Changsha tourist attractions

Representing the tourist attractions in Changsha: I will give you my personal opinion. If there is anything wrong, I hope you will forgive me. I am also from Hunan. I am honored to explain the hometown that gave birth to my life, so that more people can understand Hunan. .

(1) Tianxin Pavilion is located in the center of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. It is a historical place with Tianxin Ancient Pavilion and the ancient city wall as its main attractions. Since the Ming Dynasty, Tianxin Pavilion has been regarded as a symbol of the ancient city of Changsha. It has the reputation of "Xiaoxiang Ancient Pavilion, a famous city in Qin and Han Dynasties".

Tianxin Pavilion was originally named "Tianxing Pavilion". Its name originated from the "Star Field" rumored in the Ming Dynasty. According to the division of stars, "Tianxing Pavilion" was named after it corresponded to the "Changsha Star" in the sky. Therefore, it was once It was a place where the ancients observed the stars and worshiped the gods. In addition, the ancient pavilion was located on the top of Longfu Mountain, the highest point in the ancient city of Changsha. It was regarded by the ancients as an auspicious feng shui treasure land. People were willing to pray here for blessings, eliminating disasters, and strengthening the family.

The Tianxin Ancient Pavilion was once used as a place of cultural worship corresponding to the Chengnan Academy. The two statues of Emperor Wenchang and Kuixing were enshrined in the pavilion to ensure the prosperity of Changsha's cultural fortune. In the old days, people came to worship in droves. Over time, literati often climbed up to the pavilion to overlook the distance, recite poems and compose poems. Huang Zhaomei, a great scholar of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem "Clouds and mountains are visible from all directions, and thousands of families are always concerned about fireworks" has become a masterpiece of the ages. And Li Dongyang's poem of the Ming Dynasty "Water, land and continents are connected to the boat, the boat moves and the island does not move; Tianxin Pavilion roosts in the pigeon, the pigeon flies" The wonderful couplet "The pavilion does not fly" is still widely praised today.

Address: Tianxin Park, Tianxin District, Changsha City, Hunan Province

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Tianxin Pavilion

Standing on the ancient city wall The Tianxin Pavilion above was built in an unknown year. The earliest records in the existing historical materials are the "Divided Local Applications" written by Tang Yuan, the magistrate of Shanhua County, in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1613 AD), and the "Details of the Sub-regions" written by Yu Yi during the Chongzhen Period of the Ming Dynasty. The poem "View from Tianxin Pavilion" has a history of nearly 500 years.

Tianxin Pavilion is now a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a famous historical and cultural building in China.

Ancient City Wall

According to the "Han Guan Yi" written by Ying Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city of Changsha was first built during the Warring States Period. In 202 BC (the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), Wu Rui, the commander of Fanyang in the Qin Dynasty, was named the King of Changsha by Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and established the Changsha Kingdom because he led the Yue people to help Liu destroy Qin. The "Xiangshui" chapter of "Shui Jing Zhu" written by Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty said: "In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Wu Rui was granted the title of King of Changsha, and this city was built by Rui." It can be seen that the larger earthen city wall in Changsha existed more than 2,200 years ago.

Moon City

Moon City, also known as Weng City or Zicheng, is a small city built outside the city gate to shield the city gate. The ultimate purpose is to enhance the defensive power of the city. . According to the "Wu Jing Zong Yao Qian Ji·Cheng Shou" it says: "The urn outside the city may be round or square, depending on the terrain. It is high and thick, just like the city, but with one door open to the left and right, as they please."< /p>

Changsha Fire Phantom Imaging Museum

The "Wenxi Fire" that occurred in Changsha in 1938 was one of the three major tragedies that shocked the world during the Anti-Japanese War. In order to truly reproduce the scene of the fire at that time , to arouse people's memories of this disaster, keep this sad history in mind, and encourage people to cherish today's hard-won happy life. With the support of higher-level government departments, Tianxin Pavilion used high-tech means and spent nearly one million yuan to open the construction in 2004. In November of this year, the "Changsha Fire" phantom imaging exhibition hall was built.

