Value of Huangtian Village

1. Huangtian Village is one of the representatives of ancient houses in South Anhui Province.

Huangtian Village ancient dwellings are designed from the site selection, planning to building, all based on the ancient Chinese "Zhouyi" yin and yang, the five elements and other doctrines, the success of the ancients on the "unity of man in heaven" desire to the fullest expression. In the village site, "building houses on the mountain, alongside the water village", the village is located in the north of the river, the south of the mountain, to take the back of the mountain and face the water, the negative yin embracing the yang of the situation. In the village, open ditches and dark canals lead to every household, and living water flows through the village, adding aura and vitality to the whole village. In particular, the Yangboat House is built to imitate a foreign ship, but the combination of internal dwellings is orderly and the function is completely reasonable, which is a typical representative of the ancient residential architecture.

On December 17, 2012, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Finance decided to include Huangtian Village, Hammer Bridge Town, Jing County, Xuancheng City, in the list of Chinese traditional villages (the first batch).

2. The Huangtian Village ancient residential complex combines ancient philosophy, history, aesthetics and ecology in one furnace, and is a masterpiece of ancient South Anhui residential architecture.

Huangtian Village Ancient Dwelling Group in the architectural design and construction of the Qing Dynasty set of architectural art, technology of the great success. Although the residence is a closed overall structure, but the door, windows, but the clever use of borrowed scenery, scenery techniques will be outside the landscape and the residence into one. The architectural layout is based on the principle of ritual, and the courtyard adopts a set of traditional architectural layouts such as the north-south central axis, left-right symmetry, and clear separation of primary and secondary meanings. There are many ancient houses with tall and spacious door walls, and the walls are decorated with Jingxian's unique building material - flower bricks, with natural and harmonious color transitions, very much the ink and rhythm of Chinese paintings.

The village is crisscrossed with roads, but every house is connected to each other, so as long as you enter the village, even if it is pouring with rain, you can walk through the village without wetting your clothes or shoes.

3, Huangtian Village is rich in cultural connotations, is a typical "Confucian business" culture.

The Huangtian Zhu family is a large and prestigious family in Jingxian County, which was founded as a merchant family and an official family. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there were ten study halls in the village and six study rooms. Among them, "Peifengge" library has a collection of more than 33,000 volumes, and "Xiaowanjiaozhai" library has a collection of more than 100,000 volumes. In addition, there are "Songzhuxuan", "Shaoyitang", "Banqiao Study Hall", "Green Bamboo Mountain House" and other bookstores.

Because of the importance of culture and education, the talented people, reflected in the architectural style of the ancient dwellings, but also the Confucianism of the atmosphere of books. Huangtian village ancient residential group is a typical "Confucian business" culture of the body view.

In summary, Huangtian Village ancient residential group is materialized ancient philosophical thinking, architectural aesthetics of the crystallization, has a high historical value, scientific value and unique artistic value, but also has a profound cultural connotation.