Banliang ancient village

Banliang ancient village

Banliang ancient village is located in Gaoting Township, Yongxing County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, adjacent to Matian town and Yuelai hot spring resort.

Introduction to scenic spots

Banliang ancient village is located in Gaoting Township, Yongxing County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, with a population of 1886 and a cultivated land area of 1260 mu. It is a natural village with 19 villager groups. The villagers grow grain and flue-cured tobacco, and have a traditional and simple life.

Banliang village has a long history. It was first built in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 600 years. It is an important market town in Jinling county and a commercial port between Guiyang, Leiyang and Changning.

Banliang is famous for its outstanding people and is one of the main sources of the local Liu family. More than 600 years ago, Liu Zifang, the ancestor of the Liu family in banliang, the younger brother of Liu Bang, the emperor of Han Dynasty, and the descendant of Liu Jiao, the king of Chu, settled beside the ancient Longquan Temple. Then, the sound of reading in Xiacun banliang private school and the sound of horse hooves on Jinling ancient post road. Water trade came with Banxi River, and banliang men set foot on the road of business. The first bank rose in Zhongcun, and the sound of copper coins reverberated in Qingshiban lane. According to the genealogical records, there are more than 400 villages with the surname Liu, about 80000 people, which were migrated from banliang. There are hundreds of officials in the past dynasties, with rich history and many legends, which is a typical clan settlement in southern Hunan. Huang Kecheng, the great general of the founding of the people's Republic of China, went from the rebellion in banliang to the revolutionary road. On December 13, 2010, the State Administration of cultural relics and the Ministry of housing and urban rural development solemnly held the awarding ceremony of the fifth batch of famous Chinese historical and cultural towns and villages in Beijing. Banliang village, Gaoting Township, Yongxing County, Hunan Province, won the title of "famous Chinese historical and cultural village", which is the only unit in Chenzhou City to receive this award. On behalf of Yongxing County, he Xiaohua, chairman of Gaoting Township People's Congress, Wang Jiansheng, director of Yongxing County Cultural Relics Management Office, and Cao Xiaochun, deputy director of Yongxing County Cultural Relics Management Office, made a special trip to Beijing to attend the awarding ceremony. According to the spirit of "notice on organizing to apply for the fifth batch of famous historical and cultural towns and villages in China" jointly issued by the Ministry of housing and urban rural development and the State Administration of cultural relics on May 20, 2009, Yongxing County cultural relics administration has organized a capable business team to excavate the historical origin of banliang village and meticulously prepare and plan in accordance with the spirit and business survey and planning requirements of the document The long-term planning of banliang village has been fully affirmed by the Provincial Department of construction and the Provincial Bureau of cultural relics. Materials submitted to the Ministry of housing and urban rural development, the State Administration of cultural relics expert review group, received unanimous praise..

The whole ancient village covers an area of 3 square kilometers. It stretches horizontally with its back against the Xiangling mountain. It is very large in scale. The view in front of the village is wide. The river flows down around the village. The three ancient ancestral temples are arranged in front of the village. The ancient post road passes through the village, and the stone road connects the streets and alleys. There are seven storey pagodas in front of the village, stone slabs and ancient bridges into the village, temples, pavilions, old private schools, ancient business streets and ancient banks in the village. The ancient village is famous for its small bridges, winding roads and ingenious layout of pagodas, ancient wells and stone roads. The ancient style of the village is unique.

More than 360 intact historical buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties have been preserved in the ancient village so far. These ancient dwellings, which have survived thousands of disasters, are decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, with cornices and angles. Whether it's water-polished green bricks, or it's a good match, or its brick carving, stone carving and wood carving, their craftsmanship is extremely exquisite, which is amazing. In a word, banliang ancient village contains ancient Chinese patriarchal rites, Confucian tradition, Fengshui concept, philosophical consciousness, architectural skills, ecological principles, etc. Known as the largest, best preserved, Fengshui best, the most profound cultural heritage of the "first village in southern Hunan.".

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Charm index of scenic spots

There are 360 ancient dwellings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are well preserved.

Traffic convenience index

Chenzhou is far away from Changsha, and the distance to banliang ancient village is short. The road is easier.

Cleanliness index of accommodation

There is no accommodation in the ancient village, but it is only 20 kilometers away from Yongxing County and only 40 kilometers away from Chenzhou City. You can stay in Chenzhou City and Yongxing County. There are many choices.

Dining delicacy index

The ancient banquet of Zhou Dynasty is full of ancient style, and "ten bowls of meat" is full of characteristics, but it needs to be ordered in advance.

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Ancient banquet of Zhou Dynasty

If you want to taste the most ancient and original food in banliang ancient village, don't miss the Zhou Li Gu banquet.

Originated from the "etiquette" of the "three rites" of the Zhou Dynasty, the ancient banquet of Zhou rites is a comprehensive folk etiquette that must be followed in the major events of red and white wedding in Yongxing rural area. It takes banliang ancient village as the center and retains the most complete. The banquet consists of reception, banquet and seeing off.

