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00:01:04Xucun Town, a thousand-year-old ancient town hidden between Huangshan and
00:01:08the mountains.
00:01:12More than 200 ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties
00:01:15stand side by side, unfolding in layers.
00:01:18In a thousand years of history,
00:01:22from the decline of the sunset to
00:01:25the magnificent chapter of continuous cultural heritage.
00:01:29Master
00:01:31Shu's ancestral teachings
00:01:34are born here without hesitation.
00:01:37Generations of people pass on
00:01:40the prosperity of interactions with the upper class.
00:01:45All the flowing ancient Huizhou dialects
00:03:02are good. However, Xucun Town is located in the southern mountainous area of Anhui.
00:03:05From nowhere, a southern ancient
00:03:08town, why engrave the northern memories of
00:03:12the Gobi Desert in its folk customs?
00:03:14The answer is hidden in
00:03:18the migration path of Xucun
00:03:20people.
00:03:25Ancient Huizhou, where Xucun Town is located, is hidden in Huangshan and
00:03:28Tianmu Mountain.
00:03:47It directly connects to Jiangnan, a place of continuous
00:03:51culture and prosperity. The mountain roads of Fanshan and Yueling
00:03:54also connect to the outside world.
00:03:57。
00:05:20The two rivers, Xiyu and Shenxi, meet in the center of the basin, forming
00:05:26two good waters
00:05:28and a double pattern.
00:05:33Shenxi was the earliest settlement of Xucun people.
00:05:37In order to make it convenient for every household to
00:05:41access water,
00:06:13these words were convenient for fetching water, and also convenient for
00:06:17farming and defense.
00:06:20The earliest two villages, Dongxi and Qianxi, grew up here.
00:06:23As the population grew, the villages
00:06:26gradually spread along the two streams up and down.
00:06:30The communication between water
00:06:32and mountain roads also closely connected
00:06:36these scattered villages. They
00:06:40slowly covered and took shape along the Fuzi River,
00:06:43Faxi, and Shengxi three water systems. Finally,
00:06:47six major areas were formed: Shacheng, Gaoyang,
00:06:50Dongsheng, Huanquan, Qianxi, and Jincun.
00:06:54Gaoyang is the facade of Xucun Town.
00:06:57It is located in the ancient town
00:07:01and is the area with the most concentrated national-level ancient architectural relics
00:07:05in the entire town. Shacheng Piling Fuzi River,
00:07:08with rice processing as its characteristic industry.
00:07:19It is also a gathering place for workshops such as pine smoke and bamboo weaving.
00:07:21Huanquan was specialized in tile firing
00:07:25and incense powder processing, and was one of the industrial centers
00:07:29of the ancient town. Dongsheng was the earliest
00:07:33commercial district, where businesses and residences were mixed on Dongsheng Road,
00:07:37with shops facing
00:07:38the street.
00:08:13The wedding banquet is held at the intersection of Gaoyang Road and Dongsheng Road.
00:08:16This is also the area where the most national key cultural
00:08:20relics and ancient buildings in Xucun Town are concentrated.
00:08:24Within a short hundred meters, Gaoyang Bridge, Shuangshou Chengen
00:08:28Square, Daguanting, and Wumafang, four
00:08:31ancient buildings, span the three dynasties of Yuan, Ming, and Qing.
00:08:35Their forms and styles vary, but they are closely adjacent.
00:08:39Visitors to the ancient town.
00:08:47But for Xucun people, this is a distant
00:08:50and sacred place.
00:08:52。
00:09:01What continues is the tradition of Xucun people's family values,
00:09:05and the taste on their lips comes from the wisdom of Huizhou merchants'
00:09:09lives on their long journeys.
00:09:14The road is long, the climate is humid, fresh fish, fresh
00:09:17meat, and tofu are not easy to store. People
00:09:21use salting, smoking, fermenting, and air-drying methods
00:09:25to turn perishable ingredients into supplements that are easy
00:09:28to preserve and suitable for long journeys. The smelly mandarin fish
00:09:32of Xian'anjiang, the hairy tofu
00:09:34of Shendu, and the knife board box of Shexian.
00:09:38These Huizhou flavors that were once popular on trade routes.
00:10:25This ancient town is not only a composite living complex,
00:10:29but also a miniature collection of Huizhou culture.
00:10:33集 解
00:10:33。
00:10:41Today is Tingting's wedding day.
