The planning of Fengyuan Ancient Village in Conghua is rigorous, and there are more than ten alleys in the north and south. Each alley has its own system, and things are not connected. From west to east, more than ten lanes are named Hefengli, Ningleli, Songshuli, Li Yuanlong, Li Siyuan, Fushouli, Taiheli, Jiuwudi, Shangmashi, Zhongxin Lane, heming Lane and Anfuli respectively.
Among them, Hefengli and Ningleli are located on the west side of the gatehouse of Fengyuan ancient village, belonging to the ancient township established at the beginning of the construction of the village at the end of the Song Dynasty (Ningleli was called Le Ningxiang in ancient times, which was a place name in Conghua that existed in the Song Dynasty). Ten lanes on the east side of the gatehouse in Fengyuan ancient village are mostly village lanes built in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
According to historical records and villagers' oral accounts, there are seven ancestral temples in Fengyuan ancient village, which are Shitian Temple, Yunlin Temple, Yinqiao Temple (now disappeared), Jing 'en Temple (Gengyin Temple), Yunlu Temple, Zhuyue Temple and Bohai Grand Temple from west to east. It is the earliest and most built ancestral temple in all villages in Conghua.
Most of the ancestral halls in Fengyuan Village are official ancestral halls resting at the top of the mountain. These ancestral temples were built by Ouyang family members who took the imperial examination and returned to China to be officials. There is a golden stone archway in the village (located in Zhu Yue Gong Temple) and a pair of flagpole clips (located in front of Yunlin Gong Temple). According to villagers' memories, there were nearly ten pairs of flagpoles with various fame and fortune before and after liberation, and then they disappeared one after another.
These ancestral halls are all three-way layout, with granite stone steps at the entrance and wood carvings on the eaves of the ancestral halls. The wood blocks are wide, the wood carvings are thin and varied. In particular, the stories of characters are portrayed on the eaves of ancestral temples, such as the most unique ancient drama scenes, and there are many. All kinds of Lingnan style paintings are carved in one go! The names of the ancestral halls are engraved on the gatehouse, and the left and right sides are couplets of the ancestral halls themselves. On both sides of the first entrance are the wing, patio and activity place. Erjin is the central hall, where people hold sacrificial ceremonies or discuss meetings. The palace is magnificent, the courtyard is spacious, the beams are finely carved, and all kinds of wood carvings in the hall are lifelike and exquisite, which are exquisite wood carvings. Behind the Sanjin Hall is the ancestral memorial tablet enshrined by clan relatives, which is the main place for various key sacrificial activities. The tile roof of each hall, with fish-gray plastic on both sides, is not only a symbol of the building, but also a lightning protection function.
Let's learn more about the ancestral halls in ancient villages.
1. Bohai Grand Ancestral Hall: Located on the east side of the gatehouse of Fengyuan ancient village, near Rongshutou, between Hemingli (Lane) and Anfuli (Lane), it is a three-step official ancestral hall, leaning on the top of the mountain. It was built more than 600 years ago during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. This ancestral hall has always been a shrine dedicated to the ancestors of the village to the seven ancestors, and it is also a place where Ouyang people in Fengyuan ancient village held winter festivals in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the early Republic of China. In the early 1970s, the first entrance and the second entrance were demolished, and now only a part of the third entrance is left.
(1) Winter Sacrifice to the Great Ancestral Temple: Every winter solstice, ancestor worship ceremony will be held according to rural practices. All the old people over 60 years old, the upstart of China who became famous in the imperial examination, the rural sages who went abroad to retire as officials, the middle school students who graduated after the Republic of China and the leaders of Jiabao's rural areas gathered in the Great Ancestral Temple in Bohai Sea. The Winter Festival has also become one of the sights for Yi people to dress and return home. Line up in the order of seniority and seniority, with new subjects or graduates as the chief priests and eulogies. Bow down to the big gift, raise a glass together, win together, and have a good meal, which is more abundant than Chinese New Year.
? (2) Winter Festival of Bohai Grand Ancestral Hall:
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Woody water source of Suxian Temple in Ya Su Yong, where ancestors were sacrificed at the age of 18.
2. Zhu Yue Temple: Located on the west side of the Bohai Grand Ancestral Hall, between the central lane and the Shangmashi (Lane), it is a three-step, official-style Ming Dynasty ancestral temple (built in 1396, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yue was only 24 years old at that time. The specific year of building the temple remains to be verified). The ancestral hall is mainly dedicated to Yue, the eighth ancestor of the village.
Ouyang Zhonghui, formerly known as Hou Haogong. It is said that Li Minbiao wrote an inscription for the horizontal tablet of Zhu Yuegong Temple (therefore, the real construction time of Zhu Yuegong Temple may definitely be 158 1 year before Li Minbiao died). Yue (1372- 1427), aged 56, has eight sons and three daughters. These eight sons are: Zu Tong (Ishida), Huang Zu (I don't know if the traditional Chinese characters composed of the giant light of the sun are "yellow", Yuexi), Zuchang (Songxuan), Zukui (Gu Yin), Zuming (Yi 'an), Shanping (Songxi), Zuxiu (something) and Shanchang. The eldest daughter married Ma Cun, and the second daughter married Deng Yu of Deng Cun.
Ouyang Jin was born in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1586). He was the great-grandson of Yue and the great-grandson of Shi Tiangong. At first, he was a magistrate and official in Putian County, Fujian Province, and served as an imperial envoy, accompanying the queen to the Nanhai Temple to worship the gods. Zhu Yuegong Temple still retains Ouyang Jinzhi's golden stone archway.
