Jixi Longchuan

Longchuan, also known as Kengkou, is about 10 kilometers away from Jixi County. It is an ancient Huizhou village. Due to its special geographical environment and long historical and cultural origins, it has formed its unique natural and cultural landscape and is now a historical and cultural reserve in Anhui Province. Longchuan not only has a long history, but also has beautiful scenery surrounded by mountains and water. The terrain of Longchuan village is like a boat on the shore. It is close to dengyuan River in the East, Longchuan in the south, fengguanxiufeng in the West and high mountains in the north. Hu Yan, a regular cavalry official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, guarded Shezhou and loved its geomantic omen. His family moved here in the third year of Xiankang (337 A.D.). Longchuan is not only a place with beautiful scenery, but also a place with prosperous writing style and talents. There are talented people in Hu's generation in Longchuan, which is a famous "Jinshi village" in Huizhou. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the village reached its peak. There were more than 10 Jinshi in the village. The most famous one was Hu Fu, who was promoted as a non commissioned officer to Prince Shaobao in the 14th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1478), and Hu Zongxian, who was promoted as a military officer to Prince Taibao in the 17th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1538). There are "Hu's ancestral hall in Longchuan" (national cultural relics protection unit), "yishishang bookstore" (provincial cultural relics protection unit), "Hu Bingheng house of Huizhou merchant" and "Hu Zongxian's former residence" (county-level cultural relics protection unit) in the village. Longxu mountain in the east of the village is famous for its abundant paper-making raw material, Eulaliopsis binata. There are many strange pines, strange rocks, rare animals, steep mountains, rugged ancient roads, waterfalls and flowing springs. There are Longtai hanging rock, Shimen cave, immortal stone house and yunya stone ladder on the top, Longfeng temple and Guqiao nunnery on the hillside of Xifeng mountain, Shanjian nunnery, Zongxian tomb and Hufu tomb on the West foot, which are excellent places for cultural tourism, ecological tourism and religious tourism.

Longchuan scenic spot, Jixi, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

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Jixi Longchuan generally refers to Jixi Longchuan scenic spot in Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Longchuan scenic spot in Jixi, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, is a national AAAAA scenic spot officially approved by the National Tourism Administration. It is located in Longchuan village, Jixi County, Southern Anhui Province. It is an ancient village with a history of thousands of years where the Hu family lives together

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The Hu clan ancestral hall is the first ancestral hall in the south of the Yangtze River. It is known as "wood carving art museum" and "National Art Palace". Yishishang bookshop is an authentic stone carving archway in the Ming Dynasty, which is the most famous stone carving of Huizhou style.

In 1988, it was awarded the national key cultural relics protection unit

In 1986, it was rated as the key cultural relics protection unit in Anhui Province

. In March 2017, it was rated as a national scenic spot.

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, the scenic spot will be open to the medical staff free of charge from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020.

geographical environment

Location context

Longchuan village is located 11 kilometers east of Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. It is a combination of the original Kengkou, Huli and Hengchuan villages. The village is a typical mountain village with "eight parts of landscape, one part of farmland, one part of road and Manor".

topographic features

Longchuan is located in a small basin surrounded by mountains. The landform is mainly composed of low and medium mountains and hills, surrounded by mountains. The highest peak, Longxu mountain, is 1048 meters above sea level. The terrain of the village is like a boat on the shore, with Longshu mountain in the East, dengyuan River in the south, Longchuan River in the East, Fengguan Xiufeng in the West and high mountains in the north.

Climatic characteristics

Longchuan scenic spot in Jixi, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 15.9 ℃. It is humid and mild in spring and autumn, with an average temperature of more than 22 ℃ in summer and less than 10 ℃ in winter. Four seasons, the best travel time for spring and autumn.

Into Longchuan

Longchuan, China, has beautiful mountains and waters and outstanding people. Longxu mountain rises to the East, Shihu mountain stands to the west, Tianma mountain turns to the south, dengyuan River comes from Hebei, Longchuan River flows eastward around the village and joins dengyuan River to form the water mouth of the village; the village is like a boat, like a dragon boat going out to sea, which can be called a geomantic treasure land. On both sides of neishui street in the scenic spot, there are many ancient dwellings, secluded villages and alleys, white walls and tiles, and high horses, which are full of Huizhou ancient village connotation. Hu's ancestral hall, yishishang bookshop and Hu Bingheng's residence are the most important national cultural relics. Hu's ancestral hall is known as "the hall of wood carving art" and "the No.1 ancient ancestral hall in the south of the Yangtze River". The wood carving "Si he Tu" (harmony, harmony, harmony and harmony) preserved in the ancestral hall has become a symbol of a harmonious society; yishishang Bookstore is a stone archway in the heyday of Ming Dynasty, which has become a typical representative of Huizhou stone carvings; Hu Bingheng's residence (not opened) has preserved the original appearance of Huizhou ancient dwellings, which is faithful to the people It records the history of a generation of tea merchants.

The Anti Japanese Memorial Hall (Shaobao mansion) truly records the Anti Japanese exploits that Hu Zongxian, the commander-in-chief of the Anti Japanese war in the Ming Dynasty, first marked the Diaoyu Islands on China's coastal defense map. As an intangible cultural heritage, "chengxintang paper" is the "Longchuan chengxintang paper workshop", which reproduces the production technology of "Longxu paper". Xiangxian Temple reflects the outstanding humanity of "Jinshi village" Longchuan since Jin Dynasty. The Hui merchants memorial hall, located next to Hu Bingheng's house, condenses the history of Hui merchants in Jixi County, especially the history of Hu merchants in Longchuan.

