In ancient times, people built a building here, named Kuixing Building. In ancient times, Kuixing was worshipped, that is, Wenquxing. They burn incense and kowtow to Kuixing, expressing their children's good wishes for fame through the imperial examination, hoping that the cultural context of Hefei will continue, the style of writing will flourish and the literary movement will flourish. The Sipailou, rebuilt in 1928, was once named "Ma and Wang Ergong Temple" to commemorate Ma and General defending Hefei under the siege of warlords and Belarusian cavalry. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese invaders who ignored the etiquette and shame blew up four archways engraved with the plaque of "etiquette and shame". As the tallest building in Hefei at that time, Sipailou only existed for ten years in the 20th century, but now it has become the most prosperous transportation hub and commercial center in the old city.
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The history of Sipailou
Sipailou was originally the center of Hefei, also known as Quidditch and Kuixinglou. Before liberation, the four-story Sipai Building was the tallest building in Hefei.
Hefei County Records: Located in the south of Zhenhuaifu (now Gulou Cross Street), it is in the first place. Its exact location should be at the intersection of Changjiang Road and Suzhou Road. In the Ming dynasty, there was a two-story wooden building here, which was dedicated to Kuixing (also known as Wenchang Emperor). It was later destroyed by the soldiers. There are three recorded buildings: 1759 (twenty-four years of Qing Qianlong), which was rebuilt by Wang Cheng, the magistrate of Luzhou, and a new Kui Building monument was erected; 1803 (eighth year of Jiaqing), rebuilt in Zuo Fu, Hefei County, and included in the newly compiled county annals of that year; 1928, rebuilt in situ, temporarily converted into Mawanger Temple, in memory of Ma and General's persistence for more than two months, refusing to direct hundreds of enemies of Zhang Zongchang.