It is a general law of the formation of ancient villages in China to build villages based on geomantic omen because of clan residence. However, like Zhuge Village in Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, it is rare to push surnames and family names to the extreme of a culture and become moral and philosophical interpretations.
In Zhuge Village, everything keeps simple folk customs, ancient buildings, primitive farming and simple life style, and the most magical thing in Zhuge Village is China's geomantic layout-Jiugong Bagua.
Zhuge Bagua Village was built by Zhuge, the grandson of Zhuge Liang 27th, in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty.
With a history of more than 600 years, although things have changed over the years, the overall pattern has not changed much so far, which is a great spectacle in the history of ancient architecture in China. Its profound connotation is amazing.
Zhuge Zhuang is low in the northwest, with mountains and water at its back, which is the "trend of heaven and earth" pursued by the situation school. At this dusk, Zhuge Village is surrounded by eight hills, which seem to be connected together, like eight directions of gossip, and become the outer gossip. The buildings in the village are like clouds, and the houses are strewn at random. Road traffic echoes from all directions. Zhongchi is located in the center of the village, like the Yin-Yang diagram of Atai Pool. Eight hutongs radiate outward, forming an internal gossip. There are hundreds of ancient buildings in the village in the Ming and Qing dynasties, carved with beams and painted with buildings, with different styles and beautiful scenery. All these show that the founder of this village is good at choosing terrain, and the natural environment, houses, wells and alleys are combined into a double gossip, which fully embodies Master Zhuge's extraordinary geomantic art and meticulous conception.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, wars were frequent, and Master Zhuge also fully considered the defense issue when designing the village layout. Zhuge Village has complex terrain, changeable layout of houses and alleys, and has the characteristics of maze. This layout of Jiugong gossip fully embodies the defense purpose. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the Japanese invaders passed through the Xiadao of Gaolonggang, but failed to find this bustling village. During the Northern Expedition, the National Revolutionary Army and warlord Sun fought fiercely for three days near Zhuge Village, but Zhuge Village was safe and sound. There are thousands of buildings in the village, facing each other, with vertical and horizontal lanes, but seemingly connected but broken, seemingly connected but closed. It is difficult to predict the actual situation. Strangers rush into the village, which is often a way to get in and out. Thieves often give in easily when they come here.