With a design like a maze, easy to get in and out of, not many people dare step in to explore the village.
Zhuge Liang Village, formerly known as Gao Long Village, is located 18km west of Lanxi city, Zhejiang province, China.
According to records, this is the settlement of the 27th descendant of Zhuge Liang. This village was also the largest residence of descendants of Gia Cat in the mid and late Yuan Dynasty.
Why is this Zhuge village said to be the first strange village in China? There are three reasons for this.
First, the vast majority of villagers are descendants of Zhuge Liang, a talented prime minister and military man during the Three Kingdoms period. In other words, almost everyone in the village has the surname of Zhuge Liang or is married to the Zhuge family. There are very few people who are not members of the Zhuge clan.
According to a statistic from the 7th Zhuge Liang Workshop, there are about 16,000 descendants of Zhuge Liang in China. Of these, a quarter (about 4,000 people) live alone in Gia Cat village.
Second, this village is still strange in its subtle and mysterious layout.
Looking down from above, the whole arrangement, distribution of houses, to the alleys in the village all coincide with the Bat Mon map of Zhuge Liang in history.
The topography of Gia Cat village is arranged in the middle of low and flat, the surrounding ascending. Water flows from above and converges in the central area, forming a pond.
This pond is a special feature of Gia Cat village, which is also the starting place for the Bat Battle. The pond is not big, but inside there is water, outside is earth, and has the same shape as Tai chi in the Bat Monster. What a strange thing.
Centered on the pond, there were eight alleys open in all directions, leading directly to eight high mounds outside the village.
In the village, there are also many narrow alleys connected horizontally, in the alley there are thousands of households, many ancient houses are scattered among the alleys.
The alleys near the central pond are at first relatively straight, then gradually fold and expand to the outside. Besides, there are many alleys that are connected vertically and horizontally, which looks like a maze.
It is difficult for outsiders to enter alleys, and even get lost. Therefore, for hundreds of years, no one has dared to enter this village. It has become a secluded place from the world.
Interestingly, the descendants of Zhuge Liang who have lived here for hundreds of years also do not realize the magic of this layout. It was not until the relevant records were found in an ancient book that everyone was at this point.
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