People's Park Street Garden...Wang Anshi's hometown Shangchi Village Wang Anshi's hometown Shangchi Village is located in Dongxiang County, Fuzhou City, 25 kilometers away from the county center. It is a cultural relic protection zone displaying the architectural art and development history of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. The village was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty and has been here for more than a thousand years. The buildings that have been preserved are mainly those built since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are more than 50 ancient buildings and more than ten relics related to Wang Anshi. The Shihuan Temple is a typical ancient architectural masterpiece in Shangchi, showing the outstanding creativity of our country's working people and the breadth and depth of ancient Chinese architecture. "There is no fear of changes in the sky, no laws for the ancestors, but heroes have been gentle and wise since ancient times. The virtues of ancestors can be learned from others, and knowledge can be passed on. The legacy is still admired in the countryside." This is a couplet hanging in the "Shihuan Temple" in Shangchi Village praising Wang Jinggong. There is also a couplet on the main gate: "Politics resists the rise of three generations, and sends Yigao to Yidan. Articles drive hundreds of schools, surpassing Han, Liu and Osu." Horizontal couplet: "Zu Si Guanghua". In the old days, in the "Shihuan Temple" ancestral hall in Shangchi Village, there were many famous calligraphy, paintings and wooden plaques on the walls praising the great achievements of the Wang family's ancestors in Shangchi Village. To this day, there are still many couplets praising Wang Jinggong circulated in the "Shihuan Temple". "Shihuan Temple" is a typical Jiangnan ancestral temple, extremely majestic, with a brick, wood, and stone structure and excellent materials. There are many exquisite brick, wood, and stone carvings preserved in the ancestral temple. The ancestral hall faces south and has three halls and three bays. It is 12.2 meters wide, 30.4 meters deep and 6 meters high. It covers an area of ??366 square meters. The main gate has a stone plaque inscribed with the words "Shihuan Temple" in three regular scripts on both sides. The words "Deng Ke" and "Ji Di" are engraved on the plaque on the gate. The brush strokes are stretched and powerful. It is a rare piece of ancient calligraphy. There is a stone pier on each side of the three gates (to be called three gates and six piers). The front hall is 7.65 meters deep, the middle hall is 12.3 meters deep, and the back hall is 6.9 meters deep. It is high in the back and low in the front. There are two wells in the middle and a volcanic wall. It is a typical Ming Dynasty building. In the past, there was a portrait of Wang Anshi hidden in the wall of the ancestral hall. It was hung in the ancestral hall on the first day of the first lunar month every year for villagers to worship. At the same time, paintings by famous artists from past dynasties are also on display. A painting of eighteen horses painted by a Song Dynasty painter, one horse and one picture, is lifelike. There is also an inkstone given to the descendants of Wang Anshi by the great calligrapher Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty. The inkstone is green, 23 cm long, 14.55 cm wide, and weighs 8.25 kg. It has two dragons carved on both sides, a coiled dragon on the side, and a dragon on the top. There are four words "treasure given by the emperor" engraved in it, which is very precious. There is an inscription carved by Mi Fu on the bottom of the inkstone. Today, this inkstone and some portraits taken out from the wall are stored in the Dongxiang County Museum. The ancient residence of "Da Fu Di" is located in the south of Shangchi Natural Village of Shangchi Village Committee, Liwei County, Dongxiang County. Facing north and south, it has a brick, wood and stone structure. It was built in the first year of Tongzhi (1862). Wang Cailan, also known as Yingxian, was given to Dr. Zhi as a gift. He was born in May of Xinwei (1811) in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and died in June of Bingzi (1876) of Guangxu. His eldest brother Wang Guanlan (1803-1860), also known as Shangxian, had a scientific name. Mengxiang, a student of the Qing Dynasty, his third brother Wang Gulan (1809-1883), also known as Juxian, his scientific name Menghuai, a student of the Qing Dynasty, his eldest son Decai (1836-1899), also known as Yirong, from the ninth rank, and his second son Wang Xiucai (1850-1919), also known as He. Zhou, whose scientific name is Shuying, is the title of the state known to the students of Qing Dynasty. For example, he was taught by Dr. Fengzhi, and his youngest son Wang Yicai (1851-1902) passed the ninth rank. Wang Cailan, the owner of the "Da Fu Di" house, opened two department store wholesale stores in Jin City and Dayong County, Hunan Province when he was middle-aged. He was also the director of the Jiangxi Guild Hall in Hankou, Hubei Province, and had a "Martial Arts Recruitment Institute" in the hall. Beginning in the first year of Tongzhi (1862) in Shangchi, it took three years to build the "Da Fu Di" residence. The three brothers Wang Cailan were students of the Qing Dynasty. Both father and son were awarded doctorate degrees. In addition to two wholesale stores and three residences in Hunan and an academy in Hankou, Hubei, they also built five houses in the south of their hometown village in Shangchi. There are two residences for the master, one study room, and two buildings for handymen and servants, with the "Doctor's Hall" as the central main building. The main building is 21 meters wide and 30 meters deep, covering an area of ??about 600 square meters. It has three halls and five wells, with bucket-type beams. The middle side door leads to the side room and kitchen. The horizontal wooden plaque above the main hall and the reverse hall is engraved with "Song Bao" "Zhumao" in four-character running script, and the plaques on the south-facing main gate and east gate are each engraved with the three-character "Da Fu Di" in regular script in gold. The plaque on the left door is engraved with the Chinese characters "Yingxu" in running script. The original house has carved beams and painted roofs, exquisite stone carvings outside, and wood carvings on doors and windows, which are typical emblem carvings. The interior hall, main room, side room, side room, woodshed, kitchen, warehouse, patio, corridor, garden, and fish pond are all available. It has the characteristics of southern Ming and Qing ancient architecture. The gatehouse of "Jingguo Shidi" is located in the south of Shangchi Village. It is a brick, wood and stone structure. It faces south and has four pillars and three bays. It is a three-story archway, 7 meters high, 3.2 meters deep and 8.4 meters wide. The gatehouse has a forehead stone. The plaque is engraved with the four regular characters "Jing Guo Shi No." It is said that this gatehouse was built by the descendants of Wang Anshi's younger brother Wang Anshang in the Song Dynasty. Later, it was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt for the fifth time in the first year of the Republic of China (1911), and a stone prohibition sign for fireworks and firewood was erected. In the sixth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1714), Wangxiao, the twenty-seventh grandson of the Wang family in Shangchi, said in "Introduction to the Genealogy Reconstruction of the Tudi Wang Family": "...In the early days, Duke Wen was friendly with Zhou Yanbi of Jinxi, and the Taoist scriptures passed through the Dichichi today. ...Ding Nei returned home with difficulty, so he built a villa in it.
...If this is the end, but the scholars still use the name of Duke Wen, Ruo Mountain, Ruo Pei, and Ruo Bridge, it will come naturally..." There is a pond in front of the gate tower of "Jing Kingdom Shidi", the gate tower and the pond In the open space, there are flagpole stones for the descendants of the Shangchi Wang family who passed the imperial examination. The "Jingguo Shidi" gatehouse is of great historical and cultural value for the study of Wang Anshi's hometown. The "Shuanglong Chushui" ancient building complex is located in Dongxiang. Located in the south of Shangchi Natural Village of Shangchi Village Committee, Liwei County, the brick, wood and stone structure was built by Wang Jieyun, the founder of the printing and publishing industry "Eryi Hall" in Jinxihuwan Shupu Street during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. , named Guokang, taboo Wenkang, and named Nanpu. He was awarded the imperial edict of Emperor Zhi as a doctor in the Qing Dynasty. He was born in September of Wuxu (1778), the forty-third year of Qianlong, and died in July of Guichou (1853), the third year of Xianfeng. He is a true Confucian businessman who founded the nationally famous printing and publishing house "Er Yi Tang" in Huwan Town, Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province, and opened large bookstores in Ji'an, Zhangshu, Nanchang and other places. He is engaged in business and