1. Xiangji Temple Stone Pagoda
It is located in Xiangji Temple Lane, Hushu, in the original Xiangji Temple (now Hangzhou Transportation Equipment Factory). The pagoda was built in the 52nd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1713). It was originally the east and west twin pagodas. Now the east pagoda has been destroyed and only the west pagoda remains.
The Xiangji Temple Pagoda is an eight-sided and nine-story pavilion-style tower built in the form of a stone-like wooden structure. The Xumi base is higher, and each floor has a flat base, tower body, and eaves, which are stacked to form a whole. Flat seat plus guardrail. The octagonal tower body is carved with leaning pillars. In the middle of each side is a flame-shaped pot door, with door nails and gold-plated headbands clearly visible. On the side of the door are carved images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, or scriptures. The eaves are carved with flying rafters and brackets. The eaves are carved with tubes, slabs, tiles, ridges and dripping hooks. The wing angles have old and young ridges, with shorter curls, and the eaves are not deep.
2. The Sutra Building of Longxing Temple
It is located at the entrance of Dengxin Lane, Yan'an North Road, in the original Longxing Temple.
The building was built in the second year of Kaicheng of Tang Dynasty (837). It is the earliest existing stone building in Zhejiang Province and the oldest existing building in Hangzhou. The appearance has eight sides and is 4 meters high. It is composed of Xumizuo, rock, waist eaves, pillar body, short columns, etc. It is simple and dignified. The bottom part of the rock is now buried in the ground. The octagonal rock is carved with a single-hook lantern, and the clouds are engraved on it to support the flat seat. Each side of the base is 0.47 meters wide, with carved hook rails. The Chinese panels of the hook rails are decorated with Ruyi, hook pieces, oblique and other patterns, which are rough and vigorous. On the rock is a center with a height of 1.76 meters and a width of 0.27 meters on each side. The famous calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, Hu Jiliang, is engraved with the Sutra and Mantra of the Dharani on the Top of the Buddha. On May 8th, the Toutuo monk's path was rebuilt, containing 54 relics in glass bottles." The waist eaves imitate the wooden structure, the wing corners are raised, and the eaves are carved with tube slabs and tile ridges. There are Buddhist niches on the four sides of the short pillars, with statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva, and powerful men carved inside. The images are rich and graceful, and the postures are different. The roof on the pillars was added by later generations to protect the sutra building.
3. Baochu Pagoda
It is located on Baoshi Mountain on the north bank of West Lake. Originally named Yingtian Pagoda, it is also known as Baosuo Pagoda, Baoshu Pagoda, Baochu Pagoda and Baoshi Pagoda.
According to "Yongzhuan Sketch" and "Wulin Fanzhi", this pagoda was built by Wu Yanshuang, the maternal uncle of King Qian Hongchu of Wuyue. In the 14th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1749), Zhao Maocai found the remains of a stone recording the construction of the pagoda under the Gemstone Pagoda. There were 34 characters in the stone, which could not be read through. The first sentence is "It's refreshing to see the horns on this mountain." The "Shuang" in the article should be Wu Yanshuang, and "Jiao, Kang" are the names of Xingxiu (longevity star). When the pagoda was first built, it was 9 levels high. During the Xianping period of Song Dynasty, it was reduced to 7 levels when monk Yongbao renovated it. It was destroyed during the Yuan Dynasty and was rebuilt by Seng Huiju. It was destroyed and repaired several times during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing brick pagoda was rebuilt in the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933). It is a solid pagoda with eight sides and seven levels, 45.3 meters high and 3.26 meters long at the bottom. The iron components of the pagoda brake are all old items from the Ming Dynasty. After the mid-1970s, the base of the tower was renovated, the stone mounds were repaired, and fences were added.
Although Baochu Pagoda has lost its eaves and flat seat, its tall and graceful body is a model of the combination of cultural landscape and natural landscape. Therefore, city people liken it as a symbol of the West Lake and the city.
4. Fengshan Shuicheng Gate
It is located south of Liubu Bridge on Fengshan Road, crossing the Zhonghe River from east to west. It was built by migrant workers mobilized by Zhang Shicheng in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Zhang occupied five counties in western Zhejiang. In the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1359), Hangzhou Cheng was built. The south of the city was advanced two miles, and the Forbidden City of the Song Dynasty was delimited outside the city. The east of the city was expanded to To the east of the East River, there are ten dry gates and five water gates on the city wall. Fengshan Water City Gate is the water city gate at the southern end of Zhonghe River. It is parallel to Fengshan Gate (Han Gate) and was originally connected to the ancient city wall. After the Revolution of 1911, the city walls and gates were demolished successively.
Fengshan Water Gate is the only remaining ancient city gate in Hangzhou. Now the city tower of Shuicheng Gate has been destroyed, but there is still a single arch opening. The remaining length of the city gate is 9.95 meters, the remaining height is 3.8 meters, and the width is 12.8 meters. The door opening is composed of two stone arches with different spans connected in parallel, and is divided into sections by vertical joints of stones. The south arch is 2.8 meters high and has a span of 5.7 meters, while the north arch is 1.92 meters high and has a span of 4.3 meters. There is also a stone square gate slot in the south arch, and there is a carved stone door mortar behind the gate stall. There were originally two wooden doors that could be opened and closed, but they no longer exist. The walls on the north and south sides of the gate above the city gate are covered with bricks and built with rammed earth. The brick city wall has now been partially restored and has become an important cultural landscape on the Zhonghe Green Belt.
