Egret ancient village

Egret ancient village

Bailu ancient village is located in the northernmost part of Ganxian District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, about 63 kilometers away from Ganzhou City, adjacent to Xingguo and Wan'an, with a total area of about 1 square kilometers. Bailu village was built 870 years ago, with a total population of nearly 3000 people, 98% of whom are surnamed Zhong.

Most of the buildings in Bailu ancient village were built during the reign of Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty. There were nearly 60000 square meters of ancient buildings. Due to the war, only 69 well preserved ancient ancestral halls and dwellings, and only more than 30 can live in them. It is known as the "Living Museum of ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Among them, Xingfu hall, Shichang hall, huilie temple and Mrs. Wang Tai Temple are listed as provincial cultural relics Protection unit.

On September 18, 2006, Bailu village in Ganxian county was rated as one of the top ten ancient villages in China.

Historical evolution

According to the records of place names of Ganxian County in Jiangxi Province, in 1136, Zhongxing moved from Zhuba in Xingguo to Jiancun. According to Zhong's genealogy, Zhong Xingye dreams that egrets fly here to inhabit, and hence takes egrets as the name of the village.

During the civil war, the ancient stage of Bailu village was bombed by the Kuomintang.

In 2006, the Party committee and government of Bailu Township built an ancient stage.

In 2009, Bailu ancient village renovated the ancient houses with a maintenance fund of 4.3 million yuan, involving many ancient houses such as Siyi hall and Gongxiang hall.

In 2014, the History Museum of Bailu village was established in Bailu ancient village.

Architectural pattern

The streets, ancestral temples and residential buildings of Bailu ancient village form ten neighborhood landscapes, including tianyichi, eryicang, sanyuangong, siyitang, wufudi, liujiaoting, Qigu temple, bajiaojing, jiuchengtang and Shizi street.

The ancient buildings of Bailu ancient village are built by the mountain and the river. They are concentrated along the Luxi River in the shape of crescent. They run from north to south. They are about 1 km long from east to west and 0.5 km wide from north to south. There are 238 ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties preserved, which is known as "Living Museum of ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties".

Architectural features

The buildings of Bailu ancient village are mainly dwellings and ancestral halls. The ancestral halls are divided into two types, namely "special worship type" and "residential worship type". From the perspective of architectural structure, most of them are "four water return hall" type, which is composed of exquisite carved gatehouses and architectural entities around the central courtyard. The outer walls of the ancestral hall are tall and straight, and each brick of the outer wall needs a grinding process. In the age of no cement, people used glutinous rice and water instead. Despite nearly a thousand years of wind and frost, they are still as firm as ever.

Main attractions

Village History Museum

The village history museum is located at the entrance of egret ancient village. Entering the village history museum, Zheng Hangsheng, the former president of Renmin University of China and the former president of Chinese society society, wrote the inscription "Bailu village history museum". Bailu village history museum is the first village level folk custom museum in Jiangnan, which was officially opened on August 18, 2014.

Xingfu Hall

Xingfu hall is located in the front of Bailu ancient village, near Luxi River in front of it. It is the first ancestral hall to enter the ancient village. It is a typical "four water return hall" building in the ancient village. There are four characters "Kui Bi Lian Hui" at the gate tower, which records a marriage story between Bailu and Dai quheng, the Prime Minister of Qing Dynasty.

Shichangtang

Shichang hall is located in the center of the ancient egret village. It is the ancestral hall dedicated to Zhong Xing, the founder of Zhong's egret. It's said that Zhong Yu was named Shichang. In memory of their ancestors, later generations built ancestral temples at the site of Zhongxing Jielu, which is called "Shichang hall". After dozens of reconstruction and expansion. At the end of 1940s, the building was rebuilt according to the original layout and location. The ancestral hall covers an area of 400 square meters, with three entrances, and features double eaves structure. On the front of the main gate of the ancestral hall, there is a huge plaque with the inscription "Shichang hall", on the central gate there is a large gilded character "Zhong's ancestral hall", and on the screen wall there is a bold character "Yue family".

Ancient stage

The ancient stage is located in the northeast of Bailu ancient village, which is the place of "Donghe opera" performance. Donghe opera originated and spread in Donghe (Gongjiang) of Jiangxi Province, hence its name. It originated from the Qingchang "Zuotang ban" in Ganxian county during the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. It was formally formed in the early Qing Dynasty, singing Gaoqiang and Kunqu Opera, and then absorbing Erhuang, xipi and other nonsense tunes. It is one of the ancient operas in Jiangxi Province, and was founded by the father and son of egret Zhong Chongyan. The ancient stage is an important place to perform "Donghe opera".

