The geographical environment of Hongjiatuan

Before the establishment of Hongjiatuan, some immigrants from "Wachiba" first built two small villages on the north bank of Chaohu Lake - Xujiatuan and Jiuhuangtuan. The so-called Tuan is the variation of "tun". These two small villages were both early villages. The immigrants used them as their bases to cultivate the surrounding land. After the village was built, a problem arose: It turned out that in the West Huangshan area, mountain water often flowed down and was difficult to control. In order to ensure agricultural production in the downstream areas, a dam must be built on Xihuang Mountain to regulate floods and ensure a bumper harvest. Xu and Huang drove to West Huangshan together, and Zhuang was traveling with them. After they came to the mountainous area, they chose a narrow mountain pass facing the downstream Okita to build a dam. The dam was about 150 meters long and had a height difference of more than 6 meters. Through this dam, the mountain water formed a small lake in front of the dam. In order to protect the dam, a village called Xujiaba was gradually formed. The village is square in shape and has a very exquisite sewer system design. It is located on a gentle slope under the dam. The village is planned with nine alleys, sewers are built in the alleys, and there is a pond in front of the alleys. When it rains, the water in the village flows directly into the pond through the sewer, and the world vividly calls it "Jiulong Zhuzhu". After Xujiaba was built, a small village was built to the east of it. In it, the future owner of Xujiaba, the Hong family, lived. The Hong family moved from Huizhou. According to genealogy records, they are descendants of the observers of Shexian County in the Tang Dynasty, also known as Guilin Hong. Hong's village is called "Qingshui Pond". There is a pond in front of the village and a well in the back. The spring water is gurgling all year round. Hong works hard here.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, something of great impact suddenly happened. According to the old man's recollections, the Zhuang family, one of the three families living in Xujiaba, suddenly suffered a major disaster. A man named "Long Gong" offended the imperial court and was executed by the whole family. The villagers surnamed Zhuang fled the village in a hurry, leaving behind empty buildings and the foundations of houses. At this time, people surnamed Hong got the opportunity to move. They came to the village and became the second batch of immigrants in Xujiaba Village. After the Hong family came to Xujiaba, they began to slowly expand and gradually became the largest family in the village. During the Qianlong period, they built the Hong family ancestral hall, which was also the only ancestral hall in the village. After the Hong family took over the leadership of the village, the name of the village gradually changed - Xujiaba was changed to Hongjiatuan, and the small reservoir originally formed by the construction of the dam was replaced with "Qingshui Pond" . In this way, Hong Jiatuan was officially formed, and the Zhang Zhang family, the backer from the small village in the east, also came to the village. The surnames such as Zhang and Hong gradually merged to form the largest clan power in the village. In addition to Mr. Zhang Zhizhong, there are ten family members in the village who obtained the rank of major general before liberation. In addition, there are more people who have obtained other school-level military ranks. In modern times, Hongjiatuan has become the largest village at the foot of Xihuang Mountain. They purchased roads, built commercial streets, and even planned to build canals to promote the development of the village economy.

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Recommended attractions: Zhang Yezhong’s former residence, Hong’s Ancestral Hall, Zhuang Don, Huanglu Normal School, Xiangyin Temple

Transportation route: along Chaohu Lake The avenue passes through Zhongmiao, then passes through the intersection with Shuying Road, and continues along Chaohu Avenue to reach it. Hongjiatuan started the construction of a beautiful village in 2013. As the first batch of demonstration villages for the construction of a beautiful village in Anhui Province, the appearance of the village has been better managed, and many cultural relics have been erected and maintained. Through the implementation of beautiful rural construction, the Chaohu Municipal Government is working hard to build this ancient village into a famous cultural tourism village. At the end of 2014, Hongjiatuan was selected into the third batch of Chinese traditional villages and promoted to a famous landscape tourism village with Chinese characteristics, becoming the only two "national famous" villages in Hefei City.

In order to cooperate with the village's tourism industry, the village introduced external investment and built Lanmei Manor. In order to increase the cultural flavor and rural fun of the village, Lanmei Manor has also added many other activities while engaging in blueberry planting, sales, and deep processing. For example: free picking of blueberries, parent-child farm, free fishing, mountain village visits, organic vegetables and fruits sales, bonsai production and sales, etc. Free picking is available in the blueberry garden, and tourists can pick blueberries in the free picking area. This not only enhances tourists' hands-on ability, but also increases their understanding of blueberry knowledge, and also creates free space for activities. In October 2015, the tourism development plan for Hongjiatuan Ancient Village was released. At the same time, Huanglu Town is planning to build a West Huangshan Regional Cultural Tourism Creative Industrial Park within an area of ??10 square kilometers centered on Hongjiatuan. With the repair and restoration of ancient houses, the creation of a realistic version of "Happy Farm" and the planning of the West Huangshan Regional Cultural Tourism Creative Industrial Park, this place will become the most beautiful cultural tourist attraction on the Chaohu Lake Tour route.