Travel Notes of Ancient Villages in Guixi Guifeng, Youxi County, Fujian Province.
Location of Guifeng Ancient Village: Northeast of Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province
The ancient village of Guifeng in Youxi, Sanming, Fujian, is full of humanistic beauty. In autumn, the climate in the south is still hot, and many people go to the ancient village of Guifeng to shoot autumn folk customs.
In fact, the folk customs such as sunbathing in autumn in the ancient village of Guifeng are just a way to prepare for the famine after the autumn harvest in the farming era, which is not worth mentioning. The scenery that really fascinates me is not basking in autumn, but its worship of learning, humanistic beauty and geomantic connotation of harmony between man and nature. This is a good book worth reading!
In recent years, after a geomantic survey in Youxi, Sanming, Fujian, I visited the local folk customs with Lin Shangchang and student Lin Youliang, and went to Guifeng Village, a famous historical and cultural village, twice.
In recent years, I have been to Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Lu Xun and other famous artists, and come to a conclusion that the cultivation of cultural genes is the driving force to maintain the sustainable development of a family. People live in heaven and earth, and they all feel the spirit of heaven and earth. The cultivation of cultural genes lies in creating a peaceful living and learning environment conducive to physical and mental health.
Located in Guifeng Village, Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Fujian Province, the whole village is surnamed Cai and is a blood village. According to records, Guifeng Village in Yangzhong Town, Youxi is a "famous village of Chinese history and culture". There were many historical and cultural celebrities in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which left rich cultural accumulation and spiritual wealth for the local area. Cai Chang, the ancestor of the ancient village, is the ninth grandson of Cai Xiang, a famous official and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty and a bachelor of Duanming Temple in Xianyou County. In the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, the court was southeast. In order to avoid the war, he moved here with his people from Putian, and it has been nearly 800 years since. Historically, the style of writing here is flourishing and outstanding. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, imperial examinations 12, scholars 4 12. The houses built in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have long since disappeared into the depths of the years. The ancient buildings we see today are all buildings in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
There used to be more than 65,438+000 buildings, but now there are less than 80 because of disrepair. Once gorgeous, today's ruins confirm the ruthless wind and frost of history. In 2002, it was named as "Fujian Famous Historical and Cultural Village", and in 2007, it was named as the third batch of famous Chinese historical and cultural villages by the state.
After reading the above introduction, you can't help but think about the reasons for the success of the Chua family from the geomantic environment.
Guifeng was called Guiling in ancient times, also known as Lingtou and Cailing, with an altitude of more than 550 meters. Here is a semi-alpine canyon, surrounded by mountains, misty, beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. It is called "Li Dong in the Mountain" and "Wonderland". The whole village is located on three slopes of the village along the mountain, which are layered and patchwork. Small bridges in the village flow with winding paths leading to secluded places.
Imagine a picture 76 1 years ago: Sun Caichang, a bachelor of Ming Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty who moved southward from the troubled war, and Cai Xiang, the ninth famous calligrapher, stepped on Guifeng, like a green hill, like a satin green water. This mountain and water conservation kept his pace. After centuries of hard work and creation, Cai's descendants followed the ancestral motto of "farming and reading, passing down the family, making history famous". In the Ming and Qing dynasties alone, there were three scholars, 12 scholars and 4 12 scholars.
The originally silent Guifeng became lively, and people rushed to pay homage. The bustling footsteps stepped on an official road from Youxi to Fuzhou, passing by Guifeng, and dignitaries, merchants, vendors and workers flocked. "Four-step inn has five floors, which is more enjoyable than visiting doors; Dreaming of the place to live, the passengers turned three times. " Guifeng suddenly shines brilliantly and prospers rapidly. This confirms the theory that road is money.
In the prosperous places of ancient people, they always made use of convenient transportation. Where the ancient rivers and ports were developed, or where the official roads were located, the business was prosperous, and no business was not rich. The Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta are both developed transportation areas. The theory of marine civilization in the 1980s also expounded that in the process of opening up world civilization, who first became a member of the world power lies in opening up the country, making use of abundant marine resources, making import and export trade bigger and stronger, and making money with water, which has always been the case. However, the present water has expanded its connotation. Road is water, so is shipping, and so is the Internet. The information age has created a new way to create wealth. This is a situation that the ancients never thought of when they created the theory of Feng Shui. Therefore, the theory of Feng Shui is not static, so we should keep pace with the times and constantly enrich our own theory. Knowledge is power.
The knowledge of future generations can change people's temperament and increase people's talents. Reading is the only way to wealth.
