Taiji Lake Village

Lake Village

synonym

Taiji Lake Village generally refers to Lake Village (village under the jurisdiction of Fuling Town, Jixi County, Xuancheng, Anhui Province)

Lake Village, also known as Taiji village. Under the jurisdiction of Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, the village is a key historical and cultural protection area in Anhui Province and an important heritage area of world intangible cultural heritage.

The ancient village with a history of more than 800 years, with many ancient bridges, pavilions, dwellings, ancestral halls, temples, millennium old trees, Yinquan street in Ming Dynasty, large-scale brick gate buildings, etc., is built close to the mountains and stretches like a three-dimensional landscape painting.

In addition, many former residences of celebrities (Zhang Xianghua, founder of Huizhou restaurant industry, Zhang Yiping, writer, etc.) are preserved. The unique regional skills, such as the swing and the unique medicine, Wang Shi, are the living fossils of Huizhou architecture and Huizhou culture.

In February 2020, in order to pay tribute to the medical workers struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, the scenic spot will be open to the medical staff free of charge from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020.

geographical environment

geographical position

Lake Village is located about 17 kilometers northeast of Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. Taiji Lake Village is a unique natural environment with Yin and Yang embracing each other. Yuanxi river flows southward around the village in the shape of "s". Western villages and Eastern fields form a natural "Taiji" landscape spectacle. There are also three excellent watersheds in Huizhou, namely "lion and elephant guard the door, sun and moon guard the gate, turtle and snake block the water"! With the change of history and human coincidence, the magical "imperial tomb" appears again.

hydrology

Taijihu village is a key historical and cultural protection area in Anhui Province, and also an important heritage area of world intangible cultural heritage. The ancient village with a history of more than 800 years, with many ancient bridges, pavilions, dwellings, ancestral halls, temples, millennium old trees, Yinquan street in Ming Dynasty, large-scale brick gate buildings, etc., is built close to the mountains and stretches like a three-dimensional landscape painting. In addition, many former residences of celebrities (Zhang Xianghua, founder of Anhui cuisine restaurant industry, Zhang Yiping, writer, etc.) are preserved, and the unique regional skills of swing and the unique Medicine Wang Shi are also preserved,

It is a living fossil of Huizhou ancient architecture and culture. This is Taiji Lake Village. The combination of nature, earth and human creates a harmonious society. People's hearts are yearning and sighing! She is waiting for you to find the ancient, explore the secret

Taiji orientation

"Guishan" and "Sheshan" facing each other across the water

Wangtaijihu village on the North Bank of Yuanxi River

Zhang's ancestral hall

Walking into taijihu village, a tall and towering ancestral hall is located in the west of the village - Zhang's ancestral hall. On the screen wall in front of the ancestral hall, there is a picture of auspicious animals. In the ancestral hall, there is a dragon incense Pavilion in the Ming Dynasty. On the column, there are six flying dragons, which represent the highest level of wood carving of Hui Style and can be called a unique wood carving. This is a traditional culture of taijihu village, the props of the swing. At the age of 40, every man in taijihu village has to "do the show", that is, to carry out large-scale recreational activities such as "swing and raise the pavilion". In the shape of a windmill, the swing is composed of a young girl, Caidan, in an ancient dress, tied to a chair, singing a tune and playing. The pavilion is a square box made of kapok and decorated with flowers. There are two or three young children on it. They play the role of playwrights and fix the actors on the pavilion with steel bars according to the characters. It is a thrilling spectacle without any trace. It can be called a unique skill in the South of the Yangtze River.

Yinquan Street

Out of the ancestral hall, along the stone road twists and turns, to the water street - Yinquan street. Yinquan street was built in the Ming Dynasty, with a total length of more than 300 meters. The water comes from shijinshan, passes through the village and flows into Shimen river. Throughout the year, the stream is endless, and the sound of water is murmuring like a musical instrument. Even if the water rises in spring, the water will not be on the street. The sound of water is even more beautiful, so it is called Yinquan street. Yinquan street and the north and south main streets form a "t" shape, which is paved with blue stone slabs. Two stone bridges are built on the street, which are called big and small stone bridges. There are more than 100 Hui style buildings with white walls, green tiles and horse head walls on both sides of the river, including dwellings, shops, medicine shops, oil shops, etc. most of them are built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are stone steps leading to the river for villagers to wash. "Small bridge, flowing water, people", presents a fresh and beautiful landscape of village.

The first village of Zhonghua Gate Tower

The brick carvings on the gate building of taijihu village are the best in Huizhou. Each brick carvings is a rare treasure with the romantic beauty of strange deformation. There are many brick carvings, with 20 carving areas, with the largest carving area of 4.2 square meters; the door covers are rich in shapes, such as scroll type, tower type, vertical column type, etc.; the carving techniques are skillful, with a strong sense of three-dimensional and texture effect, and the carving techniques reach the peak; the carving contents are rich, the images are vivid, the composition is appropriate, and the theme is prominent; the brick door covers in Hucun span more than 300 years It is an extremely rare literature and history material. Therefore, taijihu village is also known as "the first gate building village in China".

