Where is Tangnan Village located?

Tangnan Village, Eling Township, Jinggangshan City (originally part of Ninggang County), where villagers farmed and read and passed down family traditions, had a prosperous literary style and numerous celebrities. It was a well-known "talented village" in Jinggang history. In 2012, it was rated as one of the first batch of traditional villages in China.

Two kilometers southeast from Eling Township, Jinggangshan City, there is a place with rolling mountains, shaded by shrubs and a screen of vegetation, a simple, quaint and majestic village like a bonsai. Dye out. This is Tangnan Ancient Village, known as a treasure of traditional residences. On the day I went to visit, it was misty, rainy and empty weather. Looking from a distance, Tangnan Village is shrouded in a simple, quiet, peaceful and moist and long-lasting leisure atmosphere.

According to the "Long Family Genealogy", in the Chou year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1469), Long Bojiang, the sixth generation of Guangyutang, Tangtou, Shangfang Village, Eling Township, led his uncle Xian, uncle Guang, The four sons of Shu Wen and Shu Que came to Tangnan to open up land and start a business. The village was first named Nan'an Lake. Later, "Tangtoufang" and "Nan'an Lake" were named after one word each, and the village was renamed "Tangnan". The village currently has 110 households and 420 people, who are descendants of Long Bogao, the prefect of Lingling (now Yongzhou City, Hunan) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They have been living in Jinggang Mountain for 27 generations. After more than 540 years of ups and downs, the ancient village has still well preserved the ancient architecture of the Ming and Qing dynasties and its rich connotations based on traditional Chinese culture. The seemingly simple ancient village hides many strange and mysterious colors, giving rise to rich and pure folk legends one after another.

Along the narrow and winding bluestone road, a stream like a jade belt sang softly through the house. Small and exquisite stone bridges span the clear water alley. Three hundred-step bridges are arranged in a well-proportioned manner, connecting with the continuous eaves and corridors of houses built next to the stream on the opposite side, allowing access to every door and every alley. Stopping on the stone slab covered with dark green moss by the stream, listening to the string of brisk notes played by the stream, imagining the woman in coat walking out of the ancient house, the sound of the pestle beating the clothes clearly lingers in my mind. It lingers for a long time. If it were daytime, the sunlight would have cast the reflection of the stone bridge and the raccoon girl on the stone bridge in the stream. This joyful, quiet, and peaceful blend of harmony with nature may be the living state and paradise on earth that our ancestors longed for.

The descendants of the Long family in Tangnan flourished and celebrities emerged in large numbers. Since the Ming Dynasty, Tangnan Village has produced 11 officials above the fifth rank of the imperial court, 1 Jinshi and 2 imperial examination officials. The eighth generation, Long Tong, and the ninth generation, Long Tingmi, were both granted the title of Tongyi Dafu (third rank) by the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. The 11th generation Long Yuqi became a Jinshi in the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1601). He was ranked among the top three in the imperial examination and was appointed magistrate of Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province. Due to his outstanding political achievements, he was sent to Shaanxi on behalf of the patrol, as a replacement to Yangzhou, and to patrol the Huaihe River. , served as the supervisory censor of Huguang Road, and was awarded the title of senior official (second grade). The 12th Long Jiagui, the 19th Long Zhixiang and the 21st Long Baolin were all awarded the title of Fengzheng Dafu (full fifth rank) by the imperial court. The 17th Longmen Ji and the 18th Long Cihu were conferred the title of Wudeqiwei (the fifth rank) by the Qing court. The 19th generation Long Zhiqian passed the imperial examination in 1837, the 17th year of Daoguang reign in the Qing Dynasty. He was an officer of the Ministry of War and was later awarded the title of Wude Cavalry Lieutenant. The 20th Long Bingyuan was elected in the imperial examination in the second year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1822), and was appointed as the magistrate of Zhangqiu County, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province, and was granted the title of Fengzhi doctor (from the fifth rank). The 22nd Long Chin Hai graduated from the Department of Political Economics of Chuo University in Japan with a bachelor's degree in law. He has served successively as governor of Nancheng County, chairman of the Senate of Jiangxi Provincial Senate, advisor to the Jiangxi Provincial Governor's Office, advisor to the Jiangxi Provincial Governor's Office, and Jiangxi Provincial Education Association. President, and concurrently serves as principal of Nanchang Liming Middle School and editor of Zhonghua Book Company. The 23rd generation Long Chaoyun studied at Waseda University in Japan. After returning to China, he served as professor at Jiangxi Hosei School, director of the Provincial Printing Bureau, and manager of Jiangxi National Daily newspaper.

