Zhuanghu Village

Zhuanghu village is located 10 kilometers north of Bohai town government, Huairou District, Beijing. It is adjacent to Mutianyu Great Wall in the East and Xiangshui Lake Scenic Area in the West. The famous Beijing JIEKOU Great Wall, Jiankou great wall and Huoyanshan, the highest point of the Great Wall in this section, surround the village. The village has developed forest and fruit industry, mainly producing apple, big flat, chestnut, etc. it is a place with dense vegetation and numerous historical and cultural landscapes.

Zhuanghu Village

Datai Zhuanghu village, Mentougou District, Beijing, is located in the western mountainous area more than 30 kilometers away from the capital. Among the high mountains at the foot of Baihua Mountain, there are two small villages, Zhuanghu village and Qianjuntai village, Mentougou District, West Beijing. To the west of the village is Dahanling, also known as jiexingling. To the north are Jiji mountain and qingshuijian. During the Anti Japanese War, there was a fierce battle on Mount Jiji. It is said that the battle lasted for more than a month. At last, Wei Lihuang's troops fought bravely and made the Japanese aggressors fall into thin water. The ancient flag Club of Zhuangtou and Qianjuntai prevailed here. It has been spread for hundreds of years since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, except that it was interrupted for more than ten years during the cultural revolution in the 1960s It has never stopped the activities of the ancient flag Association.

geographical position

Detailed address: Zhuanghu village, Datai

Administrative code: 110109 (note that this number is not a postcode)

Residents, villages

It is said that the residents of zhuangheu village have moved from Hongtong, Shanxi Province, to Huaishu in the Ming Dynasty. Most of them have the surname of "Han", and there are a large number of people with the surname of "Zhang". In the ancient flag meeting in the west of Beijing, there has always been the saying of "Han's drum, Zhang's Sheng" (in the flag meeting on the 15th of the first month, Han's family is responsible for playing drums, and Zhang's family is responsible for playing Sheng). The older villagers still maintain the lifestyle of Shanxi and love sour food. Wild jujube and apricot fruit on the mountain have always been delicious snacks for local people.

The original zhuangheu village is located one kilometer to the east of the current zhuangheu village. The village is similar to the quadrangle courtyard, mainly composed of stone strips and green stone slabs. The shape of the village is traditional and regular. Due to coal mining, Zhuanghu village is located in the goaf. In order to ensure the safety of residents, in the 1970s and 1980s, the whole village moved to the current village site, and the housing structure changed accordingly, which is more modern. The original village site has become ruins, but the architectural style of that year can still be seen.

Most of the residents in Zhuanghu village are workers in Muchengjian coal mine and Datai coal mine.

Folk custom and Tourism

The folk custom of flag meeting of thousand troops in zhuangheu

The mountain villages here have a long history, such as fudingzhuang Taoyuan, Qianjuntai and zhuangheu, which were built before Liao Dynasty. However, due to the lack of written records, the specific age of the village can not be tested. The popular folk flag meeting on the 15th and 16th of the first month in Zhuanghu and Qianjuntai is full of the ancient customs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, forming a unique picture of folk customs in the west of Beijing. The ancient flag association has been handed down for hundreds of years. It is the product of the ancient temple Association in the mountain village of Mentougou District. Its main content is to praise and worship the gods. It has developed into a popular form of entertainment for the people. The traditional ancient flag Festival is a festival with dozens of banners in two villages as the main body. It is a precious folk cultural heritage of Mentougou in the west of Beijing, and even the capital Beijing area. It is also a unique folk culture in North China. However, due to the destruction of the ancient temple, the change of the village, the death of the old artists and other reasons, the ancient flag Festival is in danger of being lost.

Chuang Hu, the ancient flag festival of Qianjuntai is scheduled to be held on the 15th and 16th day of the first month of each year. Because the flag Festival is more lively than the Spring Festival, neither the residents nearby nor the people who are going to hear the news will miss this annual event.

