Xiamei village

Xiamei village has a long history, rich cultural accumulation, and is the starting point of Wanli Tea Road. The Ming and Qing Dynasty style houses are located on both sides of dangxi, which is more than 900 meters long. Wenchang Pavilion stands across the river. Ancient streets, ancient wells, ancient docks, ancient buildings, ancient dwellings, ancient markets, together with the simple customs, constitute a typical style of southern water town.

Xiamei village

Xiamei village is located in the east of Wuyishan City, 8 kilometers away from Wuyishan Scenic Spot and 6 kilometers away from Wuyishan City. It has a population of more than 2500 and 500 households. There are traces of Neolithic human activities in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The village was built in the Sui Dynasty, Lifang flourished in the Song Dynasty, and the market flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It is a famous historical and cultural village in China.

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At present, there are more than 30 ancient residential buildings in Qing Dynasty, especially the "Three Sculptures" landscape resources. The ancestral hall, ancient well, old street, old lane, folk song, folk song, dragon dance and temple fair in the village blend the unique charm of the village and contain rich human landscape resources.

As the village is in the lower reaches of Meixi, it is named.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Xiamei village was once a tea market in Wuyishan. It flourished for a time, and now retains more than 30 ancient dwellings with architectural characteristics of the Qing Dynasty. These ancient residential buildings with brick, stone and wood carving art are part of Wuyishan cultural heritage.

Xiamei village is located in the east of Wuyishan Scenic Area, which is 6 km away from Wuyishan resort.

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Xiamei village, 5 kilometers away from Wuyishan National Scenic Spot, is under the jurisdiction of Wuyishan Street office. The whole village covers an area of 220141 square meters, and the building area of the village is 124802 square meters. The village has a population of more than 2000 and more than 500 households. There is only one village primary school and four medical centers in the village. Most of the villagers are Han nationality, but also She nationality. The main surnames are: Zou, Jiang, Fang, Chen, Lin, Zhang, Li, Wu, Wang, Peng, sun, Yue, Zhong, Lang, yuan, Huang, Zhao, Zheng, Liu, Zhou, Zhu, fan, etc. In addition to the surname Jiang, who came into the village from the Song Dynasty, many surnames, such as sun, moved in during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty. In the early Republic of China, a large number of surnames from Longquan, Zhejiang Province moved to Xiamei. In the 1960s, central and southern Fujian implemented the national immigration policy, and Fuqing, Hui'an and other immigrants moved to Xiamei. In the 1970s and 1980s, when the population of Sichuan was in great circulation, many people from four provinces moved to Xiamei, which made Xiamei a place with many native places, surnames, dialects and customs It is a large village with dense population. After generations of marriage, the village language, folk customs and customs tend to be consistent. Most of the villagers believe in Buddhism and Taoism, and many of them believe in Christianity.

Xiamei village has good ecological environment and unique geomantic image. The mountain protects the village, the water nourishes the people of the city, and the mountain is surrounded by the water, creating a closed and peaceful village. In the history of Xiamei, there were several wars between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party during the agrarian revolution, but there were no serious foreign wars. When Japanese warplanes bombed chishi, Gongguan, Chengguan, Xingcun and Wufu, they did not dare to rush into Xiamei. The peaceful Xiamei village makes the villagers support the country, keep the soil and work hard. The gentlemen and sages pay attention to the village ethics, run schools, private schools, build temples and donate to the public welfare. The villagers strictly abide by the farming solar term, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn. In the spare time of farming, he took part in the meeting of greeting gods in rural temples. Xiamei once showed the good custom of the people in its history.

infrastructure

After liberation, chishi Baishui highway was built. The highway bypassed the southwest and northwest of Xiamei along Meixi River, ending the years of bamboo rafting. Xiamei waterway, with Meixi as its main transportation capacity, has become a historical record. The scene of sunrise with more than 100 bamboo rafts and traders embracing Hebu wharf is now a good memory. In the past, Hebu was just a place for village women to wash their clothes. Now, the drinking water of villagers has been improved. Instead of drinking the stream water, tap water has been introduced into the households. Highway traffic and communication facilities have been improved. In the village, the activity of "five days and one market" continues. Every second or seventh day of the lunar month is the market day of Xiamei. The original market is located in the north and South streets of dangxi. In order to optimize the tourism environment, the market has been moved to the farmers' market.

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Famous cultural village

Due to the rich cultural landscape resources in Xiamei, in July 1992, the crew of Tongan zhubu of Fujian TV station filmed a TV series with Zhu Xi as the theme in Xiamei; in the autumn of the same year, Jiangsu TV station filmed a TV series Fan Zhongyan in Xiamei. For the first time, xiameigu residence was publicized as location in TV series.

