Chapter 009 Zhongxie Ancient Village

The tomb refers to the tomb, and the oblique person refers to the tomb of the palace people in ancient times. According to legend, the ancient village of Zhongxie is the site of the tombs of the "Concubine Yu" of King Yu, the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, and later members of the Yue royal family. A descendant of King Yu gathered here to form a village, and it was also the first capital of the early Yue Kingdom. , the name of Zhongxie Village comes from this. This place is surrounded by mountains, with Qinwang in the north, Longshan in the south, Xiangbi in the west, and Hongxi in the south. Shun Jiang came from the north of the village and went around the east of the village.

Dayu, the ancestor of the Yu family in Zhongxie, founded the Si family, and later the Yu family was derived from King Yu's third son Yu (Note 1). More than 80% of the people in the village have the surname Yu. The Yu family is a descendant of Dayu. According to legend, Dayu had three sons. The three sons were named Han, and they were given the surname Yu, which means Tushan family for several years. The entire ancient village is built against the mountains and hillsides. A stream flows around the village. Outside the stream is a large area of farmland, and there is also a green mountain screen to the south. Looking around, you will see that it is wrapped in silver and the scenery is suitable, which makes your eyes bright.

Not far from the entrance of the village is the Yu Family Ancestral Hall. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It faces south and has two front and rear entrances and east and west viewing towers. It has an ancient stage built in. It has elegant architecture and gorgeous carvings. There is a flagpole stone at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and a stone in the stone. Embedded with two tall flagpoles, they are slender and straight, reaching straight into the blue sky. There is a screen wall in front of the ancestral hall. On one side it is written "This branch lasts for hundreds of generations" and on the other side "It has a long history". It is a typical ancestral hall layout. Every year on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, the village holds a ceremony to offer sacrifices to Yu.

The ancestral hall has two entrances, front and rear, in the form of a courtyard. Behind the front hall of the ancestral hall is the stage, with watchtowers on both sides. The architecture of the ancestral hall is also extremely exquisite, with an elegant and simple style, with brick walls and stone pillars, and various figures and lions carved on the corbels, with unique and lifelike shapes. The back wall of the main hall is the shrine, which hangs Yu Huang, the Minister of War, the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, Yu Bingtao, the governor of Henan Province in the Qing Dynasty, who was called the Eight Masters because he came eighth in the Enke imperial examination, and Yu Jinhe, the mayor of Beijing during the Republic of China, etc. There are portraits of sages of the Yu family, and plaques such as "Mingde Hall" and "Baoli Dongtu" in the hall. It is not easy for these antiquities to be preserved.

A few of us walked slowly along the stone road outside the village. Many old houses were scattered along the way, as if we had traveled from modern times to ancient times.

When I saw the layout of this ancient village, I couldn't help but take out the compass from my clothes. I looked at the compass for a long time and said, "There are hugs on both sides, a backrest on the back, a photo in the front, and bubbles in the photo. It is indeed a place with excellent Feng Shui." There are probably not ten places like this in all of China."

There are hugs on both sides, which means that the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right are surrounded by mountains on both sides, because "hiding the wind and gathering Qi is the true acupoint, and the wind blows the air away." A good mountain is surrounded by mountains on the left and right, which can gather emotions. gas. The backing behind means the position of the back Xuanwu. It also means that the position of the backing must be close to the mountains and facing the water. The high place is the mountain and the low place is the water. In Feng Shui, the front of the house is called the bright hall, so if there is a light in the front, it means that the bright hall is very bright. There are bubbles in the photo, and the bubbles represent water vapor, which means the mountain faces the water.

The location of Zhongxie Ancient Village is surrounded by green mountains and green water, which embodies the ideal living environment that embodies the essence of Feng Shui thought. The boundaries of the village are clear, and the water system and road pattern in the village are perfectly integrated with Feng Shui principles. Most of the buildings are oriented north to south, and the entire village is divided into two parts: north and south. The ancient buildings in the village are centered on the Origin House and gradually spread to the surroundings. This is also confirmed from the architectural layout level. The traditional layout of the Origin House. The village has smooth circulation and roads extending in all directions, so the ancient village buildings are divided into several long units.

The ancient village was built on a small slope. This site selection method of village buildings has the advantage of avoiding floods and typhoon disasters. In addition, the builders made full use of the natural gaps through careful design and construction to build a dense spider web in the village. Drainage ditches and several wells and ponds not only provide the villagers with good production and living facilities, but also play a key role in firefighting and flood control.

"Oh, you're here again, why are you showing off?" Chen Ziyue glared at me.

"I'm telling the truth. Only in such a beautiful place can a woman as beautiful and intelligent as Sister Qian be born."

"Ouch, young master cousin, what's wrong with you today? I'm embarrassed to praise you so much."

"No, no, I'm not new to Baofang. Please take care of me, Master."

"It's easy to talk about."

Feng Shui also has another requirement for the front of the building. "There is a case in front of the building worth a thousand pieces of gold. If the case is not there, it will be desolate, and the middle room will be ruined and the wealth will be ruined." It should be open, but there should be a building or a mountain of moderate height as a buffer at a certain appropriate distance from the Mingtang.

Snowflakes floated down from the silver-gray sky, like white butterflies flying in the wind. The ground is covered with snowflakes, and from a distance, it looks like a silver-white ocean. Looking out of the mountains from the road in the ancient village, the vast mountains look like wax elephants. When the cold wind blows, the tall and burly trees dance like silver snakes.

