The surname Deng is the 27th wa clan in China, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan. Today, the deng population accounts for about 0.62% of the country's population, with a total population of about 8.21 million.
Tour Line 1: The birthplace of the Deng surname in Dengzhou City, Henan Province - the State of Deng in the Western Zhou Dynasty
According to the "Spring and Autumn Geographical Examination", the uncle of King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty, the ancestor of the Deng surname, established the State of Deng in dengzhou county in present-day Nanyang City, which was the earliest fiefdom of the Deng surname and the birthplace of the Deng surname. Today, the ruins of the ancient city of Deng Guo are still preserved here. Dengzhou has beautiful scenery and many cultural relics. There are fossil sites from 1.3 billion years ago, Neolithic cultural sites, and sites of the Shang, Warring States and Han Dynasties. The golden coffins and silver rafters of Song Dynasty cultural relics excavated from the Pagoda Underground Palace of Fusheng Temple in Dengzhou have caused a sensation at home and abroad.
Transportation reference: Deng Guo Ancient City is located in Baliwang Village, a suburban township 2.5 kilometers southeast of Dengzhou, and it only takes about 10 yuan to charter a car (noodle) in Dengzhou to deng guo's ancient city. By way: Longgou Scenic Area, Neixiang Tianxin Cave Scenic Area, Neixiang Baotianman Scenic Area, Xixia Funiu Mountain Scenic Area.
Tour 2: Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (Deng Shichang Memorial Hall) - Qujiang County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province (Tang Ancestral Hall)
(1) Deng Shichang Memorial Hall, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
The memorial hall of the national hero Deng Shichang in the Sino-Japanese War is located at No. 2, LongzhaLi, Erlong Street, Baogang Avenue, Haizhu District. The museum was established in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Deng Shichang's martyrdom. The Original Tang Ancestral Hall was built by the Tang clan after The heroic martyrdom of Deng Shichang and the pension issued by the government at that time. After Deng Shichang was martyred in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Naval Battle in 1894, the Qing court posthumously named him a "Congyi pin" official, so the main entrance of the ancestral hall was built with six steps according to the specifications of a Yipin official. The whole building is based on long granite rock, 1 meter above the ground and then built with water milled table brick walls, with the imported Pontianak as columns and beam frames, and the roof is a gray plastic tile ridge and green barrel tile surface, which is a Lingnan ancestral hall style building of the canon plough. The Deng Shichang Memorial Hall, built on the basis of the Tang Ancestral Hall, covers an area of 4,700 square meters and exhibits more than 200 pieces of various cultural relics, photos, documents, models, sculptures, wax figures and so on.
Transportation reference: In Guangzhou, take bus No. 29, 53, 69, 121, 244, 210, 270, 530 to get off at Baogang Avenue Middle Station. Tickets: 5 yuan (3 yuan for groups, 1 yuan for students). Hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:00 a.m. - I2:00 a.m., 14:00 -16:30 p.m., (Saturday, Sunday 9:00 -16:30).
(2) Tang Clan Ancestral Hall in Qujiang County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
200 years ago, the watchtowers, the mangers of the dignitaries, and the book houses with carved beams and paintings - every meticulous place in the Tang Clan Ancestral Hall in Caojiaowan Village, Xiaokeng Town, Qujiang County, Shaoguan City, exudes its elegance and dignity. Caojiaowan is a village surnamed Deng, where people surnamed Deng moved from their ancestral home, Nanyang City, Henan Province, 400 years ago. What is amazing is that the village still retains more than 10 plaques of the emperors of the Six Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, most of which involve the old royal affairs and political anecdotes of that year. How to hide such a once prominent past in this remote village is a mystery that is still difficult for the villagers.
Transportation reference: Shaoguan City Railway Station is very convenient to take a car to Maba, the drive is about half an hour, the fare is 3 yuan. Due to the remote location of Caojiaowan Village, it is convenient to find locals to guide you after arriving in Maba. Accommodation: Xiaokeng town accommodation is very convenient, standard rooms as long as 120-200 yuan, luxury standard rooms as long as 240-380 yuan.
By the way: There is the Nanhua Temple of the Zen Sect's Nanpai Ancestral Court in Jiangxian County, and it is said that the famous saying of the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism, "Bodhi Ben Non-Tree", is derived from this. The temple contains many precious cultural relics, such as the Robes and Sacred Wills of the Thousand Buddhas of the Tang Dynasty, the wood-carved Arhat statues of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Large Bronze Bells of the Southern Song Dynasty.
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