Yuanjia Village

Yuanjia village is the most popular rural tourist attraction in the whole province and even the whole country. The main scenic spots are Zhaoling, Zhaoling Museum, etc. Zhaoling Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Li Shimin, the second generation emperor of Tang Dynasty. There are more than 200 accompanying tombs. It is the largest royal mausoleum in the world. It is the largest mausoleum with the most accompanying tombs in China's imperial mausoleum. It is known as the "world famous mausoleum". The most famous one in Zhaoling museum is Zhaoling stele forest, one of the three famous stele forests in China, which is as famous as Confucius and Xi'an. There is also a folk culture street in Yuanjia village. There are various handicraft workshops with full characteristics scattered on the street. Here you can also observe various traditional crafts, such as making sesame oil, making Luji tofu and processing yogurt

Yuanjia Village

Yuanjia village, a traditional Chinese village under the jurisdiction of Yanxia Town, Liquan County, Shaanxi Province, is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Province, China. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The landform is divided into two categories: the southern Tableland and the northern hilly and Gully area. The village area is 0.4 square kilometers.

Yuanjia village is one of the famous rural tourism destinations in Shaanxi Province, located in the half-hour economic circle of Xixian. The location, layout and volume of villages depend on the nature and are compatible with the nature of mountains and rivers, showing a high degree of harmony with time and space and the attention paid to the artistic quality of living environment. The traditional layout of houses is due south and North, square and square; the streets are also horizontal and vertical, arranged in order, but in accordance with the trend, high and low scattered, neat and orderly. Xianbanqiang shadow play has been listed in the national intangible cultural heritage.

On August 26, 2013, Yuanjia village was announced as the second batch of Chinese traditional villages by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, the Ministry of culture and the Ministry of finance.

Village history

In the second year of Jianlong in the Northern Song Dynasty (961), the yuan family fled the war and moved to this place. They gathered together to live in a village.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yuanjia village had developed workshops and prosperous trade. It was the distribution center of goods and the main point of access to Beishan.

In 1668, the Guo family of Shanxi moved in, which coincided with the prosperous period of Kangxi and Qianlong. The villagers lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the number of people was prosperous. After that, they moved into Wang and Zhang families one after another and multiplied.

In 1953, a mutual aid group was established in Yuanjia village.

In 1955, Yuanjia village, Xizhou village and Dongzhou village jointly established a senior community.

In 1958, the senior society became the production brigade of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

In 1962, a production brigade was set up in Yuanjia village.

In 1972, Yuanjia village established a party branch.

geographical environment

Location context

Yuanjia village belongs to Yanxia Town, Liquan County, Shaanxi Province. It is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong Plain, Shaanxi Province, China. It is 10 kilometers away from Zhaoling Museum, 30 minutes to an hour's drive from Xianyang, Xianyang Airport and Xi'an. The village covers an area of 0.4 square kilometers.

 

 

Geology and geomorphology

The northern part of Yuanjia village is mountainous and the southern part is plain.

 

climate

Yuanjia village belongs to warm temperate semi-arid continental monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 12.96c ° and a frost free period of 214 days, with an average annual rainfall of 537-546 mm.

 

vegetation

Yuanjia village is a mixed zone of coniferous forest and deciduous broad-leaved forest, covered by economic fruit forest.

 

Village characteristics

spatial distribution

The layout of Yuanjia village is ingeniously arranged according to the terrain. The layout of its houses is traditional due south and North, square and square; the streets and alleys are also horizontal and vertical, arranged in an orderly way, but in accordance with the situation, high and low scattered, neat and orderly.

 

Wisdom of building a village

The site selection of Yuanjia village originates from the good natural environment and is compatible with the natural landscape. It shows a high degree of harmony with time and space and attaches importance to the artistic quality of living environment. Respecting nature, conforming to nature, utilizing nature and protecting ecological environment have become the design concept of Yuanjia village built by generations. The style of Yuanjia village is quite different from those rich and luxurious ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Everything in Yuanjia village is simple and natural. Since ancient times, local villagers have been hard-working in farming, and most of the dwellings and ancient roads have been built with local materials and stones.

 

The traffic direction, air flow, drainage and ventilation of Yuanjia village streets are based on its topography, which makes its architectural style and characteristics meet the needs of human nature, nature and ecology. The paving of streets and alleys is also natural and simple, mostly made of ancient green bricks or pebbles. Some of the ground is also made of compacted soil road. Due to the good water permeability of the ground, the roadside vegetation is also relatively luxuriant. With the development of streets and alleys, and with the development of vegetation, public activity space nodes will be formed, which not only enriches the landscape effect of streets and alleys, but also meets the life needs of villagers.