education. At the same time, he paid more attention to educating his descendants to learn literature and martial arts. He built the "Erlong Chushui" twin houses behind the old house in Shangchi, and also built an academy behind the "Erlong Chushui" house for his descendants to study and practice martial arts. The "Shuanglong Chushui" building complex is composed of two closely connected houses with the same structure. "Shuanglong Chushui" faces south, with a depth of 16 meters and a width of 22 meters. The two front doors are 4 meters high. Each building has an upper and lower hall and a patio, and there is a gate connecting the two houses. Together with the front courtyard, the west courtyard and the east corridor, the total area is about 600 square meters on the left side of the front screen wall of the old residence. There is a main gate with a plaque engraved with "Yanqing" in regular script. It faces south and faces north. It is built side by side with the academy on the east. It is 18 meters deep and 25 meters wide. Each building has two halls and two patios. Together with the front courtyard and the west courtyard, The courtyard, east corridor, covers an area of ??about 600 square meters. The coffin house is 20.5 meters deep and 12.5 meters wide. It has a large patio, a mourning hall, and eight spiritual rooms. The warehouse has a patio and an area of ??about 250 square meters. The six barns occupy an area of ??about 110 square meters. The three stables occupy an area of ??about 60 square meters. The three kitchens occupy an area of ??about 140 square meters. The four buildings occupy an area of ??approximately 150 square meters. The alley within the building is approximately 45 meters long. The above-mentioned "Double Dragon Water" building complex covers an area of ??approximately 2,000 square meters. There are also gardens, wells, ponds, toilets, etc. covering an area of ??approximately 2,000 square meters. The ground area is 1,000 square meters. The "Shuanglong Chushui" building complex, together with gardens, wells, ponds, toilets and other supporting facilities, covers a total area of ??about 3,000 square meters. It is rich, so the "Shuanglong Chushui" building complex occupies a huge area, has a magnificent structure and complete supporting facilities. The building complex includes the owner's residence, hall, main room, side room, wing room, academy, labor room, coffin house, warehouse, stable, alley. It is fully equipped with lanes, patios, wells, gardens, ponds, etc., and has the characteristics of southern Ming and Qing ancient architecture. "Jinggong Bridge" is located half a kilometer west of Shangchi Natural Village in Liwei County, Dongxiang County. It is said that it was built in the Song Dynasty. In memory of King Jinggong, it is named "Jinggong Bridge", also known as "Shangchi Bridge" (the name "Shangchi Bridge" is recorded in the Jiajing Dongxiang County Chronicle Volume 3, page 313 of the Ming Dynasty). In the twelfth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Aobinhai, the prefect of Shandong Province, wrote the "Preface to the Genealogy of the Wang Family in Shangchi": "The foothills of Luofeng (Luojialing) are winding and undulating, dotted with stars, and those who are dying in succession are Shangchi, in the east. Looking forward to Tieliang (Beilu Peak), the clouds are like smoke, looking south to Zhuling Mountain (Mingzhu Peak), which is as round and pure as jade, looking north to Jinfeng, which is so lofty and majestic, where is the poem about Jinggong’s night stay? Looking west to Long’an, the long hill is far away. , Jinggong’s sentence of sending off his younger brother is here, overlooking the flowing spring, Longxi River and Wantan, Jinggong’s bridge is named...”. In the eighth edition of the "Wang Family Genealogy" in Shangchi Village in 1931, there is "Reconstruction of Jinggong Bridge" compiled by the late king of the Ming Dynasty. The stone inscription still exists, but the text is lost and difficult to read. Only a few crosses remain. The bridge head was originally erected, " The stone monument "Shangchi Jinggong Bridge" has been destroyed. "Jinggong Bridge" runs east-west and crosses Longxi Port. The bridge has two piers and three holes. It is made of granite and is 10 meters long and 0.95 meters wide. Under the "Jinggong Bridge" is Longxi Port, which was built by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty. The poem "Long River Evening Smoke" says: "The bamboo shoots are coming out of Long River, the grass and trees are full of smoke, the road is confusing, the mountains around the house