Diaoyuan ancient village

Diaoyuan ancient village

Diaoyuan ancient village, located in Xingqiao Town, Jizhou District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, is composed of two natural villages, Weixi and Zhuangshan. It is 3.6km away from Jifu highway (provincial highway), 9km away from the exit of Ganyue expressway, and 18km away from Ji'an city. It is the descendant of Ouyang Xiu, a famous politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the same clan settlement.

There are 190 existing buildings in Diaoyuan ancient village, which are in the architectural style of Gan school in Ming and Qing Dynasties, including temples, ancestral halls, academies, villas, dwellings, etc. Among them, 102 are Ming and Qing buildings, and 88 are modern buildings.

The main scenic spots are Ouyang's general ancestral hall, Mingshan ancestral hall, wenwenshijia ancient archway, balaoye villa, wenzhonggong ancestral hall and lipai ancestral hall.

In 2003, Diaoyuan village was named "famous historical and cultural village in Jiangxi Province".

Development history

Diaoyuan ancient village was built in the late Tang Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Teng, the seventh grandson of Ouyang Xiu, inherited Diaoyuan. Since then, the descendants of Ouyang Xiu's lineage and his lineage have lived and multiplied together in Diaoyuan, so the big family name in the village is Ouyang.

Ouyang family was originally a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River. Its people were simple and honest, and there were a large number of talented people. It successively became a scholar and five people. Later, it was implicated by the "Donglin Party case" and abandoned the government to do business. By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Diaoyuan merchants and shop owners were all over the two lakes and Guangdong, and the rich one. According to the records during the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, Diaoyuan had a population of more than ten thousand at that time. There were not only a large number of ancestral halls and sub ancestral halls, but also many teahouses, restaurants, shops, theatres, brothels, horse racing fields, banks and other facilities. It was like a rural urban society, so it was called "little Nanjing".

In the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), there were more than 1300 households in Diaoyuan ancient village, with a population of nearly 10000 and more than 60 shops. In addition, there were opera gardens, casinos, horse racing fields, etc., known as "little Nanjing"; in the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), most of the buildings in Diaoyuan ancient village were reduced to ashes in the war.

Architectural pattern

The pattern of eight trigrams

Diaoyuan ancient village has a 9-meter-high, winding kilometer long, east-west direction, with more than 18000 ancient camphors planted on it. It looks like the "s" shaped mountain changanling, which is the dividing line of Taoist Taiji map. Weixi and Zhuangshan are divided into two areas of Taiji middle dividing line. The two natural villages are located at the "Shaoyin" and "Taiyin" positions in the central area of Taiyang on the central line of Taiji. Among them, Zhuangshan village, which has more than 70% of the ancient buildings in Diaoyuan village, has more than ten ponds which are high in the East and low in the West. In the north, there are two mountains with one water, forming the "Li Gua" in the traditional eight trigrams.

Eight diagrams can be seen in the buildings of Diaoyuan ancient village. It is either embedded in the lintel, or engraved in the window lattice, or carved on the bedstead, and even the arrangement of ancient dwellings is shaped according to the eight trigrams. Because Zhuangshan village, with mountains as the screen in the north and south, has the most ancient buildings preserved, the buildings in Diaoyuan ancient village are mostly located in the south facing north, followed by those in the south facing north.

Fengshui house selection

The architecture of Diaoyuan ancient village is oriented from east to west, north to south, and the arrangement of folk houses is built according to the Fengshui shape. The ancestral halls of all households in the village are lined up. In the front of the ancestral hall, there are ponds and open land. Seven ponds connect with each other and form a row. There is a screen wall in front of the house. The roads in the village should not go directly to the entrance of the residence,

The lane is narrow in front and wide in back. The corners of more than 150 existing ancient buildings are arc-shaped, and the gate is slanting, which is nicknamed "crooked gate". According to the seven ponds in the village, it means "seven stars accompany the moon".

Architectural features

The buildings in Diaoyuan ancient village are mostly of Ming and Qing Dynasty style, with brick and wood structure. The walls are made of two smooth green bricks and one single brick. The gables are rich in variety. All kinds of tile riding wind and fire walls are divided into single stack and double stack, which are unique.

