Shiquan Miao Village

Shiquan Miao village is located in Dahekou village, Cangling Town, Youyang County. It is located in a valley with the shape of cuojikou. It is built close to the mountain. Except for the entrance and exit of the village, it is surrounded by ancient trees and green bamboos on three sides. Shiquan Miao village covers an area of more than 20000 square meters, with 108 households and more than 500 villagers. The interior is relatively open and the slope is gentle, extending to the edge of the Apeng river. Miao village is surrounded by terraced fields and bamboo forests. It is lush and beautiful. Shiquan Miao village is composed of simple wooden houses, bright stone slabs, flowing streams, unique wooden bridges and towering ancient trees.

Shiquan ancient Miao Village

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Shiquan Miao Village generally refers to Shiquan ancient Miao village

Shiquan ancient village is located in the core area of the Apong River National Wetland Park in Youyang County, Cangling Town, Dahekou village, the Bank of the Apong river.

Shiquan ancient Miao village is about 3 kilometers away from Apeng river. It is the residence of Shi Family in Dahekou village, Cangling Town, Youyang County. Miao village is located in a valley with the shape of a dustpan mouth. It is built close to the mountain. Except for the entrance and exit of the village, it is surrounded by ancient trees and green bamboos on three sides. Shiquan ancient Miao village is about 3 kilometers away from the Apeng river. It is the residence of the Shi Family in Dahekou village, Cangling Town, Youyang County. It has a history of more than 500 years. The village covers an area of more than 20000 square meters, with 108 households and more than 500 villagers, all surnamed Shi.

origin

Shiquan ancient Miao village, also known as huoshaoxi, is located on the Bank of the Apeng River in Cangling town of our county. It is known as the first Miao village in Southeast Chongqing. It is the most complete preserved Miao village in this town so far. Ancient village, historic site, ancient Miao tomb. There are mountains, water and people. By chance, I heard that there is an ancient Miao village in Cangling town. It has a long history, pleasant scenery and many historic sites that have not been discovered by the world. It's really worth seeing. Curious, he invited three or five friends to travel down the Apeng river for about an hour, passing through the great estuary gorge in Cangling Town, and then went ashore. After walking along the path for a little time, the vision became clear, and then he arrived at the destination of his trip, Shiquan ancient Miao Village.

Shiquan ancient Miao village is located in Dahekou village, Cangling Town, adjacent to the Apeng river. When the Dahekou power station was not built, it crossed the two slopes of "Nanxi" and was comparable to the Shu Road. The ancient Miao village is located in the middle of a mountain gully which is quite like a dustpan. The inside of the gully is relatively open and the slope is gentle. It extends to the edge of the Apeng river. The creek flows in the gully. There are terraces and bamboo forests around the gully. It is lush and beautiful. The ancient Miao village is located in the middle reaches of the stream. In the ancient Miao village, simple wooden houses, bright stone slabs, flowing streams, chic wooden bridges and towering ancient trees are integrated.

According to the records of Shi's genealogy, Shi Huan Cao, the first ancestor of Shi's surname in Youyang, is a descendant of Shi Shiqi, the sixth grandson of Shi Shouxin, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty. Shiquan's surname has been handed down from the generation of "Cai" to the generation of "Shi" for 15 generations. People with the surname Shi have always been martial, so many of them are tall, rough and forthright. There were two martial artists in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Later, with the infiltration of Han culture, culture and education were gradually valued. In the late Qing Dynasty, there were Shi Changxi Zhongju and Shi zongjun Zhongcai. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, there have been many college students, graduate students and leading cadres at or above the department level. Most of the descendants of Shi Changxi in the Ming and Qing Dynasties now work in Youyang, Qianjiang, Fuling, Wanzhou and other places, and some have studied abroad and settled in the United States. These people who come out of the village, with the simplicity of Miao village, add a lot of luster to the ancient Miao village.

Characteristics of ancient villages

There are more than 70 wooden dwellings, 108 households and more than 500 villagers. The ancient village is closely surrounded by more than 1000 ancient trees, more than 500 hills, terraces and bamboos. It is bigger than Langde Miao village in Guizhou, which is "the largest original Miao village in China" as recorded in the history of China Museum. Shiquan ancient Miao village has a history of more than 500 years.

