Houbu ancient village

Houbu ancient village

Houbu is located in the northeast of Xishan Island, adjacent to Xincun and Qianwan. In the East is Meiliang lake, one of the five lakes, formerly known as meiliangli. In ancient times, it was named houbu because its front was huwan (Qianwan) and its back was Chuanbu. Houbu village, after crossing the Taihu Lake Bridge, head south to Xishan island for 1 km, then head east for 100 meters. This ancient village is one of the earliest settlements of Dongting mountain after the Southern Song Dynasty's "southward migration". Xu, Jiang, Fei and others moved here successively. There are also some famous families, such as Xu's family is the descendant of Xu Kui, a martyr of the Song Dynasty, Jiang's family is the descendant of Jiang Tang, the magistrate of Pingjiang in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Fei's family is also a famous family in the Central Plains.

brief introduction

Houbu ancient village in Xishan gets its name from a boat port behind it. There is a well in houbu, which is unique in Suzhou. This song dynasty double well has a history of more than 800 years. However, the water quality is still very clear, and it was used to lift water with a pulley.

Houbu well Pavilion

Houbu Shuangjing was dug in the Southern Song Dynasty Chunxi (1174-1189)

It was opened by the Xu clan of Li people. The Xu clan was a famous family from the north. It used the windlass which was not originally used in the south to draw water. It was one of the important physical evidences that the main clans in Xishan came from the north. During the period of Dade (1297-1307) in the early Yuan Dynasty, Li people Jiang Tengfang built a well Pavilion on Shuangjing, which was rebuilt in 1459, 1870 and 1931 respectively. Now the well and pavilion are well preserved, and the well spring is still the main public well in the village. The double well fence and its base are chiseled by a whole piece of bluestone. The base is 2.22 meters long and 1.20 meters wide. The right well rail is 25cm high, and there are four early rope abrasion marks with width of 2.5cm to 3cm and depth of 2 to 2.5cm in the circle. The left well rail is 32cm high, and there are also three abrasion marks. These abrasion marks are all in the same direction, which shows that they are the result of long-term abrasion of the pulley rope. The well rail is smooth and abnormal, with different heights. The four hexagonal pavilion columns are also made of bluestone, 2.8 meters high. There are cracks on the top of the three columns. They are all relics of the early Yuan Dynasty. The top of the pavilion is made of brick and wood. The well Pavilion is square in four corners, with stable and simple structure and simple and generous style. In 1997, Jingting was listed as a county cultural relic protection unit and renovated.

Fei Xiaozi Temple

In houbu, it was built in the 24th year of Jiaqing (1819) of the Qing Dynasty. There are only three ancestral halls and memorial archways. There are nine square stone tablets with clear handwriting and beautiful calligraphy. The contents are "Han lie Fu Jueming Ci", which were inscribed by Yu Yue, Weng Tongshu, sun Jianai, Wu Dashu and other famous calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty. Fei Xiaozi was honored in the 21st year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. Fei Xiaoyou, named Liquan, is a native of houbu and named after his filial piety.

Address: Northeast of Xishan Island, Wuzhong District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.331094

Latitude: 31.142505

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