Shangyue Ancient Village is a characteristic ancient village full of humanistic sentiments. It is also the most famous and culturally valuable place in the area. It retains a large number of ancient buildings and attracts many tourists from surrounding areas. Sightseeing, so what is there to do in Shangyue Ancient Village?
There is such an ancient village in Qingyuan, Guangdong. Speaking of getting to know this ancient village, it all came from a mistaken visit. But this also led to the discovery of one of the most beautiful ancient villages in Guangdong - Shangyue Ancient Village.
Shangyue Ancient Village is a place I saw by chance. The ancient village was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The gables of the buildings in the village are shaped like pot ears, so they are also called pot ear walls.
Although Shangyue Ancient Village is a scenic spot, it currently does not charge tickets and tourists can visit it for free. Currently, it is most convenient to drive to the ancient village by yourself, or you can also take a bus and then a motorcycle to get there.
According to historical records and their genealogy, it can be seen that the ancestor of this family is Zhu Wenhuan (the 6th generation grandson of Zhu Xi), a famous anti-Yuan general in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has been passed down to the 32nd generation.
This family fled south with Emperor Gong of the Song Dynasty in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and chose this quiet and remote place to settle down during the war. It can be said that this place has been a place of wealth and wealth for officials since the beginning.
The shape of the gable of the ancient house is like an enlarged version of the handle of a cooking pot, commonly known as the "pot ear wall". In the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, this was a symbol of official position and was shaped like an official's hat. Only those with a good reputation were qualified to build such residences with pot-ear walls. The height of the pot-ear also represented the size of the official position.
If you see some pot-ear walls with dragons and phoenixes carved on the forehead, you can know that the owner of the house was in a prominent position at that time.
In addition, there are also many ancient wells in the village. It is said that there are more than 20 well-preserved ancient wells, three of which are hundreds of years old. There is even a well-sacrifice culture to worship the well god, which is the first in the country. It is also very rare.
The 108 ancient dwellings in the village are nestled among the orange trees. The layout of the front pond and the back mountain contains the meaning of hiding wind and accepting water. Everywhere reflects the wisdom of the predecessors in village architecture. The alleys and streets in ancient times all have names ending in "li".
The ancient village consists of 18 li, including Quy Nhon-ri, Zhong Quy Nhon-ri and Lower Quy Nhon-ri. Walking into it, weeds have grown on the neat roads paved with bluestones. It's the traces left by the years.
Most buildings have four bedrooms, one living room, and two kitchens. The buildings inside are reasonably laid out and built according to Feng Shui patterns. These green bricks and black tiles, and the undulating pot ears, are linked together to form a unique ink painting.
All the poetry and picturesqueness of the ancient village are here. When traveling here, you can always see many people sketching, describing this most beautiful village.
Passing through the alley with mottled brick walls on both sides, desolate ancestral halls, heavy thresholds, and lanes paved with granite, more than seven hundred years of time have passed quietly. Nowadays, many villagers in the ancient village have moved away from their old living areas, so the village has a large area of ??abandoned residential areas, which is slightly desolate.
The mottled houses have a long history. It is said that the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys. Looking at it, there are not many Guoer Towers in the world. They are rare. It is not easy to be preserved and perfectly presented to this day. of. It is rated as a famous historical and cultural village in China. Worth a visit for tourists.
If you don’t want to only see huge crowds of people when traveling, you might as well travel to this small and beautiful place with a small number of people. The scenery is not inferior at all, and the tranquility is incomparable to the suspense. This unique Guoer architecture alone is unique.