The stockade is built close to the mountain, occupying a hillside shaped like a peninsula, like a chair facing south. There are eight mountain springs in the village, which are not only cool and sweet, but also warm in winter and cool in summer. Because the village is full of villagers with the surname of Shi, it is called Shiquan, hence the name of Shiquan Miao village. Another rumor has it that there used to be fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, and no one dared to live here. Later, Shi's ancestors came here, set fire to the mountain, burned away the fierce beasts and poisonous snakes and settled down. Therefore, the name of Shiquan Miao village is also huoshaoxi Miao village.

architectural style

There are rows of wooden tile houses in the ancient Miao village in Shiquan. Some are stilted buildings, some are quadrangles. Some are three main rooms, some are five main rooms, some have corner plus wing rooms besides main rooms.

The main room is generally divided into five columns, seven columns and nine columns, while the wing room is generally divided into five columns and seven columns. Most of the wing rooms are stilted buildings, with guest rooms upstairs and living utensils such as stone pestles and stone mills downstairs. Some people also arrange the hanging feet upstairs as a study and bedroom, and the downstairs as a residence for livestock.

There are 3 main rooms (or 5 main rooms), and the central one is the main room. This is the place where the family places the ancestral tablets and sacrifices their ancestors. It is a sacred place. Women and children, especially pregnant women and puerpera, are generally forbidden to enter. Local people believe that pregnant women and lying in women with bloody bodies are unclean bodies, and it is humiliating for their ancestors to enter. The main rooms on both sides of the main hall are usually the bedrooms of parents or adult children. The corner is generally used for kitchen and dining room. The village preserves ancient traditional cooking utensils such as Huopu, Sanjiao and Dingcan.

Behind the main hall, there is a small room less than 10 square meters, which is called "official room" by the local people. It is said that this is the bedroom used by the host to receive officials, so it is called "official room". To receive guests in the room behind the most distinguished Hall of the farmhouse, to show the host's sincere respect for the guests.

The windows of the old house with green tiles and grey walls are all carved with exquisite window patterns, including flowers, birds and animals. The flowers in the window carvings are mainly plum blossom and peach blossom; the birds are generally magpie and Phoenix, and the animals are mainly sika deer and goat. Although these window patterns have lost their original color due to their age, they are exquisitely carved.

There is no iron and nail in the tenon of every folk house, but it can connect the columns, the fangs and the beams. From the vertical view, the upper part, middle part and lower part of the house are composed of a triangular body and two cuboids. It looks dignified and steady, winding, winding and vigorous. The wooden structure of the stilted building with delicate cross-section is extremely light and flexible, and the stilted building in the half of the Miao population highlights the effect of "light", and the "suspended fictitious house" stands overhead with a strong contrast.

Book records

According to the local records of Shi's genealogy, Shi's ancestors moved from Jiangxi to huoshaoxi in 1510 during the reign of emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty, and lived in the village for 15 generations. For hundreds of years, due to the restriction of road traffic, the ancient village is well preserved. In addition to the main room, the main hall, the corner, the wing room and the front door, there are also peculiar "official houses". The most amazing thing is that when these houses were built, they didn't use one nail and one iron. The daily utensils in Villagers' homes are almost all left over by their ancestors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Known as "the most original ecological ancient Miao village, unique living fossil of Miao ancient dwellings".

Shiquan ancient Miao village, also known as "huoshaoxi". Fire burns the stream, water and fire are hard to hold, it must not work. The origin of "huoshaoxi" comes from a legend. It is said that a long time ago, the ancient Miao village in Shiquan was densely covered with primitive forests, and different birds and beasts of prey came and went among the forests. One afternoon, when Shiquan came home from his work, he saw a python circling in the fire pool of his home. The snakes were wriggling around him, which frightened him. He didn't dare to enter the house, so he went straight back to the Bank of the Apeng river. He set off a fire and burned "one stream and two covers". The fire lasted three days and three nights. As a result, the exotic birds and beasts were driven away, and the ancient Miao village in Shiquan prospered. Although it is a legend, it adds a bit of mystery to the ancient Miao village.

Address: Dahekou village, Cangling Town, Youyang County, Chongqing

Longitude: 108.563765

Latitude: 29.021994

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