The ancient village of Sheming and Qing Dynasty, located in Chashan Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 8 years. The existing ancient buildings in the village are mainly Ming and Qing dynasties, covering an area of 11 thousand square meters, which is one of the well-preserved ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties in China.
There are 3 ancestral halls and more than 25 ancient houses in the ancient village, which constitute a cultural landscape with strong Pearl River Delta characteristics. A large number of stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, gray carvings and pottery building components have been preserved, which has high artistic value.
nangu village has successively won the titles of famous Chinese historical and cultural village, national key cultural relics protection unit, China landscape village and Guangdong most beautiful village. On July 28th, 28, Nanshe Village was selected as the first batch of national rural tourism key villages.
scenic spots; Ancient Wall: Built in October of the 17th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1644). The wall is made of rammed earth or red stone, with a total length of 32.5 feet. There are 21 woodhouses, each with its own name and couplets.
after the completion of the fence, it successively resisted the siege of Li Wanrong and others in the fifth year of Shunzhi (1648) and Liu Jin and others in the tenth year of Kangxi (1671). There are several sections of the fence, and there are only one or two woodhouses left.
Xie's Grand Ancestral Hall: with three bays and three courtyards, a mixed beam frame structure with hanging beams and buckets, forked hands carved with grass patterns between the purlins and supporting feet, pottery sculptures on the roof, gray carvings on the roof and wood carvings on cornices, which are absolutely exquisite.
sloping roofs are used, which is rare in ancestral halls in Dongguan. There are incense burners and inscriptions used in the construction of Zhao Jian in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1555).
Centennial Weng Temple: The courtyard layout with three bays and three entrances, with a hard gable roof, was built in the Ming Dynasty. There is an inscription in the 23rd year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1595), which records that the residence of Xie Yanqing, a centenarian, was changed to a temple. The existing red stone carvings on the pedestal and tablet of the altar have the Ming Dynasty style.
Baisui Square: It was built in the 2th to 26th years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592-1598). At that time, Xie Yanjuan and his wife in Nanshe Village were both over 1 years old. Dongguan county magistrate Li reported the matter to the court, and the court was allowed to build a shrine. The temple was named' Baisuifang', so the front of Baisuifang was built like a memorial arch.
There are three bays and two-story courtyards. The first entrance is three archways on the third floor, with the roof leaning against the mountain, stone wishful arches under the eaves, red stone carvings on Sumitomo's screen wall and wood carvings on two-story beams, which are absolutely exquisite. The combination of Baisuifang Temple and its layout can be described as ingenious. In 1993, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Dongguan.
Xiejia Temple: The 42nd Ugly Scholar of Chinese Department in the 4th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, and then left the main hall to put down the rebellion in Xinjiang. After meritorious service, he served as the company commander and returned to Guangdong as the magistrate of Guangdong and Guangxi.
in the 27th year of Guangxu reign in Qing dynasty (191), a temple was built in memory of Xie, a brave and skillful company commander. The building is a courtyard layout with two entrances and two exits, a hard gable roof, and a mixed beam frame structure through which beams are suspended.
jinliang's woodcarving, stone carving and ridged pottery sculpture are exquisite, and the gray sculptures of people and animals who first entered the ridged area are lifelike. The word "in front of the ancestral temple" was written by Tao Xuan, a famous calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, which has high artistic value. In 1993, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit.