Xiwancun

The whole village of Xiwan Village is actually a large courtyard connected, interlocked, and integrated by the small courtyard courtyard. The village is a courtyard, the courtyard is a village, is the most appropriate portrayal of Xiwan Village. The Xiwan residential complex has more than 30 complete courtyards. There is a small gate between the courtyard and the courtyard. As long as you enter the south archway of the castle, you can visit the whole village. The total area is 30,000 square meters, which is one of the largest Ming and Qing houses in the country. This village on the west bank of the Lishui River, one kilometer north of the mouth, sits northwest and southeast, surrounded by mountains and rivers on a 30-degree stone slope, occupying a narrow strip of about 250 meters long and about 120 meters wide. The overall design of the ancient houses in Xiwan Village is very strange. The whole village is connected by five vertical lanes headed from north to south. These five vertical lanes are meant to be five lines of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, representing the five branches of the village owner, the Chen family. The people of each branch live in these five lanes, which are easy to manage and easy to expand the village to the left and right. The houses in each vertical lane can be connected to each other. The ground of the alley is paved with stones, with stone walls on both sides, and some places have turrets and wall roads for inspection. The ancient houses are all cave-style Mingzhu Xiamen Gaoyutai, which is fronted by Mingzhu Xiamen Gaoyutai Courtyard, and the south is the living room, or the horse shed, toilet, and gate. Because it is built along the hillside, it is the roof of the first floor of the house below, the yard of the upper floor of the house, and the whole ancient village is cascading.

In fact, this is part of the Lukou Ancient Town complex. The Xiwan Residence is located 1 km north of Lukou Town and is a provincial cultural relics protection unit. The Lukou tourist area houses include Xiwan, Lijiashan and Zhaizishan houses, which are the most representative of the Xiwan Residences. Xiwan Village, Xiwan Village, Linxian County, Shanxi Province, is the ancient architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, a typical Jin style courtyard house, and is the first batch of famous Chinese historical and cultural villages. Its main part is located between two stone mountains, with a 30-degree slope, and the residential complex is located on it, with layers of stacking, space and plane layouts scattered, and the highest point can reach six floors. The whole village is connected to dozens of houses in five stone streets with cash, wood, water, fire and soil, surrounded by high walls, forming a castle-style closed space, the house and the house are connected by small doors, entering the first courtyard can be all over the village. Xiwan Residence is a typical Luliang-style courtyard house with a strong historical and cultural atmosphere and strong loess cultural characteristics. There are 40 courtyards that are basically well preserved. The whole complex has a reasonable layout and smooth flood control and drainage. Especially the gate, the flower gate, the wall, the wooden carvings on the hall, the brick carvings, the stone carvings along the street, each with charm, is a study of the Yellow River Valley folk customs and Ming and Qing architecture of the excellent materials. The residential buildings are built with grinding bricks to the seams, brick, wood, stone carving and exquisite scales are everywhere, cave caves and terraces, pavilions, pavilions are diverse, with high artistic value. Its streets and lanes on both sides of the walls between the building of arches, and the building upstairs, pedestrians, discharge flood and other functions are complete.

Looking at the ancient village of Xiwan built hundreds of years ago, I lamented that its design concept is so novel and unique. The huge castle is only 3 gates in the south, meaning heaven, earth, people and easy to defend outside; If there are large villages, each hospital has a small door to connect, and you can walk through the whole village when you enter a first hospital, which is convenient for internal integration. Xiwan Village is the only ancient village in Shanxi selected as a famous historical and cultural village in China. Walking in the West Bay, the long years deep hidden in the streets and alleys, lingering.

Families come to Xiwan Village to live in Jiahe B&B, just inside the Xiwan Village attractions

One of the famous Chinese historical and cultural villages, located in Lukou Town, Linxian County, Shanxi Province.

Located in Lukou Town, Linxian County, Shanxi Province, one of the famous Chinese historical and cultural villages.