Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang Village

Located in the southwest of Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, it is an ancient residential community in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, and one of the four major scenic spots in Jinhua City.

There are many places of interest in the village. The layout is arranged according to the celestial map of ancient China. There are 1072 existing ancient buildings.

The whole village is very clean and tidy. The residents here are very polite. There are not many tourists.

Overlooking the panoramic view of Xingxiang village on the hill beside the village, you can have a panoramic view of the huge Tai Chi pattern composed of farmland.

It's still relatively simple and original. It hasn't been repaired. It keeps the original structure of the ancestral hall.

Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang Village

Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang village is an ancient residential community in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. It is one of the four major scenic spots in Jinhua. Yuyuan Taiji star village is located in the southwest of Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, 20 kilometers away from the county seat. It was designed and built by Liu Bowen, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, according to the arrangement of celestial stars.

There are 1027 ancient buildings in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The wood, brick and stone carvings in the ancient buildings are exquisite and exquisite. At the entrance of the village, there is a giant Tai Chi map covering an area of 120 mu. There are "Seven Star pond" and "Seven Star well" in the village. Yuyuan village has a profound cultural heritage and a close integration of human landscape and natural landscape. It is a classic relic of the ancient ecological "harmony between man and nature" and a tourist resort for exploring the ancient.

Historical evolution

It is said that Liu Bowen, the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Lai of Yu Yuan were classmates, and they were very affectionate. Yu Lai is the only way for Liu Bowen to return to his hometown of Qingtian from Wuzhou and Hangzhou. At that time, Yuyuan alternate drought and flood, often plagued, the people were in dire straits. Liu Bowen was good at the study of Canyu. He had a good command of astronomy and geography. He designed and directed to change the Zhixi river at the entrance of the village into Quxi River, and set up Taiji map with the river as the boundary between yin and yang fish. According to the measurement, the straight longitude of Taiji map is 320 meters, covering an area of 120 mu. At the same time, the star and eight diagrams Layout of village buildings are designed. Eleven hills around the village and Taiji Yinyang fish constitute the twelve palaces of the zodiac, 28 halls arranged in the shape of eight trigrams, corresponding to twenty-eight constellations. Seven Star pond and seven star well are distributed in the shape of Big Dipper. Yu's Ci, which is known as "the first ancestral temple of ten counties in Chuzhou", is located in its star. Yuyuan village has a large number of cultural relics and historic sites. There are 395 ancient buildings, mainly houses in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are also halls, halls, pavilions, courtyards, halls, ancestral halls and temples. Wood, stone and brick carvings are exquisitely made. Among them, Dongzhu temple in Song Dynasty, lisheqiao in Yuan Dynasty and ancient stage in Ming Dynasty are all well-known. The plaque of "yinghuantang" in the village and wanchuntang "huiqixingtu" inscribed by county magistrate in Qing Dynasty prove that Yuyuan's tourism has a long history.

Literary style of the two dynasties

Yu Yuanming and Qing dynasties had 293 scholars, such as Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai, and there are more than 100 ancient poems about Yu Yuan. Song Qian, Zhang Yi, Su pingzhong, Feng Menglong, Ling Mengchu and other famous scholars have an indissoluble bond with Yu Yuan. The story of Yu Yuan's jieshanlou written by Su pingzhong, academician of the Ming Dynasty, has been recorded in Sikuquanshu, and many stories about Yu Yuan have been included in the two moment amazing story and Chinese love history. Yu Yuan has been a painter, calligrapher and doctor. Qingtai Pavilion, a large-scale folk cultural activity originated in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, has been handed down to the present.

Layout of historic sites

Strange layout

The layout of Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang village is strange and full of magic. According to textual research, Yuyuan village was designed and built by Liu Bowen, the founding counsellor of Ming Dynasty, according to the arrangement of the celestial phenomena of "twenty eight constellations of the Zodiac". At the entrance of the village, there is a giant Taiji map with a diameter of 320 meters and an area of 120 mu. The main 28 ancient buildings in the village are arranged according to the constellations in the sky. There are also "Seven Star ponds" and "Seven Star wells" for fire prevention and evil control, reflecting the harmony between man and nature The ideal state of "harmony between man and nature".

A mountain stream flows from the southeast of the village to the West and east of the village until the foot of the west mountain. It turns north to the entrance of the village and flows to the fields outside the village in the shape of "s". The "s" shaped stream and surrounding mountains outline a huge Tai Chi map at the entrance of the village. The "s" shaped stream is just a boundary between yin and Yang, dividing the field into "Taiji Liangyi". The old trees of Yinyu in the south of the river are towering, and the existing road passes through the fisheye; the rice of Yangyu in the north of the river is golden, and dry land crops are planted in the fisheye. The diameter of taijitu is 320 meters and the area is 8 hectares. It is said that Taiji map is placed at the north entrance of the village. On the one hand, it can block the cold air and "evil" in the north, and on the other hand, it is like a "gas dam" to prevent the auspicious gas of the village from leaking out.

