Guifeng Village

Guifeng Village

Guifeng village, an administrative village under the jurisdiction of Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, is a traditional Chinese village. It was built in 1247, the seventh year of Chunyou reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, with an area of 15.39 square kilometers.

Guifeng village was named "Lingtou" in the beginning. Later, because of the wide variety of osmanthus, the name of the village was changed to "Guiling". In the Ming Dynasty, the surname Cai became a famous family in the village. Outsiders began to call Guiling "Cailing" or "cailingtou" and renamed it "Guifeng".

Guifeng village is a traditional Alpine village. From the perspective of spatial form, Guifeng village is a free-form mountain settlement conforming to the contour layout. The whole village is located on three hillsides of the village, facing the valley, and a mountain stream runs through the whole village,

It not only respects the natural texture, but also complements the environment.

There are many historical and cultural buildings in Guifeng village. There are 39 pre Qing ancient buildings. The main scenic spots include eight scenes of Guifeng, ancestral temple of CAI, ancestral temple of CAI and other typical ancient buildings.

On December 17, 2012, Guifeng village was jointly announced as the first batch of Chinese traditional villages by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, the Ministry of culture and the Ministry of finance of the people's Republic of China.

On July 23, 2019, Guifeng village was listed in the list of the first batch of national key Rural Tourism Villages by the Ministry of culture and tourism of the people's Republic of China and the national development and Reform Commission.

Village history

The recorded history of Guifeng village can be traced back to the qianning period of Tang Dynasty. According to the records of Youxi County in the Republic of China, "Zishou temple is in the sixteen capitals. It was built in the fourth year of qianning (897)

In the first year of Tang Guangqi (885), the ancestors of Guifeng village entered Fujian Province from Wang Chao and Wang Shenzhi with the help of Yuan Sangong.

In the first year of Jingkang of Song Dynasty (1126), the ancestor of Guifeng village moved from Xianyou, Putian, to baiyehuangkengkou, Zhangxi, the 17th capital of Youxi.

In the first year of the Qing and Yuan Dynasties of the Song Dynasty (1195), Huang Gong, the grandson of Chen Gong, moved to sanshijingtouwan, the 16th capital.

In 1247, the seventh year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty, Cai Chang, the ninth grandson of CAI Xiang, a scholar of Duanming temple and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, discovered that Guifeng is a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers, which can be used as a place to settle down. Since he moved to Guifeng village in sanshijingtouwan, he settled down in the ancestral temple. Therefore, the ancestral temple became the place where Cai family settled down in Guifeng, and the village was initially named "Lingtou".

In the early Yuan Dynasty, other surnames of Guifeng village either moved out or disappeared, but the descendants of Cai family began to open up wasteland on a large scale, build villages, lay stone roads, and plant Osmanthus fragrans widely, so the name of the village was changed to "Guiling".

In the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1283), the fifth grandson of Changgong built the stone bridge at the head of the gate.

In the early years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, Youxi district was divided into 50 capitals, and Guifeng was the central village of 16 capitals.

From the 39th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1560) to the 30th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1760), this period was the heyday of Guifeng development. According to records, nearly 30 new Chinese houses were built during this period. At the same time, the "ancestral hall of Cai" was built and the "ancestral temple" was rebuilt.

On April 27, the 32nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1604), the stone bridge was destroyed by fire in Guifeng village. On December 25 of the same year, the Shiyin bridge was rebuilt.

In 1614, the genealogy of Guifeng village was compiled for the first time.

In 1669, Cai's ancestral hall was built.

In 1724, the ancestral temple of yin and Yang was built in Guifeng village.

In 1762, Seng Ruiguang rebuilt Zishou temple.

In September 1785, the 50th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Cai Xin, a cabinet scholar, wrote a couplet and a narrative.

During the period of the Republic of China, the Baojia system was implemented in Guifeng village.

After liberation, Guifeng village was a production brigade of Yangzhong people's commune

In 1962, Guifeng commune was established in Youxi County, with jurisdiction over Guifeng village, Tiantang village, Shangtang village, etc.

In 1969, the Longting hydropower station in Guifeng village generated electricity.

In 1974, Guifeng village opened a road from Guifeng to Luxia, 4000 meters long.

In 1978, Guifeng venue was completed.

In 1979, Guifeng village built the first road and bridge of the venue and the new school building of Guifeng primary school.

In 1981, Shuiwei third bridge in Guifeng village was completed and xiacuokeng bridge was opened to traffic.

On July 29, 1982, the high voltage line of Guifeng village was electrified.

In 1985, the second Shiyin bridge in Guifeng village was built and covered with cement.

In 2000, Guifeng village revised the notation for the 11th time, and published the first, middle and second printed editions.

geographical environment

Location context

Guifeng village is located in Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, with an area of 15.39 square kilometers and an area of 333 mu.

