Water system function

Production and living function

Disaster prevention and defense function

Impact

Analysis

The villagers of Hesanyan Village dig a canal to bring the water from the ancient rock cave mountain into the village and flow in series, and the water flows continuously throughout the year, nourishing thousands of acres of land nearby, facilitating farming and planting, and meeting people’s daily needs.

Xiapu Village is located on the eastern side of the Mishui river, and has sufficient water resources to facilitate irrigation and water storage for farming, as well as for shipping.

The Long family compound holds the crescent pond in the north, and the whole village is built with sewers for discharging sewage from top to bottom, in the form of open ditches or culverts combined with streets and alleys, which are powerful in preventing drought and flooding.

Tanwenxi Village is located on the flat land surrounded by mountains, and the two streams surrounding the ancient village can play a similar protective role as a moat, while also playing a role in fire prevention and theft prevention.

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Water system function

Transportation and Trade Function

Climate control function

Impact

Analysis

The Xie Mu River is an important channel for the villagers of Shanggantang Village to communicate with the outside world. Through water transportation, food, oil, firewood, rice, salt and other necessities from the outside world are delivered to the village, and the village’s cash crops are also transported out.

Banliang Village: In ancient times, the ancestors developed a water trade industry along the Banxi River, and commerce flourished along the water, forming a market street with many stores and several money changers, and the overall scale of the village was large.

The village of Fujiangzai is built in a place surrounded by green mountains, with a natural stream winding through the north of the village and a lot of long bamboo by the stream, which is like a “natural oxygen bar”, and has been known as “Fujiangzai Fujiangzai, good mountain and good water” since ancient times, with a pleasant climate.

Ganyantou Village: Xianshui flows from the east side of the village to the north, while the Jinshui flows from the west side of the village, and the two waters converge to form a “golden belt” surrounded by three sides, which brings the village together and does not leak out.

Schematic

Water system function

Psychological adjustment function

Impact

Analysis

Dayangdong village as a whole revolves around a large pond, and the ancestors used each part of the Bagua diagram, such as Li, Tui, Qian, Xun and Kan, to correspond to the clan’s eight gatehouses, which were laid out in a circular embrace bureau style with a unique appearance.

The village is located on the flat land surrounded by mountains and water. The ancestors used the topography to follow the S-shaped gossip pattern and built along the slope, so that the village area in general “hides the wind and gathers the qi”.

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