王春元宅
Wang Chunyuan's Residence
王春元宅位于仓城风貌区钱泾桥河边，沿街的九开间商铺是建于清朝晚期的木结构建筑群，是松江现存面积最大的宅院。该宅坐西面东，面宽36.25米，进深46.74米，建筑面积约2700平方米。东临启安弄，沿钱泾桥河通往其他水系，水运交通极为便捷。
王春元宅为集商铺、工坊、居住为一体的建筑群落。旧址为清代养真园，而养真园的前身又为一名黄姓知府的私家园林“西村小筑”。西村小筑1723年建成，有碑文记载：“或依山而观，或傍水而成，花枝万状，鸟语千般。”后在1821年，张嘉贞购入园子，更名为“养真园”。太平天国时期，宅主王春元的祖上从金陵举家迁入松江，购下养真园。王家在此安居乐业，很快以染坊致富起家，在养真园的旧址上建设了宅第。
宅院分南北两组院落，东中西三处天井。三个天井将主人的宅院分为商铺、工坊、生活三个空间。西天井为主人生活空间，可通往女主人的宅院，内有一水井。东天井由染坊大厅往东，经仪门通向商铺空间，商铺面街与河道，气势非凡。中部天井面积最大，有晾晒功能。除东部染坊大厅挑高两层外，其余三幢皆为两层，围成四合院。东南西北四个方向四组楼梯连通一层与二层，二层可以全面贯通，一层楼梯间处还留存四个地缸。在染坊内，依然能寻觅到当年生活和手工作业的痕迹，二楼宽阔的房间，或为染坊的储物间，或为伙计休息间。
如今的王春元染坊得到“整旧如旧”的全面修缮，超过70%建筑材料都为原建筑材料，再现了当年染坊的建筑风貌。该古宅的修缮复原具有重要的教育意义和古建筑研究价值，展示了松江“衣被天下”的繁荣景象和民族轻工业的发展历程。
参观指南
尚未向公众开放，但在启安弄仍然能看到染坊沿街商铺的整体风貌和高耸的封火墙。
Tips
Not open to the public yet, but can be seen from Qi'an Lane.
Located beside the Qianjingqiao River, Wang Chunyuan's Residence is the largest surviving residence in Songjiang, covering about 2,700 square meters and measuring 36.25 meters long and 46.74 meters wide. The part in commercial use was built in the late Qing dynasty as a wooden structure. Facing east toward Qi'an Lane, it enjoys access to convenient water transport with the lane leading to other river systems.
Wang Chunyuan's Residence is a building group integrating shops, workshops, and residences. In 1821, Zhang Jiazhen purchased the garden and renamed it Yangzhen Garden. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the forefathers of Wang Chunyuan moved from Jinling to Songjiang and bought the Garden. Since then, the Wangs lived and worked here in peace and contentment, quickly becoming one of the wealthy businessmen in Cangcheng by managing a dye house.
There are two courtyards in the north and south, and three patios in the east, middle and west that divide the residence into three parts: the store, workshop and living area. The west patio contains a well within the living area and leads to the hostess's house. In the east patio, the dyeing hall is connected with the store through the door of etiquette while the store faces the street and the river. The central patio is the largest of the three and was used as a drying platform. The dyeing hall in the east is in loft style, while the other three buildings are two stories and form a quadrangle courtyard. Traces of their life and work in the past are still being uncovered to this day.
During recent restorations, over 70% of the original building material was used in the new structure, revealing much of the style and features of the authentic building. Visitors can enjoy prosperous scenes of Songjiang as the center of the cloth industry as well details of the development of this very important light industry.