Xiangang Village has a long history and cultural heritage, and also has a beautiful environment of modern new countryside. The ear houses, ancient wells, ancient trees and Gu Xiang in the village are well preserved, and ancestral halls with unique Lingnan characteristics are all over the village. One of the "Eight Scenes of Xiangang" and the endless "Crab Eye Fairy Well" attract guests from all over the world to taste its sweetness. The fairy bowl of Gehong Xianweng's alchemy adds a mysterious fairy flavor to Xiangang. The village is shaded by trees, and ancient trees over 1 years old abound.
Xiangang Village is rich in human history, including ancient legends such as Ge Hongxian's alchemy and monasticism here, the Ming Dynasty minister Fang Ge's struggle with villagers to build a treasure cave of geomantic omen, the modern history that Chen Guangwen, a "centenarian" in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, was given a seal for his longevity, and even the patriotic story of saving the country by selling his possessions and donating money to resist Japan in the Republic of China. The villagers passed on the history of their ancestors from generation to generation. Every year, on the third day of March, Beidi's birthday, and on the mid-autumn night of August 15th, folk activities with strong Lingnan flavor, such as burning pagoda, dragon boat race and lion dance, have been preserved to this day and passed down from generation to generation. Rich human history and beautiful environment have been appreciated and praised by all parties. In 21, Xiangang Village Group was named "Top Ten Ancient Villages in Nanhai District" and in 212, it was named as a famous historical and cultural village in Guangdong Province.
The existing historical and traditional building area of Xiangang Village is 29,145 square meters, which consists of the core areas of Shuixiangfang and Xiaojingfang residential buildings in the east, Changgungli residential buildings in the west, Gushi Lane and nearby ancient buildings. The buildings retain the architectural features of traditional buildings in Guangfu, and form the residential buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chang Gung Li, Shengtang Street and other residential buildings in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, with Chen's Grand Ancestral Hall as the center and Low Well Square and Shuixiang Square as the core.
1. Ancient houses in low well square and water lane square
This residential group is a uniform blue brick-eared house, most of which are three gates and two corridors. The houses are neat, the layout is reasonable, the building structure is rigorous, and the lanes are straight and the crossings extend in all directions. The roadway floor is paved with bluestone, which has strong architectural characteristics of Qing Dynasty, exquisite materials, elaborate stone doors and windows, wood carving painting, stone carving calligraphy and painting, and a dazzling array of plaques. Wood carving, brick carving, stone carving and gray plastic fully reflect the traditional architectural characteristics of Guangfu, as well as the architectural ideas of "people and houses support each other, feel the world" and "harmony between man and nature, people-oriented"
2. Chen's Grand Ancestral Hall
has the characteristics of traditional architecture in the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to find out when it was built. According to records, it was originally built from west to east, and it was rebuilt from north to south in June of the 16th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt for the first time in the 12th year of Tongzhi and for the second time in the 3th year of Guangxu. Chen's Grand Ancestral Hall has two gates wide and three entrances deep, with blue glazed tiles trimmed on the roof and gray plastic boshi tile ridges; The walls are granite feet and water-milled blue bricks. There are three halls in the temple, all of which are made of Nanyang Kundian as columns, granite as column foundations, and all purlins and rafters are made of Nanyang Kundian wood.
3. Ancestral Hall of Gaozhi
Ancestral Hall of Gaozhi is side by side with Chen's Grand Ancestral Hall, which is deep and deep. In the center of the hall is a beautifully carved granite altar, with drum pavilions on the left and right sides of the main entrance. According to the well-preserved "Monument to Rebuild the Ancestor" in the temple, in the 11th year of Guangxu, the second ancestral hall was a four-column hall with a granite vase-shaped column foundation.
