Zhang, the ancestor of Zhang Lingnan, came to Shaozhou from Fanyang, Hebei Province and moved to Qujiang, Shaoguan with his family. The second generation of Zhang Ziguan went to Yuezhou County (Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province). Zhang Hongyu, a third-generation official in Rousseau County (Qujiang County, changed to Rousseau County when Wang Mang was restructured), buried his father Zhang Zishan in Pingpu Mountain in Qinghua Township, Shixing County at that time, and his mother in Renhua Estuary at the junction of Zhenjiang and Jinjiang. Later, later generations sent schools to become the breeding grounds of Shaoguan, Qujiang, Shixing, Renhua and Lingnan Zhang. KaohQinghua Township and Pingpu Post belonged to Shixing County and Qujiang County in ancient times, and the core area was paved in Fengdu Village, Zhoutian Town, Renhua County (called Fengdu Township before the founding of the People's Republic of China). At present, there are 96 well-preserved ancient houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of about 8,500 square meters, and 5 ancient ancestral halls, gatehouses, Gu Xiang, plaques, couplets and cultural relics. It can be seen that the "nine-year-old culture" has a deep-rooted historical origin in this ancient village.
Zhang Jiuling was a famous figure in the Kaiyuan generation of Tang Dynasty. He was honest and clean all his life, fearless of evil, diligent in serving the people and benefiting Li Shu. He is a generation of virtuous ministers with both ability and political integrity. Is a visionary and innovative politician; He is a master of elegant poetic style and pioneering Lingnan poetic style. His eternal fame and demeanor, the "Millennium Golden Mirror", the strategic planning of the ancient Meiguan Road, and famous sentences such as "When will the bright moon pass, and the horizon will be * * * at this time" have always been admired and praised by Chinese descendants. One kilometer southeast of Fengdu Village, there is a Pingpu Mountain, and Ziyi Cemetery lies leisurely in its nest. The mountain behind the tomb is like a backrest, and the left and right mountain beams are like handrails. Sitting in the southeast like a plush chair, facing the northwest, overlooking the Fengdu Village in Yepingchuan: Zhenjiang is from north to south, Lingxi is from west to east, surrounded by bamboo rafts and rippling blue waves; Opposite to Ya Dan Cliff in Chibi, Shao Shi, Zhenjiang, the peaks of Danxia Mountain in the northwest are green, and the pastoral scenery is relatively beneficial to the tomb of "Fengdu Shaoxing" and the geomantic omen of Fengdu ancient village. The Zhang family's careful selection and management of geomantic omen in farming culture shows profound cultural connotation.
The gate of Fengdu Village is the "Fengdu Liu Fang" gatehouse, which is the only ancient Fengdu building in northern Guangdong after the old Fengdu building in Shaoguan was destroyed. The word "grace" comes from Li Longji's affirmation and admiration for Zhang Jiuling, a famous Tang Dynasty soldier. Even when employing people in the future, he will ask, "Is grace like nine years old?" The gatehouse is 8 meters high and 4.5 meters wide, with blue brick walls, smooth and shiny, blue and white tile eaves and upturned bird's beak; The door is symmetrical, the eaves are finely carved, and the beams and tenons are gorgeous. The whole gatehouse is majestic and simple. Above the lintel, there is a gold plaque with a red background, and the word "charming" is written on it, which impressively inherits Zhang Jiuling's famous demeanor. In the early years, around the gatehouse, there was a couplet written by Emperor Tang Ming to Zhang Jiuling: "It is too late to read the official clock at this time; Qujiang's demeanor is as good as his years. " I miss the sadness between the lines.
Not far from the Fengdu Gate House into the village lane, is the oldest ancestral temple in the village-Zhangzutang. The eaves of the outer gatehouse are still simple and solemn, and the door plaque Zhi Ding still exists. On the inner wall of the algae well in the front hall of the gate, an ancient plaque "Wings of Yan and Art" comes into view, which is the oldest existing "nine-year-old culture" cultural relic in northern Guangdong. As a famous figure in the Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling was loyal to the imperial court, unafraid of adultery by powerful people, denounced Li and remonstrated with An Lushan, so he was vilified and destroyed by treacherous court officials and powerful people every time. In order to make his mind clear, he wrote a five-character poem "Yan Yong" with the southern "Haiyan" and told his colleagues: "Although Haiyan is weak, spring will come. I'm afraid mud is cheap, but the jade pavilion is open. Embroiderers go in twice, and Hua Xuanri comes back several times. I have no intention of arguing with things, and the eagle does not guess. " Xuan said that he was a petrel from the south and flew to Beijing with enthusiasm in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. I won't slack off because of my humble origins. As long as the court needs it, I will always work hard and follow the principles of the emperor. I'm not in the mood to fight for power and profit with anyone. I am as vicious as an eagle-friends, don't be suspicious and hurt good people. This poem is Zhang Jiuling's character and demeanor as an official, and this ancient plaque with swallows' wings made a plan in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is to remind Zhang Jiuling's descendants to be an official and make plans in Haiyan's poems on spreading wings as a legacy of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, living in the world and serving the country.
