The Age of Innocence (121) Huangpi Wangjiaxiwan: Hidden in the Deep Boudoir, Showing the Legacy of Chu Style

In fact, I prefer to believe that they are the guardians of the village, guarding the village, guarding the generations of people in the village, guarding the beautiful stories and history and culture left in the village.

Wangjiaxiwan is located in Huangpi District, Wangjiahe Street, the ancestors for the Ming Hongwu two years from Jiangxi migrated to the end of the Qing Jiaqing Daoguang early, Wangxiwan formed a small bazaar, there are stores, stores, workshops, halls, lines more than 30, after many villagers from the business, the mountain goods line, paper workshop, small department store business to do in Hankou. Tongzhi years, Wangjiaxiwan rose to build a hot house, demolition of adobe houses, building line stone brick houses of villagers up to sixty or seventy.

In the early Republic of China, Wangjiaxiwan has become the center of mail distribution in the surrounding areas, the surrounding areas of letters are through Wangjiaxiwan transit, delivery. 1927 Huangma Uprising, Wangjiaxiwan became part of the revolutionary base in EYB, during the period of the Red Army to carry out revolutionary activities in this area, Wangxiban by the impact of the war development constraints. 1830s, Wangjiaxiwan suffered from fire, many brick and wooden buildings were destroyed. In the 1830s, Wangjiaxiwan suffered a fire, which destroyed many brick and wooden buildings and stopped the expansion of the village's population.

Wangxiwan since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, built the village, so far nearly 700 years. The ancient village was built on the back of the Mulan Mountain, next to the Red October Reservoir, and in front of the village, there are vast fields and ponds, so it can be said that the yin and yang are harmonized, and "hide the wind and get the water to gather the gas".

Blue sky, white clouds, blue water, mountain, green wild and the ancient village blend, *** life **** exist, conveying a fresh and quiet remote flavor. The large pond at the entrance of the village, together with a number of ponds in the four corners, just like the head and four feet of the turtle, with the symbolism of "turtle life".

At the end of the 20th century, the Mulan Ecological Tourism Zone, adjacent to the northwest of the village home, started construction, and since then, the village has been identified as the key center of the Wangjiahe street village, the village is facing good opportunities for development; with the improvement of external transportation conditions and public **** service facilities, the standard of living in Wangxiwan continues to improve.

Cangcang Ancient House Through the Time Tunnel

If meeting the ancient trees is the destiny with the village, then looking for the ancient house is the obsession with the village.

After learning so many historical stories of Wangxiwan Village, are you also interested in the ancient buildings of the village? I've heard that two particularly old houses still survive relatively intact in this village.

Wangsiwan No. 27 Old House

Wangsiwan No. 27 Old House, which is more hidden than expected, is a house-within-a-house structure. Hidden inside a house where the owner now lives, the old house is entered through a narrow, deep staircase that probably only allows one person to pass through, giving the feeling of entering a mysterious tunnel.

The preservation of the old house is amazing, with birds, animals and flowers carved on the doorposts and beams, window panes carved with characters and words of fortune, wealth and longevity, and the wooden unicorns on the supporting arches are lifelike.

The stone arch of the old house, the iron gate, the door cover of "looking up to see the official", the iron ring of the tethered horse and so on are still intact.

What is more surprising is that the owner is still using the old house, some of the rooms in the old house have been remodeled, and what impresses me more is the kitchen, which is actually a courtyard of the old house, and I can see the light coming in from the patio when I am in the humid kitchen.

Wangxiwan No. 4 Old House

Wangxiwan No. 4 is a Chinese and Western building from the Republican era, facing east to west, with a brick and wood structure. I was surprised to find such a unique building in this corner village in China.

Along the village road, counting the number of the door number is like looking for clues to crack the code, at the end of the road you can see it, the building's entrance arch is a combination of double-sloped roof and European mountain flower structure, a unique style that is refreshing to people. Once you enter the courtyard, the combination of double sloping roof and European-style mountain flowers, the entrance of the building is a combination of arches and columns, and the building is a three-open room.

The structure of the crumbling columnar entrance gives people an illusion, as if in front of the ruins of a European-style church. But to our surprise, there is a dense bamboo forest in the courtyard, and the lush green freshness puts people in an extraordinarily wonderful mood.

In addition to these two ancient houses, Wangxiwan also survives a certain scale of residential buildings of the Qing Dynasty, the style of the Huizhou school is dominant, the building structure is mostly brick and wood.

Retain the ancient architecture "original flavor"

Historical and cultural villages can reflect the culture and folklore of a place's history, to a certain extent, it retains a very complete ancient historical relics and traditional habits of the old days. Most of these historic villages are of great historical value and commemorative significance.

In order to strengthen the protection of historical and cultural towns and villages in Wuhan, and to salvage and rationally utilize the historical and cultural resources of the towns and villages, I have heard that Wuhan has also initiated the selection of the first batch of historical and cultural villages, and the Huangpi Wangxiwan is listed in the list.

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What is a historical and cultural village? As the second batch of national historical and cultural cities, Wuhan has very rich resources of ancient towns and villages, and the construction of representative and demonstration-oriented historical and cultural villages can promote the inheritance of Wuhan's Jingchu characteristics, highlight the regional brand, create a strong cultural city, and help the construction of modernization, internationalization and ecological construction of Wuhan.

What are the benefits of being selected?

For the 51 villages that have been included in the protection of the recommended list, the districts will be declared in batches according to their resource endowment, and once titled, all parties will take up the responsibility and obligation, and receive financial and policy support.

Here, too, I sincerely hope that all the historical and cultural villages will receive the best protection.

About the author: Tang Ling, pen name Lingzi, senior elementary school language teacher, language subject leader. He wrote a lot of poems when he was young, changed to prose in his middle age, and mainly wrote travelogues in recent years. His works have appeared in newspapers and websites all over the world, and he has attracted a lot of fans with his beautiful writing.