After further research, experts found that the layout of the residents in Yuyuan village was arranged according to the ancient Chinese astrological map "Tiangang leads to 28 constellations, surrounded by the twelve palaces of the Zodiac", which is completely consistent with the astrological map unearthed from the Liao tomb in Xuanhua, Hebei Province in 1974. The Taiji map at the entrance of the village is the "Pisces Palace" around Yuyuan village, and the 11 hills around the village just form the "Zodiac 12 Palace". The 28 ancient buildings in the village are arranged according to the directions of Canglong Qisu in the East, Xuanwu Qisu in the north, Baihu Qisu in the West and Zhuque Qisu in the south. The seven ponds (also known as "Qixing pond") are arranged in the shape of a big dipper, forming the layout of "Tiangang leading the eighteen camps". More ingeniously, Yu's ancestral hall, located in Kui, the head of the white tiger in the west, happens to be installed in the "dou" of the Big Dipper.

Scenic Spots and Historical Sites

There are many places of interest in Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang village. There are 1072 existing ancient buildings, covering an area of 34000 square meters, including dwellings, ancestral temples, shops, temples, libraries, etc. The ancient buildings are large in volume and exquisite in workmanship. The ancient houses and bridges are well preserved, the murals on the walls are well preserved, and the wood, brick and stone carvings are exquisite. They combine function with art, practicality with beautification, and are perfectly integrated with the main structure of the buildings, with unique Jiangnan style. "Shuangxi is surrounded by nine dragons, clouds can be ploughed, the moon can be fished, the green grass is fragrant, the Yellow calf is fat, the silver waves are shadowing, and the goldfish are jumping..." This song of eight scenic spots of Yuyuan written by Yu Jun, a Jinshi of Ming Dynasty, is a true portrayal of the natural landscape of Yuyuan. Dongzhu temple, built in the Southern Song Dynasty, is a famous place to realize dreams. At the entrance of the village, there is a huge Taiji map covering an area of 8 hectares. There are "Seven Star pond" and "Seven Star well" in the village. The cultural landscape is closely integrated with the natural landscape. It is a classic heritage of ancient ecological culture and the first choice for investigation, sightseeing and sightseeing.

An unsolved mystery

There are many unsolved mysteries in Yuyuan Taiji Xingxiang village. Since Liu Bowen changed Yuyuan River to Taiji River, there has not been a flood for more than 600 years. There is a well beside shangzuolou, which is called "weather well". When the weather is clear and the water is turbid, it will rain. Nine carved carp along the stringer of shengyuantang will change color with climate change. Every year, June 26 of the lunar calendar is "round" It's a happy day, even in the year of drought Yuyuan village is an ancient village with more than 700 families and more than 2000 people. It is the largest residence of Yu family in China. According to the villagers, the layout of Yuyuan village was designed by Liu Bowen, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Liu Bowen is a famous statesman and strategist in Chinese history. He is proficient in geomantic omen. In folklore, Liu Bowen is described as an immortal, resourceful and resourceful legend. According to Yu's genealogy, Yu Lai, the fifth generation sun of Yu's family in Yuyuan village, and Liu Bowen were close friends when they were young. In 1349, Liu Bowen resigned and returned to Li. He passed by Yu Yuan to visit Yu Lai. At that time, Yu Yuan was suffering from constant drought and flood, frequent fire and epidemic. Yu Lai asked Liu Bowen to help him find a way. After careful investigation, Liu Bowen, who is proficient in astronomy and geography, thinks that there are eleven hills around Yu Yuan, which have the spirit of auspiciousness. However, the streams in the village are too straight and "hard", which take away the auspiciousness. If the stream at the entrance of the village is changed into a curved stream and designed as a Taiji map, and the eleven hills form the twelve palaces of the zodiac, the auspiciousness in the village can be retained. He also further designed the layout of the village where Tiangang led to 28su. In the village, seven ponds were dug out according to the shape of the Big Dipper, and Yu's descendants were asked to build houses according to his layout.

It's amazing that since then, Yuyuan village has been free from drought and flood, and the people of Yuyuan village are rich. Not only in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also there are more than 260 people, such as Shangshu, Dafu, Futai, Zhixian, Jinshi, Juren and so on. They are regarded as the "geomantic treasure land" of outstanding people. Of course, these are not the only strange things: it must rain on June 26 of the lunar calendar every year in Yuyuan village, and the year of drought is no exception; the eight wood carved carp in shengyuantang will change color with the seasons; the white oak tree in taijituyin fish at the entrance of the village, which is more than 600 years old, grows to 27 meters high, and is known as the "white oak king" of Zhejiang Province; the third "Hengtang" in qixingtang, whenever villagers fill the pond to build houses It's not easy to get caught in a fire It is said that there are 20 or 30 mysteries about Yu Yuan, such as: there are no spider webs in Yu's ancestral hall all year round, and birds do not stay overnight, which makes people full of all kinds of speculation and fantasy about it.

Ancient Architectural Buildings

Yu's ancestral hall

It was built by Yu Lai's four sons in the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It was called "Xiaosi Temple" and suffered from war. During the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, Yu Yuan produced five famous people: Yu Dayou (Jia Xin Jun AI's anti epilepsy in the fifth year of Jiajing), Yu Zhao (he paid tribute to nanyong in the 13th year of Jiajing, and was granted a trial by Shanxi's Daifu, and was promoted to the rank of Fengyi doctor), Yu Qian (he paid tribute to nanyong in the 40th year of Jiajing, and served as a scholar in Qingzhou, Shandong Province), Yu Bin (he was sent to Wenzhou by the commander-in-chief of Yu Dayou in the 40th year of Jiajing Yu Shimei

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