"It's so beautiful." Chen Ziyue couldn't help but sigh.

"What do you think I'll build a thatched house and make a home here in the future?"

"Go to hell, if you want to live alone, we two won't accompany you."

As I walked, I saw a complex of buildings with gray walls and black tiles in front of me, called the "Balaoye Terrace Gate". This house occupies a large area and has many houses. There are three elaborately carved terrace doors in front of the house. The largest gate in the middle is specially used for officials to enter and exit. Most people use the left and right gates. A flagpole stone slab is erected on each side of the central stage gate, with the words "Enke Daoguang Xinsi" on it, which records the glory of the "Eight Masters" high school Jinshi.

The snow is still falling non-stop, like pearls, crystal clear, like goose feathers, flying one after another, like elves in the sky, naughty and cute, like catkins flying flowers, falling from the sky...

"Sister Qi, here we are, this is the patriarch's home." Xu Qian said, "Zhong Xie has been harassed recently. The patriarch is depressed and ill at home. Let's go in directly."

Si Weiqi nodded, motioning for us to step slowly and follow her in. Entering the mansion, you can see carved beams and painted roofs, cornices and exquisite patterns of floor tiles and cobblestones when you look up. The most eye-catching thing is the various exquisite carvings, as if he is in a sculpture museum. Lin Kun paid special attention to the wood carvings on the door panels. In every square inch, the vegetation is lifelike, and the characters' expressions are vivid and cute. Take a closer look, and you will see every sculpture. Each piece expresses a legendary story, which is meaningful and dizzying.

We first visited the patriarch of the Zhong Xieyu clan and informed us of our intention. However, the patriarch was old, and because the oracle bones in the ancestral hall were stolen, he became depressed and ill. After a brief conversation, Si Weiqi went to the front hall. We took a short rest there and prepared to set off to the mountains behind Wanwan.

"Sister Qi, where should we go next? I'm afraid we can't find any clues about Ye Heping in the village." I said.

"Go to the back mountain."

"Back Mountain? What are you doing in Back Mountain?"

"Do you still remember the third message on the piece of paper Ou Zhi gave us?"

"Dragon burial pit?" I suddenly recalled, "I have never heard of this dragon burial pit. Is it located in the back mountain?"

"The Dragon Burial Pit is another secret of the Yu Mausoleum that is rarely known to outsiders. The Dragon Burial Pit, like the Dragon Locking Well, is derived from the legend that King Yu locked the dragon in a deep well. , and there is also another legend, that is, the evil dragon was driven to the bottom of the dragon burial pit, and from then on it can no longer do evil in the world."

I wondered, "Then what is the secret of this dragon burial pit that makes Ye Heping not hesitate to take risks?"

"There is no secret. Sometimes, the biggest secret is."

After saying that, Si Weiqi stood up and left the ancient house. Snow fell in the narrow old alley, a lonely sky, a few alleys scattered with broken monuments and broken stones, weeds rarely seen in winter dotted with the walls, and a few familiar shepherd's purse trees spreading their green leaves and swaying in the wind .

The dust of history has long obliterated the scenery of the past, but now, Dataimen is unwilling to be left alone and has traveled through thousands of years of time, exuding many fascinating and daydream charms, allowing future generations to recall endlessly...

When we left the ancient village, looking back, the smoke rising from the mountains, the loud braying of cattle and sheep, the cries of chickens and ducks competing for food, and the gurgling Xiaoshun River south of the Yangtze River disappeared from our eyes.

Snow has covered the road up the mountain, making it very dangerous now. We took out our trekking poles and started heading towards the less visited areas on the rugged and winding mountain road.

The snow on the mountain was blown by the wind, and a big tree leaning on the side of the mountain fell down. The pine trees stand green in the white snow, swaying with the biting northwest wind and emitting a sharp and piercing whistle, as if they are deliberately despising winter.

By noon, the snow still didn’t stop. Large swaths of snowflakes fell from the dim sky. Lin Kun and the others looked down from the mountainside. In an instant, the mountains, rivers, fields, and villages were all covered in heavy white snow. Dalong Mountain in the north of the village and the large forest in the south of the village hide the Daoxiling and Mapiling ancient roads. They are also covered with snow at this time, which has the artistic conception of "the birds in the front mountain have disappeared, and all traces of people have disappeared".

Not long after walking, I saw several mounds surrounded by bamboo fences. After a closer look, I found that there were several such mounds, stretching all the way to the nearby hills. Most of them were buried by weeds. At this time, I felt... Yi Lin was surprised and said, "Could this be an ancient tomb that was stolen?"

Si Weiqi nodded thoughtfully, "The word "Zhong Xie" in "Zhong Xie" refers specifically to the tombs of the palace people. One theory is that many people from the palace of the Yue Kingdom were buried here. Another theory is that the concubine of Dayu was buried in the back of the ancient village, so it was called the "Zhong Xie". Xie. This place is located in the back mountain, and the bones of generations of ancestors of Zhongxie Village are buried here. I didn’t expect that such a turmoil would cause our ancestors to sleep restlessly.”

Note:

1. According to the "Genealogy of the Yu Family in Zhong Xie" and other documents, Dayu had three sons. The third son was named Han, and was given the surname Yu, in order to commemorate Yu's wife Tushan. It has always thrived here. The surname Yu is not only a descendant of Dayu, but this place is also the destination of Dayu's concubines. It is closely related to Dayu, so it is known as the "resort for Yu's descendants".