Zhaojun Village

Zhaojun Village

Zhaojun village, formerly known as Baoping village, is located in the southern suburb of Xingshan County, Hubei Province. Wang Zhaojun was born in this village on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in 54 BC in the Han Dynasty, so it is also called Zhaojun village. Zhaojun village is located on the Bank of Xiangxi River, with a core area of 3.5 square kilometers, covering an area of about 700 mu. Zhaojun village is one of the first batch of national AAA tourist areas to display Zhaojun ruins and well preserved natural ecological landscape of the ancient Han Dynasty, to display the unique and rich local culture of Zhaojun's hometown and the culture of court ladies of the Han Dynasty. Zhaojun village is the national education base for national unity and progress

It is one of the key cultural relics protection units in Hubei Province, and one of the ten new tourist attractions in Yichang city. It is also a research and study travel base in Hubei Province. It has won the honorary title of "Ten Excellent scenic spots in Yichang City" for many times.

In December 2019, it was approved by Hubei Provincial Department of culture and tourism as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Introduction

Zhaojun village was renamed Zhaojun village because of the birth of Zhaojun, a famous imperial concubine of the Western Han Dynasty. There are more than 20 famous places in the village, such as fandailin, Jiali Island, Huansha and Niangniang spring. The Wangjiaya cliff is shrouded in clouds, the Xiangxi River is zigzagged, the Niangniang spring is simple and elegant, the dressing table is covered with flowers, the Zhaojun statue is graceful, and the music of the fiddle platform is pleasant. In particular, the legend of many beautiful women in Zhaojun village has aroused great interest of Chinese and foreign human geographers and attracted tourists from all over the world. In spring, a large number of peach blossom fish will appear in Xiangxi River in front of Zhaojun village. Villagers say that it is the result of Zhaojun's tears when he bid farewell to his hometown. A beach with colorful stones beside the river is said to be Zhaojun's place for young people to wash their clothes. In the east of the village, there is a nanmu well with sweet water. It is said that the reason is that Zhaojun used to draw water here every day. In the west of the village, there is a stone dragon It is said that Zhaojun and his villagers dug here for 49 days in July, which moved a green dragon to the East China Sea and turned it into a clear spring. It is said that the purple bamboo in the village was painted by the seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, green, blue and purple when Zhaojun was painting. Later, after Zhaojun left the village and entered the palace, the seven colors of Xiaxian were painted by Zhaojun Zixiaxian, who still comes to the village often, believes that Zhaojun will return to the village one day, so he waits in the bamboo forest for a long time, and his body gradually turns into bamboo leaves and branches, forming a purple bamboo garden All the relics and legends in the village express the villagers' infinite yearning.

Zhaojun village ancient Han culture tourist area has profound historical and cultural connotation. The cultural relics of Han and Tang Dynasties collected and displayed in Zhaojun memorial hall are all unearthed in Zhaojun village. Various versions of classical books collected by Zhaojun academy record the evaluation and praise of Zhaojun by scholars and poets for thousands of years. The extensive and profound cultural and historical materials make the memorial hall the center for the study of Wang Zhaojun's history and culture in today's China. The number and quality of celebrity calligraphy and paintings in the collection are the highest among similar libraries. In particular, the museum and village names inscribed by Mr. Guo Moruo add to the cultural heritage of the tourist area. Zhaojun has been away from the village for thousands of years, but the village still retains the living customs and working methods of the Western Han Dynasty. Marriage, funeral, marriage and marriage are primitive and simple, which is regarded as the "unique" historical and cultural landscape of the Han Dynasty by experts and scholars.

Brief introduction to Wang Zhaojun

Wang Zhaojun, named Yi, is named Zhaojun. In Jin Dynasty, he was renamed emperor or concubine of Ming Dynasty for avoiding Sima Zhao. In the first year of Jingning (33bc), the southern Xiongnu, a tributary of the Han Dynasty, Hu Hanxie Chanyu, came to Beijing to pay tribute and invited himself as his son-in-law. Zhaojun volunteered to marry the Xiongnu and made contributions to the friendship between the nations. After entering Xiongnu, it was called ninghukai (Queen).

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Zhaojun Village (Natural Village) is close to Shamao mountain and Xiangxi River. The village is surrounded by green bamboos and has three crops a year. It can be said that the water is beautiful, the mountains are strange and the land is excellent. There are more than 70 households and 300 people in the village. According to statistics, more than half of the 300 villagers are descendants of Wang Zhaojun's nephew.

