Dear tourists
Hello, everyone. On behalf of Anhui travel agency, I welcome you to YixianCounty for sightseeing. I'm Wang Bing, your tour guide of Xidi Hongcun. Pleasecall me Xiao Wang. I hope that Xiao Wang's explanation and service will makeyour trip more enjoyable. Sitting in the driver's seat is our driver, MasterWang, who has been driving for nearly 20 years, so we can rest assured aboutsafety.
Xidi Hong Village is located in Yi County of Huangshan City. In 20__, itwas listed as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO. In 20__, it was rated as a 4Atourist area by the National Tourism Administration, and became one of the firstbatch of famous historical and cultural villages in China. In 20__, it was alsorecognized by the central government The TV station rated it as "China'scharming town". When it comes to Yi County, I would like to ask you a question.Surely you all know Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Land? Do you know where theparadise described by Mr. Wu Liu is? Yes, the tourist is right. It's in Yicounty. His descendants imagined that Yi county was the ideal state they pursuedin the Peach Blossom Land described by their ancestors, so they moved here.Therefore, Yi county is also known as "small Taoyuan". Li Bai, a great poet,once wrote a poem praising Gu Yi: "Yi county's small Taoyuan is a place withthousands of miles of haze. The land is full of trees and plants, and peoplerespect ancient clothes."
Ladies and gentlemen, this morning we will visit Xidi Village, which isknown as the "Museum of ancient Chinese dwellings", and in the afternoon we willvisit Hongcun village, which is known as the "village of Chinese paintings".Xidi village is an ancient village built in the Northern Song Dynasty, where theHu family lived together. It has a history of more than 900 years. Xidi villagehas beautiful scenery, surrounded by mountains and continuous peaks. All itsstreets have been paved with blue stones in Yixian County. Most of the ancientbuildings are of wood structure. Huizhou three carvings (wood carvings, stonecarvings and brick carvings) are rich and colorful. Due to the less invasion ofwar in history, it has not been affected With the impact of economicdevelopment, the original form of the village is well preserved.
When it comes to Xidi, I think many friends would like to know why it iscalled Xidi. In fact, there are two versions: one is that the village issurrounded by two streams, and the water flows from east to west. It is calledXidi when the East water flows to the West; the other is that Xidi is located inthe west of Huizhou Prefecture, where there was a delivery shop in the past, soit is called Xidi. Xidi village is shaped like a ship. What are its mast, sail,cabin and sea? Now let's find out.
Ladies and gentlemen, Hu Wenguang's memorial archway is standing tall atthe entrance of the village to welcome us. Originally, there were 13 memorialarchways arranged in turn, most of which were demolished. Hu Wenguang's memorialarchway was fortunately preserved because of painting and Mao Zedong'squotations. You can see that this archway is made of fine Yixian green, which isthe treasure of stone archways in China. When it comes to Hu Wenguang, he isvery famous. In Jiajing of Ming Dynasty, when he was the magistrate of WanzaiCounty in Jiangxi Province, he benefited the people and was loved by the people.He was promoted to the rank of governor of Jiaozhou with outstandingachievements. He was also the chief historian of Jingwang Mansion in HubeiProvince. He was honored as the "Prime Minister of Jingfan" by the fourofficials of the imperial court. Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty grantedpermission to build this archway to carry forward his achievements and spread itto later generations. Let's have a look again. There are 32 round decorativepatterns carved on the bucket arch under the eaves, which are quite exquisite.It symbolizes Hu Wenguang's 32 years as an official, and also expresses hisgratitude for the great kindness of the emperor.
Members, let's move on. Now we are standing in front of the gate of Jingaihall. It is the ancestral hall rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. It has always beenthe meeting place of the Hu people. It is a brick and wood structure buildingwith a span of 30 meters. Let's have a look. The two black marble columns with aheight of 6 meters in the lower hall and the two ginkgo wood columns with adiameter of nearly 2 feet in the upper hall face each other and are symmetricalLiang Jia, how magnificent! Do you see the huge "filial piety" character in theback hall? It was written by Zhu Xi, a neo Confucianism of the Southern SongDynasty. Let's take a closer look at the word "Shou". Is it that you can see ahandsome young man bowing on his back and kneeling on the ground to show filialpiety to his elders, while his hindbrain is like a sharp mouthed monkey head,which means that filial piety is human and unfilial is animal It fully embodiesthe Chinese virtue of respecting the elderly.
Now we are entering tujing hall. This is a residence of Hu Ji hall. As soonas we enter the hall, the first thing we see is a portrait of Hu Ji hall and histhree wives. Let's guess which of the three wives is the eldest, which is thesecond and which is the third. Hehe, most people think that the old and thefrail are the eldest Guess, that's a big mistake. Let's tell you, his eldestwife is very young and died young, so she is still pretty. Therefore, it's moreaccurate to judge according to their order. Then let's take a look at HuJitang's clothes. He wears sapphire plumes and patchwork clothes. At a glance,we can see that he is a top three. How can we see that In ancient times, ruby isthe first grade, red coral is the second grade, and sapphire is the third grade.Civil servants wear the pattern of poultry, and military officers wear thepattern of beast. If you look closely, Hu Jitang's clothes are decorated withthe pattern of poultry, so we say he is a civil servant of three grades. Theunique couplet on both sides of Dujing hall is "it's good to study, to dobusiness, to work well, to start a business is difficult, to keep a business isdifficult, to know whether it's difficult". The couplet compares business withreading, expressing the desire of Huizhou merchants to improve their status.
Well, tourists, we visited dijitang, zhuimutang, yuanyangtang and otherscenic spots. The Xidi tour is over. After lunch, we will go to Hongcun, whichis also an ancient village in southern Anhui. What's special about Hongcun?Hongcun is also known as niuxing village. What about Niutou, Niuwei, Niujiao andNiudu 》Where is the spot of dragonflies? Let's have a look in the afternoon!