Yang Chan, located in the mountainous area of southern Anhui, is a small cottage built on the mountain. Because of the high terrain and inconvenient transportation here, for hundreds of years, mountain people have used local materials and paved roads and bridges with surrounding bluestones.
Take red earth to build a nest and live, make it at sunrise, rest in the sun, thirst for mountain springs, starve for grains, and plant a variety of crops for future generations. In the fleeting time, a series of earth buildings have been formed, which are patchwork and simple and spectacular. The well-preserved earth buildings in Yang Yang have far-reaching historical and cultural significance for the current study of ancient buildings in China.
Yang Chan Tulou is located in Qiandao Lake, Shen Du Town, Shexian County, Anhui Province, 6 kilometers away from Shen Du, with convenient transportation. Because it is close to Xin 'anjiang, the air is humid, the precipitation is abundant, and the annual precipitation is average.
Development history:
It is an ancient village with a long history, where Zheng lives. In the Song Dynasty, Zheng moved from Shexian to Dingtan, and then moved to Qi Huangong. According to legend, Zheng Gong stayed hunting and followed the hounds in the valley, unwilling to come back. Seeing that it is surrounded by mountains, clear springs and towering old trees, Duke Zheng thought it was a treasure trove of geomantic omen and decided to move to Yang Chan to settle down.
Yangchan Village is a farmhouse built on a hill. Houses are mainly tulou, and tulou group is the biggest feature of Yangchan Village. There are rows of houses, one after another. Are based on bluestone pounds, and then build earth buildings. There are stone slabs or stone steps or bluestone floors between the earth buildings.
Whether it is a single earth building or a group of earth buildings in the whole village, there is a kind of local beauty, which reflects the unique beauty of painting, artistic conception, grandeur and momentum. The earth building is built on the mountain, with diverse shapes, reasonable layout and patchwork, which embodies the integration of man and nature, has strong architectural characteristics of mountain residence, and constitutes a magical, simple, spectacular and beautiful picture.
Yang Yan Tulou Group in Huizhou is another wonderful work of Huizhou architecture, the crystallization of the wisdom of Huizhou Mountain Vietnamese, the peculiar fusion of backward productive forces and high civilization, and the palace of Oriental Tulou culture and art.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yang Chan Tulou