In 1937, Changsha had a developed economy and prosperous commerce. It was one of the four major rice markets in the country and was known as the "Chicago of the East." However, on July 7, 1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, As the Japanese army invaded China on a large scale, the Kuomintang government adopted a "non-resistance" policy. The Japanese army marched straight in, and the war soon spread to Hunan. Changsha became the main battlefield of the Hunan Anti-Japanese War. Whether to defend or retreat, the whole country paid attention. The Communist Party of China negotiated with the then Kuomintang government many times and requested to secure Changsha. Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek lacked confidence in Changsha and finally decided to adopt a "scorched earth war" policy against Changsha.

On the morning of November 12, 1938, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to Zhang Zhizhong, then Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, saying: "If Changsha falls, the entire city must be burned." Zhang Zhizhong immediately formulated a "burning city plan". Since Tianxin Pavilion is located at the highest point of the ancient city of Changsha, it was designated as a signal point for arson. Late at night on November 12, a fire accidentally broke out in a hospital for wounded soldiers outside the south gate of Changsha. Since the geographical location and height of the hospital for wounded soldiers were almost the same as those of Tianxin Pavilion, the team members who set the fire mistakenly thought it was a fire signal from Tianxin Pavilion, so they started a fire together. Changsha Suddenly fell into the sea of ​​fire.

The fire burned for five days and five nights, and more than 90% of the infrastructure was destroyed. More than 20,000 people were killed or injured in the fire, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and homeless. The wealth created and accumulated by the people of Changsha from generation to generation was instantly wiped out.

The Spirit of the Taiping Army

The Stone Sculpture of the Soul of the Taiping Army reproduces the battle scene of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom peasant uprising army attacking Changsha City in 1852. It depicts the leader of the Western King Xiao Chao Guishen riding a horse and wielding a sword, but unfortunately he was shot and died. The history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is used as a background to vividly reproduce the spirit of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers who fought tenaciously. The sculpture makes people seem to recreate the scene of the ancient battlefield with thundering flags, guns and swords. The veterans were angry and unyielding, and the female soldiers called out to their comrades and showed their indomitable heroism. To highlight it, it shows people a tragic ode to the peasant uprising, which is thought-provoking.

Chonglie Pavilion

This pavilion was formerly known as the Wubao Pavilion and the National Humiliation Memorial Pavilion in the late Qing Dynasty. In the beginning, in order to unify the city's time, a brass cannon was placed in the pavilion, which fired three times at noon every day to tell the time. In 1929, in order to commemorate the compatriots who died in the "May 3rd Massacre" in Jinan, the noon cannon was dismantled and converted into a National Humiliation Memorial Pavilion. There is a frame of the national humiliation map drawn in cement in the pavilion, and the lost land was painted in bright colors to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the people. The pavilion was later destroyed by the "Wenxi Fire"

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Chonglie Gate was built in 1946 for the soldiers who died in three battles in Changsha during the Anti-Japanese War. It was built with donations from Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, Zhang Zhizhong and others. It is an archway-style building with anesthesia. Made of stone, 8.5 meters wide and 5.9 meters high

