When is the best time to go to Xidi ancient residence in Huangshan?

The best time to visit the ancient house in the west of Huangshan Mountain: The scenery of Huangshan Mountain is beautiful in all seasons, and you will not return empty-handed in any weather.

Four seasons scenery

In spring (March-May), flowers fall, pine branches are in full bloom and birds are singing and flowers are fragrant in bloom. In summer (June-August), pine viewing, cloud viewing and summer recreation; In autumn (September ~165438+1October), visit natural scenery such as Song Qing, Cang Shi, Hongfeng and Huang Ju. In winter (12 ~ February), see the flowers and edges of ice and snow.

Enjoy the strange pines and rocks in Huangshan Mountain, watch the changing situation in the shade, look for flowing springs and waterfalls in the rain, see the beautiful branches of Yushu in the snow and listen to the empty valleys and pines in the wind.

Related attractions: Tiandufeng, Paiyunge, Emerald Valley, Welcome Pine, etc.

Attachment: Huangshan Sunrise Schedule

An amazing winter

Although the peak season is from March 16 to June 165438+ 10/5, winter is called the most beautiful season in Huangshan by tourists. Huangshan has a long winter, and it snows every year around 10. 1 1 It snows all over the mountain from March of the following year, 12 to February of the following year is the most snowy period and the best season for winter tourism.

In short, you can see the snow scene at the end of June+10 in 5438. Even if it doesn't snow, you can see the beautiful "rime" (also known as fog hanging). Like snow, it covers trees, rocks and houses with a layer of crystal white, and it is whiter, more transparent and more magnificent than snow, so it is more charming.

Winter is the season with the most clouds, and sometimes the clouds can last for three days. However, it should be noted that Tiandufeng and Baiyun Stream closed the mountain at this time.

Related attractions: Qingliangtai, Shi Xinfeng, Yupinglou, Guangmingding, Lotus Peak, Feilaishi, Huangshan Hot Spring, etc.

Objective data

There are many rainy days in Huangshan, with an average annual temperature of 7.8℃, and the rainfall is mostly concentrated in April-June. In the hot spring area at an altitude of 630 meters, the average temperature is 25℃ in summer and 5 1℃ in winter.

Xidi Village is located 8 kilometers east of yi county, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, about 54 kilometers away from Tunxi and only 40 kilometers away from Huangshan Scenic Area. Xidi was originally named Xichuan, and Xidi Village was built in Yuanfeng period of Northern Song Dynasty, more than 900 years ago. Later, Huizhou government set up a "shop and delivery office" on Sanli ancient post road in the village, so it changed its name to this name. The well-preserved 65,438+024 Ming and Qing dwellings in the village are mostly four-in-one three-brick wooden structures, horse-head walls and small blue tiles, with ingenious layout and exquisite structure.

Xidi is 54 kilometers away from Tunxi, the seat of Huangshan Municipal Government, and 8 kilometers away from yi county County. The village is 700 meters long from east to west and 300 meters wide from north to south, with more than 300 households and a population of 1000. According to historical records, Xidi's ancestor was Tang Zhaozong Ye's son. Because of an accident, he left the folk and changed his surname to Hu, where he thrived and formed a settlement village. Therefore, the style of writing has been very prosperous since ancient times. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some scholars abandoned Confucianism and followed Jia. They succeeded in business, built houses, temples, paved roads and bridges, and made their hometown very comfortable, magnificent and magnificent. After hundreds of years of social unrest and wind and rain, although more than half of the ancient houses, ancestral halls, academies and memorial archways were destroyed, hundreds of ancient houses were still preserved, and the basic features and styles of villages in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were preserved as a whole.

Xidi Village is an ancient village with religious blood relationship as the link and Hu surname as the main ethnic group. Xidi village is surrounded by mountains and is about 800 meters long from east to west. Three streams flow through the village from the north and east, and then meet at Huiyuan Bridge in the south of the village. Rows of ancient houses in Xidi Village form a boat-shaped hull, and hundreds of acres of fertile land around the village surround the whole village. The village takes a vertical street and two roads along the stream as the main skeleton, which constitutes a village street system with east-west orientation and north-south extension. All the streets and lanes are paved with bluestone produced locally in Yixian County. Roadways, streams and buildings are properly laid out, and the spatial changes of villages are full of rhythm. Four streets, including Main Street, Lu Heng Street, Qianbian West Street and Houbian West Street, with a width of about 3 meters, constitute the main road skeleton of the village, and more than 40 well-preserved Gu Xiang radiate the whole village. Houses are mostly built by water, carved with eight-character gatehouses, towering horse-head gables, tortuous walls, stone carvings of different shapes, stone benches, wells and stone bridges in the streets and lanes. These buildings and objects kept the original features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The overall outline of the whole village is in harmony with the topography, landforms, landscapes and other natural scenery, which has a high aesthetic taste and embodies the unique features of ancient villages in southern Anhui.