Jielong bridge was decorated with red cloth and the welcoming team was magnificent. Under the leadership of Si Zheng, four emcees wearing a scarf cap, a red sauce wide collar and a long sleeve shirt with right lapel, and four auspicious children wearing a round collar and colorful clothes were happy to welcome the guests. "Skillful dressing", "spring outing", "ten dozen" and "QingNv appreciating the moon" Si band plays and sings a rich repertoire, either the bright rhythm of Xiangnan Huagu minor, or the graceful and long ancient Kunqiang tune. After listening, we come to the ancestral hall of the banquet.

The guests are seated from top to bottom according to the order of their duties. The ancestral hall delivers cups, four toasts and four rounds of congratulations. There are three pavilions in place for the banquet (meaning rising step by step), three pieces of music, three chapters of singing praise, three rounds of toasting and three plus one dishes. The dish combines the characteristics of Guangdong cuisine, Anhui cuisine and Hunan cuisine, known as "ten bowls of meat". Fixed dish name and order. Although the ingredients are the same, the taste of the chefs is different with their ancestral skills.

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Board beam geomancy

Every family in banliang village is connected by stone road, which is more than 10 kilometers long. It means to take Longqi home. The houses of villagers may be worse, but the stone road is absolutely good. Before you visit rungong hall, one of the three ancient temples in banliang, you should first see Fengshui. Fengshui is an ancient culture. Experts say that banliang's Fengshui is the best. The most important thing in ancient geomantic omen is the orientation of the ground. Generally speaking, it faces south from the north and East from the West. However, the ancient village of banliang faces west from the East, which seems to be contrary to the Convention. However, the four directions of Zhuque and Xuanwu in front of Qinglong and Baihu are the same. As you can see, the ancient temple is backed by Xiangshan Mountain, with a broad prospect. There are Qifeng from afar and Xiushan from afar. Facing the three mountains, Laozi said: "Tao begets one, one begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things." Surrounded by four mountains, there is no Canyon wind, no Shashan impact, auspicious and harmonious, so banliang Fengshui is excellent.

The Banyue pond in front is called Mingtang, which corresponds to Fengshui. It has a screen wall inside and a Mingtang outside. It means "prosperous people in the mountains, prosperous water and prosperous wealth". Why should it be made into a semicircle? The ancestors of banliang learned the etiquette of the Duke of Zhou and the doctrine of the mean. They knew the philosophy of "when the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will be full". Therefore, they warned their descendants to be always modest and tolerant and never complacent.

Legend of banliang

During the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, Cheng Shilang and Liu rungong returned to his hometown to build an ancient hall. When the hall was about to be completed and decorated, the crossbeam disappeared! When the villagers were in a hurry, they found a plank floating in the river in front of the village. The craftsman picked it up, and the size was just the same as the roof beam. The auspicious time has come. The craftsman replaced the beam with this plank. Later generations have called the village banliang, which has been used until now. Let's see that there are several representative slabs on the chaomen. According to Professor Li Li, a tourism consultant hired by Chenzhou City, banliang Xiacun chaomen belongs to the village The architectural style of Yuan Dynasty is that the Mongols came to the Central Plains in Yuan Dynasty, and Quliang symbolized Yuanmen, which means ruling the Han nationality.

Ancient houses

There are more than 300 ancient dwellings preserved in banliang village. They are carved beams and painted buildings, carved eaves and floating roofs. All kinds of stone carvings and brick carvings are complete; figures, flowers and birds, landscapes are lifelike, and different from building to building. Liu shaosu Jianju, a former three grade official of the Qing Dynasty, is especially popular in the following films, and Liu Shaolian Jianju, a medium-sized one, is rare in southern Hunan because of its complete carving, good preservation and beautiful scenery. A totem, an artistic conception, a group of sculptures and a story need to be studied by experts and scholars.

Ancient Hall

Banliang village is divided into upper, middle and lower three housing systems. Each building has two ancient halls with an area of more than 1000 square meters. The strange thing is that there has never been spider web in the past hundreds of years, which is rare in the world. It is worth studying whether it is the building materials or the architectural design.

Jielong stone bridge

Crossing the river into the village is a stone slab bridge with three holes and nine slabs and a span of 20 meters. The bridge is called Jielong bridge. It is said that the lost dragon Qi will be brought back. The whole bridge is paved with nine 5-meter-long, 60 meter wide natural blocks of big Bluestone. The indentation on the bluestone slab shows the long history. According to the old people over 50 years old, the water on the front bridge is very deep. They used to dive from the bridge and play.

Zhenlong pagoda

Built in the ninth year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, the tower is of brick and stone structure. The diameter of the tower base is 8 meters, and the height of the tower is 28.8 meters. There are stone steps that rise according to the eight trigrams. The structure is dense and intact after 170 years. During the cultural revolution, when the counter revolution blew up the top of the tower and was preparing to blow it up, the rebels who carried the explosives were in a coma. So the old people forced to keep the tower until today on the ground of Fengshui retribution.

Jinling ancient post road

At the end of the bridge is the fork of Jinling ancient post road (called Guandao by common people), which leads to Leiyang and Changning through jielongqiao, and Guiyang, Guangdong and Guangxi through the village. Because it's the end point to take a boat up the Xiangjiang River

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