Celebrity Stone Carving Gallery

Historical Celebrity Stone Carving Gallery, which depicts 33 historical celebrities who have made outstanding contributions to Hunan. There were 16 people born in Hunan. Emperor Yan, Shennong, benefited the people by tasting hundreds of herbs. In his later years, he died in Hunan due to accidentally eating a plant called "flame grass" (also known as "broken intestine grass"). The mausoleum of Emperor Yan is in Zhuzhou, Hunan. Yanling County; Zhu Xi and Zhang Shi gave lectures at Yuelu Academy, one of the four ancient Chinese academies at the foot of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, with Zhu Dong as the founder; Li Fu, the magistrate of Changsha (anciently known as Tanzhou), was also the pacifier of Hunan and a native of the late Southern Song Dynasty When the Yuan soldiers attacked Changsha for three days and had no hope of defending the city, they led nineteen members of their family to commit suicide collectively as a sign of loyalty; the following three were all top students of Yuelu Academy: Zeng Guofan, a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, a Westernizer during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty One of the leaders, he founded the Hunan Army that "no Hunan can form an army". He once violently suppressed the Taiping Army and was later defeated by the Nian Army. However, his way of conducting himself in society has always been learned and praised by future generations, and his articles have been widely collected. In "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong"; Wei Yuan, a native of Longhui, Hunan, proposed "learning from the barbarians and developing skills to control the barbarians". With the support of Lin Zexu, he wrote 50 volumes of "Hai Guo Tu Zhi", which has influenced today; Guo Songtao, a native of Xiangyin, Hunan , a diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty and the first permanent envoy sent by China to a Western country in modern times. During his mission (to Singapore), he only used public funds for salary and rent. He also said: "It is not appropriate for an honest gentleman to blame himself. It is a famous saying at that time.

Xunfeng Pavilion

"Xun" is a kind of herb, and "Xunfeng" is a kind of herb. Fragrant breeze. It was named because it was midsummer when the pavilion was first built, and the surroundings were pleasantly fragrant.

In 1932, when the first mayor of Changsha City, He Yuanwen, took office, he decided to renovate the open space to the north of Tianxin Pavilion for children. Healthy Park. The park is surrounded by wooden fences and trees are planted along the fences. There are four small gardens, three flower stands and seven cement chairs in the garden. There are also toys such as swings, slides, cradle, Xuan board, hanging rings and so on. A classical wooden pavilion named Xunfeng Pavilion was built on the high hill in the northwest. Xunfeng is taken from the words in Emperor Shun's "Song of the South Wind": "The smoke of the south wind can relieve our people's anger; the time of the south wind can relieve our people's wealth."

Yixiang Pavilion

This pavilion is located at the foot of Dujuan Mountain in the scenic spot. It is built with eight square eaves and colored glaze. The couplet on the pillars reads, "The green trees around the pavilion give birth to new sounds; the oriole's music is heard through the leaves." Therefore, it is a gathering place for many amateur opera enthusiasts, who play the tune on the wooden board, chant smoothly in the distance, and fly around in joy.

The surrounding attractions of Tianxin Pavilion are as follows: Xiangjiang River, Orange Island, Helong Stadium, Huangxing Pedestrian Street, Hualongchi Old Street, Jiefang West Road Bar Street.

(2) Yuelu Academy is also a tourist attraction representing Changsha. It is one of the four major academies in ancient China and a famous institution of higher learning and academic and cultural center in history. For more than a thousand years, this famous institution of higher learning at home and abroad has experienced changes in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. In the late Qing Dynasty (1903), it was restructured into Hunan College of Higher Education and officially named Hunan University in 1926. "A thousand-year-old school with endless strings and songs."

Imagine that in the distant ancient times, a scholar dressed in white held a book and shook his head while reciting poems. Perhaps he wanted to gain fame and serve the country. Perhaps he did not want to gain fame, but just wanted to wander in the free world and "see Nanshan leisurely" like Tao Yuanming. Maybe it's not to cultivate her sentiments, but just wants to write a poem for her to give to him.

Address: Yuelu Academy of Hunan University, Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province

The surrounding attractions of Yuelu Academy are as follows: Yuelu Mountain, Aiwan Pavilion, Xiangjiang River

As for Changsha tourism What's fun? This is actually very simple. There are many local customs and customs in various places. It mainly depends on what the host wants to experience.

Okay, that’s all. The above introduction is basically collected by me on the forum, not written by me. I hope it can help the original poster. At the same time, everyone is welcome to visit Hunan.

November 3, 2011

Ah Hui