Liu Jiaqiao

Ten kilometers south of Xianning City, there is an ancient residential community called liujiaqiao village, which has been living together for four centuries. Liujiaqiao is like a lady of natural beauty. Hidden in the mountains, it is a well preserved ancient residential community of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 2000 rooms, simple and elegant, and dense. It integrates green mountains, beautiful water, green bamboo, ancient trees, plank road, gallery bridge and countryside. Liu Jiaqiao's ancestors, since Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once ruled four dynasties (the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Shu Han Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty). There were 36 emperors who ruled China for 511 years, accounting for a quarter of the whole feudal dynasty. Liu Bang's younger brother, Liu Jiao, king of the Yuan Dynasty of Chu in the Western Han Dynasty, was named "king of Pengcheng". He was the ancestor of Liu Jiaqiao people, and inherited from him to the Liu family

Liu Jiaqiao

Liujiaqiao, located in the Guihua Town of Xianning, the hometown of Chinese osmanthus, is 90 kilometers away from Wuhan, 100 kilometers away from Jiugong Mountain, a national scenic spot, and 16 kilometers away from hot springs. A village with culture and history, beautiful scenery.

geographical position

Brief introduction to Liu Jiaqiao

Liujiaqiao is the 60th generation descendant of Liu Jiao, the half brother of Han Emperor Liu Bang. Liu BoChang moved to the ancient residential group after that, which has been living together for four centuries and is known as "the first village of Chutian folk custom". Liu Bang's younger brother, Liu Jiao, king of the Yuan Dynasty of Chu in the Western Han Dynasty, was also named "king of Pengcheng". He was the ancestor of Liu Jiaqiao people, and has been handed down to Liu Jiaqiao for 81 generations.

Surrounded by green mountains and towering ancient trees, the village's old houses, carved beams, carved fans and fences are dilapidated and dilapidated. In history, Liu Jiaqiao lived a rural life dominated by farming for generations. Up to now, there are still many tools used in ancient times in the village,

Here is also a scholar's younger brother. The folk customs are simple and dignified. The life of the villagers is like a song of silk and bamboo in the south of the Yangtze River. Liujiaqiao gallery bridge is an ancient brick and wood gallery bridge. Although it has gone through many vicissitudes, it is still standing still. It crosses over the river moss in Sichuan. The broken stone slab ancient post station connected in front of the bridge is said to have passed Hankou in ancient times. In the past, it was the only way to pass through mountains, Xianning and Hankou in Jiangxi Province. The ancient gallery bridge, once full of traffic and excitement, has experienced more than 400 years of wind and rain Rain, now I don't know whether it can make people dream. As a photography enthusiast who has a persistent pursuit of the world of light and shadow, Cai Jun loves Xianning's bridges. Many seemingly ordinary bridges, once on his camera, often present a different charm.

Today's liujiaqiao is like a natural beauty of a lady from a big family. It is surrounded by mountains. It is a well preserved ancient residential community of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 2000 rooms, simple and elegant, and dense. It integrates green mountains, beautiful waters, green bamboos, ancient trees, plank roads, gallery bridges, and countryside. Liu Jiaqiao's ancestors, since Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, once ruled four dynasties (the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Shu Han Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty). There were 36 emperors who ruled China for 511 years, accounting for a quarter of the whole feudal dynasty. At present, nearly 9000 people of Liu's royal family live together in liujiaqiao, which naturally forms a large Han Royal Group. This rare discovery of the living descendants of Han Dynasty has shocked Hubei, China and even the whole world!

Liujiaqiao is the "Pengcheng family" and "MoZhuang family", and also the queen of the emperor. It will be a famous Chinese Han Royal Village!

Ten kilometers south of Xianning City, there is an ancient residential community called liujiaqiao village, which has been living together for four centuries.

Here, surrounded by green mountains, clear springs, ancient houses, ancient bridges, ancient trees, beautiful scenery.

Liujiaqiao village was built in the third year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, and has been bred for 18 generations. According to legend, Liu yongmou, the 53rd generation of Liu Jiao, Pengcheng king, the half brother of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, followed Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, in the uprising and served as the Deputy General Commander of his subordinates. After the world was pacified, Liu yongmou was appointed to guard Yuezhou. In the 11th year of Hongwu's reign, he retired with illness. Accompanied by his son Liu Yuanwu, he returned to Tianbao, Ruizhou, Jiangxi Province. Unfortunately, he passed by Xianning and died in Baisha. The coffin was put in Baofang village, then moved to liuci and buried here. Liu Yuanwu settled down in liuci village and started his own business. In the 60th generation, Liu BoChang occasionally found that liujiaqiao was surrounded by mountains. In the middle of the bridge, there was a large open land like a gourd. The land was fertile, and a small river flowed through it. It was a treasure land of geomantic omen. He brought his youngest son Liu Ruhe to start a business here. Old houses, factories, Hegao school and stone arch bridges were built. Later, Liu Shihong, the second son of Liu Ruhe, branched out to build Shangxin house, and Liu Daben, the great grandson of Liu Shihong, branched out to build Xiaxin house, which was completed in the 13th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty.