History and culture

Longchuan village is an ancient village with a history of more than 1600 years. It used to be a barren beach full of Vitex negundo. It was called the Vitex forest because of its rich gold (Vitex) honey. In 318 ad, Hu Yan led the army to guard Shezhou with the rank of Sanqi Changshi. In the third year of Xiankang (337 A.D.), Hu Yan visited Huayang town and saw that the terrain was "Dragon Peak in the East, Jiguan in the west, Tianma galloping up in the South and Changxi (dengyuan River) winding up in the north. Admiring its beautiful landscape, he went to Jinglin at the mouth of Longchuan and lived together" (the genealogy of Hu family in Longchuan). Hu Yan became the ancestor of Hu family in Longchuan.

Tang Yongtai two years (AD 766), analysis Shexian Huayang town home Jixi County, Longchuan. In the past dynasties, the subordinate relationship between Huizhou Prefecture and Jixi County has changed, and Longchuan belongs to it.

The Ming Dynasty was the heyday of the development of Longchuan village. The village had a large population, developed economy, and attached great importance to the imperial examination. It became a famous "Jinshi village". There were more than ten Jinshi in succession, among which the most famous were the Jinshi of 1898 in the 14th year of Chenghua (A.D. 1478), the Shaobao of the crown prince and the Secretary of the Ministry of household in Nanjing Hu Fu and Hu Zongxian, 60 years later, entered the ranks of sergeants in the 17th year of Jiajing (1538 A.D.) of the Ming Dynasty and became the Minister of military affairs of the crown prince Taibao. In the heyday of Ming Dynasty, the village architecture has basically covered the whole scope of "boat shaped village" in Longchuan.

Since the Qing Dynasty, Longchuan has gradually declined, and the official career of the villagers is no longer as prominent as that of the Ming Dynasty. The population has gradually decreased, many buildings have gradually collapsed, and the coverage of village buildings has gradually reduced from the whole boat shaped village to the settlement in the north of Longchuan.

In the new century, the people's Government of Jixi County, in accordance with the national and provincial government's documents and regulations on the protection of historical and cultural cities, has formulated a "protection plan" for Longchuan village around the water street of Longchuan, combining the historical protection of Water Street and ancient village with social and economic development, village infrastructure construction, and improvement of residents' living conditions, so as to adapt to the development of building a well-off society and tourism Exhibition.

Main attractions

Yishishang Bookstore

Yishishang bookstore is located in Dakengkou village, Jixi County. It was built in 1562, the 41st year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. The main structure is composed of 4 columns, 4 fixed plate Fang and 7 forehead Fang, with a height of 10 meters and a width of 9 meters. It is made of granite and tea garden stone. The overall structure of the archway adopts the method of side feet, converges inward, and the four pillars erase the edges and corners; the north and south directions of the pillars are respectively protected by drum stones; the top of the archway is Xieshan type, which is cut and chiseled with Teagarden stone slabs, and supported by a bucket arch and overhanging the eaves. At the two ends of the main ridge, the fish faced each other. In the middle of the main ridge in the Ming Dynasty, the flame beads were placed, and the eight corners of the berm rose and soared. In the center of the main building, there is a vertical "Enrong" plaque, with relief double dragons playing with pearls around it. On the South and north sides of the flower board below, the calligraphy of "Yishi Shangshu" and "Yishi Gongbao" are engraved respectively, which is the calligraphy of Wen Zhengming.

Hu's ancestral hall

Hu's ancestral hall in Longchuan is located in Kengkou (Longchuan) village, Yingzhou Town, Jixi County. Jixi ancient Huizhou, the style of writing, ancestral buildings throughout. The ancestral hall of Hu family in Longchuan was built in 1547 (the 25th year of Jiajing reign) and rebuilt in 1878 (the 4th year of Guangxu reign). The ancestral hall faces south from the north. It covers an area of 1729 square meters, with mountains and waters, and momentum flying. The temple is exquisitely decorated, especially the well preserved wood carvings, known as the "treasure house of Huizhou woodcarving art". Longchuan, the hometown of Hu Jintao, was listed as the national key cultural relics protection unit in 1988. Experts praised it as a unique ancient temple in China. It is the ancestral hall of Hu Fu, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs in the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian, the Minister of the Ministry of military affairs, and Hu Guangyong, the businessman of Hongding in the Qing Dynasty.

Hu Zongxian Shaobao Mansion

Hu Zongxian's Shaobao mansion displays his life story to visitors in a new form of Anti Japanese Memorial,

It is divided into four exhibition halls: the first exhibition hall is Hu Zongxian's life; the second exhibition hall is the Japanese pirates who are rampant and are ordered in the face of danger; the third exhibition hall is the wise and brave, who have made great contributions to the southeast; the fourth exhibition hall is the sword burying unjust prison, and the soul circling white clouds. The exhibition hall highlights the role of pictures and multimedia by creating innovative forms and atmosphere, and highlights Hu Zong by applying modern sound, light and electricity high-tech technology

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