The scenery of Zhou Xiao village

Today's Zhou Xiao village has not been completely submerged by the torrent of modernization, and traditional things are still being passed on. Walking in the village, on the winding and various bridges and pillow streams, the solemn ancestral temples are neat and orderly, the antique temples are simple and elegant, and the traditional houses are uneven. Under the shade of green trees, it is like an ink painting with the characteristics of Lingnan water town, streams, green trees, gray walls and plain tiles. Our ancestors created an ideal home for people to live, live and work in Zhou Xiao Village. Among the past eight scenic spots in Yingzhou, "Xixi fishing", "sailing across the ancient river" and "Hanqiao jathyapple" are all directly related to the traditional buildings in the village.

Apart from the ancient roads and bridges, the most striking thing about Zhou Xiao is its ancient oyster shell house. The oyster shell houses in Zhou Xiao have a history of hundreds of years, and there used to be more than one hundred. Now most of them have been demolished, leaving only three, mainly because the owners moved out of the house and other reasons. Zhou Xiao villagers' ancestors dug up a large number of oyster shells from coastal sand dikes to build houses because of local materials. It is said that the house built in this way is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is not afraid of insects without rain, which is very suitable for the climate in Lingnan.

There is an abandoned ancestral temple next to the park. The square of the ancestral hall is all paved with strip bluestone. Stepping on the gravel, footsteps came from the ground, and the echo was dull and long, which made people feel pious from the heart. The tall columns and beams in the ancestral temple give people invisible psychological hints, and we have to face the things inside with a pilgrimage mood; Weeds grow in the cracks in the stone slabs of the ancestral temple, and there is no decoration inside. The carvings on the plaque in the main hall are elegant and natural, and the walls seem to be full of stories of time; The towering eaves of the ancestral temple faintly reveal the grandeur and handsomeness of that year. All this has aroused our imagination of the life of our ancestors, who gathered in ancestral halls on major festivals, or sacrificed their ancestors to God, or discussed village affairs.

Zhou Xiao Village is surrounded by rivers, and alleys are connected. Old trees are lush and small wooden boats are moored in the river. For many years, the river has been pounding the old pier. It's just that in this elegant picture with small bridges and flowing water and blue bricks and tiles, which represents the characteristics of Lingnan water town, many brand-new and gorgeous modern buildings are jumping.