Ou Yangxun, Ouyang Jin's brother, is also Yue's great-grandson and Ishida's grandson. Qin Long has been in the Ming Dynasty for four years, and he was elected to imperial academy. 1569 Tribute, glamorous main book, Nanchang House with rich experience (managing documents).
3. Yunlu Gongci: Located in the west of Zhuyue Gongci, between Shangmashi (Lane) and the Ninth Five-Year Plan (Lane), it is a three-step official ancestral temple built in the Ming Dynasty. This ancestral hall is mainly dedicated to the eight ancestors of the village, Yunlu Gong, and now it is the main venue for Chinese wedding banquets and banquets for the elderly in Fengyuan ancient village. The square in front of the ancestral hall is also the venue for the folk activities of throwing colorful doors in Fengyuan Village on holidays.
Ouyang Yuanguang, whose name is Yunlu, is bright, and later called Yunlu Gong. This man (1362-1428) died at the age of 67 and gave birth to seven sons: Zuhao, Zuheng, Zuzhi, Zuchang, Zuqian, Zu Xin and Zuhe. Ouyang Zuo, the grandson and the third son of Duke Yun Lugong, was a juren in Ming Chenghua's Yi You year (1465). Zeng Shibin was a fellow student (grade five), and later he was transferred to Zhongjun and Dusi (management documents) in Guangxi. Therefore, the real construction time of Yunlu Temple may be around 1465. Ouyang Lei (1892- 1967), a celebrity in the Republic of China, is a direct descendant of Yunlugong.
In front of Yunlu Temple, there are several pairs of flagpole clips representing the fame of high school. At present, the ancestral hall is also inlaid with inscriptions on the rebuilding of the ancestral hall in the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868).
4. Jing 'en Gongci (Gengyin Gongci): Located in the west of Yunlu Gongci, between the old house (lane) and Taihe Lane, it is a Sanjin official ancestral temple built in the Ming Dynasty (the date of establishment remains to be verified). This ancestral hall is mainly dedicated to the ninth ancestor of the village, Geng Yin Gong. It was originally Gengyin Gongmiao, and later renamed Jingen Gongmiao. The temple has been in disrepair for a long time and is seriously damaged. Stone pillars and walls are in danger of tilting.
Ouyang Zuxin, named Geng Yin, is the son of Duke Yun Lugong and the father of Ouyang Zuo, a juren in the year of Yi You in Chenghua. Therefore, the real construction time of Jing 'en Temple may be around 1465.
5. Yunlin Gongci: It is located on the west side of Jing 'en Gongci, between Songshuli (Lane) and Li Yuanlong (Lane), and the nearest to the gate house of Fengyuan Ancient Village. It is a three-step, official ancestral hall, built in the Ming Dynasty (the year of its establishment has yet to be verified), and there are still a pair of flagpole clips in front of it. The ancestral hall is mainly dedicated to the eighth ancestor Yunlin Gong in the village. Yunlin Temple is about 80 meters long and 30 meters wide, with a total area of 2,268 square meters. It is a rare ancestral temple in Guangzhou and the largest ancestral temple in Conghua. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even before and after liberation, ancestral temples were mostly used as private schools and rural schools.
Ouyang Ruiguang, named Yunlin, was later called Yunlin Gong. Yunlingong (1366— 1440) died at the age of 75. He gave birth to seven sons and saved five sons: Zushun, Zushen, Zuhou, Zuju and Zuhua (Zuji and Zugao, the second son died young). Have another daughter and marry Habata Li Hong.
Ouyang Huang, Ouyang Hui and his son. Ouyang Hui, the son of Ouyang Huang, was named a boxer in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, that is, 1600. He has served as the director of Nanjing Criminal Department of He Lin County, the county magistrate of Xianghe County, and the governor of Wei Jinyi, MC Jin (He Lin County was later renamed Hexian County, and now Hejie Town, Hezhou City, Guangxi). Posthumous title, the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness of the Great Sheep herder. Ouyang Huang is the fifth son of Duke Yunlin-the ninth ancestor Ouyang Zuhua. Dong Xuan). In the Ming Dynasty, he wrote a letter of recommendation to the sages (recommended by rural sages, selected by rural sages), saying that he was a juren in 1570, returned to Anxian County to teach Yu and Nanjing County to make meritorious deeds for his son (Ouyang Hui), and was awarded the advanced Chengde Lang (with seven awards).
To sum up, Yunlin Temple was built around 1570 or 1600.
6. Shitian Gongci: Located on the west side of Yunlin Gongci and Fengyuan Ancient Village, between Hefengli (Lane) and Ningleli (Lane). It was built in the Ming Dynasty (which year remains to be verified). The shrine is mainly dedicated to the ninth ancestor Ishida Gong.
Ouyang Zutong (no. Ishida), the eldest son of Ouyang Zhuguang, the eighth ancestor of Zhu Yue, was born and died in unknown years, ranging from 1390 to 1460. Ouyang Jin (1586), a scholar in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and Ou Yangxun (1569), a tribute next year, are the grandchildren of Ishida Gong.
In the long years, the ancient village of Fengyuan has gradually formed the richest rural couplets culture in Conghua, relying on the gatehouse, alley building and ancestral temple building. We will explain it to you one after another.