The last time I traveled to Foshan, I went to two scenic spots: Sanshui Confucius Garden and Kang Youwei’s former residence. It only cost 980 yuan for 3 days and 2 nights with a tour group
Sanshui Confucius Garden
The statues of Confucius and his seventy-two disciples in Dacheng Hall have different manners and can be traced back to ancient times. The flourishing style of writing has inspired future generations.
Chongsheng Temple has a very unique and good place, which is the "small tea room" on the third floor. The tea room has an elegant environment. Drinking tea here allows you to stay away from the noise, return to nature, and become one with the natural landscape. One body is consistent with the Confucian "unity of situation". What is particularly interesting is that the teahouse has an ancient music performance stage. Various ancient musical instrument performances attract tourists to stop and make people forget to leave.
The octagonal Juxing Tower is soaring in the sky, towering and straight, with extraordinary momentum. The bell tower on the top floor is ringing, making people feel elegant.
After walking around the Kong Sheng New Garden, there are so many ancient features, and the fresh scenery is even more pleasant, like a picture drawn by a divine pen. Reading carefully the scenery of the green towers, who would not be with the clear mountains and beautiful waters, and the clear wind and mist as a companion, to get the essence of the world and understand the profoundness of the world?
Kang Youwei’s former residence
Kang Youwei’s former residence was originally named "Xixiang Old House". It is located in Su Village, Yinhe Township, Danzao Town, Nanhai. It is a Qing Dynasty residential building with one hall, two corridors, It has a two-bedroom layout, a hard top, and an area of ??81 square meters. It is a typical Qing Dynasty rural residence in the Pearl River Delta - "Wok Er House". The "Xixiang Old House" was built in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. By the time of Kang Youwei, the Kang family had lived in the old house for five generations, so Kang Youwei's former residence was called the "Century Old House". It is the place where Kang Youwei was born and lived and studied in his childhood. There are "Xixiang Bookstore", "Dan Ru Tower", "Qi Hui Garden" and the flagpole and stone erected by Kang Youwei when he was a Jinshi.
Kang Youwei spent the most important period of his youth in this old house. Here, he read through the group's books and initially formed his reform ideological system. And he wrote the "Book of Datong" (first draft) which has been passed down through the ages.
In 1983, Nanhai restored Kang Youwei's former residence and turned it into a "Kang Youwei Historical Relics Exhibition Room". In 1986, the "Kang Youwei Memorial Hall" was built near his former residence and the "Kang Youwei Historical Relics Exhibition" was held. In November 1996, Kang Youwei's former residence has been listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit and a patriotism education base in Foshan City. The former residence is near Xianhu Lake in the north and Xiqiao in the south. It is a unique tourist attraction that integrates tourism, academic research and research.
With the continuous acceleration of Foshan’s construction of a famous historical and cultural city and the in-depth implementation of the strategies of Nanhai Cultural District and Danzao Cultural Town, Kang Youwei’s former residence has a brand-new image, convenient transportation and profound historical and cultural heritage. Attracting more and more Chinese and foreign tourists.
Main Hall
The main hall is the "Exhibition Room of Mr. Kang Youwei's Former Residence". Above the main door hangs the inscription "Kang Youwei's Former Residence" inscribed by Mr. Liu Haisu, a disciple of Kang Youwei. There is a statue of Mr. Kang Youwei placed in the main hall on the first floor, with the following written on the back: Since the failure of the Opium War in 1840, the advanced Chinese have gone through untold hardships to seek the truth from Western countries. Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Yan Fu and Sun Yat-sen represented a group of figures who sought truth from the West before the birth of the Communist Party of China. This is the correct evaluation Mao Zedong gave Mr. Kang in his article "On the People's Democratic Dictatorship."
Guest Room
Opposite the exhibition hall is Mr. Kang’s guest room, where he receives guests. Although this place is far away from the center of power, it was still full of scholars at that time, which shows Mr. Kang's influence in the political and cultural circles. The furnishings in the room are all red sandalwood and mother-of-pearl furniture, which are said to have been left by Prince Bowei to Mr. Kang after he went to Dalian. The "Columbus Statue" in the west corner of the house was brought back by Mr. Kang when he went into exile after the failure of the "Hundred Days Reform". Hanging on the wall are Mr. Kang's works during his lifetime: Born in the south, what's the matter in the north? Xiangyun Chushui hurts the eyes. This is a portrayal of Mr. Kang's mood in the turbulent second half of his life after the failure of the reform.
The sea is green and the island is back to the mountains and pavilions to resist the Cuiwei Maolin and the steep mountains and the Baichi Road. Returning to the fairy mountain painting. This was written by Mr. Kang in 1925 when he came to Qingdao with his second daughter Kang Tongbi and nephew Luo Bangrong. The cherry blossoms in the park happened to be in full bloom and they went to enjoy the cherry blossoms.
Bedroom
Next to the guest room is Mr. Kang's bedroom, where he rests. Kang Youwei often enjoyed lying on his couch and listening to the waves. The portraits of Mr. Kang and his three wives and their line drawings hang in the room. The third wife was deeply favored by Mr. Kang. She was well-educated and well-versed in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Unfortunately, she died young.
Hanging on the south wall: Cutting off the sea to form a dike for Tangshan, lush forests and steep mountains for trees to be a mustard village, solemn festivals in the old days, the building is here, my family can live in seclusion. This is what Mr. Kang wrote after buying this building. The poem "The Admiral's House was received in June of Jiazi" describes his joy in finding this new residence.
Study
Upstairs is Mr. Kang's study, where he studied, wrote and created calligraphy. It was named "Jie Minxuan" to express his depressed mood in his later political thought. . There is a hexagonal cabinet used by Mr. Kang in the room, as well as a bookcase that travels north and south with it. Hanging on the wall is a poem written by Mr. Kang when he was young, "Who opened up the heaven and the earth, and the mountains and rivers are like this."
Collection Exhibition Room
There are many calligraphy relics left by Mr. Kang during his lifetime. The more precious ones include: one is: Ying Ningjun ("Ying" means interference); one is: Daguan Tuo Universe, Gao Huasong (Mr. Kang gave it to his favorite disciple Pan Shuji before his death).