Xidi residential houses are simple in appearance. In order to guard against theft and safety, the walls are basically closed external walls. There are few external windows, and most of them are decorated with flowers and geometric patterns carved in Yixian County. The gate is framed with Yixian bluestone, and the upper part is inlaid with a door cover. Most of them are carved from masonry, with flowers, birds, insects, fish or historical scenes as their themes, which are profound and exquisite. What attracts special attention is the carved beams, squares, crosses, sparrow replacement, partitions and windows that appear out of thin air in the room, which are absolutely exquisite. Wood carving, stone carving and brick carving are often used in buildings, which is another typical feature of Huizhou residential buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

There are 24 ancient dwellings in Ming and Qing Dynasties 124, 3 ancestral halls, and the roads and water systems are well preserved. The main street, Lu Heng Street, more than 40 lanes and unique Qingshiban Road are all preserved, making Xidi a model in Huizhou ancient villages. Xidi has made great achievements in architectural layout, construction technology, decoration technology, etc. It is known as representing the housing and human settlement construction in China since the Tang and Song Dynasties. They are also one of the typical representatives of Huizhou culture in the late feudal society of China, and the product of Huizhou culture reaching its peak in Ming and Qing Dynasties. On June 30th, 2000, Xidi, as the most typical ancient village type in China, was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

Hu Pailou, commonly known as Xidi Pailou. It was built in the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1578) and has a history of more than 400 years. The archway is12.3m high and 9.95m wide. It is a single imitation wooden stone archway with three pillars and five floors. The whole archway is carved with the local "yi county Green" marble. The whole archway is decorated with all kinds of pictures with typical Huizhou reliefs, including through carving and round carving, each of which contains profound meanings. Hu Pailou is solemn and elegant, with outstanding stone carving skills, which can be called the masterpiece of Huizhou Stone Workshop in Ming Dynasty.

Dear Hall, located on the east bank of Qian Qian Creek, is a typical Huizhou brick-wood structure with an area of 1.800 square meters, and it is also the largest existing ancestral hall in Xidi Village. Dear, the eaves in front of the hall are upturned, and the momentum is magnificent. Stepping into the middle door is the memorial hall, which is divided into upper and lower courts with a large courtyard in the middle. Dear Hall is a place to worship ancestors, educate future generations, unite clans and hold various religious activities. 1992 restoration, now turned into "Xidi Folk Exhibition Hall".

Zhuimutang, located above Dalu Street, was built during the reign of Qianlong Jiayin in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1794) to commemorate Hu's ancestors and make future generations not forget Li Huyuan. The roof of Zhu Mu Hall is a splayed cornice building with a wooden fence outside the triple door under the eaves. The eight-character wall is made of a whole polished marble in Yixian County, which has a unique style and is extremely beautiful and spectacular. Kuangguzhai: Built in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, it is a typical Huizhou private residence in Qing Dynasty. The three sculptures of brick, wood and stone in the village are basically the same, and there is a large sand table with panoramic view of Xidi ancient village in front of the main hall, which vividly reproduces the overall layout and mountain landform of the ancient village.

Ruiyuting: Located at the intersection of Lu Heng Road, it was built in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty and is the representative residence of Huizhou merchants. From top to bottom, it looks like the shape of the word "Shang". When people pass through the bottom, a complete word "business" is formed, which means "everyone does business". This is a unique example in the halls of Huizhou folk houses.

Taoliyuan, located in the middle of Lu Heng Street, was built in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty. It consists of a main house and a courtyard. It is the former residence of Hu Yuanxi, a Hui merchant in Xidi, and the only building in Xidi that matches the residence and library. There are 12 carved wooden boards on both sides of the back hall, which are inlaid with calligraphy in turn. The full text of Qi Diao Zuiweng Pavilion was written by Huang Yuanzhi, an ancient calligrapher in Kangxi period, which is very precious.

Xiyuan, Dongyuan and Xiyuan are located in Zhongheng Road Street, which was built in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of 260 years. It is the private residence of Hu, a four-product official in Qing Dynasty. The yard is divided into front, middle and back, separated by low walls. There are flowers, trees, fish ponds, rockeries and plaques in the courtyard, which is a typical Huizhou gardening technique. Corresponding to the West Garden, the East Garden is a group of multi-unit ancient dwellings with simple style and no luxury.

Fu Yingtang is the private residence of Shang Hu, the highest official of Qing Dynasty, in Xidi. "Built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it has a three-tier structure. Yingfutang is a typical Huizhou quadrangle. Every partition door in the house is carved into a lotus shape, which is exquisite and elegant. The woodcarving of birds around the courtyard is an inverted lion, which shows the style of official and commercial government.

Located in Longqianxi, Houfudi, it was built in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. It used to be the residence of Hu Guansan, the leading Huizhou merchant in the village and one of the "six richest men in the south of the Yangtze River" in his later years. Rentang is simple and elegant, and the house is a five-bedroom and two-story structure. _ Rentang was later the former residence of Huang Xingxian, a famous woman who founded the first "Chongde Girls' School" in Xidi yi county in the 32nd year of Guangxu reign (AD 1906). Shangdetang: Located in the upper reaches of Qian Qian, it was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty with a history of about 400 years. It is the oldest residential building in Xidi ancient village.

Zoumalou: Located on the west side of Hupailou in the village head, also known as Lingyun Pavilion, it was built in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. Zoumalou is divided into two floors, with white walls and white tiles cornices. Looking from the railing, the distant mountains are close to the water, and the wind is blowing from all directions, which is refreshing. Located on the edge of Dafu at the intersection of Village Road Street and Street, it is said that Miss Hu once threw hydrangeas here to choose a mate, so she is also called "Miss Xiulou". This embroidered building covers an area of only 6 square meters, but it is ingenious in design, reasonable in layout, exquisite in architecture and very exquisite and elegant.

8 km southwest of Xidi Village, at the southern foot of Graphite Ridge. The cliffs here are steep and the river is swift. The ancients dug a hole with a depth of 3 meters on the cliff, and a slate plank road passed through the hole. It is a fortress between ancient counties. 1956, the construction of Zhiyu highway was broken by blasting, and the site is now visible. Looking for a balcony: it is located next to Zhiyu Highway, 7 kilometers away from Xidi. The cliff here is steep, there is a deep pool under the cliff, and there are huge stones beside the pool, which is called Xunyang Terrace, also known as Diaoyutai. Today, the word "Diaoyutai" engraved on the stone platform is still clearly visible.