Lu Village

Lu Village

Lu Village, also known as Zhishan village, is a village under the jurisdiction of Hongcun Town, Yi County, Anhui Province. It is one kilometer north of Hongcun Town, a world cultural heritage site. Lu village's ancient residential community was built by Lu bangxie, a senior official of Sipin Dynasty during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty. It still preserves Zhicheng hall, Siqi hall, Sicheng hall, etc.

Among them, the well-known "woodcarving building" is the best of Huizhou woodcarving art. It was carved by two craftsmen employed by the owner for 20 years, and is known as "the first building of Huizhou woodcarving". The Huangmei drama Huizhou women, which once caused great repercussions, was moved onto the stage with the woodcarving building as the scene.

History and culture

history

Lu Village, also known as pheasant mountain village, is located in the south of Yangzhanling, an important traffic road. According to the genealogy of Lu family in Zhishan of Yi County, Lu and Jiang are of the same origin. Lu was first granted to Qi by Taigong. Jiang Gao, a descendant of Lu, once ate Lu because of the war. In order to make his descendants remember the hardships, he took Lu as his surname. During the reign of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Lu Wan made great contributions to the founding of the country and was granted the title of King Yan. The land was granted in Zhuo County, Hebei Province, and later changed to Fanyang county. Lu Yi, the son of Lu Dongmei, a descendant of Lu Wan, moved to Xuancheng, Anhui Province. Lu Yi's son, Lu Zhenqian, was born in Ge Village, Taiping County, which is in the area of Guo village, Huangshan District. Lu Zhenyu has three sons. The third son, Lu Xuan, was very fond of the beautiful mountains and rivers in the north and the sweet soil. He moved from Gecun to Chishan in the late Southern Tang Dynasty and became the first ancestor of Lu family in Chishan. It has a history of more than 1000 years

Culture

Lu village has a prosperous literary style, a large number of celebrities and many officials. During the period of Taiping and rejuvenation of the country in the Northern Song Dynasty, Lu Chengzhong was the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, and his writing style was excellent. Taizong of Song Dynasty praised him as "the most glorious scholar of Confucianism for his wonderful selection of embellishments and ideas"; from Lu Linguan to Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zuo prime minister and Minister of the Ministry of military; Lu Chenzhong was a Jinshi in the Northern Song Dynasty, and served as a dignitary. Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty specially presented him with admonishment, praising him as "jiejie not a group, quiet and conservative, and self respecting" Words and responsibilities are achieved by listening and hearing Lu village is close to the mountain and water. The stream in the west of the village is called Menxi, and the stream in the east of the village is called qianjiexi. It converges into Fengzhan River in the south of the village. The houses in the east of the village are built according to the stream. Most of them are picked out on the side near the water. They are built with open corridors, which is very interesting. The first level of bluestone steps and small wooden bridges make people feel like they are in a mountain village, but also in a water town. There is a stone bridge at the entrance of the village, named Siche bridge, which was built in the Song Dynasty. The bridge was named after Lu Chenzhong, a prominent figure in Lu Village in Song Dynasty. The ancients believed that Sima Gao Che was not allowed to be taken by the nobility. Lu village people named the bridge "Si Che" to show the nobility of the Lu family. There is a water channel in the village, which is a man-made ditch. It runs across the village from the Xiamen stream in the west of the village. It is curved and meandering in the village, making the water channel more lively. It comes out from the east of the village and connects with Qianjie stream. This is a practical example of heavy water injection in Huizhou ancient villages.

Wood carving

Diaolou

The most typical and distinctive feature of Lucun is wood carving building, which embodies the essence of Huizhou residence. Lu Village woodcarving building is a woodcarving building group composed of seven families, mainly including Zhicheng hall, Siji hall, Sicheng hall, glass hall and so on.

It was built by Lu bangxie, a 33 generation descendant of the Lu family, during the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty. Lu bangxie was a businessman in his early years, and his family was rich for millions. Later, he turned into an official career and became a political official. The brick, stone and wood carvings of Zhicheng hall are exquisitely decorated. The materials are lively, festive, simple and beautiful. They are not only the reflection of the true taste of the host, but also the reproduction of the ancient folk life and labor.

