Cultural tourism in Taocun

"Xishanxia" is located at the foot of the mountain in the west of the village. The mountain breeze blows through the ancient pine forest on the mountain, giving people a sense of freshness and purity. Stepping into the ancient buildings, the dignified and rich history makes people reluctant to leave. Tao Huanhong is well aware of the ancient buildings in the village. His old house was built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It faces east and faces west. It has a brick and wood structure and covers an area of ​​nearly 1,000 square meters. It is very impressive. The most typical ones are the horizontal inscriptions on the side door, which are called "Wu Liu Yi Jia", and the middle hall, which is called "Wu Liu Hall". This not only shows the family tradition and ambition, but also connects it with Tao Yuanming. Tao Huanhong is the 57th generation descendant of Tao Yuanming. Perhaps the Tao family admired the realm of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely discovering the Nanshan Mountain", so they changed the "Wuliu Hall" into the "Aiju Hall". There are nearly 50 descendants of three generations in the hall. The other one was built during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a grand scene. The eight corbels on the left and right of the central hall are respectively carved with dramatic figures, scenery, lions, deer and other animals. Each one is inlaid with a word in the middle: Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi, Rong, Hua, Wealth and honor. The knife skills are neat and exquisite, coupled with the flower window murals and the fine stone composition of the patio, one can imagine the luxury of the time. If this is just an architectural representation, then the four poems existing in a nearby large house also built during the Guangxu period can be used as landscape paintings of the owner's spirit and life. Among them are "There are few idle people in the countryside in April, and there are few people around." Silkworms and cutting fields", "Paper screens and stone pillows on bamboo square beds, tired hands throwing books and long afternoon dreams; waking up to sleep and smiling alone, counting the wind and desert flutes in the Canglang", "Outside the green hills outside the mountains, what time is the singing and dancing of the West Lake "Hugh", "The lotus leaves touching the sky are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers reflecting the sun are uniquely red."

The Peach Blossom Spring is a small utopian world in Tao Yuanming's works. The ancients knew that virtual reality was unavailable, but they hoped that it would remain habitable forever. It also takes shape and is made concrete. After Tao, he was even more proud of Tao Yuanming's famous name and his integrity of not giving up for five buckets of rice. In genealogy, thousands of mountains can be traced back to one peak, and thousands of rivers can be traced back to one source. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the Taozhong Ancestral Hall (also known as Tao's East Ancestral Hall) was built in Taocun Shangfanxin, covering an area of ​​more than 500 square meters. It is in the courtyard style, with a partial two-story brick and wood structure. The central hall and square stone pillars have engraved inscriptions on them. The beams and pillars are carved, and the flowers are in full bloom. Listening to the old man's introduction, Tao Yuanming is always indispensable in his words, and Peach Blossom Land is indispensable. After liberation, there was a school here, and it has now been turned into a cultural center. The front door is a street full of people and cars, and it has a strong modern and open atmosphere. Not far from the ancestral hall are the old houses of Tao Longjun and Tao Zefa, which were built during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty respectively. The former hall is nearly 20 meters long, with deep corridors, lifelike carvings of the Eight Immortals on the corbels, and dripping hooks on the cornice tiles, which is rare. The carvings on the latter's beams appear more primitive. What is particularly rare is that there are opera stories painted on the walls, but their origins have yet to be investigated by experts.

The ancient houses at the foot of the back hill of Tao Village were built with the word "fine" in mind. The stone pillars of the Zou family ancestral hall are carved with inscriptions, and the carved beams of the stage and its corbels are beautifully and meticulously engraved. In the front hall of Zheng Yuewen's family, the ground and patio are paved with pebbles, with patterns such as chrysanthemums and lotus flowers. The eaves of the horse head wall are made of special bricks with male and female tenons, and the walls under the eaves are painted with orchids and story characters. The stone pillars in the hall are symmetrical in pairs and have different relief patterns on each pair. The door and window frames used next door are all made of mosaics or flower panels, and people seem to be surrounded by three-dimensional ancient figures, animals and flowers. The special feature here is that the front door has anti-theft and anti-theft stone pillars to reinforce the door latch; the back hall also has many remains of successful imperial examination reports left on the left and right walls. The grand family status can be understood by looking around a few times.

