I'm going to Chongwu Ancient City today. Take a bus from Quanzhou Bus Terminal to Chongwu County, fare 15 yuan. The bus stopped at a street in the county seat, and the conductor pointed to the front and said, go straight and you will see the entrance of the ancient city.
Traveling alone in the off-season is really a bit lonely. Often in a huge scenic spot, you may be the only one. Walking alone, this is Chongwu Cultural Square.
The square is by the sea. Look at the map. This is Xisha Bay. There are many fishing boats parked in the bay. Is it a fishing moratorium?
About 1 km, come to the west entrance of Chongwu ancient city scenic spot. Chongwu Ancient City was built in the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1387). It is a coastal fortress for military defense against pirates and Japanese pirates. The ancient city has gatehouses in all directions and lighthouses by the sea. The whole ancient city is made of white granite, 7 meters high and 2,456 meters long. There are four city gates, and there are beacon towers, arrow windows, towers and watchtowers on the city. It is a relatively complete military defense project. It is the only remaining granite stone city in China.
This is the main entrance of the scenic spot, with adult tickets for 45 yuan, children tickets for 23 yuan, and students with student ID cards for 23 yuan. There are no tickets for morning exercises (before 7:00) and night tours (after 19:00), and you can enter the scenic spot for free. Some netizens said that there is also a water gate that can enter and exit freely. I wonder if it is exact?
There are four doors in the city, the north and south doors are about 500 meters apart, and the east and west doors are about 300 meters apart. The east, west and north gates are similar, each with two gates, plus a moon city and a tower, each with a beacon tower.
After entering the scenic spot, I was a little confused and there were stone carvings everywhere. I'm afraid not into the stone carving factory? Seeing the introduction on the entrance wall, I entered the Chongwu Stone Carving Expo Park.
Hui 'an Stone Carving is the representative of Nanpai Stone Carving, which was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list. The Expo Park is located in the coastal area on the south side of Chongwu Ancient City. It is a unique landscape with Shicheng city wall as the background, stone carvings and stone slopes as the support, and Shicheng, rocks and stone crafts reflect each other.
The whole garden is about 1200m long, 60-200m wide and covers an area of about 9 hectares. The terrain is undulating and orderly, and the stone paths in the park are vertical and horizontal, with green patches. There are 25 scenic spots, including four classic masterpieces created by many famous artists and craftsmen in Chongwu Town, the famous hometown of stone carving in China, and more than 500 stone carvings with more than 20 themes, such as Fable Garden, Chinese Soul, Huinv Paradise, Chinese Zodiac, Black Cat and White Cat.
These works are magnificent, small and exquisite, simple and pure, or abstract and exaggerated, all vivid and vivid.
Twenty-four filial piety tourist park. Many works are meaningful and thought-provoking, showing the new achievements of stone carving techniques in "the hometown of stone carving in China".
The city walls are all made of white granite. The circumference of the city is 2467 meters, the base of the city is 5 meters high, and the wall is 7 meters high. There are two or three layers of happy runways inside, which are 4 meters wide. There are 1304 wall discs, 1300 arrow windows, 26 bunk beds, 5 enemy platforms on all sides and four city gates. In the commanding heights of Lianhua Mountain in the city, there is also a watchtower, and there are wopu, Yuecheng, piers and culverts around the city, which constitutes a complete military defense engineering system. Both "Chongbao Hall" and "Yuan Gongyang Palace" were built to commemorate the heroes who died in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
South gate of ancient city. You also need to enter here by ticket. Outside the south gate is the maze of Haimen Village. I still have some interesting entanglements with Nanmen. Let's talk about it later.
South Gate Qi Jiguang Statue. Qi Jiguang (1528, 165438+ 10,12-1588, 65438+ 10, 5), whose real name is Nan. Han nationality, a famous anti-Japanese soldier in Ming Dynasty, was an outstanding strategist, calligrapher, poet and national hero.
There is a photo wall outside the south gate, and there is a statue of Guan Gong in front of it. According to legend, when the enemy shelled the city, Guan Yunchang of Guandi Temple in the city waved the dragon crescent moon blade, and the shells landed next to the city wall. With another wave of his hand, the shell returned to the thief ship, so the ship sank and died. The two doors of the south gate are still well preserved.
Stone carving of four disciples on the coast of Chongwu. Chongwu Coast is known as "one of the eight most beautiful coastlines in China", connecting top resorts such as "Southern Beidaihe"-Banyuewan, "Xisha Yinshe"-Xisha Bay and "Bamin First Jin Tan"-Qingshan Bay. The area has 28.8 kilometers of winding coastline, 12 beach and 4 rock groups.
Huian girl who digs oysters on coastal rocks.
The landmark building "China East Sea and South China Sea Chongwu Meteorological Boundary Line" stands in the southeast corner of the ancient city.
In the southeast corner of Chongwu ancient city, watchtowers stand on the city wall.
I swam through the scenic spot of Chongwu Stone Carving Expo Park in a hurry, ready to go out from the south gate and visit the opposite Haimen Village, but I walked into a big maze and experienced a series of embarrassing things, which made people laugh and cry.
To be continued, I'll be right back.