Address: Shendou Town, Yuzhou, Xuchang, Henan
One-day tour of Shenguo Ancient Town;
After crossing Qiyuqiao and entering Wangsong Village, you will arrive at Shenguo Old Street.
It coincides with the Jun Porcelain Culture Festival, and the renovated ancient town is crowded and full of joy everywhere. The red lanterns hanging from the eaves of shops along the street also seem to have experienced a romantic carnival and hangover, looking down at the long street, lazy and elegant.
Walking on a long road paved with bluestones, you will be familiar with the shops along the street. This suddenly made me worry that the goddess of God would become a replica of those ancient towns and lose her own things.
It's okay. Just worrying. The deeper you go, the more you can feel the unique charm of the goddess.
In the ancient town, most shops along the street are small gables, and the doors and thresholds are very low, so you can get in by lifting your feet. This may be related to the terrain here.
From west to east, the long street slopes along the mountain. Even if it rains, there is little water. It is also located in the mountainous area, with many ditches and streams. There are many villages named after ditches and streams, so if you think you are in the lowest place, you will always find a lower place.
This is why walking in a busy place gives people a feeling of seclusion.
Because of the lack of water, there is no story of a fairy bending water, and there is no girl with lilacs. However, God's daughter's home is beautiful, otherwise there will be no legend of "the land of Diousim's story"; The daughters of the gods are also tenacious, otherwise there will be no people's worship of the "Golden Fire Virgin".
In the female temple of Bolingweng, there are three immortals sitting at the top of the altar. One is Sun Bin in the Warring States Period, where burning charcoal is regarded as a land god; One is an elderly Shun, who makes pottery and is regarded as a kiln god.
There is also a Vulcan, the Golden Fire Lady, who is said to be the daughter of a kiln worker. In order to save her parents, she sacrificed herself on the stove and became a wonderful Jun porcelain, which was enshrined by later generations. There is a couplet on both sides of the gate of Bolingweng Temple: "The magical treasure has been passed down through the ages; Kunde is not utilitarian at all. "
The bottom line is to pay tribute to the virgin of golden fire. The legend of the Three Gods makes the temple more smoky, sacred and mysterious.
Walking into the shops along the street, people can't put it down, from tripods to incense tables. The owner of a shop said that every piece of Jun porcelain is unique, because every piece of Jun porcelain is colorful. This is the truth that "you are the same".
I once saw a fragrant tray in the shape of a lotus pond. The water in the deep pool, like deep thoughts, still attracts me. Unfortunately, I missed it because of the price. Looking back, I never found the same one.
The beauty of the ancient town of Shenguo lies in Jun porcelain and quadrangles. In Shenguo, there used to be such a folk song: "Walking into Shenguo Mountain, there are 72 kilns in Qilichang Street, and fireworks cover the sky. Merchants walk everywhere and make money every day."
Prosperous commerce has created wealthy businessmen, and now there are Wen Family Courtyard, Lu Family Courtyard and Wang Family Courtyard. There is a yard with three entrances and five exits.
The end of each yard is very high. Compared with the pavilions and waterside pavilions in Jiangnan ancient town, it is a little less exquisite and graceful, but a little more solid and practical.
In the ancient town, every courtyard is an exhibition hall, and the layout of the exhibition hall also follows the ancient customs: square tables, plush chairs, paintings in the main hall, bookshelves in the museum and several boxes. Nave's paintings are mostly ink landscapes. No matter how rich a person is, he has a yearning for mountains and rivers in his heart.
This is gradually realized by the influence of China traditional culture, such as the infiltration of water. On the goddess, the charm of this traditional culture is also reflected in every object. Each piece of porcelain has a different auspicious or Zen meaning.
