Travel Guide to Youxi Guifeng Ancient Village, Fujian Youxi Guifeng Ancient Residential Houses

Youxi Guifeng is a super awesome tourist destination. The peaks here are very unique, full of green plants and simple cultural atmosphere. The modern development here is also quite perfect. Let’s share Youxi with you. Detailed introduction and tourism experience of Xiguifeng Ancient Village.

The geographical location of Guifeng Ancient Village: Northeast of Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, Fujian Province

Guifeng Ancient Village in Youxi, Sanming City, Fujian Province is full of humanistic beauty. In the golden autumn, the weather in the south is still hot, and many people travel to Guifeng Ancient Village to take pictures of autumn folk customs.

In fact, folk customs such as the autumn sunbathing in Guifeng Ancient Village are just preparations for the fall harvest after the autumn harvest in the farming era, and are not worth talking about. The scenery that really fascinates me is not the autumn sun, but its advocating for literature, the beauty of humanities, and the feng shui connotation of the unity of nature and man, which makes it a long-readable book!

In recent years, I have After six visits to Youxi, Sanming, Fujian to inspect Feng Shui for the owner, they inspected the local folk customs together with Mr. Lin Shangchang, trainee Lin Youliang and others. The second time they went to Guifeng Village, a famous historical and cultural village, for inspection.

In recent years, I have inspected famous places such as Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, and Lu Xun, and came to the conclusion that the cultivation of cultural genes is the driving force for the sustainable development of a family. When people live in heaven and earth, they all feel the energy of heaven and earth. The cultivation of cultural genes is to create a living and learning environment that is conducive to physical and mental health and peace of mind.

It is located in Guifeng Village, Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Fujian Province. The whole village has the surname Cai, and it is a blood-related village. According to records, Guifeng Village, Yangzhong Town, Youxi, is a "famous historical and cultural village in China". Many historical and cultural celebrities were produced in the Ming and Qing dynasties, leaving the local area with rich cultural accumulation and spiritual wealth of advocating literature and learning. The founder of the ancient village, Cai Chang, was the ninth grandson of Cai Xiang, a famous official and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty and a bachelor of Duanming Palace in Xianyou County. In the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, when the imperial court moved to the southeast, in order to avoid war, he moved his tribe from Putian to settle here for nearly 800 years. Historically, the literary style here flourished and humanities flourished. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were 3 people who passed the imperial examination, 12 people who passed the imperial examination, and 412 people who passed the imperial examination. The houses built during the Southern Song Dynasty have long disappeared in the depths of time. The ancient buildings we see today are all built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Originally there were more than 100 buildings, but less than 80 remain due to disrepair. They were once magnificent, but today’s broken walls bear witness to the ruthless history. In 2002, they were rated as “Fujian Historical and Cultural Buildings”. Famous Village", was named by the country as the third batch of Chinese historical and cultural villages in 2007.

When you read the above introduction, you can’t help but want to interpret the reasons for the success of the Cai family from the Feng Shui environment.

Guifeng was called Guiling in ancient times, also called Lingtou and Cailing. It is more than 550 meters above sea level. It is a semi-high valley, surrounded by mountains, lingering clouds and mist, with beautiful mountains and rivers and pleasant climate. It is known as It is known as the "Mountain Cave" and "Yunxia Wonderland". The entire village is located on the three slopes of the village, layered on top of each other, in a well-proportioned manner. There are small bridges and flowing water in the village, and winding alleys lead to quiet places.

Thinking back to a picture from 761 years ago: Caichang, the ninth grandson of the famous calligrapher Cai Xiangzhi, a bachelor of Duanming Palace in the Northern Song Dynasty who moved south from the troubled war, stepped onto Guifeng, like a daisy-like figure. The green mountains and satin-like green water were slowly revealed, and these mountains and waters kept his footsteps. After centuries of hard work and creation, the descendants of the Cai family followed the ancestral motto of "farming, reading, inheriting the family, and studying history to become famous". The Confucianism style has not declined in the past dynasties. In the Ming and Qing dynasties alone, there were 3 Jinshi, 12 Jinshi, and Scholars. 412 people.

The originally silent Guifeng became lively, and people rushed to admire and worship. The bustling footsteps traced an official road from Youxi to Fuzhou and passed through Guifeng. dignitaries, merchants, hawkers, and stern row workers flocked to the place. Turning around three times, Guifeng suddenly shines and prospers rapidly. This also confirms the principle that the road is for wealth.

Every place with a prosperous population in ancient times has always benefited from convenient transportation. In ancient times, wherever rivers and ports were developed, or where official roads were located, business prospered, and no business meant prosperity. Both the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta are areas with developed transportation. The theory of marine civilization in the 1980s also elaborated on who would be the first to become a member of the world's great powers in the process of opening up the world civilization. It lies in opening up the country and utilizing rich marine resources to expand and strengthen import and export trade. Water brings wealth. Since ancient times, So far. However, now water has expanded its connotation. Roads are water, shipping is also water, and the Internet is also water. The information age has created new ways to create wealth. This is a situation that the ancients never imagined when they created the Feng Shui theory. Therefore, Feng Shui theory is not static. It must also keep pace with the times and constantly enrich its own theory. Knowledge is power

The descendants of talented people will emerge in large numbers. Knowledge can change people's temperament and increase their talents. Reading is the only way to wealth.

