Lianxi Village, located in Shuangtang Town, Jinxi County, Jiangxi, its ancient name is Lianxili, and in the west of the village, there is still an ancient "Lianxili" coupon arch, far away from the green mountains, just like a natural barrier. The "Geographical Names of Jinxi County" says: "Lianxi, located at the foot of Elephant Mountain on the southwest bank of the Shuangchen River, 2 kilometers south-west of Shuangtanggang. 44 households, 247 people. During the Song Dynasty (1107-1110), the Zhou clan moved here from the Zhou family of Benyi Mashan. Because of the lotus root in the creek on the edge of the village, it is named. "Nowadays, the village mainly has hu, Zhou and Wang surnames living in the group, and the lianxi is divided into three plates by the laneway, the Hu family in the west, the Zhou family in the middle, and the Wang family in the east.
Lotus Creek
Sister-in-law's Festival Filial Piety Arch
Double Dragon Play Beads, Danyang Double Phoenix, Fish and Dragon Variation, Seawater Beast, Character Scenes and other stone carvings
Not far from the right side of the "Lianxi Li" gate, there is a archway site, only four stone pillars and foreheads are left, the character plate and other components are unknown, and there are carved patterns on both sides, such as double dragon play beads, Danyang double phoenix, fish and dragon changes, seawater beasts, character scenes, etc., although the mutilation is also exquisite. Some scholars have studied that this is a sister-in-law's filial piety arch. Tongzhi's Jinxi County Chronicle, Vol. 29 of 5, Festivals and Filial Piety: "The Nine Capitals... Dynasty... Two Wu clans, Lianxi Zhou Mengxiang's wife returned in the nineteenth year, twenty-five and Meng Xiang died. Zi Bo Qianfu one year old, prepared for hardship, fu orphan establishment, married a woman Wu Shi, gave birth to a grandson and Bo Qian died, the year of the woman was twenty-one, the daughter-in-law was standing alone, the bitter festival was for decades, and the hearers sighed. Ten years of Qianlong. Jingbiao built a workshop. ”
Lianxi Hujia Gatehouse
Hu family
From the "Lianxi Li" gate to the east is the Hujia Gate Tower, the façade shape is four pillars and three wall-sticking archways, the atmosphere is clean and simple, there is a pond through the gatehouse, the Ganpai style residential houses are built in the face of water, because these houses have long been uninhabited, the pond has not been cleaned up for a long time, and it is already weedy and silted.
The mountains are beautiful
Lianxi Zhoujia Gatehouse
Flagpole stones
Hexagonal flagpole stone
To the east of the Hu family is the Zhou family, which also has a gate tower as an interface sign, the front of which is three open porches, and the eaves are linked to each other: Zong Shi Ji Dan, Xue Shao Lian Xi. Lianxi refers to Zhou Dunyi, indicating that the Lianxi Zhou clan and the Song Dynasty master Zhou Dunyi are of the same origin, and the Village still retains the Eileen Academy, and the word "Eileen" is also from Zhou Dunyi's "Eileen Sayings". Eileen College is located in the south of the village, and there is a plaque on the side of the abandoned house with the inscription "Zhilan Qixiu", the former paragraph is "Shunxing Brother Taiya Genus", and the drop is "Dinghai Zhongchun Wu Da Lei Book". The "Chronicle of Jinxi County Geographical Names" says: During the Song Dynasty (1107-1110), the Zhou family moved here from the Zhou family in Benyi Mashan. In front of the gatehouse, there are three flagpole stones for Zhou Xiangfeng, which are engraved with "Ugly Enke Keren", "Gengyin Enke Jinshi", "Hand-picked Cabinet Zhongshu", especially the "Hand-picked Cabinet Zhongshu" flagpole stone shape is unique and rare, composed of six rectangular stone slabs surrounded by hexagonal columns, covered with hexagonal shapes spliced by two stone slabs, with round holes in the middle for planting flagpoles. According to reports, Zhou Xiangfeng (1864-1910), Guangxu sixteen years (1890) Gengyin Branch Three Ranks 34 jinshi. In April of the 25th year of Guangxu, he was awarded the cabinet secretary, and in the same year, in accordance with the new coastal defense regulations, he donated tongzhi and was assigned to Sichuan, and in February of the following year, he went to the province. In March 29, he was appointed as the tongzhi of the Xuyong Directly Subordinate Department. In March of the 30th year, with the title of "young and talented, Yu Yangwu said that he was familiar with it" to supplement the Yazhou capital Jingxi Guantongzhi. He served as a senator for thirty-two years, and was a subordinate of Zhang Yintang, the minister stationed in Tibet, in charge of WenMu. Immediately to the left of the gatehouse is the "Mountain Hui Chuan Mei" house, from its internal beam structure, it was originally a building such as an ancestral hall, and its side arch has the ruins of the Zhou Family Temple, and all three gates have been blocked.
Bluestone slab streets and alleys
Ganpai residences
Coupon arches
Adobe houses
courtyard
Fish pond flower stand
Bluestone slab wall skirt
Ruyi ornamented stone carved flower window
From the Zhoujia Gate Tower into the interior, the roadways are paved by 2 meters long stone slabs, which are still very flat, there is a ticket arch engraved with "RuiYi Li Gate", more than ten Ganpai style buildings are arranged on both sides of the roadway, Lianxi Zhoujia building group is the largest, the highest quality, the most complete, such as the remains of stone house ruins made of up to seven-storey stone slab masonry on the north slope of the village. In addition, the patio position in the courtyard is surrounded by a railing to form a square fish pond, and two rows of high and low flower tables are set in the middle, and the railings are carved on both sides, which is also rare and breathtaking.
Lianxi Wangjia Sanhuai First Gate Building
In the easternmost part of Lianxi, there is the gate tower of the "Three Acacias" is the Wang family, and the three acacias are the wang clan hall number, so it is called the three acacia kings.
In short, the glory of Lianxi is unimaginable to you, although now all you can see is the scene of ruins and broken walls, people going to the empty building, but at least you can see the Ganpai architectural culture here difficult inheritance, has not yet reached the most unbearable demolition or new construction.