 

topographic features

Guifeng village, 550 meters above sea level, is a semi alpine valley with hills, mountains and valleys.

 

 

Climatic characteristics

Guifeng village is warm and humid in four seasons, with an average annual temperature of 17 ℃ - 19 ℃ and an average annual rainfall of 1650 mm.

 

Village pattern

Site selection concept

Guifeng village is located in the east facing west, with its back on the back of the back door ridge and the back door mountain, the front facing the gorge, and the distance connecting the mountains as the Chaoshan, surrounded by the mountains.

 

A "Shiyin three bridge" was built at the entrance of Guifeng village to choke the water entrance, forming a typical Fengshui pattern of accumulating wind and accumulating gas and embracing negative Yin and Yang.

 

spatial distribution

Guifeng village is a traditional Alpine village. From the perspective of spatial form, Guifeng village is a free-form mountain settlement conforming to the contour layout. The whole village is located on three hillsides of the village, facing the valley, and a mountain stream runs through the whole village. The overall layout conforms to the terrain, and the layers are staggered, which not only respects the natural texture, but also complements the environment. There are 11 mountains, one street and one ring road in the village, which constitute the traffic structure of Guifeng village. In the east-west direction, there are baijiling, shenguiling, danguiling and shishiling, and in the north-south direction, there are sanshiling, xiapingjie, Wuju, Houmen, laolanling and Buyun.

 

Economic society

population

According to the official website of China Traditional Village Museum in May 2020, the registered residence population in Gui Feng Village was 1152, with a permanent population of 382, and the main ethnic group was Han nationality.

 

Economics

According to the official website of Chinese Traditional Village Museum in May 2020, the main industries of Guifeng village are wine making, local specialty sales and tourism. The annual income of the village collective is 350000 yuan, and the average annual income of the villagers is 13500 yuan.

 

Main attractions

overview

There are many historical and cultural buildings in Guifeng village, including ancient roads, ancient mountains, ancient streets, ancient trees, ancient study, mountain style houses, ancient steles, ancient paintings, ancient genealogy, etc. there are 39 pre Qing Dynasty ancient buildings, including Cai's ancestral temple, Cai's ancestral temple, shishicuo, louping hall, Buyun building, etc.

 

 

Eight sceneries of Guifeng

Stalagmite

Stalagmites towering over the sky, from the village of Guifeng left Li Xu, mountain high stone three, connected to stand, high into the Xiaohan. The Imperial Academy reviewed Shaojiu and Cai Yicheng's poem: "shentiansen stands in the shadow, Zhuoyu brings clouds and green colors. Don't say that the king's heart is like a stone. Only when the dragon and the grandson see the transformation of the dragon."

Golden Rooster shines

Jinji yaori is located on the right side of Guifeng village. According to the records of Youxi County, "there is a stone plate in the mountain. A stone in the plate looks like Han sound. It has wings and feet. When the sun rises, the feather is bright." Hanlin academy reviews Cai Yicheng and praises him: "it's doubtful to report the dawn to the sky, but the corolla wants to bring the rosy clouds.". From now on, it's good to be Gao Fengfeng, who is famous all over Kyushu. "

Yuquan gushes honey

Yuquan gushes honey. It is located under the Liangting gorge opposite Guifeng village. The spring water gushes from the stone crevices. It is pure and tastes sweet as honey. Hanlin academy reviews Cai Yicheng's poem: "stones trickle, sweeter than a unit, honey than oil. If you want to know where the mountain and Li originated, please ask for the living water from Nanxi. "

Osmanthus fragrans

Dangui fragrance, Guifeng village outside the end of the Shiling hundreds of levels, ring Ling are GUI, four flowers, aroma. It's far away from Li Xu, but still with Yu Xin. Cai Yicheng wrote: "the nine autumnal equinox of the vulture is divided into three parts, and the moon and the ground are cool. Xiuya toad palace is a wonderful place. Osmanthus fragrans used to be the fragrance of Lingtou. "

Wine House breeze

Wine seat breeze, "Youxi County annals" records, "the ground is flat and broad, the stone stands upright, there are small stones beside, ring row type seat, pedestrian here, every put Lapel happy." Bagong Tsai Mengbi wrote a poem: "when you sit in the East, you can have a restaurant on Castle Peak Road. If you don't open the urn before you meet Tao Xie, you will be rewarded with the right to drink. "

Yinqiao Haoyue

Yinqiao Haoyue, the so-called Yinqiao, or "shiyinqiao", is located in the center of Guifeng village. It was first built in 1604, the 32nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. It was named because there was a huge stone like seal under the bridge. There are four Osmanthus fragrans and two Bauhinia trees around the stone bridge. The stone piers at the head of Osmanthus fragrans trees are built into round, semicircular, rectangular and square shapes, which are called sun, moon, book and seal.

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