In this ancestral hall of the Zhang family, the main cards of Zhang Jiuling and Mrs. Tan, the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, are still preserved, making it a very rare nine-year-old cultural relic. The tablet of God, the tablet of Yan Yi and the tablet of Yimou should be the first round of cultural relics in the Northern Song Dynasty in ancient temples. Celebrities at that time, whether they were careless or not, had to return to their hometown after their death. God's testimony shows that Pingpu Yifeng Village in Qinghua Township at that time was the place where Zhang Jiubin, the fourth son and Zhang Jiuling's fourth brother, guarded the ancestral graves and ancestral shrines, so that the descendants of his son would not forget the birthplace of Zhang, who moved south to his hometown.
In the other two dilapidated old ancestral halls, plaques such as "Jinshi" and "Wu Kui" are still hung. Among them, there is a large plaque of "Xiuba Tianchi", which was erected by Zhang Jinyuan, the first resident supervisor in the 20th year of Qing Jiaqing. It can be seen that the descendants of this ancient demeanor village have been outstanding in officialdom and literature, inheriting the literary talent and strategic ancestral training of a nine-year-old man.
The largest, most majestic and best-preserved ancestral hall in Fengdu Village is the "Jin Jian Liufang" ancestral hall. According to Zhang Shaowu, a nine-year-old descendant of the village, the ancestral hall was built in the Southern Song Dynasty, rebuilt during the reign of Qing Qianlong (A.D. 1765) and has been preserved ever since. The blue bricks on the wall are polished smoothly, the fine mortar lines are regular and uniform, the gate house is magnificent and gorgeous, and the door carving is excellent. The girder above the lintel is carved with hollowed-out dragon play beads, and the plaque of "Jin Jian Liufang" with red background in the middle of the door eaves is elegant. The original couplets on both sides of the door were written by the twenty-first generation grandson of the nine-year-old male: "Jin Jian Zhen Ming Xianze; Qujiang style hometown voice. " The pillars and beams of the whole gatehouse are supported up and down, and the tenon carving is gorgeous and exquisite. The sculptures of "Lian Bu Qing Yun" and "Lu Guan Riding the Wind" on both sides are vivid and pleasant. They are exquisite architectural sculptures of that era and have auspicious symbolic significance. They also applied for a prominent position for Zhang Jiuling, the author of Millennium Golden Mirror, which is a legacy of the past. There are three wells in two days in the whole ancestral hall, with algae wells above the front hall, fame and fortune halls in the middle hall, worship halls in the inner hall, and shrines dedicated to ancestral tablets and portraits of nine-year-old men. Gorgeous atmosphere, the wings on both sides extend, and the surrounding residential villages and lanes are all old brick houses in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Gables with upturned cornices, colored glazed tiles, cornice lines decorated with carved flowers, doors and windows made of red rocks, quaint hall furnishings, small patio flower beds, exquisite stone lion flower stands, precious antique collections and quiet pastoral atmosphere make people feel the long history of ancient villages and appreciate the inheritance of a cultural style.
Source: Renhua County People's Government.
Zhoutian Town: Zhoutian Town is located in the northeast of Shaoguan City, 30 kilometers away from the urban area, at the south gate of Renhua, and only 12 kilometers away from the world geological park Danxia Mountain. Administer 15 village committees, 1 community neighborhood committees and 167 villagers' groups. The town has a total population of 27,000, with a total area of 289 square kilometers, 27,000 mu of cultivated land (including 23,000 mu of paddy fields) and 420,000 mu of mountainous areas. The location of the town is very superior and the traffic is quite convenient. National Highway106,323 runs through the town and meets here. From Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway 1 hour drive, Shao-Gan Railway and Shao-Gan Railway will be built soon.