Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Guangdong Shawan Town: eight hundred years of rhyme.

Speaking of ancient town, old - who is not far away from Guangzhou -- in less than an hour drive to the place, there is a great of Shawan Town, a total of 4 villages, the current development of only as one of the 1 ancient village of 1/3, and this has been enough to make people exclaimed. Here, we can trace the history of 800 years footprint, oyster shell walls on the legendary, listen to the music originated in Guangdong, see the Shawan piaose, is a wonderful work of art in Shawan lion......

Shawan Town, is a historical culture and ancient architectural art treasures, is worth digging dig, one to go.

Shawan Town is located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, located in central Panyu District, North and Panyu City Center City Bridge separated only by a strip of water, the West and Foshan City Shunde district across the river, connecting South and Lam nuclear Town, Lingshan Town, Tung Chung Town, East and Qizhen border stone. The town was built in the Song Dynasty, because in ancient Gulf half-moon Beach River, hence the name "Sha wan". More than 800 years gave birth to Shawan unique Cantonese native flavor Yun Culture, since ancient times, commercial prosperity, make here has a "Sanjieliushi" reputation, become one of the famous ancient town in the Pearl River delta.

Shawan Town is a historical culture and ancient architectural art treasures.Shawan Town is a historical culture and ancient architectural art treasures.

Thirty early He Chengtian was born in this town, in addition to study from a few years, he lived in this, now is the Shawan Town of Tourism Development Company Limited marketing director. He said, roll hoop in the town high streets and back lanes in childhood, he even without looking up, eyes closed, can also through the hoop and the road impact sound, tell yourself where. Now walk every day in this, to a place, he will be able to recall his year and small partners to play the scene; to another place, is another interesting thing......

Under the leadership of He Chengtian, the reporter walked into this town, with your fingers and spiritual touch this multitude 800 years historical details......

����Leave agrarian hall

As one of the Guangdong three ancestral hall, visitors leave agrarian hall is a must-see. It is the Panyu Shawan Han he named the ancestral hall, is the typical representative of Guangdong Folk Village ancestral temple architecture design, covering an area of over 3000 square meters. System north-south strip, from south to north are big pond, high street, front gate, arch, Diaoyutai, seat, back seat and patio, East, west corridor and the village temple, well-structured, ornate, momentum is pressing.

Leave agrarian hall was built in the South Song Deyou the first year (1275), after several destroyed several buildings, now the scale is formed in the Qing emperor Kangxi years expansion, than the Chen Clan Academy in Guangzhou (founded 1890 years) as early as 170 years. Hall from the ancestral hall in front of the poetic couplet: "Yinde far from the ancestor, Xinda Ruyoko sun geng." That temple built to benefit the later generations.

The main characteristics of leave agrarian hall is a column, fine carved, book couplet is rich. There are 112 stone pillars and columns, these pillars of the raw material, was back from Southeast Asian countries purchasing. In sculpture, leave agrarian hall retains a very delicate stone carving, wood carving, Zhuandiao, gray plastic, reflects the south of the Five Ridges garden exquisite architectural art.

Liu Geng Tangshanmen front is wide, with a large paved Qingshi big street, high street on a pond, near the pond on both sides is in stone and 8 mounting a stone seat, the flagpole is the ancient to obtain fame with praise to the vertical flag. The big day things on both sides of the wall of red brick wall with color, gray plastic, the contents of "Shuang", "dragon and phoenix", "kylin is Rui", work fine, vivid, true to life likeness.

Leave agrarian hall front gate for red gold "hengbian where ancestral temple", a poetic couplet: "door on both sides of the previous repair later continued to enjoy it, with Omune in the big world." The language that leave agrarian hall built, and after several generation of people for hundreds of years. Here is the most worthy of careful appreciation is the top of the door of the beam, beam carving exquisite, especially in ancient architecture, known as the "Hump" 33 three Ruyi brackets, content full of tricks, or exotic and strangely scented flowers, birds and animals, or historical stories, all vivid.

Into the front gate, a tall stone Lane stood in front of people, this monument square called instrument door in the ancient architecture, belong to leave agrarian hall two. A monument, to ministers (large courtyards), looking back on the visible, monument on the amount of "three Liufang" vigorous of the four characters. This is in recognition of the three brothers Wan Ho ancestors to scholars in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the three people at that time was called "Ho Fung" and the like.

Courtyard is spread by red brick. The platform built by the courtyard patio, high 1 meters, is in the happy day the theatre stage. The foundation consists of a list of 15 pieces of marble, stone engraved with the "old dragon godchild", "Shuangfeng peony", "two ball", "see segment of a whole", "pine arts" and loose, plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum, peony pattern, knife work austere nature, Ling pick clear, is the yuan, next year. The ancient stone, very precious.

Go into the depth of 17 meters, is much like the hall, this scale is quite rare in the ancient temple. Tang Zhengzhong is a former rear overhang "bulk", "like" church "two pieces of red paint a wooden plaque. "Bulk" "refers to the second generation of what Qilong Shawan lamp factory, the Ming Dynasty Hongwu years Ren rites. Rites was called the "bulk"". "Virtuous hall" is to commemorate Sha Wan Ho's ancestor He Deming (No. virtuous). Like the hall consists of 4 columns and 24 two head large wooden supports, beam, Fang, Dougong have Ling pick clear hump three lines of animals and birds, flowers and insects and fish and other complex carving, a as the acme of perfection. In such a spacious tall like virtuous hall, pillar great feel more solemn, the former doesn't arise spontaneously.

In the hall of great hall, so do -- up to five or six meters, for a number of the oyster shell walls is very eye-catching, He Chengtian said, this may be the oyster shell wall of Guangdong Province the largest, each oyster shell has at least 30 cm long, with 20 years to grow so big, now almost impossible to see.

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