Qiaodong village 1
Qiaodong Village in Meixi Town is a beautiful traditional village in China, which is hidden in the deep mountains of Minqing. The village was originally named Qiaodongshan. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was named Xiaodongshan to commemorate Xie's ancestor Xie's "comeback", and it was changed to Qiaodongshan after homophonic.
According to Xie's genealogy in Qiaodong Village, Xie's ancestor Er moved here in Qing Dynasty. After that, Sun Xian, the son of Gong Xian II, developed and prospered, and became rich through hard work. Most of Xie's ancestral houses in the village were built in the prosperous time of Qing, Kang and Gan. The representative ancient buildings in ancient villages are three ancestral halls and one ancestral hall, which are connected into an ancient residence.
Qiaodong Village sits in the southeast and faces the northwest. Two streams flow through the valleys on both sides. The whole village is a mountainous settlement, and the ancestral hall is laid out step by step according to the situation, forming a layered palace as a whole. The main streets and lanes are mostly stone steps, which are distributed around the main street.
2. Jishang village
Jishang Village, located in Yunlong Township, Minqing County, is an ancient village with a history of thousands of years. It has profound cultural heritage and many historical sites. In 2020, it was selected as the third batch of traditional villages in Fujian Province.
The style of writing here is flourishing, and there have been many well-read people, among whom Chen Yun, a music theorist in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his brother-in-law Chen Xiangdao are the most famous. There are Chen Xiangdao and Chen Yun Memorial Hall in the village.
Chen Xiangdao and Chen Yun, brothers born in Jishang Village, Minqing in the Northern Song Dynasty, are the inheritors, inheritors and promoters of ritual and music culture in Minqing. Chen Yun's Le Shu and Chen Xiangdao's The Book of Rites are parallel to the world. During the reign of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, they were listed in Sikuquanshu and the first batch of national precious ancient books.