Covered with warm sunshine in March, along the picturesque Jiangbei Creek in full of green, we came to Tang Yin Village, Fengshan Town, Hua 'an, more than 20 kilometers away from Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, to visit the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, who lived here.
"We are the great-grandchildren, Zhao, descendants of this vein. Zhao Hefang, the son of Zhao, is respected as the founder by us. Zhaojiabao in Zhangpu was inherited by his younger brother Zhao, that is to say, we are' imperial school' and they are' royal school'. " Looking at the "emperor statues" of 18 Song Dynasty monarchs hanging in Chongben Hall, Zhao's 32nd generation successor said happily. This is the origin of Tang Yin Village. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yuan people invaded and the mountains and rivers fell. The eighth grandson was ordered to move to Zhangzhou, Fujian in the period of 1955- 1224, and the eldest son Dai Zhao lived in Beiyintang (1226). Why did you live here at that time? It turned out that by the Southern Song Dynasty, the rulers of Zhao had realized that the Yuan people's invasion was unstoppable and the country was poor and weak. In order to protect Zhao's interest-bearing strength, he chose the one with mountains and rivers, fertile land and mountains behind the village.
Since then, Zhao, like Huxi Zhao, has started an obscure grassroots career. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Zhao Demao, who had been engaged in historical research for a long time, retired to his hometown in his later years and built Chongben Hall. After more than 400 years of repair and management in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the village gradually left many ancient buildings and historical sites with Song and Ming styles. Strolling through Tang Yin Village and looking at the ancient gates and castles, it is hard for us to believe that it is in the mountainous area of southern Fujian and is set in the prosperous capital of Song Dynasty, which makes people feel nostalgic.
Looking at Tang Yin Village, I saw the clear Jiulong River surrounding the village. Several ancient banyan trees at the ferry are vigorous and tall, and banana trees are in full bloom. What a beautiful Taoyuan world! According to historical records, Tang Yin Village is divided into four corners, and there is an upper-level square ancient castle made of stone, which is called Qian Qiu Building, Zhuiyuan Building, Rixin Building and Anqing Building, with an area of 8,000 square meters and 9,000 square meters respectively. There is a slate street in the middle of the castle, with ancient houses on both sides of the street, like a compressed market. Despite hundreds of years of wind and rain, these houses still shelter the descendants of the Zhao royal family. People who live in it, either plow the fields, read aloud, or go out to work and do business, so life is passed down from generation to generation.
The spacious Chongben Hall has now become the activity place of the village elderly association. This is Zhao Demao's masterpiece. Scholars believe that the architecture of Chongben Temple is rare in Fujian, and it has the style of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou. Chongben Hall covers an area of 750 square meters, with two small ends and a large middle, which is shaped like a drum. The ancestral hall is binary, divided into upper hall and lower hall, with no ear door and a patio in the middle. The apron slope of the patio is 35 cm high and covers an area of about 5 square meters. It is made of 7 stone slabs. What is puzzling is that a slate in the middle, with both ends overhead, makes a sound of "nothing" when stepping on it. It turns out that there are four small holes in the water-carrying ditch of Chongbentang leading to the apron slope. In case of rainstorm, the accumulated water overflows the apron slope, and the water will flow out from the crevice channel of the "arch hollow stone" and then from the back mouth, which is really unique. "Empty stone" also has the function of "ear". Because Chongben Hall has no ear door, it uses "empty stone" instead of ear, so that future generations will not be deaf. The unique design of "Chongben Hall" originated from Zhao Demao's concept of "trust", and the whole building was in the shape of a turtle, the king of longevity.
Zhao Xinchao respectfully took out seven thick genealogies from a camphor box, which is what scholars call "a book by Tang Yin". This book is also called "Imperial Jade Died". According to Mr. Zhao Chaochu, "there are seven kinds of Zhao's genealogy compiled by our family since the Song Dynasty, with profound contents and illustrations." "There are Song Taizu's imperial jade piles, eighteen emperors' imperial capacity and biographies, photos of the monarch and his subjects, and many official scholars' handwritten historical sites ..." When we opened it, the portrait was really vivid. There is also a map of Tang Yin's ancestral grave in the genealogy. "According to the genealogy, tomb sites have been found, all of which are the remains of tombs in the Song Dynasty ..." No wonder many scholars have great interest after reading Zhao's genealogy, thinking that it can correct the shortcomings of history and has archaeological historical value. Mr. Zhao Chaochu also said that Zhao Hefang, the founder of Kaiji, had chosen a secluded mountain forest to concentrate on sorting out the genealogy. At that time, he should have a lot of precious materials of the Song Dynasty, and his genealogy was highly reliable and valuable. Zhao's descendants have always attached great importance to and respected genealogy, and have sheltered from wind and rain and floods many times, which has been preserved to this day. Compared with the closure and backwardness of Zhaojiabao, people in Tang Yin Village are cheerful and confident. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been only two middle school students in Zhaojiabao, but Tang Yin Village is full of talents. More than 0/00 professors, engineers, senior lecturers, party and government leaders, etc. graduated from universities all over the country/kloc. They are not immersed in the glory of the past, but cherish the noble royal blood in their hearts and face the ever-changing reality with a calm and positive attitude. Thanks for watching,