Tangnanxiang belongs to a prominent family in Ninggang County, and the mansions in the village are very famous. The whole village has dozens of green brick houses with high wind and fire walls, and the landscape is magnificent. Especially in the center of the village stands the ancestral hall "Jingai Hall" which was built in the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1576). In 1620, the imperial court issued an edict to build the "Jinshi Hall" to commemorate Long Yuqi. It is exquisitely designed, large-scale and spectacular.

The "Jinshi Hall" is a brick and wood structure. The depth is 38.35 meters, the width is 10.6 meters, and the construction area is 406.5 square meters.

The orientation is north facing south. The three halls are directly connected as soon as you enter. There are two patios inside, separating the middle hall and the back hall. It is built with fire bricks all around. The gable walls on both sides of the front hall are made of bricks with one side flat and one side flat, with a wall thickness of 1.2 feet. Starting from the central hall, the walls are single brick, that is, 8-inch walls. The three halls are all built with garden-shaped wooden columns and beams to form roof trusses, which are in the shape of two slopes. Each hall has an octagonal caisson with basically the same style, surrounded by various wood-cut panels. The carving techniques of these flower panels are exquisite, some are relief carvings, and some are through carvings. In addition to ancient humanistic allusions, there are also animal and flower patterns, with meticulous craftsmanship and lifelike quality.

What can represent the grand scale and exquisiteness of the "Jinshi Hall" is the archway at the entrance. This wooden building with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain and supporting five-story brackets is 15.8 meters high. It has five floors in the middle and three floors on both sides. It is a large wooden building with extremely high production levels and is connected by joints, points, tenons and mortises. It embodies the superb "slanted arch" construction technology of the mid-Ming Dynasty. The construction level of the archway is reflected in three aspects: first, the beams and columns have large cross-sections but sophisticated connection techniques, and are highly resistant to external forces; second, the "big wood" of the brackets is made using the "stealing" method, that is, outwards The selected layers are tilted up and "stepped out" or "raised out" in an orderly manner; third, the overall structure of the archway forms the style of "three steps and one raised bracket", which was an increasingly mature construction technology in the later Qing Dynasty.

In the middle of the archway, there is a main door and side doors on both sides, which is a "solid couch door". That is, the threading method of wiping the edges of the sill frame is similar to that of a "chessboard door". The difference is that the door center panel is the same thickness as the main side, which is generally used in royal residences and palaces. The door hairpin has a hexagonal outline and is decorated with wood carvings.

The finishing touches to this tall and majestic archway are the fish-body eaves on both sides of the top roof and the treasure gourd and dragon ball in the middle. It is a pity that this luminous pearl, which is held up by a precious gourd and can shine brightly at night, was artificially destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution" when the "Four Olds" were swept away.

On both sides of the eight granite steps of the archway, there is a red stone lion on each side, one male and one female, with different expressions. When the "Cultural Revolution" swept away the "Four Olds", stone lions were also pushed to the ground, and some people even used a steel drill to chip away a piece as a whetstone. -The biggest damage to the "Jinshi Hall" archway was the burning of the "Jinshi" plaque in the middle of the door and the "Qing Dynasty Imperial Attendant" plaque issued by the imperial court after it was demolished. The two painted wooden signs that people see now were made by the villagers themselves in the 1980s. They are far from the exquisiteness and grandeur of the originals. Due to the age and neglect of maintenance, the main building of the "Jinshi Hall" has collapsed, and now only the archway at the entrance remains.

In front of the Jingaitang ancestral hall, there are 14 flagpoles carved from stone pillars, 1.4 to 2 meters long, 40 centimeters wide and 7 centimeters thick. The base is a square hewn from long stone strips. Or round stone pillars. Various decorative patterns are carved on the stone pillars. Each section of the stone pillar is connected by stone tenons, and the tail is gradually smaller, standing like a big flag, commonly known as "flagpole stone".

In the history of Tangnan Village, more than 20 people have been named on the gold list and served as civil officials or military generals. The clan invited skilled craftsmen to select stones and make stone flagpoles. The flagpole is chiselled with the names, subjects, achievements, achievements, biographies, official titles, tastes, years, etc. of those who have obtained civil and military positions, and is also engraved with mascot decorative patterns such as dragons and phoenixes or lions and tigers competing. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Long clan still had a clan rule that erected a "flagpole stone" in the ancestral hall for those who were admitted as scholars or candidates. In order to express the difference, the length of the flagpole stone is mainly determined based on the level of fame, grade, and civil and military titles, with the longer one being preferred. The difference in the base style and carving patterns of the flagpole can indicate its fame and taste. After the flagpole stone is chiseled, the family will hold a warm and solemn flag-erecting ceremony. The whole village came to congratulate and beat gongs and drums to show the family's glory. Unfortunately, these flagpole stones were all demolished during the Cultural Revolution.

