Travel, Study, and Fun in China - Tang Mo

The Tang mould village, was had jurisdiction over by She County originally, belonged to the Hui Zhou District now. The Tang Dynasty Yue State common deep and vast China great grandfather uncle lift, establish very much. In A.D. 923, Wang Hua's descendant moves back to the homeland deeply and vastly, lives in the mountain spring temple at first. The deep and vast thought already near seventy stands learnedly and versatily, is good at astronomical geography. He takes a fancy to Lion Rock opposite to the mountain spring temple with the Eight Diagrams, and the emperor who found a state uncle lifts the large stretch of ginkgo that grows green and freshes planted there, think that can send the son to send to live in here to the grandson. So think of setting up deeply and vastly and lead descendants to move to Lion Rock to live. To work hard work, deep and vast street, six home, crown prince pool,etc. building set up successively, several generations, have formed a gathering clan in but the village of the residence progressively. Wang Si sets up leading it is set up in the Later Tang Dynasty in the period of five generations that descendants come at a time while returning to Hui Zhou, the dispute of duke under an emperor, has already passed out of existence in prosperous and powerful the Tang Dynasty. Deep and vast descendants did not forget the kindness honour to the ancestor in the Tang Dynasty (i.e. sealed with coming over and pledging allegiance to Wang Hua towards the name commonly for Yue State after the Tang Dynasty, posthumous " martyr's king " after death), decide to set up a village according to the scale while holding, named " Tang Mo " (say set up according to mode, demeanour, standard of holding Tang Shi). 1087 year, prefecture the north let one Gui Xu of village, Xu Gui two two brothers lose because of parents pair, go and seek refuge with uncle Tang Mo's family. Multiply several generation, let than local deep and vast, Cheng, three Wu surnamed the population more prosperous, it is surnamed a distinguished family that the ones that become Tang Mo are big. But they do not forget The uncle's kindness adopted, still continue to use the name of this village of " Tang Mo ". Tang forming, name of mould village, it was the ancient people in Hui Zhou that paid attention to the result that the geomantic omen was combined with loyal monarch's thought, have baked the printing of history and culture deeply.

The loyal monarch has cast the Tang mould, has fulfilled one's duty to one's parents and accomplished the dry garden of wingceltis with fame spreading far and wide. Chuan Xiang, clear Tang mould allow, have one rich trader deal in 36 Pan pawnshop in Su Zhejiang Anhui Jiangxi area for the first time, call 36 allusion quatations at that time. His mother want, visit by West Lake Hangzhou, suffer from mountain high great distance, worn with age to embark on journey while being inconvenient. Then this filial son abuses a huge sum of money and digs the pool to build the dam, simulation West Lake view by the village, build the pavilions, terraces and open halls, long bridge of waterside pavilion, lake dykes offer mother's amusement all over planting the wingceltis flower and purple punishment, repay the kindness that the neighbor of township aids. Rural area all over plant wingceltis spend, have one deep brook wind, flow slowly, fetch " bank bank cuts down the wingceltis, purpose and name of the doing of river put " say " the wingceltis dries in the garden ".
Tang mould village regard Lion Rock as strong point now, southwest piece of village have one a circumference of about 5 li of hilly grounds lead pictograph mountain; The east, the north, in the west are the small broad plain; Cross 3,500 meters of Lion Rock to get the abundant happy river. Still keep more intact blue and green flagstone path in the village nowadays, a brook crosses village, there is a bridge of Gaoyang built in the small stream in Qing Dynasty. Pass the ancient ginkgo forest that sees in the south of the brook promptly in the bridge. Lin Qian has crown prince's pools, there are crown prince's temples on right side of the pool. It is a typical ancient emblem building " champion's office " to depend on crown prince's temple closely. Separated by one lane of places important official, the Kuomintang of Taiwan, let village old house of jade now. Pass Gaoyang bridge in the north of brook and lay, have Buddhist nunnery and let large ancestral hall. Can see young West Lake of the model of Tang well-known at home and abroad forward and then. Cross small West Lake, see the rare tablet workshop of " member of Imperial Academy of the compatriot " of the whole country. Octagonal pavilion, centipede's bridge are hidden in the camphor tree forest of the strongly fragrant spring onions deeply. The Tang mould village may be called a garden type hall of ancient building.

Traffic: Lie 10 kilometers west of She County, abduct in from a branch road going in the road to group of memorial archway of Tangyue Village.