Xinghua Lizhong Water Forest Park
·Xinghua Duotian Scenic Area
·Xinghua Wujindang
·Xinghua Hua Dazong Lake Scenic Belt
·Xinghua Zheng Banqiao’s Former Residence
·Xinghua Shi Naian Cemetery
·Xinghua Zheng Banqiao Cemetery
·Xinghua Baoyan Ancient Temple
·Xinghua Liu Xizai’s Former Residence
Xinghua Places of Interest
2007-06-07 19:29:35
Zheng Banqiao’s former residence
Zheng Banqiao’s former residence is located in Zhengjia Lane, Gubanqiao, Dongchengwan, Xinghua. Zheng Xie (1693-1765), courtesy name Kerou and Banqiao, was a calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty and one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Qianlong lived here before the first year of his reign. The former residence faces south and has a gatehouse, upper and lower rooms, a small study, a small courtyard, a kitchen, etc. The house displays cultural relics, paintings, sculptures, etc. about Zheng Banqiao.
An ordinary private house, because of its owner's extraordinary influence, makes tourists look at it with admiration. This is the Xinghua "Banqiao Former Residence" that is admired by literati at home and abroad.
When you walk into the former residence, you can see two large plaques "Former Residence of Zheng Banqiao" and "Former Residence of Zheng Xie" inscribed by Zhao Puchu and Liu Haisu.
The former residence has whitewashed walls and gray tiles. Although the area is not large, it can temporarily escape the hustle and bustle. Walking in the courtyard, you can listen to the sound of your own footsteps echoing in the courtyard.
Zheng Banqiao is unrivaled in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was once the leading figure among the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty. The Zheng family has been studying for generations and can be described as a scholarly family. Zheng Banqiao spent his youth here until the first year of Qianlong's reign, when he became a Jinshi at the age of 44.
Banqiao’s former residence is in Zhengjia Lane outside the east gate of Xinghua. There are not many bamboos in Xinghua, but this area is very special. Entering the city from Gubanqiao, you have to pass through a bamboo alley of more than 200 steps. In Bamboo Alley, every family relies on bamboo as their livelihood. Banqiao lives in such an environment where bamboos can be seen everywhere, so how can he not develop feelings of love and sympathy for bamboos?
“You can’t live without bamboos” is one of Banqiao’s favorites. There is a clump of green bamboo planted under the eaves of the study room of Banqiao's former residence. Banqiao can admire the bamboo shadow through the window paper in the study room, just like admiring a natural picture. As you can imagine, it rains on Xiaoxiao night, and the sound of rain hitting green bamboo is exciting. Banqiao, who is studying in the study room, will have infinite elegance and imitate the ink. He said: "When I paint bamboo, I have no teacher. I mostly get it from paper windows, white walls, sunlight, moonlight, and shadow."
Ink bamboo has become the most important subject matter for Zheng Banqiao's paintings and poems. In his writing, bamboo also turned into a kind of character. The green bamboo is proud and unyielding, open-minded and strong, which can be said to be a reflection of Banqiao's noble temperament. The poems and paintings he left to the local elders when he was dismissed from office in Weixian County were still based on the theme of bamboo. On an ink bamboo picture, he wrote: "Throw away the black gauze and not become an official, the bag is shabby and the sleeves are cold." "Take a thin bamboo and use it as a fishing pole on the river in the autumn wind" is still widely circulated among the people. As you can imagine, it rains on Xiaoxiao night, and the sound of rain hitting green bamboo is exciting. Banqiao, who is studying in the study room, will have infinite elegance and imitate the ink. He said: "When I paint bamboo, I have no teacher. I mostly get it from paper windows, white walls, sunlight, moonlight, and shadow."
Ink bamboo has become the most important subject matter for Zheng Banqiao's paintings and poems. In his writing, bamboo also turned into a kind of character. The green bamboo is proud and unyielding, open-minded and strong, which can be said to be a reflection of Banqiao's noble temperament. The poems and paintings he left to the local elders when he was dismissed from office in Weixian County were still based on the theme of bamboo. On an ink bamboo picture, he wrote: "Throw away the black gauze and not become an official, the bag is shabby and the sleeves are cold." "Take a thin bamboo and use it as a fishing pole on the river in the autumn wind" is still widely circulated among the people.
Si Pailou
Si Pailou, a Ming Dynasty building, is located at the crossroads in the center of Xinghua City. Its cornices and vaults are simple and solemn. The four sides of the four archways and the inner wall of the vault are covered with 47 plaques of various sizes. To commemorate the celebrities of Xinghua dynasties.
In the four dynasties of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Xinghua, a small county town, had as many as 88 people who passed the Jinshi examination. On average, there was one Jinshi every six years. There are three prime ministers. There are many people who enjoy high reputation in the cultural, artistic and academic circles. For example, Liu Xizai, who is known as the author of Hegel's "Art Survey" in the East, Ren Dachun, the editor who compiled the summary of "Sikuquanshu", Zong Chen, the author of the article "Report to Liu Yizhang" in "Guwen Guanzhi", Lu Xixing, the author of "The Romance of the Gods", Shi Naian, the author of "Water Margin", Li Xiang, who accepted the appointment as a literary researcher and writer at the same time as Lu Xun...
