Why is the ancient village of Hucun called "the living fossil of Huizhou ancient culture"?

The ancient village of Hucun is 18 kilometers east of Jixi City. It is an ancient village with a "lion and elephant guarding the door" and a locked garden. Here, there is a shrine for worshiping Wanding, a tomb that has been dedicated to ancestors for thousands of years, and Zongyou has a century-old legacy. This is the only way to pass through the ancient Hui-Hangzhou Road. The village still retains thousand-year-old trees, ancient tombs from the Song Dynasty, ancient bridges, ancient pavilions, as well as ancient residents, ancient gates and towers, ancient ancestral halls, etc., built against the mountains and stretching. , like a three-dimensional landscape painting.

Walking through a narrow alley with room for only one person, which the locals call "One Person Alley", we arrived at an extraordinary Huizhou ancestral hall - Zhang's Ancestral Hall, which has been restored to its former glory after renovation. . The plaque on the gate of the ancestral hall is very interesting. When you look at it from the left, it says "Long Live the People's Commune." When you look at the middle, it says "Long Live the General Line." When you look at it from the right, it's different, but I can't remember it. In short, it's a product of the same era and has different historical significance. In the ancestral hall, there is a Ming Dynasty Coiled Dragon Incense Pavilion, with six swaying dragons carved on the columns, which represents the highest level of Huizhou woodcarving and is a masterpiece of wood carving. This is a traditional cultural swing prop in Hu Village. When a man in Hu Village reaches the age of 40, he must "play a show", that is, carry out large-scale entertainment activities such as "swings and pavilion lifting". ?The swing is in the shape of a windmill, and the wheel rotates slowly on the flower boat. The flower boat is carried by people, and a swivel chair is suspended from the wheel. A girl named Caidan, wearing ancient clothes, sits on the chair and sings Hui tunes, accompanied by wind instruments. The pavilion is made of a kapok square box, surrounded by carvings, and two or three young children are used to perform operas. Steel bars are used to fix the actors on the pavilion according to their characters, leaving no trace. It is a thrilling spectacle and can be called a unique skill in the south of the Yangtze River. The twenty-four pictures of filial piety are carved on the second door panel of the ancestral hall. Some of the figures were damaged, but they still fully reflect the ancient Huizhou people's concept of running their families with filial piety.

After leaving the ancestral hall, along the zigzag stone road, we arrived at Water Street. Water Street was built in the Ming Dynasty. It cleverly uses the terrain to build a group of ancient buildings. It is built against the mountain and stretches out like a three-dimensional landscape painting.

There is a group of buildings next to Water Street. It is said that this is the home of a Wenkui in Hu Village. There are 5 buildings. They look separate from the outside, but in fact the insides of the houses are connected. , you can walk through the house at will, it’s amazing! The gatehouse brick carvings on the gate are the best in Huizhou. Each brick carving is a rare treasure. The carvings include the Chenqiao Mutiny, Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage, Fishermen, Woodmen and Farmers, Birds and Animals, Flowers, Bamboo and Wood, Pavilions and Pavilions. , Landscapes, Cars and Boats, Eight Treasures and Bogu (vases), etc., have a romantic beauty of strange deformation. The brick carvings can have up to nine levels, which are gradual and varied, and wonderful. Therefore, Hu Village is also known as "The First Village with Gate Towers in China"