Ancient town of Dazhai City

Located in the southwest of Suining County, zhaishi ancient town is an important entrance to Huangsang National Nature Reserve, The original walls of the ancient town, which are built on bluestone, are about 2 kilometers long. They have three East, South and West gates. They have nine temples (Guanyin hall, Confucius temple, Town God's Temple, Guan Yu Temple, fire god temple, Dragon King Temple, Nanyue temple, flying temple, Kowloon view), four ancestral temple (Dragon House shrine, Yang Jianci, Gong Jiaci, two ancestral temple), three guild hall (Long County Hall, five treasure hall, Jiangxi guild hall), two nunnery ( Pangu temple, two pavilions (Wenchang Pavilion, Xuantian Pavilion), bell and Drum Tower, octagonal pavilion, Fengyu bridge, and Huxi academy, the largest Academy in the county, are rich in cultural relics.

Ancient town of Dazhai City

Zhaishi ancient town is located in the southwest of Suining County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, with a total area of 132 square kilometers, forest coverage rate of 72.5%, beautiful mountains and pleasant scenery.

geographical environment

The town has a total of 22 administrative villages (neighborhood committees), with more than 16000 people from Miao, Dong, Han and other ethnic groups. It is the location of the old town. Shizhu water flows around the town. The S221 line of national defense road runs through the whole town, only 16km away from the county seat and 58km away from Jingzhou station of zhiliu railway. It is an important entrance to Huangsang National Nature Reserve, surrounded by mountains, green forests and pleasant climate. There are more than 5000 people of Miao, Dong, Han and other nationalities living in the ancient town. In December 2010, zhaishi ancient town was jointly announced as the fifth batch of Chinese historical and cultural towns by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics.

Human history

Zhaishi ancient town has a long history. According to Suining county annals of the Qing Dynasty, it was called Zhuge city in the Three Kingdoms period, feifeng Hui City in the Tang Dynasty, and Yuanfeng city in the Song Dynasty

Huizhou was changed into Shizhu County in 1081, and Suining County in 1103, the second year of Chongning. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yang Zaixing, the leader of ethnic minorities in the county, led the people to revolt in Lingang (now Lingkou, Tongdao County, formerly Suining County, which was ruled out in 1951). Lingang was not far from zhaishi. The county government was seriously threatened, and was forced to move to wuyangzhai (now sujiazhou, Lixi town) in 1141. In 1155, the uprising was suppressed and moved back to zhaishi. In 1954, the county moved to Changpu town. Zhaishi ancient town has gone through three kingdoms, two Jin Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, Republic of China and modern times for more than 1800 years, including more than 900 years as a county.

Ancient town style

The original castle walls of the ancient town are about 2 kilometers long. They have three East, South and West gates. There are nine temples (the goddess of mercy hall, Confucius temple, Town God's Temple, Guan Yu Temple, fire god temple, Dragon King Temple, Nanyue temple, flying temple, Kowloon view), four ancestral temple (Dragon House shrine, Yang Jianci, Gong Jiaci, two ancestral hall), three guild hall (Long County Hall, five treasure hall, Jiangxi guild hall), two nunnery (Qi Yangan, pan). Ancient nunnery, two pavilions (Wenchang Pavilion, Xuantian Pavilion), bell and Drum Tower, octagonal pavilion, Fengyu bridge, and Huxi academy, the largest Academy in the county, are rich in cultural relics.

Most of the above-mentioned historic sites have been destroyed in the 900 year history of the ancient town. But there are still a lot of them. After field investigation, the remaining development values are as follows:

Ancient stele for closing hillsides for afforestation

In Yunwu Mountain of zhaishi, there is a notice stele erected in 1128, the second year of Jianyan of Southern Song Dynasty. The stele is well preserved and has clear handwriting. It is engraved with two or fourteen characters: "here is a treasure land of geomantic omen, the ancestors have cultivated a forest, and all the regiments should not be destroyed at will". The font is simple, dignified and powerful. After 880 years, it is still clear and meaningful. What's more, there are more than 100 official and folk forest protection steles in Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to textual research, since the Tang Dynasty, it is rare to see such a complete collection of stone tablets for closing mountains for afforestation and ecological protection. Today, when human beings return to nature and build ecological civilization, Suining has high cultural relic value. Today, Suining is known as the "magical oasis", which is the best historical witness. There are also some stone tablets for closing mountains and cultivating forests in the whole county. Our county will build a stone Museum for protecting forests in zhaishi town. We are applying for national cultural relics protection units. Once the application is successful, this is the unique feature of zhaishi ancient town.

