Due to the unique influence of Gongcheng, many tourists are not satisfied with Guilin-Yangshuo tourism, but prefer to pull out to Gongcheng to experience the local customs there.
In their view, if the Guilin-Yangshuo line is a tourist pearl, Gongcheng is more like a family heirloom pendant.
Gongcheng is an ancient city with a history of nearly 1400 years.
The changes and accumulation of years, coupled with the treasure and protection of traditional culture by Yao compatriots, have formed a cultural pattern of "literature", "martial arts", "business" and "emotion".
The most famous scenic spot in Gongcheng is the Confucian Temple.
Confucius Temple, also known as Confucius Temple, as its name implies, is a temple to commemorate the sage Confucius.
Confucian Temple is located on the Yinshan side of the county seat, covering an area of 3,600 square meters, with a building area of 1.300 square meters. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi and is called "Small Qufu in the South". It consists of Zhuangyuanmen, Xingxingmen, Zhuangyuanqiao, Dachengmen, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, Li Men, Lu Yi, Xiangxian Temple, Xiao Zhong Temple, Xingtai Temple and Xiangxian Temple.
Confucius Temple was built in 14 10, which is a contemporary building with the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
The Confucian Temple is backed by Yinshan Mountain, and the whole Confucian Temple is divided into six floors. The design and layout are rigorous, and the modeling is magnificent and profound, which fully embodies the theory of Yin and Yang in the Book of Changes and makes people feel solemn.
The temple is full of incense and rich in cultural relics, many of which can be called national treasures.
The eternal model was written by Kangxi, the three-character plaque "Lingxingmen" was written by Qianlong, the four-character plaque "Not for the people" was written by Yongzheng, and the four-character plaque "Sven is here" was written by Guangxu. There are 36 paintings on the sacred objects in the shrine, which is the earliest cartoon with a complete character story in China.
The East Wing and the West Wing are dedicated to ancient classics and famous instruments carved with fine wood, such as Confucius' quotations, the compass, the Four Books and Five Classics, seismographs and weapons. It embodies the ancient people's spiritual pursuit of reading poetry books, knowing etiquette and working for tomorrow.
The Champion Bridge on the Panshui River is regarded as an auspicious sign by local residents: it is said that students will get good grades as long as they cross the Champion Bridge.
Facts have also proved that this legend can stand the test: since the Northern Song Dynasty, official schools have been established here.
From the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Yao people here began to set up social studies and attached importance to the education of their children.
By 1994, Gongcheng had created a miracle that every village in the county produced college students.
Also in 1994, a professor of humanities in Tsinghua University made statistics: during the 84 years since Tsinghua was founded, among the 10 Yao students enrolled in the school, 7 were from Gongcheng.
Among them, Gongcheng was admitted to Tsinghua at the age of less than 15, and became a doctoral student in Tsinghua at the age of 2 1, becoming the youngest Dr. Yao in China.
Another interesting thing is that Mr. Ma, a famous educator in the Republic of China, was born in Mazhai near the Confucius Temple.
Ma's eagerness to learn cannot be said to be unaffected by his childhood environment.
All kinds of coincidences overlap, adding a bit of mystery to Gongcheng Confucian Temple. No wonder Gongcheng Confucian Temple is so famous!
In addition to the Confucian Temple, the Wu Temple in Gongcheng is also a well-preserved ancient temple.
The Wu Temple was built to commemorate Guan Yu, the general of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is a place where the Chinese nation advocates loyalty.
The site of Wu Miao Temple in Gongcheng is also located in Yinshan, the county seat, adjacent to the Confucian Temple, with one mountain and two ridges.
The two temples, civil and military, are separated by a hundred steps, and civil and military complement each other. Their arrangement alone is worth a visit.
Wuci, with a history of 400 years, is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi. Its scale is slightly smaller than that of the Confucian Temple, which conforms to the traditional regulations of our country.
After all, Guan Yu's loyalty, filial piety and moral integrity were advocated by Confucius.
Wen Sheng is a theorist and Wu Sheng is a practitioner.
The Confucian Temple and the Wushu Temple on both sides of Yinshan Mountain, with their unique skills, combine theory and practice perfectly, and complement each other, making them a model of traditional culture in China.
The main building hall of Gongcheng Wuchi Temple is a double-eaved mountain-resting style with upturned cornices and fluttering leisurely, decorated with flowers, birds, dragons, phoenixes and auspicious clouds, which has a strong traditional style.
The buildings of Wuci include stage, hall, hall, back hall and east and west hall.
The hall attached to the East and West Wing shows Guan Yu's life legends through sculptures, such as the Three Marriages in Taoyuan, the beheading of Hua Xiong, and the escape of Cao Cao.