 

Economic society

population

According to the official website of the February 2020 Digital Museum of China's traditional villages, Yuen Village is mainly Han, with a registered residence of 286 people and a permanent population of 130.

 

Economics

In 1973, the grain and cotton output of Yuanjia village passed the "Outline".

 

In 1975, the cotton yield of Yuanjia village reached the highest level in history, with 177.5 Jin lint per mu.

 

After the end of the cultural revolution, the leaders of Yuanjia village led the villagers to reclaim land and restore agricultural development.

 

In 1979, the grain yield per mu in Yuanjia village reached 825 kg, 10 times higher than that in 1970.

 

In the 1980s and 1990s, the state proposed the comprehensive development of planned economy and market economy to comprehensively improve the level of industrial development. At this time, Yuanjia village responded to the call of the state and began to develop "five small industries - small coal mine, small steel plant, small fertilizer plant, small cement plant and small machinery plant".

 

In 1984, the cement plant was built in Yuanjia village, which made a profit of 300000 yuan. In 1986, the output exceeded 50000 tons, and the output value was 3.8 million yuan in 1990.

 

In the spring of 1994, Yuanjia cement plant expanded its production scale from 50000 tons per year to 150000 tons per year.

 

In the 21st century, the country's economic development is seeking new changes, from the development of quantity to the development of quality, from the development stage of ignoring the ecological environment pollution to the stage of taking environmental protection as the development principle, Yuanjia village has also begun to seek new development and changes, "five small industries" has met the bottleneck of development. Yuanjia village understands and abides by the national, provincial and municipal policies at all levels to improve the rural ecological environment The development of rural folk culture tourism industry, comprehensively improve the development level of service industry.

 

In 2007, the collective economic accumulation of Yuanjia village was 17 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 8600 yuan.

 

In 2017, the collective economic accumulation of Yuanjia village was 2.1 billion yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 75000 yuan.

 

By 2017, Yuanjia village had 10 processing enterprises such as rapeseed oil, tofu, mash and yogurt, 6 service enterprises such as parking lot, sightseeing train and passenger transport company, and 14 high-quality agricultural product bases such as rapeseed, corn, soybean, sweet potato, vegetable and pepper.

 

Main attractions

Baoning Temple

Baoning temple is a royal temple. It was built to guard Zhaoling Mausoleum and offer incense during Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty. According to the genealogy of Guo family in Yuanjia village of the Qing Dynasty, Baoning temple was built in the third west, after many repairs in Hongwu, Yongle, Kangxi and Tongzhi years. It is an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty.

Baoning temple is the only ancient temple in the 300 thousand mu mausoleum area with nearly 200 funerary tombs in Zhaoling Mausoleum of Tang Dynasty. Baoning temple is one of the oldest buildings in Murakami. It has a history of about 1000 years. After renovation, it covers an area of 1300 square meters.

 

Left and right customers

Youyouke is located in Guanzhong impression experience area of Yuanjia village. It is built by Shanxi and Shaanxi Ming and Qing Dynasty dwellings. There are a series of courtyard in the courtyard, and the scenery is superimposed. This kind of layout is formed by the repeated combination of the single courtyard plane along the depth direction.

 

Ronghua Pavilion

The old residence was originally located in Xudao village, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province. In 1902, luoxicheng bought luomingcaisi mu of land with silver twenty-one yuan and thirty cents and grain twenty-one yuan and twenty-six cents. After three years of construction, luoxicheng had more than ten courtyard houses. After the war, only three halls were left.

In 2009, Yu's descendants bought it with a lot of money and moved it to Yuanjia village in Liquan, where it was rebuilt. After careful design and decoration, it was transformed into a fluffy coffee shop while maintaining the original structural style.

 

Bishan Hall

Bishan hall is one of the most characteristic houses in Yuanjia village. It has the characteristics of northern houses. The grand building is majestic, tall and luxurious, rough and exquisite. The flat and three-dimensional form of expression shows the stable form and the building characteristics of being based everywhere. From the perspective of architectural art, it adopts the advantages of many families and meets the requirements of one side of the soil and water.

 

Kangzhuang gatehouse

Kangzhuang gate tower is located at the entrance of Yuanjia village. It has blue gray brick walls and eaves, wooden columns, beams, doors and windows, and stone lions in front.

 

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