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Which village in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province is an ancient village?

Shenjing Ancient Village, located in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, is an ancient village.

Shenjing Ancient Village is located in the southwest of cheung chau island, Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, formerly known as Jinding Village. Because the wells in the village are deep, people simply call it Shenjing Village. It is an ancient village with a history of more than 700 years, and Shenjing ancient village is one of the well-preserved ancient villages in Guangzhou.

The aborigine of Shenjing Village is Ling, who is said to have moved from Fujian in order to avoid the pursuit of the Yuan Army in the late Southern Song Dynasty. There is almost no arable land on the island, and many villagers have been living by business. Rich people often go to nearby Panyu Shunde area to invest in land reclamation (Shatian), so they become "business landlords".

Therefore, Shenjing Village is rich and prosperous in culture and education. Shenjing Village is built on the mountain (there) and near the water (river), with four gates: Fuxuan, Guangde, Shang Xian and Yougeng. As night falls, the entrance to the village is closed, and Shenjing becomes an independent world. The tunnel in the village leads directly to the river, and villagers can fetch water and wash clothes along the stone steps.

The houses in the planning are patchwork, and the brick carvings on the eaves and lintels are extremely exquisite, especially the building technology of Ling's ancestral hall. In front of the village separated by two Wenchang pagodas, the river is clear and quiet, swaying endless tower shadows.

Deep well pagoda; Built in the Qing Dynasty, it is a pavilion-style ancient pagoda with brick and wood structure. The basement under the tower is enlarged step by step with brick lines, and the two bricks bite each other at the corner of the tower, with seamless sealing, clear edges and straight lines from bottom to top; There are plastic carp on the second and third corners, with the tail floating upwards, cloisonne yellow edges painted on the scales, and purple lips, which are particularly gorgeous.