Gao Yi Xiang, Huitong County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province

Gaoyi Township

Gaoyi township is located in the east of Huitong County, Hunan Province, bordering Suining and Hongjiang counties and cities in the East, Huangmao township of benxian County in the north, Changzhai Township in the South and Ruoshui town in the west, 48 kilometers away from the county. It governs 12 administrative villages, including Gaoyi, Sanzhou, Yunmeng, Shuangtan, wengtao, Dengjia, wenggao, Lingtou, Wengjiang, hongpo, Xuefeng, Huaijian, and 117 villager groups, with a total population of 9164 (2017).

Humanistic characteristics

Gaoyi township is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water on one side. The village seems to be located in a Gaowei chair, hence the name Gaoyi. Township government is located in an ancient village, well-known far and near, known as the first village in the south of the Yangtze River. Taking the Wutong temple as the center, it radiates outward according to the plum blossom shape, and the large and small vertical and horizontal roadways form the traffic network. The same color of the brick fire wall, both ends of the ladder shaped angle horse head towering, facing a blue stone paved alleys, crisscross, twists and turns deep. Each family's own courtyard has its own "harmony between man and nature" and is interlinked with the neighboring families. It is a typical Jiangnan construction method in Ming Dynasty, with strong Yuan Xiang characteristics and Dong style. Entering the gate, there are still colorful paintings on the top of the screen wall, such as big birds and beasts, songju Meilan, melon, fruit, cattle and sheep. We can see whether the owner was a military general or a scholar or a farmer. Cornice ridge decoration is different, extremely exquisite. The courtyard is a two-story wooden building with bucket structure. Hall, bedroom door carving, lattice fan, railings are very delicate. It is a large-scale and well preserved residential complex in the Qing and Ming Dynasties. It has 104 ancient buildings built successively from the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1381 A.D.) to the 7th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1881 A.D.), with a total construction area of 19416 square meters. It is praised by experts as "the first village in China", the "living fossil" of ancient residential village, and the "architectural history book" of ancient residential buildings. Here you can not only browse the beautiful multi character architectural style and exquisite wood carving technology, but also enjoy the beautiful folk song and dance performance, taste the Dong family food, live in the Dong wooden building, experience the life of the same Dong people and be a Dong guest.

famous scenery

In May 2003, Gaoyi Residential Group officially became the cultural security unit in Hunan Province, with "the first house" in the village. Although his appearance is not impressive, he has a long life experience. He is the elder of the village. So far, there is an inscription brick at the bottom of the south wall, which is engraved with the names of the officials, men and craftsmen who built the house. The date of signing is "the 13th year of Hongwu". The ancestor of Gaoyi Yang's surname is Yang Shenglong of Yuan Dynasty. Yang Shenglong is the 28th generation grandson of Yang Zhen, a "clean and honest official" in Han Dynasty in Guangdong Province. In order to carry forward the ancestral virtues and inspire future generations, Gao Yi's Yang family mostly wrote "guanxi gate", "guanxi family", "Qingbai hall" and so on, in order to show "being a pure man and being an official". Qingbai hall. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and changed into a school in the Jiaqing period. During the imperial examination period, the master family of the school repeatedly produced capable scholars, including 2 Jinshi, 3 paigong, 6 Yusheng and 10 Xiucai. He has been awarded three times: "Mingkui sanchu", "Meijin Dongnan" and "Bainianshuren". Farm and read the heirloom. A plaque highly sums up the traditional ideas of farming and reading in rural China for thousands of years. Even today, it is enlightening and enlightening. One sentence describes the connotation of Gaoyi's long history and traditional culture, and truly describes the mystery of Gaoyi.