The whole administrative village of Donglong covers an area of about 10 square kilometer, with 2,703 mu of cultivated land, 3 natural villages and 8 villagers' groups. 13 natural villages include Butou, Xiadian, Gaopai, Paixia, Nakamura, Shangdafu, April, Beiliao and Xixi. In this way, a relatively concentrated village is formed, while camphor trees and small ridges are scattered on the vast hills and mountains in the southwest of the village. According to statistics in 2002, there are about 400 households with more than 2,000 people in this village.
According to legend, before the Tang and Song Dynasties, Donglong had built a village. At that time, the village was mainly inhabited by Zeng and Liu, and the settlement was in Nankeng, about 1 mile southwest of Nakamura, where Donglong Village Committee was located. In the fifth year of Song Gande (967), a villager named Li in Banjing, Shicheng, took a fancy to this geomantic treasure-house while hunting, moved his family and came to Butou Kaiji in the northeast of the village. Once, Liu and Li were dependent on each other, and * * * tore up this mountain green space in the southeast border of Ningdu, leading an idyllic life of sunrise and sunset. But not long after this day, it is said that one day, a Mr. Feng Shui suddenly came to the village and found that the mountain and river situation in Donglong Village was particularly good, so he consciously lived in the village. He took refuge in the Liu family first. He looked idle, so he was cold to him. So he went to the Zeng family again. The Zeng family also thought he was lazy, lukewarm and indifferent to him. Finally, he moved into the Li family. Although the Li family saw that he was not good at farming, he did not travel all day, but studied at home. Unlike a worthless loafer, they invited him as a guest and treated him warmly. After that, he took his master's son to a place called Daojinchai near the village and told him that your father would die soon. If he can be buried here after his death, the Li family will be rich in the future. Then, Mr. Feng Shui took him to several other places called Phoenix-shaped, Flying Goose-shaped and Beauty-looking in the mirror, and told him to leave them to future generations as blessings (that is, cemeteries). This is the so-called eighteen images that Dong Longli is talking about now. Can't stay (Liu), carp (Li) traveled all over the river and watched his mouth (Zeng). Strangely, since then, the Li people have really started to develop, and soon the population has doubled to dozens and the wealth has accumulated to tens of thousands. At one time, the two surnames of Liu gradually declined, both in population and wealth, at the latest in the middle of the Qing Dynasty (that is,
At present, among more than 2,000 people in Donglong Village, 98.5% are surnamed Li. Although these people all claim to come from the same ancestor, they are divided into two different branches. Each has its own ancestral temple, each has its own spectrum, each worships its ancestors and sweeps its graves. In the past, there was little contact except holding temple fairs every year. one of
Besides Li, there are about 30 people surnamed Chen living in five families in the village. According to the records in Ten Family Trees (194 1), their ancestral home was in Dongyuan Village, Guangchang County, and later they moved to Dongshao, Ningdu. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, Ji Zu and Gong Zhen moved here from Dongshao. According to local legend, he moved here from Xiaxia. It was brought by their dismissal when they passed through Dongshao. The reason is that they can play the trumpet, perform puppet shows, and provide paid services for the Li family to worship their ancestors and hold temple fairs. Therefore, the Li family asked them to settle in Donglong Village for a long time, depending on their in-laws (because the Li family in Donglong once had many marriages with the Chen family in other villages). Since this profession is usually spread only within the family, until now, at least 2-3 people in each generation can play the trumpet.