Where is Sanmentang East Village?

Sanmentang is an ancient and beautiful Dong village by Qingshui River, which belongs to Zi Chu Town, Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province. Located in the southeast of Tianzhu County, 40 kilometers away from Tianzhu County, Qingshui River passes through the territory, reaching Jinping, Jianhe and Kaili, Dongting Lake and Yangtze River next, and Hunan Huitong and Jingzhou counties in the south. The land and water transportation is very convenient.

Sanmentang is the gateway to the Three Rivers and Nine Rivers and the throat of Neijiang Outer Harbor. Historically, Sanmentang was the main timber trading port of Waisanjiang. The whole village is famous for its ancient architecture, stone culture, tree culture, water culture and Dong customs, and is a representative village of North Dong culture.

Sanmentang is the most important material distribution center on Qingshui River. A large number of special products such as wood, medicinal materials and tung oil are transported from here to Changde, Hunan, and daily necessities such as ceramics, cotton yarn and iron are brought back from there. It can be said that there would be no Sanmentang without Qingshui River. Sanmentang has five ancient docks: Sanmen West Wharf, Liu Jia Wharf, Wang Jia Wharf, Wu Jia Wharf and Xie Jia Wharf. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and before 1950s, the docks were crowded with wooden boats, and the river was covered with rafts.

90% of the villagers in Sanmentang are Dong people, and 10% of the villagers are Miao people (married to Sanmentang). They speak Dong and Chinese, and some villagers also speak Miao. There are 16 villagers' groups in the village, with 362 households and 1559 people. There are Wang, Wu, Liu, Xie, Jiang, Li, Peng, Yuan and Yin 19 surnames. They lived in harmony for hundreds of years, just like a family.

Sanmentang Village has four natural villages: Sanmentang, Sanmenxi, Lalai and Wu Yanxi. The villagers' economic income mainly depends on timber, planting, breeding and going out to work. Per capita income 1.200 yuan, the forest coverage rate reaches 75%.

The development of history

According to historical records, the Dong people in Sanmentang belong to the ancient branch of Luoyue, and are called "Wuxi people" and "Wuxi Iman", which are regarded as stubborn places for foreigners, and Qingshui River is called "He Miao". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the land was changed into a stream, and Sanmentang belonged to Jingzhou Camp of Huguang Road. In the 25th year of Wanli (1597), Sanmentang belonged to Guihua Ertu when the site from Guihua Ertu to Batu was located in Tianzhu County.

Sanmentang is one of the 48 villages in Tianzhu, Jinping, Jingzhou and Huitong counties (that is, the village in the form of toast, and each village governs several surrounding villages). After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Chinese fir in Qingshui River basin became a commodity, and wood merchants in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River entered Miaojiang to buy it. Sanmentang, by virtue of its local power and geographical location, was accepted by foreign merchants, transported to Sanmentang Wharf for commodity renovation, and delivered to merchants according to the measurement rules here (in terms of measurement, it increased by about 17%). This comprador management mode was brought into the "Gui Jiang" followed by more than a dozen provinces in the Yangtze River valley, which clearly determined the commercial interests of Sanmentang, and it remained unchanged for thousands of years until it was cancelled after liberation.

Sanmentang, as a wharf outside the Yangtze River, all kinds of comprador and commodity packager should contact foreign businessmen, so that Sanmentang people can learn Chinese and Chinese. At the same time, he also absorbed China's cultural thoughts in dealing with people, clothing, food, shelter and transportation, customs and habits.

Because Sanmentang is located in the ancient road and the river is gentle, it was turned into a water transport terminal in the Ming Dynasty, specializing in timber marketing, and merchants gathered. The economy was very prosperous and reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty. The monument depicts the Sanmen Hall: "The peaks come to the DPRK, the potential is like a star arch, under the Qinghe ring, the blue waves fly, the ships go up and down during the day, the fishing fires are brilliant at night, the world is beautiful, and there are bells everywhere!" .

Sanmentang people who made a fortune by water transportation carried out the trend of "righteousness learning" and "righteousness crossing" during Kang Yong period of Qing Dynasty, educating villagers, building temples and ancestral halls, pavilions, roads and bridges, and opening ferries. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, they donated money to establish Yi Xue, popularize Chinese and Chinese, and gained in all previous dynasties. During the land reform, Yixuetian could produce 25,000 Jin of rice. Monument cloud: "the beam has been built, and pedestrians often praise it;" Mazes can be crossed, and passers-by are not rugged. "During the opening period, there were fairs, wood shops, meat stalls, rice shops, restaurants and hotels, and people came and went, which was very prosperous. Up to now, there are still "axe marks" of wood merchants in the house, which is a century-old house and can be clearly distinguished.

Sanmentang Village: Sanmentang Village is a ethnic village with strong Dong customs in the north, and it is also a key ethnic village in Guizhou Province. It has a long history, rich ethnic customs and beautiful natural scenery. Sanmentang village is famous for its ancestral temple culture, water culture, village culture and stone culture. There are more than 120 centuries-old trees around the village, and there are many cultural relics. The unique "Liu's Ancestral Hall" (which has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Guizhou Province) is famous far and near. There are ancient stone tablets standing on both sides of Huajie Road in the village, attracting people from the United States, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and New Zealand.