Late Qing Dynasty Fine Wood Carvings from Dongyang|Mao De Tang (1511)

Mao De Tang (1511). Mao De Tang is the only provincial-level cultural heritage site in Shang'an Tian Village, Dongyang, built in the late Qing Dynasty. Originally consisting of five sections, two were burned down. What remains are the screen wall, front hall, main hall, central hall, and the wing rooms on both sides. The structure faces south and covers an area of 1558.6 square meters. It is composed of three connected courtyards, with front and rear access, forming an organic whole. The front courtyard is a thirteen-bay triple courtyard, with the front hall being a three-bay single-eave building, with the central bay featuring a lifted beam and the side bays using a through-type frame. The main hall courtyard is also a thirteen-bay triple courtyard, with the main hall being a three-bay open hall, with an eight-frame structure featuring a front veranda and a double-step corridor at the back, the central bay with a lifted beam structure has five beams, the side bays with a through-type divided heart construction using five columns, the front veranda has a boat canopy veranda, and the front eave columns are all adorned with lion and ox legs. The central hall courtyard is an eleven-bay triple courtyard, with the main house having seven bays and the left and right wing rooms each having two bays, all double-eave through-type buildings, the front eave columns decorated with flower and bird ox legs, and the courtyard has a water pool. The architecture is mainly decorated with wood carvings, supplemented by stone carvings, brick carvings, relief sculptures, and wall paintings, all finely crafted with exquisite wood carvings, demonstrating a high level of skill, with a distinct style of the era. It is one of the masterpieces of residential buildings from the late Qing Dynasty in Dongyang and an important example of the diversification and inheritance of Dongyang's ancient architecture. However, what is most astonishing is the use of gemstones to decorate the pavilion roof.