The stone couplet in the Shishi House: "The Sanjian Feng has a high reputation above Su Huang, and the Jiufeng Sect has its origins from Zhu Li." The four words "Purple Energy Comes from the East" are written on the forehead. . Through these words, we see the tenacity and self-confidence of the descendants of the Cai family. The achievements of their ancestor Cai Xiang are not inferior to those of Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian. Cai Yuanding's knowledge comes from Zhu Xi and Li Dong, which also shows their determination to uphold the ancestor's way of life. Each ancient building in Guifeng has a study room, and there are ponds and flower gardens around the study room, which not only adds a bit of scholarly charm and elegance, but also reflects the Cai family's emphasis on culture.

Cai cultivated and read family traditions, advocated literature and learning, and especially his cultural taste of being both Confucian, official and businessman, which had a subtle influence on future generations.

In the decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have been hundreds of people in Guifeng Village who have passed technical secondary school or above, including 158 college students, 7 master's degrees, and many professors and engineers. There are also people who have prosperous careers, become prosperous, and hold great power.

Scholars are knowledgeable and sensible and value filial piety. The prosperous descendants of the Cai family "people know the roots of water and trees, and the temple repays the ancestors' merits." They built an ancestral temple of the Cai family in Guifeng with a handsome case hall and majestic dragon veins, which is known as "the flying phoenix holding the book".

In the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1671), the Cai family was at its peak. It happened that Cai Maoxiang later became a Jinshi in high school, so money was allocated to build a Cai family ancestral hall that was "prepared with a crown of glory". More than 30 new residences have also been built to complement it, and Guifeng has become a famous family with a radius of several hundred miles. When we walked into the Cai Ancestral Hall, which covers an area of ??nearly 1,000 square meters, a cultural atmosphere hit our faces and filled our hearts. You have to sigh for its magnificence and exquisiteness. On the central axis are the main hall, the middle hall, the gate tower, and the ground. It is paved with stone slabs and Sanhe soil and is extremely strong. The whole temple is built with 80 huge pillars and wide beams, which are all inlaid with mortise and tenon without the need for nails or iron. The highly distinctive large plaques hanging in the temple include "Father and Son Juren", "Brothers Juren", "Brother and Sister Master", etc., showing the pride and pride of the Cai family.

After testing, the Cai family’s ancestral temple was originally the Yangzhai of the founding ancestor of the Cai family. Bingshan Renxiang is also Wuzi, the water mouth is Xinshu, and Laishui is Genyin; Cai’s ancestral temple is Bingshan Renxiang Xiaokong, Laishui Genyin, Chushui Xinshu; Cai Yuanqing (Wu Zhuangyuan)'s Yangzhai gate faces Renshan Bing and Ziwu, the hall is Gengshan Jiaxiang and Youmao, and the water mouth is Guichou; the former residence of Longhao, Jiashan Gengxiang and Maoyou, and the water mouth is Ding Wei; the water coming out of the patio is Xin; the gate of the Shishi House is Choushan Wei and Guiding, the patio is T-shaped to release water, and the courtyard gate is Qianshan Xun and Haisi; the back door of Tiandacuo Maoshan, which is located at the peak, is facing You, the water mouth is Gengyou, Gengyouxin The three peaks are beautiful.

Guifeng houses are built against the mountains. There are hundreds of stone ridges outside the village, surrounded by osmanthus. When the flowers bloom, the air is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. The stream slowly passes through the village, like a gently flowing song, flowing over a stone seal bridge in the center of the village that has been baptized for more than 400 years. Standing on this stone seal bridge that has witnessed the rise and fall of the Cai family in Guifeng, I recite the poem of Cai Mingfeng, a Qing Dynasty scholar, in my heart: "The double marks of wild goose teeth are like lying waves, how are the shadows under the round spiritual mirror. It is clear that in the land of thousands of pools in January, where are the traces of people?" There are many printings every year."

There are four towering osmanthus trees around the stone bridge, with lush branches and leaves blowing in the wind. The mountain breeze kisses your face, which is so interesting!

After I finish my Feng Shui business, I always want to discover the beauty of Feng Shui here, and regard every business trip as a Feng Shui cultural journey. The ancients said well: "Travel thousands of miles, read thousands of books!" Life is in a hurry, make time in your limited life to see more famous mountains and rivers, let the beautiful scenery be carried in your chest; stay more with celebrities and famous places, and interpret others The history of success absorbs spiritual nourishment.

I pay special attention to the ancient villages hidden deep in the mountains and rivers. These historical and cultural villages carry too much glory. Walking into the ancient houses is to open up a period of history. They are long and quiet;

When you open the compass for Feng Shui interpretation, it is like panning for gold in the sand, savoring a historical poem, which is timeless and profound. Oh man, when you are influenced by the aura of mountains and rivers, you will be interpreting the story of outstanding people.

If you don’t believe it, please approach Guifeng to experience its simple life, and examine the Feng Shui connotation contained in the beautiful landscape here!