Cui Ping Li, Xu Cuo Introduction
Located on a lane off Cuiping Road, the Hsu Residence is the ancestral home of the late general manager of the Dazhu Community Farmers' Association, Hsu Chuan-Hsing, built around 1910 (the 43rd year of the Meiji era). It features a traditional three-section layout and a two-story brick building. The second-floor balcony has green-glazed vase-shaped railings, and both the first and second floors are adorned with colorful tiles of various patterns. The architecture showcases decorative elements commonly found in traditional buildings, such as figures from the Eight Immortals and stories from the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars made of ceramic from Tainan and painted scrolls. Notably, the building contains rare brick carvings featuring people and auspicious patterns. These brick carvings, along with the ceramic and painted scroll work, were created by Zhang Jiao, the father of the national treasure-level shadow play artist Zhang De-Cheng. Known as "Han Fan," Zhang Jiao was multi-talented; he was not only a leader in the shadow play community at the time but also renowned for his calligraphy, pottery, woodcarving, brick engraving, and Tainan ceramics. Many of his works were seen on the buildings of prominent families in the original Dazhu Township (renamed Dazhu Community after city-county consolidation), but unfortunately, most have been demolished and rebuilt and are no longer visible today.
