On weekends, go to South Street to savor the thousand-year-old charm of the ancient city!

On the eve of the Jiangxi Provincial Tourism Development Conference, on this weekend morning in early summer, our group drove an hour and a half from Tonggu County to the neighboring county Wanzai.

Arrive at this county with a history of more than 1,700 years.

On South Street, you can have a panoramic view of the majestic appearance of the three mountains and nine ridges, with antique green bricks and tiles, rows of ancient ancestral halls; bluestone lanes are crisscrossed, and the water of the Long River passes through the city.

Inadvertently, the ancient city is divided into a picture of beautiful natural scenery and simple buildings complementing each other.

God was not kind to us, and it was raining continuously.

Accompanied by Ms. Li Jinhua, I walked on this ancient road holding an umbrella. I was half wandering in the thousands of years of history, and half in the modern dream.

Standing at the junction of time, the traces of time and the imprint of history.

Even after the prosperity has faded away from the vicissitudes of life, it is still fresh and unique. The beauty in front of you is not only a precipitation, but also the cultivation and profound cohesion of the local history and culture.

Wanzai Ancient City is a benchmark cultural project in western Jiangxi. Its core scenic spot is a group of ancient ancestral temples with a total area of ??about 130,000 square meters.

Currently, 27 ancient buildings from the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods have been preserved and restored, involving 13 surnames.

There are also many ancient dwellings, ancient streets, alleys, granaries, wells and other ancient buildings and immovable cultural relics.

It is the most complete group of ancient buildings in Jiangxi Province and has the cultural characteristics of Ganxi.

The Wanzai Ancient City building complex is a very representative ancient building complex of the Gan style in China.

The gate tower is one of the traditional Chinese buildings.

As a symbol of the wealth and poverty of a family, this is what the so-called "family level" means.

The gatehouse is the main corridor of each household, and it is also the "face" of the owner.

The height and size of the gatehouse, the material of the bricks and tiles, the painted text and the relationship between the neighbors are all important and should be consistent with the identity.

The gate tower of the ancestral hall in the ancient city silently displays the family's social status, occupation and economic level.

This is "face" that is most important to all Chinese people.

Therefore, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they will do their best to be as elegant as possible on the gate tower.

The wall is made of blue bricks and small tiles, and the corridor has hanging lattice windows.

The horse head wall has a major feature of the Gan style architecture among the traditional Han residential architecture schools. Because its shape resembles a horse head, it is called "horse head wall".

The walls of the ancient ancestral halls in the scenic area of ??Wanzai Ancient City are built with horse head walls. One important reason is fire protection.

In ancient districts, the density of buildings such as ancestral halls, residential buildings, and streets is relatively high, which is not conducive to fire prevention.

When a fire breaks out, the fire spreads easily along the house.

The horse head wall is higher than the walls on both sides of the roof, which can play a certain role in blocking the spread of fire.

Therefore, the Horse Head Wall is also called the Wind and Fire Wall and the Fire Wall.

When you come to Wanzai Ancient City, even if you don't understand Gan style architecture, you will still be attracted by the ancient style of green bricks and small tiles in this scenic spot.

The ancestral halls in the ancient city are not just one courtyard, but multiple courtyards arranged layer by layer along the central axis to form one space after another with a sense of depth.

The so-called "how deep the courtyard is" refers to the structure of the courtyard with several entrances and several exits.

Paintings and wood carvings are vivid in these ancient buildings. The art of "wood carving" is good at handling the true colors of raw materials. It is not only compatible with the overall building, but also fresh and elegant, simple and heavy like Jiangnan ink painting.

Painting in buildings is a kind of figurative art.

It occupies an important position and unique function in architectural decoration.

It is vivid and practical, and contains the appeal and visual impact of the inner form.

It can not only protect the building from rain, sun, and moisture through paint color, and extend the life cycle of the building, but it can also evoke objects and stir people's hearts.

Cornices are the form of towers in traditional Chinese architecture, and cornices are one of the important expressions of the national style of Chinese architecture.

The roofs of these ancient buildings in the ancient city tilt upward at the corners, shaped like birds spreading their wings, light and lively.

The opening and closing patios in these Gan-style buildings in the ancient city are unique architectural forms that have evolved and perfected based on local customs, climate characteristics, and living habits. They have improved the functions of ventilation, lighting, and security in the buildings.

And it is exposed in the building, playing the role of integrating heaven and earth.

These ancient buildings in the Wanzai Ancient City integrate heaven, earth, and buildings in space, embodying the philosophical thought of the unity of nature and man in traditional culture.

The ancient city scenic spot takes the ten thousand-year-old intangible cultural heritage and Gan style architectural style as its core, and injects local folk customs and lifestyles.

Watch lanterns, listen to Nuo opera, beat drums, weave summer cloth, etc. to experience the local historical and cultural atmosphere, and create cultural expos, theatrical performances, interactive experiences, folk crafts, boutique inns and other cultural features of Jiangxi.

The national intangible cultural Wanzai Nuo performance, Sheng Sheng drum, linen weaving, and fireworks production are all performed here.

Coupled with the Chinese culture experience, art gallery, waterfront leisure, and ancient residential experience, the ancient city comes to life.

Walking on the ancient road, I came across Mr. Yan Ganhui, Secretary of the Yichun Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and other city and county leaders inspecting in the rain and guiding the preparatory work before the meeting.

The moment we met him head-on, Secretary Yan greeted us, waved to each other and left.

South Street is the best-preserved street among the 15 ancient streets in the ancient city.

According to local historical records: there were city walls in the Southern Song Dynasty, and every city wall must have a gate.