What's the scenery like in Xixiangtang?
Xitang is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, which is suitable for recuperation and can inspire artists. Mr. Zhang Zheng, a root sculptor, 1958, from Shucheng, Anhui Province, 1999 moved to Xitang after talent introduction. Master Zhang Zheng's works are seven points natural and three points human, and more than 500 large-scale works are listed as "the best in Guinness". Master Zhang Zheng has entered the World Who's Who with his exquisite skills and fearless spirit, and is known as the "son of the East".
Ginkgo biloba in Lu Fen
There are two ginkgo trees, a man and a woman, in Fenbang, Posts and Telecommunications Road, Tangxi Town. It has been planted for more than 600 years since the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Ginkgo biloba is old and swaying, with lush foliage. The height of male ginkgo biloba is 13.5m, and the circumference is 3.92m The height of female ginkgo biloba is 9.35m, and the circumference is 3.08m.. Bong Luk was born in Xitang. He worked as a court official, honest and knowledgeable, and studied under Zhao Wenhua, the general political envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that Bong Luk's residence was built with extra bricks when Zhao Wenhua was supervising the construction of Jiashan City Wall. The site is Yujialong under the south shed of Xitang. Now there are no traces of the ancient tomb, only the stone man, stone horse and these two old ginkgo trees around the tomb are still standing here to confirm this history.
Zuiyuan
Named after the "Drunken Classics Hall" of Wang Zhai, it was first built in the Ming Dynasty, with five entrances and four exits, including ancient brick flower beds and a rare micro-brick arch bridge in the south of the Yangtze River. Walking around, the pool is exquisite, the cloister is secluded, the bamboo is lush, and the research is fascinating. In the main hall of the park, there are prints of Wang's father and son, and Wang, which depict the water town scenery of Xitang. Their styles are also different: Mr. Father's works are traditional and realistic, while Wang's works are more modern and abstract for tourists to enjoy, showing the family culture of Xitang.
Zhongfutang
Zhongfutang is the private residence of the king of Qing Dynasty. Wang Qi originated in the Song Dynasty and was in charge of the capital. After Wang Yuan escorted Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou to the south, he was changed by Ming Dynasty, and his descendants disappeared in Hangjiahu area. During Shunkang period of Qing Dynasty, one of the descendants moved to Xitang to build this mansion, which is a typical residential style in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The third entrance is the main hall. In the center of the hall, there is a plaque inscribed by Chen Hai Ning Bangyan, a scholar of Hanlin in Kangxi period, to warn future generations that "doing more good deeds on weekdays will surely make future generations blessed".
Xiyuan
West Garden is the private residence of Zhu family in Ming Dynasty, which was built by a large family in the south of the Yangtze River. There were pavilions, rockeries and fish ponds in the garden, which was a beautiful place in the town at that time. In the spring of the 9th year of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi from Wujiang came to Xitang and took photos with his literary friends Yu Shi Mei, Cai Shaosheng and Chen Jueshu in the park, imitating the "Elegant Collection Map" painted by Li in the Northern Song Dynasty, which showed the elegant collections of Su Dongpo, Mi Fei and Huang Tingjian, and named the photo "The Second Picture of the Elegant Collection of Xiyuan".
the Holy Land
The temple was first built in the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1575), and the memorial tour was presided over by Pang. In the seventh year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, it was renamed Jingjue Temple. In the 13th year of Kangxi and the 50th year of Kangxi, it was rebuilt twice, and the official land was changed, commonly known as Tang Sheng. Guan Yu, a warrior, was a teacher from generation to generation with Confucius in Wen Sheng, and was called a temple.
At the peak of incense in the temple, many pilgrims could not squeeze into the main hall, so they had to light candles on the street outside the main hall to worship. In the Spring Festival, every temple fair, this street is even more lively, and the procession of incense burners has been arranged from the temple to the incense burner. There will also be temporary food stalls on the street, and various pictures will be sold in the main hall of the temple. There is a local folk proverb: visit temple fairs, look at pictures, eat and sell. Every year on the fifth day of the first month, businessmen in the town burn incense and worship in the temple, and exchange the ingots made of pumpkin paste at home for the ingots in the temple, which means that the financial resources are rolling in one year.
Huguo Suiliangwang Temple
There is a real and touching story in Xitang. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great drought in Jiashan, and there were no crops in the countryside, and people were hungry everywhere. At that time, there was an old man named Jin, whose family ranked seventh. He is a small official who transports grain in the imperial court. He specializes in escorting grain carriers on the canal. One day, Governor Jin Qi passed Xitang on the way to transport imperial grain, and saw people in the land of fish and rice starving and begging on the shore. He moved with compassion and gave all the food of the grain team to the people. The imperial grain was given to the people, but for the crime of deceiving the monarch, Jin Qi knew that he could not escape punishment and threw himself into the river in Yanta Bay. In memory of this good official who sacrificed himself to save others, the local people raised funds to build the Seven Grandpa Temple.
Nizhai
The Nishi family, located in the south of Shao Xiang Port, is a scholarly family in the town, with a porch in front of the door and a garden behind the house. The main hall is called "Chengqing Hall". Xitang town has a profound cultural background and rich cultural resources of clean government. On this basis, make full use of these resources, combine the promotion of excellent clean government culture with the promotion of the party's fine clean government tradition, and build a clean government culture education base. At present, newly renovated 10 units such as "Ni Tianzeng ancestral home", Yuqian ancestral hall, Ningbo Qingfeng Garden and Jiaxing Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall have been named as the first batch of "Zhejiang incorruptible culture education bases", which have become places for party member cadres to receive incorruptible political education and ordinary tourists to cultivate their sentiments.
