Xinye ancient village

Xinye ancient village

Xinye village is located in daciyan Town, southwest of Jiande, Zhejiang Province. It is 6 km away from daciyan scenic spot and 11 km away from Zhuge Bagua village. The village can be reached by 330 National Highway. In 2000, it was approved as a provincial historical and cultural reserve.

Walking into Xinye, you will find that it is an ancient village with a long history and simple customs. It is a historical picture inadvertently left behind by the era of rapid development. It is a paradise for modern people to linger in. Walking into Xinye village, people feel the rare nature and tranquility in modern society. Xinye village was built in 1219, the 12th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty. Because the village is dominated by Yuhua mountain, Xinye village is called Yuhua Ye family. According to research, Xinye village is also the largest Ye Village in China.

Features of scenic spots

Ye's Village

According to research, Xinye village is also the largest Ye Village in China. For hundreds of years, the Ye family of Yuhua has built a large number of houses here. Up to now, Xinye village has well preserved 16 ancient ancestral halls, halls, pagodas, temples and more than 200 ancient residential buildings. Due to its long history and rich architectural types, it is known as "open air museum of Ming and Qing architecture in China" by ancient architectural experts at home and abroad.

The whole community architecture of Xinye village, with the layout of five elements and nine palaces, contains the traditional philosophy of the unity of man and nature. Walking into Xinye village is like walking into a maze. There are hundreds of streets and alleys in the village. These dense streets and alleys are nearly 3 meters wide and only 80 cm narrow. The houses on both sides are high and closed, and the alleys are narrow and deep. The tall and closed white walls surround every family in a narrow courtyard. The crisscross streets and alleys connect the families and houses into an organic and orderly whole, forming a three-dimensional image reflecting the Oriental mysterious culture.

ancestral hall

The development of ancestral halls in Xinye village is also very typical. It has a large number of ancestral halls with distinct levels and complete specifications, thus recording a lot of historical folk information. Ordered hall is the general ancestral hall of Yuhua Ye family, which is located at the north end of the village. It is also the structural center of Xinye village. The earliest houses in Xinye village were built on both sides of it. By the eighth generation of the Ye family in Yuhua, the Fenfang sect began to build the fenci. These ancestral halls are distributed on the left and right and behind the orderly hall. Xishan ancestral hall is the earliest ancestral hall in Xinye village. It is also the rented Temple of Yuhua Ye family. It was built in the Yuan Dynasty and has become a part of Xinye primary school.

Chongren hall is the largest, most spacious and most gorgeous ancestral hall in Xinye village. Its scale not only exceeds that of the ancestral temple, but also exceeds that of the general ancestral hall. The general ancestral hall has only two or three entrances, while Chongren hall has four entrances, with a total depth of 61 meters. The deep space has a very strong sense of mystery, which is very rare in Chinese architecture. It can be seen that Chongren hall plays an important role in Yuhua Ye family.

Besides offering sacrifices to ancestors, Xinye's ancestral hall has many functions. Its assembly hall is the place where clans enforce private law rights and hold important ceremonial activities. Therefore, in order to show their family's wealth, they do not hesitate to carve beams and paint buildings.

carving

Those exquisite wood carvings often make people marvel. There are many exquisite carvings handed down from generation to generation. Many of the beams, fangs, brackets, etc., are all exquisitely carved and decorated with figures, spirits, beasts, birds, Huiwen, etc., with rigorous layout and beautiful shape. The hollowed out figure carvings make the facial expressions of the characters vivid, the costumes flutter naturally, and even the corners of the eyes and fingers of the characters are carved unambiguously. Most of the operas on the wooden beams are engraved with "pictures of all kinds of animals", as well as "nine gifted words" and "Phoenix picking peony", which are lifelike. These woodcarving decorations also reflect the ancients' hobbies and pursuits: for example, the lion symbolizes the power and Exorcism, the deer symbolizes the salary of the king, the horse is the most ambitious, and the bat is the blessing everywhere Wandering in Xinye village, you will always feel the coexistence of wisdom and superstition, humor and humor, reality and desire. Although the new village is a closed clan society, the clan cultural tradition is not closed. Like many clans and families in the south of the Yangtze River, people in Xinye Village attached great importance to their children's study at the beginning of their business. There were academies, private schools, free schools and official schools in the village. In today's crisscross streets and alleys in Xinye village, many of them are connected by big stone slabs. This is specially paved to keep the scholars free from mud and rain. Moreover, each stone slab road leads to the school, which is enough to show the good intentions of Xinye village people and their status in the family.

