国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

chinadaily.com.cn
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

Knowledge of the past

Updated: 2013-07-04 13:32
By Li Yang ( China Daily)

 Knowledge of the past

A woman in her 80s poses in front of her house. The wooden board hung above the gate indicates her ancestor used to work as the county head. Photos by Huo Yan / China Daily

Jiangtou village was once famous for producing many top academics. A visit to the village offers a glimpse of Chinese traditions long forgotten in other parts of the country. Li Yang reports in Guilin, Guangxi.

My visit to Jiangtou village feels like a pilgrimage to experience the type of Chinese tradition that has long been forgotten in many parts of the country.

Located in Lingchuan county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. To the east runs a river called Hulong, which literally translates as "Defending the Dragons".

There are 200 stone horse posts of various shapes and sizes surrounding the village along the river. Each represents an outstanding scholar or official from the village with his name and title inscribed on it.

Most of the statues were smashed to pieces during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), with the damaged pieces now lying in the grass.

A 200-year-old stone bridge crossing over the river is the village's connection to the outside world.

A stone pagoda of about three meters high stands on the other side of the river. The pagoda is called Zichu, meaning "a kitchen of literacy". Villagers think it is improper to casually throw away paper written or printed with characters. All waste paper is collectively burned in the pagoda twice a month in a simple ceremony.

Villagers share the same family name, Zhou, and they identify themselves as descendants of Zhou Dunyi, who is believed to be the founder of Neo-Confucianism, an ethical and metaphysical Chinese philosophy in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Knowledge of the past

Knowledge of the past

Former Residence of Hu Xueyan: beautiful and luxurious 

World heritage: Old Rauma, Finland 

Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page

 
 
...
...
...
宜君县| 汝城县| 河间市| 松阳县| 大悟县| 昭平县| 嵊泗县| 澜沧| 祁连县| 和顺县| 本溪市| 永登县| 桓仁| 惠州市| 舟山市| 甘肃省| 闽侯县| 墨脱县| 浦东新区| 彭阳县| 海南省| 香河县| 山东省| 丹凤县| 大安市| 名山县| 承德县| 开封市| 祥云县| 承德市| 凤阳县| 南岸区| 巴楚县| 大港区| 宁海县| 郧西县| 广南县| 吉木萨尔县| 吐鲁番市| 无锡市| 平阴县|