The next day Xidi ancient dwellings and jadeite valley
2001 Xidi was listed by UNESCO as "World Heritage" list.
The Xidi natural to look at the ancient dwellings.
Since ancient times, a Spring River Flows East, while the Xidi water is from east to west, against the Daoxing's, is a surprising, and that there was originally leading to the West's Inn, so named Xidi. It is located southwest of the main peak of Huangshan, was built YU Qin, dating back 2200 years, known as "Peach Blossom Spring Lane Family" the laudatory name.
Xidi an ancient Huizhou region, this is the jurisdiction of Huangshan City. Huizhou is the history of geographical concept, but also highly prestigious cultural concepts. Huizhou boundaries to study, do business style has always been popular. The mountain just because it is surrounded by many people in distress, a large number of immigrants to go out to make a living also inevitable. The so-called non-emblem does not providers, service Jia Hui Merchants Quartet hometown glory, when the leaves return to their roots, then the poor and very civil, broad strokes and good craftsmen, magnificently decorated with Ming-chih, "World government is out of the trade, the World chaos is go home," to build the proliferation of sophisticated chic residential areas. More toad palace titles and captured the homecoming court will be prominent in the culture of the introduction of high-level outside the territory of Zhu Ying purple door, Dress for reelection, Daxing Confucianism Neo-Confucianism in the breeze. Society there house, there were Temple is built to do the same arch. Virgin, virtuous women, filial, loyal, a Department of stone carved into a dictionary of ancient ethics are standing at the highlight of the office.
Prior to this, I often confused in the "culture" of "civilization" such words. What the Chinese civilization, the Inca civilization, and two river civilizations; what the Huizhou culture, Zou Lu Culture, Qinchuan Culture; Xidi trip to at least let me have an answer. A culture is an area of people's lives, a special stress on the living conditions and arrangements. It is from the people's daily life, living a full range of display layout, integrated beings here reflect the values and aesthetics. In addition to the civilization, the cultural connotation of tolerance, but also includes the creation of this culture all the brilliant mark and the nation and the world wonders. Like the ancient dwellings Xidi everywhere reflect on the characteristics of Huizhou culture. The Millennium antiquity through the Chinese dynasties, our nation has been able to achieve large-scale movement of tradition, is itself a miracle, so big words, it can be called civilized!
Speaking of Huizhou culture, performance, than I was impressed by every household in the hall of the couplets! Lu Fu-tang has a coat goes: several hundred people simply be charitable, the first and so good to just reading. Huai Ren Tang has a coat goes: too Landscape love their human longevity, there are children around the poetry and literature must be gas-yin. There: Reading is good, business is good, better efficiency will be good; business difficult, Shou-yeh is difficult, knowing is hard. Tolerance films calm the broader picture. Proverbs the word Wei-qin Wei-jian, two right road Yue Yue-time farming. Xi Xi Yi Xi Fresh Finance Minister xifu, seek and seek fame and Motoki win ask for help. Name in conjunction phrase is really not so enumerated. Layout of the hall are some stress: painting and calligraphy couplets everything neat, vases around the split mirror (meaning take very calm). Full House combined with the carvings on the gate walls brick, stone carving, garden of bonsai plants, almost every family home, sophisticates into a fun, and every household Chung-Ju Shang. See that reading, business, an official Huizhou people formed a strong value system. This makes me think of the Jews, the Jews with good business, smart, flexible and well known. This is said to be descendants of the Jews used to give a good education. The success of Huizhou merchants here, probably with the style, study style of-sheng, tutoring, decency and propriety of the tight, more Confucian Merchants on it?
In the white walls of a former private school, Mr. Gao courtyard, the first time I know that in ancient times teachers and students in the room is how to distinguish the difference. Left-right division of Health, the division above the wooden door was the plum flower pattern, and five bats, take Five Blessings, plum incense from the bitter cold to meaning; health above the wooden door is cracked ice pattern. Take Hanchuang studying so hard for meaning. From birth the door to the division a total of 10 small step in the door, take a decade Hanchuang finally got the Communication Division of Communication.
