Qinglong ancient town

The whole building group in Qinglong Town is like a soaring dragon. The ancient town is 5 li long from north to south. The curved buildings in the south of zhentou are dragon's tail; the curved buildings in the west of zhentou are the right legs of the dragon; the curved roads in the east of zhentou are the left legs of the dragon. Therefore, the road to the river is just like the dragon's claw has just come out of the water; the bow shaped old road of Fengshui slope is the right front leg of the dragon; the curved ramp of Longwang temple is the left front leg of the dragon; the lower street is the dragon's neck and the big cross is the dragon's claw; the river slope is the dragon's head, the Wuli long street is the dragon's body, and the water wells of the two temples such as Longtou Shanghe temple are longan. A big river in the east of the town rolls away from the south to the north. From a distance, Qinglong Town is like a dragon rising out of the water. There is a pagoda outside the town. It used to be a beacon tower for transmitting military information in the spring and Autumn period. From a distance, it looks like a giant pen. There are many shops on both sides of Qinglong Town. Laoye temple, Taishan temple, Granny temple, River Temple, Wenchang temple, Longwang temple, Dawang temple, Chahuang temple and other temples are located around the ancient town. The majestic temples, like eagles or strange beasts, protect the auspiciousness and safety of the ancient town.

Qinglong ancient town

Qinglong ancient town is located in Houcun Township, which is adjacent to Jiancaoping district and Yangqu County, Shanxi Province. The village is close to 208 national highway, Beitongpu railway and Dayun Expressway, so the traffic is very convenient. The total area of the village is 2.35 million square meters, including 3500 mu of arable land, 500 households and 1400 people.

Qinglong ancient town has been rated as one of the national traditional ancient villages and one of the top ten new scenic spots in the province.

brief introduction

Qinglong ancient town has a long history of culture. Qinglong ancient town was originally named qinghaozui (a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, Artemisia, named for its evergreen). During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shengzhong (born in the eighth year of Qianlong) donated millions of liang of silver to the Qing Dynasty. The royal family awarded a plaque of "million rope Zhong" and a flag embroidered with the pattern of "green dragon" to indicate the Manchu and Han families. From then on, jinghaozui was renamed Qinglong Town. Wang's family became a rich merchant with local officials (more than 130 third grade and fifth grade officials) and shops all over the country, After his rise, the Wangs built Wenchang temple in the East, Longwang temple in the west, and Fengtou village in the north, imitating the east culture and Western martial arts construction technique of Kunming Lake in the summer palace of Beijing, which formed the overall layout of East culture and Western martial arts, South Dragon and North Phoenix, and dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness. It formed a vivid dragon and became a famous town in the north in history.

History of Qinglong ancient town

In the history of Qinglong, there are Wang Shengzhong, a member of Sun Yat Sen League Association, Wang Shichang, a member of the "million rope" inscribed by the emperor, Wang Yuntong, wenlinlang, a member of the Ministry of household affairs, wailang, a member of the Ministry of military affairs, a member of the Hanlin academy, a magistrate of the Imperial Academy, ancient books of Guozijian, a chief secretary, an inspector, an inspector, a teacher, and a scholar. For a time, the place was brilliant and the merchants were prosperous. In the Yongle period of Ming Dynasty (1430), there was a village named "jinghaozui" on the main road from Taiyuan to Inner Mongolia. Two kilometers to the north of jinghaozui (today's Hanzhai), there is a Wangjiazhuang village. At that time, the ancestors of Wangjiazhuang changed from living on land to doing business. Around 1415 A.D., an ancestor of the Wang family was very competent in business and could speak foreign language. He went to the sea many times with the official fleet to do business, and he was also an official (several official positions are unknown). This may have something to do with Zheng He's voyages to the West. During the reign of emperor Zong Jingdi, because it used to cost a lot of money to go to sea, he no longer advocated that Pang Da's ships should go to sea to do business. But for the Wang family, with the opportunity of going to the sea to do business, they learned the real skills of doing business, so that their shops had a certain scale at that time.

