Where is Yuantian Village located?

Yuantian Village is located in Taiba Town, Shanghang County. The natural environment of the village is superior. It is a hilly landform and is surrounded by mountains. Ancient dwellings are scattered along both sides of Ruxi River. The village has a profound historical and cultural heritage and is the first ancient village in Hangzhou. It is the birthplace of the most exquisite ancient Hakka houses, the most simple dream hometown, the most typical Hakka culture, and the most beautiful hazy poetry.

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1) A 700-year-old village, the important birthplace of the Hakka Li family. Sijiulang Gong, a descendant of Li Huode's brother Li Mude, moved back to Yuantian from Zhangping and became the representative of Mu De Gong among the Hakkas. From there, it spread to other parts of the world. After seven hundred years of vicissitudes, the courtyard has become an important birthplace of the Hakka Li family, and its status is as important as Guantian, where the Li family's ancestral hall is located. There is an original Li family ancestral hall in the village. Its layout is similar to the Li family ancestral hall in Guantian, and it is more exquisite. Every year, descendants of Mu Degong from all over the country come to worship their ancestors. After being demolished for some reason in the 1980s, its popularity gradually waned. But no matter what, it cannot change the seven hundred years of rich history of Yuantian, nor can it change the historical fact that it is the important birthplace of the Hakka Li family.

2) The second hometown of the famous poet and one of the birthplaces of Chinese hazy poetry. Shu Ting, currently the chairman of the Xiamen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, is a business card of Xiamen and a poet with world influence. She joined the military team in the early 1970s and spent an unforgettable time as an educated youth. In the courtyard, she devoted herself to reading and wrote a large number of poems such as "To Hangzhou", which established her status as the "Queen" of the Misty Poetry School. Yuantian deserves to be one of the birthplaces of Chinese hazy poetry.

Yuantian Village retains more than 20 ancient residences of various sizes, including 12 large-scale ancient residences such as "Yingchuanzhi", "Dianyouju" and "Langguandi", all of which were built in the More than two to three hundred years. Mainly based on the traditional architectural style of the Qing Dynasty, there are not only ancient buildings with "nine halls and eighteen wells, Chuanxin Zoumalou", but also courtyard-style, square earth buildings, enclosed houses, and Hui-style buildings, each of which has extremely high cultural relics. value.

The most representative residences in Yuantian Village include: "Dianyou Ju" (Ling Gong Ancient House), "Qing Panyu" (Zhen Ling Gong Ancient House), Kailing Gong Ancient House, "Sima Di", etc. . These buildings were built between the Jiaqing and Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty and have a history of nearly 200 years. They are the oldest well-preserved traditional wooden structures in rural China. These four buildings were all built by the 18th generation ancestor of the Li family (among them _ Ling, Zhenling, and Kailing should be brothers or cousins). These traditional houses can show that Yuantian Village experienced a prosperous period in the early 19th century. Back then, this was a place with a lot of talented people and a relatively wealthy place.

_Linggong Ancient House, Zhenlinggong Ancient House, and Kailinggong Ancient House all occupy an area of ??more than 4,000 square meters, and Sima Di covers an area of ??more than 1,000 square meters. Several houses are large courtyard-style buildings, and their architectural style combines characteristics similar to the "Nine Halls and Eighteen Wells" courtyard houses in Peitian and the "Five Phoenix Buildings" in Yongding area. This style is known locally as: "nine halls and eighteen wells, Chuanxin Zoumalou".

Yuantian Village has outstanding people. The anti-Japanese hero Li Fuying appeared in the Ming Dynasty. He followed the imperial court to put down rebellions many times. He was granted a fiefdom by the Ming Emperor and was also responsible for civil and military affairs. He was appointed as an official when he left the city and as a commander before entering the city. Later, he was posthumously named a hero of loyalty and righteousness by Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. He was built to worship loyalty and filial piety. temple. In the Qing Dynasty, there was Li Yinghua, a second-level Jinshi and head of the Ministry of Punishments, who was awarded the title of Doctor of Zhongxian.

Yuantian Hakka culture has deep roots and is represented by puppet show and lion dance. According to historical records, in the early days of liberation, Yuantian had the only puppet theater troupe in Taiba Township - Lao Guihua, with the leader Li Guanyin. The courtyard lion dance is famous far and wide, and its performances are very lifelike, especially its martial arts performances that are impressive.

Information source: Fujian Provincial Tourism Development Committee

Taiba Town: Taiba Township is located in the southeast of Shanghang County. It borders Hugang Township in Yongding County to the east, Hexi Township in Yongding County to the south, Lanxi Town to the west, and tea fields and Xikou to the north. It is 33 kilometers away from the county seat Shanghang and 60 kilometers away from Longyan. Taiba Township currently governs 16 administrative villages and 95 natural villages, with a population of 18,936, including more than 9,500 adult laborers. There are 2 ethnic minority villages (She ethnic minority) and 2 revolutionary base villages.

The township covers an area of ??140 square kilometers. It is surrounded by mountains and rolling hills. There are 5 villages in the alpine area. The highest village, Xianshuikeng, is 900 meters above sea level.