Liujiaqiao four ancient residential building area of 35000 square meters, a total of 740 large and small houses, 38 corridors, 54 patios. There is a corridor bridge and a single wooden bridge (changed to stone arch bridge in the 1970s). Liu family uses two bridges and stone road to connect the four residential buildings and schools as a whole. The old house is built in the form of a ladder from the bottom to the top, while others are built in the form of mountains and water. The architectural style of the old house is basically the same, which has the architectural pattern of ancient manor in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Houses are two-story buildings, the house, into a few floors, stone benches, stone ditch, stone patio. The main hall is tall, with huge beams, carved beams and painted buildings. The rooms are connected with each other, the rooms are connected with each other, the corridors are connected with each other, and the corridors and deep alleys are tortuous. It can be said that "when you go to the secluded chamber, you may arrive at the wall, and when you push the door, you will see a heavy court.". Outside, green brick to eaves, stone door, stone window, stone road. The green tiles cover the roof, and the buttress walls extend obliquely. From the outside, the gate is rigorous, and the high walls stand up. Overlooking the roof, the buildings stretch in rows, which is magnificent.

Especially the Langqiao of Liu family, flying over the Baiquan River, is made of single hole, arch and stone. The bridge is covered with a Gallery Pavilion, and the beams inside the Gallery Pavilion are carved with eight diagrams of dragons and phoenixes. On both sides of the bridge, a two meter high square lattice retaining wall with benches is built. In the past, there were stoves, large wooden teapots and small bamboo teapots at the east end of the bridge. Throughout the year, villagers cook tea in turn for free. Qiaoxi riverside shops are available for eating, living and shopping. In ancient and modern times, it was Jiangxi, Tongshan, and the main passageway leading to Xianning and Hankou. Looking from afar, the Langqiao bridge of Liu family is simple and elegant, green and green. It is set off by several ancient willows and reflected by white spring. It has endless poetic and picturesque meanings. As a couplet on the corridor bridge says: "the water is beautiful, the mountains are green, the ancient road lingers in the ink, the road turns around, and the small bridge flies across the Liujia bridge."

Liujiaqiao is a well-known scholarly family in history, known as "MoZhuang world". The ancestor Liu Ruhe was named Yingao. There is a family motto: "do not seek wealth, I hope future generations.". He attached great importance to the education of the next generation. After the old house and the factory were built, Gaohe school was set up for the descendants to read the virtuous books. According to preliminary statistics, there were dozens of families in liujiaqiao, including 2 Juren, 4 Gongsheng, 6 Xiangsheng and 23 Xiucai before the Republic of China. During the Xianfeng Period, Gong Sheng Liu Bingyuan and Xiang Sheng Liu Yuhua, both of whom were familiar with the classics and were knowledgeable and reasonable, were awarded the flat forehead of "father and son Mingjing" by the state government. According to statistics, before the cultural revolution, liujiaqiao village saved more than 50 pieces of various types of flats. During the cultural revolution, more than 40 pieces were destroyed, and now 15 pieces are still preserved. Walking into the lobby of the Liu family, the flat forehead is hanging high, and the ancient charm still exists. It is a great landscape.

Liujiaqiao village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the water passes through the village. The Baiquan river has formed an ancient and elegant picture of the charming rural customs here. The river is clear, and the fish, shrimp, crabs and stone eels in the water can be seen clearly. The riversides on both sides are built with green stones, and the huge stones in the residential area form a wide laundry port. Two stone weirs are built to block the river, forming a falling shame, which makes the village beautiful Waterfalls appear in front of us; on the weir head, there is a water wheel spinning slowly; several women are floating in the laundry port, putting on colorful dresses; a group of ducks are playing in the middle of the river; a farmer is standing on a bamboo card, poling down the river; several Playboys are playing naked by the sandbank water

In the history of liujiaqiao village, there was a self-sufficient rural life dominated by farming. Here is also a scholarly family with simple folk customs and unique style. Up to now, there are still many tools used in ancient and modern times in the village, such as stone mill, HuLong, spinning wheel, grinding trough, press workshop, flower sedan and bamboo sedan. The ancient and modern substitutes still in use include plough, harrow, windmill, water wheel, flail, sun mat, pan basket, Miluo, bamboo stem, stone mill, Chung mortar, water mortar, hanging pot, fire pool, etc. Many farmers still have their ancestral closed door bed, Taishi chair, eight immortals table and Chuntai table (desk). The patterns on them are exquisite, vivid and moving. The wedding, food, clothing, housing and transportation in the village are also simple and honest. This is really a folk museum.

The natural scenery and cultural landscape of liujiaqiao village blend into one, which contains rich southern Chu cultural characteristics and attracts many people of insight. Tens of thousands of tourists come here for sightseeing, and the director has also taken a fancy to this geomantic omen treasure land. Several dramas, such as the battle of Tingsi bridge, the people of Hanzheng Street, watching home, sister osmanthus and so on, have come here to shoot location scenes.

historical background

In the Qing Dynasty, there was Liu Dongmu in liujiaqiao of Xianning and Jiao sining in Jiaoxia of Tongshan. Both of them were famous local lawyers. They looked down upon each other. One day, Jiao sining went to Xianning county to live in a restaurant. It happened that Liu Dongshu came first. They shared a room and a bed. Two people are free

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