Cuiheng Village is the hometown of Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of China's democratic revolution. It is located in the southeast of Nanlang Town, Zhongshan. According to legend, during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, people named Cai built a village here, and it was named Cai Keng because it was located at the edge of a mountain pit. Later generations saw the village with lush trees, rippling clear water and beautiful scenery. The dialects "Cai" and "Cui", "Hangzhou" and "Heng" are homophonic, meaning that everything is prosperous, so Daoguang was renamed Cuiheng in the early years, and it has been used ever since.
Cuiheng Village, from site selection, layout, architectural design, decoration to the formation of village culture, shows the infiltration and integration of Confucian etiquette culture and regional cultural tradition, which is the perfect combination of material space form and ideology, and embodies Xiangshan culture, Lingnan culture and even China traditional culture everywhere.
Ma Xie village
Juren Village in Ma Xie is outstanding. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the village trained more than 600 celebrities, including more than 280 people at the juren level and more than 280 officials at the ninth to second levels, making it a well-known "juren village".
Ma Xie ancient village is a veritable ancient village, with ingenious architectural layout, fan-shaped roadway and a century-old house. The villagers erected more than 200 monuments of fame and fortune along the Jinjiang River, as well as stone carvings given by the emperor. The eight flagpole clips of fame and fortune were particularly eye-catching. Longxintai, the site of Inspirational Garden, the ancestral hall of Liudiaolianghuadong, the heroic horse, the monument to the heroine and the Wugong Manor are all fascinating.
Tang Wei village
Tang Wei Village is located in shipai town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. Founded in the Song Dynasty, it is a clan village named Li. Tang Wei ancient village covers an area of 39,565 square meters. At present, there are 2 ancestral halls1in Ming and Qing dynasties, 268 dwellings, ancient wells 15, reading rooms 19, 4 enclosed gates, pagodas 17 and 6 ponds.
Tang Wei Village is bounded by the ancient city wall and built on the mountain. It sits facing south, surrounded by three ponds, one large and two small, representing crab shells and two crab claws respectively. The two ancient wells around represent two crab eyes, which means that a cancer guards the village and thousands of acres of fertile land in front of us. There are four gates in the east, south, west and north on the fence, and there are 17 watchtowers, plus the independent watchtowers in the village, totaling 28, named after 28 stars. The walls, gates and pagodas of the ancient village together constitute a complete defense system.
Nan' ganggupai village
The houses in Nangang Millennium Village are densely packed together along the mountain and hillside. Often the roof of the front house and the floor of the back house are flat. There is a corridor in the middle. Crossroads and straights, using local materials and paving with stones, connect every household together and form the pattern of Yao brand. Its houses are generally divided into three types: houses, barns and woodhouses.
Most of the houses are two-story buildings (called diaojiaolou) and bungalows. Generally, three rooms are used as a unit to live in a family. Most of the houses in the village were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they were made of lime mixed with sand. The roof is tiled and the four eaves are inclined. The general height is 13 to 16 feet. The tile eaves extend to the door for more than one meter and then extend from the floor for one meter. The floors are connected by battens with tile eaves, and the balcony (balcony) is hung under the eaves, which forms the unique style of the diaojiao building (in fact, there are no feet).