Walking around the village feels like entering a maze-like palace. Deep and winding alley. Like autumn waves flowing in all directions. "Walking to the secluded chamber, I doubted the wall, and when I opened the door, I saw another courtyard." I entered the spacious hall, which is closely linked with the patio made of rock and blue bricks, contrasting and setting off each other. The wooden rafters and stone columns are not warped or cracked, the reliefs are prominent, and the door, courtyard, and window lattice patterns are exquisitely elegant and lifelike.

The most wonderful landscape in the village is the unique architectural art structure of the lanes and patios. The winding lanes are not only important transportation routes for villagers, but also well-designed fire breaks. The patio is ventilated and allows light to flood into the hall. The drainage pipes are hidden and not exposed. After hundreds of years of spring and autumn, and countless heavy rains and floods, there has never been waterlogging or water flow. The unique architectural art legacy reflects the wisdom and cultural accumulation of ancient villages. Scholars and tourists from home and abroad come there one after another to visit ancient times and explore the secrets. Wang Shaozhou, a professor of ancient architecture at Tongji University, was amazed after the inspection and believed that this is rare in China and has great research value in the world.

Tangnan Village not only has a rich ancient history, but also has famous red historical sites. Especially during the revolutionary struggle in Jinggangshan, he wrote a chapter worthy of being highlighted.

Long Chaoqing is the founder of the Jinggangshan Party Organization. He has served successively as Secretary of the Ninggang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee. Another party member, Long Shouyu, is also a member of the Border Special Committee. During the Agrarian Revolution, Tangnan people held two seats among the 19 members of the Central *** Hunan-Jiangxi Border Special Committee that managed party organizations in six counties in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. There are 15 revolutionary martyrs in the village. This is not only the glory and pride of Tangnan Village, but also the glory of the people of Jinggangshan.

During the Jinggangshan struggle, comrades such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De all visited Tangnan Village, leaving behind many red stories that have been passed down to this day. From 1927 to 1928, Comrade Mao Zedong came to Tangnan many times to visit Long Chaoqing's home. He also angrily scolded Long Zhisi, a local tycoon who opposed the land distribution in the "Jinshi Hall". In May 1928, Commander Zhu De held a meeting next to the stone lions on the "Jinshi Hall" archway to mobilize the masses to fight against the local tyrants. Wu Ruolan, captain of the propaganda team of the Fourth Red Army and Zhu De's wife, led the Red Army propaganda team to carry out mass work in the village and fought against the evil gentry Long Nanen. "Jinshi Hall" used to be the residence of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government of Township 8, District 3, Ninggang County. The hundreds of slogans left by the Red Army on the walls of Tangnan Village, as well as the national first-class cultural relic "The Proclamation of the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Government of Eight Townships in the Three Districts of Ninggang County" have become historical witnesses of this period of war.

Standing on the mountain behind Tangnan, overlooking the layers of universe dormant in silence, I seem to feel the surging blood vessels of my ancestors. Are the villages lined up row upon row, with roofs connected to each other, not a symbol of blood inheritance from generation to generation? The people in the village cherish their beauty and live here poetically, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, enjoying themselves happily. There is no impetuousness, no eagerness for quick success, and no shouting for refreshments. Their lives are as transparent and clean as the glass in the showcase.

Near Tangnan Village there are Jinggang Mountain, Longtan Scenic Area, Ciping Scenic Area, Dajing Scenic Area, Huangyangjie and other tourist attractions. There are Jinggang bamboo shoots, Jinggang red rice, Jinggang honey pomelo, wild virgin camellia oil, and bearded toad. Waiting for specialties. Long Yuqi, a famous person in Tangnan Village

Long Yuqi, whose courtesy name is Caiqing, also known as Zihai; also known as Zhonghua, was born in Tangnan Village, Yongning County, Luling, Ming Dynasty (now Tangnan Village, Eling Township, Jinggangshan City, Jiangxi Province) He was smart since he was a child. He inherited the teachings from his parents and was erudite in classics and history. He entered the county school at a young age and was promoted to a scholar at the age of 20. In the 16th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1588), he passed the provincial examination. In the 29th year of Wanli (1

Long Chaoqing

Long Chaoqing (1906-1931) was originally named Long Jiming. A native of Ninggang County, Jiangxi. In 1925, he joined the Communist Youth League while studying at Nanchang Provincial No. 2 Middle School. In the same year, he became a member of the Communist Party of China. In 1926, he returned to his hometown to engage in revolutionary activities as a special commissioner of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang. .In July, Zhong***ning was established.