zhuge bagua village

Zhuge village of Lanxi City is located in Lanxi City, central and Western Zhejiang Province, 18 kilometers away from the urban area. There are more than 4000 descendants of Zhuge Liang in the village, which is the largest settlement of Zhuge Liang's descendants in China.

The overall structure of Zhuge village is designed and arranged according to the nine palaces and eight trigrams by Zhuge Dashi, the 27th generation of Zhuge Liang. The whole village is centered on Zhongchi, with eight alleys radiating outward to form the inner eight trigrams. The more magical eight hills outside the village encircle the whole village and form the outer eight trigrams. The village is mainly built in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there are more than 200 well preserved ancient dwellings and halls in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The landscape of the village is diverse and beautiful, including row upon row of ancient buildings and the ancient commercial center built around the pond. The whole village has formed a rich and unified whole.

Although it has gone through hundreds of years, the pattern of nine palaces and eight trigrams in the village has not changed. Its architectural style of "green brick, gray tile, horse head wall, fat beam, fat column and boudoir" is an ancient village with the best protection, the largest group, the most uniform system and profound cultural connotation in the country.

zhuge bagua village

Zhuge Bagua village, located 18 kilometers west of Lanxi City, Jinhua City, has 330 National Highway Passing through the village. With convenient transportation, it is the junction and must pass between Lanxi and the national scenic spots of "two rivers (Xinanjiang and Fuchunjiang), one lake (Qiandao Lake) and one mountain (Huangshan)". Zhuge Bagua village is the largest settlement of Zhuge Liang's descendants. The architectural pattern of the village is arranged according to the pattern of "eight array map", and a large number of ancient dwellings of Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved. It is the only ancient cultural village in China and unparalleled in the world. 5 N, 119. 2 E. The village is low and flat in the middle and gradually high around, forming a pond. Pool is the core of Zhuge Bagua village, and it is also the basic point of "eight array map".

The first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases.

On July 28, 2019, it was selected into the list of the first batch of key Rural Tourism Villages in China.

Village introduction

Originally called Gaolong village, Zhuge Bagua village is located in the west of Lanxi City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. The terrain of Zhuge Bagua village is like the bottom of a pot. It is low in the middle and gradually high around. Water from all directions converges at the bottom of the pot to form a pond, which is the bell pond. Zhongchi is the core of Zhuge Bagua village, and it is also the basic point of "eight array map". The bell pond is not big, but half of the pond is filled with water and half of the pond is covered with land. The shape of the pond is like tai chi in the nine palaces and eight trigrams. It's marvelous.

Taking Zhongchi as the center, there are eight alleys extending in all directions, leading to eight high mounds outside the village, whose plane is similar to the eight diagrams. There are many narrow alleys in the alleys, among which there are many ancient houses. The lanes close to the clock pool are relatively straight, and gradually zigzag when they extend outward. Many lanes are connected vertically and horizontally, like a maze. When outsiders enter the alleys, they are often easy to get in but difficult to get out, and even lose their way.

Interestingly, the descendants of Zhuge Liang, who lived in the village for hundreds of years, did not realize the wonder of the layout of the village. They were in the "eight formations" and did not know the shape of the eight trigrams. It was not until the relevant records were found in an old book that the mystery became known to the world. Now, as long as you climb the mound outside the town, look down and carefully distinguish, the shape of the nine palaces and eight trigrams of the whole village will be completely displayed in front of you. Its unique layout is amazing.

In 1993, Mr. Luo Zhewen, a famous ancient architect and expert group leader of the State Administration of cultural relics, visited Zhuge town on the spot. He said that the traditional layout of Chinese villages and cities can be divided into two types: irregular shape near mountains and rivers and square shape with central axis symmetry. For example, Zhuge town's layout of nine palaces and eight trigrams around a center is still an isolated example in the history of Chinese ancient architecture, and its great value can not be said Metaphor.

So far, there are different opinions on why Zhuge town is so distributed. Some people think that this kind of layout is a copy of Zhuge Liang's "eight array" and is designed by Zhuge's descendants according to the essence of Zhuge Liang's array, which is not only a special memorial to their ancestors, but also a disguised preservation of Zhuge Liang's "eight array". Although Zhuge's descendants are not keen on fighting, they have a strong sense of war preparedness. Such a layout is conducive to echoing in the clock pool, encircling the enemy from all directions, and virtually increasing the grasp of victory. And so on, different people have different opinions. Perhaps, with the continuous discovery of new data, this problem can be solved completely in the near future.

Zhuge town is not only unique in layout, but also rare in ancient dwellings. According to relevant records, the town was first built in the song and Yuan Dynasties, and it was rebuilt and rebuilt many times by later generations. It flourished in the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. More than 200 ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved in the town, which are scattered in the alleys and alleys of the town. It is said that in the heyday of the town, there were 18 ancestral halls of various kinds, most of which were carved beams and painted buildings, and most of them were of high craftsmanship. The existing Grand Court and the prime minister's ancestral hall are the best among them.

