What are the most beautiful ancient villages and towns in Zhongshan?

Zhongshan City is a famous historical and cultural city, and it is also the core place of Lingnan culture. The morning tea culture here is also very popular. Zhongshan's light industry is very developed, with various factories everywhere, and the economy is developed, which is really good. tourist destination. 1. Guhe Village

Guhe Village in Sanxiang Town is one of the best-preserved ancient villages in Zhongshan City and the largest ancient furniture trading base in China. Qinglong Mountain is like a giant dragon rising out of the sea, embracing most of the ancient village from northeast to southwest. The subtropical primeval forests are well preserved, with quiet trees and gurgling streams in the mountains. The western part of the village was originally part of Jindou Bay. It was still a sea more than 400 years ago. Later, villagers reclaimed it many times and gradually created this rich land.

The Qingshi Road, which was built in the second year of Tongzhi and runs through the entire village, retains quite a few ancient buildings and rare ancient trees: the Zheng family ancestral hall, the Leshan Haozhi archway, the flagpole folder for raising people, the agarwood tree, and the ancient banyan tree. etc. With the help of Guhe Village's profound historical and cultural heritage, three large-scale antique furniture markets, Huacai, Guhe, and Ming and Qing, have been formed in the village. There are more than 500 antique shops in the village, each displaying and trading valuable antiques and furniture. Guhe Village is already the largest antique furniture market in China and is world-famous.

It is said that this is the former residence of the "Queen of Cake" Li Zengchaoqun. She is the founder of Chaoqun Cake in Hong Kong. She has experienced ups and downs in the business world and finally succeeded in her career. She can be called an "inspirational sister".

The best time to visit Guhe Village is in the afternoon and evening, when the lazy sunshine hangs slanting on the eaves of the houses, and the stone streets reflect the mottled shadows of the trees. Among the green mountains and green waters, ancient stone walls, gatehouses, archways, silent ancient wells, ancient trees, and ancient dwellings form a peaceful and simple picture, where time seems to have stopped. 2. Sanshe Village

There is such an ancient village in Huangpu Town, Zhongshan. It not only has green mountains and ancient trees far away from the hustle and bustle, but also has the winding stone slabs of ancient streets. It is a Lingnan architecture hidden in the city. Living fossil.

The village of Sanshe was first built in the Song Dynasty, which has a history of more than 800 years. It is composed of Linghui, Drum Tower, Sanshefang and Sanfang, so it was also called Sanfang in ancient times. In the Song Dynasty, the land of Huangpu was all covered by the sea. In ancient times, Sanfang people built huts around their fields with their backs to the mountains and the sea, and spread out and built villages on all four sides, forming the comb-like layout of traditional Lingnan villages. Houses were clustered into lanes, lanes were clustered into streets, and courtyards were connected. Face to face, back to back, the lanes are criss-crossed, like a maze.

There is an ancient stone road built in the Song Dynasty in the village. The road is divided into 36 levels, so it is called the 36-level ancient path. This ancient path connects to the Song Dynasty code head. The Huangpu people in ancient times came from here. At the beginning, the camel bells immediately went north to the inland and south to the ocean, connecting important nodes of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. To this day, Sanshe still preserves the tradition of carrying goods on horseback.

Although it has experienced the baptism of modern civilization, the long-term prosperity of commercial culture has left a distinct mark on Sanshe. There are so many ancient buildings here that you can almost reach an ancient house in just three or five steps.

So far, there are 3 municipal-level cultural relics protection units, 14 town-level cultural relics protection units, 25 ancient ancestral halls, and 5 well-preserved ancestral halls. Walking on Sanshe Shang Street, there are still remains of the ancient stone walls of the Qing Dynasty, and there are still remains of earthen houses made of rammed oyster shells, glutinous rice, sand, etc. in ancient times. 3. Cuiheng Village

Cuiheng Village, a small mountain village that was originally very ordinary, became famous all over the world because of Sun Yat-sen, the great man of the century who was born here. When you walk into the village, you will feel a kind of "green tree village beside the village". Together, the poetic and picturesque feeling of "Qingshan Guowai" emerges spontaneously. The Sun Yat-sen Former Residence Memorial Hall will take you into the social and historical environment of the great man Sun Yat-sen's birth and early growth...

Cuixiang Village in Zhongshan It is 17.6 kilometers southeast of the city, next to the main road of Guangzhou-Zhuhai Highway, about 100 kilometers from Guangzhou to the north and 30 kilometers from Macau to the south. It faces Shenzhen and Hong Kong across the waters of the Pearl River Estuary. It is adjacent to Zhuhai City.

