Where is Xiqiao Jian Village?
Jiancun Community is located in the middle of Xiqiao Town, adjacent to Tingyin Lake area, adjacent to Qiaogao Highway to the east and Qiaodan Highway to the north. It is the hometown of Mr. Chen Qiyuan, the pioneer of modern national industry in China, and is the third largest community in Guangdong Province. A batch of famous historical and cultural villages. It has been 800 years since Jian Village was founded, and it mainly contains seven general surname families: Chen, Xian, Li, Lin, Guo, Mo and Feng. Jian Village covers an area of 2.1 square kilometers and has a registered population of 2,796. Since the founding of Jiancun, there have been many celebrities, including Chen Qiyuan, Xian Yuqing, Chen Jintao, Xian Bingxi, etc. Jian Village has a long history and has its own outstanding historical buildings, including Chen Qiyuan's former residence, Beidi Ancient Temple, Chen's Ancestral Hall, etc. Each building exudes a long-lasting historical flavor. Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, it is Beidi's birthday. On this day, the whole village will hold grand birthday celebration activities, which is very lively.
The Beidi Ancient Temple in Jiancun is located in Jiancun, Xiqiao. The Beidi Temple has a structure of three halls and two corridors. The temple covers an area of more than 200 square meters and is one of the four ancient temples in the South China Sea. The descendants of Jian Qiaoren, the founder of Jian Village, built the Beidi Temple in the second year of Jingyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1277). It has a history of more than 700 years. It has been rebuilt twice so far. The first time was in the 46th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1707 AD). It was expanded into a temple with a three-axis layout and was renamed "Beidi Ancient Temple"; the second time was rebuilt in the 46th year of Daoguang Bingwu in the Qing Dynasty (1846 AD). Year), the original temple was demolished and rebuilt, and was renamed "Shengtang Ancient Temple". It adopted a three-axis layout, nine purlins and corridors, and a beam-lifting structure. Later, it underwent two repairs in the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925 AD) and 1985 to achieve its current appearance. Jiancun Shengtang Ancient Temple is one of the four ancient temples in the South China Sea. It is the first ancient temple in rural areas and is popular all year round. As early as 1986, Nanhai County had listed Jiancun Beidi Temple as a Nanhai cultural relic protection unit.
The Beidi Temple uses exquisite construction materials and superb architectural decoration techniques. The ceramic sculptures, gray sculptures, stone carvings, and wood carvings are vivid and exquisite; the murals include "flowers, birds, grass and insects" and "landscape figures". The entire building The integration of architecture and craftsmanship fully reflects the level of craftsmanship and architecture at that time.
Jiancun Qiting Chen Gong Temple was built in the 13th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1887 AD). It is a hard-topped courtyard-style building with two entrances in the Qing Dynasty. It has exquisite wood carvings, brick carvings and gray sculptures. It covers an area of 1,500 square meters and a building area of 600 square meters. It was built in 1887 to commemorate Chen Qiyuan's ancestors after he founded a machine silk reeling factory and became rich. Chen Qiyuan is an overseas Chinese entrepreneur with strong patriotism and scientific innovation spirit in my country's modern history. The ancestral hall is named "Qiting Chen Gong Temple" and was built to worship his grandfather Chen Qiting.
After more than 100 years of wind and rain, although the basic framework of the ancestral hall has been preserved intact, some exquisite wood carvings, brick carvings, etc. have been damaged to varying degrees. In 1996, under the leadership of the Nanhai Museum, the ancestral hall was renovated according to its original appearance and converted into the Chen Qiyuan Memorial Hall. The museum has a mulberry leaf plantation, a silkworm room, an introduction to Chen Qiyuan's life and deeds, and a silk reeling machine model exhibition. In 2002, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit; in 2005, it was announced as Nanhai City Patriotism Education Base and South China Agricultural University Education Practice Base.
The Chen Family Ancestral Hall in Jiancun was built in the Qing Dynasty and was repaired in 1990. Situated from northeast to southwest, it covers an area of 1356.06 square meters. There are three rooms and three entrances on the middle road (it was originally four entrances, because the fourth entrance was demolished when Jiancun Chenjing Primary School was built in 1985). In 1990, in order to repair the damaged wooden couplets, the horizontal plaque was changed from the original "Chen Family Ancestral Hall" It was changed to the current "Chen Family Ancestral Hall". The building's exquisite stone carvings, murals and gray sculptures have certain historical and artistic reference value for the study of Ming and Qing architecture.
Two rivers in front of the ancestral hall converge to form a wide circular lake, which is used to gather energy, water and wealth. In Feng Shui, it is called "the place where wild geese fall on flat sand", so it is named "Yongyan". lake". The platform in front of the door is only 1.5 meters away from the water surface of the river. It is said that no matter how much it rains, the water from this river never overflows the platform of the ancestral hall. Due to the grand scale of the Chen Ancestral Hall, it can accommodate hundreds of people for celebrations and discussions. In 1937, the Guangdong Provincial Women's Normal School moved from Guangzhou to this ancestral hall to avoid Japanese bombing. In 1953, it was used as a granary in Xiqiao Town. In 1958, Xiqiao Middle School also moved to the temple to run its schools.
Xiqiao Town: Xiqiao Town is located in the southwest of Nanhai District, Foshan City, in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta. It is a famous fabric town in China, a famous dragon and lion town in China, a national health town, and a national historical and cultural town. A strong educational town in Guangdong Province, a central town in Guangdong Province, a famous tourist town in Guangdong Province, and a forest town in Guangdong Province. The total area under the jurisdiction of Xiqiao Town is 177 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 23 communities and 9 administrative villages. The area has a population of 350,000, with the registered population and floating population accounting for half. In 2018, the town achieved a regional GDP of 18 billion yuan, an increase of 7%; fixed asset investment increased by 3.5%