Old street of ancient town, wind and rain bridge of Xihe River, ancient city wall, Huxi Academy

Xihe street is the old street of the ancient town, and there are about 500 meters of ancient dwellings. According to research, most of them are old wooden houses in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient streets began to take shape in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. After more than 200 years of changes in the times, the historical sites still exist, the ancient appearance still exists, the ancient flavor is still strong. The old wooden houses, the cornices, the flower window Gallery, the black plaques, the gold lettering, the bluestone paving, especially the blue stone relief and couplets on the gate of Long's ancestral hall, testify to the vicissitudes of the old street. The destroyed Xihe Fengyu bridge was built in 1727, the 5th year of Yongzheng reign. It is 26 feet long and consists of 24 rows, which means "to lift the strength of the whole county for 24 Li". The reconstruction of the Fengyu bridge on the West River will also highlight the ethnic customs, and the reflection in the water and the bridge will set off and enhance each other. After the restoration of the ancient city wall, it can also arouse the association of tourists and express sincere feelings. Huxi academy, the oldest institution in Suining, preserves the stele of regulations written by Yuan Baoyi, a Jinshi of Qing Dynasty. 3. In the Ming Dynasty, the iron bell and the stele of Yanggao Pavilion were built in Anping. In the Xiaosi Pavilion at the gate of zhaishi town government, there is an iron bell, which was cast in the seventh year of Chenghua (1471) of Ming Dynasty and written by Chen Ying, the Prime Minister of Suining County. It is the earliest ancient bell preserved in the county. In Yuantian Pavilion, there is a tablet of "Yanggao Pavilion" carved in the 25th year of Jiajing (1546) of Ming Dynasty. It records the dialogue between Gao yingmian, the magistrate of Suining, and his colleague Ren Shou about "the way of Tonghuan", and expresses Ren Shou's admiration for Gao yingmian.

red tourism

Resources are very rich: Deng Xiaoping's residence, monument to Anti Japanese soldiers, gaogongshan Red Army sentry fort and other attractions. On December 21, 1930, more than 4000 members of the seventh Red Army, led by Zhang Yunyi, commander of the army, and Deng Xiaoping, political commissar and Secretary of the former Party committee, entered Suining County from Guangxi and occupied the county town at that time. Since the uprising of the seventh Red Army, because of Li Lisan's wrong leadership of "left leaning" adventurism, he has suffered a lot of setbacks. The capture of zhaishi is the first victory of the seventh Red Army, which greatly boosted the morale of the seventh Red Army. Comrade Deng Xiaoping went to Hunan seven times in his life. The first time was after he occupied Suining County, he took two days and two nights off here. Mao Mao, Deng Xiaoping's daughter, describes the battle in detail on page 259 of my father Deng Xiaoping. The restoration of Deng Xiaoping's residence and the opening of the exhibition hall will, on the one hand, confirm this period of history, and on the other hand, carry out red tourism and patriotism education.

The legend of Wu Sangui, Shi Dakai and other historical celebrities. These historical figures have passed through zhaishi, and many stories have been spread among the people, such as Wu Sangui's dagger and Shi Dakai's iron cannon. Although the historical sites involved in these legends have been destroyed, they can still be restored for tourists to seek novelty.

Folk customs and national specialties

Zhaishi ancient town retains rich and colorful folk customs, but also has a lot of unique national products. In terms of folk customs, such as Miao women crying for marriage, men and women singing to each other, singing toasting songs, paper cutting, teasing spring cows, beating New Year gongs, witch culture, Nuo culture, etc. Specialties are black rice, Camellia oleifera, Wanhua tea, crisp dumplings, meatballs, meat cake, rice cake and so on. In the ancient town, a "snack street" is formed. These specialties are gathered together for tourists to taste, forming a food culture full of local flavor. The Miao people's "four eight girls' Day" in our county has been successfully declared as a national intangible cultural heritage. Zhaishi ancient town will hold four eight girls' day every year to protect, inherit and promote our rich cultural heritage.

Zhengban ancient dwellings

Zhengban is an administrative village in zhaishi Town, which is connected by provincial road and cement village road. Zhengban is the focus of ancient dwellings. Ancient houses, stone roads and flagstones are still the same. There are many ancient furniture and plaques, and even some people have preserved the windproof hats of Qing generals. There are also public documents and private calligraphy works preserved by Zhengban, the son of Yang Yuqing, the Secretary General of Henan Province, during the Anti Japanese War, and eight ancient trees planted by Yang Zhengban, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, after he moved from Dongshan in 1456.

Twelve scenes of Suining in Qing Dynasty

Gaogong spring, Jinchai West, Wenbi Lingyun, four mountains Huancui, Yishui Yulan, seven stars Senlie, Gaojing Huigan, cloud embracing tianque, sulou sunset are in the town or the suburbs. Now, the six sceneries of yishuiyulan, sishanhuancui, qixinghonglie, gaojinghuigan, wenbilingyun and yunyongtianque can be developed and utilized, and new sceneries can be added to form eight sceneries of Huizhen. In the above scenic spots, many of the poems chanted by literati of past dynasties have been preserved through the ancient county annals. Among them, there are many excellent works, which can be engraved into steles, printed into books, or transferred into paintings by painters for mounting on the market, forming elegant cultural development projects.

Today's ancient town

The scale structure of the village and town system: the population scale of the central town is 7000, the population scale of each central village is controlled by 1000-1500, and the population scale of each grass-roots village is controlled by 300-1000.

In order to speed up the economic development, the development strategy of "strengthening the town by industry and enriching the town by tourism" has been formulated. In terms of industry, an industrial system with traditional Chinese medicine, bamboo and wood processing, agricultural products processing and fine fruit as the main body has been gradually formed. The momentum of attracting investment is good. Xinda Wood Industry Co., Ltd

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