Nineties, for the completion of "Complete Works of Chinese Architecture 21 - Southern Han mansion building," a book of photographs prepared by the task, made a special trip to Jiangsu Changshu Dreamcoat Church, thought was a wen, Guangxu Emperor master, Weng former residence of the minister of revenue, will Diao painting houses, large-scale, results, outlook and imagination after the great differences.

Dreamcoat Church Lane is located in Changshu city, Weng 2, is more than one large courtyard-style mansion. Dreamcoat Church beginning of the name "Gui Tong Sen", after the easy "Kwei Tang", was built in the late Ming Dynasty, the original oriented Yap Han Sang's house, after a few changes of the Lord, the Qing dynasty, thirteen years (1833), when Weng Weng feel all owned by his father, Weng spent in adolescence. Dreamcoat Hall preservation of basic integrity, is a national key cultural relics protection units.

"Dreamcoat Hall" named after some legends dynasty fifteen years (1835), scholar Weng feel ordered Zhejiang Provincial Examination Code test, results would be released after the Qingzhi home to celebrate Mother's 75-year-old birthday. When passing through Suzhou, coincided with the Emperor Daoguang mother (Jiaqing Di Queens) New Zealand Hu Lu's sixtieth birthday celebrations, gala dinner being held in the governor Yamen, the size of officials wearing color clothes Yoshihisa days. Weng feel moved by the occasion, miss Diocese mother, then governor of the central Jiangsu Joseph Chen wrote "Church Dreamcoat" plaque, home after hanging in the hall to the classroom when the mother's birthday party to show "Entertainment pro Technicolor Dreamcoat," meaning, and note the country Yan Jia-Qing ceremony. "Dreamcoat Church" since it became Changshu Weng said on behalf of the mansion.

Tang Ming and Qing buildings Dreamcoat points east, central and west parts. After the door into the middle, along the axis of the order of entrance hall, sedan hall, Dreamcoat Church, after the church building and SG Xuan, a total of seven into. Technicolor Dreamcoat at the wedding hall for the welcome and Shouqing other ceremonial purposes, after the main church building and the yard people and their families live life with. Eastern and Western Pro lane opened a side door to enter. Built according to the eastern wall, Magnolia Villa, known only vegetarian, etc.; West Wing hall built there thinking, Jinyang Random House, Bo Gu Xuan, Ming hall.


Slopes of the top middle of the entrance is hard concave bucket door, eaves and ridge are decorated with brick, eaves have beautiful brick. Doors on both sides of the wall, the wall with a brick pattern, the image of simplicity.

Dion's former residence in the main hall of the main building Dreamcoat Hall, facing south, is the Ming and Qing style architecture and painting of the Soviet Union an important relic, but also reflects the Ming and Qing Jiangnan full name as mayor mansion typical shape characteristics. The beams, columns, Fang, purlin, etc. are subjected to Southern folk art style painting, the contents of the Lions Gun Xiuqiu, duck pond, Songhe sickness, magpie Mui and so on. Hall equipped with a beam-shaped carving Shamao wings, it is also commonly known as sand cap room. Screen door plaque hanging above the middle of the hall, "Dreamcoat Church" plaque under the portrait hung in the middle, both sides together for the symmetrical character. Simple furnishings, books moods.