Linzhai ancient village

There are many ancient buildings in linzhai ancient village, each of which has its own merits. Each ancient building has a theme to show different charm. The person in charge of the scenic spot recommended that "three museums" have been opened up, namely "Folk Museum", "humanities Museum" and "farming Museum", which are worth seeing.

Linzhai ancient village

Linzhai ancient village, located in the southeast of Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, is famous for the largest quadrangle building complex in China.

The ancient village scenic spot is located in Xingjing village, linzhai Town, Heping County. It is one of the first batch of 27 ancient villages in Guangdong Province. Heping County Government plans to build it into a 4A tourist scenic spot.

There are more than 200 ancient dwellings in linzhai ancient village in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China,

The 24 well preserved ancient dwellings are typical Hakka style quadrangle buildings. Its large scale, large quantity, exquisite architectural art and profound cultural heritage are rare in the whole province and even the whole country.

From 2011 to 2012, linzhai ancient village scenic spot won the title of "Chinese traditional architectural culture tourism destination" one after another

"Famous village of Chinese traditional excellent architectural cultural heritage"

In June 2017, a series of photos of the quadrangle building of the ancient village appeared on us stamps and won the Record Award in the 10th International Folk Photography "human contribution award" annual competition;

In October 2017, it was selected into the list of "famous Chinese historical and cultural villages" and "traditional Chinese villages".

Historical evolution

According to historical records, linzhai town in Heping County was established in the Qin Dynasty. Before 214 BC, when the first emperor of Qin sent a large army to the south, Zhao Tuo, king of Nanyue, sent a general surnamed Lin to build a village to guard against the invading enemy. The government later named it linzhai after his surname.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, the villagers of Xingjing have been engaged in agriculture and business by virtue of the fertile land and the benefits of the water transportation of Wujiang River.

From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the wealthy people in Xingjing village built many tall houses, forming a large-scale ancient residential group. There are 24 well preserved ancient dwellings, including 20 in the Qing Dynasty and 4 in the Republic of China, covering a total area of 30000 square meters.

The villagers of linzhai village have built a large-scale ancient residential group, which is a typical Hakka style square enclosed house. Each house covers an area of 1000-3000 square meters, with watchtowers at four corners, with a height of 8-10 meters. The main building is a three entrance courtyard hall layout.

According to the conditions for the selection of famous historical and cultural villages in China, the existing historical and traditional building area must be more than 2500 square meters, and the building area of ancient folk houses in Xingjing village is 30000 square meters, which has far exceeded the selection criteria of famous historical and cultural villages. Moreover, these ancient folk houses are concentrated within 2 kilometers, which is also rare in Guangdong Province. Therefore, linzhai Xingjing ancient building complex is a rich and excellent historical and cultural heritage in Heping County, with unique local characteristics, and has the basic conditions to participate in the evaluation of Chinese historical and cultural village.

Development history

The Party committee and government of Heping County have formulated the implementation plan for the development of hepinglinzhai ancient village tourism area, completed the protective restoration of ancient dwellings, completed the construction of some public infrastructure in the scenic area, and fully excavated the cultural and historical materials of ancient villages, so as to make the natural landscape of ancient buildings and Hakka culture complement each other, and initially formed the rudiment of Wujiang ancient village tourism area and ancient village tourism landscape in Heping County The district is open to the public during the period of the world guest conference.

In March 2011, the education development foundation was established in linzhai Town, and more than 2.3 million yuan was donated by local talents

In May 2011, shihzhen village, linzhai Town, Heping County was selected as "the most attractive leisure village in China"

In September 2011, sun suifang participated in the unveiling of the bronze statue of Zhongshan in Sunwu, linzhai.

On March 13, 2013, Huang Xianyao, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, went to linzhai ancient village for investigation and research. He pointed out that it is necessary to plan from a high starting point, develop with high standards, and promote the development of local tourism and economy through the protection and development of ancient villages. On August 6, the review meeting of the master plan for tourism development of linzhai ancient village was held in Heping County. The review team composed of experts from research institutes of Sun Yat sen University and other universities reviewed the master plan for tourism development of linzhai ancient village and passed it unanimously.

On October 19, Zhang Zhenlin, deputy director of the provincial tourism administration, led Chen Ruidong, director of planning and Statistics Department of the provincial tourism administration, Zang Lihua, director of policies and Regulations Department, provincial tourism development research center and other relevant comrades to linzhai ancient village for tourism research and held a forum. On November 20, the China Europe urban Expo was held in Beijing. Linzhai ancient village, as the only selected cultural and historical scenic spot in Guangdong Province, was invited to participate in the Expo.

