The date when the Luofan Pavilion was first built is unknown. According to old records, it was rebuilt next to the official residence of Shanqing Gate in the early years of Xining in the Song Dynasty (about 1068). It was a recreational place for officials and merchants at that time. Luofan Pavilion and Fanli Lake can be regarded as the remnants of Song Dynasty gardens. Many people said it was a good idea to renovate the building in 1988, but unfortunately, soon after the renovation, the pavilions and pavilions were left idle, and the carved beams were covered with cobwebs! Luofan Pavilion was rebuilt once in the sixth year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty (1880), initiated by the wine merchant Zhang Shoutang. Although Zhang is a businessman, his mind is not cold. He understands that landscaping must pay attention to combination. Therefore, he not only built the Jiuxian Temple, but also expanded the garden to 2,500 square meters, with rockeries, pavilions, galleries, and lotus ponds. complete. "Jiangnan Garden Chronicles" published in the 1920s and 1930s listed Jiaxing Luofan Pavilion as a famous garden. In the Jiaxing guidebook compiled by the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Administration in 1935, the following description of the drop-sail pavilion reads: The pavilion faces the canal, and you can enjoy a leisurely view from the window. The scenery is unique... Today, the trees are lush and the rocks are forming mountains. The place is full of fresh air. Comparing this to the reconstruction of Luofan Pavilion in 1988, we seem to have to lament that not to mention the imagination in our minds, the general common sense of gardening and scenery is not enough, so it is difficult to blame tourists for the It's out in the cold.
When I was young, my friends and I went to Baibu Bridge to pick mulberries and catch crickets. When we walked past Luofan Pavilion, the lotus pond was still there, but I was still young and didn’t notice the fresh air in the pond. arrive. In my memory, sheets, clothes and colorful diapers from nearby residents were hanging around the lotus pond. From time to time, I saw people washing toilets and spit jars by the pond. The scene was very similar to Tianxing Lake (the ruins are to the south of Nanhu Hotel). almost. Later, in 1967, the lotus pond was filled in to build a road, and the Feng Shui of Luofan Pavilion seemed to be cut off. Behind Luofan Pavilion is the tomb of Cui, the wife of Zhu Maichen of the Han Dynasty, which is called Shame Tomb by Jiaxing people. According to folklore, Zhu Maichen was in poverty when he was young, and his wife Cui forced her husband to divorce her and remarry a Shanqing gate official. Later, Maichen became a high-ranking official and returned to his hometown. Cui died of shame. This legend is widely circulated, and the Peking Opera "Splashing Water in Front of Horses" was compiled based on it. This play was probably banned after liberation because it promoted feudal patriarchal ideas and male chauvinism that regarded women as slaves. In Chinese history, many bad things or bad reputations were often blamed on women. The so-called women are troublemakers is a commonly heard criticism. Recently, there has been a talk about corrupt insiders. I think the formulation is good, but if it is overemphasized, I am afraid it will weaken the seriousness of the anti-corruption struggle and easily make people think that as the saying goes, a wife will never last forever, and that corrupt officials seem a bit innocent. Moreover, judging from the cases of corrupt officials that have been revealed, most of those corrupt house helpers have varying amounts of power in their hands because their husbands are noble. They are actually officials rather than ordinary house helpers.
There has never been any talk of rebuilding the Tomb of Shame in Jiaxing, which is good. This is the progress of Jiaxing people in anti-feudalism.
On the southwest side of the Tomb of Shame (the area behind today's Jiasi Lian) is the former site of Hedun Autumn Harvest, one of the Eight Scenes of Jiahe. This is where the origin of Quan Ye Dao was born in the third year of Huanglong's reign (231) by Sun Quan, Emperor Wu. Around the end of the Qing Dynasty, Jiahe Dun was still a scenic spot. The so-called embroidered soil stretched across the late rice fields, and the mangroves in the spring forest were smoking, and the scenery was still impressive. More than forty years ago, my second cousin died of masturbation when she was less than 3 years old. My aunt ordered me to follow a private funeral worker to carry my cousin's small coffin to the North Gate Field for burial. Tuo Zuo and I crossed Beili Bridge and entered Tan Lane, then turned north and walked out of Xiushuidou, arriving at a high hill outside Guibanqiao. In my memory, there are many graves and trees in the wild grass. It was late autumn, the forest was noisy with crows at dusk, and the scene was desolate. For decades, I have always believed that the location of the high ground outside Guibanqiao is consistent with the former site of Jiahe Dun. The Majiabang site is the birthplace of Jiaxing, and Jiahe Dun is the beginning of Jiaxing’s name. In these two places, I think monuments should be erected with good writing.