Yulian Village

Yulian Village

Yulian village has a beautiful natural environment. It has been built for thousands of years. It was originally named Yulin village. In 1273, Zhang rizhong, the 14th grandson of Zhang Zai, a neo Confucianist of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the general judge of Xinghua army in Fujian Province. When he saw Yulin with his eldest son Zhang Youhou, the place had beautiful mountains and rivers and murmuring streams, so he had to live here for his family. During the second civil war, the headquarters of the eastern army was set up in the ancestral hall of Zhang. The revolutionaries of the older generation, Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun, had fought and lived in Yulian village.

Basic information

Yulian village is an administrative village and the only natural village in Xiayang Township, Mingxi County, Fujian Province. There are more than 190 regular households. The whole village is surnamed Zhang, a descendant of Zhang Zai, a great Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty. The name of Yulian village was given by Zhao Shi, the eighth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty, there have been many talented people in Yulian village. During the reign of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, Yulian became the local political, economic and cultural center. There are 12 academies, 2 scenic spots and 18 scenic spots in Yulian village. In the "Xiangquan Temple" and "Jinfeng Temple", the two major scenic spots of the imperial curtain, there are many remains of pavilions and pavilions. Some scenic spots such as Songping Yingcui, Lingxiao Pavilion and Fengyun Temple (built in memory of Zhang Zai in Song Dynasty) have been rebuilt in recent years. In addition, there are lighthouses, cliff carvings and other cultural relics. It is commendable that Yulian was also the place where revolutionaries of the older generation such as Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun fought during the red revolution. The imperial curtain ancestral hall and yongmu hall were once the locations of the headquarters of the eastern army and the hospital of the eastern army, and the Red Army trench beside Lingxiao Pavilion is still clearly visible.

The name of the village

In July 1276, after being arrested and escaped, Ma wentianxiang, the right Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty and the commander in chief of the secret service, fled to Fuzhou, where he met with Zhao Shi, the king of Yi, and established 8-year-old Zhao Shi as the emperor of duanzong. Later, Wen Tianxiang took duanzong Zhao Shi and his mother, Yang Shufei, and their brothers and sisters by boat from Nanping to anjuban section of Chenda Town, Sanming City. However, seeing the high mountains and dense forests, they abandoned the boat and landed on the shore. All the way to the west, they went to Ziyun village, Xiayang Township, Mingxi, and stayed at Junfeng Temple (located in Ziyun village, Xiayang township). Wen Tianxiang left the plaque of "xiangai Ziyun". The next day, it was overcast, and the group rushed to the entrance of Yulian village. However, they saw the undulating mountains around, the open ocean in the middle, and the village houses in good order. Wen Tianxiang said in his heart: if the mountains and rivers overlap here, there must be strange people and scholars, so he dismounted and walked slowly. Suddenly, a gust of wind came, and the curtain of Yang Shufei's sedan chair was blown down by the wind. The sedan chair driver couldn't pick it up. The wind rolled the curtain of the sedan chair and blew away to the roadside field. At this time, a villager working in the field, before the curtain fell into the water, reached for it and handed it back to the patriarch. Patriarch Zhang Houyou was the magistrate of Jiangle County. Seeing that the curtain was unusual, he quickly caught up with the team to return it and asked the team to rest in the village. Wen Tianxiang and his party entered the village, but they saw that the roads in the village were clean and tidy, the cooking and smoke of every family were intertwined, and the chickens and dogs heard each other. What's more, every granary is built outside the house. Because he asked the patriarch, "what's your name, brother? What village is this? How can all granaries be built outside the house? " The farmer said: "Xiaomin Zhang Youhou, here is Yulin village. All the villagers are surnamed Zhang. They live carefree and never find anything left. Therefore, the granary is built outside the house and they are not afraid of thieves." Wen Tianxiang turned back to duanzong Zhao Shi and told him that duanzong's mother, after hearing about it, saw that the local people were honest, so he suggested that duanzong should give it the name of "Yulian" village. Wen Tianxiang wrote an impromptu poem: "why did the mountain village take the name of the imperial curtain? The southern expedition of the great Song Dynasty paid attention to this trip. The Pearl and foil were suddenly rolled away by the wind, and the name remained with the world's honor." Since then, Yulian village has been given the name of duanzong. The story of villagers picking up curtains was also recorded in Zhang's genealogy.

Red memory

Peng Dehuai, Yang Shangkun and other revolutionaries of the older generation all fought and lived in Yulian village. During the second civil war, from July 1933 to January 1934, Peng Dehuai, Yang Shangkun and tengdaiyuan fought in Fujian in response to the Kuomintang's fifth "encirclement and suppression". They set up the headquarters of the eastern army in the ancestral hall of Zhang family in Yulian village to attack Lu Xingbang in Shaxian County. During the attack, Yulian village organized more than 200 people to participate in the transportation of the wounded and materials. The eastern army also set up a battlefield hospital in yongmu hall in Yulian village, Help the wounded. In the ancestral hall, the former residences of Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun are preserved, and an exhibition hall is set up to show the elegant demeanour of ancient and modern historical celebrities.

Main attractions

(regardless of priority)

Ancestral hall of Zhang's family (former site of the headquarters of the eastern Army): located in the center of the village, it is ancestral hall of Zhang's family in Yulian village, with the former residences of Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun.

Yulian folk custom exhibition hall: located in the auditorium of Yulian village, it displays three kinds of exhibits: folk culture, agricultural civilization and ticket memory.

Yulian culture exhibition hall: located at the head of Yulian village, patriotic education base, with a total of eight exhibition rooms.

Mingxi County clean government education base: located on the right side of the village, under construction.

Yongmu Hall (former site of battlefield hospital): located in the village, Zhang's ancestral hall in Yulian village.

Lingxiao Pavilion (Qiuzi Pavilion, Dasheng Pavilion): it is located at the top of the mountain at the entrance of the village, with a panoramic view of Yulian village.

Nanping Academy: the most well preserved ancient academy in Yulian village, with outstanding achievements in the past dynasties.

Fengyun Temple (Zhangzai Memorial Hall): well preserved.

Ruchun ancestral hall: the ancestral hall of Zhang family in Yulian village is well preserved.

Honorary title

On December 17, 2017, it was ranked among the top 50 most beautiful villages and towns in China in 2017.

Address: Yulian village, Mingxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 117.418862

Latitude: 26.428766

Chinese PinYin : Yu Lian Cun