4. Jiantang Doctor's Temple
was built in Tongzhi 13th year of Qing Dynasty, completed in Guangxu 2nd year, and rebuilt to its present scale in the first year of the Republic of China. It is two rooms in width and two in depth, with the first entrance in the front and the second entrance in the four-column hall, all of which are Nanyang Kundian columns and granite pumpkin-shaped column foundations. The main entrance is beautifully carved with wood eaves, the stone pillars are angular and the brick carvings are lifelike.
5. "Ancestral Temple of Literati" and "Ancestral Temple of Chieh"
"Ancestral Temple of Chieh" and "Founder of Li" are brothers, both sons of "Ancestral Scholar". The stone inscription "The Inscription of Yizhu Ancestral Temple" preserved in "Hezhe Ancestral Temple" clearly shows that the ancestral temple was built in the 12th year of Shunzhi and rebuilt in the 22nd year of Kangxi. The temple is between two sides, with the deep two entering the front and the second entering the four-poster hall.
6. "_ Ancestral Temple"
In the western region, there are two temples, Nanyingzu Ancestral Temple and Yuandingzu Ancestral Temple, which stand side by side. Because Nanyingzu and Yuandingzu are father and son, and the architectural styles and sizes of the two temples are similar, they are both one wide and three deep, so they are called _ Ancestral Temple.
7. "Hundred Years Old Square"
There was a "Hundred Years Old Square" given by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty to Chen Guangwen, a native of Xiangang Village. Chen Guangwen, once known as the "centenarian", was born in 185, the first ugly year of Jiaqing, and then went to Guangzhou to do business and become rich. In the 24th year of Guangxu, in 1898, Emperor Guangxu learned from the memorials of local officials that Chen Guangwen was 1 years old, and was very surprised. He made an imperial edict to appoint Guangwen, a political doctor, as a candidate for the state, and awarded Chen Guangwen silver, real estate and a memorial archway with the imperial pen "Hundred Years' Respectfulness", which was called "Hundred Years' Square". Today, there are only a few large houses left in the site of "Hundred-year-old Gong", but its exquisite brick carving art and architectural features of the Qing Dynasty have been preserved.
8. Shishi Lane
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people inherited and developed the early traditional houses with hanging hilltops and rammed earth walls in the north, while a few buildings with hanging hilltops and rammed earth walls were preserved in villages in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which provided an example for us to study the inheritance and development of traditional buildings in Guangfu.
9. Dan _
is 9 cm long × 8 cm wide× 4 cm high and is made of reddish brown sandstone. There is a hole of 5 cm× 5 cm× 18 cm in it. It is said that Ge Hong used it in Danzao Zhenfeng alchemy. Later, Ge Hong became a fairy, Danzao got a "stove" and Xiangang got this "_". This bowl was originally used in Gexian Temple, but later it was destroyed. Dan _ was left at will. It was exhibited in Nanhai Museum in Baiyun Cave, Xiqiao Mountain in 198 and returned to Xiangang for safekeeping in the mid-199s.
1. "Crab Spring Ends"
Crab Spring, commonly known as "flowing well", is one of the eight scenic spots in Xiangang, and it is also half of the only remaining one of the eight scenic spots in Xiangang. It used to be a pair, and one was buried when the village road was expanded in the 196s and 197s. The area around the well is about 2 square meters, the wellhead is .45 square meters, and the water depth is .65 meters. The water flows out from the small hole at the edge of the well frame, and the water quality is cool and sweet. This well is not only for nearby residents to drink, but also for passers-by from far and near.
Danzao Town: Danzao Town is located in the west of Nanhai District, Foshan City, and is adjacent to Shishan, Nanzhuang, Xiqiao, Southwest and Baini. At the beginning of 25, the South China Sea underwent regional adjustment. The former Danzao Town and jing sha merged to form a new Danzao, with a total area of 143.48 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over Jinsha Office, 4 community residents' committees and 27 villagers' committees, with a total population of over 16,, and the registered population and the foreign population account for about half. Danzao Town is a national health town with beautiful environment and simple folk customs, including 1 adult school, 3 middle schools, 7 primary schools and 2 first-class hospitals.