History of Guzhu Village in Shexian County

How many years' history is Shexian? The ancient town of Xucun, Shexian County, Anhui Province, which was photographed on June 8th, 2006 and October 8th, 2006/KLOC-0, is named Xiyuan and Rengong Village.

In the list of the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units published, the ancient building complex in Xucun, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province (15) is impressively listed. Since then, ancient Xu Cun has become a "national treasure" village.

According to records, Xucun Village in Huangshan City originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty and was called Fuzili, Xiyuan and Rengong Village in ancient times. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Ru, a senior minister of the Ministry of Housing, moved here to avoid war.

Later, with a prosperous population, it was renamed "Xucun". Guo Xu, a great scholar, and Xu Chengyao, the last academician, are descendants of Xu Cun.

There are 48 Jinshi in Xucun, which is the oldest village in Huizhou. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Huizhou merchants rose, and Xu Cun prospered rapidly relying on the Hui 'an ancient road between Anqing House and Huizhou House, reaching its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The site selection of Xu Cun in Huangshan City adopts the traditional theory of "geomantic speed", and the whole village layout retains the basic geomantic trend of "building by water, playing with pearls by Shuanglong and watering gourds". Xucun, which has a glorious history in the past, has left a large number of well-preserved ancient buildings, including ancient houses, ancestral halls and ancient archways, just like a huge folk museum.

At present, Xucun is applying for a national historical and cultural town and a world cultural heritage.

How many years' history is Shexian? The ancient town of Xucun, Shexian County, Anhui Province, which was photographed on June 8th, 2006 and October 8th, 2006/KLOC-0, is named Xiyuan and Rengong Village.

In the list of the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units published, the ancient building complex in Xucun, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province (15) is impressively listed. Since then, ancient Xu Cun has become a "national treasure" village.

According to records, Xucun Village in Huangshan City originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty and was called Fuzili, Xiyuan and Rengong Village in ancient times. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Ru, a senior minister of the Ministry of Housing, moved here to avoid war.

Later, with a prosperous population, it was renamed "Xucun". Guo Xu, a great scholar, and Xu Chengyao, the last academician, are descendants of Xu Cun.

There are 48 Jinshi in Xucun, which is the oldest village in Huizhou. After the Southern Song Dynasty, Huizhou merchants rose, and Xu Cun prospered rapidly relying on the Hui 'an ancient road between Anqing House and Huizhou House, reaching its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The site selection of Xu Cun in Huangshan City adopts the traditional theory of "geomantic speed", and the whole village layout retains the basic geomantic trend of "building by water, playing with pearls by Shuanglong and watering gourds". Xucun, which has a glorious history in the past, has left a large number of well-preserved ancient buildings, including ancient houses, ancestral halls and ancient archways, just like a huge folk museum.

At present, Xucun is applying for a national historical and cultural town and a world cultural heritage.

One day, my friends and I walked into Shexian, a famous historical and cultural city that we have been longing for for for a long time, in the drizzle. I have long heard that there are three unique ancient temples, ancient dwellings and stone archways here, which are the treasures of splendid culture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, the stone archway in Ming and Qing Dynasties deeply attracts every explorer with its unique architectural charm and dignified human history.

The bus took us to the first stop: Tang Yue Paifang Group. Tang Yue is a village in Shexian County, Huizhou District, Anhui Province, 6 kilometers away from the county seat and near Huangshan Scenic Area. As soon as we got off the bus, we were shocked by this magnificent sight: I saw a stone archway standing in the field at the head of the village. On the wide bluestone corridor, we approached the stone archway with pilgrimage-like feelings, watching and touching. The huge stone pillars that make up the archway are flat and muddy and extraordinary; The arch plate carved under the cornice is beautiful and exquisite, which fully embodies the Huizhou stone carving style. The tour guide said that the paifang group in the village was built by the Bao family in the village. They are all loyal ministers, dutiful sons and good wives. The seven archways here are centered on the square of "righteousness" and arranged symmetrically from both ends to the middle according to "loyalty, filial piety and festival". What interests us most is the rows of vigorous and simple words on the forehead of the archway: "Life is slow, heaven is sincere, and strength is accumulated for three winters ..." The words "imperial decree" or "gift" are engraved on the top of each archway.

