Lushuichi Village

Lushuichi Village

Lushuichi village is located in chaiguan Township, Shahe City, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, 50 kilometers away from Shahe City. It is located in Taihang mountain area, surrounded by mountains in the south, West and North. The village is surrounded by ravines, terraced fields and dense vegetation. The vegetation coverage rate is more than 90%. The climate in summer is cool and pleasant. It is a good place for summer leisure.

Lushuichi village was built in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. There are mostly two-story buildings covered with green tiles and red stone slabs. The stone pavilion of Ming Dynasty, the ancient theater of Qing Dynasty and the ancient well of Qing Dynasty are still well preserved. It is the most typical traditional ancient village in South Taihang mountain area.

In January 2019, it will be selected as the seventh batch of famous historical and cultural villages in China.

Evolution of organizational system

According to the genealogy of the Wang family name in lushuichi village, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Sichuan military officers of the Wang family name were robbed outside the border of Henan and Hebei provinces because they were escorted by the imperial court. In order to escape the imperial court, one of them fled to wangnao village and the other fled to lvshuichi village. Therefore, the Wang surname of this branch in lushuichi village and that of wangnao village should be of the same clan. Later, another branch of Wang family from a village in the mountainous area of Xingtai County moved here again, which has been extended to this day, forming a new village.

geographical environment

Lushuichi village is located in the east of the Southern Hebei section of Taihang Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains in the south, West and north of the village. The southwest mountain of the village is named guizizhu, which is the highest peak of the village. The altitude is 1000 meters. The west mountain of the village is named Banshan, the south mountain of the village is named lijianlao, and the north mountain of the village is named Beizhu. The two mountains in the north of the village are Dazhai mountain and xiaozhaishan mountain. There are seasonal rivers in the south of the village. The village is surrounded by ravines, terraces and lush vegetation, with forest coverage of more than 90%. The main tree species are Cotinus coggygria, cypress, acacia, oak, walnut, apple, pear, peach, etc. in the middle of the village, there are nearly 200 years old ancient locust.

Architectural features

Lushuichi village is a typical traditional village in South Taihang mountain area. There are more than 3000 residential buildings in the village, most of which are built in the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China. The architectural style is mostly covered with green tiles and red stone slabs. There are more than 2300 residential buildings, and more than 80% of them are well preserved.

The ancient residential buildings in lushuichi village have their own characteristics. Most of them are quadrangles, and many of them are interconnected. The walls of the houses are mostly made of local red Danxia rocks, which are processed into long strips of stones and then built. The roof of the house is made of ridged tiles and red stone slabs. The doors, windows and interior beams are mostly of wooden frame structure. In addition, dozens of houses have wooden "flashing screens" facing the street doors. There are various styles of gatehouses. Exquisite brick carvings are inlaid on the eaves and the top of the door cover. The partition boards of the gatehouses are exquisitely carved. They are mostly painted with beautiful and auspicious patterns such as pine, bamboo, plum, lion and auspicious cloud. In front of the doors, there are more "mendang" with bluestone patterns. In the lintel, there are few "hudui".

There is a Ming Dynasty stone attic at the east exit of the village. There is a temple on the top of the attic and an ancient Qing Dynasty theater on the south side. There are still ancient wells in the Ming and Qing Dynasties near the street in the village. The well is more than Zhang deep, and the spring is clear and sweet. There is also a pulley installed on the well, which can still be used to draw water.

History and culture

It is said that the green water pool was the residence of the white dragon in ancient times. Later, some farmers wanted to build a villa here. They thought that there was no water here, so they said, "if the white dragon allows me to live here, it will come out of the water." after that, a dragon came down from the air, hovered on the hillside for a moment, then the white dragon swept away, and a pool of green water appeared at the place where the Dragon rolled. When the farmers came forward to look at the pool, they saw that the pool looked like a dragon. The dragon head, dragon body, dragon claw and dragon tail were lifelike. Later, a stone arch bridge was built on the upstream of the pool, which later was called the ancient dragon bridge. Because of the green landscape of Longchi, the village is called "lushuichi village".

During the Anti Japanese War, because lushuichi village was located in a mountainous area with hidden terrain, it was once used as the base of Anti Japanese government of Shahe County, independent battalion of Shahe county and 129 division of the Eighth Route Army. Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, fan Zixia and other revolutionaries of the older generation all stayed in the village for a short time. The above revolutionary sites are well preserved.

There are still many folk arts in lushuichi village, such as folk paper-cut, Taihang local cloth weaving, Na Tu cloth shoes, needle embroidery, Jingbian, root carving, painting, calligraphy and so on. Local specialties

Lushuichi village is famous for its southern Taihang snacks, such as xiaoshimo Xiaomi, mung bean and Dazi pancakes, wild vegetables and tofu.

Surrounding scenic spots

It is surrounded by wangnao village, nanlaonading, Xiagou reservoir, jiulongmiaogou, fengluan temple and other scenic spots.

Transportation guide

Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou direction: along the Beijing Hong Kong Macao Expressway to Shahe, West by Baita, Luanjiao, Cejing, chaiguan.

Bus: Xingtai Shahe (No.101), turn to Shahe chaiguan (No.12), 6 km to the West.

Honors

On December 9, 2016, the village was selected into the fourth batch of Chinese traditional villages list.

Address: lushuichi village, Shahe City, Xingtai, Hebei Province

Longitude: 114.037564

Latitude: 36.908005

Chinese PinYin : Lv Shui Chi Cun