The several ancient houses on both sides of Taocun Street are also unique. In addition to the gate arches and cloud head flower decorations built in the Ming Dynasty, the old houses of Tao Boxin’s house are full of fierce swordsmanship and highlight the The word "武". This house was originally occupied by Wu Jinshi Tao Jianxun. Tao Jianxun was born in 1870. He loved martial arts since he was a child. He became a disciple of Zheng Shubiao, a martial arts examiner in Tao Village. He liked to practice martial arts with broadswords, swords and thousand-jin stones. In the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1895), he was promoted to Zhongwu Juren. In the following year, he was promoted to Jinshi. He appointed Hualing to serve as an official and sent Qianqingmen to serve as walking guards. Therefore, on the wall of his residence, there is a banner presented by Weng Tonghe, the teacher of Emperor Guangxu: "The country is famous all over the river, and the fragrance is heard in the sea." On the pillars, there is a couplet inscribed by Wu Jinshi himself: "The books and fields, the millet are all true, and the orchid in the heart has a strange fragrance. .

"Existing relics include: Wu Jinshi's head, a pair of armchairs, a pair of coffee tables, a stone bed, three Qinmo practice stones, two back plaques with the word "Qinmo" written on them and a sword. It can be seen from these The descendants of Tao Yuanming are not limited to living passively and leisurely for generations, but there are also people with "King Kong Angry Eyes". This can be proved by the fact that 23 people from the Tao Xi Ancestral Hall have entered the official career. "In the world, if you are poor, you can live alone." It should be appropriate to use this true sense of doing something and not doing something to explain the aspirations and integrity of the ancestors of the Tao family.

Postscript

Once With its prosperity and wealth, as well as its architectural era and style, the ancient residences in Taocun are comparable to the Taiji Xingxiang Village in Yuyuan, which is dozens of kilometers away. It is a pity that the mixture of modern buildings and the lack of necessary protection measures are different from those in Zhuge Village in Lanxi or farther away. Compared with ancient Huizhou residential buildings, they are no longer inferior. For this reason, Zhang Siqing, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and others visited Taocun in mid-autumn last year and proposed to maintain excellent ancient residential buildings and inherit national culture. Fuping Mountain, Taoxi Town, was built by Seng Zong in the second year of Tianfu (937) of the Later Jin Dynasty. It was originally called Futian Temple. During the Shaoxi reign of the Song Dynasty (1190-1194), the main hall was named Yanfu Temple in the fourth year of Yanyou (1317). Reconstruction, the Guanyin Pavilion and the two wings of the back hall were rebuilt in the ninth year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1670). From the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign (1730) to the thirteenth year of Qianlong's reign (1748), the main hall was repaired many times, and the Tianwang Hall and two corridors were added. Guangxu 31st. In 1905, the rear hall and wing rooms were rebuilt.

The existing buildings are arranged on the central axis as the mountain gate, the Tianwang Hall, the main hall, the back hall and the wing rooms on both sides. There is a stone lion arch in front of the mountain gate and Guanyin Hall. It is the oldest treasure found in the Yuan Dynasty architecture in Jiangnan. The hall is square, divided into five rooms, with double eaves on the top of the mountain. It is a raspberry column base decorated with Baoxiang flowers, and a stone rafter is added on it; the first is a rafter-shaped column with a milk-coated column between the front eaves column and the gold column, and the lower end is carved like an eagle's beak between the flat beam and the gold column. The bow-shaped moon beam serves as a tie-in, and this method pioneered the bow-shaped beams in the south of the Yangtze River. The surrounding walls are painted with landscape murals and cursive calligraphy works, most of which are masterpieces of the Ming Dynasty. The mountain gate, Tianwang Hall and Guanyin Hall are built in the Qing Dynasty, and the east wing is richly decorated. It was built in the Ming Dynasty.

