Mainly because of poverty.
Taking advantage of a leisurely holiday, I wandered around my home and inadvertently stepped into the ancient village of Nanshe in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 800 years ago.
The ancient village is located in Nanshe Village, Chashan Town, Dongguan City, and is a national AAAA scenic spot. It has successively won the titles of "Famous Village of Chinese History and Culture", "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit", "Famous Village of Excellent National Architecture in China" and "Most Beautiful Village in Guangdong".
Nanshe Ancient Village in Ming and Qing Dynasties was founded in Song Dynasty, and it is a consanguineous village dominated by Xie family. 1275, Xie Qian, a descendant of Xie 'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, lived here, and has been breeding for 28 generations, with more than 8,000 descendants.
This ancient village is centered on a long pond, and various ancestral halls and temples stand by and watch the water. Village buildings on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were built around ponds in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and blue brick houses were hidden among the old trees with green leaves. Narrow alleys run through rows of ancient houses, quiet and calm.
Compared with the ancient villages and towns in other parts of China, the original buildings of Nanshe Ancient Village in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties are well preserved, and a large number of stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, gray sculptures and pottery sculptures are preserved, which has high artistic value. According to records, there are 22 ancestral halls and more than 200 ancient dwellings in ancient villages.
The architectural features of Ming and Qing dynasties are obvious. In terms of architecture, it can be explained that the Qing Dynasty reached a peak of traditional architecture in China. The architectural forms in Ming and Qing Dynasties are simple, with complicated details and obvious retro orientation. The buildings in this period adopted the cooperation of overlapping vertical expansion of courtyards and horizontal expansion from left to right, and highlighted the main building through the changes of different closed spaces.
The residential buildings in Nanshe ancient village are mostly designed by three hospitals and two houses, which are more concise and practical than ancestral halls. It can be said that Nanshe ancient village is a typical example of studying Guangfu architectural culture.
Historically, Nanshe Village is rich in humanities and attaches importance to education, and Xie Jia is even more famous. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than a dozen scholars here, and it was a well-known "hometown of scholars". In addition, there are 29 scholars who are truly "cultural villages". The dense flagpole clips in front of Xie's ancestral hall are the witness of history.
The flagpole clip is a symbol of the imperial examination fame in feudal society, that is, after the imperial examination fame, the flagpole is erected in front of the ancestral hall, one for the glory of ancestors, and the other for the example of inspiring future generations.
It is necessary to briefly introduce several celebrities in the history of Nanshe Village-the four famous Nanshe people.
Master Xie Zu respected literature and martial arts and enjoyed a high reputation. In the late Qing Dynasty, Xie, Xie Yuxiong and Xie Ruzhong successively won the title of Wu Jinshi and Xie won the title of Wen Jinshi.
Xie, Wen Jinshi, a second-class civil servant in Qing Dynasty. He was appointed as a senior minister by the emperor. After he passed the imperial examination, he became the director of Qin Jiali Department.
Xie Yuxiong, Wu Jinshi, a sergeant in the 65th Jinshi, was appointed as the Imperial Guard yamen.
Xie Ruzhong, Wu Jinshi, was a Jinshi in Guangxu, Wu Ke in the sixth year. He was the 22nd Jinshi of the Staff Sergeant and the official bodyguard of Lanling.
Xie, Wu Jinshi, was named general Jianwei by the Qing court for his meritorious service in combat. He was awarded the first class merit, from the official to the deputy commander and company commander, and was the highest ranking figure among Xie's clansmen. Xie's great-grandfather Xie and his grandfather Xie Dianyu were both appointed as General Jianwei and the company commander of Zhangzhou Town.
Along the banks of the pond, the distance from the west gate to the north gate is only 300 meters, and many ancestral temples with different specifications have been built.
Xie's Grand Ancestral Hall, the "General Ancestral Hall" of Xie's family in Nanshe Village, is the largest ancestral hall in Nanshe Village with a history of more than 460 years. It can be said that it is the most luxurious and well-equipped ancestral temple in Nanshe Village.
There are Ren Tiangong, Yingluo Palace, Evening Festival Palace, Guling Palace, Centennial Palace and Late Jade Palace.
The ancestral temple culture in China, represented by the same clan, is a traditional culture centered on the ancestral temple, and it is a kind of sacrificial architecture in the local architecture of our country. Its basic function is to worship ancestors first, and through the sacrifice to ancestors, the whole family members are linked together by the continuation of the blood relationship with the same surname, forming the cohesion within the clan.