Zhicheng Hall

Zhicheng hall faces south. It is built near the water. In front of it, there are porch style arches, and the two ends of the porch style arch have their own heads. On the front of the East and the West are "Changchun in the East", "Yanqiu in the west", and on the back are "Zhongqi" and "Yuxiu". Inside the gate is a courtyard, with side halls on both sides. On the lintel, there are various titles of "Yishuang" and "Yanhui". On the low wall of pianting hall, there are two through windows made of skillful combination of brick and stone carvings. The central part of the window is carved with stone components, carved with grass dragon auspicious cloud pattern, and surrounded by brick components. The front door of the hall is decorated with blue stone, and the whole carving pattern is majestic and magnificent. On the upper layer are four stone sculptures of Kui dragons, two of which are in the shape of leaping forward with their heads held high, while the Kui dragons on both sides are in the shape of moving plate with their bodies tilted. The composition is very lively. In the middle is a long axis auspicious picture. From west to East, lotus, mandarin duck playing in the water, Fengming peony, Songhe Yannian and magpie are carved in turn, which respectively means "more children in Lotus", "couple's Union", "precious long", "long life" and "more happy events". The carving of war pictures is full of the characteristics of the times. Lu bangxie experienced two major historical events: the Opium War and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, and even he himself may have directly participated in the war. The war map reflects water war, mountain war and positional war. The carving technology is fine, the people are tiny, the scenery is lifelike, and the characters are vivid. It is a rare treasure. The center of the pattern of menfang is the figure, with a total of 18 figure forms. The protagonist is in the middle of the story and is in the most natural and unrestrained state. On both sides are civil and military officials carrying Luo umbrella and war flag, which is also a true reflection of Lu bangxie's social status. Both sides of the characters are decorated with evergreen pines and cypresses and magpies. In addition, there are also carved patterns in Zhicheng hall, such as the picture of nine old immortals and deer, the picture of Seven Sages in the bamboo forest, eight immortals, suwu shepherd, Xizhi playing goose, Taigong fishing, Boya playing piano, Taibai drunk and so on. The carving techniques include shallow carving, deep carving, hollow carving and so on. The deep carving has six or seven levels. Zhichengtang has exquisite carving skills and vivid patterns. It is a museum of carving art, reflecting the skilful skills and extraordinary wisdom of Huizhou artists in ancient times.

Siji Hall

Siji hall, also known as Guanting hall, is very grand and similar to Chengzhi hall in Hongcun. It is said that Chengzhi hall was built in imitation of the official hall, because the official hall was built more than 50 years earlier. The glass hall is a combination of Chinese and Western architecture. Lu million, the owner of the house, went to Germany when he was in business. Later, he built the house according to the German style. You can see that the glass here is also imported from Germany

Folk Lantern Festival

In Lu Village, we can also enjoy the unique folk Lantern Festival. Lu village has a tradition of holding Lantern Festival every year, which mainly includes dragon lantern, lion lantern and Phoenix Lantern. At most, there are 34 dragon lanterns in one dragon, and nine dragon lanterns will be produced, forming the trend of "going to sea in Kowloon", which has become a major folk feature of Lu village. In 2002, the crew of "out of the blue river" and Siqingaowa came to Lu village to shoot location. This smart and beautiful Mongolian woman was elected as "honorary villager" by the hospitable people of Lu village. At the welcome ceremony, Siqingaowa said passionately: "with the help of the TV play" out of the blue river ", she came to the beautiful Lu village. She not only came to be a guest, but also became the host. She should pay enthusiasm, responsibility and obligation for Lu village. We should repay the villagers through art forms. We should not take the certificate of "honorary villager" for nothing and do something for Lu village And Xinran inscription: xiumeilu village.

Address: Lu Village, Hongcun Town, Yi County, Huangshan City

Longitude: 117.975145

Latitude: 30.014548

Tel: 0559-5545017

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