The stone couplet of "Shishi CuO" reads: "Three remonstrances are above Su Huang, and Jiu Feng sent Yan Yuan from Zhuli." Reciting the words "Purple Gas Coming from the East" shows the tenacity and confidence of Cai's descendants. The achievements of their ancestors in Cai Xiang are not inferior to those of Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian. Cai's knowledge comes from Zhu He, which also shows that they are determined to maintain Naizu's way of life. Every ancient building in Guifeng has a study, surrounded by ponds and flower beds, which not only adds a bit of scholarly charm, but also reflects the Cai family's emphasis on culture. Cai's self-cultivation reading, advocating literature and learning, especially Confucianism, and his cultural taste of doing business for officials have exerted a subtle influence on later generations.
In the decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China, hundreds of people in Guifeng Village have been admitted to technical secondary school or above, including college students 158, 7 masters, and many professors and engineers. It can be seen that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before. There are also people with successful careers and powerful positions.
Scholars are learned, and they value filial piety. The developed descendants of Chua's family "everyone knows Shui Mu's book, and the temple reported the ancestor _ Zonggong." Building a Chua's ancestral temple in Guifeng is beautiful and magnificent in Long Mai, and it is known as "Feifeng Inscription Book".
In the tenth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (167 1), the Chua family was in full swing, and Cai Maoxiang High School was also a scholar, so it allocated funds to build a "golden crown" Chua ancestral hall. More than 30 new houses have sprung up, and Guifeng has become a famous family in Fiona Fang and Fiona Fang for hundreds of miles. When we walked into the Chua's Ancestral Hall, which covers an area of nearly 1000 square meters, a kind of cultural atmosphere came upon us and filled our hearts. You must express your feelings about its grandeur and exquisiteness. The central axis is lined with purlins, nave and gatehouse in turn, and the ground is covered with slate and concrete, which is extremely strong. The whole temple is made up of 80 huge pillars and wide beams, all of which are inlaid with mortises and tenons, without a nail or an iron. Large plaques such as "Father and Son", "Brothers" and "Brothers and Sisters" hanging high in the shrine show the pride of the Chua family.
According to the investigation, Chua's Ancestral Hall was originally Chua's ancestral home, with Ren Xiang as the iceberg and as the face, Shuikou as the comfort, and incoming water as the root sound. Chua's ancestral hall, soldiers Ren Shan, heaven, water, water; Cai Yuanqing (Wu Zhuangyuan) Yang Zhai gate, Renshan, C, meridian direction, hall in the direction of Gengshan, Shuikou ugly; Long Hao's former residence, Jiashan Geng Xiang and You Mao, Shuikou Ding Wei; The patio water is pungent; The stone door is an ugly mountain, and the water is discharged from the T-shaped courtyard, and the courtyard door is dry. Located at the top of Tiantan Mountain at the back door, there are three peaks: You Xiang, Shuikou Youyou and Youxin.
Guifeng residential building is built on the mountain. There are hundreds of stone ridges outside the village, surrounded by osmanthus. When the flowers bloom, the air is full of sweet-scented osmanthus. The stream slowly flows through the village, like a gently flowing song, and flows through a lithographic bridge in the middle of the village that has been baptized for more than 400 years. Standing on this bridge that witnessed the rise and fall of the Cai family in Guifeng, I recited the poem of Cai Mingfeng, a poet in the Qing Dynasty: "The double marks of wild goose teeth are like lying waves, what is the shadow under the round mirror?" Obviously, a thousand pools in January, when did people print? "
There are four towering osmanthus trees around the stone bridge, which are flourishing and blooming in the wind. The mountain wind kisses your face, don't have some fun!
I always find the beauty of geomantic omen here after I finish my geomantic omen business, and regard every business trip as a tour of geomantic omen culture. The ancients said it well: "Go to Wan Li Road and read thousands of books!" Life is in a hurry, make time to see more famous mountains and rivers in the limited life time, and let the beautiful scenery be in your chest; Stay in a famous place, read other people's successful history, and learn spiritual nutrition.
I pay special attention to the investigation of ancient villages hidden in mountains and rivers. These famous historical and cultural villages bear too much glory. Walking into an ancient house means turning over a period of history, which is long and quiet;
When you open the compass to interpret Feng Shui, it is like looking for gold in the sand and tasting a historical poem, which is meaningful. People, when you get the aura of mountains and rivers, you are interpreting the story of outstanding people.
If you don't believe me, please come to Guifeng to experience its simple life and investigate the geomantic connotation contained in the beautiful landscape here!