Yantian Village

Yan Tian comes from the meaning of "Zhan de Cong Tian's signature, governing the family strictly". Small bridges, flowing water and ancient trees here complement each other. The ancient camphor tree in Yantian, with a history of 1500 years, is regarded as the tree god by the villagers.

Yantian Village

Yantian village is the first place where the surname Li moved from outside to Wuyuan, and the first one was Li Delian. According to the article "Li Delun" in Guangxu's Wuyuan County annals, the character "Li Delun" is kuanglu. Brilliant. His ancestor, Jing, was born in the Tang Dynasty. Because of Huang Chao, he fled to Huang Dun of she, and moved from Huang Dun to Jietian of Fuliang to Yan Tian of Wuyuan. Wu Li Southern Tang Dynasty, Shengyuan two years of 1898 (AD 938), the imperial edict was extraordinary, there is a division to Luan system, the history of Chinese and foreign, to sound. The tired official was a regular servant on horseback and presented to doctor Jin Ziguang. Later on, the descendants became more and more numerous, and the heroes and sages came forth in large numbers. "

The village belongs to the northwest of Wuyuan County, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. The origin of the name of the village, according to Wuyuan County gazetteer, was named "Yantian" because the Li family "occupied the land" and "managed the family strictly". When it was extended to Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty (998-1022), the famous Li Pengju moved to the lower reaches of Xiaoxi, where he originally lived, to build his residence, thus forming the upper and lower Yantian. A few years later, Zhu, Wang and other surnames moved into Yantian settlement. Today, there are more than 800 people in shangyantian and about 500 people in xiayantian. The village is 38 kilometers away from Ziyang town.

In 2016, the Ministry of culture, National Tourism Administration and other departments announced Yantian village as the fourth batch of Chinese traditional villages.

Origin of village name

The origin of the name of the village, according to Wuyuan County gazetteer, was named "Yantian" because the Li family "occupied the land" and "managed the family strictly". When it was extended to Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty (998-1022), the famous Li Pengju moved to the lower reaches of Xiaoxi, where he originally lived, to build his residence, thus forming the upper and lower Yantian. A few years later, Zhu, Wang and other surnames moved into Yantian settlement. Today, there are more than 800 people in shangyantian and about 500 people in xiayantian. The village is 38 kilometers away from Ziyang town.

For thousands of years, the surnames of Li, Zhu and Wang, who moved in later, have built many public buildings in the settlement for the needs of life and psychology. For example, there are Yan Tian Li ancestral hall, Li Zhi ancestral hall, Yi Xu hall, Li Zhi ancestral hall, Bao Shan hall, Zhu Zhi Xu Temple, Zhu Jing AI temple, Zhu dunmu temple, Zhu Zhi ancestral hall, Wang San Huai temple; and there are Siling temple, Longhua temple, Yongji Temple, Cuiwei temple, etc. Most of these have been destroyed in social changes. Most of the remaining houses and shops (the ancient street in Yantian village and the cross-border road which used to be the capital of Hui and Rao, with many shops on both sides) have been dilapidated or rebuilt.

geographical environment

The northeast side of the village is "Chuancao gorge". "Wuyuan County annals" records: "the mountains are very picturesque. There are five big and small boat troughs. In the past, there was water in the troughs, and the villagers crossed in the troughs with wooden boats. There are two caves under the stone screen. It is said that there are caves in the cave, which lead to Poyang Lake. There are sun mountain and moon mountain on the left and right. " In Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, when the Taiping army fought in Wuyuan, it passed Yantian and Chuancao gorge many times. On February 12, 1861, Li Shixian, the prince of the Taiping army, fought with the Qing soldiers in Jialu, and severely damaged them. After that, Zhao Yulian and Zeng Wenqing, the generals of the Taiping army, were killed, and then encamped in chuancaoxia. On the left side of Chuancao gorge, there is "Qingluo cave" at the foot of Rishan mountain. "There are Tianzun xingdaoyan, hulaifeng, huashoshi, tianzhushi, Zhitian, Shizhong, shigu and patio in the cave. Xuan Yilang, Li Yanhe and Zeng goujing gave up here and wrote the title of their scenery: "the green rose is printed on the moon." Zhang shunchen, a scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "Qingluo cave" which says: "the peaks and mountains are ethereal, leaning on the Qingyun. You can inquire about the past and the present. The name of shedi cave is old, and the ink on Tang Xianshi is still new. Haze unlock dust-free trace, anther can stay not old spring. He was born in Taoyuan, but he was still in the carving wheel in the Qing Dynasty. " In addition, between the upper and lower Yantian, the county set up "Yantian inspection department" in 1564, with 30 bowmen; in 1580, the county withdrew.

