Brief introduction of bailidong cultural corridor

Bailidong Cultural Corridor is also called "the amorous feelings line of Bailidong Cultural Corridor"

Hunan Tongdao Dong Autonomous County is 50 kilometers long, and 524 immovable cultural relics have been preserved in an area of 562 square kilometers, showing the traditional culture of Dong people.

With Huang Du Dong Culture Village as the center and along the loess, taro, Pingtan, Longcheng and Pingyang, a well-preserved and colorful Baidongli cultural corridor has been formed, which is a valuable cultural heritage of Dong people in China.

The Baili Dong Cultural Corridor is located on the winding Pingtan River in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, including Lisan's big village, Matian's drum tower, rotten silver ornaments, Pingtan's Lusheng and Huang Dou's Dong songs, especially Puxiu Bridge, Puji Bridge, Huilong Bridge and Huifu Bridge on Pingtan River. The seats are all cultural relics, and the whole hundred miles are rich in fresh Dong culture.

Among them, Shuangjiang yutou village is 9 kilometers away from the county seat, and its ancient buildings preserve the traditional features of Dong ancient villages and show exquisite architectural skills. The village was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and was later destroyed by fire. Most of the existing buildings in the village are in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 1 16000 square meters, including 4 drum towers, 3 wind and rain bridges, 2 ancient wells, 2 Sasui terraces, and a post road 1 .6 km, with wooden feet. 200 1, the State Council declared the national cultural relics protection unit, which is an honor that other Dong villages do not have.

Taro is surrounded by mountains and waters, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a stream twists and turns, which seems to stretch freely with the terrain. There is no overall layout and planning in advance, but careful study is of great significance.

On the flat land next to the stream, they first built the Drum Tower, the stage, the school and other public places, which means sitting on the Longkou, with the Drum Tower as the leader and the stream as the central axis, arranging the houses on both sides. This is the dragon body, the wind and rain bridge is the dragon tail, and a stockade is the dragon. The wind and rain bridge is grounded, the sky in the Drum Tower is high, and heaven and man are integrated.

In recent years, Tongdao County, relying on its rich cultural resources, has created a "hundred-mile Dong cultural corridor amorous feelings line" and a tourism brand with ethnic characteristics, which has brought new opportunities for economic development in ethnic minority areas.

The Tongdao County Party Committee and the county government have issued the Plan of Applying for World Cultural Heritage of 100 Dong Li Cultural Corridors and the Measures for Protecting the Original Ecology Culture of the Dong Nationality, which integrates the cultural heritage of the Dong nationality in the county and creatively binds the unique national characteristics of Fengyuqiao Group, Zhaimen Group and Gulou Group, laying a solid foundation for creating a "Dong culture holy land". Protecting a large number of material and intangible cultural heritages with tourism value makes Tongdao County one of the most famous places in the world. At present, there are 3 national key cultural relics protection units and 6 provincial cultural relics protection units in Tongdao County. Dawuliang Song Festival, Dong Pipa Song, Dong Lusheng, Dong Opera and Dong Brocade were announced as the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage.

Tongdao County has a good ecological environment, and the ethnic culture of Baili Dong Township is rich and splendid, with a long history and rich ethnic customs. With the Matian Drum Tower, the ancient architectural complex of Shantou Dong Village and Huilong Bridge as the main body, and the Yufeng Bridge and Dong custom in Baili Dong Township as the main line, it has sufficient conditions to declare the world cultural heritage.

Artistic Treasure-Dong Architecture. The national buildings represented by Drum Tower, Zhaimen Pavilion and Yufeng Bridge are exquisite in craftsmanship and can be called the treasures of world architectural art. These buildings are all built with Chinese fir tenons, without nails or rivets, which fully embodies the characteristics of the Dong people who are good at wooden structures and have a high level of craftsmanship, among which Matian Drum Tower and Shantou Ancient Dong Village are the most distinctive. Matian Drum Tower was built in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty. It is the earliest existing Dong Drum Tower and a national key cultural relic protection unit. The upper part of the drum tower is a decorative layer. The flying pavilion has double eaves, and each floor has cornices, which are stacked up and down and contracted up and down. The whole building is stable and ingenious, with distinctive national characteristics. It conforms to the aesthetic law in rhythm, rhythm, contrast, balance, continuity and interlude, and has high artistic appreciation value. Shantou Dongzhai Ancient Architecture Complex is a state-level cultural relic protection unit, which was built in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty. It has a long history and is well preserved. It is a physical museum of ancient residential buildings in China, which retains the original pattern and a large number of buildings before the mid-Qing Dynasty. Among them, there are four Drum Towers, three wind and rain bridges, gatehouse, ancient well, Sasui altar and ancient post road. The whole village 182 Dong residents, with a total of 78 Dong diaojiao buildings. Most of them are built because of the terrain, which fully embodies the concept of harmony between man and nature of Dong people. These Dong villages, whether riverside, pastoral or flowing, can give people beautiful artistic enjoyment.