Tuanyun pagoda Wenchang Pavilion

In Xinye village, there is a group of remarkable buildings, which are tuanyun tower, Wenchang Pavilion and Land Temple. The tuanyun pagoda, built in the Ming Dynasty, is beautiful and dignified without any carving. This is a Fengshui tower. More importantly, people in Xinye village call it Wenfeng tower to pray for Wenyun. More than 300 years after the completion of Wenfeng tower, a Wenchang Pavilion was built at its feet during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Wenchang Pavilion is the supporting building of Wenfeng tower, also for praying for Wenyun. Later, in the north, a land temple was built close to Wenchang Pavilion. The Land Temple prays for a good harvest, the Wenfeng tower and the Wenchang Pavilion pray for a good harvest. Together, the three reflect the ideal and pursuit of the Ye family in the agricultural era.

Entering Xinye village is like entering a time tunnel. After hundreds of years, we are back to Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. The ancient residential buildings in Xinye village, from the fluency and simplicity of the Ming Dynasty to the richness and beauty of the Qing Dynasty to the simplicity and simplicity of modern times, have drawn a complete track of the history of thought, aesthetics and society. Xinye village began to decline from the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole historical process was clearly shown in the planning of houses and settlements built in different periods. The architectural styles and decorative patterns of different periods are deeply imprinted with the times. In the secluded alleys and first-class bluestone slabs, we read the changes and sighs of the years, but we also understand the pursuit and happiness of Xinye people. There are not only ancient buildings full of history and vicissitudes, but also a pure land for people to linger in.

Local Customs

Xinye people are simple and honest. Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, a grand sacrifice ceremony will be held, with rich and colorful dramas, acrobatics, fireworks, salutes, miscellaneous performances and folk song duels, which skillfully combine the elegance of traditional culture with folk art. During the temple fair, every household in the village has abundant food

No matter you know each other or not, you will be treated like a VIP once you come to the restaurant. Xinye's unique eight treasures lotus seed soup, steamed pork with dried vegetables, jujube cake, chestnut zongzi, tangtuan, buckwheat and other snacks make you enjoy your eyes and your mouth at the same time. In particular, tuqu liquor with new leaf characteristics is brewed from Yuhua spring water. It is equipped with Chinese herbal medicine, which has the effect of relieving summer heat, relieving fatigue, dysmenorrhea and promoting blood circulation. Its color is yellow and orange, which seems thick and pure.

Farming and reading culture

The Xinye family is famous for farming and studying. They advocate reading and are good at agriculture, industry and commerce. There are academies, private schools, private schools and government schools in the village. In the crisscross streets and alleys of Xinye village, many roads are connected by big stone slabs. Each stone slab road leads to the school, which shows the good intentions of Yuhua Ye family and the status of scholars at home. In Xinye village, there is a group of remarkable buildings, namely tuanyun tower, Wenchang Pavilion and Land Temple at the entrance of the village. The Land Temple prays for a good harvest, and tuanyun tower and Wenchang Pavilion pray for a good harvest. Together, the three reflect the Ye family's ideal and pursuit of "farming can make you rich and reading can accommodate you" in the agricultural era.

Offer information

Until December 31, 2020, nine scenic spots including Xinye ancient village will be open to medical workers all over the country for free. From now on to April 30, 2020, people from Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai city can also enjoy free tour of six scenic spots, including Xinye ancient village.

Address: Xinye village, daciyan Town, Hangzhou

Longitude: 119.335602

Latitude: 29.329768

Tel: 18668140072

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