The ancient village is like a poem, the hot land side is yearning and reminiscent; the ancient village is like a painting, thousands of rivers and mountains mark history and vicissitudes, the ancient village is like a song, and the beautiful melody is full of sour and sweet and bitter. In the geographically not vast Chaoshan land, there is a place called "Chaoshan Pearl", called Fortress Town, Fortress Town, after thousands of years of historical and cultural accumulation, the so-called spirit of the earth, has always been talented, breathtaking. There are many villages living in this hot land, many of which are the descendants of famous people, such as the ancestor of Nanchao Village, one of the former seven sages of Chaozhou, the royal professor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Retro, and the place where Xiaobian wants to take you today is the Nanchao Ancient Village where Wu Retro is located.
The Former Eight Sages of Chaozhou refer to the eight sages of Zhao De, Xu Shen, Zhang Kui, Liu Yun, Lin Xun, Wang Dabao, Lu Tong, and Wu that appeared in the Chaoshan region during the Tang and Song dynasties. The ancestor of Nanchao Ancient Village is Wu Retro, Wu Retro, Ziye, Number Long Journey, born in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty Zhenzong Jingde, Wu Retro since childhood, intelligent, RenXia good righteousness, with erudition, proficient in classics, was recommended as filial piety, Song Shenzong was named a professor of the imperial palace during the Song Dynasty. With the famous ministers of the Song Dynasty, Sima Guang, Han Qi, Su Dongbo and others are close friends, because they hate the deceit of the palace field, indifferent to the career path, with filial piety as a word, the above table retired, has been semi-reclusive in the village, teaching and educating people.
Nanchao Ancient Village, the ancient buildings in the country include Daxiang Gate Tower, Olive Bridge, Nanchao Ferry, Liufang Ancestral Hall and so on. The More Lou and the Olive Bridge are Ming Dynasty buildings, and there are 44 traditional Chaoshan houses. Representative residences include the Yuanyuan Public Hall, the Ni Cuo Hall, and the Tiankui Public Hall. Built in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the Yanyuan Gong Hall is a large-scale house with the characteristics of the early Ming Dynasty, seven open, four, three patios, two bags lanes, and one back bag lane, with a total of more than 70 houses in the hall; Ni Cuo Hall was built in the three years of Ming Hongwu, sitting east to west, five open and three into two patio patterns, which can be called "crab land" by Kan public opinions, Tiankui public hall sits north to south, two into one patio pattern, and also layouts houses with "three streets, six lanes, nine qia halls", called "Ding gaidi".
The most important ancient architectural relics in the village are the Wu Family Temple and the Wu Retro Former Residence. Wu's Family Temple is the main building of Nanchao Village, with a very strong historical background, most of the elements of the building are taken from ancient documents, such as the Ming Dynasty Lin Youlin's "Suyuan Stone Spectrum", Su Shi's "Twelve Stones of Beihai" and so on. The front hall of the family temple has a yang lian, which was written by Wu Retro and is very superb. "Idle cranes are full of nature in the sky, and the depths of the white clouds are my home" This is the true portrayal of Wu Retro, who is known as "Mr. Yuanyou", who has traveled all over the world all over his life, and his footprints are all over the country.
Although they live in the countryside, the villagers' ideology and culture are influenced by their environment and ancestors, especially in terms of religious culture, but Nanchao Ancient Village is not "pedantic". Wandering around the village, you can see that there are traditional Taoist shrines, Buddhist temples, and even Catholic churches, Christian churches, religious beliefs in the village are gods, Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, according to the villagers, the village enshrines the legal persons such as Lord Fude, Shennong the Great, Hua Gong Ma, Xuantian God, Pearl Lady and other Chinese and Western "gods".
Nanchao ancient village, the water is shining, slowly along the creek. The water network in the village is staggered, surrounded by inland rivers, and the intact historical and ancient buildings are all over the village, and in history, it has the reputation of "five doors and seven buckets to cover Chaozhou". Warm hospitality, strong cultural heritage of Nanchao ancient village, worth a visit, taste a taste.
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