Explanation of Likeng Tourist Attractions in Wuyuan

Now we take a bus from Ziyang Town, Wuyuan County to Likeng, a scenic spot with a small bridge and flowing water. It takes about ten minutes by car. Now I will give you a brief introduction to the formation of Likeng Village.

Likeng is the village where Li lives. In the third year of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, A.D./10 10/0, a man named Dong Li built this village, which has a history of thousands of years. The original name of the village is "Li Tian": the principle of reason, the field of field. Why Tian Li? Although the old people in the village said that their current surname was Li Muzi, because their distant ancestors were tribal leaders of Yao Di and Ren Dali (officials in charge of criminal law), they took official positions as their surnames. At the same time, because the distant ancestors moved from north to south in the late Tang Dynasty, they once "occupied the land". Dong Li built this village without forgetting his ancestors and named it "Tian Li". In modern times, people surnamed Li gradually lived on both sides of the stream. In Wuyuan, the stream is also called "pit", commonly known as Likeng.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the "Shuikou" of Likeng Village. Wuyuan people call the entrance of the village Shuikou because all the villages here are built by mountains and rivers, and water flows out of the village from here. In ancient times, Shuikou often became a symbol of a village. Someone in the village is out of town, and his family will send him to Shuikou and let him leave with tears in his eyes. After leaving the wanderer for many years, I returned to my hometown and walked. As soon as they see the nozzle, they will be excited and very kind.

1, Li's former residence: This ancient house was built in the early Qing Dynasty and is the residence of timber merchant Li. Because of his money, he specially decorated the house with three exquisite carvings (brick carving, stone carving and wood carving), which made people feel that stepping into the house was like entering a carved art gallery. Under the door cover of the upturned cornice of the house, the brick carving on the cornice of the vertical column is very fine, and the ancient opera pictures and figures on the cornice are fine and lifelike; The lower end of the hanging column is carved with lotus flowers, symbolizing purity and auspiciousness, and the lotus flowers here are expected to have many children and grandchildren. Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at the stone piers on both sides of the main entrance. Now there is a question, that is, what are the functions of these two stone piers? -That's the master's dismounting stone. Let's look at the structure of the house again. Because the owner's family is rich, the wood carvings on the partition doors and windows of the left and right wing rooms are exquisite and perfect. It fully embodies the wisdom and skills of the ancient working people in Wuyuan. The whole house has two floors, each floor is divided into three parts: the front room is called the front hall, which is the miss's room. Because the young lady can't leave the boudoir casually, the doors and windows are hollowed out and carved, which is convenient for the young lady to look out of the room. The two rooms in the middle are called purlins, where the owner of the house lives. The two rooms in the back are called patio, which is the son's room. When the son grows up, he gets married and has children and moves to the main hall, and his parents move to the back hall, so the back hall is also called the high hall.

2. Dafu Land: This "Dafu Land" was built in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (A.D.1851-KLOC-0/861), and it is the official residence of Li Wenjin, a five-product doctor. Li Wenjin's doctorate was not obtained through the imperial examination. He used to be a wealthy tea merchant in Guangdong. After the Taiping Rebellion, the regular army of the Qing government had no combat capability at all, and relied entirely on Zeng Guofan's Xiang army, and the state treasury did not have much money to pay. At that time, Huizhou Tongzhi encouraged businessmen to donate money to pay, and if they donated more, they would be sealed. At that time, Li Wenjin's official title was donated. Judging from the facade of this house, it follows the architectural features of Wuyuan ancient dwellings. The gate is Shikumen square, with a water mill and blue brick facade, and a door cover is built above the gate. The door cover is pasted with tiles and cornices, which can not only keep out the rain, but also beautify it. Below the cornice, the brick carving pattern on the door workshop is exquisite and extremely decorative. The stone carving on the column base of Shikumen is a common folk "lion rolling hydrangea" pattern, which expresses the owner's expectation of life full of joy. Let's take a closer look at this stone carving, which is engraved with a traditional Chinese character "book", representing the owner's voice: everything is inferior, but reading is high. There is a patio above the house, which is an important part of Huizhou architecture. Its main function is lighting and ventilation. At the same time, it also has a meaning, not only connecting man and heaven-"the unity of man and nature", that is to say, no living thing can exist independently from nature. At the same time, in the eyes of Huizhou people, water is a financial resource. On rainy days, water keeps flowing from the patio to the home, and four waters return to the hall, which means "financial resources are rolling". You see, the sewer holes in the ground are also cut into copper coins. What methods did ancient people use to dredge sewers? You can guess. -Is to keep a thousand-year-old turtle in the sewer. The tortoise crawls around in the sewer, and the sewer is always unimpeded. On the one hand, the name "Ai Chuntang" of this rich family embodies the harmonious and joyful atmosphere of the family, on the other hand, it is also full of the care of the elders for future generations. The wooden components in the house are also carved with exquisite patterns. These woodcarvings include civil and military officials, eight immortals crossing the sea, chess, calligraphy and painting. From this, we can see the master's desire for fame and hope that his descendants can gain fame by relying on their true knowledge.

Ladies and gentlemen, the yard on the right side of the house is called "Miss Embroidery Building" locally. You see, this pavilion-style building upstairs has picked many pavilions from He Jie, which are small and exquisite, simple and elegant. It was originally used for sightseeing, but it is said that it is also a place where ladies throw hydrangeas. There is an old shutter here, which can be turned up for lighting, and the lady can peek at the people passing by at the bottom of the building when she turns down. The story of miss throwing hydrangea is often recorded in novels and drama plots. Because some ladies who wait for the word, or have many suitors and powerful people, how to choose a dilemma, or because the young lady's views on marriage are different from those of her parents, and her daughter may have a lover, this dramatic practice of throwing hydrangeas to choose a son-in-law has appeared. Who will miss throw the hydrangea to? Generally speaking, there are goals, that is, young ladies have generally chosen their lovers, rather than throwing them away casually.

