With 1,700 houses connected to each other, where is this so-called Folk Palace?

Our country has a long history, profound cultural heritage and rich natural resources. Therefore, there are many beautiful tourist attractions in our country. Speaking of Yueyang, Hunan, everyone will immediately think of the famous Yueyang Tower, but there is a village in Yueyang that is not very famous. With more than 1,700 connected houses, Zhang Guying Village is known as the folk Forbidden City Village.

First of all, Zhang Guying Village is located at the foot of Weidong Mountain in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. Zhang Guying Village is located in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, at the foot of Bijia Mountain in Weidong, east of Yueyang. Zhang Guying Village has a long history and has existed for more than 600 years. Due to its large scale of buildings, it has basically retained its original state for more than 600 years. Currently, it has more than 1,700 buildings, housing more than 600 households, and more than 2,000 residents. People are known as the best village in the world. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, a Jiangxi native named Zhang Guying walked westward along the Mufu Mountain in Hunan to Weidong. He saw that it was surrounded by mountains to form the Weidong Basin, and the environment around Weidong was beautiful, so he came up with the idea of ​​"Weidong Basin". The idea of ​​settling in Weidong. It happened that Zhang Guying was a Feng Shui master. After Zhang Guying's Feng Shui survey, he selected a piece of land with good Feng Shui and began to build a large scale of construction and thrive here. Therefore, the village was named after Zhang Guying.

Then, Zhang Guying Village gained the reputation of the folk Forbidden City due to the beauty of its architectural art. The architectural feature of Zhang Guying Village is a conjoined building form with the central axis as the design concept. In other words, every household is connected, which is consistent with the architectural style of the Forbidden City. Looking down at Zhang Guying Village from a high place, the village is distributed in the shape of a crescent at the foot of Weidong Mountain, with the Weidong Mountain at its back. The Wei River forms a moat in front of the gate. There are two large ponds on both sides of the gate, which are used to prevent fire and symbolize the eyes of the dragon. Inside the village There is also the circuitous Weixi River passing through. In the village, more than a thousand houses connected with wooden walls are scattered on the Weixi River, forming a pattern with doors opening toward the water. There is also a long corridor paved with bluestone slabs beside the stream, which can connect various households along the way. Under the eaves, there are beams engraved with Tai Chi diagrams and partitions, screens and window lattice carved with festive patterns such as magpies and plum blossoms.

Finally, Zhang Guying Village is an ancient building complex of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that has completely preserved the Jiangnan architectural style in my country. It has become one of the key tourist attractions in Hunan because of its reputation as a folk Forbidden City and the best village in the world.