Zhiyan Ancient Village

Zhiyan Village, founded in the Southern Song Dynasty, has a history of more than 800 years. Because there are Zhixi and water weirs in the village, the old name is Zhixi Village. This ancient village at the junction of Lanxi and Jiande used to be a post station from ancient Yanzhou to Jinhua ancient road, and it was prosperous for a while. Since then, like all the villages whose fate has been changed by traffic, Zhiyan has become silent because of the passage of the highway and the annihilation of ancient roads. It is also because of this silence that the ancient buildings have been completely preserved. Zhiyan Village is known as the "Little Lijiang in the South of the Yangtze River". Like Lijiang, the water flowing in front of every household in Zhiyan is much clearer than that in Lijiang. Walking in the alleys of the village, the sound of rushing water is always heard. The ancient buildings in Zhiyan Village are very early in age, with a large number, exquisite structure and complete preservation, which are also rare. The village not only has nearly 100 ancient buildings such as Yande Hall, Xiaosi Hall and Chengxian Hall, but also collects various buildings from Yuan, Ming and Qing periods in one village, which can be called a "typical Chinese ancient dwelling museum". It has been praised as the "living fossil" and "the architectural treasure village of the four dynasties" by ancient architecture research experts. Representative buildings include "Xiaosi Hall", "Yande Hall", "Jimei Hall", "Chengzhi Hall" and so on. The structure is unique and the preservation is relatively complete. Among them, Xiaosi Hall is the ancestral hall of Chen's family. The main hall is three wide and surrounded by corridors, on the top of the mountain. Zhiyan village dwellings provide important material materials for the study of traditional village culture and the evolution of dwelling architecture. Zhiyan Village also has four natural landscapes such as immortal stones, strange peaks, divine boats, and divine jars. Among them, the "immortal stone" landscape is about 2 miles away from the village. The stone is three or four meters high and four or five meters long. The "Qifeng" landscape is about three or four miles away from the village. It is like a tailwind. Whenever someone in the village speaks, it can be clearly heard under the Qifeng. "Shenchuan" is a small mountain in Zhiyan Reservoir. Its shape is like an overturned ship, and it appears in summer and autumn. It is illusory and illusory. "God jar" refers to a large water jar left in the mountain stream of Kangwukou made by heaven and earth. According to legend, this jar was used by gods to store alchemy water. It is said that the dense air diffused in the fumigation jar every day can eliminate wrinkles. , eternal youth, so it is regarded as a fetish by the villagers.