The most well-known century-old village in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Liantang Ancient Village will be on the list.
Liantang Village was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty during the Jingyan period (1276), has a history of more than 700 years, is the largest surname chen clan in South China from zhujie lane southward migration of the village, has been rated as a traditional Chinese village in 2013, in 2012 was rated as a guangdong province historical and cultural village.
Walking into Liantang Village, you will be greeted by a large banyan tree and a pond of water. This old banyan tree is 600 to 700 years old, and the trunk takes about 6 or 7 people to surround it, and it is still leafy.
The simple and quiet streets and alleys, the ancient houses built by the water, and the ancient buildings are scattered and scattered, which constitute the unique rural style of Liantang.
Liantang Ancient Village is a true "village growing in lotus flowers". In the middle of summer, the lotus flowers in the pond in front of the village bloom one after another, and the turquoise lotus leaves are crowded, and the whole village is filled with a faint fragrance. Behind the pond is a stretch of ancient village buildings, most of which were built in the late Qing Dynasty and early Minchu, in a comb layout, reflecting the local characteristics of Lingnan.
During the New Year's Festival, the village will set up a stage in the ancestral hall square, with gongs and drums beating and playing in a gentle way. The climax on stage was repeated, and the enthusiasm on the stage was high.
Liantang has several famous snacks, the first of which is set flour. The water in Liantang is taken from Mount Maofeng, and the water quality is very good, and the powder made of landscape water is very appetizing. At the same time, the ingredients of Liantang Setan are also unique, not only the shellfish in the river, but also the pit fish in the mountains, which are more delicious.
The second is cold powder. Liantang's cool powder is made of cool grass powder, which is mainly hilly and the mountainous terrain is very suitable for growing cool powder. Walking into the villagers' fields, you can still see that many people's fields are planted with cool powder grass, and Liantang cool powder is made of these cold grass powder.
The third is sweet potato cake. Liantang Village has a superior natural environment, good water and soil quality, a lot of sweet potato sugar grown, and the sweet potato cake made is also sweet in taste and soft and sticky.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City reporter He Ruiqi, Miao Jingtu/ Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City reporter He Ruiqi, Miao Jing
Editor of Zhou Daily And New Flower City Dong Yeheng