Nostalgia Atlas Series 〖1〗 Diantou Village, Jinyuan Town, Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Diantou Village is located in Jinyuan District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. Surrounded by mountains and ancient locusts, the village of Diantou is lined with cave dwellings, dotted on the hillside, stretching for about two kilometers from east to west. Magnificent and spectacular views. The Mengshan Village, north of Diantou Village, at an altitude of 1325 meters, is not only a summer residence of the Northern Han Emperor Liu Xue (Liu Jiyuan), but also built many bunkers here by Yan Xishan's army during the Liberation War. Standing in Mengshan Village, looking down, Taiyuan City has a panoramic view, the size of a fish pond in Jinyang Lake, and the lake surface is sparkling. Even the northernmost two power plants are clearly visible. Diantou Village showcases the historical culture, military science and farming cultural values of Kuchingyang.

The name of the shop is derived from the post shop next to the post road and the first village of the eight villages of Fengyu, and the population and shops are the first in Fengyu. He is located in the branch of Lüliang Mountain, within the mouth of Fengyugou, backed by Mengshan Mountain, south of Longshan, stretching 2 miles from east to west, 5 kilometers from Jinyang Ancient City and Taiyuan County (now Jinyuan Street Office) in the east, 10 kilometers from Jinci Scenic Area in the southeast, adjacent to Mengshan Mountain Scenic Area in the north, close to Tianlong Mountain and Longshan Scenic Area in the south, Taishan Longquan Temple is only 2 miles away from the village in the village, with convenient transportation, unique location advantages, ancient trees, surrounded by mountains, lush and lush.

The historical and cultural relics of Diantou Village can be seen everywhere, which can be described as a step by step scene, and the cultural heritage is simple and thick, creating a thousand-year-old village with rich characteristics. Diantou Village is south of the vein of Longshan Mountain, north of Mengshan Mountain, Fengyu Chai Coal Road passes through the front of the village, and the water of the Fengyu River flows into the Fenhe River from west to east from the front of the village, with mountains, lush vegetation, birds and flowers.

The main landscapes of Diantou Village are: ancient residences, Zhenwu Temple, Diantou Tomb, Mengshanzhai Bunker, Diantou "Walking Cypress" and so on.

The ancient houses of Diantou are now relatively well preserved thousand-year-old buildings, and the residential buildings are centered on the Zizhulin Temple (also known as Guanyin Hall) in Diantou. Wenchang Palace is built on the kan position referred to by bagua, located at the foot of the southeast mountain of Diantou Village, about one mile away from the Zizhulin Temple, built on the hillside, sitting on the east and west, two-story brick and stone attic hard mountain structure, the wall is a brick and wood structure, the top is a four-sided eaves wooden structure, and there are blue tiles, and the dragon head is placed in the four corners, and the carved beams and paintings on the wooden eaves are painted.

Zhenwu Temple is located at the northwest foot of Diantou Village, the temple surface is one wide, two deep, wooden structure and stone cave style architecture; for the inside and outside of the two straight-through structures, Zhenwu Emperor Cave outside the wooden bracket building, with four pine garden wood about one foot thick to support twelve small beams to build a pavilion-type offering hall, the top is a hard mountain-style single eaves roof with blue tile buckle cover, to protect from the wind and rain. The Zhenwu Temple sits on the north and south, and in the center of the offering pavilion facing the Zhenwu Emperor, there are offering tables, incense burners, and stone caves in the middle of the hall as the hall, and the walls on the east and west sides of the hall are painted with two samurai wearing armor, wearing a general's hat, holding weapons, and standing murals of magic weapons.

In the west of Fengyudiantou Village, there is a turtle-shaped mountain range, and above the "turtle" head lives the descendants of the Wang clan. The south of the "turtle" is adjacent to Tianlong Mountain and the Chengjiayu River Valley, and the north of the "turtle" is adjacent to Mengshan Mountain and the upstream Huangyegou. The valley formed after the confluence of the Zhoujiazhuanggou water system. The water of this two river valleys, south and north, has been flowing endlessly for many years, and meets at the head of the "turtle" and flows east through the village of Diantou to the Fenhe River. Here it is like a "turtle" swimming in the river, highlighting the spirit of the weather. On the back of the turtle, Jianyi served as the tomb of Wang Yongshouzhiying, the uncle of The Shangshu Wang Qiong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestral hall of the Wang clan (Wang Yongshou served as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works from 1457 to 1464 during the Tianshun period of the Ming Dynasty), which is really a treasure of feng shui. The place name is called the shop head grave.

MengshanZhai is the highest peak of Mengshan, one of the five mountains of Taiyuan West Mountain, with an altitude of 1325 meters, which is the watershed between Jinyuan Street Office and Luocheng Street Office. MengshanZhai is adjacent to Longquan Temple (also known as Taishan Temple) to the east, and Kaihuagou and Fox Ditch to the north. It is bordered by the Mengshan Ridge to the west and Fengyudiantou Village to the north. Standing at the top of Mengshan Cottage and looking down, it gives people a feeling of overlooking the mountains and a suddenly open vision.