Looking east to the Lingding Ocean at the Pearl River Estuary gives Cuiheng Village vitality, while facing Wugui Mountain to the west gives it spirituality.

It is said that during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, people surnamed Cai built a village here. Because it is located near a mountain pit, with green mountains and forests, gurgling pit water, and beautiful scenery. In the dialect, "Cai" and "Cui" are homophones for "Keng" and "Heng". It also means that everything will be prosperous, so it was renamed "Cuiheng" in the early years of Daoguang.

Zhongshan Cuiheng Village

In this small village with lush trees and beautiful environment, it is a scenic spot that has been preserved to this day. There are Yang Yin's former residence, Lu Dong's former residence, Shuai Fu's remaining residence, Lu Haodong's tomb, Sun Chang's tomb, Cuiheng Hotel, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Middle School and complete ancient residential groups. These ancient buildings are extremely rich in decorative art, and their structures, carvings , calligraphy and painting all display the high level of Chinese architectural culture and are of great research value.

The Sun Yat-sen Former Residence Memorial Hall is a commemorative museum with Sun Yat-sen’s former residence as the main body. The main attractions open are Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, The sculpture of Sun Yat-sen listening to the story of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, the Ruijie Changgeng Memorial Arch where Sun Yat-sen tested explosives, Cuiheng residential exhibition area, Cuiheng agricultural exhibition area, Zhongshan tripod, warning bell, etc., gradually formed the social environment of "Sun Yat-sen and his early growth" "" as the theme, the three-dimensional and diversified display and exhibition system is both historical commemoration and folklore, fully demonstrating Sun Yat-sen's great patriotism spirit, ideological system and revolutionary practice, and reproducing the social and historical environment of Sun Yat-sen's birth and early growth. , giving people a deeper understanding of Sun Yat-sen, a great figure.

Sun Yat-sen’s Former Residence Memorial Hall

Traditional Zhongshan folk houses have no windows in the hall, but the house designed by Sun Yat-sen himself is not only a second-class house. It is a two-story meander-shaped building with four windows in the hall to provide lighting and indoor air circulation, breaking the traditional furnishings of Zhongshan residences at that time. Sun Yat-sen's former residence is a unique ocher-colored brick two-story building. Designed by Sun Yat-sen himself, it was built in two phases in 1885 and 1892. The building has red walls and white patterns. It has the architectural style of Guangdong brick houses and the architectural style of Western residential buildings. It can be said to be a typical piece of Chinese and Western architectural art. There is a small courtyard surrounding the building. On the right side of the main entrance is a stone plaque with "Sun Yat-sen's Former Residence" written by Song Qingling. The house on the south side of the second floor is Sun Yat-sen's study. In the winter of 1893, Sun Yat-sen drafted "Li Hongzhang's Letter" in this study. , sent a signal to "save the country and save the people".

In 1956, a park was opened in front of Sun Yat-sen's former residence. In 1966, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, an auxiliary exhibition hall was built next to the former residence. The name of the museum was inscribed by Song Qingling himself. , a large number of tourists from home and abroad visit it every year. 4. Nantang Village

Nantang Village is a small village in the northeast of Fengfu Lake, Nanlang Town, Zhongshan City, covering an area of ??only two square kilometers and backed by green mountains. , facing farmland. The ancestors of Nantang moved from Nanxiong Zhuji Lane around the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has lasted about 850 years.

In Zhongshan's "Dongxiang Folk Songs", there is this. One sentence: "Jian's surname is Nantang. Young and old are diligent in farming and have passed the imperial examination." More than 80% of the people in Nantang Village are named Jian, and several households are named Xiao.

The first ancestral hall of the Jian family. It was built in the first year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1723) and rebuilt in the Bingshen year of Guangxu (1896). It was slightly repaired in 1982 and basically restored to its original appearance, which was the first renovation. The ancestral hall is a civil structure, facing north and south, divided into two rooms. The middle patio is ventilated and light-transmissive, and the four waters return to the hall. It is a rare ancient building in South Vietnam.

It is built with blue brick walls, supported by granite pillars, and decorated with flower and bird wood carvings. Such exquisite decoration can only be described as unique and ingenious.

The old site of Pak Tai Temple is not far from the current site. The four walls of the old temple site are made of oyster shells, and some people call it the Oyster Shell Temple. After the Pak Tai Temple was rebuilt, the incense flourished. In the 1990s, villagers restored the temple to its original appearance, remodeled more than ten statues of gods, and restored the incense. Seeing everything, Pak Tai Temple has experienced vicissitudes of life in half a century of ups and downs. Alas - Pak Tai Temple, which has changed several times, is fortunate to have a new look today.

