Baiyun Manor, Cultural heritage site in Ningbo, China
Baiyun Manor is a tomb estate in the Guanjiang'an area of Baiyun Subdistrict, Haishu District, Ningbo. Its buildings date from a 1934 reconstruction, not the Ming original. The estate has two sections: the northern tomb manor, called Baiyun Manor by locals, with two courtyards of three bays each, and the southern ancestral hall, called Wanjia Manor. The complex faces west-to-east after the 1934 rebuilding.
Baiyun Manor was built in 1611 as a tomb estate by Wan Bangfu, who added a shrine and a manor house beside his burial plot. In 1657 Wan Sitong and his brothers held literary gatherings there, and in 1668 Huang Zongxi moved his Yongshang Zhengren Academy to the site. The academy closed in 1675, and the estate later took its name from Wan Sixuan, known as Mr. Baiyun.
The name Baiyun Zhuang comes from Wan Sixuan, who was buried here and was known as Mr. Baiyun after his work Baiyun Ji. The compound has two parts: the tomb manor, called Baiyun Zhuang by locals, and the ancestral hall to its south, called Wanjia Zhuang. Since 2002 the halls have held displays on the Wan family's scholarship and the Yongshang Zhengren Academy.
The site lies on Guanjiang'an in Baiyun Subdistrict, Haishu District, with the river forming its eastern and southern boundary and the compound wall its western and northern edge. The tomb of Wan Bangfu and the tombs of Wan Sixuan and Wan Sichang stand west of the manor, the tomb manor to the northeast and the ancestral hall to the southeast. Since 2004 the site has been managed by the Tianyi Pavilion Museum.
The property contains the burial site of Wanbangfu, a Ming Dynasty figure, which is notably larger than typical memorial structures from that period and offers insight into his importance. This tomb reflects the high esteem in which he was held during his lifetime.
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