"There is a gourd (Fu Lu) on it and a treasure bottle (Bless peace) on it. The water scenery in this village is quite good." This is a message from a senior Feng Shui expert after I posted this aerial photo of Songtang Village in my circle of friends. Looking closely at the pictures, the ponds are indeed somewhat similar in shape, and they feel a bit magical. What do you think? Is it a coincidence or the wisdom of the ancients? This article will take you into this beautiful ancient Lingnan village.
Songtang Village is located in Shangjinou Community in the southwest of Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. It is an ancient village with a history of 800 years. Tracing the history of Songtang Village, as early as , the ancestor of Songtang, Qu Shilai, moved here from Zhuji Lane, south of Xiong, Guangdong to the south, named after his surname, and was named "Qiancun". Later, the villagers of dug out a stretch of ponds in the village. There was an ancient pine on the hill behind the village, so it was named "Songtang Village". is an ancient village with a long history and profound heritage.
Songtang Village is beautiful in the environment, built on the hill, built on the pond, and living beside the water. Walking through the village, there are several ponds of different sizes distributed in the middle of the village. The ancient houses are built around the pond. The alleys of the village are all facing the pond. are the ancient alleys of "Fengzhi", "Peyuan", "Zhihe", and "Zhenxin" are representative of them. They are quite interesting and worth visiting.
Songtang Village is the best preserved ancient village in Lingnan in Foshan and even Guangdong. To this day, there are many ancestral halls, ancestral temples, private schools, book houses, wok-ear ancient houses, ancient wells, ancient trees, etc. The style of the Lingnan ancient village is unique. Moreover, the historical buildings here fully demonstrate the charm of Lingnan architectural art, and the "three sculptures and one sculpture" and other have good historical and artistic value.
The traditional buildings in Songtang Village are numerous and simple and exquisite. The "Qian Clan Ancestral Hall", "Sixth Generation Ancestral Hall", "Jian Five Great Doctors' Temple", " Dongshan Ancestral Hall ", "Qiaolu Ancestral Hall", "Mingde Society School", "Yangzheng Book House", "Peiyuan Book House", "Huichuan Family School", "Congsheng Temple" and so on are all the most representative ancient buildings. The most famous ones are the former residence of Qudayuan, the former residence of Qudayuan, the former residence of Qudayuan, and the former residence of Qu Mengjue, etc.
These ancient houses fully demonstrate the unique charm of the ancient village of Lingnan with both water and land. Songtang Village attracts countless tourists to visit with its long history, profound culture, unique layout and beautiful environment. The protection of the intact village appearance has also made Songtang Village awarded the honors, and has been awarded the honorary titles of "China's Historical and Cultural Village" and "Guangdong's Top Ten Most Beautiful Ancient Villages".
Songtang Village villagers have many surnames "Di" and are said to be descendants of calligraphy master Ouyang Xun . They changed their surname to "Di" because they avoided disaster. The ancestors of Songtang designated the village training as "accumulating virtue and reading". Since ancient times, the village has respected literature and education. The villagers have known books and rituals and encouraged learning for a long time. They can be called "a living fossil of the humanities and history of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and a charming painting of the ancient village of the southern country."
For hundreds of years, the people of Songtang Village have always adhered to the ancestral teaching of respecting literature and learning, and studying and accumulating virtue. The literary style here is growing and talents emerge. Since ancient times, villagers have donated money to build schools, including Dafu Family School, Yangzheng Book Club, Peiyuan Book House... When it was prosperous, there were more than 20 schools of various types. Reading and virtue is the top priority for Songtang people to educate their descendants. For this reason, the ancestors also built the Confucius Temple in the center of Songtang Village for the tribe to worship the tribe. What is interesting is that the ancestral halls, book clubs and houses in Songtang Village are centered on the largest pond, Yue Pond. Confucius Temple is built next to Yue Pond, forming a planning pattern of hundreds of alleys facing the pond and the alleys returning to the source of the alleys in the village, reflecting the respect of Songtang ancestors for culture.
Rather than saying that Songtang Village has excellent feng shui, it is better to say that it has been a village style that respects literature and studies since ancient times. Because of this, since the Ming and Qing dynasties, there have been many talents in Songtang Village. was only in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There were 5 people who passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination, 1 person who was born in the army and promoted to the imperial examination, nearly 20 people who passed the imperial examination and were awarded the honorary tribute.Among them, Qu Yulin, Qu Yanliang, Qu Dadian and Qu Dayuan joined the Hanlin Academy of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Songtang Village has the reputation of "Hanlin Village". [Original works, reproduction is prohibited, infringement will be prosecuted] Please pay attention to me and share with you more exciting travel experiences