00:10:45According to the custom of the ancient town, the wedding procession
00:10:48must pass through the ancient building complex.
00:10:50。
00:10:52This route, from the oldest one.
00:11:55It also continues to witness every important moment
00:11:58in Xu Village's life.
00:12:01After crossing Gaoyang Bridge, less than ten meters away,
00:12:05is the landmark building of Xucun Town, Daguanting.
00:12:08Daguanting has been around for nearly
00:12:1230 years, with a total height of 11.75 meters,
00:12:15and is the tallest ancient building in Xucun Town.
00:12:19。
00:12:55Xucun Town is located in a mountainous area. Local craftsmen
00:12:59cleverly integrate brick walls and wooden structures, allowing the bottom
00:13:02floor to connect two floors, which saves wood and
00:13:06enhances the stability of the building. And the most
00:13:10eye-catching design of Daguanting is the hidden
00:13:13gable roof
00:13:14at the top.
00:13:20Mostly used in important buildings such as temples and ancestral
00:13:23halls, the most typical one.
00:13:55The eaves are curved, and the black roof is high,
00:13:58allowing rainwater to flow down, which is more suitable
00:14:02for the rainy climate of southern Anhui.
00:14:05Daguan Mansion has the appearance of a pavilion, but
00:14:09it is actually an octagonal path that can be traversed.
00:14:11。
00:14:15Taking Daguanting as the center, it happens to be located
00:14:18near the intersection of Fangxi and Shengxi. In the eyes of Xucun
00:14:22people,
00:14:55these undulating walls are one of the most
00:14:58distinctive symbols of Huizhou architecture, the horse-head wall.
00:15:39After the Ming Dynasty, Huizhou merchants rose,
00:15:42and wealthy families rebuilt their homes in their hometowns.
00:15:46In ancient Huizhou, flat land was scarce,
00:15:50houses became denser, and wooden structures became
00:15:54closer, leading to an increase in fires.
00:15:56In the 16th year of Ming Hongzhi, the core of Huizhou Prefecture ordered
00:16:00the implementation of the wind and fire wall system, using walls higher than
00:16:04the roof to separate the houses and prevent the spread of fire.
00:16:09From then on, the walls changed from a defensive
00:16:12function to a unique symbolic
00:16:16symbol of Huizhou
00:16:16architecture.
00:16:21What Xucun people use most often are official seal-shaped
00:16:25and imperial hat-shaped walls. The official seal
00:16:29symbolizes ancient official seals, implying smooth official careers,
00:16:32while the imperial hat symbolizes official
00:16:36positions, signifying the Xucun people's pursuit of education and official careers.
00:17:01This kind of green tea leaf is tightly rolled, with a green color and a unique
00:17:05infectious aroma. Relying on Songluo tea, Xu Shengyuan
00:17:09became a representative tea
00:17:12Years of tea business have left a clear
00:17:16mark on this mansion.
00:17:18Xu Shengyuan's mansion only has three courtyards. It looks
00:17:22plain from the outside, but every detail inside is exquisite.
00:17:25Entering the first courtyard, almost every wooden
00:17:29door and every carved window has exquisite wood
00:17:33carvings. Among them, the tea fox pattern directly
00:17:36confirms the Xu family's.
00:18:07Colored
00:18:09glass.
00:18:19Looking at it against the light, the faces of people are faintly
00:18:22visible on the glass. This is not ordinary
00:18:26glass, but old glass negatives.
00:18:29They preserve precious images of Xu Shixian's ancestors.
00:18:33During the Republic of China, they were specially photographed.
00:18:43These glass negatives preserved the faces of their ancestors
00:18:47and also reflected the sincere intention of a Huizhou merchant
00:18:50family's inheritance. Xu Shengyuan is just
00:18:54a microcosm of Xucun Huizhou merchants. During
00:18:58the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the footprints of Huizhou merchants
00:19:02in Xucun Town covered more than half of China and even overseas.
00:19:06Folk
00:19:16proverbs say that in this commercial map, Xucun Town is a key town for Huizhou merchants to go north.
00:19:20When Xucun merchants went out to make a living,
00:19:23the first road they took
00:19:24was the Ruolin Ancient Road.
00:19:32Xu Qi, a scholar of Anhui Hui Studies,
00:19:36has long been committed to.