-Dong culture, the essence of the nation. Dong folk music and dance represented by Dong folk songs, Dong costumes and embroidery represented by Lusheng dance and multi-leaf dance, Dong food culture represented by Dong brocade, Dong handkerchief and Dong silverware, and Dong food culture represented by bacon, pickled fish, bitter wine and oil tea all have distinct national characteristics. Dong township is known as the "hometown of songs and dances", with dozens of ethnic songs and dances circulating. Pipa, Dong Opera, Dong Song, Duoye and Lusheng Dance are the most popular, especially Dong folk songs, which belong to polyphonic music and are alternately expressed by multiple voices, filling the gap of multi-voice singing music in China and are the essence of Dong traditional culture. Lyrics are mostly lyric poems and narrative poems, which contain a wide range of social contents and have important literary and musical values. From 65438 to 0986, Dong folk songs caused a sensation when they participated in the Golden Autumn Art Festival in Paris, France, and were highly praised: "In the East, a minority with a population of only one million can create and spread such an ancient, pure and shining vocal art, which is really rare in the world." Dong people's big songs are wonderful works of world music art.

-national ecology, harmony between man and nature. The Baili Dong cultural corridor has a harmonious natural ecology, beautiful environment, pleasant climate and rich folk customs, and the Dong people live in harmony with nature. The annual average temperature of Baili Dong Cultural Corridor is 16.3 degrees Celsius, and the climate is mild. This is a famous tourist route with ethnic customs. Along the way, there are more than 30 Dong villages in 4 townships and 2 towns, including Shuangjiang, Loess, Pingtan, Longcheng and Ganxi, where nearly 40,000 hardworking, brave, simple and kind Dong people live. Within the territory, mountains overlap, streams are clear, valleys are deep and rugged, and the green Pingtan River is connected in series with the dense areas of Dong villages. The winding Pingtan River is gurgling in the green jungle, and there are many Dong villages hidden in the green mountains and green waters on both sides. The drum tower in the village is towering, and the beautifully decorated covered bridge spans the village river. Dong people live in groups, engage in agriculture, engage in forestry, cultivate men and weave women, have a sense of security in their old age, have children, unite and help each other, and have very harmonious interpersonal relationships. They still keep the tradition of not covering their families with quilts at night.

Tongdao County is rich in tourism resources. According to the census, * * * has 8 categories, 27 subcategories, 86 basic types and 236 landscapes, all of which are similar and well combined. In particular, the original Dong culture, natural ecological scenery and ancient cultural landscape are intertwined and unique, and the resulting "strong sense of cultural differences" is very attractive to people looking for ideal tourist destinations.

1, a unique Dong culture. The industrious and intelligent Dong people have created a series of cultures with distinctive personality and strong sense of ethnic differences in their long-term production and life practice. As far as national architecture is concerned, Drum Tower, Pavilion and Yufeng Bridge are the most prominent, with exquisite workmanship and no need to nail iron, which can be called the "three treasures" of Dong architecture. In terms of national costumes, Dong Brocade, Dong Pa and Dong Dai are the most famous. Their exquisite craftsmanship, gorgeous colors, exquisite patterns and rich national characteristics can be described as unique. In terms of national literature and art, Dong township is known as the "hometown of singing and dancing", and it still inherits the ancient style of "singing and sitting at night", and dozens of national songs and dances are circulating, among which pipa, Dong opera, multi-leaf and Lusheng dance are the most popular. In particular, Dong people's big songs are famous all over the world for their magical polyphony. In terms of national sports, the corridor is also known as the "hometown of national sports". Traditional fireworks, crossbows, stilt horses, shuttlecocks and swings are full of fun. In terms of ethnic diet, sweet and bitter wine (Dong Wang wine), sesame oil tea and aged salted fish have different flavors. In terms of folk customs, Dong Jia's customs such as promotion, Chinese New Year, wedding, celebration and New Year greetings are quaint, quaint, peculiar and unique. With Huang Du Dong Culture Village as the center and along the loess, taro, Pingtan, Longcheng and Pingyang, a well-preserved and colorful Baidongli cultural corridor has been formed, which is a valuable cultural heritage of Dong people in China. In order to protect and develop the national cultural heritage, our county is actively taking measures to protect and apply for listing the Bailidong Cultural Corridor as a world cultural heritage.