The cultural relics in the hall include a large iron bell cast in the second year of Song Baoyou (1254); in front of the back hall is a pair of stone lions from the Yuan Dynasty; Yanfu Temple's stone tablet "Reconstruction of Yanfu Temple" written by Tao Mengduan in the seventh year of Tomorrow Shun (1463) is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. The characteristics of architectural art have attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad. Liang Sicheng, an ancient architect, once visited the temple and described the structural characteristics of Yanfu Temple in many articles. Chen Congzhou, a professor at Shanghai Tongji University, visited the temple three times in September 1980. In March and April 1981, Dr. Shinya Sekiguchi of Yokohama University in Japan and Professor Pan Guxi of Nanjing Institute of Technology came to inspect respectively. In addition, from March 2 to 3, 1978, the National Ancient Ceramics Research Conference was held at Enfukuji Temple. Wuyi Taohuayuan Canyon Rafting is located in Tao Village, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province. It is formed along the mountains and hidden deep in the mountains. The total length of the rafting is 4.5 kilometers, with a height difference of 108 meters. There are high mountains and dense forests on both sides. Walking through the canyon, you can sometimes swim with dragons chasing the waves, sometimes be gentle and comfortable, sometimes have thousands of horses galloping, sometimes have ups and downs, and enjoy the birds flying along the way. Fish play in the water, evergreen all year round, the wonders of mountains and mountains, feel the thrill of rushing down from the jade belt in the mountains, pass through Youlong Gorge, Time Tunnel 1, Lover's Valley, Longtan Gorge, Jingtao Gorge, General Gorge, and Boulevard , Fei Waterfall Gorge, and other fantasy attractions, enjoy the passionate journey of rotating, leaping, galloping, screaming, and bursting with blood, so that you can get the best relaxation and enjoyment of your body and mind. .

Wuyi Taohuayuan Canyon Rafting Scenic Area is 30 kilometers away from Wuyi County and 300 meters away from the provincial highway. The road surface is flat and spacious, and the transportation is convenient. It is an ideal place for couples to date, friends to get together, family to enjoy, and outdoor expansion. . It is said that the welcoming candle originated from the century-old "Zhenshan Hall" in Taocun.

The Zhenshan Hall, also known as the back hall, was built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It has a history of three to four hundred years. It is a temple where faithful men and women pray for the blessings of the gods and ensure a peaceful and peaceful life. It is also the annual horse lantern festival and festival in Taocun. It is a place where non-governmental organizations such as the Dragon Head Club and the Big Candle Club meet for discussions and gatherings. According to the memories of the old people in the village, the original site of Zhenshan Hall was surrounded by mountains, surrounded by towering ancient trees, leaning against the Houlong Pavilion, which was like a canopy; facing the stream, it was as bright as a bay of mirrors, with beautiful bells, excellent Feng Shui, and extremely popular It is prosperous and has great incense all year round. The Zhenshan Hall has two parts, front and back, with a total of fifteen rooms, in which more than 10 statues of gods and Buddhas such as Maitreya Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Wenwu Quxing are enshrined.

On August 23, 1942, the Japanese invaders who invaded Tao Village burned down the ancient building in the back hall and Tonghui Bridge. The big candle had no land and was forced to stop. It was not revived until 2002, and its scale was unprecedented. On the 14th day of the first lunar month of this year, more than 400 people lined up in two columns to form a parade of more than 300 meters long. After folding the Eight Immortals, we set off from the central square and walked through the main streets and alleys for more than three hours. Many people set up incense tables to welcome us. The festive atmosphere is everywhere, and the lively scene of people enjoying themselves is unprecedented. The activities have continued to this day.