Geomantic treasure land

The ancient tomb of the 25th Xianzu of Hu family in Longchuan was also found at the east edge of the village. The owner of the tomb was Hu Yunlong, the Privy historian of the Song Dynasty. At the top of the tomb, there were two towering trees of Castanopsis carlesii with a history of 1000 years. Now only one tree is left. Although it was once struck by thunder, it is still old and strong, with deep roots and luxuriant leaves, which is extremely spectacular. Standing under the Castanopsis carlesii tree and overlooking Qigu mountain, the tomb is very similar to a Sleeping Buddha. According to the old man, the 25th ancestor of the Hu family thought that Fengshui was very good here. The tomb is located in Longxing mountain, with two trees as dragon horns, two wells at the foot of the mountain as longan and Sleeping Buddha facing each other, so he was buried here. There is a saying: born in Hangzhou, play in Yangzhou, buried in Huizhou, it is probably said that Huizhou people are very particular about Feng Shui!

Yaowang Temple

In the Yuan Dynasty, the doctor surnamed Hu was called "the king of medicine". It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from a bad disease, which could not be cured for a long time. After being treated by the king of medicine, he recovered two days later. Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and gave the four words "Long Feng en Yong" to feel the virtue of the king of medicine in treating his disease. Later generations built medicine king temple, worshiped medicine king, and continued to perform medicine King's merits and virtues. It is said that pill stones in the temple can cure diseases. There are three rooms and two pavilions in the Zen courtyard, and there are medicine garden, release pool, waterside pavilion and so on.

Qi Sheng

Falling in the most attractive or that by the gray black fish scale tile, white horse head wall composed of vicissitudes of life old house. Standing in the village, at the foot of the mining is experienced years of erosion of stone, looked up, eyes full of thick green, bent down to listen, you can hear the sound of the spring at the bottom of the stream. Taijihu village still has more than 100 old houses. The roads are curved and the houses communicate like a labyrinth. No wonder some experts say that the village is really a museum of Huizhou architecture. Taijihu village has a prosperous culture, including famous modern writer Zhang Yiping, Wenkui Zhang Xianlin and Wukui Zhang Gang in Qing Dynasty, and founder Zhang Xianghua of Anhui cuisine restaurant industry.

Taijihu village is a collection of ancient villages in Huizhou, so experts call it "the living fossil of Huizhou ancient culture".

Swing up the Pavilion

In the Qing Dynasty, taijihu village had hundreds of people doing business in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Wuhan and other places. Huizhou merchants who went out to do business not only brought economic prosperity to the villagers, but also expanded space for spiritual civilization and cultural life in their hometown. Taijihu village has been holding Guanyin festival since Jiaqing (1796). It can be regarded as a regional unique swing Pavilion. After more than 200 years of deduction and innovation, taijihu village has finally become a wonderful flower of folk art. It is a unique folk art in Jiangnan today.

The Guanyin Festival is held once a year in the first month of each year for seven consecutive days. Seven days before the victory of Guanyin, all the villagers were vegetarian to show their devotion to Guanyin. The venue is in the village playground, where a stage is built. The stage has a unique style. It has three floors, 5 feet of bay, 4 feet of depth and 48 pillars. The three sides of the stage are covered with blue cotton cloth, which is beautiful and can keep out the wind and rain. A Guanyin stage is set up opposite the stage. The statue of Avalokitesvara is vividly painted with paper paste.

On the day of the meeting, nearly 200 people from the "swing Pavilion" entertainment team set out from the ancestral temple and paraded around the village to Guanyin lake, where the lion and elephant at the entrance of the village. Guanyin grand meeting opened in the roar of 24 "three door blunderbuss". "Sanmen blunderbuss" are made of pig iron. They are two meters high. They are filled with gunpowder and colored paper. The young and middle-aged hold one each. When they are set off, they stand upright on the ground and ignite the fuse with kerosene. The sound is like thunder and the colored paper is high, just like the flowers of heaven. Twenty four blunderbusses are playing in order, which is earth shaking and exaggerates the entertainment atmosphere. Behind the three door blunderbuss is the six side big gong, which is installed in a wooden frame painted with red lacquer and gold. Two people lift it out, and then the people who lift the frame knock it rhythmically. After the gongs, there is a drum band, with suona, erhu, flute, Xiao, etc., playing Hui opera tunes. Then there are guanyintai and panlongxiangting, both of which were made in Ming Dynasty and have a history of more than 400 years. The pavilion is exquisitely made with red lacquer and gilded gold. It is three meters high and is divided into two parts: the pavilion and the base. The pavilion has two floors. There are six rolling dragons on the top of the pavilion column, which can be disassembled at any time. It represents the highest level of Huizhou wood carving and can be called a unique wood carving. On the top of the pavilion, there was a boy standing on the gourd. With the walking of the entertainment team, he kowtowed to the Avalokitesvara on the front Avalokitesvara. Finally, it is the "swing Pavilion". The pavilion is a square wooden box with hollowed out sides. The lotus shaped column and lion head column are used as fences and painted with red lacquer and gold. The shape is unique and antique. It can be regarded as a fine art. In each pavilion, two or three young children play the characters in the text. They are fixed on the pavilion at the upper, middle and lower levels without any trace. For example, Lu Bu holds Fanggan halberd and stands Diao Chan at the top of halberd head, which is a thrilling spectacle. Each pavilion has different costumes. Each pavilion has its own drama.

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