Like the stone archway, as the carrier of carrying forward ethics and flaunting merits in feudal society, there are also buildings such as "ancestral halls, temples and academies". Two ancient temples located at the western end of Tang Yue Paifang Group-Dunben Hall and Qingyi Hall are good examples. This group of buildings has large eaves and strong local characteristics. Many objects displayed in the temple reproduce the style of the Bao family, and also show the changing history of Huizhou merchants and the experiences of Huizhou women under the shadow of traditional ethics.

After leaving Tang Yue Paifang Group, we drove to downtown. Through the window, from time to time, various archways, large and small, came into our eyes. Shexian county deserves to be called "the hometown of memorial archways". It is reported that there were more than 250 stone archways in Shexian during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, of which more than 80 were well preserved. We walked into a huge "Guo Xu Shi Fang" in the Ming Dynasty, bypassed the most bustling Jiefang Street in the city and came to the famous ancient residential buildings in Doushan Street.

At this time, it was raining in the sky. Friends say it's best to look at old houses in such rain. Holding an umbrella, we inadvertently stepped into the long history of Doushan Street. This is a place full of wisdom and treasure. Walking on the bluestone road in Doushan Street is like walking into an old yellowed photo. Towering towers on both sides, horse-headed walls in the air strewn at random, straight into the sky. In this deep alley, we stepped on the ancient street, making empty echoes, and never dared to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing this group of sleeping old houses. These private houses of wealthy businessmen and tycoons built in Ming and Qing Dynasties are extremely luxurious and can be regarded as a model of Huizhou ancient buildings. The arches, window sashes and rhombic doors in the house are all exquisite fine wood carvings, and the brick carvings on the house are exquisite in craftsmanship and exquisite in brushwork, all of which have profound meanings. The intelligence and superb skills of Huizhou people can be seen everywhere, which is amazing.

In a private school in Xu Zhai's compound, we saw the statue of Kong sitting in the main hall. Looking at the bumpy ground in front of xu teacher, our thoughts drifted to the distant era-there were students studying hard, and the courtyard echoed with the sound of books. Yes, it is no exaggeration to say that ancient Suiyuan has the tradition of "ten households and three villages" and the reputation of "hometown of culture". Look at the intriguing couplets in the room, such as "insight into the world is learning, and human cultivation is an article." They all told the business philosophy of Huizhou merchants in their early years, that is, "to support their families with business and to pass on their families with literature."

Shexian, an ancient city with profound cultural background, is rich in famous Confucian heroes. Not to mention that it is the hometown of famous painter Huang and educator Tao Xingzhi, and it is far from the influence of Xin 'an Neo-Confucianism, Xin 'an Painting School and Xin 'an Medicine, all of which shine with the brilliant light of ancient culture.

I remember an ancient philosopher once said that there is a kind of "beauty" that is eternal and can transcend time and space, that is, the civilization that human beings have been striving for for for thousands of years-the forms of "truth" and "beauty" created by labor and wisdom. I think this is probably the charm of Kucong, a "history museum".

Tangmo Village was built that year. Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it was cultivated in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Historically, it was called "Model Village of Tang Dynasty" because of its active economy and simple folk customs. Huizhou is a civilized ancient village with a long history and profound cultural accumulation. The village is located in Huangshankou, adjacent to Shexian Paifang Group.

Tanganxi passes through the village, and the whole village lives on the shore. The village is famous at home and abroad for its thousand-year-old camphor trees, the beauty of flowing water in the middle street, the victory of "Ten Bridges and Nine Views" and the reputation of "Three Hanlin Villages". There are Anhui Gardens-Tangganyuan (Xiaozi Lake), Shuikou, Shuijie, Jingting, Compatriot Hanlinfang, Shadi Pavilion, Gaoyang Bridge and other provincial-level cultural relics protection units, as well as ancestral temples, Millennium Ginkgo biloba, ancient wells, ancient sculptures in the Ming Dynasty, and 18 original words by famous artists in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It is unique in Huizhou gardens, which makes Tangmo one of the top ten scenic spots in Huangshan City, and is rated as "Anhui Civilized Tourism Demonstration Scenic Spot" and "National Civilized Village".

