Xu Village

Xu village has the reputation of "the first Jinshi village in Huizhou". The ancient architectural complex ranks first in Shexian county. There are 15 national key cultural relics protection units, and all of them are well preserved. When you first arrive at the entrance of the village, you will see the Dazhai temple, with the famous "Yunxi hall stele". If you go to the village, you can also see the big tomb temple built in the Ming Dynasty, the big bang bo temple built in the Qing Dynasty, and the smallest memorial archway in Huizhou, Shuangjie filial piety archway. If you have a research on the memorial archway, you must not miss these ancient buildings.

The best scenery of Xu village is in the area where Gaoyang bridge is located - a bridge, a square and a pavilion, connected in series on an axis. Gaoyang bridge is a gallery bridge with three serial ports on both sides. Shuangshou Chengen memorial archway is the only memorial archway for centenarians in China, with 12 groups of designs such as lion dance and longevity ball carved on it. After this archway is the Grand View Pavilion, which is a three story octagonal pavilion. You can stay here for a while to savor the delicate combination of bridge, square and pavilion.

Ancient buildings in Xucun

synonym

Xu Village (Xu Village ancient buildings) generally refers to Xu Village ancient buildings

Xucun ancient buildings are located in Xucun, the seat of Xucun Town, 20 kilometers northwest of Shexian County, Anhui Province. At the end of Tang Dynasty, the Xu family moved and became a big family, so it was renamed Xu village. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huizhou merchants flourished and developed. Since then, the village construction has developed rapidly.

There are more than 100 ancient buildings in Xu village, Gaoyang village, Dongsheng Village and Huanquan village in Shexian county. Xu Village presents the Fengshui form of "two dragons playing with pearls" and "water pouring gourd". Fang River and Xi'er River meet under the Gaoyang bridge and flow into Lianjiang River. There are many Ming Dynasty buildings in the village with complete categories, and many architectural practices of song and Yuan Dynasties are preserved, such as Suozhu, Jue, yujishou, Shangang Tiaogu, chagong, painted and so on, which are important material materials for studying the history of ancient architecture. Typical buildings include Gaoyang corridor bridge, Wuma square, Xu Shilin house, etc.

In 1996, Xu Village declared as a provincial historical and cultural reserve. In 2006, Xucun ancient building complex (15) was announced as the national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Historical evolution

Xu Village originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty and was called fuzili, Xiyuan and rengong village in ancient times. During the Liang Dynasty, Ren Fang, the governor of Xin'an, took a fancy to Fengshui here. He resigned and retired here. The village was named "Fangxi". At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Ru, the Minister of the Ministry of household, moved here to avoid war. His successor Ding Xingwang changed his name to "Xu village". Xu Guo, a bachelor, and Xu Chengyao, the last imperial academy, are all descendants of Xu village. Xu Kefu, who was granted by Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty to donate money to the country, is a "otaku family". After the Southern Song Dynasty, Hui merchants rose and Xu Village prospered rapidly relying on the ancient Hui'an road between Anqing and Huizhou. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huizhou merchants flourished and village construction developed rapidly. Up to now, there are still more than 100 ancient buildings in yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China.

In 1507, wumafang was established as the magistrate of Tingzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province.

Weishengfang was built in 1523. In 2004, Shexian county invested 150000 yuan to carry out off shelf maintenance of "weishengfang".

During the reign of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), dabangbo temple was built. In 2003, Shexian county invested 50000 yuan to repair the temple.

Gaoyang corridor bridge, built in Yuan Dynasty, was rebuilt in 1557, and the corridor was built. It was rebuilt in 1683.

The Grand View pavilion was built in 1557, the 30th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt in 1683, the 22nd year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty.

In the second year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty (1568), shuangshou Chengen square was built.

During the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty (1573-1619), Dazhai temple was built. It was named after Xu Kefu, the "otaku aristocratic family" granted by Song Dynasty

In the early Qing Dynasty, the observation section was built to commemorate Xu Tianxiang, the observation envoy. It is a branch temple of the Xu family, commonly known as the "wall gate", which was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty.

