City Village

City Village

Chengcun, located 20 kilometers south of Wuyishan Scenic Spot and north of Chengcun Seoul site, is an ancient village facing south. It was built in Song Dynasty. Nearly a thousand years ago, the three surnames of Zhao, Lin and Li began to live here, forming ancient villages and towns with many cultural relics. The main ancient buildings are ancient yuemen, Zhao's ancestral hall, Li's ancestral hall, Huaguang temple, baishuifang, Ciyun Pavilion, Yaowang temple, etc.

brief introduction

Chengcun, located at the southern foot of Wuyishan Mountain in the north of Fujian Province, faces south, simple, quiet and charming. The walls of the village are surrounded by four gates. The three main streets in the village are "Gong" shaped, with cobble pavement, wall, brick method and pavement of Ming Dynasty style. In the village, 36 alleys crisscross and twists and turns. Ancient wells can be seen everywhere in the village, with clear and sweet water.

There are still many ancient dwellings in Chengcun village, most of which are one-way Sanheyuan, all of which have brick gate buildings with simple appearance. A little scale, are hanging hall plaque, couplets. The pillars of the hall are made of old Keteleeria, and the interior is not painted to keep the original color of logs. Bluestone steps, brick paving. There are stone flower beds in the patio, on which all kinds of flowers and plants are planted, and the stone sink below is decorated with wood carvings, brick carvings and stone carvings, which are popular among the people. These carving techniques are fluent, powerful, moderate and lifelike, which clearly show the local characteristics of folk carving in Northern Fujian.

Most of the residents in Chengcun are Zhao. According to the records of Zhao's genealogy in the village, all the villagers surnamed Zhao are descendants of Zhao YuanZuo, the eldest son of Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty. He moved here in Yuan Dynasty.

In ancient times, with waterway transportation as the main traffic, the village was a big trading port in the north of Fujian

There was a prosperous scene of "thousands of lights in the daytime and thousands of lights at night". Today, with the development of land transportation, the ancient ferry in the past has been ignored, but the stream is still flowing. There is a famous Minyue King City site buried underground for thousands of years near the village. It is the most complete ancient city site of Han Dynasty in Jiangnan of China. It is also a window to pursue the mysterious Minyue ancient civilization. The city of the king is close to the village of the city, and the village of the city is named for the city of the king. According to the textual research, when Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty pacified Fujian and Vietnam, the descendants of the original residents of the ancient village were forced to migrate to the Jianghuai area, so the city and village were abandoned for hundreds of years. The villages of later immigrants were built on the cities of ancient Yue people, so they are also called "ancient Yue city villages".

Landscape overview

This is an ancient village with a long history, which has witnessed the process of historical civilization in Northern Fujian and even Fujian

In the 4.5 square kilometers of land, the commercial port of Northern Fujian, which is half fishing boat and half passenger ship, has bred many prosperity and miracles. After seeing the rise and fall, the prosperity is gone and the legacy is still there. Today's ancient villages are a little more quiet, leisurely, simple and dignified. Ancient Yuecheng village was built by immigrants from Central Plains after the people of Fujian and Guangdong left. Because it was built on the ancient land of the ancient Cantonese city surrounded by mountains and surrounded by Chongxi, it was named "ancient Guangdong" and now it is called Chengcun. It was built in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, flourished in the song and Yuan Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and declined in the Republic of China. Up to now, its natural landscape, village pattern and cultural remains still completely retain the style and features of ancient villages and towns in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing landscape mainly includes: Ancient Yue gate tower, Huaixi Shouji, baishuifang, Xingfu temple, Li, Lin, Zhao's ancestral hall, Jujing building, Fengyu Pavilion, jinshidi, shenting, Lanyuan residence, Tianhou palace and other scenic spots. The layout of ancient villages is rigorous, harmonious and orderly. Walk in the village, three main streets, 36

Alleys, cobble pavement, a "well" shaped crisscross, ancient style still exists. Drainage systems are set up on both sides of the streets and lanes, flowing into the river from west to East and from north to south. Ancient wells can be seen everywhere in the village. It is said that there are as many as ninety-nine. The most famous one is Jiaqing ancient well in Qing Dynasty. The horse head walls of ancestral temples, temples and ancient dwellings are abrupt and colorful, layered, simple and clumsy. The brick and stone carvings on the walls and the carved beams and painted buildings inside the houses make the architectural art and decorative art reach a perfect unity. This is an ancient village integrating natural beauty and humanistic beauty, which is shining with the wisdom of our ancestors everywhere. It records the history of the development of ancient villages in Wuyishan area, is the embodiment of traditional Chinese village culture, is the epitome of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Minyue Palace Museum

It was built in the south of Xingtian town and the southeast of Wangcheng site. In the form of charts, words, objects and reproductions, it shows more than 100 years of history of Minyue state, a small number of local governments in the South more than 2110 years ago. The layout of the museum is rigorous, regular and orderly. The roof and eaves are full of color, which really has the extraordinary atmosphere of "like birds, like leather, like flying", and reproduces the style of Minyue palace buildings in Han Dynasty.

