History of the gate of youth

It was founded in Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. It has several names, such as Dongqingmen, Caishimen and Taipingmen. "Dongqingmen" was the name of the Youth Gate when it was first built. The origin of the "food market door" is because there is a food market outside the door. "Taipingmen" is a common name after Zhang Shicheng rebuilt Hang Cheng in the late Yuan Dynasty, and the name of Qingchunmen began in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the expansion of Hangzhou East Wall several times, the address has also changed. Chun Qing Street at Chun Qing Gate has always been one of the bustling streets. Huiji Bridge is located in the west of Qingchunmen, commonly known as "Salt Bridge", which was the place where salt boats were sold in Song Dynasty. There is a vegetable market bridge in the east, named after the vegetable market in Song Dynasty. There is Chaoming Temple in the north, which is an ancient temple built in Hou Liang in the Five Dynasties. There is Huilong Bridge in the north of the temple. According to legend, Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong, passed by here to compose poems. Qingchunmen area has always been the residence of literati. For example, Chu Suiliang, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and Hong Sheng, a playwright in the Qing Dynasty who is famous for the Palace of Eternal Life, once lived here. In the past, at the western end of Chun Qing Street, there was still a "Martyrs Temple" to commemorate Yue Fei. At that time, there was a vegetable garden outside Chun Qing, and vegetable farmers carried vegetables into the city and manure out of the city, all passing by, so folk songs were called "manure outside the Taiping Gate". Amin Gao Lian once described the rural scenery outside the door like this: "It is endless. In spring, mulberry and wheat ridges compete with each other. The wind shakes the blue waves, and the rain winds around Lv Yun. Pheasants sing in spring and pigeons crow in the rain. Bamboo rafts and huts, peach hearts and white plums and purple warblers. "