Furong ancient village

Furong ancient village

Furong ancient village is located in the south of Yantou Town, Yongjia County, Zhejiang Province, on the west side of Xianqing highway. It is a large-scale village backed by "Furong Sanguan". It was built in the late Tang Dynasty, where the Chen family lived. There is no Hibiscus in Furong Village. It is named because there are three high cliffs on the southwest mountain, which are white and red in color and look like three hibiscus flowers in bud.

Furong Village is the oldest village in Nanxi River. It is planned and designed according to the idea of "seven stars and eight fights", which means that the stars in the sky correspond to the people on the earth, and the stars build platforms and dig pools as symbols. Here, you can not only understand the evolution of farming culture and clan culture in ancient China, but also feel the charming charm of village architecture.

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The village is a little square, sitting West to East, surrounded by pebble walls, making the whole village like a small castle. In the East, a gate is opened in the middle of the wall, and two small gates are opened on both sides. Inside the gate, there is a woodcutter tower, which can be seen from all directions. There are five small doors on the other three sides.

Entering from the gate of the village is the main street made of pebbles, named "Ruyi Street", which means good luck. On the south side of the middle part of the main street, an inner lake was dug. The lake water was clear.

The flowers and trees beside the lake are gorgeous and fragrant. There are Pavilion trees and stone bridges in the lake. In the village, the water is diverted along the village walls and roads. There are many water trucks in the houses to connect the flowing water system formed by each "bucket". The house and roadside are clean and elegant.

Most of the houses in the village are of wooden structure, with uneven roofs, simple and elegant shape, beautiful and friendly scale, bright color of white walls and green tiles, and low stone walls and shady trees, making the whole village a harmonious beauty.

famous scenery

Sima house

Qianlong of Qing Dynasty

In 1750, it was built by Chen Shiluan, a local rich man. It is located in the northwest corner of the village. The three quadrangles are built side by side, with a total width of 70 meters. There are 15 naves, 6 patios, 24 altars, 58 houses, gardens, ponds and wells, covering an area of 6400 square meters.

There are still 36 families of the Chen family living here. Each of the three quadrangles has its own door, and the courtyard is connected by a corridor. The width from the main door to the front of the house is 18 meters, which is divided into several large courtyards. The whole house is open and friendly.

Chen's ancestral hall

Chen's ancestral hall is situated on the north side of Ruyi Street in the east gate. It is a ceremonial architecture. Therefore, its pattern is rigorous and its shape is complete. It is one of the essence of Furong ancient village building. Chen's ancestral hall is located in the West and faces east. There is a large courtyard in front of it. There are two gates in the north and south of the courtyard. The south gate is called Guangzong gate, and the north gate is called Yaozu gate.

There is a small pool in front of the courtyard, which is called "Xiangcheng pool". On the East Bank of the pool, there is a screen wall, on which is carved the picture of "Eight Immortals riding the cha". The main building of Chen's ancestral hall is a seven Bay building with two entrances. There are spacious corridors on the left and right sides of the main hall. Facing the hall is the most exquisite stage in the ancestral hall. It protrudes into the courtyard and is open on three sides. It is convenient for the audience to watch the opera in three directions. The roof of the stage is Xieshan top with high cornice and flying wings. On the wood structure, there are diagonal braces carved into gods and figures and exquisite flower baskets The column, covered with lotus like Shaozi, is exquisitely carved. Buildings like this are also rare in China.

Over the main hall of the ancestral hall, there are many tablets of merit and fame, and there are many couplets written on the pillars of the hall. There is a pair of columns written: "the ground pillow three cliffs, cliff spit famous flowers, bright forever; the door four water, aquatic beauty, glory shade for thousands of years", which is the relationship between the prosperous literary style and good feng shui of Meirong village.

Sanxing Temple

Also known as zonghu ancestral temple, it is located in the southeast corner of Furong Village. It was built in 1598, the 28th ancestor of Chen family. It is a quadrangle style bungalow building with a total floor area of 1728 square meters. The plane layout is neat and symmetrical. The front hall and the back hall are seven Bay, and the two sides are three Bay. The front and back channel is set. The beam frame structure is a mixed structure of lifting beam and crossing bucket. The roof is suspended on the top of the mountain. The building materials are strong, the structure is tight, the beam frame is easy to set up, and the shape is simple and simple.

Ruyi Street

Local villagers call it Changtang street. The east end of Ruyi Street is connected with dongximen, and the west end is straight to Furong peak, extending to the center of the village. The total length of Ruyi Street is 220 meters. The other streets in the village are paved with pebbles. Only the center of Ruyi Street is paved with green bricks, and the two sides are paved with stone strips. It was obviously rebuilt by the late Qing Dynasty, but from the worn and uneven green brick, it is likely that it was built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty.