The main content of the ancient flag Festival is to praise and worship the gods, which is a traditional folk cultural activity loved by the villagers. As for the origin of the ancient flag society, there are no specific written records. Even the village records of zhuangheu and Qianjuntai are blank. The history of village construction can not be verified, but it will not be later than the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. The 85 year old sun Binghua said that the history of the ancient flag society can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the ancestors of the two villages came to sweep the north along with Zhu Di, the king of Yan. That's what happened during the Yongle period. Through genealogy, the old people in the village concluded that the activities of the flag club had spread to 17 generations, and it has been more than 400 years.

It is said that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the birthday of sanguanye. There are sanguanfan in Qianjuntai village, so the meeting stall in zhuangheu village needs to go there. On the 16th of the first month, all the stalls of Qianjuntai village came to zhuangheu village for a meeting. In these two days, the banners and other meeting stalls of the two villages were arranged in a unified way, interspersed into a whole, and the walking performance was carried out. Only in this way, the unprecedented scale of the ancient banners meeting appeared. According to the old man, the flag meeting used to be a meeting. According to the Convention, the stalls of the two villages were arranged in an orderly manner. The team was more than one li long. The flag could not fall down casually, so that the team of the flag meeting showed its majestic posture and momentum. The scene was very spectacular. In the process of holding the flag meeting, there were two young strong men with gold hammers and silver maces in the two villages. If anyone dares to break into the meeting, they will make trouble and kill them on the spot without mercy.

At about 4 p.m., as soon as the meeting time arrived, firecrackers rang and gongs knocked, the Lingguan flag of zhuanghou village went first, and the other stalls then went to the reception site of Qianjuntai village. When they arrived at the reception site of dayingbi, the leaders of the two villages met each other and exchanged greetings, and agreed on the matters and arrangements for the meeting. At this time, the meeting place was already a sea of people, with gongs and drums roaring and firecrackers roaring, and then the two meeting leaders issued an order at the same time: "ring the gongs!" So the two big gongs sounded together. When they were born, the flag was raised, which was also the order for all activities to begin. All the banners of the two villages were held high and combined into a whole in accordance with the prescribed order.

Longquan nunnery, Damiao, Zhuanghu Village

Among the temples of three religions in many villages in the west of Beijing, the temple of Zhuanghu Village (longquan'an), which is located at the south foot of Dahanling, is the best preserved. The temple is to the east of the village and to the north of Xishan Avenue. Temple block north to south, there is a gate hall, three main hall, East and west side hall each three. The main hall is dedicated to Confucius, Sakyamuni and Laozi. How to put the statues of the three religious leaders? It took a lot of trouble to rebuild the temple. As a result of age, all living people can no longer remember the placement of the three archdeacons, and no one can decide how to place the statues. Later, a couplet on the main hall door was collected from the villagers, which said, "Confucius has people, Buddhism has Dharma, Taoism has art, and can sense the eternal; the way of heaven, the righteousness of earth, and the travel range of the people for hundreds of generations.". Only based on this couplet can we unify our understanding. The statue of Confucius is placed in the middle, the statue of Sakyamuni on the left and the statue of Laozi on the right. There are Dharma protectors in the Mountain Gate hall. The statue of Dharma protector in the temple is Wei Tuo, and the statue of Dharma protector in the Taoist temple is Wang Lingguan. The statue of Dharma protector in the temple of Zhuanghu village has the charm of Wei Tuo and Wang Lingguan. The statue is dignified and dignified. The right hand holds the Taoist Dharma protector's whip, and the left hand holds the Buddhist dharma protector's weapon Vajra pestle, which combines the Taoist and Buddhist dharma protector. Such statues of Dharma protectors with dual identities of Buddhism and Taoism are very rare.

Address: 10km north of Bohai town government, Huairou District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.480583

Latitude: 40.468056

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