Renhe Pavilion was built in the 10th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1884). The pavilion has an elegant structure, with poems, wine, music, chess, and a mural of the three stars of fortune, wealth, and longevity, and has a beautiful appearance.

The upper cover of the Renhe Pavilion is made of the latest colored glaze to retain the original stone pillars and couplets, and the murals are repainted. There are stone platforms and benches inside, integrating ancient and modern architectural techniques, giving the pavilion a completely new look. It invites villagers to gather to chat and enjoy the cool breeze. Resort also. 5. Zuobu Village

Zuobu Village, located in Nanlang Town, Zhongshan City, is a famous historical and cultural village. It was built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. For more than 600 years, people with surnames such as Ou, Sun, Ruan and Fang have lived here. Although the village is small in size, it has produced many historical celebrities. Sun Di'er, the ancestor of the Zuobu Sun family, was respectfully called "Lechuan Gong" by later generations. The Lechuan Gong family chose to live in Zuobu. In May 1912, when Sun Yat-sen resigned from the post of interim president and returned to Xiangshan to visit his relatives, he once I made a special trip back to the Sun Ancestral Hall in Zuobu to worship my ancestors.

The Fachang Machinery Factory co-founded by Zuobu people Fang Juzan and Sun Yingde is China's first national capital enterprise; Zuobu people participated in the Tangshan coal mine, railway and even the Guangdong-Hankou Railway that were first completed in mainland China. During its construction, Ou Gengxiang, a Zuobu native, served as director of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. Renowned Chinese and foreign film artist Ruan Lingyu, famous cartoonist Fang Cheng, revolutionary Ou Chu and others are also from Zuobu. 6. Aoshan Village

Aoshan Village is the oldest village in Huangpu Town. It has many immovable cultural relics and 3 ancient temples, including Shiling Immortal Temple, North and North Guanyin Temple, and South and North Beidi Temple. There are as many as 13 ancient ancestral halls.

There are also immovable ancient cultural relics, such as ancient stone paths, ancient piers, ancient trees, ancient tombs, etc. There are 7 traditional dragon boats in the village, including 2 Shilingfang, 2 Beitaifang, and Nanyuefang. 2 boats for the workshop and 1 boat for the village committee. 7. Longrui Village

Longrui Village was built around the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Ruxian, the second son of Nanxiong Governor Liu Shaoxiong, moved from Zhuji Lane to Tugualing, Xiangshandong Town. By the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, his sixth biography The brothers Sun Liu Zizhong and Liu Ziping branched here together, now 30 times. When the village was first founded, there was a rock on the promontory of the village, with an upper part carved like a rooster, so the village was originally named Chicken Point, and later changed its name to Shanxi Point with a close pronunciation. .

Longrui Village has the large-scale Liu Clan Ancestral Hall, Guanyin Temple, Confucian Temple, Tanhua Archway and other historical relics. 8. Antang Village

Yongantang Village has been established for more than 700 years. In the village, there are many ancestral halls, winding stone roads, and simple Lingnan folk houses. The Kowloon Gate Archway is located on Kowloon Gate Avenue in Antang Community. Entering the village from this archway, you can visit the antique villages and a series of ancient ancestral halls.

Antang Archway is also known as Baisui Liufang Archway and Shengping Renruifang Archway. It was built in the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866) in the Qing Dynasty and is located in Antang Village, Dayong Town. In 2009, it was rated as a cultural relic protection unit in Zhongshan City. The archway is a four-column and three-bay archway, constructed of carved granite and 7 meters high. The word "Antang" on the archway was originally "Imperial Edict" and later changed to "Antang". The horizontal plaque in the main room on the front is engraved with: "_Ping Renrui", and the left and right horizontal plaques are engraved with: "The mountain is high" and "The water is long". There are drum stones inlaid under the pillars of the archway, and there are figures and flowers carved on the stone slabs.

There are many ancestral halls in Antang Village and they are large in scale. After experiencing the baptism of turbulent times, there are about 14 ancestral halls in existence. Among them, "Shuanggui Hall" is the most talked about by those who visit ancient times, that is, the "Lin Family Ancestral Hall", and the "Ten Virtues Picture" which has been mentioned in many reports, recording the nine sons of the Lin family during the late Tang Dynasty. Both his son-in-law and son-in-law passed the examination, and he was known as the "Nine Sons and Ten Successful Men".