Huangyao ancient town

Huangyao ancient town is the best preserved architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Guangxi, with a history of nearly one thousand years. There are eight streets in the town. Most of the houses keep the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the streets are made of bluestone. There must be water when there are mountains, bridges when there are water, pavilions when there are bridges, couplets when there are pavilions, and plaques when there are couplets, which are the most iconic features of Huangyao ancient town.

Compared with Lijiang, Fenghuang and many other popular ancient towns, Huang yaoyang is unknown in the boudoir. She is quiet and elegant, just like xiaoqingxin. Because the traffic is not convenient and the propaganda is not strong, the culture and customs of this ancient town are not polluted. This is your dream home.

The scenic spots that can't be missed are: Dailong bridge, the landmark scenic spot of Huangyao; banyan on stone, you will sigh about the power of life; shitiao bridge, you might as well skip 200 years of history; ancient stage, the word "Kexing" means a long time; Shiban street, more charming in the drizzle.

Huangyao ancient town

Huangyao ancient town is located in the northeast of Zhaoping County, Hezhou, Guangxi, 40 km away from Hezhou City and 200 km away from Guilin.

Huangyao ancient town is 3.6 km in radius, belonging to karst landform. Originated in the Song Dynasty, it has a history of nearly 1000 years. There are eight natural landscapes and 24 small ones; there are more than 20 temples and more than 10 pavilions, most of which are built in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Famous scenic spots include the former site of Guangxi Provincial Working Committee, ancient stage, Anle temple, etc.

Huangyao ancient town was listed as the third batch of "famous historical and cultural towns in China" by the State Administration of cultural relics in 2007;

In 2009, it was approved as 4A scenic spot by National Tourism Administration.

Historical evolution

In ancient times, Huangyao County lived in Nanyue.

In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), Nanyue was pacified by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Cangwu county was established, and Linhe, Mengling and other counties were under the jurisdiction of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In 520, the first year of Liang's "ordinary" reign in the Southern Dynasty, Xiao Yanjie, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, set up Jingzhou in Zhaoping County above Majiang to the south of Pingle County, and governed Liangshou county and Jingwei county. In the two counties, there were five counties, Longping County, Anle County, Ningxin County, bolao county and Dangshan County. Huangyao county was under the jurisdiction of Dangshan County.

In the third year of Daye (607), Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty changed the state into a county, abolished Jingzhou, and merged the three counties of Anle, bolao and Ningxin into Longping county. Part of Dangshan County belonged to Longping county and part to Hechuan county. Huangyao was under the jurisdiction of Longping county.

In 621, Jingzhou was restored, and Zhaozhou and Hezhou were set up in Linhe and Pingle. Huangyao was under the jurisdiction of Longping county.

During the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, although there were wars and chaos, the governance of the state was just like that of the Tang Dynasty. In 1124, Longping county was renamed Zhaoping County, which means to appease and pacify yizhigao. Later, the word "Zhao" was changed to "Zhao", which means bright and bright. It was named Zhaoping County. Huangyao is under the jurisdiction of Zhaoping County.

In 1385, Zhaoping County was divided into three districts, Huangyao was under the jurisdiction of Ninghua district.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860) of the Qing Dynasty, there were many localities, so the county run League affairs. The whole county was divided into ten districts, with the names of pre, Bei, Cai, Heng, Zu, Guan, Fang, Le, Tai and Ping. Huangyao was under the jurisdiction of the "Guan" district.

In 1926, Guangxi implemented the system of Baojia in districts and townships. The county was divided into three administrative regions, namely, Yuanyuan, Huangyao and Majiang, and 23 small towns. Huangyao town was established in Huangyao District, which was under the jurisdiction of Huangyao district.

After liberation, in April 1950, the whole territory of Zhaoping was divided into districts 1, 2, 3 and 4. The remaining 23 towns remained unchanged according to the division before liberation. Huangyao town was under the jurisdiction of District 2.

In September 1959, it was renamed Huangyao people's commune.

In July 1984, Huangyao commune was divided into Huangyao town and Gongqiao township.

In 2003, Huangyao ancient town scenic area was officially established.

In 2007, it was listed as the third batch of "famous historical and cultural towns in China" by the State Administration of cultural relics;

In 2009, it was approved as 4A scenic spot by National Tourism Administration.

Environmental layout

General layout

In the east of Huangyao ancient town, both sides of Yaojiang River are the main living and public entertainment areas of the ancient town. The west of Yaojiang River, the north of Xingning River and the south of xiaozhujiang River are the commercial areas. The ancient town is composed of three self-defense buildings: Longpan street, Zhongxing Street and commercial block. These three buildings are connected together by bridges, walls and gatehouses to form a whole.

Feng Shui

Huangyao ancient town is surrounded by Jiuhu, Zhenwu, Jigong, dieluo, gejiang, Tianma, Tiantang, NIUYAN, Guandao and other nine mountains, which gather from all around to the ancient town. Three small rivers, Yaojiang River, Zhujiang River and Xingning River, meet in the ancient town. The residents of Huangyao ancient town are mainly from Southeast China, and the location of villages and towns is deeply influenced by the Fengshui culture of Han nationality in Southeast China. Surrounded by mountains and green water, Huangyao ancient town has all the elements required by the theory of southeast geomantic omen.

Layout features

Most of the houses with the same surname in Huangyao ancient town are built around ancestral halls and radiate outward. There are eight surnames, nine ancestral halls and two ancestral halls in Huangyao ancient town. Most of the residential buildings have the same surname and live around the ancestral hall.

Most of the residents in the ancient town moved to Huangyao in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty because of avoiding war or doing business. After moving to Huangyao, most of them lived in business, and their families were generally rich. Therefore, in the consideration of residential buildings, it is more for the defense and security needs of resisting war and looting. Both the individual and the overall building layout have a strong defense function.

The functions of the complex are divided into different districts: Longpan street and Zhongxing Street are mainly the living areas of large families; Anle Jinde Yingxiu LIANLI Daran street is the commercial and trade area; the public buildings on both sides of Yaojiang River are the leisure and entertainment areas.

Main attractions

Folk activities

Yulong dance

Every year on the second day of the lunar new year, the residents of Huangyao ancient town spontaneously gather together to participate in traditional activities such as fish dance, dragon dance, lion dance, turtle and clam dance, as well as performing light competition, five flower array, lantern and so on, praying for the new year and celebrating the new year. Lantern party, also known as fish dragon dance, is composed of thousands of people. During the procession, they show the audience nearly 20 local folk traditional performances, such as light match, suona, lantern, five flower array, dress up, everything, dress up, bench dragon dance, lion dance, fish dance and Dragon dance.

May 5th

In Huangyao ancient town, during the Dragon Boat Festival, every household has to plant calamus at the gate and soak the root of calamus in the water tank. It is said that the water soaked in calamus can prevent and control pathogenic viruses, insects and ants. Before dinner, you can also put some realgar in the corner of the wall to prevent snake venom.

July 14

July 14 "Zhongyuan Festival" is a local festival in Huangyao ancient town, which is comparable to the Chinese New Year Festival. It takes two days in total. On the fourteenth night, men, women, old and young gathered at the section of the river from dailongqiaotou to Xingning temple to watch the lights. On the evening of the 15th, people gather by the river again. After putting out the lights, young men and women will jump down the river to grab the grapefruit lamp and take the grapefruit home to share with their families.

The ninth day of September

The Double Ninth Festival in early September is also called "old man's Day", "mountaineering Festival", "reunion festival" and "king of cattle Festival" in Huangyao ancient town. On this day, people will be invited to go climbing, and it is a good day for old friends to meet again.

specialty

Huangyao Douchi

Huangyao Douchi is named for its origin in Huangyao ancient town. After more than ten generations of research, it is refined from the unique black beans, Xianjing spring water and the ancient and unique handicrafts of the indigenous people in Huangyao town.

Polygonatum and Polygonatum wine

Polygonatum is one of the "three treasures of Huangyao". It is not only a medicinal material, but also a wild vegetable.

Huangjing liquor is a traditional drink in Huangyao town and one of the "three treasures" of Zhaoping. It is made from Huangjing and liquor.

Ancient town value

The gate tower, ancient stage, ancient street, ancient well, residence, ancestral temple, temple, bridge, pavilion, plaque and other tangible architectural heritage in Huangyao ancient town, especially the settlement environment of the ancient town as a whole. There are more than 300 ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the ancient town, covering an area of 16000 square meters. Eight stone streets are completely preserved, all of which are built with bluestone slabs, with a total length of more than 10 kilometers. There are more than 10 pavilions, more than 20 temples, 11 characteristic bridges and hundreds of couplets and plaques. Ancient town architecture has a high artistic aesthetic value, its design and construction ingenuity, from the architectural point of view is also a valuable heritage.

Ancient town protection

In 2008, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region approved the implementation of the protection plan of Huangyao national historical and cultural town in Hezhou City, which requires the management of Huangyao historical and cultural town and its cultural relics in strict accordance with the requirements of urban and rural planning law, cultural relics protection law and regulations of national historical and cultural city, town and village.

Huangyao ancient town pays attention to the protection of the landscape inside and outside the scenic area while planning and development. According to the principle of repairing the old as before, the dilapidated buildings or landscape should be properly restored to restore the original appearance as far as possible. Set up protection signs and implement protection measures for ancient buildings, ancient trees, ancient tombs, cliff carvings, revolutionary relics and other important cultural landscapes in the ancient town scenic spots.

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