The ancient village style of Zhoutian Village

Zhoutian is one of the first historical and cultural villages in Jiangxi Province. Mao Zedong quoted the Hakkas of Xunwu as saying in the investigation of Xunwu: "The glutinous rice in Xiangshan, the goods with three standards, the house of Zhoutian and the valley of Changshe." Zhoutian village has been known to the world since then. The house in Zhoutian here refers to the "Eighteen Houses in Zhoutian", but there are fifteen exquisite old houses, which are still well preserved. Although it is not as beautiful as Liukeng in Le 'an County or Jiangwan in Wuyuan County, the content of Sunday is quite colorful: it is carved with dragons and painted buildings, cornices and stacked brick walls. There are also lintels, inscriptions, famous columns, wind pools, relief murals, wood carvings, silicon carvings and stone carvings with far-reaching cultural connotations, which are exquisite and lifelike, reflecting the exquisite skills and extraordinary wisdom of Hakka ancestors. There are also natural landscapes such as strange stones, xiufeng and ancient trees dotted among them, which are quiet and peaceful, and they are an idyllic beauty of "small bridges and flowing water". The traffic in the village is developed, and there are five roads in and out of the village. East to the end of the stream, south to Yuxi, west to Tuanshan, northwest to Chengjiang, north to Zuheng and Changqi. One village connects three provinces, Fenglingpai Village, Chagan Town, Pingyuan County, Guangdong Province, longxi village, Liu Dong Township, Wuping County, Fujian Province, across the Tianshan Mountains, and an ancient post road passing through the village connects three provinces, three villages and one vein. Today, the post road is still there, the post station is still there, and the story of the salt merchant is still legendary. Today, the "thoroughfare of Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong provinces" we refer to actually refers to Zhoutian ancient village. It is located in the center of Hakka area. The most representative Hakka culture and Hakka ancient buildings; It also records the social, economic and cultural development process of Hakka people in Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Zhoutian, an ancient village with a history of more than 500 years, is the "salt and rice road" of Hakkas. Shoulder, horse and salt cover are connected with the water wharf of Yunmenling and Xiaba. It was still as prosperous as ever until the investigation of finding Wu was written: "The rice and beans in Shicheng and Ruijin are the bulk, and the tea oil in Xingguo is the bulk, and it landed in Yunmenling. Sea salt and seafood are the main foreign goods transported to Yunmenling by Xiaba. As soon as the porter has moved the goods, he will move back. " It was this ancient post road that reached the three provinces that brought prosperity to Zhoutian in the Ming and Qing Dynasties for more than 500 years, cultivated a large number of Hakka wealthy businessmen and nurtured splendid Hakka culture. There is a saying that in ancient times, all the dignitaries who passed by Sunday did not dismount and walk, because judging from the bearing of the buildings in the village, it must be an extraordinary place.

According to the records of the local Wang family tree, the ancient houses in this area were first built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, there have been 28 ancient houses, and the latest one was built in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, spanning more than 300 years. Among many enclosed houses, Paradise Bay enclosed house is the square enclosed house with the largest area and the highest architectural artistic value. Built in Jiaqing 19 (18 14) in Qing Dynasty, it covers an area of 10 mu, and belongs to masonry civil structure. Residential design has four entrances and four compartments, eight halls and twelve wells, and 50 rooms, with reasonable structure and beautiful shape. Every paddock is built on the mountain, and it is still magnificent after hundreds of years of wind and rain. They have different styles from design and construction to interior decoration, and they are all the same without exception, which fully embodies the unique wisdom of the builders at that time.

In addition to square enclosed houses, there are many ancient buildings on Sunday, including schools, tea kiosks, inns, medicine warehouses, waterwheels and oil mills, temples, etc., and there are 20 scenic spots. Provincial and municipal experts said that this ancient building complex is rare in the province because of its large scale and good preservation. It is a "living specimen" reflecting the architectural characteristics of Hakka dwellings in the south of the Yangtze River, which has high research value.