People are best at self-healing. After living in a noisy city for a long time, it is inevitable that you will develop a rebellious mentality. You want to escape for a while, say goodbye to the tedious things in life, find a place for your soul, and return to nature. As the saying goes, "Where there is demand, there is a market." In recent years, "rural tourism" has become a popular project in the tourism industry. Ancient villages and ancient towns provide tourists with a spiritual resting place and are deeply loved by tourists.
The author is also a lover of "rural tourism". Before the holidays, he will make travel itineraries in advance to pursue poetry and distance. Here I would like to recommend to you an ancient cultural village worth visiting. It is very suitable for self-driving tours. It is a little-known ancient village in Taizhou, Zhejiang. It has a history of thousands of years. The villagers are all surnamed Chen. The descendants of Chen surnamed from this village are all over the world. , which is very touching.
Dongping Ancient Village is located in Hengdu Town, Sanmen County, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province. It has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Even the name of the ancient village has a origin. During the Zhizheng period of the Yuan Dynasty, Taigong Chen Jinting served as an eunuch in Ninghai. His son Chen Gongchen (the ancestor of the first mover) loved traveling in mountains and rivers most in his life. In his middle age, he felt the desire to return to hermitage, so he took his family and servants with him and began to select. A great place to retreat.
Under the guidance of a Feng Shui master, they searched for dragons and cut off water, and found an isolated place surrounded by green mountains. The cascading green hills are like a screen, guarding a plain in the shape of seven stars over the moon. It is very suitable for settlement, so Chen Gong retired here and named the place "Dongping". After thousands of years of rest and recuperation, the incense is strong. , with 33 generations of descendants, it has become the largest village inhabited by the Chen surname in Sanmen.
Dongping Ancient Village was once a well-deserved paradise and a pure land in the world. However, after experiencing the invasion of Japanese pirates in the mid-Ming Dynasty and the sea ban in the early Qing Dynasty, the ancient village experienced nirvana several times. After several reconstructions, the village adopted a group layout and built characteristic coastal defense buildings such as thick walls, narrow lanes, and stone windows, so it was praised as For the "No. 1 Village of Coastal Defense Culture in China". Although this paradise has lost its original ancient charm, it has also added a bit more of the sorrow of family and country.
Dongping Ancient Village still retains a relatively complete group of ancient village buildings. No tickets are required to travel to Dongping Ancient Village. It is a good place to relax, take photos and check in. It is worth mentioning that there is also a Dongping Red Makeup Museum with the theme of "Ten Miles of Red Makeup Wedding Customs". It combines the static red makeup with interactive wedding customs, allowing you to appreciate the unique wedding customs and local culture in eastern Zhejiang.
Walking in the ancient alleys with mottled light and shadow, a sense of the weight of the years hits your face. The setting sun overflows under the eaves, the breeze is not dry, and the tourists are walking. The elongated backs would look like they were in a thousand years. years before.
The author once had the opportunity to witness the winter solstice ancestor worship scene of the Chen family in Dongping. The ancestor worship ceremony that has been passed down for thousands of years is so powerful that it shocks all directions. The descendants of the Chen family who came out of Dongping are all over the world. On this day, the descendants of the Chen family who are away from home rushed back thousands of miles to participate. It can be said that "even if the ancestors are far away, they must pay homage." .
After fasting at three quarters of Yin hour, the worship ceremony begins. The venue is located outside the gate of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall. The altar of worship to heaven has already been set up and is full of offerings. Cigarettes were swirling and firecrackers were blasting. The descendants of the Chen family bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, recited blessings, and prayed for good weather, abundant harvests, and peace and prosperity for the country and people in the coming year. After the ancestor worship, there is also a reunion feast, a five-day and five-night winter solstice drama, a scene of singing and dancing throughout life.
Only by personally participating in such a majestic scene can we feel the emotion of it. The cultural custom of worshiping ancestors during the winter solstice in Dongping Ancient Village has greatly moved tourists. When drinking water, one should remember the source, and one should not "forget one's roots" as a human being. Respect the ancestors and the past. This is the foundation for the continuous inheritance of the Chinese nation.
The main purpose of visiting Dongping Ancient Village is to return to the countryside and make you feel happy. But during the journey, learning more about a piece of history and an interesting story will make travel even more meaningful.
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