2. magical natural scenery. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, with a pleasant climate, with an annual average temperature of 16.3℃, a frost-free period of 298 days, no severe cold in winter (1 monthly average temperature of 5.2℃) and no intense heat in summer (average temperature of 26.2℃ in July). This is an ideal summer resort. The territory has beautiful scenery, with a forest coverage rate of 77.7%. There are vast forests in the north and northeast, including 202 species of woody plants 1, 44 species of rare tree species such as Davidia involucrata and Ginkgo biloba, and more than 40 species of rare animals such as white cranes, musk deer and giant salamanders. The ecological environment is good and the species are rich, which is second to none in the country, not only that. " The territory is full of scenery. Let's move in a different environment. The most typical is Danxia landform, which is praised by geographers as "the Great Green Wall of Wan Li", stretching 168 square kilometers. Shy; -Wanfoshan Provincial Scenic Area (1997 was awarded the title of provincial scenic area, provincial nature reserve and provincial geological park, and is now being declared as a national level). There are eight small scenic spots in the area, such as Du Yan, Gouyan, Yao Yan, Qixing Mountain, Shenxian Cave, Jiangjun Mountain, Wanfoshan and Wei Zi, which are known as "Du Yan is quite beautiful". The beautiful scenery of Wanfoshan makes tourists linger, which can be compared with the scenery of Guilin and Zhangjiajie. Some scenes of the movie Marshal Luo Ronghuan were shot here. Mr. Qin Huang, former president of the National Danxia Geomorphology Tourism Development Research Association and professor of geography department of Sun Yat-sen University, visited the passage many times and wrote: "The passage is Wanfoshan in the northeast, and 10,000 Fengdan has a green ring; There are 500 Danxia in China, and this mountain can rank among the top ten. Mr. He Ruoquan, former deputy director of the National Tourism Administration and now president of the National Tourism Association, also left: "Zhangjiajie stands in the north and Wanfo Mountain lies in the south; Both mountains are beautiful, and the height is difficult to compare. In addition, there are many scenic spots such as Hongmenchong Primitive Forest Park, Tommy Tam Ecological Drifting, Ngo Tropical Canyon Rainforest Scenic Area, Shaikou "Gaoxia Pinghu", Jiulongtan National Water Conservancy Scenic Area, Li Zijie, Baishui Street, Qilin Cave and Taozichong Waterfall. Among them, Longdi River drifts down from Chengbu Nanshan, where the mountains are high in water, clear and transparent, and the drifting distance is 10 km. The banks of the river are lush, the old trees and vines are intertwined, and the green mountains and green waters set each other off. People can float on it, and you can find the ancient leisure that "the apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, but the canoe has passed Chung Shan Man". Occasionally drinking saliva is also natural mineral water, which is thrilling and self-help.

3. Rich cultural landscape. Tongdao is a cultural relic county in Hunan, with rich cultural landscape. At present, there are three state-level cultural relics protection units (Matian Drum Tower, Pingtan River Fengyu Bridge Group and Shantou Ancient Dong Village Group) and six provincial-level units (Pingtan Huilong Bridge, Hengling Ancient Architecture Group, Yanglanzhai Gate, Boyang Baiyi Taoist Temple, Guo Chong Military Library, and the site of the Long March Passage of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army &; Shy; -Gongcheng Academy in Xixi County), 2 at the municipal level and 7 at the county level. There are more than 900 cultural relics that have not been listed as cultural relics protection units, as well as rural Neolithic wilderness sites, the Red Army's memorial to the Battle of Xiaoshui, and the Red Army's tomb in Li Zijie. In particular, the site of the Long March Passage Transfer Meeting of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army &; Shy; -Chenggong Academy, which is of great significance in revolutionary history education, has been restored and opened to the outside world. It is a patriotic education base in Hunan Province. In 2005, Guiyang-Kaili-Zhenyuan-Liping-Guilin, one of the top 30 red tourist routes in China, became the first batch of 30 red tourist attractions in our province. Now we are striving to enter the second batch of national red tourism key scenic spots.