Lingxian Weng Temple, also known as "Kiln Temple", is located in the center of the old street in the town. According to historical records, it was built in the Song Dynasty. According to the existing inscriptions, it was built in the eighth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1496). 1986 was announced as the "Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Henan Province", which is a landmark building of Jun porcelain culture and an important symbol of "Du Jun" and "Porcelain Capital". The main buildings in the temple are kiln temple, flower theater, Taoist temple, East and West Sun and Moon Hall, etc. The flower theater is the main entrance. There are three statues in the kiln temple. The first is Sun Boling, the kiln god. It is said that during the Warring States period, Sun Bin, a strategist, learned from Guiguzi and once burned charcoal, which caused both sides to lose.
Houzhen bolingweng temple
The founder of charcoal is also the kiln god of porcelain industry; The second place is "King Tu Shan", which is Shun Di in history. According to historical records, Shun was once "on the bank of Taohe River" and was regarded as a land god by kiln people. The third is the "Virgin of Golden Fire", which is said to be a folk woman who jumped into the fire to offer sacrifices to the monarch.
A pavilion designed outside the temple gate contains stone lions, stone pillars and stone carvings, which is simple, solemn and fascinating, which is really rare among many ancient buildings in the province. The flower house is the main dual-purpose building of Bolingweng Temple (that is, the gate and theater are used together). It is a combination of entrance, entrance and performance. It is exquisitely designed, concise, solemn and elegant. The whole theater is made of wood structure, nine-ridge cornices, pavilion-style buildings, dragonflies and arches, and layered relief of yin and yang. The flying phoenix competes with the lion elephant in Yilong, beautifully carved and transparent. There are carved beams and painted buildings, painted walls and colored screens in the theater, with a well shape centered on Panlong carving. Its modeling design, line structure and description are original and exquisite. The whole building is covered with colored glazed tiles, shining golden in the sun. A unicorn stands in the middle of the roof of a building with a Jun porcelain vase on its back, which is lifelike and auspicious. The local porcelain guild supported a kind of "a handful of clay" bangzi opera (the predecessor of Yuzhou Henan Opera Troupe), which has been performing in the "Flower Theater" for many years.
Guandi Temple, adjacent to Guboling Weng Temple (now integrated, both are provincial-level cultural relics protection units). Side by side with the Bolingweng Temple in the south, there is a similar "Flower Theater", which is the East Theater. It is adjacent to Yaosi in the north, with Bell and Drum Tower and Wooden Pailou, which was built in the 15th year of Qing Qianlong (1750). It is designed as a room, two pillars and a building. This pure wood structure can be completely preserved for hundreds of years, which has certain reference value for studying ancient wood structures.
Old street
When you travel to Shenhou Ancient Town, you must visit the scenic old street. The snack you must eat is a unique Hui snack called fried chicken, steamed bread and twisted buns. This snack has not appeared for a long time. It was originally created by a local master more than ten years ago. In particular, the sauce he made has a unique taste and has been passed down to this day, which is deeply loved by locals and tourists. Anyone who travels to Shenhou Old Street will pass by his shop.
Everyone is familiar with steamed bread and rolled vegetables, but we usually eat shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with peppers and mung bean sprouts mixed with vinegar. Rolling incense is really unheard of in other places.
In the northern areas where pasta is eaten, this kind of steamed bread is particularly popular in summer because it is not easy to preserve in summer. Eating fried chicken and baked steamed bread is delicious and convenient.
There are fried chicken legs, chicken chops, chicken wings and squid, as well as string incense, such as bean gluten, green pepper, fungus, Flammulina velutipes, vegetables and mushrooms. Suitable for frying. The secret sauce and cumin powder are suitable for rolling in steamed bread, and can be used to roll steamed bread after cleaning.
The sale time of this fried chicken pancake string is 165438+ 0: 00 am to 23: 00 pm, and visitors can eat fresh fried chicken and kebabs.
The price of this kind of fragrant steamed stuffed bun ranges from five yuan to ten yuan. If fried chicken legs, chicken wings, chicken chops, squid, chicken fillets or other prices are different, man.