The most praiseworthy is the "Shuikou" in Yantian village, which can be regarded as one of the outstanding models of the ancient practice of Fengshui theory. Shuikou, in Miao Xiyong's "the wing of burying scriptures", is the gateway of one place, and it should be "the source of all the water in one place". As Wuyuan is located in the mountains, most of the villages are surrounded by mountains, forming a relatively closed complete space, so Shuikou naturally becomes the throat of the village, and is regarded as a gathering place related to the rise and fall of the village people's wealth. Feng Shui believes that water is wealth. In order to retain wealth, trees are often planted at the water entrance, bridges and towers are built to increase the momentum of the key and hold the pass. This layout is based on the theory of ancient geomantic omen, and improves the environment and landscape of the village, forming the overall environmental characteristics of the village, which is "green tree village, green mountain and green mountain outside". Besides the Shude bridge, which is planted with giant camphor and erected horizontally on the stream to "collect wind and gather Qi", the Shuikou of Yantian village is decorated with buildings such as Defu Pavilion, Siling nunnery, Qinquan, Buddha pillar and shuidui, which not only makes the Shuikou tightly locked, but also shows the glory of the family.

The giant camphor at Shuikou, Yantian, is more than 1500 years old. The ancient camphor tree is more than 20 meters high with a diameter at breast height of 4.3 meters and a crown width of 3 mu. The ancient camphor is vigorous and vigorous with uneven branches and leaves. Compared with the "No.1 camphor in the south of the Yangtze River" in Hongguan village in the north of Wuyuan, its diameter at breast height is 90cm thicker than that of Hongguan ancient camphor. Experts from the forestry scientific research department once said: in terms of the history and trend of camphor trees, they can be called "the best camphor in the world". Since ancient times, villagers have regarded the camphor as a "tree god". In the past, local people were afraid that children would be difficult to raise, so they would usually come to the bottom of the tree to burn a few sticks of incense, and then paste the red paper with the eight characters of children's birthday on the camphor tree to pass the children on to the tree god, so that they could be safe. There is also a story about this ancient camphor among the people. It is said that at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong, was chased by the Jin soldiers who invaded the Central Plains and ran for his life. When he came here, the Jin soldiers were getting closer and closer. In a hurry, Zhao Gou climbed up the luxuriant camphor tree and hid himself in the dense leaves. Only in this way could he escape the disaster, and the history of the Song Dynasty continued for more than 150 years.

The "Shude bridge" beside the giant camphor was originally a small wooden bridge about to fall. When did the wooden bridge become a stone arch bridge? There is a folk legend: it is said that one day in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an sent a 300 Li urgent official document, plus a package of official silver. Yantian village's Li clan leader opened it and found that it was a letter instructing to change the wooden bridge beside Zhangshu into a stone arch bridge. The villagers immediately understood that it must be Emperor Gaozong sitting on the Jinluan hall. He thought of the life-saving tree and was grateful for the virtue. So, from then on, there is this 13 meter long, 6.5 meter wide, 6 meter high stone arch bridge.

In Yantian Shuikou building complex, Defu Pavilion is a stone pavilion built across the road, which was donated by the village for the convenience of traveling. The pavilion's name "De Fu" means that those who do good deeds and accumulate virtue will surely have future blessings. According to the inscriptions on ancient steles, Siling nunnery was first the alchemy place of Xu and Hong. Later, it was regarded by Buddhists as an ideal place to preach Buddhism. At that time, there were morning bells and evening drums, cigarettes, chanting Sanskrit music scriptures, flourishing legal affairs and gathering pilgrims from all directions. In 1818, the people donated money to rebuild the temple. However, during the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), the temple suffered from war again, which eventually made Siling nunnery become a rubble ruins, leaving only an ancient stele and a "Qinquan" dug by Xu and Hong Erxian to draw water and make pills. Although there is no temple now, it is still said that people often burn incense here to worship, and they can get the protection of Xu and Hong, and they can keep healthy all their lives. Beside Shude bridge stands a "pillar of Buddha", which is derived from Buddhist Scripture buildings. The eight sides of the column are engraved with the words "namo Amitabha Tathagata", "namo Miaoshen Tathagata" and "namo Duobao Tathagata". In ancient times, people believed that the "Tathagata Buddha pillar" had the magic power to eliminate all evils and evils, so the villagers carved this pillar and invited it into people's living circle to take the heavy responsibility of protecting the environment and the people.

Historical celebrities

According to the records of Wuyuan County records, in Yantian, the Li surname flourished in the Song Dynasty. There were 24 village people who entered the Jinshi rank. They were Li Shiyan, Jinshi of Jiayou xinchou (1061), Li Zhiji, Jinshi of Jiaxu (1154), Li Guanzhi, Jinshi of Gengchen (1160), Li Bing, Jinshi of Renwu (1162), and Li Xingcheng, Jinshi of Chunxi xinchou (1181) Li zeshen (1189), Li Daduan and Li Ji (1193), Li Nan (1205), Li Shanghe and Li Shengzhi (1211), Li Deng and Li bubao (1214), Li Jiayou (1217), Li Kuan (1229), Li Zhenzong (1241), and Li xinchou (1241) Li Tailai, Li Shi, Li Nianzu, Li Bi Shan, Li Tao, Li Lei Yu, Li Yingkui and Li Wu Chen, Li Bi Shan, Li Bi Shan and Li Lei Yu. Although there are many people who have ascended the rank of Jinshi, because their ancestors were determined to move from the field, only Li Shiyan, the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, and Li Guanzhi, the Cheng of Dali temple, were appointed as civil and military officials above grade seven

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