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Huangjia Village: Yao's residence of nostalgia

Editor:李莎宁
Source:english.rednet.cn
Updated:2017-02-08 11:45:27

郴州黄家塝村是典型的瑶族聚居地。Huangjiabang Village in Chenzhou city is the typical area where Yao minority groups live in compact communities.

村里一座古朴的风水墙帮村民们留住这里的好风水。A Fengshui wall helped villagers keep their good Fengshui in the village.

黄家塝村民居一隅。A corner of the folk house dwellings in Huangjiabang Village

黄家塝村赛鼓尤其闻名,赛鼓的表演形式多样,通常由男性参加。The game of drum dance competition in Huangjiabang Village is particularly known for its performances in various forms.

黄家塝村内风景。The landscape of Huangjiabang Village .

  黄家塝村依山傍水,传承着数千年的瑶族文化,是郴州宜章县莽山瑶族乡最大的行政村,也是宜章县最大的瑶族村寨。

  Huangjiabang Village, the largest village of Yizhang County, is also the largest of the Yao village and the largest executive village in Mangshan town and Chenzhou City.It is the typical area where Yao minority groups live in compact communities with their thousands year of history and culture.

  黄家塝村占地约13.3公顷,四周群山环绕、错落有致、层次分明。走进黄家塝村,青石台阶映入眼帘,石板古巷绵延2600余米,纵横相连、排水良好,即便是雨天也能保证路面的干爽。

  Huangjia bang Village covers an area of 13.3 hectares with well-proportioned structures, surrounded by mountains.Entering into the village, one can see the stone steps and ancient streets stretching more than 2,600 meters; with good links, good drainage, the street remain the dry even a rainy day.

  村落隐于黛绿青山之中,与小桥流水相连,与山水互为映衬,既得山泉溪水之便利,又有青山绿树为屏障。走在村中,灰墙青瓦高低错落,古树果木点缀其间。站于宅院高处远眺,天然图画、乡土田园尽收眼底。在这里,人与自然完全融为一体、和谐共生。

  Hidden in the dark green mountains, the village is full of the views of harmonious landscapes of folk houses and the surroundings: connected bridges and brooks, mountains and trees, grey wall and tiles on the houses with ancient trees dotted around. One can see a rural panoramic view upstairs in a house. The village is the example of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

  黄家塝村是瑶家儿女的梦里水乡,散落在乡村的古庙、古树、古宅得以妥善保存,这座历经沧桑的古村落平添了几分乡愁。村内坐落着数十幢明清时期的瑶寨房屋,屋与屋之间的通巷,均铺有青石板与垫排鹅卵石。公祠、瑶式门楼、风火墙、古式瑶汉民居等古迹文物20余处,至今保存完好。

  Ancient temples, ancient trees, old houses are preserved in Huangjiabang Village. They are the most beautiful evidence of the history of the ancient village. There are dozens of houses in Yao minority groups of Ming and Qing dynasties features scattering in the village, and more than 20 sites of culture heritage and relics of has been preserved.

  从高处向低处层层坐落着各式民居,来到这里的民俗专家分析,越是靠近高处的人家在以前越是身份尊贵。村里一座古朴的风水墙帮村民们留住了这里的好风水。

  A variety of residences are distributed from the higher to the lower locations. Folk experts analyze that people living in the dwellings of high location have higher social statues.A fengshui wall helped villagers keep their good Fengshui in the village.

  黄家塝村瑶民属八排瑶,与汉人及其他瑶民杂居,形成独具一格的民俗风情,其中赛鼓尤其闻名,也被列入了郴州市非物质文化遗产保护名录。

  Many traditional activity of Huangjiabang Village are unique folk customs, in which Drum Competing Game is most known in Chenzhou city, and it is listed of non-material cultural heritage of Chenzhou City.

  赛鼓的表演形式多样,通常由男性参加,手持桶鼓,分为龙虎两队进行对赛。最常见的是龙虎两队排成两排的对赛和围成圈儿的追鼓。对赛就是将桶鼓举起敲打,没有力气先放下鼓的人就输了。追鼓就是两队代表按照节奏追赶,先追到对方的人即赢得比赛。

  Usually performed by men, the performances of Drum Competing Game are in various forms, but mostly by two teams named as dragon team and tiger team for competing by beating their hand-held barrel drums. Most common performance is that the two team lined up in a circle by lifting their drums, and the team wins the game by beating and holding the drum in the air forlonger period of time. In Drum Chasing Game, one team has to catch up to the other team to win the game according to the rhythm of the drum beating.

  近年来,黄家塝村借助得天独厚的地理及环境优势,大力发展农业和旅游业。建设了茶叶基地、果树果园、大棚蔬菜基地、香菇培植园等。同时,借助毗邻莽山国家森林公园的优势,引入资金开办农庄、餐饮等接待场所。

  In recent years, Huangjiabang village kept developing agriculture and tourism according to its unique geographical and environmental advantages.Tea base , fruit tree Orchard, greenhouse vegetables, mushroom planting are rapidly developed. Meanwhile, farm house tourism, restaurants and reception sites are built by the advantage of local tourism resource of Mangshan national forest park.

  Original link: 郴州黄家塝村:梦里瑶寨留住最美乡愁