Jitou Village

Jitou Village is an administrative village under the jurisdiction of Tangkou Town, Pingnan County, Fujian Province. It is located 4.5 kilometers east of Pingnan County, along Provincial Highway 303. Fengtou Village was founded in the third year of the Qianfu reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (876 AD), and has a history of more than a thousand years. It has been the leading place of the "Four Great Book Villages" in Pingnan since its establishment in the Qing Dynasty, and was once known as the "Good Fengtou of Pingnan". With a total area of 31 square kilometers, Jitou Village has a registered residence population of more than 3000 (including Batling at Chengguan), a permanent resident population of more than 500, and more than 1000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan at home and abroad. It is one of the largest villages in Pingnan County.  The local culture such as imperial examinations, folk customs, drama, martial arts, and cuisine, as well as local historical and cultural relics in Fengtou Village, are well-known in some counties and cities in Pingnan and northeastern Fujian, and have enjoyed the reputation of being the top of the four major book towns in Pingnan. There were more than 200 imperial examiners in the Ming and Qing dynasties, among whom there were Huang Tong who participated in the compilation of the Yongle Grand Ceremony of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Fangju, Zhang Zhengyuan, the "great uncle and nephew" who were deeply concerned by Lin Zexu, and Zhang Zan, a member of the Chinese Revolutionary League who compiled the National Music Dictionary. This place is also known as the "hometown of drama", where four out of the seven local operas in Pingnan originated. At the same time, the martial arts culture of Huotou has a long history. As early as more than 200 years ago, the Iron Head Monk (Chen Yunqi) from Quanzhou Shaolin Temple, who fled, lived in seclusion at Ciyin Temple in the north of the village and taught martial arts there. Therefore, there is a saying that "Huotou martial arts are the best in northern Fujian", which has been passed down from generation to generation and retains the excellent tradition of martial arts practice.Historical and CulturalThis is a place where talents come from generations. During the Ming and Qing dynasties alone, there were over 200 imperial examination officials, including Huang Tong who participated in compiling the Ming Dynasty's "Yongle Encyclopedia", Lin Zexu's highly regarded "uncle and nephew two jinshi", and the "father son three gongsheng" scholarly family who was favored by the tree list. Nowadays, the trend of advocating reading in the book village is even stronger, and there are numerous family happy events such as "one school, two PhDs" that are talked about. The head of the family is still a "good head" in Pingnan.This is a rural area with a rich cultural heritage. In ancient times, it was a major transportation route from Jianning Prefecture to Funing Prefecture, Fuzhou Prefecture, and other places, serving as a midpoint between sea and land. Therefore, the glorious history has left many cultural elements for Huotou, which have been well preserved. Nowadays, walking into the village, historical relics and artifacts can be seen everywhere.The well preserved ancient residences, ancestral halls, temples, ancient tombs, ancient wells, ancient couplets, and ancient plaques of the Ming and Qing dynasties are all full of ancient charm and charm, evoking a sense of time reversal. Looking at the various ancient plaques engraved with words such as "Wenkui", "Wukui", "Husband and Wife of the Same Age", as a leader, why don't you feel proud of it? Looking at the more than ten Jiexiao Fangs that were built in less than a hundred years during the Qing Dynasty, don't you think as a modern person, why not feel a lot of emotion about it?In fact, there are more things worth rewarding for people in Huotou Village! Any ancient house, any section of ancient wall, any ancient alley, is full of the texture of crossing history. If explained by the elders in the village, the stories here will be like the water in the carp stream passing through the village, flowing endlessly, making people unable to help but sigh with a sense of antiquity.The head is open. Its historical position as a transportation hub naturally led it to embrace Confucian culture, Taoist culture, and even Christian culture. Today's otaku are not closed off either. As long as you are interested, wherever you go to see cultural relics, the owner will surely bring out something they consider a "family heirloom" with a calm smile, satisfy your desires, and even explain it to you. This is so different from the deeply rooted peasant consciousness since ancient times!In the folk culture festival held in the village, the head of Waterfall performed traditional martial arts, opera and other watchful skills, and displayed ancient tablets, ancient wutong tree couplets and other antiquities. Their open awareness left a deep impression on outsiders.Obtain honorsIn 2010, it was awarded the honorary title of the fifth batch of "Famous Historical and Cultural Villages in China" by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development and the National Cutural Heritage Administration.