Huguo Suiliangwang Temple
There is a real and touching story in Xitang. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a great drought in Jiashan, and there were no crops in the countryside, and people were hungry everywhere. At that time, there was an old man named Jin, whose family ranked seventh. He is a small official who transports grain in the imperial court. He specializes in escorting grain carriers on the canal. One day, Governor Jin Qi passed Xitang on the way to transport imperial grain, and saw people in the land of fish and rice starving and begging on the shore. He moved with compassion and gave all the food of the grain team to the people. The imperial grain was given to the people, but for the crime of deceiving the monarch, Jin Qi knew that he could not escape punishment and threw himself into the river in Yanta Bay. In memory of this good official who sacrificed himself to save others, the local people raised funds to build the Seven Grandpa Temple.
After the Seventh Master threw himself into the river, the court found out the truth and named him "Li Jihou", followed by "protecting the grain and protecting the king". At the same time, Qiye Temple was renamed as "Protecting Grain and Protecting the King". Every year, on the third day of the fourth lunar month, the birthday of the seventh grandfather, a temple fair will be held in Xitang. Everyone carried the seven lords and seven wives out of the temple. From eleven o'clock in the evening, they all cruise according to the predetermined route. All the way, colorful flags are flying, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing, and the procession is vast. Tents were set up in many places where the town passed, so that the Seventh Master and the Seventh Lady could have a rest in their tents, and then they returned to the temple the next afternoon and began to perform in the temple. The scene is very lively, and now the third day of April has become the biggest folk festival in Xitang people's year.
There are also many leaf-shaped sachets hanging in the seven old temples, called autumn leaves. Because autumn symbolizes a bumper harvest, these leaves are hand-sewn by local elderly people aged 60 to 70. Couplets on the big columns on both sides: "The drought cracked the mountain and helped the living. Liu Ren jinyi has been chasing kindness for a long time. " Although there are only ten short words, it tells the story of seven masters.
Xiyuan
West Garden is the private residence of Zhu family in Ming Dynasty, which was built by a large family in the south of the Yangtze River. There were pavilions, rockeries and fish ponds in the garden, which was a beautiful place in the town at that time. In the spring of the 9th year of the Republic of China, Liu Yazi from Wujiang came to Xitang and took photos with his literary friends Yu Shi Mei, Cai Shaosheng and Chen Jueshu in the park, imitating the "Elegant Collection Map" painted by Li in the Northern Song Dynasty, which showed the elegant collections of Su Dongpo, Mi Fei and Huang Tingjian, and named the photo "The Second Picture of the Elegant Collection of Xiyuan".
Now there are Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum, Silver Museum, Nanshe Exhibition Room and other exhibition halls in the park. "Zhu Nianci Fan Calligraphy Art Museum" exhibited more than 100 fan-shaped fine works by Mr. Zhu Nianci, a national master of arts and crafts. Zhu Nianci is one of the outstanding representatives of modern fan calligraphy in China. 1920 was born in Jiashan, Zhejiang, and his ancestral home is Xitang. He is a senior member of China Arts and Crafts Society and a consultant of Zhejiang Arts and Crafts Society. He devoted his life to the art of calligraphy, and created a real gold micro-letter model with outstanding achievements and superb skills.
"Baiyin Pavilion" contains 100 seals, prints and coins carved by 100 seal carvers at home and abroad organized by Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society, which reflects the style of Xitang. This 100 seal represents the scenery of Xitang. Among them are the original Ten Scenes of Pingchuan (ten poems written by Zhou Ding, a townsman in Ming Dynasty), the New Ten Scenes of Pingchuan, the Eight Scenes of Xitang, the Ancient Hall of Xitang, the Brick Carved Gatehouse, Qiaononghe Street, the old name of Xitang and Quyi. The already touching names, such as "Huanxiu Broken Rainbow", "Yanyulou Road" and "Songzi Phoenix", are solidified between square inches, adding a bit of temperament and giving Xitang another charm.
With the aim of advocating national integrity, overthrowing the feudal Qing Dynasty and establishing a democratic political system, Nanshe was secretly established in Suzhou on 1990+065438+ 10, encouraged by the surging revolutionary wave of China Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen. The main founders of Nanshe were Chen Qubing, Gao Xu and Liu Yazi. Of the 17 people who attended the first meeting, 14 were league members, showing the strong revolutionary atmosphere.
Nanshe is a revolutionary group, mainly advocating the anti-Qing revolution in words, echoing each other with the League and becoming a corner. At one time, many newspapers in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and even Nanyang were owned by members of Nanshe. "I want to spread the wind and thunder with words" (in Liu Yazi) created momentum for the anti-Qing national democratic revolution.
As many as 18 members have joined Xitang South Society. Among them, there are more than ten eyebrows, Li Ximou, Yu Zuomei, Shen Yuzhong and Jiang Xuecheng. The poems and articles they left behind, pointing out the mountains and commenting on current politics, were a true portrayal of the literati in the small town who were inclined to revolution at that time. After Liu Yazi went south to Guangzhou, he gradually moved away from his friends in Xitang, and Nanshe was also torn apart in the Great Revolution. However, a group of social friends in Xitang organized the Xushe, with Jiang Xue as the president, with the same purpose and personnel. It can be said that it is an extension of Xitang Nanshe, and most of their poems have been preserved.