Shanxiayang Village

Shanxiayang village is located in the northwest of Songyang County, 10 kilometers away from the county. The surname Zhang is the largest surname in the village. It was rated as "provincial historical and cultural village" in 2012, and was included in the second batch of "Chinese traditional villages" list in 2013. According to the traditional astrological layout, the whole village contains the Taoist philosophy of "harmony between man and nature". The whole village is closely combined with the natural geomantic omen. It is the most complete ancient village preserved in Songyang. It has high historical and cultural value for the study of the development of Songyang architecture. The most amazing building in shanxiayang village is fengshuitang. Fengshui pond is the landmark of the village and the public activity center of the village. It lies in front of the village in a semicircle, implying the principle of Fengshui reincarnation that "the loss of the moon is the win".

Shanxiayang Village

Shanxiayang village is located 10 kilometers northwest of Songyang County in Zhejiang Province. The layout of the village is like a labyrinth of eight trigrams. There are rows of old houses and winding alleys. It is a historical picture left behind by modern civilization. It makes people feel a sense of tranquility and nature outside the noise.

The overall layout of shanxiayang village is rigorous and reasonable, which contains the Taoist philosophy of "harmony between man and nature". The whole village is closely combined with the natural geomantic omen. It is the most complete planned ancient village in Songyang, which has high historical and cultural value for the study of the development of Songyang architecture. On the surface, shanxiayang village has a square layout, which is similar to the general ancient villages. However, there are infinite mysteries hidden in the village. Entering the village is like entering a huge historical mystery. The endless roadways divide the village into several "mouth" buildings. The tall and towering horse head wall makes the roadways narrow and deep, and the big houses are divided into independent and connected spaces.

layout

Shanxiayang village rises slowly according to the terrain, and solves the drainage problem by using the natural trend of water flow, and the drainage facilities are unobstructed up to now. Dozens of cobblestone alleys are like the vein of a village, crisscrossing in depth and in simple language. After screening, the size of the pebbles is basically the same, with a long time, and the road is covered with a Tibetan luster. When an alley turns, it is often the back door of an old house, or a stack of partition walls. When you turn a few right angles, you can see another passage, as if you have stepped into a maze.

Architecture

The most amazing building in shanxiayang village is fengshuitang. Fengshui pond is the landmark of the village and the public activity center of the village. It lies in front of the village in a semicircle, implying the principle of Fengshui reincarnation that "the loss of the moon is the win". Fengshui wall will be surrounded by Fengshui pond, blocking the outflow of their own Fengshui. There is a well dug behind the pond. It has not dried up for hundreds of years and is still clean. This seemingly ordinary well is the eye of the ancient village. It has witnessed the rise and fall of shanxiayang village for three hundred years. The pond is divided into two parts by a stone dike. On the other side of the dike is a square flat ground. It is a group of buildings corresponding to the Fengshui pond, which means "round heaven and place". It is the place where the village worships heaven and earth in those days. Outside the Fengshui wall is a nearly dried up pond. When the village was just finished planning, it should be a lotus pond. The lotus flowers in the pond indicate "home and everything is prosperous", which makes people full of conjecture about the light wave Biying. Fengshui pond infuses aura into the village, and the reflection of pink walls and tiles falls in the pond water, clearly and unsteadily bringing down the charm of the water town. A few ducks jumped into the pond and cried "Gaga" to tear up the pink wall and tiles. The villagers came out of their closed houses and gathered in front of the Fengshui pond. Their mood suddenly brightened and their inner depression dispersed. Less than a hundred steps away from the Fengshui pond, there is a gurgling stream, where villagers in twos and threes wash vegetables and clothes. The sound of women beating their clothes breaks the tranquility of the village. Under the ancient stone bridge, the plants grow luxuriantly, and the old houses on both sides are lined up along the stream, which has the temperament of water town.