The main content includes: stacking the Eight Immortals, offering sacrifices, and the entertainment props include large candles, flags, umbrellas, screen fans, statue pavilions, large lanterns, bands, etc. It should be said that there have been innovations and developments, such as the production of crafts, machinery, personnel arrangements, and even changes in wind and percussion music. This activity relies on collective efforts, the internal cohesion of the people and the persistent demand for local festival culture. It is not forced by external forces. It has both historical roots and inheritance and development reasons.

In 2007, the "Welcoming Candle" was approved by the Zhejiang Provincial Government as one of the 35 intangible cultural heritage projects in the province's folklore category. Stay up all night and don't play music or sing. The so-called "Wang Street" is actually a unique folk activity on New Year's Eve in Taocun, Taoxi Town, Wuyi County.

In Taocun, every New Year’s Eve and Lantern Festival night, when the lively fireworks, lanterns, dragon dances and other festive activities come to an end, folk musicians gather together to play elegant The music flows through the streets and alleys, which the locals call "Wang Street". According to the memories of old artists from the local folk music club "Wuyin Society", "Langjie" became popular in Taocun around the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Du Shenyan said in his poem: "The story is like a singer, and the candles welcome the New Year." On New Year's Eve, when I heard too many noises of fireworks, the beautiful and melodious sound of bamboo flutes suddenly came. The sound of strings, the ups and downs of bamboo clappers, the crisp ringing of bells...are you willing to listen?

The Langjie in Taocun is played with flute (main blow), erhu, sanxian and other stringed instruments, as well as flat drum, flat drum, bamboo clapper, bells, pressing boards, and small gongs and su gongs. , secondary cymbals combined with the melody for embellishment tapping, the speed is slow, and the melody is quiet, elegant, soft and delicate. The number of performers ranges from three to five to more than ten. Most of the performers wear long robes and top hats. One person leads the way with a tall gauze lantern (a pine torch was used in the early years), and another person carries a gong and drum pole for the musicians to play. Mr. Drum Board conducts, and string and bamboo plucking follows, accompanied by large lanterns on the left and right sides. At night, people are quiet, and the music is playing loudly. As you walk through the street, the music circles around the street...

According to the memories of local old artists, Lang Street has been popular in Taocun for at least a hundred years. In the early years, the enlightened gentry Xu Feng'ao and Tao Yunfang of Taocun founded the Taocun Kun Opera Singing Class. When Xu Feng'ao was a boy, he studied in a Kunqu Opera singing class run by his uncle. He was a talented artist and was also good at playing the flute. Tao Yunfang loved Kun Opera and was good at playing the flute. Xu Feng'ao and Tao Yunfang had similar interests. They founded a Kunqu opera singing group around 1909 and were often invited to perform for villagers' celebrations. Tao Yunfang also organized a singing troupe with her younger brother Tao Shechang and her son, traveling throughout the local and surrounding villages and even upstream to Hangzhou to sing. According to the local custom at that time, people sat all night to watch the New Year's Eve on New Year's Eve, and the second half of the night was mostly deserted. Unwilling to be left alone, the musicians decided to wander around the streets and alleys of the village, giving clear and elegant music to the peaceful New Year's Eve and to the villagers who sat up late to watch the New Year - this was the earliest Wandering Street. .

An old artist from the "Wuyinshe" said that in the 1970s, local artist Tao Yuexuan translated the music Gongchi score into simplified notation and taught it.

When Emperor Shun ascended the throne, Tao Dun appointed Yi Daigong as Sikong. A year later he was dismissed from office for being involved in party strife. To avoid disaster, Tao Dun moved his family south to Danyang and was buried in the east of Dangtu County. From then on, the Tao family lived in Wu and flourished in Danyang during the Jin Dynasty.