On both sides of the roadway paved with bluestone slabs, there are drainage ditches extending in all directions. Under heavy rain, there is no water in the roadway. The fire walls on the front and rear eaves of the house pierce the blue sky. There are not only the common single eaves roof, but also the rare eaves tile roof; there are not only the 1-in-2-box, 2-in-4-box halls, but also the garden style, courtyard wall style and other rare rooms.

Main attractions

Ouyang's ancestral hall

Ouyang's ancestral hall is located at the entrance of Diaoyuan village, covering an area of 1200 square meters. The main body is the architectural style of the Qing Dynasty. It sits in the South and faces the north, with a 30 square square square field in front. On the field field, there was a memorial archway built of granite boulders, and on the east side of the ancestral hall, there was Chongwen academy and other ancillary buildings.

 

The structure of Ouyang's ancestral hall is characterized by a "pin" type patio structure. The large patio under the front hall and the small patio on both sides of the upper hall are square, forming a big "pin" character. The three cornices above the patio also form the "pin" character.

 

Wenzhong Temple

Wenzhonggong temple is located in the center of Diaoyuan ancient village. It was built in the late Northern Song Dynasty and has been repaired many times in the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In front of it, there is a corridor more than 30 meters long, a gate decorated with a Baoding, and a patio, an ambulatory, a string of buildings, and a hall.

 

Eight master Manor

Eight master manor is located in the east of Zhuangshan village, separated by a row of ponds. Facing the Diaoyuan Ouyang ancestral temple, it was built in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. It is a Chinese and Western style villa manor, also known as "eight master villa". It covers an area of more than two mu. The two-story main building with Xieshan style tile roof is located in the rear, the front yard and the back court. Now it is Diaoyuan village history museum.

 

Cultural relics

Inside and outside the ancient buildings in Diaoyuan village, there are wood carvings, stone carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, color paintings and gilded calligraphy and paintings. For example, gold gilded pictures such as "visiting talented people in Weibin" and "seeking wealth and longevity". On display in various houses, the big bed is decorated with pictures of Qilin sending children, magpie climbing plum, Eight Immortals crossing the sea and bamboo plum blossom.

 

Development and construction

Infrastructure

Jiangxi Provincial People's government, Ji'an Municipal People's government and Jizhou District People's government have invested more than 5 million yuan to upgrade and transform the customer service center, parking lot, walking path and other infrastructure of Diaoyuan scenic spot. After reconstruction and expansion, the tourist service center covers a total area of more than 400 square meters, including a rest hall, a film and television hall, a ticket office, a mother and child room, a consultation and complaint room, etc.; in accordance with the four languages, it has produced panoramic guide map, zoning guide map, road signs and other signs with high standards; combined with the construction of a national civilized city, it has built a "heart to heart" pool, the surrounding area of Ouyang ancestral temple, Chuwang temple The landscape and surrounding environment of 11 scenic spots such as ancestral temple were improved.

 

brand building

In 2003, Diaoyuan ancient village was rated as a famous historical and cultural village in Jiangxi Province by Jiangxi Provincial People's government.

 

In 2009, Diaoyuan scenic spot was rated as national 3A scenic spot.

 

2010. Diaoyuan village has been rated as a famous historical and cultural village in China and a provincial ecological village.

 

In 2012, Diaoyuan ancient village was rated as 4A rural tourism demonstration site in Jiangxi Province, and was listed in the first batch of Chinese traditional villages in the same year.

 

In January 2015, Diaoyuan ancient village was rated as a national 4A scenic spot by Jiangxi tourism scenic spot quality rating committee.

Cultural Activity

From April 30 to June 10, 2016, the first Luling Lantern Festival and Diaoyuan ancient village international food festival were held in Diaoyuan ancient village.

 

Tourism information

geographical position

Diaoyuan ancient village is located in Diaoyuan village, Xingqiao Town, Jizhou District, 18 kilometers away from Ji'an downtown.

 

transport line

Self driving route: Ji'an Yanjiang Road Luzhou East Road Jinggangshan Avenue Jifu road Gaoyan section Diaoyuan ancient village scenic spot.

Route: after getting off at Ji'an long distance bus station or Ji'an railway station, transfer to Ji'an unmanned ticket bus to people's Square, and then change to No.203 (people's Square Xingqiao (Diaoyuan) Unmanned ticket bus to reach Diaoyuan ancient village scenic spot.

 

 

Address: Xingqiao Town, Jizhou District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province

Longitude: 114.84471795998

Latitude: 27.18555995051

Ticket information: 25 RMB

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