And every plaque on the four archways is for Commemorating a celebrity has a glorious history behind it. For example: the plaque "The First in Opening a Subject" commemorates Chu Gong, a Jinshi in Xinghua of the Song Dynasty, and "The Number One Prime Minister" describes Li Chunfang, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. "The Sage of the East China Sea" praises the philosopher Han Lewu, and "The Seven Steps of Talent" by Zheng Banqiao, the representative of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou...
During the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the Four Archways were destroyed, but the rebuilt Four Archways basically maintained their original appearance. 47 plaques are once again glorious.
Li Garden and Boat Hall
Li Garden and Boat Hall are located at No. 13 Wu'an Street in Xinghua City. It was originally the private garden of Li Xiaobo, a wealthy businessman in the Qing Dynasty. The gate faces east and has two hidden gates, north and south wing rooms, a vestibule well, and a flower hall facing north and south. Entering Liyuan Gate is the boat hall, which is one room wide and seven rooms deep. It looks like a cruise ship inside and out. On the west side, there is a footpath that looks like a springboard, a railing for sitting and climbing, and a floor-to-ceiling lotus door carved from nanmu inside.
The roof of the hall has a rolling shed and a mountain tile roof. There are white marble boat piles on the bow at the west end of the boat hall. The southwest corridor of the boat hall leads to the square hall, connected to the Osmanthus Tower and the garden terrace, with towering ancient trees. It is quiet and elegant. It has the characteristics of Yangzhou gardens in the late Qing Dynasty style. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province.
The former residence of Liu Xizai
The former residence of Liu Xizai is located at the west end of Fuqian Street, Xinghua. It is the place where Liu Xizai (1813-1881), a literary critic of the Qing Dynasty, once lived. The current one faces the east gate tower from the west, and the front hall and back room face from the north. Home-style halls, patios, ancient Tong bookstores and other buildings. In the main hall hangs a plaque inscribed by Emperor Xianfeng with the words "Quietness and Ease of Nature". The interior furnishings are simple and elegant. It also displays cultural relics and materials such as "Introduction", "Four Tones Dingqie" and "Shuowen Shuangsheng" written by Liu Xizai. Among the many historical celebrities in Xinghua, Liu Xizai's knowledge can be said to be the most profound and profound. In this regard, recent people have tried to summarize its main points, saying that he was "erudite and versatile. He was not familiar with the Six Classics, history and immortal Buddhism. He also dealt with phonology and arithmetic, and had outstanding achievements. He was comprehensive in all branches of literature and art. , especially for his achievements."
The book "Art Introduction" covers all the commentators' "characteristics, institutional changes, creative rules, and appreciation methods." And it fully embodies the rich dialectical thinking of art and the corresponding categories of aesthetic examination, thus confirming his unique position in Chinese academic and classical literary criticism and traditional aesthetics. The precious heritage with rich meaning has been paid more and more attention by the world, and has become a mineral deposit that relevant experts and scholars are constantly digging and exploring. He has two former residences.
One is the "Former Residence of Liu Xizai" that has been relocated and is located at the entrance of an alley on the north side of Fuqian Street; after entering from the gate, you will see a spacious and bright living room facing north and south. There is a small cubicle, and there is a small door to the west. Inside is Gutong Bookstore, where Liu Xizai studied. When you enter it, you feel like you are in another world. There are trees, flowers and grass in a small courtyard. You can see warblers nesting with dense leaves above, and listen to birds singing and flowers below. This kind of winding path leads to the elegance of the flower-scented room. You can imagine Liu Xizai's "peaceful nature and tranquility" back then. To.
The other place is in the original Chenghuang Temple, which is next to a well on the west side of the east lane of Baoyan Temple today. Liu Xizai's ancestor was a native of Funing County. Naiweng died young and lost his father when he was young. Due to the pressure of livelihood, his mother took him to Xinghua, where he stayed with his grandmother who was still alive day and night, and depended on each other. Liu Xizai was well aware of the hardships of his ancestors and mother in raising orphans, so he burned ointment and studied hard, and in the 24th year of Daoguang reign (1844), he was admitted to the imperial examination by the Ministry of Rites. After Liu Xizai received the royal salary, he bought a house, which was later named Gutong Bookstore, and placed his mother and family in it. In the third year of Tongzhi (1864), he was the superintendent of schools in Guangdong. He returned home before completing his term and gave lectures in his later years. He returned to Longmen Academy in Shanghai due to a stroke in the 14th year, so he lived here.