It is said that in the first month of the reign of emperor Guangzong Taichang in the Ming Dynasty, when he was a son, he was a son of the Wang family. When he grew up, he did not want to read a book. He taught abacus. Later, he created "yizhangjing". According to the calculation, the ancestors of the Wang family should have been born around 1620 A.D. (this is the ancestor of the later Wang family's million rope sect). At this time, the number of the Wang family's names in various places increased day by day, which can be said to be "a struggle for gold with each passing day". In the feudal society, it was also said that "the official way is well-known, and all kinds of industries prosper.". Living in Wangjiazhuang is not suitable. I have a good eye on jinghaozui, the geomantic treasure land of traffic. At that time, there were three surnames Li, Jin, Xiao and Wang. They also opened several shops and managed land for a living. There was another place called jinjiadian. There were not many people with these three surnames and the economy was not very rich. Wang's family described this opportunity, so they bought a large number of houses and land in jinghaozui, built shops, pavilions, courtyards, and built large-scale buildings, and moved down from Wangjiazhuang. At this time, many of the Wang family moved to other places. There were few Wang families left, and the number of Han family increased. In the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Wangjiazhuang changed its name to Hanzhai village. Since the Wangs moved to qinghaozui, their business has become more and more prosperous. There are markets and traffic in every year, four or seven. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, the Wangs donated 1 million liang of silver to the state, which caused a sensation in the whole city of Beijing. (the story of a silver man in the Wang family) Emperor Kangxi Longyan was overjoyed and granted the title of "Minister of the Ministry of war" to the Wang family. (the name is not clear) and presented a Luan frame, but it was not equipped with a sun moon Dragon Phoenix fan. In terms of trade names, it was granted the title of "million rope" and a golden flag with a blue dragon embroidered on it. It was written "emperor Qing's gift" to show that the Manchu and Han families were sitting with the children of the eight banners. At this time, the Wang family entered its heyday. From south to north, there were 108 Lama temples, mushroom shops, drugstores, food shops, etc. There are precious herbal cream in the inland medicine shops, which are distributed in the prefectures of Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and so on. (this is seen from the tombstone when a large area of tombstone was laid in 1963) in terms of architectural style, it was built on the basis of the Qing long flag and the shape of the dragon body everywhere. For example, the front leg of the dragon is called Fengshui slope. According to Fengshui theory, it is called Xiangguang Puzhao. Ziqi comes from the East. Its right leg is close to the Sanfu ravine. It uses human force to carry the earth. Rammed earth is piled into a cliff about 30 meters long, wide and high, which is opposite to Wenchang temple Symmetry, echo from afar. A dragon king temple is built, equipped with a bell and Drum Tower stage. On June 18 every year, the Dragon King Temple sings opera, with a sea of people and incense. During the construction of the Wang family, the five generations insisted on building the whole village into a dragon shape. In order to keep the Qinglong flag and the village alive forever, the Wangs decided to take Qinglong Town as the evidence and change the name of Qinglong Town from jinghaozui to Qinglong Town, which means taking the Qinglong flag as the evidence.

The whole building group in Qinglong Town is like a soaring dragon. The ancient town is 5 li long from north to south. The curved buildings in the south of zhentou are dragon's tail; the curved buildings in the west of zhentou are the right legs of the dragon; the curved roads in the east of zhentou are the left legs of the dragon. Therefore, the road to the river is just like the dragon's claw has just come out of the water; the bow shaped old road of Fengshui slope is the right front leg of the dragon; the curved ramp of Longwang temple is the left front leg of the dragon; the lower street is the dragon's neck and the big cross is the dragon's claw; the river slope is the dragon's head, the Wuli long street is the dragon's body, and the water wells of the two temples such as Longtou Shanghe temple are longan. A big river in the east of the town rolls away from the south to the north. From a distance, Qinglong Town is like a dragon rising out of the water.

There is a pagoda outside the town. It used to be a beacon tower for transmitting military information in the spring and Autumn period. From a distance, it looks like a giant pen. The Wangs also built an earth pagoda on the border with xihuangshui village, and a brush tip on it, taking the meaning of "No.1 scholar" in Wenqu, hoping that God can bless the Wangs' family to have more officials from generation to generation.

There are many shops on both sides of Qinglong Town. Laoye temple, Taishan temple, Granny temple, River Temple, Wenchang temple, Longwang temple, Dawang temple, Chahuang temple and other temples are located around the ancient town. The temples are majestic, like eagles or strange beasts, performing their duties year after year to protect the auspiciousness and safety of the ancient town. The Wang family lives in three gardens and other dwellings on the 11th floor of the 20th hall. Different architectural styles, high level of construction, wood carving, brick carving, stone carving design Qiqiao, exquisite workmanship. In particular, wudaoge on Wuli long street is rare in China. The so-called Pavilion is neither a pavilion nor a memorial archway. It is built on the street. A building similar to the gate tower. Located in the center of the town, the toudao Pavilion is about three rooms wide and 10 meters deep. It has a two-story brick and wood structure, with three hard mountain top buildings built on it. In the room, two Bodhisattvas, Guanyin and Manjusri, are made in the north, and five hundred Arhats are made in the south. They are stacked in layers and are resplendent. To the south, one Chinese Li is erdaoge, which has the same scale as toudaoge. The difference is that the statue inside is emperor Zhenwu. Further southward, a Huali is the Sandao Pavilion, with the same scale as the first two, but the Jade Emperor and Kui emperor are on the pavilion. These three pavilions are equipped with iron gates. When they close at night, the streets are as safe as iron buckets. Sidaoge is in the East. The statues of Zhuge Liang and Yue Fei are carved on the pavilion, which is called shuangzhong Pavilion. The inscription "Qinglong Town" is engraved on the east facing cave gate, and the inscription "shuangzhong Pavilion" is engraved on the west facing cave gate. The fifth Pavilion is near the temple of the river. It is said that the river has eyes leading to the sea. The river often comes up and drowns the old road. Stone phosphorus, the king of Caidong, organized the residents to build dams and river temples to eliminate the flood. Later, a pavilion was built to commemorate the flood. The pavilion was inscribed by Empress Dowager Cixi. On the wall facing south, the word "Anlan" was inscribed. On the wall facing north, the word "Tantu" was inscribed. Every Chinese New Year and festival, Wudao Pavilion lights up the bowl lamp to worship God. The lamp is bright and lights up the whole town, which is very spectacular

Address: Qinglong village, Houcun Township, Yangqu County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 112.63049802331

Latitude: 38.022312943517

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