In addition to the ancestral hall, there are various temples, halls, workshops, shops and buildings, which are distributed in houses along the pond and on the east and west sides.
Prime Minister Di, also known as Xie Academy, is the best preserved academy in ancient villages with garden-like architecture.
The so-called senior minister is to help manage state affairs, and even if he is not with the emperor, he can make suggestions for the emperor.
Xie Ci, built by the imperial court in recognition of Xie's achievements, was built in the 27th year of Guangxu (190 1), with courtyard layout.
Bihai drugstore was founded in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, and has a history of more than 500 years.
Nanshe sugarcane material is a shed for squeezing sugarcane. It is an ancient traditional sugar-making process that uses cattle as the power to drive two stone rollers to squeeze sugarcane juice. The sugar pot used for squeezing sugar is very big and deep, and three pots are a group (raw pot, medium pot and cooked pot), which is called Samsung furnace.
The century-old square has a unique architectural style, with quadrangle-style archway in front and ancestral hall in the back. The shadow wall in the square is surrounded by two cloisters, and the stone carvings at the top of the square are beautifully decorated, with vivid characters and expressions. Baisuifang was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 420 years. Baisuifang was built in Ming Dynasty to commemorate four centenarians in Nanshe Village. Baisuifang embodies the longevity culture that China has inherited for thousands of years.
There is also the "treasure of the town and village" in the ancient village-the ancient banyan tree, a banyan tree with a tree age of more than 530 years, which is called the treasure tree of Fengshui in Nanshe Village. Nanshe Village is a big boat-shaped village with the bow in front. This big banyan tree is located in the village, which is equivalent to a sail in a boat. It is said that Xie often played with his friends under this banyan tree when he was a child. Therefore, when you arrive at Nanshe Ancient Village, you must sit here, take a breath of ancient wood, and get a touch of the immortal spirit of the ancients, and you will be prosperous and healthy in the coming year.
Under the banyan tree, a group of old people, several benches, a pot of green tea and a story. An autumn afternoon, with mottled leaves scattered from the gap, with the simplicity and memories of the old people, leisure quietly passed away.
Iron banyan, flowing time.
Another banyan tree dozens of meters away may be the most lively place in the village. A small concrete railing is built by hanging water. Apart from a gunpowder cannon made in the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, this hand-cranked popcorn machine is even more attractive.
Put the rice in the popcorn machine, add a little sesame oil, tighten it, put it on the fire surface, and bake it while shaking it, so that the rice is evenly heated for about ten minutes. It is estimated that the rice is ripe and can be opened. "Bang" is the most beautiful sound in children's hearts, and the moment they come out of the oven is the happiest moment in children's world.
Use popcorn rice, add some cooked peanuts, take some sugar and melt it in a hot pot, then stir fry together. After a little cooling, you can make rice flowers and cut cakes with wooden molds.
The popcorn stand was opened by an aunt, an uncle and an uncle. It is estimated that it is a family, with a clear division of labor and skillful movements. Roasting, frying, frying, mixing, pressing and cutting are indispensable. Freshly baked cut cake, full of childhood flavor, faint fireworks.
Eat the cut cake, then slowly step into the depths of the ancient village and savor it.
Liumen Bamboo Lane is covered with weeds and moss. The streets are deep and the stone roads are dark.
Gujing, Mulou, Hongyan. Blue bricks and broken houses and rotten tiles.
Bronze lock, stone lion, sculpture. Bucket, cornice, glass.
Willow lingers by the pond, and orchids bloom in the ruins.
A homestay hidden in an ancient village, a literary bar in a tree.
Gutang's Yiqing Coffee House is the stage of Nanshe.
Fragmented folk customs ...
Strolling through the criss-crossing alleys is like crossing just visiting. Sometimes staring at the stone carving, sometimes the ancient well is quiet. Occasionally, a few children pass by, and the slapstick sound of laughter and laughter brings me back to reality from the time and space eight hundred years ago.
Coming out of the food lane, it's getting late, the popcorn family has long died, and there are a lot fewer tourists. The old people under the banyan tree are still talking about their lives and stories, and they are reluctant to part with each other through the afterglow of the sunset.
Tourism really has the best interpretation of "the fragrance is in the distance and the taste is near". Gu Cun and I have been in this small town for more than 20 years, which is only half an hour's drive from where I live. However, we didn't meet for the first time until today. Well, maybe this is the best arrangement for "if life is just like first sight".
All the encounters and misfortunes in life are predestined.
Are you coming?
(Travel date: Old Year, National Day)