3. Shen Ming Pavilion: Ladies and gentlemen, let's look back at the pavilion we just passed. It is the witness of the patriarchal clan system in Likeng Village, and it is called "Shen Mingting", which was built in the late Ming Dynasty. The history of the pavilion's function is recorded in detail: if someone in the village does evil, write down his evil deeds and stick them in the pavilion to achieve the effect of punishment. In ancient times, ancestral halls were mainly responsible for the construction and management of villages. Because there were many village rules and regulations in Likeng in the past, villagers generally consciously observed them. But because of its large scale and large population, there will inevitably be disputes and family disputes. In this case, the ancestral hall will knock gongs to gather people in Shen Mingting, and everyone in the village can participate in the deliberation, arbitrate who is right and who is wrong, resolve disputes, and criticize and punish those who violate the village rules and regulations.

4. Tongji Bridge: Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at these two streams nearby. This is one of the "Twelve Scenes" in Likeng's past, "Two rivers flow clearly". There are two small stone piers in front of one of the streams, this one is a male dragon, and there are stone piers as dragon horns. There is no stone pier here, but a female dragon, and the two dragons converge into a stream on this bridge, which constitutes the beautiful meaning of "double dragons playing with pearls" According to the ancient times, the two-phase excitation of Fengshui Village was unfavorable, but it was locked by Tongji Bridge and contained by Shen Mingting. Tongji Bridge spans about 5 meters. It is difficult to find out when it was built, but it was last repaired 250 years ago. This is an ancient stone arch bridge with a long history.

5. Li Shulin's former residence: This residential building is a "splayed door" with unique style and facing the wall. Zhaobi is the wall in front of the gate, also called Xiaoqiang. It is usually built in the yard. However, in Wuyuan, Xiaoqiang was built outside the city gate. Because the locals take the sky as the yard and the landscape in front of the door as the yard, Xiaoqiang was built at the city gate. Xiao Qiang's role is generally to ward off evil spirits, wind and sound insulation. Some people have the word "Fu" written on their walls, which means "Open the door and see happiness". This residential building was built during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and the carvings on the gatehouse are also very fine. After entering the house, you can find that this long table is unusual, especially long, more than 4 meters long, which is rare in the existing ancient buildings in Wuyuan. In addition, the house has 36 corners and 4 patios, from which we can see the wealth of the owner.

6. Fish Pond House: This is an unknown study, and everyone in the village calls it Fish Pond House. Stylistically, it was built in the Ming Dynasty. First, the floor of the front hall is paved with square bricks, which is called' golden brick paving' locally, unlike the Qing dynasty, which paved the floor with bluestone slabs. The second is to use a wooden column foundation, unlike the later houses that used stone foundations; Third, the partition fan is very simple. The center of the grid is a horizontal box without carving. Connected with it is the back garden of the former residence of Li Zhicheng, the champion of the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a stone fish pond in the garden, surrounded by green slates, and the path around the pond is paved with stones. The fish in the pond is boiled red carp, one of the four specialties of Wuyuan. The water in the pond is connected with the stream outside, which is flowing water. This is a flower bed. According to legend, the crape myrtle tree in the flower bed was planted by Li Zhicheng himself. Counting the age of the tree, it has been more than 800 years. At that time, the trunk was flourishing and the DBH was 0.4 meters. After the lightning strike, although only half of them are left, new branches sprout and red flowers are all over the tree every year. The dead tree next to it is osmanthus tree, and the trunk is covered with Ganoderma lucidum, which makes people feel full of gas field.

7. Jiao Quan: Dear tourists, this spring in front of you is called Jiao Quan. Although the flow of this spring is not large, it will not dry up all year round. The spring water is clear and cool, sweet and delicious. More than 20 years ago, the river was cut off by the drought. Jiaoquan provides water for the whole village, so in the eyes of Likeng village people, it is their life-saving spring. This spring water flows out from a crevice in the stone, and there is a deified story circulating here. Legend has it that there once lived a man named Li Qifu in Likeng Village. This man is Zhang Tianshi's apprentice. He is clever by nature, but evil by heart. According to legend, Zhang Tianshi kept several little dragons, and Li Qifu stole one while he was not paying attention and put it in the ink box at home. Zhang Tianshi hurriedly asked after hearing the news. Li Qifu asked him what color the dragon was. Zhang Tianshi said it was yellow. Li Qifu said: I have a black dragon here, but I don't have your Huanglong. Zhang Tianshi was helpless and gave him the dragon. The dragon in the ink box is getting bigger and bigger, but it is not the way. Li Qifu wants to find a good place to live for it. One day, when he came here and saw water oozing from the stone wall, he pulled out his sword and plunged in. Suddenly, clear spring water flowed out of the crack. When he was excited, he hit the water with one punch, and a hole was recessed in the stone wall. He took the opportunity to sit on the ground and sat out of a big pit. Water kept flowing into the pit, forming this pool. Li Qifu kept the dragon in the pool and kept making waves when he grew up. When his tail swept away, he leveled the horse head walls of these houses nearby. You see, none of the houses around here have horse head walls. Li Qifu heard the villagers complain repeatedly, so he took the dragon away and finally put it into a river in Hua Kai, Zhejiang. This river is still called Wulong River, and Jiaoquan, because it once raised dragons, has become a place that ancient people must worship for rain.

The interior decoration of this house is very exquisite in Wuyuan House. We saw a tall horsehead clock in the middle, with a vase and a mirror on the left and right sides, which had a profound meaning, that is, "Peace on the left and peace on the right, peace for life."