00:20:15The vast majority of them went out through this road. In ancient Huizhou, there were many mountains and long roads, and most of the freight was transported by water, but the Huangshan Mountains crisscrossed the area, cutting off the direct connection between the Xin'an River
00:20:19and the Yangtze River Basin.
00:20:21。
00:20:26The Danjia Bridge at the northern foot of Huangshan Mountain is about 40
00:20:29kilometers long. It officially connects the two major
00:20:33water systems, connecting Huizhou and the core waterway of the Yangtze River Basin.
00:21:20It is not only a blueprint for future generations to forge
00:21:24ahead, but also a key link for ancient Huizhou to integrate
00:21:28into the Chinese commercial system. Until today,
00:21:31there is still a kind of cultural and artistic treasure that once
00:21:35crossed mountains and ridges to the outside
00:21:37world.
00:21:40The archway in front is built in the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty
00:21:44for two centenarians.
00:21:45。
00:21:58More than four hundred years have passed, and the inscriptions on the Shuangshou Chengen Square have not been repainted, but are still clearly visible. Why can this
00:22:02black color withstand hundreds of years of wind
00:22:05and rain and remain
00:22:07vibrant?
00:22:12In the Huimo factory where Chen Guosheng is located, the ancient
00:22:16oil smoke ink making process has been completely preserved.
00:22:21Every step of the process is strictly followed,
00:22:24not daring to be neglected in the slightest.
00:22:28The red oil and the ink are mixed
00:22:30together.
00:22:33The soot it produces reaches the top of the
00:22:37bowl, and then we collect it, which is the raw material for making
00:22:41the ink. After curing for more than a year, we will make
00:22:44it again.
00:23:25This seemingly tedious repetition is the key
00:23:29to making the Huizhou ink like jade and as
00:23:32smooth as oil.
00:23:36After the ink stick is formed, it also needs
00:23:40to be cured in a drying
00:23:41room for a whole year.
00:23:51The circulation is slow.
00:23:51This allows the ink to slowly dry and become dense and stable.
00:24:00。
00:24:04In 1915, a piece of Huizhou ink named "Earth Ink"
00:24:07was displayed at the Panama Pacific International Exposition
00:24:11and won a gold medal. The reason why Huizhou
00:24:15ink can go nationwide and overseas is inseparable
00:24:18from the transportation location
00:24:21of Xucun Town. In those days, ink
00:24:24came to Xucun by water, then crossed the Ruolin Ancient
00:24:28Road, entered the market towns of the Yangtze River Basin,
00:24:32and finally entered the literati's study.
00:24:34Ink will also go further and further
00:24:38through the promotion of literati. It turns ink from
00:24:42a consumable into an artwork,
00:24:44one or two gold.
00:24:46Later, literati, calligraphers, and painters
00:25:03created cultural and artistic treasures with aesthetic and collection
00:25:06value. This finally led to the reputation
00:25:10that "the best ink in the world is from Huizhou".
00:25:12And in Xucun Town, what the ancient Shuangshou Chengen
00:25:16Square has left behind is not only the long-lasting
00:25:20charm of Huizhou ink, but also a building symbol
00:25:24that continues the unique style of Huizhou, the upside-down lion.
00:25:27The ancient stone lions commonly seen are mostly
00:25:31sitting upright and majestic, but the stone lion
00:25:34on this archway has its head down and its tail
00:25:37up. Why would they hang the lion upside
00:25:41down?
00:25:43In ancient times, the lion symbolized warding off evil and protecting
00:25:46the home, but the Ming Dynasty's etiquette was strict.
00:25:50The powerful gatekeepers were mostly for official use,
00:25:54and ordinary people could not use them privately.
00:25:58The resourceful Huizhou people found a clever way to
00:26:01invite the lion from
00:27:52the front of the gate.
00:27:58Do you know what our school's motto is? "Learning
00:28:36from enlightened education to national sentiment, integrity,
00:28:39wisdom, and strictness." This spirit
00:28:43has long been integrated into the blood of Xucun
00:28:46people, becoming the confidence and character of this thousand-year-old
00:28:50ancient town, which thrives endlessly.
00:29:38Today, Xucun Town is still a vibrant facet of ancient
00:29:42Huizhou culture. Its vitality is endless,
00:29:45,
00:29:47passed down. Amidst the green mountains
00:29:51and clear waters of southern Anhui, Xucun Town is quietly
00:29:55writing a new legend of a thousand-year-old
00:29:57ancient town.