Songtang Village

Songtang village is located in shangjin'ou village committee, Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City.

Songtang, an ancient village in southern China

Ancient village of Nanguo, Songtang, jin'ou (9 photos)

During the reign of emperor LiZong of the Song Dynasty (1225-1264 AD), the ancestor Qu Shilai (the son of Guilin, the Confucian District of the Song Dynasty) moved to Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong, which has a history of nearly 800 years. In December 2010, it became a national historical and cultural village.

Songtang village is built on the hill, with hundreds of lanes facing the pond and beautiful natural environment. With "Fengzhi", "Peiyuan", "Zhihe", "Zhongxin" and other ancient lanes as texture, numerous ancestral temples, family schools, bookstores, woerwu houses, ancient wells and ancient trees are dotted among them, forming a complete historical landscape. The scale of traditional buildings in the village is 20275 square meters, and the representative buildings are "ancestral hall of the district", "ancestral hall of the sixth generation", "ancestral hall of the five doctors", "ancestral hall of Dongshan", "ancestral hall of qiaolu", "Mingde sociology", "YangZheng bookstore", "Peiyuan bookstore", "Huichuan family school", "Kongsheng Temple", etc. The historical buildings in the village fully reflect the "Three Sculptures and one sculpture" of Lingnan architectural art, which has high historical and artistic value.

Only in Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were five people who got the Jinshi examination, one who got promoted to Futai from military background, and nearly 20 people who won the examination and were awarded excellent tribute. Among them, Qu Yulin, Qu Geliang, Qu Dadian and Qu Dayuan joined the Imperial Academy of Qing Dynasty, so Songtang village has the reputation of "Hanlin village". To modern times, there are also revolutionary pioneer area Mengjue and so on. The houses and former residences of these historical celebrities are well preserved. The more famous ones are simadi, former residence of Dayuan District, taishidi, former residence of Dadian district and glorious home, former residence of Mengjue district. The village also retains a large number of exquisite ancient couplets with meaningful comments and rich connotations. The names of gatehouses and alleys, the maxims of village precepts, the quotations and inscriptions of public good deeds in the past dynasties, and the "Songtang ancient scenic spots" which chants the eight ancient scenes of Songtang are well preserved.

Songtang Village

Songtang village is located in shangjin'ou village committee, Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City. During the reign of emperor LiZong of the Song Dynasty (1225-1264 AD), the ancestor Qu Shilai (the son of Guilin, the Confucian District of the Song Dynasty) moved to Zhuji Lane in Nanxiong, which has a history of nearly 800 years. In December 2010, it became a national historical and cultural village. Songtang village is built on the hill, with hundreds of lanes facing the pond and beautiful natural environment.

Village profile

Songtang village is built on the hill, with hundreds of lanes facing the pond and beautiful natural environment. With "Fengzhi", "Peiyuan", "Zhihe", "Zhongxin" and other ancient lanes as texture, numerous ancestral temples, family schools, bookstores, woerwu houses, ancient wells and ancient trees are dotted among them, forming a complete historical landscape. The scale of traditional buildings in the village is 20275 square meters, and the representative buildings are "ancestral hall of the district", "ancestral hall of the sixth generation", "ancestral hall of the five doctors", "ancestral hall of Dongshan", "ancestral hall of qiaolu", "Mingde sociology", "YangZheng bookstore", "Peiyuan bookstore", "Huichuan family school", "Kongsheng Temple", etc. The historical buildings in the village fully reflect the "Three Sculptures and one sculpture" of Lingnan architectural art, which has high historical and artistic value.

Only in Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were five people who got the Jinshi examination, one who got promoted to Futai from military background, and nearly 20 people who won the examination and were awarded excellent tribute. Among them, Qu Yulin, Qu Geliang, Qu Dadian and Qu Dayuan joined the Imperial Academy of Qing Dynasty, so Songtang village has the reputation of "Hanlin village". To modern times, there are also revolutionary pioneer area Mengjue and so on. The houses and former residences of these historical celebrities are well preserved. The more famous ones are simadi, former residence of Dayuan District, taishidi, former residence of Dadian district and glorious home, former residence of Mengjue district. The village also retains a large number of exquisite ancient couplets with meaningful comments and rich connotations. The names of gatehouses and alleys, the maxims of village precepts, the quotations and inscriptions of public good deeds in the past dynasties, and the "Songtang ancient scenic spots" which chants the eight ancient scenes of Songtang are well preserved.

