龙湖古寨

李依柔

<h3 style="line-height: 1.8em; font-size: 0.34rem; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular; caret-color: rgb(104, 49, 0); text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font color="#333333">&nbsp;&nbsp; 走在厚厚的石板路上,两边的民宅是数不清的公祠和甲第。</font></span></h3></h3> <h3 style="line-height: 1.8em; font-size: 0.34rem; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular; color: rgb(104, 49, 0); caret-color: rgb(104, 49, 0); text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></h3> <h3></h3><h3 style="line-height: 1.8em; font-size: 0.34rem; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular; color: rgb(104, 49, 0); caret-color: rgb(104, 49, 0); text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">过去,龙湖古寨有五多: 一是姓氏多,顶峰时期72姓,今余21姓。</span> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">二是举士多,史载进士、举人一百多人,高居华南列村之首,惜经"破四旧",后可细考究者仅五十有三,其中最著名者当属"因直言不讳而被下压名次"的冠军型探花姚宏中。</span> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">三是府第祠堂多,今留有五十余座,不仅建的多而且敢于破除藩篱,尊师重教,设"先生祠";重义行孝,建"阿婆祠"。</span> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">四是书院、书斋多,目前仍可寻得踪迹的就有三十余处,如"读我书屋"、"芥舟书斋"、"友竹居"、"梨花吟馆"、"抱经舍"、"兰后斋"、"津南别墅"、"雨花精庐"等。</span> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">五是学田多,潮州地处省尾国角,古时进京赶考一路坎坷凶险,没钱拉倒,还好该村有钱,光龙湖书院就有学田736亩(明朝)。</span> </h3><h3 style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-touch-callout: none; box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-user-select: auto; -webkit-appearance: none; line-height: 1.8em; font-weight: 400; font-size: 0.34rem; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: PingFangSC-Regular; color: rgb(104, 49, 0); caret-color: rgb(104, 49, 0); text-align: justify; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; outline: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline !important;"></h3><h3></h3> <h3></h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">据考证,龙湖寨历代科举出身的进士、举人达53人,名人的题词、书法、碑记也相当多。至清末民初,在面积只有1.5平方公里的寨内,宗族祠堂、名宦府第和商贾富绅豪宅有100多座,不少有五进、十进之深。</span></h3><h3> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 这些建筑既体现了宋、元、明、清各历史时期的不同建筑风格,又荟萃了木雕、石雕、嵌瓷、彩绘、贝灰塑等典型的潮汕民间工艺精华。</span></h3><h3> </h3><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 俗话说:"潮州厝,皇宫起。"这些府第、民居的门廊主面装饰浓重,门匾、侧壁等多绘风俗彩画,十分气派;天井地铺卵石或条石,摆设花盆,简洁明快;门厅与天井间置同花屏风隔扇,使空间转折变化。这些建筑虽经历沧桑,但石刻文字仍清晰可见,墙上壁画栩栩如生,屋脊嵌瓷的花虫鸟兽生动传神。</span></h3> <h5><font color="#333333">今年春节的龙湖古寨热闹非凡,人头攒动,两边的小摊主们摆起了很多潮州的传统工艺品,小巧可爱,惹人喜欢。</font></h5> <h3 style="text-align: justify; ">龙湖古寨至今已有一千多年历史,仍保留着很多潮汕古寨和祠堂,走进这里,仿佛是穿越到了几百年前的潮汕,大家不妨花上半天时光慢慢行走于这“三街六巷”间。</h3>