are endless, and the birds are singing several times as the sun sets in the west." "Jinggong Bridge" has important historical and cultural relic value for studying Wang Anshi's activities in his hometown of Shangchi. It has long been included in the "Dongxiang Historic Sites". For thousands of years, Shangchi's calligraphy and ink have been fragrant. An ancient ballad said: "Linchuan Talented Scholar Jinxi Shu", Shangchi's Wang family has produced talents in large numbers since history. Shangchi Village, which used to belong to Linchuan, borders Jinxi Heshi Town and Shuangtang Town. It has beautiful mountains and rivers and a gathering of people. It is truly a place of outstanding people, injecting the deepest connotation into the name of "Linchuan Talents". Shangchi became famous after three generations of his ancestors, Wang Yi, Wang Anshi and Wang Yu, were promoted to Jinshi. He had eight Jinshi in one discipline and was unparalleled in the world. Wang Anshi's uncle, Wang Guanzhi, was a Jinshi on the Chen Yaozi Ranking in the third year of Emperor Xianping's reign; Wang Anshi's father, Wang Yi, was a Jinshi on the Cai Qi Ranking in the eighth year of Xiangfu; Wang Anshi's eldest brother, Wang Anren, was a Jinshi on the Fengjing Ranking in the first year of Huangyou; Wang Anshi himself, Qingli In the second year, Wang Anshi's fourth brother, Wang Anli, became Wang Junmin's Jinshi in the sixth year of Jiayou; Wang Anshi's fifth brother, Wang Anguo, was awarded the Jinshi title in the first year of Xining; Wang Anshi's sixth brother, Wang Anshang, was awarded the Jinshi in the sixth year of Liqing. Wang Anshi's eldest son, Wang Anshi's eldest son, was promoted to Xu Shi'an in the fourth year of Xianping. From the third year of Xianping, in the past sixty-nine years, eight people under Wang Anshi's grandfather have been promoted to Jinshi. From ancient times to the present, few people have heard of them. .
In the old days, Shangchi Village has always had a literary association (that is, a literary association organized by Kejiajuzi, Xiucai and other organizations). Every year on the third day of the first lunar month, students gather in the Shihuan Temple to pay homage to the portrait of their uncle, Wang Anshi, as a sign of gratitude. Later generations worship literature and respect their ancestors, which is commonly known as "respecting the school". This kind of ceremony also stopped after liberation. There are many public buildings in Shangchi Village. There are many ancestral halls, such as the Wang Ancestral Hall and the Anshang Gong Ancestral Hall. One is an ancestral hall and the other is for the entertainment of the clan members. There are stages and stands. There is a couplet written on the pillars: Pretending to be a few loyal ministers and righteous men, everyone knows the warmth and warmth of the world. Sing a song of spring, white snow, everything in the sky and the earth is empty, as well as Rui Ergong Temple (existing), Nanchi Gong Temple, and Shihuan Temple. There is also a two-story academy in the village, with upper, middle and lower entrances. There are patios on both sides of the central hall. There are 28 houses in total and there are additional auxiliary houses in the surrounding area. There are a pair of camellia trees and a podocarpus tree in the academy. There is a pond, a bamboo garden, three towering camphor trees and a plum tree outside the academy. The environment is very quiet and beautiful, making it a good place to study. There is a round window upstairs facing the louvered slope. , a plaque on the window reads "Tingyue Tower". It is a quiet night and watching the moon through the window is very intoxicating. There is a stone carving on the screen wall of the pond, which reads "Bathing in the Cloud Pool". The water reaches the sky and the clouds bathe in the water, which is very harmonious. In this situation, a teacher wrote a couplet: Listening to the moon on the pavilion, my books will show through the ages, and I will enjoy the flowers and birds on the cloud bathing pool. There is a temple in the village, covering an area of ??400 square meters, and there is constant incense all year round. Every year on the 25th and 26th of the eighth lunar month, there is a temple fair. The five big Bodhisattvas in the temple are carried to more than ten surrounding villages for people to worship, which is very lively. Walking out of the village entrance, overlooking the pond and the peaks and hills in the distance, you will never want to leave because of the beautiful scenery here.
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