Famous historical and cultural villages in China

In 2010, it was awarded the honorary title of the fifth batch of "famous historical and cultural villages in China" by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics.

Notice on the announcement of the fifth batch of famous historical and cultural towns (villages) in China

Department of housing and urban rural development (Construction Commission), bureau of cultural relics (Department of culture, Cultural Administration Commission), Beijing Rural Work Committee and Tianjin Planning Bureau of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government:

In accordance with the provisions of the measures for the selection of Chinese famous historical and cultural towns (villages) (Jiancun No. 199), on the basis of the preliminary assessment and recommendation of various localities, the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Bureau of culture and resources have decided to announce that 38 towns, including Guxin town in Shexian County of Hebei Province, are famous historical and cultural towns in China (see Annex 1) ）61 villages, including Jiaozhuanghu village, longwantun Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, are famous historical and cultural villages in China (see Annex 2).

In accordance with the requirements of the regulations on the protection of famous historical and cultural cities, towns and villages, please further straighten out the management system and do a good job in the protection and management of China's famous historical and cultural towns (villages). It is necessary to strengthen the guidance for the planning and construction of China's famous historical and cultural towns (villages), carefully formulate protection plans, formulate and implement protection measures, put an end to the construction activities that violate the protection plans, and strictly prohibit the transfer of historical and cultural resources to enterprises as a whole for operation.

The Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics shall inspect and supervise the protection of China's famous historical and cultural towns (villages) that have been announced; those whose historical and cultural values have been seriously affected due to inadequate protection shall be investigated and dealt with in accordance with the regulations on the protection of famous historical and cultural cities, towns and villages.

Annex: 1. List of the fifth batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China

2. List of the fifth batch of famous historical and cultural villages in China

Ministry of housing and urban rural development of the people's Republic of China

State Administration of Cultural Heritage

July 22, 2010

On December 19, 2012, the 800 year old Songtang Hanlin village in Nanhai, Foshan, was officially awarded the title of "top ten most beautiful ancient villages in Guangdong". The village solemnly hosted the award ceremony of the whole province, and the special documentary of Phoenix Satellite TV also focused on Songtang in prime time.

It is reported that the selection of the top ten most beautiful ancient villages in Guangdong is jointly held by Nanfang Daily, Guangdong Federation of literary and art circles and Guangdong Association of folk artists. The event sparked the attention and discussion from all walks of life on the protection and development of ancient villages. The online voting alone attracted more than 11 million people, and the degree of participation was higher than that of previous scenic spots selection in our province.

On the evening of December 19, 2012, the venue of the award ceremony of "top ten most beautiful ancient villages in Guangdong Province" - Songtang village in Jinou, Xiqiao, was decorated with lanterns and the lion was jubilant. Couplets were pasted outside the ancient ancestral hall, which was more lively than the Spring Festival. Many enthusiastic villagers also took the initiative to act as commentators for guests coming from afar.

Songtang village in Xiqiao is "a famous historical and cultural village in China" and the first provincial photography creation base in the province. The integrity of traditional ancient buildings such as Woer big house community and plywood mud wall house in the village reaches 80%. Since the Song Dynasty, Qu's ancestors, who fled from Nanxiong and moved to Lingnan, have been living in Songtang for nearly 800 years. This village, with a permanent population of less than 2000 people, started with a Bachelor of Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were at least four Jinshi and seven Juren, three of whom entered the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, Songtang is known as "Hanlin village" and is well-known.

On October 3, 2013, Songtang village, a thousand year old Xiqiao village in Nanhai, held the 2561 anniversary of Confucius' birth and distributed "Hanlin Lishi" to the students to actively participate in the construction of "wenhanqiao mountain" tourism and cultural highland in Nanhai.

Get honor

In September 2019, Songtang village was selected as the "cultural and tourism characteristic village of Guangdong Province".

Address: Songtang village, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.91279982538

Latitude: 22.98698029684

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