Ji'nan's more than 300 year old "Bai Yi an" is in disrepair and collapses.
reporter Hu Lei
in the chessboard street is an inconspicuous position, hiding an ancient building "white clothes nunnery". It has been collapsing, causing a hidden danger to the surrounding residents, but it has a special status of over 300 years, making residents do not know how to deal with it for many years. In April 15th, the reporter learned from the Department of cultural relics protection that the building was not included in the cultural relics protection unit.
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site visit: the white clothes nunnery is broken
a narrow passageway eastward from 42 chessboard street to the East, a tall ancient style door building from the south to the north, the roof of the door building is a double dragon and a brick carving, the corner has been damaged, the top of the tile is very well preserved, but the top is full of dry. Withered weeds. Above the doorway in the middle of the eaves, the three characters of "Bai Yi an" are legible. Two rows of wire netting were installed under the roof of the gatehouse to prevent falling tiles from hurting people, and there were some gravel on the wire net. Reporters from the adjacent area to the south of the main hall, found that the southern part of the main hall has collapsed. In the courtyard on the north side of the hall, there are many low houses in the East and West, which are built on the walls of the main hall. Because of the disrepair of the main hall, the residents living nearby are quite upset.
architecture expert: there is a lot of research value
Mr. Ma, 81 years old, lived in this house for 65 years. When the white clothes nunnery was built, the oldest old man here can only vaguely express "heard for hundreds of years".
carefully distinguish the three words inscribed on the upper floor of the "white Yi", which shows the words "Kangxi's new year's end". Reporters learned that the building was rebuilt in March 1691, 323 years ago.
Jiang Bo, a building expert at Shandong Jianzhu University, once visited the house of Bai Yi nunnery many times. He said that the gate was one of the only two buildings in the city of Ji'nan.
cultural relics department: not
resident Xie told reporters that many people have been inspecting and statistics for many years, making them dare not to move, and this building has not been substantially protected.
reporter learned from the neighborhood committee of the chessboard community that, at present, there are 13 residents in the hospital, most of the houses are private property of the residents, and the regional division is also chaotic. Previous neighborhood committees had worked with the street office staff to understand the situation and repair it, but the special identity of the building did not dare to have a large-scale action.
the cultural relics department has the protection value, and the subdistrict office is only based on the protection of the residents' safety.
in April 15th, a staff member of the Ji'nan Municipal Bureau of cultural relics told a reporter that at present, the ancient building was not included in the list of cultural relic protection units because of many restrictions on funds and manpower. Therefore, it would not interfere with the maintenance or treatment of the building.