Zhaojun village has rich historical and cultural relics. There are also dozens of Zhaojun sites, such as dressing table, nanmujing, Niangniang spring, wangziya, Zhaojun ancient house site, Zhaojun Huansha place, Pipa bridge, etc. it is a key cultural relic protection unit in Hubei Province, one of the first batch of national education bases for national unity, and also a key cultural relic protection center in Hubei Province

Xiangxi

Xiangxi River originates from Shennongjia, where the Yan Emperor Shennong collected herbs. It winds like a jade belt from Zhaojun village, flows through Qu Yuan's hometown, and finally flows into the Yangtze River. Its total length is 97.3 km, commonly known as Baili Xiangxi. Zhang Mi of the Tang dynasty recorded in the story of makeup building: "Zhaojun lives near the water, keeps washing his hands in the stream, and the stream is fragrant, so it's called Xiangxi.".

Wang's old house

"Wang's old house" was originally called "Wang GA's house". It is said that in the first year of emperor Xuandi's Wufeng reign (57 BC), Wang Zhaojun's grandfather settled in Baoping (now Zhaojun Village) and began to build wooden houses. At the time of emperor yuan of the Han Dynasty, because of Zhaojun's going out of the fortress and his family's merits and virtues, his father Wang Zhen was granted the title of Yuezhou Taiwei by the imperial court. Therefore, Wang Zhen chose another Fengshui treasure land to build a new house and gave the old house to his nephew and his descendants to live in, which is commonly known as the old house of the Wang family. The old house of the Wang family covers an area of seven feet square. It faces south to the north, with Qinglong (niangniangquan) on the left and white tiger (dressing table) on the right. It is backed by guanmaoshan (later called shamaoshan) and faces Xiangxi River. It is also a treasure land. In 1426, Wang Zhu, a descendant of the Wang family, returned to his hometown and rebuilt his old house on the original site. In the third year of Jiaqing (1798), bandits set fire to the courtyard, leaving the old house in ruins. In 2017, Wang's old house was rebuilt. The furniture in the old house was restored according to the living situation of Wang Zhu's descendant Wang Jiuyi.

Niangniang spring

Niangniang spring is said to be the place where Zhaojun drew water when he was young. Spring water gushes out from the rocks, cool and sweet, and does not dry up in the four seasons. It is said that the reason why Wang Zhaojun came out and became a gorgeous beauty is to drink the spring water. As early as in the Song Dynasty, there are records of "drinking its aquatic beauty" in the historical records of Zhaojun village.

Wangjia distillery

"Put wine three drunk, open ten li incense.". As the saying goes, good wine is not afraid of deep alleys. This old wine shop in the village is famous for its selection of high-quality spring water from Niangniang spring and its adherence to the traditional brewing process handed down by the Wang family. The wine is mellow and tastes good.

Zhaojun Village Valley feisuo

Zhaojun village valley flying rope across Xiangxi, with a total length of 250 meters and a vertical height of 50 meters, is a new tourism and entertainment project in Zhaojun village in 2018.

Zhaojun: dream of home

"Zhaojun. Dream back to hometown" light and shadow show is a multimedia 4D experience drama with the theme of Wang Zhaojun's dream back to hometown and the participation of tourists. The whole drama uses the "pure and graceful beauty" of young Zhaojun Wang Zhaojun's noble feelings of home and country are revealed, and Wang Zhaojun's extraordinary life in China is demonstrated.

Scenic activities

Zhaojun village Lantern Festival

Every year, from New Year's day to the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is held in Zhaojun village, which combines the old with the new in a way that evokes the memories of Chinese new year as a child. The activity lasted for two months.

Chrysanthemum Exhibition in Zhaojun Village

From the end of September to the end of October every year, Zhaojun village holds Chrysanthemum Exhibition. Chrysanthemum Exhibition adopts chrysanthemum scenery combined with text display board, fully integrates Zhaojun cultural elements, and displays Zhaojun tourism cultural characteristics from different angles in each small scenic spot in the scenic area to commemorate Wang Zhaojun with flower appreciation activities. There are more than 100 chrysanthemum varieties, more than 200000 pots of chrysanthemum, countless chrysanthemum shapes, exquisite products and famous products

. The activity lasted for one month.

Tourism information

Self driving route: high speed across the country to G42 Shanghai Chengdu high speed - Xingshan toll station - Baoxing highway - over Zhaojun bridge, 2km to Muyu direction

Bus routes: all over the country - Yichang east bus station / Yichang long distance bus station - 808 intercity bus - get off at Zhaojun bridge - walk 2 km

Suitable season: all year round

Suitable crowd: Cultural enthusiasts, historical relic enthusiasts, local folk custom research enthusiasts

Address: Zhaojun village, Zhaojun Town, Xingshan County, Yichang City

Longitude: 110.73317

Latitude: 31.257334

Tel: 0717-2520023

Ticket information: market price: 60.0 yuan

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