苏州一带的能工巧匠,称为“香山帮”。自明代初年以来,已延续数百年。其间人才辈出,还保存下来大量的建筑物,代表着南方建筑的特色和风格。但在旧社会里,由于建筑工匠的社会地位很低,并不被人重视。加上受文化水平的限制,著作留存不多。他们的艺术创造和技术贡献,人物史传,见于史籍记载者,寥寥无几。就象蒯祥那样的杰出人物,虽官至工部侍郎,其生平事迹,《明史》也并未列传,仅散 The skilled craftsmen in Suzhou are called Xiangshan Gang. Since the early Ming Dynasty, it has lasted for several hundred years. In the meantime, a large number of buildings have been preserved, representing the characteristics and styles of southern architecture. However, in the old society, due to the low social status of the construction craftsmen, they were not taken seriously. In addition, due to the limitation of the cultural level, there are not many works left. Their artistic creation and technical contributions, the historical biography of figures, and the records of historical records are few. Like the outstanding figures of Hao Xiang, although the officials were to the assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, his life story, “History of the Ming Dynasty” was not listed, only scattered.