Nakata Village

Nakata Village

Located in Miaoqian Town, Changning City, Hengyang City, the second largest city in Hunan Province, Zhongtian village is the first batch of traditional Chinese villages, the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the key cultural relics protection units in Hunan Province, the famous historical and cultural village in Hunan Province, and the only traditional Chinese village in Hengyang City.

General situation

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Zhongtian village and its ancient buildings have high research value, historical value and architectural art value. The cultural connotation released from the remains is rich, and the military defense of Zhongtian ancient buildings ranks the first in Hunan; the quantity and integrity of ancient stone Lane ranks the first in Hunan; there are also a large number of Ming Dynasty building components left, and their preservation value is extremely precious, few in Hunan ancient buildings

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Ancient dwellings in Zhongtian Village

Zhongtian village was built in 1404, the second year of Yongle. It has been more than 600 years. It is the largest well preserved Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient building complex in Hengyang City and Hunan Province. Despite hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, more than 100 old houses, more than 200 patios and 108 roadways are still preserved, with a construction area of 14000 square meters. The folk houses have not only the architectural characteristics of the folk houses in the south of the Yangtze River, but also the unique artistic style

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Zhongtian village is the best preserved and largest ancient architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties in Hunan Province, which is comparable to Zhangguying village in Yueyang. In front of the temple, Zhongtian village dwellings face north and south. The whole building complex is magnificent, neatly planned, with no corridor, no eaves and exquisite carvings And has the complete drainage facility, each household is interlinked, forms a body. It was first built in the second year of Yongle (1404) and gradually expanded in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Despite hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, it still retains more than 100 old houses, more than 200 patios and 108 roadways from Kangxi 48 to the Republic of China, with a construction area of 14000 square meters

. At the time of the most prosperous development, there were more than 800 households, and most of the residents were surnamed Li, which is extremely rare in rural China.

There are 108 greenstone tunnels in Zhongtian village. Rich in mineral resources, especially rich in marble. So the front and back of the house, streets and alleys are covered with marble, marble is a feature of residential materials. The deep roadway is not only the dividing line, but also the traffic connection. On the contrary, the houses are connected as a whole. The shoes are not muddy in rainy days, and the bare feet are cool in hot days. In addition, the roadway is a good fire belt, if there is a fire, the fire will not spread. For hundreds of years, there have been no major fires in Zhongtian residential buildings. Apart from the yueyuetang at the entrance of the village and the stream around the village, it has something to do with the well-designed Yuhuo Great Wall.

There are more than 200 patios in Zhongtian village. The bottom of the patio is made of polished long marble. The houses are all enclosed with ordinary lighting conditions. The drainage pipe of the patio is designed to be hidden but not exposed. It turns from top to bottom and from left to right to flow from the stream around the village to the moonlight pond in front of the village.

natural scenery

Yueyueyuetang, located in front of Zhongtian village, was first built in the first year of Qianlong. It covers an area of several mu, with a horizontal line of 27.6 meters. It is surrounded by green stone slabs, totaling 288 pieces

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There is Cuiwei peak behind Zhongtian village, which looks like a pig. It is the back mountain of Zhongtian village, which is in line with the principle of geomantic omen in ancient China. The whole mountain is like a small forest park, which is a natural barrier for villagers. Marble mountain, the surface is only a thin soil. The trees grow in the crevices of the stone and are luxuriant. There is no lack of precious tree species, national first-class protected plants, such as Ginkgo biloba, known as living fossil

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Historical celebrities

Fu Wulang, the ancestor of Zhongtian village, was born as a military officer. In 1369, he was transferred from Chaling to guard Guiyang (now Guiyang County) and then from Guiyang to guard Changning. In 1404, he flattered Changning, aiming to implement military garrison and develop production

. After many years of fighting, he made many achievements. After returning to his hometown, he settled here, built large-scale projects, married and had children. His son, Rong Gong, married Lei Shi, and his son, Ji Gong, was sent to xiamatian (today's Zhongtian Village). It has more than 40 generations and lasted more than 600 years.

Li Shiwen, a native of Zhongtian village, Miaoqian Town, served as Deputy General of Tang Xunfang during the Xianfeng Period. He led the army to the Taiping army with the governor of Anhui Province Tang Xunfang. Compared with Li Kui, the hero of Liangshan, he did a lot of practical work for Tang Xun Fang and established a solid foundation

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Address: Zhongtian village, Miaoqian Town, Changning City, Hengyang City

Longitude: 112.521016

Latitude: 26.171261

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