Huilie Temple

Huilie ancestral hall is located in the west of Bailu ancient village, with three buildings in front and back. It is the largest conjoined building in Bailu ancient village. There are only 16 large and small patios in the house, which is equivalent to "nine wells and eighteen halls". There are also two well preserved stone piers in the lobby, also known as "cold benches". In addition to the stone mound, there are also gold bricks in the lobby. The gold bricks are square, black and thick, and engraved on one side. The patio in the lobby is typical of Jiangnan garden.

Lady Wang Temple

Mrs. Wang Tai's ancestral hall is located in the east of Bailu ancient village. It was built during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1821-1850). It is connected with the "huilie ancestral hall" built by Zhong Yuchang. The ancestral hall has two entrances in front and back, the courtyard is wide, and the two entrant platform is 40 cm high. From the second entrance, the courtyard can be stepped up to the corridor on the second floor. The floor of the first entrance is lower than that of the second entrance, and the corridor is formed around the courtyard. The decoration of the corridor is simple and chic, and the eight character gate tower is wider than other general gates of egret, which is extremely magnificent. The gray plastic patterns on the top of the gate tower are very exquisite. The patterns of Unicorn, Aoyu, Phoenix, bat, gourd, Ganoderma lucidum and Wanzi are well-organized and far-reaching.

Wang Taifu was born in 1750, the 15th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, and was infected in 1822, the second year of Daoguang reign. He was the biological mother of Zhong Chongyan, the former governor of Jiaxing. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he was canonized as Damu Ren and presented to taishu Ren. He is virtuous, benevolent and charitable. He is deeply loved and respected by his people. Later generations set up the ancestral hall as a memorial. The gate tower of the ancestral hall is magnificent, the gray door cover is exquisite, and the carved ornaments show the characteristics of the female ancestral hall.

Embroidery house

Located in the north of Bailu ancient village, Xiuhua building is a place for Miss Bailu's rich family to find a place for their blind date. There are three entrances in the building, one for her father's relatives, the other for her mother's relatives, and the last for her to stay.

Hong Yutang

Hongyutang is located in the south of Bailu ancient village. In front of the gate of hongyutang is a rare eaves with five jumps of Ruyi Dougong structure, commonly known as "Nestle" built by square wood. Not to mention that, its prominent part is also carved with various exquisite flowers and birds. The local people told us that the master was a famous doctor who saved the life and healed the wounded. After receiving the emperor's commendation, he built this hall. Even if he was a first-class official, he would get off his horse here.

Honglue Hall

Hongluetang is located in the middle and south of Bailu ancient village. It is a brick and wood structure building with two entrances and one hall in Qing Dynasty, covering an area of about 450 square meters. It is a brick and wood structure, horse head wall, hard mountain top, beam lifting structure, three bays in width, 15.2 meters in width, 31.95 meters in depth, and 485.64 square meters in floor area. It is a building in Qing Dynasty and one of the representative local buildings 1、 It has a certain protection value.

In August 1931, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and other leaders of the first front army of the red army held a meeting in bailufu temple, where they once lived.

Cultural Activity

History and Humanities

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of scholars emerged in the Zhong family of Bailu ancient village, many of whom gained fame. Among them, there are 2 prefects, 6 prefectures and counties, 17 Juren and 568 scholars. The village is well-known for its four generations of families, including Zhong Zhengying, Zhong Yuchang, Zhong Chongyan, Zhong Gu and Zhong Xiu, who have gained fame and become officials.

activity

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After the death of an old man in the first year of the family, yellow paper should be pasted on the walls of public places from the second to the fifth day of the first month. Its basic meaning is to tell others that someone has recently died. Welcome to pay a new year's call. At the same time, in the hall of the home, the altar should be set up, the porcelain statue of the dead should be placed on it, and the three animals, wine and tea fruit should be put on the platform. Every family, regardless of their seniority, will send a person to send incense candles to worship the God's throne. The filial son of this family will come out to make amends. After the worship, he will start drinking tea, drinking wine, chatting and heart to heart talk, remembering his ancestors and comforting his posterity. On the sixth day of the first month, the filial son of this family will pay back one by one.

 

Welcome the Lantern

Egret ancient village holds a grand "welcome lantern" activity on the evening of the seventh day of the first month every year. Every family and ancestral temple in Bailu ancient village should make various lanterns to light, ring the "gongs and drums Pavilion" in the "colored paper sedan chair" and "colored paper boat", and form a mighty lantern river. Starting from the temple of blessing, the village will be circled by Shichang hall for five kilometers before returning to the temple of blessing.

 

Fight for a sedan chair

Immediately after the lantern reception, a group of young people with shirtless shorts rushed to the ancestral hall of Shichang, surrounded by a big wooden frame with the shape of "well" to fight for "sedan chair". After the incense burning and artillery salute, the two sides began to fight for "sedan chair". Young people from all walks of life try their best to get the "sedan chair" to their target - the family who asked them for help in advance and was ready to lead the "sedan chair". Which of the two sides

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