In 1820, shuangjiexiaofang was built, the smallest stone archway in she county.

Architectural pattern

architectural composition

Xu village's layout and original water system are an integral part of Xu village's cultural heritage. The location of Xucun village adopts the traditional Chinese "Fengshui" theory. The whole village is surrounded by hills on three sides. Xixi and Fangxi join to form the Fuzi River in front of the Gaoyang bridge and meandering south. At the same time, the distribution of natural water system and the layout of the village still retain the basic Fengshui situation of "building near the water, double dragons playing with pearls and pouring water gourds" made by the ancients. Xu Village adopts the traditional "Feng Shui" theory, and the whole village layout retains the basic Feng Shui situation of "building near the water, double dragons playing with pearls, pouring water gourd". The splendid history has left a large number of well preserved ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Xucun, which are of great value in architecture, history, Academy, environment, anthropology and so on.

Architectural features

The whole village of Xu village is close to the mountain and water, with excellent style, which embodies the four basic characteristics of "symbiosis, coexistence, common prosperity, and common happiness" in feng shui theory. The traditional houses and ancestral halls in the village are mainly of wood structure. The external walls of the buildings are built with hollow brick walls, while the public buildings such as archways and bridges are mainly made of stone. There are 6 stone archways, 3 brick gate archways, 1 Pavilion, 1 gallery bridge, many ancestral halls and folk houses. Their functional design, plane layout, bricks, animal husbandry, stone carvings and inscriptions reflect the local economic situation, social customs and architectural aesthetics.

Cultural relics

Cultural relics protection

In 1996, Xu village became a historical and cultural reserve in Anhui Province.

On May 4, 1998, daguanting was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province.

In 2000, Shexian government invested 28000 yuan to purchase and protect the Ming Dynasty residence Xu Shilin.

On October 28, 2004, dabangbo temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province.

In 2006, Xucun ancient building complex (15) was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. There are 15 ancient buildings: Gaoyang corridor bridge, Wuma square, Xu Shilin house, Weisheng square, daguanting, dabangbo temple, shuangshou Chengen square, birdimen tower, Damu temple, Dazhai temple, three dynasties dianhan square, observation section, shuangjiexiao square, Xu Shengyuan house, Xu Youzhang house, etc.

In 2013, Xu village was listed in the second batch of Chinese traditional villages list.

Cultural relic value

Xu village is located in the main road between anqing Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture, and then it flourished rapidly. The glorious history left Xu village with rich historical and cultural wealth, among which the rare and unique ancient village complex is the essence. On the old street 1500 meters from Gaoyang to Qianxi, there are nearly 200 well preserved Ming and Qing buildings, which are of high value in architecture, history, academia, environment, anthropology and so on.

Tourism information

Ticket information

Opening hours: 8:00 a.m. - 17:00 p.m.

Preferential policy: A. free policy: children under 1.4m free; 70 years old with valid certificates free. B. Preferential policies: school students, 60-69 years old, soldiers, disabled certificate 5-10, with relevant documents to buy scenic spot tickets.

Traffic information

Bus: Shexian county to Xu village 20 kilometers, there are scenic spots signpost. There are shuttle buses at the entrance of Shexian County on shexu highway. Cheng Xu highway under construction will connect Xu village and Cheng Kan.

Self driving tour: tourists can take the train from Shanghai to Shexian County, from Shexian county to Xu village. You can also start from Hangzhou and go to the county along Huihang Expressway (opened in October 2004) or Huihang highway.

Address: Xucun Town, she County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 118.32689109008

Latitude: 29.990551663649

Tel: 0559-6600378

Tour time: 3 hours

Traffic information: take a bus to Shexian north market, the ticket price is 7 yuan, the departure time is 7:30-15:30, about 1 hour

Ticket information: 40 yuan

Opening hours: 7:00-17:00

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