5. Wu Zhai, Yueguan Lane
It is located at No. 8, Yueguan Lane, Xinhua Road (formerly No. 4).
It was built by the Shu brothers during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Later it was acquired by the Gao family. In April of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), the house was acquired by Weng Kai.
In the tenth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1745), it was acquired by Sun Kuang. The Sun family built a library in Wu's house, named "Shousong Hall". In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), Wu Zhenfeng, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, purchased it and expanded it into a large enclosed courtyard with a length of 108 meters from north to south and a width of 67 meters from east to west, covering an area of ??more than 5,700 square meters. The building complex in the courtyard is divided into three parts: central, west and east. In the middle part, along the longitudinal axis, there are the account room (destroyed), the sedan hall "Shoudun Hall", the second hall "Daofu Hall", the third hall "Zhaoxin Hall" and a stone library gate tower. The hall is broad and tall, and the materials used are exquisite. Among them, Zhaoxin Hall is about 10 meters high and is the tallest two-story building in Wu's house. The Shiku Gate Tower is 5.3 meters high, 3.37 meters wide and 0.44 meters thick. On the back and above the door, there are perforated brick patterns such as flowers, unicorns, two lions playing with balls, two dragons playing with beads, clouds and cranes, etc. The carvings are extremely detailed.
On the east side of Wu Zhai are the entrance hall, "Siyi Xuan", "Zaide Hall" and "Xizhi Hall" along the longitudinal axis. The entrance beams, railings and other components are exquisitely carved. "Siyixuan" was originally a study room, with a rockery pool in front, making it small and quiet. The western hall consists of the garden, "Huayi Pavilion" (Flower Hall), "Bushan Lu" (Small Flower Hall) and bamboo garden. The garden has sparse water and trees, pavilions and bridges beside the pond and rocks, making it quiet and relaxing. Unfortunately, part of it was destroyed and only a single building of Huayi Pavilion remains.
There are 1.35-meter-wide lanes (passages) between the three longitudinal courtyard groups, which have both fire prevention and patrol functions. The structure of each hall is mostly a combination of bucket type and lifting beam type. It has a hard top and the beam frame of "Zhao Xintang" in the middle is two lifting beams at the front and rear, which are connected with hooks to build the roof. It is commonly known as "Yuanyang Hall". The halls in the house are decorated with various forms of pavilions, which are beautiful and varied in shape. There are patios in front and behind the halls, with wing rooms on both sides of the patio. The entire courtyard is isolated by tall fire-sealing walls, with well-proportioned architectural layout and elegant, clear style. It is one of the representative large-scale residential complexes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Jiangnan.
6. Gongchen Bridge
It is located on Qiaonong Street, Gongshu District, crossing the Grand Canal from east to west.
According to the records in Volume 7 of Guangxu's "Hangzhou Prefecture" (Revised Edition) of the Qing Dynasty, the bridge was built in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631); Reconstruction began in the first year (1712) and was completed in December of the fifty-sixth year; it was rebuilt again in the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727). During the tenth and eleventh years of Xianfeng's reign (1860-1861), the Taiping Army built a fortress in the middle of the bridge, and the bridge itself was unable to support itself. By the time of Guangxu, the bridge was about to collapse. In the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885), the stone bridge was rebuilt and is now the Gongchen Bridge. The bridge is a three-hole stone arch bridge with a total length of 92 meters. The bridge body is built with staggered stone strips and long lock stones running through it. The bridge deck is in a gentle arc shape, with stone steps in the north and south, and a concrete surface laid during the Republic of China in the center. Both sides of the bridge deck are surrounded by plain stone railing bridges about 3 meters long and 0.5 meters wide. On the railing in the middle of the bridge, there are three characters "Gongchen Bridge" which are vaguely distinguishable. There are 48 pillars of different sizes between the railings, and the capitals are mostly decorated with Yanglian. The bridge piers are divided layer by layer from bottom to top. The bridge arches are made of vertical stone strips and are built in sections. The span of the central arch is 12.37 meters and the height is 9.2 meters. The span of the arches on both sides is 6.9 meters. The top of the arch wall is embossed with "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls", and there are also reliefs inside the middle arch. lotus. There is a high inscription on the arch wall, but it is unclear. Gongchen Bridge is simple, stable and majestic. It is the most magnificent existing ancient stone arch bridge in Hangzhou and is also the symbol of the end point of the ancient canal in Hangzhou.
7. Hu Qingyutang
It is located at the east foot of Wushan Mountain, in Dajing Lane.
Hu Xueyan planned it in the 13th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1874), and it was officially completed in the 4th year of Guangxu (1878). The store has the second entrance, the first entrance is the business place, and the second entrance is the pharmaceutical factory. The two entrances are separated by a protective wall, with Changsheng Lane in the middle. According to business needs, the building draws on the strengths of Jiangnan residential gardens, makes clever use of space, and carefully configures small scenes. Ginkgo, copper chao, iron chao wood, etc. are used to build a two-story building. The hall is spacious, with dragons and phoenixes carved on the beams, finely carved corbels, and auspicious pictures embossed on the skirt panels of the lattice fans. The eaves on the second floor are decorated with hanging flower columns. The shop couplets, plaques, door pairs and signboards are in gold and magnificent. The sales counter, store furnishings, and medicine containers all maintain the late Qing Dynasty style, and most of the items are relics from that time. What's even more valuable is that the gold shovels and silver pots used to make precious medicines, the store's rules "prevent cheating" plaque written by Hu Xueyan, and a large number of cultural relics are also preserved.