In order to achieve the effect of singing, a huge iron pot was used on the pedestal of the stage, which was the most feasible sound design in ancient times.
There is also a famous ancestral temple in Gongcheng County called Zhou Wei Temple.
Zhou Wei Temple, located in the east gate of the county seat, commemorates Zhou Wei, a famous official, an imperial adviser and a native of Gongcheng in the Northern Song Dynasty. Covering an area of 1.600 square meters, it is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangxi.
Zhou Wei was honest and devoted to the public all his life. He had a good political voice. After his death, he was awarded the title of "Loyalty to the King and Huilie" by the court.
Before his death, he asked the imperial court to pay taxes, develop people's wisdom and set up rural schools. People in his hometown appreciated his kindness and donated money to build a temple statue for him.
There is a poem in praise: "One hundred generations pass on the history of Zhou Dynasty, and ten thousand generations will miss the ancient rural sages."
The original stage, gatehouse, main hall, back hall, east wing and west wing of Zhou Wei Temple have been partially destroyed, but the existing gatehouse is the essence of all its buildings.
The gatehouse is made of all-wood structure, consisting of more than 3000 pieces of wood, with exquisite materials and rigorous technology.
Its shape uses double eaves to rest on the top of the mountain, and it is carefully hoisted out layer by layer by using five-story bucket arches, which fills the belly with suspense, is full of dangers, has smooth shape, gorgeous roof and exquisite window lattice.
When the air flows naturally, it can make a roar, which makes birds afraid to settle here and protects the gatehouse from insects and birds. This is really a unique idea.
The most worth seeing in Zhou Wei Temple is a picture of Meishan, which is more than 500 meters long and was painted during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
There are more than 1000 people in this picture, which vividly reproduces the production, life and sacrifice scenes of Yao ancestors' farming, spinning, fishing and hunting thousands of years ago, and is called "the necessity of the country".
Gongcheng has been a place where merchants gather since ancient times.
Foreign businessmen often set up chambers of commerce to strengthen themselves.
Gongcheng Hunan Guild Hall was built by Sanxiang Guild during Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty.
The well-preserved Hunan Guild Hall reflects the scene of ancient merchants in Gongcheng, where goods flow smoothly.
When you walk into the guild hall, you can experience the scenes of bargaining and debt collection of ancient businessmen between going to the theatre and drinking tea, and even you may not be able to start your business genius.
The land of Gongcheng has simple folk customs and pays attention to hygiene, which has lasted for thousands of years and remains unchanged so far.
This is a national agricultural ecological demonstration county.
Into Gongcheng, every family has an orchard and every family builds biogas.
Dozens of orchards are connected together, including oranges, grapefruit, persimmons, peaches, etc., but we have never seen a lookout shed guarding the orchard.
It turns out that the Yao people here think that if you are thirsty and hungry, it is really not a problem to go into the orchard and pick two fruits to eat. Don't build a shed, send someone to guard it day and night.
As for the prevention of fruit thieves, Yao people didn't even think about it, because there are no thieves here.
Because there is no lookout shed, Gongcheng Orchard has always been the favorite garden for photographers, especially the 1,000-acre peach garden in Daling Mountain. When the peach blossoms are covered with branches, plus the smoke from the river there, * * * isomorphically becomes a beautiful picture.
If you travel to Gongcheng village, you can't even see the feces of cattle and sheep.
No matter the village road, everything is clean and tidy as home.
Many tourists come with suspicion and go with certainty.
When the villagers are farming in the farmland, you can go to the village quietly, look for the kitchen of any family and look through the window probe. You will never believe what you see is the kitchen of the peasant family: biogas stove, biogas lamp, tile stove and spotless dining table.
It's best to take a tour route of Gongcheng's rural customs in Sheshan, because the small bridges and flowing water and the crowing people here are more typical and vivid, and it has the artistic conception of "chicken and millet are friends, you entertain me on your farm" written by Tao Qian.
Yao compatriots love singing and dancing and are hospitable.
"Nuo Dance", "Bamboo Dance" and "Camellia oleifera Song" of Yao people in Gongcheng are the most distinctive programs in Yao culture.
Being a guest in Yaozhai, sitting among Yao people, drinking a bowl of rich Yao-style oil tea, and listening to Yao people sing a song "Camellia oleifera" for you must be a spiritual enjoyment that you can't experience unless you have experienced it yourself.
The snacks in Gongcheng include Paishan, Ai Ye Ba, Radish Ba, Taro Cake, Chestnut Zongzi and so on, which is enough for you to eat.
The local product here is Gongcheng persimmon, which is exported overseas.
If you come to Gongcheng on lunar calendar 10/6, you can enjoy singing and dancing, and celebrate the harvest and Wang Pan Festival with the Yao people.