At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Xu Ru, a senior minister of the Ministry of Housing, moved here to avoid the war. After that, the population flourished and it was renamed "Xu Cun".
Guo Xu, a great scholar, and Xu Chengyao, the last academician, are descendants of Xu Cun.
Song Renzong named Xu Kefu, who donated money for his country, a "big family".
In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi prefaced The Biography of the Xu Family Tree.
There are 48 literati in the history of Xucun, which is the oldest village in Huizhou.
After the Southern Song Dynasty, Huizhou merchants rose, and Xu Cun prospered rapidly relying on the Hui 'an ancient road between Anqing House and Huizhou House, reaching a peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Since modern times, Xucun has inherited and carried forward the fine educational tradition, and there has been a grand occasion of "one doctor, five doctors" and "four academicians", which has contributed a large number of talents to * * * and China and has become a famous model of ancient Chinese villages.
Xu Cun adopts the traditional theory of "geomantic omen", and the layout of the whole village retains the basic geomantic trend of "building by the water, playing with pearls by Shuanglong and watering gourds".
The glorious history has left a large number of well-preserved ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties in Xucun, which are of great value in architecture, history, academics, environment and anthropology.
From 65438 to 0996, Xucun was declared as a provincial historical and cultural protection zone.
In 2006, Xucun 15 ancient building was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
At present, Xucun is applying for a national historical and cultural town and a world cultural heritage.