Main attractions

Fengxiangdi

Fengxiangdi is a building built by fengqigong of Xiazhen Ding ad Tong faction. Its architectural features are different from other four corner buildings Architecture, heavy gate and deep lane, winding path, deep courtyard, open-air well platform, door behind the house, the clan has advocated civilization since ancient times, nurtured many literati and scholars, including college students of the former Qing Dynasty, overseas students of the Republic of China, feiwu designers, university professors, bankers, overseas Chinese living in the United States, Cantonese opera performers and other high-end literati and scholars.

Qian Guang Lou

The most famous Hakka residence in the ancient village is Qianguang building. Qianguang building, built in 1920, was forced by Chen Yunting's mother. At that time, many of the village's uncles and nephews had built quadrangle buildings, but their family still lived in the old house. Their mother often said, "the house maker has died (referring to his husband), and the house maker has not been born (referring to his grandchildren)".

In desperation, Yunting had to put down his business and plan to build a house at home. Now it is called "Folk Museum". Qianguang building covers an area of 5000 square meters. There are four arcades on the front, which are unique and spectacular. There are two side houses on both sides. The whole house can be connected by layers. There are 11 patios, 18 halls and 86 rooms on each floor. There are 324 rooms on the third floor of the building, and the pavilion is a four floor structure. At the beginning of the 21st century, the northeast corner of the "four corners" of Qianguang building was burned down due to a fire due to the aging of the line, which has not been repaired.

Xuanyi section

Xuanyidi is the new building of Chen Jingzhong, the great grandson of Xingtang. The character of Chen Jingzhong is Baosan. Because there is a popular Eight Trigram clock painted on the attic wall of the building, the pointer is always 9 o'clock, and the clock of Baosan is called Baosan twice a day by his hometown.

Chilou

Chilou was the ancestral house of Chen Zhaojian, the governor of Xianfeng County in the Qing Dynasty (1862). The foundation of the building needed filling, and the building foundation was not very solid. After the building was completed, some small cracks appeared in the wall. The local people called the cracks "demolition". Because of the homonym "chilou", the villagers jokingly called it chilou. Later, because the disciples of the quadrangle tower accepted the revolutionary thought earlier, they held workshops on the peasant movement, organized peasant associations, and later on The second detachment of Dongzong was stationed here to direct the red riot. The villagers called this red command post the "red building" of the revolution.

Western style building

"Western style building" is another special building in the ancient village. It is a western style building built by Chen Xiangting in front of his ancestral house nanxundi. The architecture and layout of the western style building are designed in full accordance with the Chinese traditional architectural culture. The shape and design of the western style building are skillfully combined with the western architectural art. The roof of the western style building is in accordance with the Chinese ancient double eaves style building, decorated with green sparse glass eaves tiles, the guardrail is decorated with flower windows and vase columns, and the interior and stairs are paved with Italian colored bricks, which are shining and echoing.

Yongzhen building

Yongzhen building is the tallest building in the ancient village. It is a new building presented by Jiayin suichi of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty to Chen Xingtang, who was elected as the governor of the imperial court from Sipin. Yongzhen building is a quadrangle building built earlier. It has unique shape, elegant style, winding path, secluded lane, connected house, turret lane, water well and stables. Yongzhen building is as solid as gold. It is said that shidakai Department of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom passed through linzhai during Xianfeng Period, but it could not be attacked for a long time. Later, the imperial court ordered to demolish four Wujiao to ease the banditry.

Fumigation South Building

Xunnan building, built in 1847, is the pawnshop of Chen yunian, grandfather of Chen Xiangting, a rich gentry in linzhai. It is an early rural bank in linzhai area. Its branches are set up in Longchuan, Heyuan, Lianping, Xingmei, Gannan and Guangxi, reflecting the style of Dongjiang merchants.

Features of scenic spots

architectural art

Linzhai ancient village in Heyuan City is surrounded by four gates, East, West, South and North. There are five ponds in front of the gate, a moat on both sides and surrounded by clear water. Since ancient times, water transportation here has been developed, and boats can pass through Dongjiang River. It is a little famous Hakka water town in the upper reaches of Dongjiang River.

The ancient linzhai village in Heyuan is low-lying and often flooded. In order to avoid floods and banditry, the houses in the countryside are mostly made of wood and stone. Since the late Ming Dynasty, more than 280 ancient dwellings have been built, among which 24 more famous quadrangle buildings have been built in the core area. Their large scale, large quantity, exquisite art and profound cultural heritage are rare in China.

Linzhai ancient village, the largest quadrangle building complex in China, is the most complete Hakka ancient village with Chinese historical and cultural heritage.

folk culture

Linzhai ancient village in Heyuan is full of charm, outstanding people and talented people. It once gave birth to many people, such as Chen Jichang, the number one scholar of gengchenke in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Chen qiongrun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Linzhai Village has many customs, such as Cantonese opera, dragon boat race, dragon and lion dance, bed birthday and so on. It is a typical Hakka cultural town.

The first strange boat in ancient village

It refers to the old linzhai village, because of its low-lying terrain and close to rivers, often suffered three floods every day, and the people in the village resisted

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