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"There is heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below", which means that there is heaven in Luoyang, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth, describing the beauty, prosperity and wealth of Suzhou and Hangzhou. The allusion comes from "Wujun Chronicle" by Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty ": "The proverb goes: 'Heaven in the sky, Suzhou and Hangzhou underground. '"Tianzhong, one of the names of Luoyang in ancient times.
In the spring of 688 AD, Wu Zetian rejected all opinions and demolished the Qianyuan Hall (the Qianyang Hall of the Sui Dynasty), the main hall of the Luoyang Palace in the Eastern Capital, and built it here Mingtang. Later, a five-story Tiantang was built in the north of Mingtang to store the huge Buddha statues. Mingtang and Tiantang were the tallest wooden structures built in the Tang Dynasty, showing the highest level of architecture in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. /p>
Among the customs and proverbs from all over China, "There is heaven above, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below" is probably the most widely circulated. Wei Zhuang once said in his poem: "Everyone says that Jiangnan is good. Tourists only like Jiangnan. The spring water is as green as the sky, and the boat is painted and sleeping while listening to the rain. " As for its origin, those who currently study colloquialisms can generally only cite later documentary evidence. The records in "Seven Revised Class Drafts" and "Ancient and Modern Novels" are already in the Ming Dynasty. And in the later Jiangsu folk song "Gu" "Su Scenery" also known as "Dajiu Lianlian" also sang: "There is heaven above, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below." "Hangzhou has a West Lake, and Suzhou has a mountain pond. Oh, there are two good places." But in fact, the saying "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" obviously has a long history. According to research, the saying "there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. It can be divided into In terms of two parts, the first part compares Jiangnan to heaven. Ren Hua, a poet from Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, sung in "Song of Master Huaisu in Cursive Script": "People say you come from Jiangnan, I say you come from heaven!" " can be seen as the origin of comparing Jiangnan to heaven. Before the Tang Dynasty, Jiangnan was only called "Beautiful Land" because of its prosperous scene in the Southern Dynasties, but there was no precedent for comparing it to heaven. The latter part is to compare Jiangnan with heaven. Suzhou and Hangzhou were regarded as representatives of Jiangnan, and this was very obvious in the late Tang Dynasty.
The key is Bai Juyi's title. Bai Juyi served as governor of Hangzhou and Suzhou. He wrote many poems praising the local area. However, at first he only praised Hangzhou. When he was appointed as the governor of Hangzhou, he boasted to Yuan Zhen, who was the governor of Yuezhou, saying: "Zhijun secretly counted Jiangnan County, except Yuhang." Worse than that. Later, he became the governor of Suzhou, and he also called Suzhou "a county that marks the world and encircles the seashore." From then on, he was called Suzhou and Hangzhou together, and he was quite proud of being the "lord of Suzhou and Hangzhou." In his later years, he returned to In the north, he has never forgotten the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou. In a poem with the Yin Yao Fan, he wrote: "There are as many famous counties in the south of the Yangtze River as there are Suzhou and Hangzhou, which is written in Chapter 30 of the Yin family. It's hard to remember you as a traveler, but it's even more unforgettable for me to be a governor. The environment leads to the country of chanting true poems, and the joy of singing and singing makes people drunk in the country. To reminisce about old times, the trip was finally over, and the boat went straight to Canglang. "It goes without saying that "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" is the fusion of this title and the reputation of comparing Jiangnan to heaven.