Local architecture in Qingjie she nationality township

As the main public activity space of rural settlements in history, historical sites such as ancient covered bridges, ancient buildings, docks and river ports add a little charm to the environmental space of Qingjie Street. Up to now, Qingjie has preserved a number of buildings with distinctive Ming and Qing characteristics, among which Li and Chi's mansion are the most typical. They are similar to the national key cultural relics protection unit Shunxi ancient buildings in scale, wood structure, style and sculpture, and were listed as provincial cultural relics protection units in 2005.

Most of the local ancestors of Qingjie moved from Fujian, and the architectural form of folk houses was deeply influenced by Fujian. Generally, it is a courtyard with three entrances and four exits, mainly with bucket beams, which is large in scale and lives in one household. It is beautifully carved and has far-reaching influence. The pedestrian corridor on the second floor of the quadrangle has the characteristics of Fujian folk houses. The facade along the street adopts detachable door panels, and the wooden boards on the second floor are used for sealing or railing, and some are decorated with bamboo cheaply. The yard of a big house is usually surrounded by high stone walls.

"Surrounded by mountains on all sides, Hui Yuan in Sanshui, white stone looking at the moon, jade belt around the waist" is a vivid portrayal of Muyuan Bridge by the ancients. Muyuan Bridge is a county-level cultural relics protection unit, named after crossing Muyuan River, and occupies a place in the list of covered bridges in the world. It is a typical ancient covered bridge, rebuilt in the 11th year of Qing Daoguang (183 1). The bridge is 12m long, 4.6m high and 4.4m wide. The bridge is arched and of stone structure, with a wooden corridor with a beam-lifting structure, and kiosks with railings and benches on both sides of the corridor. There is an ancient camphor tree beside it, which is nearly 500 years old. Strangely, a plum tree grew on the main stem of Cinnamomum camphora, which became a spectacle of "Cinnamomum camphora holding plums". Everyone praised this scene as "bridge pavilion, sitting in the pavilion to enjoy the cool;" Hold the plum and look at the plum to quench your thirst. "

The next Muyuan Bridge is Qingshi Street, hence the name Qingjie Street. The total length of the street is about 200 meters and the width is about 3 meters. The pavement is paved with bluestone, which is arc-shaped, sometimes continuous and sometimes open, with rich spatial changes. In ancient times, villagers often walked on stone roads or drifted along streams and bamboo rafts. Qingjie was the main traffic artery connecting the inside and outside of the mountain. There are many commercial and large houses on both sides of the street, and the buildings are mainly wood structures, all of which retain the legacy of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Walk along Qingshi Street for more than 100 meters, and you will find the Lee House. The wall of this big house is made of stone, which is 3 meters high. It was founded in the 11th year of Qing Yongzheng (1733). It consists of front hall, main hall and hatchback, all of which are buildings. Hanging from the top of the mountain with double eaves, a cloister is set on the front eaves, and the four sides are connected. There are exquisite mosaics on the second floor, with exquisite workmanship, with a total construction area of 1 440 square meters, which is unique.

Among the ancient folk houses in Qingjie, Chishi House is the most beautifully carved. According to Chi's genealogy, "The ancestor of Chi's roadbed entered Zhejiang from Fujian in the early years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and moved to Muyuan. After the nine ancestors of this house made their fortune, they specially hired 18 civil engineers from Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces for three years. " Chijia is a noble family in the local area. Because of the beautiful scenery here, the Chi family spent a lot of money to build a deep house compound in order to make Ding and Cai rich. The big house was built in the 38th year of Qing Qianlong (1773), and it is a binary quadrangle building. Grand layout, exquisite skills, inside and outside the tunnel, bluestone octagonal stone, smooth and translucent. Chida House is characterized by wood carving and flower carving, which has high ornamental and protective value. Since we stepped into the big house in the pool, all kinds of wood carvings have jumped into our eyes, and almost all wooden components have carvings. It is no exaggeration to describe it as "no carving, no wood". Wood carving has a wide range of themes, involving historical stories, opera figures, religious myths, places of interest, landscape flowers, geometric patterns and so on. There are 2 18 wood carvings on the church wall, which are vivid and dazzling. The sculptures of bees picking honey, carp yue longmen, peach-bearing bat, Song He figure, vase pair and Wu Dong Qin Zhao all reflect the rich and colorful culture of Shexiang, and are praised by experts as the "Museum of Folk Woodcarving Art in Ming and Qing Dynasties".