According to Tao Yi's "Benqilu": Tao Chao, the 13th generation ancestor of Tao Hongjing, crossed the river at the end of the Han Dynasty and first lived in Danyang. "Dangtu County Chronicle" says: The tomb of Tao Chao, the leader of the Han Dynasty, is on the edge of Xiaochao Mountain. Tao Ji, the 8th generation ancestor of Tao Hongjing, was the governor of Jiaozhou during the Wu Dynasty, and his son Tao Huang was still the pastor of Jiaozhou during the Jin Dynasty. He played a huge role in the development of central and northern Vietnam, and Huang was granted the title of Marquis of Wanling. Ziwei, Shu. Wei Zisui, the fourth generation and the fifth pastor, stayed in Jiaozhou for 80 years, with both grace and power. Later Liu Zongyuan wrote an inscription: "When the Han Dynasty was revived, Ma Yuanxiong had great ambitions; when the Jin Dynasty and the Wu Dynasty were unified, Tao Huang showed his extraordinary kindness. The kindness followed the success of virtue, and the success was with the times."

Tao Qian was Tao Ji followed his father, and it is said in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms". Qian's father is the head of Yuyao and has moved to Danyang. There is no historical record of the relationship between Tao Qian and Tao Dun, but the genealogies of various clans state that Tao Qian is Tao Dun's grandson. If so, Tao Dun is Tao Chao's grandson.

Tao Tong, the grandson of Tao Dun, moved to Poyang due to his duties during the reign of Wu Sunliang. His son Tao Dan moved to Xunyang. Dan's concubine, the Zhan family, had her hair cut to treat guests. Tao Kan, Duke Huan of Changsha. During the Wei Dynasty, he still lived in Poyang (today's capital Changsu Mountain and Zuolijian). Tao Kan's descendants were all around Poyang Lake, and they were the hope of Xunyang.

Tao Mao, the seventh son of Tao Kan, and Mao Zimin, the daughter of Meng Jia, Minzi Jin Tao Yuan and Ming Dynasty poets, inherited the Han and Wei Dynasties, started the Tang and Song Dynasties, three historical biographies, one person through the ages. The first wife was the Chen family, and they had sons Yan, Qi, and Fen. They were married to the Zhai family and had sons Yi and Tong.

"Tao Maolin Genealogy" is the earliest family tree of the Tao family. In the second year of Emperor Renzong's reign (1055), the old preface written by Li Qingsun, who was in charge of praising the emperor in Jiangzhou, is included in the "Changyi Tao Family Genealogy", which lists the lineage. Next is Tao Yan, the eldest son of Tao Yuanming. (Deng Mingshi's "Ancient and Modern Surname Books Differentiation" also records this lineage, but Yunyuan Mingsheng's clan is Xizhi) The Changyi genealogy lists Tao Kan's ancestor Tao Tong as the 1st generation ancestor, Tao Yan as the 7th generation ancestor, whose ancestral home is Ma'anshan in Poyang, Tao Maolin as the 18th generation, and his son as the 19th generation. In the Qingyuan Dynasty, he moved to Xingzi Changgang. In the 23rd generation, he moved to Mali. In the 8th year of Tiansheng reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty (1030), Tao Quan, the 24th generation, moved to Tao Jialin, Changyi, a new city, where he lived for generations. In the 34th generation, he was Tao Shuliang, who was ranked as a Jinshi along with Wen Tianxiang. His descendants lived in Huimen, Liangmen, Dongmen, Ximen and other places to form giant clans. In the 43rd generation of Tao Yu, his two sons Bingsi and Bingnian moved to Zhouxi, Hehe and Xiyuan in Duchang. Tao Jian, the whole brother, lived in Changgang Kiln. Jian Yi Shuzhi (29th generation) moved to Xianpingtang, and Yao moved to Nancheng. The Jian people also moved to Shiliang and Yaoxi in Nanchang.

Taofeng, the third son of Yuanming, lived in Duchang and moved to Rijuxiang, Yangcheng (i.e. Jishui), Fengxin and Jinxi in Fuzhou, Xiangcheng.