Related history and features of Huizhou ancient city Shexian county was called Huizhou in ancient times. Located at the south foot of Huangshan Scenic Area in the upper reaches of Xin 'an River in southern Anhui. It is a famous cultural city with beautiful mountains and rivers and prosperous style of writing, and the birthplace of Huizhou culture. It is also the birthplace of Huizhou merchants who once flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The ancient city of Huizhou (formerly known as Xin 'an County) was founded in the Qin Dynasty. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been the seat of Huizhou county, state and government, so the county and state have formed a unique urban style in one city. Shexian ancient city was built in Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in Qing Dynasty. It is divided into inner city and outer profile, with four gates in the east, west, north and south. Among them, the two towers on the west gate wall are still intact. In addition, the urn, city gate, ancient street, Gu Xiang, etc. have been preserved. More than 400 archways have been built in Shexian since the Tang and Song Dynasties, of which 104 is still well preserved, which is unique in China. The most famous of these archways is Tang Yue archway group, except Guo Xu archway.

Huizhou is famous not only for its magical natural landscape, but also for its splendid Huizhou culture. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Late Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, the four northern strong ethnic groups moved south, bringing advanced production technology and Central Plains culture, and Huizhou culture was the most outstanding fusion of Central Plains culture. Its all-round rise began in the late Northern Song Dynasty and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huizhou culture is rich in connotation, and has formed unique schools and styles at all levels and in all fields. For example, Xin 'an Neo-Confucianism, Hui School's Pu Xue, Xin 'an Medicine, Xin 'an Painting School, Hui School's Prints, Hui School's Seal Carving, Hui Opera, Hui Merchants, Hui School's Architecture, Hui School's "Four Carvings", Hui Cuisine, Hui School's Tea Ceremony, Hui School Dialect, and so on. Huizhou has countless famous scholars and outstanding figures, such as the stars in the autumn sky. Scholars at home and abroad began to study Huizhou problem in 1930s. After 1980s, the concept of Huizhou Studies (or "Huizhou Studies") was widely spread, and China, the United States, Japan, North Korea, Singapore and other countries established special research organizations or institutions. After the 1990s, the study of Huizhou culture entered a new stage, and Huizhou studies were regarded as one of the three major local studies in China alongside Dunhuang studies and Tibetan studies.

Hucha Village, Dongxiang, Shexian County, ancient Huizhou, which is now Shexian County, was called Zhou She in ancient times and belonged to Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Located at the southernmost tip of Anhui Province, it borders Huangshan Mountain in the north, Hangzhou in the east and Qiandao Lake in the south, with an area of 2 1.22 square kilometers, and governs 28 townships with a population of 490,000. Shexian County, one of the six counties in Huizhou, [1] is the seat of the ancient Huizhou government, the birthplace of Huizhou culture and national quintessence of Peking Opera, and the main birthplace of Huizhou merchants and Huizhou cuisine. The main producing areas of Four Treasures of the Study Zhonghuimo and She Yan are Shexian County, and they have been awarded honorary titles such as China Huimo Capital, China She Yan Town, Huizhou Opera (Huiban), China Huizhou Culture, China Archway, etc.

Shexian 1986 was awarded the title of National Historical and Cultural City. Shexian ancient city, Lijiang in Yunnan, Pingyao in Shanxi and Langzhong in Sichuan are also called the four best-preserved ancient cities in China. Known as "Southeast Zou Lu", "Hometown of Huizhou Merchants", "Sea of Cultural Relics", "Hometown of Zhu Cheng" and "State of Etiquette". 20 14 Shexian Ancient Huizhou Cultural Tourism Zone was selected as a national 5A-level tourist attraction. [2]

Shexian County has been the seat of county, state, road and government since the establishment of Qin Dynasty [3], and it is the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Huizhou. The combination of beautiful landscape and simple architecture makes people step into Shexian, just like stepping into a beautiful landscape gallery and a museum of classical architectural art.