The ancient villages in nanxi river, which are based on the idea of harmony between man and nature, gossip and Yin and Yang Feng Shui, have a large number of complete genealogies. These precious historical and cultural remains can help people understand the outline of China's ancient farming and reading society and clan culture. Throughout the ancient villages in nanxi river, there are generally three characteristics:
First, the history of building villages is relatively long: the history of ancient villages in nanxi river is basically more than 500 years, most of which are 700- 1000 years, and the oldest is about 1500 years. According to the preserved village genealogy, there are Cangpo, LAM Raymond and Huatan villages built in the Tang Dynasty, Furong and Xia Lang villages built in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Yantou. The representative ancient villages built in Yuan Dynasty include Linkeng and Daitou.
Second, there are rich types, harmonious planning and strong environmental awareness: residential houses, ancestral halls, pavilions, ponds, academies and so on. Many villages have stockade walls and stockade gates. The water system, streets and lanes in the village are orderly, and the houses, courtyards and sacrifice centers are scattered. There are not many deep curtilage courtyards in ancient villages in nanxi river, and there are few carved beams and painted buildings. The building is built directly with pebbles under the riverbed of nanxi river, which is simple, true, generous and natural, and natural and harmonious. It shows the strong environmental awareness and aesthetic ability of nanxi river ancestors, and highlights an environmental atmosphere in which man and nature live in harmony.
Third, the clan culture is prominent: each village is a relatively closed social unit, and one or several clans live together. Generally, one village with one surname or many villages with one surname, such as Furong, Daitou and Tanxia, are places where Chen lives together. Cangpo and Fangxiang are where Li lives. Flower bed is Zhu's surname, Ming 'ao is Hu's surname. Pengxi and others are descendants of Xie Lingyun, so they are all surnamed Xie, Xiaokeng Village is basically surnamed Zhang, and most of the swindlers are surnamed Mao.
So what kind of village is Pengxi Village, the important settlement of Xie Lingyun, the originator of China landscape poetry?
From Wenzhou Wangjiang Road Wharf Ferry to Oubei Town, Yongjia County, along the main stream of nanxi river, passing through Shangtang Town and Yantou Town of the county, it will soon reach Heshengxi, a tributary of the middle reaches of nanxi river in the hinterland of nanxi river, with a journey of about 1.5 hours. Pengxi Village is located between Gaodong Village and Shengcun Village, about 60 kilometers away from the county seat. Hesheng Creek, as the name implies: According to legend, ancient cranes have many streams. As you can imagine, the white crane flutters in the wind, and the ringing cranes among the green mountains and green waters seem to tell you that this place was once a fairyland on earth.
After thousands of years, cranes have become rare national first-class protected animals. Although the scenery of Hesheng Creek is still beautiful, it is difficult to find the trail of cranes.
Pengxi village has excellent feng shui. There is a mountain spring in the east of the village, a snail-like phoenix island in the lake, and a pen peak in the southeast of the lake, which coincides with the saying that the pen enters the inkstone. Pengxi Village is adjacent to Shengxi in the north, with low hills as the barrier across the stream, and the stream walks around the barrier, forming two portals. This village was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a scholar named Li Shijing, and there is still a scholar street on the north side of the ancient house. There are Li Zhuangyuan's mansions, ancestral halls, ancient pavilions, and a large number of wooden Qing-style houses in the village. The village is long and narrow, surrounded by mountains on three sides, like a paradise in the mountains. He Shengxi turned a corner under the cliff north of the village entrance. Over time, the stream washed into an unfathomable living pool under the cliff. It is obviously one of the most beautiful ancient villages in the middle reaches of nanxi river.
Pengxi Village is located in a pocket basin, surrounded by mountains, with only a gap in the north, but it is sealed by Hesheng River. The ancestors cut the mountain and set up a plank road more than a mile long on the cliff of Xixi, so that the village could enter and leave. In order to ensure safety, a Guandi Temple was built above the laid-off workers at the entrance to the village. Relying on deep pools and steep cliffs as natural moats, Pengxi Village is particularly safe in wartime.