Gongji Terrace
Gongji Terrace, known as Xuanwu Terrace in ancient times, was built in the early years of the Song Dynasty. It is 6 meters high and covers an area of ??1,300 square meters. Located on the bank of Beihaizi Pool in Xinghua City, it was first built in the Song Dynasty. During the Jiajing Year of the Ming Dynasty, the "Xuanwu High Platform" was built, also known as the "Xuanwu Lingtai". There are buildings such as Haiguang Tower and Green Wave Pavilion. There was originally a Jinhuai Tower built on the platform, surrounded by Zhaoyang Academy, Quzi Temple, Green Wave Pavilion, Haiguang Tower, etc. Looking from a distance, you can see the pavilions and pavilions in an orderly manner, the trees are lush, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. This was once a famous tourist attraction in Xinghua Ancient City. Literati from ancient and modern times recited poems and composed poems on the Gongji Platform, leaving behind many hanging works. The most famous among them is Kong Shangren, the author of "The Peach Blossom Fan". He lived in Haiguang Tower for a long time, and while writing "Peach Blossom Fan", he wrote 14 poems about Gongji Terrace.
A seven-rhythm poem titled "Guan Gongji Terrace to Clear the Boredom" reads: "The Gongji Terrace is high and overlooks the blue stream, and the scenery across the stream can be seen in the eyes. The chief officials are also riding fishing boats, and water birds are openly seen. Suxian Tower. It’s been a month since the Haihai Township, and the wind has turned into autumn. Zhaoyang has gone to the north, and the doors and windows have been closed to recall old travels. Now, after preliminary renovation, the gate tower stands at the west end, with red pillars. The tiles are beginning to show their glory. The stone bank is on the south side of the river, and the clear water is always flowing. The North Park on the other side of the river is full of trees, flowers and pavilions. People can sit under the yacht directly from the sea pond.
Xuanwu Lingtai Scenic Area
The "Xuanwu Lingtai" Scenic Area on the banks of the Haichi River is full of pavilions and pavilions. Close to the city and close to the water, towering trees cover the sky and the earth, and the scenery is elegant and beautiful. This is the largest cultural landscape in Xinghua City, with a history of more than 700 years.
According to historical records, the Southern Song Dynasty. In the first year of Baoqing (1225), Chen Gai, the magistrate of Xinghua County, used the soil excavated from the reconstruction of large and small Duo Islands and rivers to build a palace around the county government office in order to defend against the invasion of northern armies such as the Jin soldiers and the newly-rising Mongolian soldiers from crossing Huainan. The Tucheng, which is about 3.5 kilometers long, has four gates in the southeast, northwest and four water gates, and a high platform is built on the south side of Tucheng north of the county government. According to the orientation of the five elements and the corresponding Xuanwu (divine turtle) among the "four images", the This platform was named "Xuanwu Terrace". At the same time, the "Huaihuai Tower" was built on the "Xuanwu Terrace", which means "attack and defense" and is adjacent to the Huaihe River. p>
In 1538, Fu Pei, the magistrate of the county, opened up the Yudai River to divert water into the sea pond. In order to consolidate the city defense, he rebuilt the platform and renamed it Gongji Platform. The platform is 6 meters high, 16 meters long and 15 meters wide, covering an area of ??about 1,300 square meters. The main entrance has the word "Gongji" carved in stone. There are gates on the east and west sides for entry and exit. The platform on the east is Zhaoyang Academy, the three rooms on the north side of the courtyard are the Quzi Temple in memory of Qu Yuan, and the Yue Cave Gate on the west is the Green Wave Pavilion. To the north is Haiguang Tower.
In the autumn of the first year of Hongguang in the Southern Ming Dynasty (1644), Shi Kefa, the anti-Qing hero stationed in Yangzhou, and his adopted son, deputy general Shi Dewei, went to Xinghua to inspect the city defense. The building was renamed "Haiguang Tower", and a plaque inscribed "Haiguang Tower" was hung on the upper floor. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Yuanwu Terrace to avoid the taboo of the holy ancestor Xuanye. In 1686, Kong Shangren, the author of "The Peach Blossom Fan", once stayed here.
The "Xuanwu Lingtai" scenic spot began to take shape in the Southern Song Dynasty. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, especially during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was built and expanded more than 10 times. The Yiai Temple and Jingxian Temple ( The buildings (later renamed Quzi Temple), Zhaoyang Academy, Stele Hall and other buildings were praised and praised by more than 100 literati and officials at all levels in the past dynasties. This resulted in a large number of poetic works, including more than 100 poems and more than 10 inscriptions. There are 3 poems, 3 poems, 8 poems, and 8 prefaces (postscripts). At the same time, there was also a collection of poems and essays organized by Yu Linnian, the county magistrate in the sixth year of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1867), including "Gongji Terrace Sings and Collections" and "Xinghua Gongji Terrace Chronicles", as well as Kong Shangren's famous plays with world influence. "Peach Blossom Fan" has greatly enriched the cultural connotation and historical heritage of the "Xuanwu Lingtai" scenic spot, making it one of the important scenic spots in northern and central Jiangsu, comparable to Yangzhou Pingshan Hall and Gaoyou Cultural Tour Platform.