Bixia Village

Bixia Village

Bixia village, located in Futian Town, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province, is more than 50 kilometers away from the downtown area of Ji'an city,

The village covers an area of about 3.5 square kilometers.

The ancient name of Bixia is Tanxi. It has a history of more than one thousand years since it was founded by the surname Luo in Tang Dynasty, joined the army in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and Hu Huang moved to Bixia.

The four gates of the village are locked tightly. There are more than 180 ancestral temples and houses in the village, which are connected by cobblestone roadways, highlighting the style of the folk houses in central Jiangxi. In particular, the architectural features of the "small closed circle" in the "big closed circle" completely retain the strategic defense facilities system of ancient villages to resist the invasion of strong enemies.

There are many ancient buildings and rich cultural connotations in the village. There are 36 ancestral halls in the whole village, with different structures, such as three entrance style, xiquejuchao style, gatehouse style and feeble Pavilion style, which retain the architectural style of Gan school.

Baxia village Shouchuan is a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Jiangxi Province.

On December 17, 2012, Bixia village was announced as one of the first batch of Chinese traditional villages by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development of the people's Republic of China, the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of finance of the people's Republic of China.

Village history

The ancient village of poxia, named Tanxi village in ancient times, was named Kaiji by the surname of Luo in Tang Dynasty.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Hu Huanggong, the ancestor of Hu family, went up from xinweijia village in the lower reaches of the river, where he established his business and gradually became a village inhabited by Hu family.

In 1840, the anrenting pavilion was built.

In 1856, the Taiping army invaded Bixia village, killing more than 120 people and injuring countless people.

In March 1930, the first party congress of Southwest Jiangxi special committee was held in Bixia village.

In 1932, Gonglue County moved from Jishui to Puxia village.

In 1984, the village was rebuilt from the village brigade. It has jurisdiction over three natural villages, namely, Bixia, Tanlu and Xiaping, and 25 villager groups.

geographical environment

Location context

Poxia village is located in the west of Futian Town. It borders Jiangcheng village of Futian Town in the East, yuanqiandongkou village and Jiushan village of Taihe County in the south, yuanqianxiangkou village of Taihe County in the West and liantian village of Futian Town in the north, 2km away from the government of Futian Town. The office of the village committee is located in peixia village. The maximum distance between East and West is 45 km, and the maximum distance between North and south is 6.8 km.

The village covers an area of about 3.5 square kilometers.

Geomorphology and hydrology

The terrain of Bixia village is mainly hilly, and the main rivers are rich in water.

In front of the village, there are ziyao mountain, Fugong mountain, gongcui mountain, and then there are Longshan mountain and Zisha temple.

natural resources

The village has 4600 mu of arable land and 9000 mu of mountainous land, including 7000 mu of woodland.

Village pattern

Site selection concept

Located on the West Bank of the Fushui River, the village is shaped like a bamboo raft, so it is also called Paixing. In front of the village, there are ziyao mountain and Fugong mountain (named after Deng Guangjian, the distant ancestor of Deng Xiaoping), gongcui mountain, and then Longshan mountain and Zisha temple, forming an excellent geomantic geographical location. The village is surrounded by mountains and water. Many famous trees and flowers, such as camphor, Liquidambar formosana, Phyllostachys pubescens, weeping willow, surround the whole village.

spatial distribution

The four gates of the village are locked tightly. There are more than 180 ancestral halls and houses in the village, which are connected by cobblestone roadways, highlighting the unique style of the folk houses in central Jiangxi. In particular, the architectural features of the "small closed circle" in the "big closed circle" completely retain the strategic defense facilities system of ancient villages to resist the invasion of strong enemies.

It is 80 meters long and covers an area of 1440 square meters. It starts from anrenting in the East, ends at lenintai in the west, has seven shops in the south, six shops in the north, anrenjing in the East and langhoujing in the West.

Architectural features

There are 36 ancestral halls in poxia village, with different structures, such as three entering style, Xique Juchao style, gatehouse style and puting style, which retain the style of Gan school.

Economic society

population

In 2012, the village had a total population of 3620.

As of November 2019, there are more than 400 households in Bixia village, with a population of more than 1800, and 90% of the population is surnamed Hu.

Economics

The main crops in Bixia village are rice, with an annual output of 3400 tons of grain, 8 tons of oil, 2.4 tons of vegetables, and 5000 live pigs.

