Changsha after precious specimens southern residential late Qing left after the war trampled. This large house with only different from the style of the literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Suzhou gardens mode, but also different courtiers scholar courtyard style architecture, the building embodies the idea of ​​"a large fortune, has a long history," the ancient Chinese agricultural society. Oya makeup, no big house of magnificent. Into the old house, as if into a maze - estates stacked, tunnel loop, courtyard scattered. Oya main hall 9 meters high, also many other houses up to 8 meters, for the extant ancient houses rare heights. A large proportion of the area of ​​the main hall of the house, cross hall, cross hall, roadway, promenade, a large space in public places, gives a comfortable feeling empty. Patio on both sides of the main hall, cross hall, lattice doors, brackets hall, cross hall and the house on both sides of the hall, rooms are eleven symmetry; houses built according to the terrain, deep winding roadway, several houses both the pass each other even, and each building unit. Through the screen wall, low room barrier, it is the "way out", in a deep sense of Journey Into Amazing Caves of the loop in the courtyard. The entire building, from the patio, fish pond, ease of drains, ring stone house pond to form a complete drainage system, still well preserved, rare poor drainage phenomenon.

Shen big house all of the construction materials used in all fine wood. Lintel, decorative patterns on the plaque up to 3,000 pieces, reflecting the superb craftsmanship of folk architecture. Yongqing Church as the main building big houses, according to the big house old people's memories, within Yongqing Church hall original hanging a lot of plaque, which sometimes either the governor of Hubei Tanji Xun writing "Tong first Wing" and other Imperial Academy Scholars Zou Jiannong, any of your being written "home country heavy light "and had given a big house added a lot of ancient cultural flavor. Unfortunately, the lack of conservation awareness of local villagers, led to these more valuable tomorrow axis, Patent plaque (from the political doctor) and from the hands of masters of calligraphy plaque, etc. have all been artificially damaged or lost, is now gone. But the smoke house brick wall of the right slot door, "Tongzhi four years", "carpenter focus to become" and other lettering was still legible. From surviving decorative grille doors and four screen wall and other buildings still can be seen faintly at the time of carving, folk art painting views of the south of the late Qing Dynasty. The sculpture, painting of construction, design and technology, has been integrated into many Western art style. Magnificent big house, layout, Xiaoqing tile roof, beautifully carved wooden ornaments, old patio screen wall and exquisite art, a combination of Chinese and Western French painted clay. In 2011, Shen Tai Uk is announced for the provincial cultural relics protection units.

Scenic Area Address: Liuyang City, Long town and village open

Car lines: in Liuyang to Changsha City by bus, minibus to sub