Where is Xiangyang village?

Gu Jiatuo is now called Xiangyang. Located at the southern foot of Lushan Mountain, on the north bank of Wu Yang River, it is adjacent to Dalin in the east, Shencun in the west, Shan Zhi across the river in the south, and Monao and ecliptic in the north. This is an ancient village with a long history of cultural heritage in China.

According to historical records, in the Stone Age, there were traces of ancient people's activities in counties in Xinzhou area, and it has entered a prosperous period in the Bronze Age. It was not until the late Spring and Autumn Period that Shanxi attacked and occupied Taiyuan Basin. In 54 1 year, Zhao Xiangzi, a doctor of the Jin Dynasty, crossed the Shiling Pass again, went out of Yanmenguan to destroy the country in the north, expelled Rongdi, set up a county seat on the Hutuo River and established a scattered village. In order to commemorate Fang Jia, one of the five sages of Wen Gong, the Jin people named the new residential village "Jia Tuo", and since then Jia Tuo has been in this land for more than two thousand years. It was not until the early Cultural Revolution of last century that Jato was transferred to Xiangyang in order to show his determination to follow the Party.

Rural customs and folkways The customs of this village are basically the same as those of villages in Zhou Zhou, and they all inherit the traditional customs formed by China culture for thousands of years. The most important festivals in a year are Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The Spring Festival is particularly grand. When you enter the twelfth lunar month, you must make all the preparations for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Only by buying new year's goods on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month can you buy a large number of items for the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, every household will make a fire, put up couplets and hang lanterns. The first day of offering sacrifices to the gods and setting off firecrackers was very lively. After the festival, we should pay New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders should give their children lucky money, hoping that they will live a long life. On the third day, I began to visit relatives and friends, visit my elders and go back to my mother's house. Since opening, we have brought high-grade food such as cigarettes, good wine and canned milk. In the village, recreational activities are usually organized to celebrate festivals during the slack season, and everything goes smoothly in the new year.

Every family in Tomb-Sweeping Day has to pay homage to their ancestors, burn colored paper, and then add soil to the graves. Pray for ancestors to bless and future generations to prosper. Most children and grandchildren who leave home will come back to worship on this day, and they will pursue their ancestors. On the Dragon Boat Festival, Zongzi fortress wormwood, children should wear five-color lines to ward off evil spirits. Moon cakes will be made in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and friends and relatives will give gifts to each other. There are fruit moon cakes on holiday nights, especially jade rabbits.

Weddings and funerals. Before liberation, marriages were mostly arranged by matchmakers and arranged by parents. Completely free love after the promulgation of the marriage law after liberation; One is that acquaintances and friends introduce them to love and then get married, but the old custom of asking for bride price still exists and is getting heavier and heavier. When a wife chooses an auspicious day, she will inform her relatives and friends. On the first day, she held a banquet. On the second day, she held a grand wedding, singing, dancing or drumming. Relatives and friends have to pay tribute, which is very ostentatious. The banquet is often dozens of tables, which is very luxurious. Funerals before and after liberation are usually held on the17th day after death, and they are dug and buried. On the day of seeing off, cash cows, soul-inducing banners, warehouses and wreaths were placed, and some people asked monks to recite scriptures to turn over the dead. In the later period of liberation, especially after the reform and opening up, these ceremonies became more grand and complicated. When you order drum music, you have to choose the time, and the paper is overwhelming, always hundreds of dollars. It's great to waste a grand banquet.

Religious belief. Before and after liberation, most people believed in Buddhism and were generally unorganized. No, they just burn incense and offer sacrifices at festivals and temple fairs. A few people also learn from teachers, organize activities, and often recite scriptures to get rid of reincarnation and die in bliss. There are also some old people and women. Since the reform and opening up, very few people in the village have joined Jesus. They regularly organize meetings and prayers, read scriptures, preach scriptures and sing songs, and seek to live in heaven and enjoy happiness after death.

Temple fair. After liberation, temples in Nakamura Ataru were demolished and rebuilt until the Cultural Revolution. In recent years, two large-scale Kannonji and a Wenchang Pavilion have been built on the original basis, in order to pray for good weather, peace and prosperity, and success. Sacrifices or duets or songs and dances are held regularly every year, and drum music is organized by enthusiastic people.

Local industries. Gato has always been a big agricultural village, and its main crops are millet, sorghum, corn, wheat and some minor grains. In the 1970s, hybrid sorghum was planted on a large scale, and the yield was greatly increased. Recently, we mainly planted labor-saving and high-yield corn. Due to lack of water, other cash crops are rarely planted. Plant a small amount of miscellaneous grains and eat them yourself. Qianchuan Hou Liang in the village has a vast area, which provides conditions for breeding. There are sheep farmers and sheep farmers, and their income is considerable. Raising chickens and pigs has developed rapidly, but the plague is difficult to prevent, fluctuating greatly, and the income is fluctuating and unstable. There is only one brewing workshop with limited raw materials, low output and low income.

Rural construction. Before liberation, the houses in this village were very short, and many villagers lived in mud houses. The living area is small, and several people live in a yard. After liberation, it gradually changed, especially in the 1980 s and 1990 s, all the old houses were transformed and hundreds of new houses were expanded around the village. Most of the houses in the past were brick and wood structures, but now they are all cement steel structures. The house is tall and spacious, and several families have built buildings. Now the living conditions have completely changed, and the per capita use area has been expanding, which is completely exclusive to a hospital. The school has built a new two-story teaching building with kitchen and dormitory, which has improved the conditions and expanded the scale of running a school. Newly built meeting rooms, offices and branch activity rooms of village committees. Now the streets are hardened, and street lamps are installed in the main streets, showing a new atmosphere.

Income from production and living. Since the new century, the villagers in Niu Geng have got rid of the farming method of manual sowing. They all realized mechanized farming. Now it's time to weed with pesticides, and farming is much less labor-intensive than in the past. Most of the rest time goes out to work to increase income and subsidize life. Now the living standards of the villagers have been further improved. Eggs, milk and meat are common foods on the table, and they are no longer seasonal delicacies. Every family has household appliances, which facilitates life and improves the quality of life. The villagers worked while farming, diversified their businesses, and their income gradually increased, and every household had savings. Up to now, the per capita income has reached 7355 yuan, and it is moving towards a well-off life.

There are some tourist attractions near Xiangyang Village, such as Yuanping Erlang Temple, Weijiazhuang Guo No.1 Courtyard, Gushan Temple Site, Yuwangliang Site, Zhisi Site, Beisu Road Grandma Temple and so on. There are also some specialties, such as Yuanping pear, avocado, Baitagang dry cigarette, Tongchuan crisp pear and Yuanping crisp pear.