In November 1998, in order to declare a famous historical and cultural village in Fujian, Xiamei village for the first time carried out large-scale environmental renovation, including cleaning brick gate buildings, collecting plaque cultural relics, determining the number of visitors to scenic spots, compiling cultural and historical materials of Xiamei village, and writing the declaration text. It successfully received the sightseeing inspection by the leaders of the Provincial Department of culture and the Department of construction.

On October 20, 1999, the crew of CCTV's "the end of the world at this time? A hundred surnames in China" went to Xiamei village to shoot "Xiamei surname Zou", which was broadcast on the international channel in March of the next year. In June 2000, Wuyishan Municipal People's government set up a leading group for the declaration of the fifth batch of key cultural relics protection units in Fujian Province. Xiamei, Zou's dafudi and Yu Qingqiao were included in the declaration. In 2001, it was approved by the provincial government and established a monument in the place where Zou's dafudi is located. On December 5, 2000, after the article Xiamei, a Xidi Village at the foot of Wuyi Mountain, was published in the special edition of Fujian daily · village discovery weekly, various domestic tourism media reprinted the news one after another, and travel agencies organized a large number of tourists to visit Xiamei village. In April 2001, the crew went to Xiamei village to introduce the content of tourism services. At the same time, the media that attracted attention also included Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV. In August 2001, Zhao Liqun, deputy director of Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV, led the "looking for a distant home" crew to Xiamei to shoot a feature film. After it was broadcast in Hong Kong, it attracted many tourists from Hong Kong and Macao to Xiamei. On April 22, 2003, CCTV sent a group of directors and editors to Xiamei to shoot the feature film "the first village in Northern Fujian: Villagers' investment in tourism". In March 2004, in order to publicize Wuyi Mountain, CCTV's "all over China" special film crew went to Xiamei village to shoot "the secrets of ancient dwellings" and "Wuyi bamboo rhyme". In October 2004, Fujian film studio filmed the scene of "hot land in spring" in Xiamei.

In 2004, Xiamei village began to apply for the second batch of national famous historical and cultural villages on the basis of obtaining the famous historical and cultural villages in Fujian. Through unremitting efforts, Xiamei people finally achieved the most rare goal: on September 16, 2005, with the approval of the State Administration of cultural relics and the Ministry of construction, Xiamei village won the title of "famous historical and cultural village of China", from which Xiamei has a "national image" to the world "Home card".

Residential buildings

The facade of Xiamei residential building is decorated with brick carvings and suspended buildings. The green tile roof is erected gently. The walls are built with bricks and wooden columns. The use of cantilever beams to reduce columns, expand the building space, East Pavilion, West Wing, library platform. The external structure is mainly high fire wall, which reflects the villagers' closed and conservative consciousness. The layout of the dwellings is scattered, the lanes are winding, and the boudoir building, book Pavilion, other industry, garden and wing room are the important parts of xiameigu dwellings. Forming the unique style of Xiamei residence. For the purpose of lighting, rain collection and ventilation, square patios are set up in all the dwellings. Under the patio, long stone flower racks are generally set up for householders to raise and enjoy flowers. One is the courtyard and the other is the hall, which embodies the philosophy of the unity of man and nature in ancient China.

Brick carvings, stone carvings, wood carvings and wall paintings are a wonderful work of xiameigu dwellings. All the gatehouses are decorated with exquisite brick carvings, reflecting luxury and wealth. Brick carving is mainly relief, but also hollow carving. The contents are mostly from historical figures, myths and legends, folk auspicious scenery and flowers, etc. The design is exquisite, the characters are lifelike, the environment is natural, the implication is deep, the charm is flexible, the rich cultural charm is displayed, and the good wishes of the ancient working people are expressed. In the brick carvings, for example, there are five bats flying in the sky. The bats head down, which has the same meaning as the Chinese New Year upside down "Fu". The heat in the pot converges with the bat, which symbolizes "good fortune"; the bottle is filled with Ruyi, which symbolizes "all the best, good luck and peace", and the bottle is filled with a sword, which is called "upgrade the bottle"; a person standing on a monster's head with one foot is "the best", and there are other patterns, such as flowers and clouds, which symbolize "prosperity of flowers" and "coming from the East".

Stone carvings are mainly used in stone foundations, door pawns, stone drums, flower racks, pool bars, well bars, water tanks and other objects. They are not only practical products, but also decorations. They are fine crafts with both appreciation and use. The wood carvings of xiameigu dwellings are also wonderful, including beams, suspended ceiling, tables and chairs, railings, window lattice, column foundation, etc., especially the window lattice. The windows are mainly in the pattern of transparent flowers, which are four, six, and eight lattice windows. Window lattice has narrative lattice, parallel lattice and so on, to maximize the artistry. Most of the woodcarving patterns are based on animals and plants, people and auspicious clouds, which are popular among the masses. They show the industriousness of the ancient working people

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