Residential characteristics of ancient folk houses in Heyang

Heyang historical and cultural reserve has a long history, and there are ancient residential buildings in the reserve. Heyang Village, known as "3000 people with 800 smoke stoves", is an ancient village with a history of 1 100 years. The water system and roads in Heyang basically maintained the design characteristics of villages in Yuan Dynasty. There are ten clan manor-style ancient residential buildings and fifteen ancient ancestral temples, including the ancient temple "Fuchang Temple" in the Song Dynasty and the "Bashimen" and "Bashimen" in the Yuan Dynasty. Ancient bridges, farm tools, furniture, murals, poems, plaques, sculptures, China's unique folk art Heyang window paper-cutting, as well as the remains of peasant rebels in past dynasties and antique folk activities, constitute a rare ancient village with a thousand-year culture in the south of the Yangtze River. There are also ten ancient ancestral temples and five ancient temples, 100 old brothers *** 1500, which were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. They are numerous and huge, and can be called "a must in the south of the Yangtze River". Alleys, streets and water systems are full of ancient idleness. Wind-volcano wall and Horsehead wall stand firmly, and the complex and diverse brick carvings, quadrangles, large patios, brick and wood structures and roofs are so unique. The main courtyard and ancestral hall are the front hall and the back hall, carved with dragons and painted with buildings, with dense places of interest.

94% of the villagers in Heyang are surnamed Zhu, where the scenery is beautiful and the folk customs are simple. Up to now, it is still a family living, farming and studying, which is a rare living fossil in ancient villages in the south of the Yangtze River.

The biggest feature of ancient folk houses in Heyang is the unified gray building community, which gives people a subtle and euphemistic feeling! The architecture of the ancient house is very distinctive. There is a "Garden Cave Gate" in front of the gates of some ancient houses. The gate looks like a garden building, and the words "obey the rules" and "reflect the moon" are written on the door. Da Qiao Road is the most distinctive exterior wall building of ancient dwellings. There are 32 horsehead-shaped walls on this road. From a distance, it looks like a horse's head roared past with extraordinary momentum. Therefore, the wall is also called "Horsehead Wall". Horsehead wall is characterized by "black tile and white wall, cornices and beautiful scenery".