Sociology

In 2012, there were three village level cultural activity centers, three village level book reading rooms, three kindergartens, one village primary school with 10% enrollment rate of primary school-age children, three village level medical and health service institutions, 92% popularization rate of safe drinking water, 86% popularization rate of village sanitary toilets, fitness equipment installed in 18 village groups, 600 cable TV users and 2650 new rural cooperative medical insurance There are 600 new rural endowment insurance households with 1300 people.

By the end of 2012, the village road of Bixia village was 8 km.

Main attractions

Hu's ancestral hall

Hu's ancestral hall (Dunren Hall) was built in the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (1465-1487), covering an area of 2700 square meters. The Tang name and couplet were written by Liu Yi, the number one scholar in Qing Dynasty.

Jingshan Hall

Jingshan hall, also known as "shangxiatianguang", has a construction area of 141 square meters. It is a small and medium-sized one patio layout and a wooden frame structure with a bucket. It is a family ancestral hall of Hu Li Jiao.

Ruigong Temple

Ruigong ancestral hall, also known as "Zhishan hall", was built in the late Qing Dynasty, with a total construction area of 244 square meters and a brick and wood structure. In the courtyard layout, the front eaves are clay figures, the horse head wall is clay flowers, and the workmanship is very exquisite; the inner column, beam support and shrine are exquisitely carved, and the lines are smooth, which has a high artistic value of sculpture.

Star gathering Hall

Xingju hall is a ancestral hall built in memory of King Xinggong. It was first built in the Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty (1465-1487), with a construction area of 1538 square meters. It was later burned down and rebuilt by the Hu clan in the late Qing Dynasty.

Zhuyintang

Zhuyin hall was first built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566). It was burned down in the Bingchen period of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856). It was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 1569 square meters. Its architectural feature is a push Gallery archway.

New Academy

The new academy was originally a private school built by Leshan hall. It was built in 1926. It covers an area of 506 square meters. It is a double-layer brick and wood structure. It is divided into front and back buildings and connected with the corridor in the middle.

History and culture

historical figure

Hu Huang, the Kaiji ancestor of Hu's surname, was a general of Marshal Diqing of the Northern Song Dynasty. Because of his outstanding military achievements, Emperor Renzong gave him 48 pieces of luanjie. Among them, there were 8 Jinshi who had passed Tingshi, Huishi, Enke and Enshi, 4 Jinshi who had passed Mingjing, 26 Juren, 42 officials above Qipin before the Republic of China, and 65 senior intellectuals who had studied abroad.

Cultural Activity

On February 24, 2009, the first folk culture festival was held in Bixia village.

On March 18, 2010, the second folk culture festival was held in Bixia village.

On March 4, 2011, the first Luling Cultural Tourism Festival of Qingyuan District opened in Bixia village.

On April 2, 2015, the fifth Luling cultural tourism festival was held in Bixia village.

On March 9, 2016, the sixth Luling cultural tourism festival was held in Bixia ancient village.

Intangible cultural heritage projects

Call for a boat

Calling boat is an ancient folk activity in Jiangxi Province, which aims to exorcise evil spirits and protect safety. In Jiangxi, wherever Zhang Tianshi went, there were shouting boats. Because the local conditions and customs are different in different places, the rituals and contents given are not the same, but they are basically receiving gods on the first day of the first month, and sending gods on the 16th or the second day of the second month.

The village is mainly called "dry" boat, pay attention to the guard of honor. On the day of the ceremony, in the open space in front of the ancestral hall of the village, people lit bonfires. More than 100 villagers, holding Luan frame, raised colorful boats, set off firecrackers, played drums and suona. The villagers played gongs and drums around the fire and sang the unique "boat song" of Bixia village.

 

In 2007, "Shouchuan" in Bixia village was listed as the third batch of intangible cultural heritage in Jiangxi Province.

 

Honorary title

On July 13, 2007, Bixia village was rated as a famous historical and cultural village in Jiangxi Province by Jiangxi Provincial People's government.

 

On August 14, 2008, Bixia village was rated as the fourth batch of famous historical and cultural villages in China by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development of the people's Republic of China and the State Administration of cultural relics.

 

In 2010, Bixia village was rated as a provincial rural tourism spot by Jiangxi Provincial Tourism Administration.

 

On December 17, 2012, Bixia village was announced as one of the first batch of Chinese traditional villages by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development of the people's Republic of China, the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of finance of the people's Republic of China.

 

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