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Wen Yu Hall
Huangshan, China · Lost Villa · Near Luxury
Two Ming houses share a kitchen on Zhongying Street in Chengkan, one the home of a Xin'an family of doctors, the other a Huizhou salt merchant's mansion, and both are nationally protected. Yu Jianming spent more than five years with designer Wang Hao turning them into Wen Yu Hall, a private collection hotel where the exhibitions move through the rooms. That old shared kitchen is the gallery between the courts.
- Opened 2022
- Neighborhood: Chengkan
- Architect: Wang Hao
About Wen Yu Hall
- Yu Jianming began saving the houses more than twenty years before anyone could sleep there, because he wanted the protected buildings lived in.
- Deng Fang owns the house with Yu Jianming. By August 2024 they were already marking about two years since the renewal.
- The door is No. 9 Zhongying Street in Chengkan, Huizhou District. Chengkan was laid out on the Book of Changes and is long called the first village south of the Yangtze.
History
Wen Yu Hall is two Ming houses on Zhongying Street in Chengkan: a Xin'an medicine family's home and a Huizhou salt merchant's mansion, both nationally protected. Yu Jianming took them on more than twenty years ago. Designer Wang Hao then led a restoration of more than five years, working with local Huizhou craftsmen, and the hotel opened around 2022 as his private collection house. The kitchen the two households once shared is the gallery that joins the courts. A July 2022 design debut also credits Deng Fang as co-owner.
The setting
Chengkan is a village in Huizhou District, Huangshan. It was planned on principles from the Book of Changes, and people here still call it the first village south of the Yangtze. Zhongying Street is the old official street the hotel faces.
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