Wuzhu statue

It stands in the front courtyard of the first exhibition hall. Wu Zhu was canonized as king of Fujian and Yue in the fifth year of emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty (202 BC) and ruled the hometown of central Fujian. His jurisdiction includes Jiangxi, Northern Fujian and Fuzhou, including Wuyishan. The statue is a stone standing statue, which is magnificent and rugged, showing the image of great talent and general plan after submission to the Han Dynasty.

Exhibition hall 1

The former style of Minyue kingdom in the Western Han Dynasty is condensed with words, pictures and models. In the middle of the entrance of the exhibition hall is "foreword"

Stone carvings and four totem pillars with cobra patterns symbolize the custom of worshiping snakes of Minyue people. The top is painted with the patterns of double snakes, sun, moon, golden crowns and toads. On the right side of the totem pole is a model of exploring the square, so that visitors can understand the scene when the relics of the city site were unearthed; on the left side is a model of Minyue civilian tombs, which can peek at the burial customs at that time. The walls on both sides of the main entrance of the exhibition hall are carved stone patterns of dragon and Phoenix. The contents of the stone carvings on both sides of the exhibition hall are as follows: the establishment of Minzhong County, the fierce battle, the conferment, the gift, the fishing and hunting, the farming, the kitchen, etc.; on the center wall is a huge oil painting of "the return of conferment", which shows the scene that king wuzhu of Minyue was welcomed by his subjects after he was granted the title of Han Dynasty. Through this hall, visitors can have a preliminary understanding of the history and customs of Minyue people.

Exhibition hall 2

The exhibition focuses on the historical relics of Minyue King City in the Western Han Dynasty. In the center of the hall is the restoration model of the city site, so that people can understand the rules of the royal city

Form, shape and building distribution. There are hundreds of precious cultural relics such as building materials, daily-use pottery, various copper and iron products and weapons unearthed from the city site on display in the windows around the model, many of which can be called the best in the country at that time. Such as: 2.02 meters long hollow brick, 15 kg iron plow, 81.5 cm long iron spearhead, China's earliest five tooth rake, etc. these cultural relics also occupy an important position in the Han Dynasty cultural relics unearthed in China. In this hall, people will have a chance to see the relics of Fujian Ancient Culture and understand the general picture of the exchange and integration of Fujian Vietnam culture and Central Plains culture.

Collection of ancient villages

Centenary square

Chengcun has always been a longevity village. Baishuifang was the emperor of Ming Dynasty in 1617

It was given to Zhao Xiyuan, the centenary of the village. It is the most complete Ming Dynasty wooden building in Northern Fujian. The whole building, with three bays, is supported by 12 columns. It is divided into upper, middle and lower layers to lift beams. The two layers are six fold ship type, butterfly type and Zhudou type. It is very spectacular.

Ancient Cantonese tea house

The ancient Cantonese teahouse is located in the ancestral hall of Zhao family in Chengcun. The antique courtyard, the tables and chairs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a cup of tea are all full of artistic conception. Visitors to the ruins of ancient Seoul have to sit here, have a cup of tea, listen to the history of the city and village, and feel the unique heritage here.

Connect rice bucket

There are many traditional folk customs in Chengcun, among which jiemidou is one. When the bride gets married, she should hand over the rice bucket full of rice from the man's family to her father or elder brother. When the bride gets on the sedan chair, her mother's uncle holds the sedan chair and puts on new shoes, which can't be stained with the soil of her mother's family.

tourist guide

In and out traffic

Take a minibus at Wuyishan bus station, about 40 minutes by car.

Climate and tourism season

Chengcun is a subtropical monsoon humid climate zone. There is a great difference in climate in the four seasons of the year. In spring, the temperature rises, the spring rain is continuous, but it is often cold in spring. It is rainy season in late spring and early summer, with northwest wind and low temperature in winter

Go.

Address: Chengcun, Xingtian Town, Wuyishan City, Nanping City

Longitude: 118.049635

Latitude: 27.552579

Ticket information: no ticket required.

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