General situation of rural areas in wucun.

Wucun, the hometown of Wu Changshuo, a first-generation grandmaster, is located in the mid-level mountain area in the northwest of Anji County, 26 kilometers away from the county seat, with convenient transportation at Hangchang Expressway exit 10 km. It has a long history and profound cultural accumulation. Before the Ming Dynasty, wucun was known as "Guirenli in Yutang Township". Because wucun is located in the south of Guzhen County (founded in the Han Dynasty) and the residence of Wu clan, it was called "Yannan wucun" after the Ming Dynasty, commonly known as wucun. Wucun is surrounded by mountains and waters with beautiful scenery. Because the mountain behind the village is high, the old trees in front of the village are towering and the sunshine is short, it is also known as the "half-day village".

Wucun Wu is not indigenous. In the early years of Southern Song Dynasty, Wu Jin, a famous family in Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province, moved here with his family to avoid the disaster of war. After the population doubled, the fragrance died. After hundreds of years of development in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has become a big village with five or six thousand people. More importantly, the Wu clan who has always adhered to the ancestral training of "farming and studying family style" won the imperial examinations in successive years in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and many outstanding politicians, strategists and writers represented by "Wu's father and son and four sons" appeared. Thanks to the meticulous management of the Wu family in past dynasties, the scale and village appearance of wucun have been continuously expanded and beautified. Streets and lanes paved with cobblestones crisscross; Tall and majestic gatehouses and archways, with streams running freely; Pavilions and pavilions are lined up. The Wu ancestral hall outside the village is known as the "Golden Treasure Hall", and the Wu cemetery on the hillside is majestic and solemn, and it is called the "Tianguan Tomb". All these make this mountain village more and more prestigious. A ballad circulated in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China: "Xiaoxiao Fengcheng (county) helps our village greatly." Spread like wildfire and spread everywhere. Wucun has become a famous village in Anji and Xiaofeng areas, and even in northern Zhejiang and southern Anhui. Born here, Wu Changshuo, a master of modern art, is famous for his "poetry, calligraphy and painting", which made wucun's reputation go abroad and spread abroad.

The "Cultural Revolution" turmoil in the 1970s severely damaged the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties that can be seen everywhere in wucun. However, after the reform and opening up, with the support and help of county and town leaders and cultural and cultural departments, a lot of financial resources were invested to rescue and develop a series of surviving cultural relics and ancient buildings. At the same time, a lot of construction and protection have been done to the village environment and village appearance, and the roads have been improved. In 2008, it was rated as a characteristic village in beautiful countryside, China, and in 2009 it was rated as one of the top ten eco-tourism villages in Zhejiang Province.

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In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were only a few dozen villagers. At the beginning of the proposal, Emperor Gaozong crossed south, Huai 'an Wu moved south, and Wu Jin moved here with his family. After the offspring were multiplied, the number gradually increased. Wu Song, the eighth descendant of the Jin Dynasty, was famous for setting up Xiaofeng Academy at no expense. Pine nut Wu Lin and Wu Long were both on the Jinshi list in the fifth year of Ming Jiajing (1526), and Xiaofeng County set up a double Jinshi archway for them. In the seventeenth and forty-first years of Jiajing, our sons Yue Wei and Viking successively entered the imperial examinations. "Father, son and uncle and nephew are all scholars in the world" is a much-told story. Xiaofeng County has also established Hakka Square and wucun Zhongli No.1 Lian Fang Square. Wu's father and son were all entrusted with important tasks by the court. For decades, the Wu family has made great efforts to build luxurious mansions, magnificent archways, solemn ancestral temples and exquisite tombs. In the post-Wu period, more than 100 people passed the imperial examination. By the end of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, there were four or five thousand villagers, which was the largest village in Xiaofeng County. Therefore, there is a saying that "wucun is a big city and a small city is a filial city".

There is the Wu Ancestral Hall on Yuhua Mountain in the south of wucun. In front of the ancestral hall, the Chinese platform stands tall, and the stone beasts, lions, tigers, horses and sheep on both sides of the stone steps are lifelike, and the memorial archway on the mountainside stands tall. Now there are only two stone lions left, 1.8 meters high, and the others have been destroyed.

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In the 11th year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (186 1), Taiping Army re-entered Anji and Xiaofeng, and wucun, where there were few villagers left, was attacked by Qing soldiers and vigilante groups. During Tongzhi and Guangxu years, immigrants from Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong and Jiangsu moved in one after another. People from Ningbo, Taizhou and Anhui account for about 97%. They have lived for four generations and have about 80 surnames.

Wu Changshuo, a master artist, was born here in the 24th year of Qing Daoguang (1844). The ancient house at the foot of Xi Nan Ge Mountain is Wu Changshuo Enlightenment Reading Room, later named Xi Nan Jing Room, which was abandoned in the early years; Call yourself an old man in the southwest.

After Wu Changshuo became famous, he went back to his village almost every year to worship his ancestors and have a simple meal to entertain the old folks. He cares about the countryside and keeps the style of his hometown. Some people want to cut down and sell the towering ancient trees in the village, so he bought them at his own expense and stamped them to protect them. Seeing that many children couldn't go to school, he raised money to set aside three rooms to run a primary school. There are also old-age benefits, with one bonus for each family, which can support 30 yuan every year. The villagers asked him to write and draw, but he never refused. More than 0/00 pieces of local calligraphy and painting treasures/kloc-were passed down as beautiful stories, and some were interpreted as folk stories. Bamboo and bamboo shoots are often mentioned in poems, which are specialties of hometown. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Wu Changshuo returned to China to rebuild Wu's genealogy.

1927165438+10, Wu Changshuo died in Shanghai. The lion altar behind this village has its monument. There are two former residences of Wu Changshuo in the village: one is the birthplace, with brick and wood structure, 2 forecourts and 3 back buildings. 1983, the county people's government announced it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit, and the former residence of Wu Changshuo was inscribed by the painter Wang Geyi. Epitaph rubbings written by Chen Youming and Wen Zhiming for Wu Lin. The other is located in the back street of the village. It is a two-story five-bay building purchased after the department. The building is surrounded by mountains and waters, tall and deep, with distinctive architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. This used to be the place where Chang Shuo studied arts and received tourists. Because Chang Shuo rebuilt his genealogy here, it is also called the genealogy repair house.

Chang Shuozihan and Dong Mai are both masters of calligraphy and seal cutting in Shanghai. Sun settled in America; Lu Zhi settled in his hometown and was a member of the Provincial Museum of Literature and History. Zhiyuan, who lives in Shanghai, is a famous painter in Shanghai.