The building community with Fengshui pond as the core is the classic of the village. Right in front is the towering ancestral hall of Zhang family. Behind it stand the simple and elegant Qing Dynasty big houses and the western and Chinese foreign buildings of the Republic of China. Shanxiayang village is rich in architectural community types and magnificent, especially the ancestral hall of Zhang family, which was built in the Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty. The ancestral hall has three entrances and is tall and regular, which is enough to witness the glory and prosperity of Zhang's ancestors. Many beams of the ancestral hall are painted with folk customs, folk customs and other contents as the theme, which is vivid and full of rich historical information. At the same time, the ancestral hall is also an art corridor of wood carving, with various kinds of corbel, crossbeam and window lattice. The carving technique is meticulous and smooth. Chinese red is the main color of the ancestral hall. The color gradually fades with the time, and it still shows magnificent temperament. The ancestral hall is in the front, the Fengshui pond is in the middle, and the Xianghuo Hall of Zhang family is in the back. The front and back of the ancestral hall are connected with fengshui, praying for the heaven and earth and ancestors' blessing, the prosperity of literature and family tradition. Standing at the edge of the well and looking around, there are rolling mountains behind the village. The peaks are like the tip of a pen, reflected in the pool water, as if the tip of a pen dipped in water. At this time, the Fengshui pond seems to be an ink pool, and the so-called "writing brush dipped in ink" style is clearly highlighted here. In front of the Fengshui pond is an open field, like a huge piece of rice paper. Shigui mountain is located on the right side of the village. The three undulating peaks look like a penholder. The "pen, ink, paper and inkstone" are complete, and the Yang people at the foot of the mountain are allowed to write their own history.

The Zhangs in shanxiayang village originated from Fujian Province and migrated from Longquan in the early Qing Dynasty? Why do they design their living place in the form of carrying Feng Shui? What kind of mysterious figure is the architect who designed the village? How did Zhang's ancestors accumulate huge wealth to create this once prosperous village? These questions may become mysteries that can never be solved. According to the old man in the village, the layout of the village looks like a picture of a beautiful woman. The breast of the beautiful woman is at the Fengshui pond, so the well becomes the nipple again, moistening the growth of the village. There is no doubt that the mountain village is indeed a piece of geomantic omen, collecting the essence of the sun and moon and gathering the atmosphere of the hundred years. In the era of agricultural civilization, shanxiayang village is rich and prosperous.

Outstanding person

Under the influence of traditional culture, shanxiayang village has extraordinary ability, and there are many influential figures. Mr. Zhang Jingxing is well-known when it comes to the history of people in shanxiayang village. He was born in 1898. In his early years, he studied at Peking University and was a student of Li Dazhao. He was deeply influenced by Li Dazhao's revolutionary thought. After the July 7th incident, he actively publicized the Anti Japanese War and founded the weekly "voice of saving the nation" with Jiang Tianwei and others. Zhang Jingxing was an intellectual who devoted his life to education and saving the nation. After returning to his hometown, he devoted himself to education, advocated women's education, founded shanxiayang primary school, and taught in Guchi Jiangong middle school and Songyang No.1 middle school. In 1946, Zhang Jingxing served as chairman of the Songyang County Senate until liberation. He actively supported and participated in the "Songyang uprising" led by Zhu Gengsheng and served as logistics support. Before the uprising, he assisted Zhu Gengsheng in eradicating the chief spy, LAN Chen. After the uprising troops withdrew from Songyang, they stayed in the city to help supply intelligence, military supplies and food, and transported them to the uprising troops through underground transportation lines. Another figure in shanxiayang village is Zhang Fu. Born in 1921, he graduated from the army command and staff University of the Kuomintang in his early years. After going to Taiwan, he was the general instructor of the "three armed forces University" and served as the Secretary of Jiang Weiguo. He was awarded the rank of major general of the army. After his retirement in 1974, he became a civilian professor. He taught in "China Culture University" and "Mingchuan University" and served as the fifth, sixth and ninth chairman of the Songyang fellow townspeople's Association in Taiwan. He made a lot of contributions to the exchanges and development between the two sides of the Strait.

Shanxiayang village is an open village. Zhang's ancestors moved in from Longquan, which created the history of the village. Over the years, different surnames and immigrants have been moving in, integrating into shanxiayang village and carrying it forward. There are more talented children out of the village, to a broader stage.

As time goes by, the years are glorious. Outside of hundreds of years, I sigh the architectural classics of shanxiayang village. Under the erosion of modern civilization, the village is about to be changed beyond recognition. Many modern buildings interspersed in the ancient village become abrupt and dazzling, breaking the aesthetic sense and sense of balance of history. Shanxiayang village is rich in historical relics. It is a model of Songyang Village Architecture and a living specimen of ancient village planning. It is extremely rare even in the whole city. The alleys and lanes of the village are all paved with cobblestones, which are still well preserved, which is rare in Zhejiang. Compared with Yuyuan in Wuyi and Heyang in Jinyun, shanxiayang has rarely attracted the attention of the world. It is becoming more and more dilapidated, and environmental protection is deteriorating. Only those ancient buildings are still standing tenaciously, reluctantly showing their glory and glory.

Honors

In March 2020, shanxiayang village was selected as the second batch of provincial rural leading communities in Zhejiang Province.

Address: Gushi Town, Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 119.451212

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