Zhejiang Tao originated from Taishun, and the genealogy is still connected to the Maolin family tree, but it is connected to the third son of Tao Yuanming. Tao Bao, the son of Jishi, stayed in Lanxi, Wuzhou to avoid the troubles caused by the Wu family. Praising the 7th generation Sun Tai, Taizi Jian and Qiao. Qiao Deng was a Jinshi in Xinchou (821), the Changqing reign of Mu Zong of the Tang Dynasty. In order to avoid being harmed by powerful traitors, he abandoned his official position and fled to Baihe Xikou (Taishun Siqian, Xikou), Ruian, and then moved to Xianmin and Xiage again. Qiao Ziyong, Yongzi Gui, Shi. In the first year of Longde's reign in Houliang (921), he moved to Guifeng and Ge, and scattered in Ge, Xiahong, Beipai, Da'an and other places in Siqianchi Village. Some of their clans moved to Tuorong, Xiapu, Quanzhou in Fujian and Huainan in Anhui.

The Tailin Tao family was born from Tao Ru, the 21st grandson of Tao Kan (called Chai Sang). He was a Jinshi in the second year of Tang Tian (905) and became the prefect of Yanzhou. He moved to Taizhou because of the chaos in the world. His home is in Changtan, near the sea. Zi Wen, Liang. Tao Wen moved to Taotan and Junchuan in Jinyun. Sun Yingji, a descendant of the 12th generation of Liang Dynasty, moved to Kuaiji, and his brother Tao Kaiyi of the 16th generation moved to Tiantai, and then to Xianju and Yongkang. Tao Zun, the 17th grandson of Tao Wen, moved to Wuyi. Puyang Tao family, Tao Bi's grandson Changxiu, descendant of Tao Yuanming in Xunyang, moved from Linhai Changtan to Jinyun Yunchuan. Changxiu Sun Gongxian moved to Jinhua Bayongmen. Gongxian's 7th generation grandson Zhihe, Zhiying and Zhixiang moved to Puyang Tonghua Township.

Tao Zhi, the son of the 9th generation grandson Tao He, moved to Taoxi in Liuli. Due to the relocation, his ancestor changed his name and was named Shanzi Xiaoliangyuan. His father’s title was Liupingshi

Tao of Dongtao in Taoxi During the Zhenghe period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1111--1118), the ancestor Liu Pingshi was named Shan and Xiaoliang. He came from the Taotan sect in Jinyun County, Chuzhou.

"Taoxi Dongci Genealogy of the Tao Family" says: "The Tao family in Taoxi is a family in Xuanyang. Its founder, Liu Pingshi Gong, is a good person with the courtesy name Xiaoliang. Jing, whose courtesy name was Shanqing, was the daughter of a grand master and captain of the five armies during the reign of Emperor Zhenghe of the Song Dynasty. She came from Dongtang (son-in-law) to the soil. He lived in the place called Taoxi, and he was the first ancestor to move there. "Tao Shan was named after his father because he was an official, and he was named Tao Shan's wife.

Taoxi Tao's East Ancestral Hall

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Tao's Ancestral Hall (also known as Tao's East Ancestral Hall) was built as the central ancestral hall in Shangfanxin, Tao Village. To the east, it covers an area of ​​more than 500 square meters and is partially a two-story brick and wood structure. In the central hall, on the square stone pillars, there are engraved beams and carved columns, and there are flowers and brocades, full of wealth and nobility. The first half of the ancestral hall has been built as a clothing building and is rented out. There are currently more than 1,200 people in the name of Tao's East Ancestral Hall. Major events:

1. Established Wuyi Wuliu Tourism and Leisure Products Co., Ltd. as a shareholder to buy back the property rights of the building and continue to rent it out.

2. In 2012, he donated more than 200,000 yuan to entrust the Jinhua Tianxia Genealogy Bureau to rebuild the genealogy. It is expected to be published before the Double Ninth Festival.