Including but not exposed, give way to do live by one-third of residential areas in the Xidi also has an excellent interpretation. For example the intersection of two Lane corner of such a building, upstairs horizontal tablet books: paradise where people (that "person" it seems an odd word scholar elongation of the arms to pick up Hydrangea). Downstairs wall to open a small door, is that the family's back door, a letter to James Kim Xiaozhuan: to step back and think. And this did take a step back and the door opened, and the walls, edges and corners were cut in two-thirds (wall thickness of 1 / 3), this would be convenient for pedestrians to walk, but also the host of the moderate smooth implementation of the principles of life. Really wonderful!
In Xidi, Chinese traditional ethics and moral values, such as the Chung Hau Lim Festival is also a heyday for. It is often said: Zhongxiao difficult reconciled. Therefore, in the Hu Xidi ancestral temple, the word about the book is divided into both sides of the wall. Zhong Lian left and right section of filial piety. The gatehouse on the "filial piety" as the word is said to Zhu Xi's book, like a word to the right of a teacher Zuoyi to kneel before the rise of the scholar, it means that only people who can adhere to filial piety and upright man, but the word on the left is like a back In the scholar behind the monkey. Implies non-compliance with filial piety, they degraded to a human ancestor - the point where the monkeys. Blending painting in words is really interesting incessantly. Clan ancestral hall is a place to address and discuss events, is the tallest buildings in the village, that is, the general trend of fiscal He then high-ranking officials fu JIA, building houses, also must not go beyond, to show respect for ancestors. Portrait of a hundred years ago the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty were a boy wearing clothes, women wearing the Ming dynasty clothes, lifelike images, color Zeming Li, save well.
Here, each section of an old one is a distant story. Inside the dark room, tall patio, ornate decoration, refined living room, the quartzite narrow streets, because of its ancient and eolian, become increasingly mysterious and exotic. The streets everywhere, or squatting, or sitting or lying residential location of students in copying. The shop to sell real or fake antiques, handicrafts and art Bi Yan colors and other items. Bosses are tranquil and elegant look, it seems in no hurry to do business with you, just wait for you slowly goods, and other goods out of you a little taste, and do not plague is not the fire with you Kan-Kan price, there is indeed a very leisurely look like ginger great-grandfather fishing antiquity. In such a culture rich households in towns and villages to wear walking lane, the true assertion: 10 steps in, there must be Grass, 10 within the chamber, one must jun Shi had. These immortal essence of the culture, artistic treasures, a rich pool of Huizhou people thought, talent, wisdom and strength, how can one amazing get enough then? !
Out of the ancient dwellings, we came to the jadeite valley. According to a guide means, the jadeite valley trip for tomorrow's trip to Huangshan to be a warm-up exercise, to adapt to the feeling of climbing. A good idea!
Jadeite valley there are mountains of water, showing that it is not high or steep terrain. Because it is said that the towering steep place is unable to retain water. And here bamboo beautiful, glittering, waterfall or rushing wind, or reluctant to play, lake, or deep, such as jade, or shallow such as the A flaw, water, sound, or vast, such as three hundred thunder, or gently like a shy whisper Whisper, mountain breeze gentle breeze, blowing wrinkle the lake, blowing pieces of water droplets flowing into the visitors Xintian. Tour guide said, the jadeite valley more bamboo and less loose, because there is no more than 800 meters above sea level reasons. Authentic Pinus taiwanensis grown in 800 meters of rock above. The pine trees here, at best, only pine. But here is very characteristic of the bamboo, it is a beautiful tall and straight. Therefore, Ang Lee's award-winning film "Crouching Tiger" in that field Limu Bai and jade bamboo dragon fight is here filming a scene, and then re-use computer graphics, and synthesized. With stone overlooks, and indeed the Qing Jue Smart's rhyme.
Shen Nai-qing children at night to tell stories to teach, she said: "Mt. Huang Shan includes 72 peaks, 24 streams, 3 waterfalls and 2 lakes." We are excited about the third day hiking trip to the sleep. Backpack of food and clothing checked several times, because when the tour guide warned that the mountain physical exertion, while on the mountain water and food are very high, and that the mountains the temperature is only ten degrees, long sleeve will not work without the.
Or I can not sleep! Number 123 had to sleep. So I taught the little kids to sing is called "Ten Little Boys" songs, because you can use English, can count from one to ten. Weather was hot, the window the door of the brook splashed torrent, room humidity bear, but also do not know how to sleep ....
to be continue ... (writen by tracyzhou)
Author: zhouhg