For a long time, people after Zhuge lived in Zhuge town and formed some unique life styles, simple and interesting. Walking in the town, the whole town is without exception.

Most of the doors are made of iron sheet.

The descendants of Zhuge inherited the fine tradition of Zhuge Liang, who was diligent in learning, proficient in business, outstanding people and talented people. It is said that Zhuge Liang had an old saying that "if you are not a good prime minister, you should be a good doctor." ZHUGE Liang was the first good prime minister in all ages, and later generations could not surpass him. Therefore, Zhuge's descendants did not care about their official career, but devoted themselves to studying medicine.

Zhuge town was a famous historical and cultural village in Lanxi City. In 1996, Zhuge town as a whole was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Today, Zhuge town has long been well-known. Many history lovers and tourists from all over the world come to Zhuge town. The millennium old town is full of vitality.

Because of its unique cultural and historical background, Zhuge Bagua village has attracted many tourists from home and abroad. Zhuge Bagua village is located in Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, 17.5km to the west of the city. National Highway 330 passes through the east of the village, and provincial highway leading to Longyou and Quzhou passes through the north. The whole village of Zhuge Bagua village takes Zhongchi as the core, forming a natural outer Bagua. There are more than 200 well preserved ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties in the village.

Zhuge Bagua village is located in the mountains of Lanxi City in central and Western Zhejiang Province. According to research, the village was built by master Zhuge, the 27th sun of Zhuge Liang, in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years and is still well preserved. It has become a new place for people to visit ancient China. The village is surrounded by eight hills. The distribution of the eight hills is very similar to the eight trigrams, forming the outer eight trigrams. The buildings and streets in the village echo each other. "Zhong Chi" is located in the center, like Taiji yin yang fish picture. Eight alleys radiate outward, forming the inner eight trigrams.

Zhugeli, the 14th grandson of Zhugeliang (952 A.D.) visited Shanyin (Shaoxing) as an official, and later served as shouchang county magistrate and died in shouchang. His son Qing moved from shouchang to Yanshan in the west of Lanxi and passed on to the 27th master Zhuge (1280). Because of the narrow situation of the original site, he found gaolonggang with unique terrain. He did not hesitate to buy land from the Wang family with a lot of money and built a village with the layout of Zhuge Liang's nine palaces and eight trigrams. Since then, Zhuge Liang's descendants have gathered in this area and Gua Ting has continued. By the second half of Ming Dynasty, a village with unique architecture, large population and large scale had been formed.

The village has a clear layout and structure, many halls and dwellings, and high quality. The ancestral hall has a large scale and unique structure. The wood carving, brick carving and stone carving of various buildings are luxurious and rich in structure. The total area of ancient buildings is more than 60000 square meters. The village has ups and downs in terrain, and the layout of ancient buildings is reasonable and continuous. In the village, the ponds are sparkling, the bamboo and wood are luxuriant, and the roadways are vertical and horizontal.

The landscape of the village is diverse and beautiful, including row upon row of ancient buildings and the ancient commercial center built around the pond. The whole village has formed a rich and unified whole. Experts and scholars call it "the model of traditional ancient villages and ancient dwellings in Jiangnan". Zhuge village is an ancient village with the largest group, the most complete system and profound cultural connotation. In 1996, Zhuge village was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit of China by the State Council.

Historical development

Cause of formation

When you arrive at Zhuge village, you can't help asking: Zhuge Liang's native place is Langya Yangdu (now Yinan, Shandong). The kingdom of Shu, where he is the prime minister, is in Sichuan, thousands of miles away from Lanxi, Zhejiang. How can his descendants live and multiply here. He is the ancestor of Zhuge family in Zhejiang Province. Zhuge Qing, the son of Zhuge Li, moved to Lanxi in the second year of Tianxi in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1018). Zhuge Qing, a son of Zhuge Qing, lived in Lanxi for ten generations and moved to Gaolong (Zhuge Bagua Village) with his family. It was in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, around 1340 A.D. Among the descendants of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge was the most prosperous one. One of the reasons is that Zhuge family adheres to the instruction of Zhuge Liang, their forefather, "if you don't make a good appearance, you'll make a good doctor." they manage the traditional Chinese medicine industry meticulously. The good medicine they make sells well all over the country and accumulates a lot of wealth. The Sutra Hall (traditional Chinese medicine exhibition hall) in Zhuge village is a concentrated exhibition of Zhuge family's achievements in traditional Chinese medicine.

development process

Although both are tourist attractions in Zhejiang Province, the popularity of Zhuge Bagua village is far less than that of West Lake and Thousand Island Lake. Because this big village has been forgotten for a long time, just like a pearl left in the grass, waiting for the discoverer for hundreds of years. Since the 1990s, Zhuge Bagua village began to shine, which was discovered by the central government and the governments of Zhejiang Province and Lanxi City

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