Ruyi Street is the most prosperous place in the whole village. It is a good place for villagers to gather and hang out in their spare time. There is a local folk saying: "heaven in the sky, hibiscus on the ground, do you have food or not? Go shopping in Changtang street. "

Lotus Pavilion

The pavilion is built in the east of the pool. It is a two-story Pavilion style Square Pavilion on the top of the mountain. The pavilion has a sloping eaves and is exquisite, like a blooming hibiscus flower. There is a beautiful woman's seat in the pavilion. People enter the pavilion through two long stone bridges in the north and the south. It has become a good place for the elderly to gather and chat. Especially in summer and autumn nights, villagers come here early to have a cool, rest and chat.

Minglun Hall

Located in the center of the village, Ruyi Street in the north and Furong pool in the East, it is a closed inner courtyard style building. The whole academy has an orthodox pattern and regular shape. From east to west, there are panchi, Yimen, Xingtan, Minglun hall and lecture hall in turn. There is a pair of flagpoles in front of the gate of the instrument, and a rectangular apricot altar 3.2 meters wide and 6.4 meters long in front of the Minglun hall. Both the Minglun hall and the lecture hall are three Bay, with a depth of 9 meters. There is a shrine dedicated to Confucius in the center of the back wall of the Minglun hall. There are some quotations of Confucius on both sides. There are two windows on the back wall of the lecture hall. The light is transmitted through a narrow light patio in the back to facilitate students' study. On the south side of the Academy, there is a three Bay Shanchang residence. In front of the residence, there is a large garden about 12 meters wide and 50 meters long. In the garden, there are dense bamboo trees, rolling rockeries, winding stone paths and streams passing through. The garden has a small gate connected with the lecture hall. So it's also a good place for students to rest or play.

General house

The house was built during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and was named general house. Therefore, it is the former residence of Chen Yuxiu, chief of staff of the Fifth Army of the Kuomintang. The general house is surrounded by high walls and a large courtyard, all paved with pebbles. The main building is a large-scale Sanheyuan style building, with nine two horizontal pavilions, two front and back entrances, ten front horizontal pavilions and six back horizontal pavilions, a two-story attic, a double eaves overhanging Hill roof, covered with gray mandarin duck tiles. The whole building has unique ingenuity, exquisite craftsmanship, hollowed out carving, exquisite lattice window technology, and the pumpkin hanging columns on the veranda make the whole building empty and elegant, integrating artistry and practicality. The general's house is not only luxurious in architecture, but also exquisite in its doorstep. The doorstep is a ridge with double eaves and Xieshan style, decorated with kissing Phoenix. The brick carvings are delicate and exquisite. On the doorstep is a pair of couplets made of bluestone: "Li men, Yi Lu family rules; Zhi Shui Ren mountain ancient paintings. "The banner is" Hongxi Yanhe ".

Nanzhaimen

This is a common stone gate in Nanxi River. It's all built with original stone, very thick. There is a canal under the wall of the village. The water comes from the West. The canal outside the gate is a good place for village women to wash their clothes and vegetables. Tianwei has a large flow of water and clear water. Therefore, it is very busy all day long. Facing the gate is a small Qiao Pavilion, in which the statues of Tian Guan (Yao), di Guan (Shun) and Shui Guan (Yu) are worshipped, so people call it "San Guan Pavilion". In the pavilion, there are beauties who can rest by offering benevolence. Especially when it rains, the women who can wash clothes and the children who follow them take shelter from the rain. The light, compact and humane Qiao Pavilion is in strong contrast with the thick and rugged village wall and the south gate, which fully reveals the characteristics of Nanxi River architecture.

Simadidawu site

Located in the northwest corner of Furong Village, it was built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, with a total of 36 rooms. It seems that it is composed of three identical courtyard buildings with two entrances. Along the central axis, there are the screen wall, the gate, the courtyard and the hall. The hall is divided into primary and secondary, with the main court in the front. Each hall is divided into a small court. The large house structure adopts the traditional six frame three column timber frame with eaves and beams. The roof is suspended on the top of the mountain. The wood used is exquisite, mainly Catalpa wood. It is dignified and solid, with little use of paint. It shows the natural beauty of wood texture, and has exquisite decorative art, such as the stone carvings on the lintel and column base, and the beams and sparrows For, rafter head, door and window lattice on the wood carving, there are dry engraved ten thousand engraved vivid work. The walls and archways of the first entrance of Sima's mansion were destroyed during World War II, but they have not been restored. Only the broken empty walls and exquisite brick windows are left to remind people of the glory of the past.

Furong Academy

It was built in the Qing Dynasty. Later, due to the fire, it was rebuilt. There is the hall of the Academy, and there is a gentleman's house on the left.

Ticket traffic

Admission: 20 yuan, parking at the gate: 5 yuan.

Transportation: from Yantou to Furong, walk south for 10 minutes.

Address: Furong ancient village, west of Xianqing highway, south of Yantou Town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou City

Longitude: 120.736216

Latitude: 28.329544

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