Datongmuwan Village

The existing ancient buildings in datongmuwan village are complete in types, unique in style and orderly in distribution, including folk houses, gatehouses, roadways, stone roads, ancient wells, stone squares and other cultural relics, which can reflect the typical features of the historical period at that time and have high historical, artistic and scientific value.

The ancient dwellings in datongmuwan usually have two to three entrances, with three bays separated by a patio. The roof is made of small green tile slope top, mostly in the form of hard hill. The exterior wall is built with green brick, and the interior is of wood structure, which is basically intact. Around the ancient houses in the village to the foot of the surrounding mountains is a dense ginkgo forest, among which more than 150 old ginkgo trees with more than 100 years of age stand tall. Just behind the ancient houses, there is an old ginkgo tree, which is about 50 meters high, 4.8 meters in trunk girth diameter and 1.5 meters in diameter. It is said that it is more than 1000 years old. It is the largest ginkgo tree in Haiyang Township, known as "King ginkgo".

Datongmuwan Village

Datongmuwan village is located in Haiyang Township, Lingchuan County, Guilin City, about 1.5 km away from the township government.

There are more than 250 people in 45 households in the village, of which more than 80% are surnamed Tang. According to the Tang genealogy compiled in the third year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the ancestors of the Tang family in this village were originally from Lingling County, Yongzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province. In the early years of Qianlong, they moved from Quanzhou to live here and have been living and reproducing ever since.

architectural style

The existing ancient buildings in datongmuwan village are complete in types, unique in style and orderly in distribution, including folk houses, gatehouses, roadways, stone roads, ancient wells, stone squares and other cultural relics, which can reflect the typical features of the historical period at that time and have high historical, artistic and scientific value.

The ancient dwellings in datongmuwan usually have two to three entrances, with three bays separated by a patio. The roof is made of small green tile slope top, mostly in the form of hard hill. The exterior wall is built with green brick, and the interior is of wood structure, which is basically intact.

Located in the middle of the village, the gate building is a typical architectural style of the early Republic of China. It has two floors, brick and wood structure. It used to be a private school in the village, so it is also called "Zhuangyuan building". In front of the main gate building, there is a small flat ground with pebbles inlaid with eight trigrams, big carp and other patterns in the center. Under the ancient osmanthus tree and ancient ginkgo tree in the front of the flat ground, there are two pairs of imperial examination stone squares carved with unicorn, bat, lotus and Phoenix. From the words on the stone, we know that the two pairs of imperial examination stone squares were set up by Tang Hengqi in Xianfeng years of the village.

Tang Hengqi's ancestral house, which was built in the late Qianlong period, is a well preserved and the largest one. It has three entrances and three patios. The first one is the main entrance hall, and the middle one is the patio. There are chambers on both sides of the patio. To the inside, there are hall rooms, and there are ear rooms on both sides The window lattice of the ear room is mostly hollowed out and carved with various traditional paintings of flowers, plants, insects and fish. The carving is lively and exquisite.

The entrance of other dwellings is arranged carefully and orderly. The passageways are paved with bluestone slabs. The gates of the four passages are all equipped with heavy wooden doors. Plaques and lanterns are hung on the doors, which is particularly imposing and solemn. There are many kinds of carved patterns in the ancient residence, such as partition fan, shrine, table, plaque, chair, bed, wardrobe, desk, bookcase, stone mill, stone jar, stone flower bowl, etc.

Characteristic scenic spots

Taiping VAT

In the middle of the ancient people in this village, there are four big stone water tanks, all of which are made up of five large stone slabs, commonly known as "Taiping tanks", whose function is to store water and prevent fire. The largest tank is 2.72 meters long, 1.68 meters wide and 1.3 meters high, and can hold about 100 loads of water. Banyan trees of the same age are planted in each VAT, which is a major feature.

Gujing

In addition, there is an ancient well at the entrance of the village, which was built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the first year of Tongzhi. Originally, this well was the only drinking water source in the village, so it was rebuilt with four walls and wooden doors. There is water in the ancient well all the year round. Even in case of heavy rain and flood, the water in the well always keeps clear. For two hundred years, people used ropes to lift water, leaving 55 deep rope marks on the stones at the mouth of the well.

ginkgo tree

Around the ancient houses in the village to the foot of the surrounding mountains is a dense ginkgo forest, among which more than 150 old ginkgo trees with more than 100 years of age stand tall. Just behind the ancient houses, there is an old ginkgo tree, which is about 50 meters high, 4.8 meters in trunk girth diameter and 1.5 meters in diameter. It is said that it is more than 1000 years old. It is the largest ginkgo tree in Haiyang Township, known as "King ginkgo".

Datongmuwan village has beautiful environment, simple folk customs, towering ancient trees, unique architectural style of ancient dwellings and orderly distribution. The village still retains the traditional mode of agricultural production, a variety of traditional production tools, daily necessities and folk cultural relics. There are also cultural relics near the village, such as Mingxin temple, the source of Xiangli two rivers, and the tomb of Shilang. Every late autumn, the ginkgo forest is golden and the mountains are dyed. The beautiful scenery makes the tourists come here every year for photography and tourism. Therefore, since 2003, the local government has held the "Guilin golden autumn ginkgo Photography Festival" here every year, which can be called the reason for four seasons vacation, leisure, film and television location Think of a place.

Address: datongmuwan village, Haiyang Township, Lingchuan County, Guilin City

Longitude: 110.580989

Latitude: 25.299883

Tour time: 3 hours

Traffic information: take the bus to Lingchuan County, and then rent a car.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day