Houshen Ancient Village consists of four ancient villages: East, West, South and North. Every village has tall and thick walls, some of which are more than 3 feet high and 2 feet thick, as strong as city walls. There are watchtowers around the village and on the city walls, which are mainly used for military defense, resisting bandits and flood control. Each stockade has elegant names, such as "Wang Song" in the East stockade and "Tianbao" in the West stockade, which are inlaid on the stockade door with Qingshidan calligraphy. Dongzhai City Wall was built in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. The wall is a blue brick structure, and the foundation of the wall is about 2 meters high, all of which are huge stones. The wall is about 10 meter high and covers an area of about 80 cm. It surrounds Dongzhai and is about 6000 meters long. The gate of the village is about 4 meters high, the upper part is arched blue brick, and the gate is about 8 meters long. There are three holes at the entrance of the village for observation and shooting. The word "Wang Song" is engraved on the door. It is said that Songshan Mountain can be seen from the gate of the ancient village, so it is called "Wang Songmen". Each village has many traditional buildings, such as Bolingweng Temple, Guandi Temple and Flower Theater in Dongzhai (Administrative Street), Confucian Temple, Erlang Temple, laojunmiao, Baiyitang and Jie Zhen Archway in Xizhai, as well as shops along the street and houses with time and local characteristics. Administratively, each village has a garbo organization and an armed militia to maintain local order and prevent soldiers and bandits. Educationally, every stockade has a school. Therefore, each stockade looks like a small town in politics, economy, culture, education and architecture.
Baijia yard
Baijia Courtyard, south to north, with high gate terrace, Zouma Gate Tower, Shimen Pier, wooden door forehead, five mountains and six beasts, has a screen wall. The brick archway is the second door, with six steps and two floors. You can reach the backyard from the gable on the right. Brick carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings and small ornaments in front of the house, especially in the main room, are all brick peonies, which have high historical and artistic value.
Wenjiayuan
Wenjia Courtyard faces south and consists of a main courtyard and a cross courtyard. The main courtyard is one into five courtyards, and the living room on the left side of the gate is carved with beams and painted buildings. Spacious and bright, it is an important place for the host to receive visitors. The main house, also known as the upper house, is five two-story Qing-style buildings, tall and magnificent, and the whole courtyard is well-structured and patchwork. There are ancient wells, side doors, sidewalks and courtyards in the courtyard, which is the reception station for dignitaries in feudal society.
Huojia yard
Huojia Courtyard, north-south, high gate terrace, Zouma Gate Tower, three-story building, with North Shadow Wall, West Shadow Wall and hanging flower gate at the door. Upstairs, upstairs and wing rooms are all column brick and wood structures. The doors and windows are exquisitely carved, and the ceiling and wooden partition are exquisitely crafted and beautifully painted.
Jiadayuan
Xinjia Courtyard, located in West Street, faces south and enters the Third Hospital. Now it has a gate, a gate, a main room and a side hall. The main room has three floors, with iron shell doors and stone windows. It has good fire safety performance.
Dengyulou
Denglou (basic appearance) was originally the residence of Deng Yu, a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when he stationed troops. It was a mansion with "one entrance and three exits". The front yard is small, with a gatehouse, three fronts and a west wing. The second door is a vertical arch. After entering the second door, the west wing has blue bricks and gray tiles and stone windows; The east wing is a red stone cannon, three stories high, and each floor has brick carved stone windows; The room above is a three-story staircase. Well-preserved, rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.
Corner building
Corner (basically the original appearance, the top has collapsed), east-west, is a four-in-one building covering several acres. Two-door guard room. After entering the door, you can use the door frame as a ladder to climb to the second floor. From the gatehouse to the east, west, north and south, you can go to the compound for a week without going downstairs. In the compound, there are dozens of families living upstairs and downstairs, which is convenient for joint defense and mutual assistance and can also prevent bandits from stealing. This is an unusual living mode in northern China, and it is indeed the case.
The fifth painting is a portrait of a great man. Can you see the great man in the Jun porcelain vase? There are six portraits of great men in Kongjia County Porcelain Exhibition Hall.