Is there really a person like Wang Zanghai in history?

Wang Zanghai, a geographer and surveyor of the Ming Dynasty. He designed and built Ming Dynasty urban buildings such as Ming Palace and Qujing City (Qujing City). It is said that he visited Macau. He was a famous geographer in the early Ming Dynasty. He won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang and participated in the construction of the Ming Zu Mausoleum.

This man can be said to be a strange person. His attainments in Feng Shui can be said to be at the pinnacle. Because of this, he was appointed to directly participate in the design of the entire Ming Palace, and also designed several major Chinese buildings. Cities, at that time, his words even caused several cities to completely disappear in China.

Qilin City, which has a glorious history of ancient civilization for thousands of years, has left a large number of cultural relics and historic sites in its long history. Not to mention the distant ones, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, we can see from the chronicles that there are more than 10 temples with clear records, including the Wuhou Temple, the Minghuan Temple, the Xiangxian Temple, the Zhongyi Xiaodi Temple, the Jiexiao Temple, and the Zhaozhong Temple. There are more than 20 temples including the Imperial Temple, the Confucian Temple, the City God Temple, the Flag Temple, the East Prison Temple, the Fire Temple, the Temple of Wealth, and the Xuantan Temple. There are more than 20 temples, including Guanyin Temple, Tianwang Temple, Baoen Temple, Yuantong Temple, Zhengfa Temple, and Yuquan Temple, more than 10 palaces, including Wenchang Palace, Guansheng Palace, and Chuanzhu Palace, and pavilions including Dou Pavilion, Kui Pavilion, and Wenchang Pavilion. There are more than ten nunneries and temples. Among them, the largest and most famous one is the Confucian Temple built in the 17th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty and located in today's color printing factory. This Confucian Temple is also called the Confucius Temple and the Confucius Temple, which have the same meaning. They were both built for the great Confucian Confucius. According to the "Nanning County Chronicle" recorded by Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty, the Confucian Temple at that time "sit north and south, with Tianma standing on its left and right. The hall is spacious and colorful, and it is the residence of saints." Among Chinese saints, Confucius is considered to be the most realistic person. He was too persistent in his political opinions. Although he spent his entire life trying to promote his political opinions, it could be said that he achieved nothing in the end. However, what he did not expect was that after he had no choice but to retire and write books and lectures, His untimely opinions and convoluted and difficult-to-implement doctrines suddenly became popular behind him, and finally made him a model for hundreds of kings, a sage teacher who can be a model for all generations. What made him even more unexpected was that he, a pragmatic man who did not talk about strange powers and chaotic gods, would be transformed into one of the biggest strange gods by his disciples, and he had been worshiped for more than two thousand years. In the old days, in almost every place in China where the population was concentrated, there was no temple that was not dedicated to this sage master. Since the completion of the Confucius Temple in Qujing, almost every local governor has repaired and expanded it, making the Confucius Temple more and more spectacular and elegant. By the time of Kangxi, there were 28 verandahs on the east and west sides under the Tianzi Terrace. There are all kinds of books, sacrificial vessels, musical instruments, crowns and clothes. There are also osmanthus, cypress and various famous flowers and herbs planted in the courtyard. It is really a place suitable for a saint to live. However, time has passed and most of these monuments have disappeared with the wind. The only monument of this old city that we can see today is a section of the ancient city wall built in the Ming Dynasty. It has gone through hundreds of years of ups and downs, and now it still lives quietly on the side of the Guofeng Theater next to Kangqiao.

In 1381 AD, 300,000 Ming Dynasty troops defeated Liang Wang’s 100,000 elite troops on the banks of the Baishi River in Qilin City, opening up the Yunnan Passage and subduing the entire territory to the second country after the Ming Dynasty. In March of that year, Qujing officially changed the road and established a government. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Fu Youde, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army: "Since Yunnan is at peace, leave troops from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hunan, and Henan to guard it and control the key points." This is a historical fact recorded in the "Records of Ming Taizu". The Han sergeants who entered Yunnan in this way Of them, quite a few were left behind. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang issued another edict: "The land in Yunnan is very vast, but most of it is deserted. It is suitable to set up camps and order the soldiers to farm for savings." Therefore, there was a garrison and farming that combined the army and farming. The system enables sergeants and their families to settle down for a long time. Implement "seven percent cultivation, three percent preparation". Qujing became one of the main areas for military colonization. At this time, in order to consolidate Qujing as an important gateway to Yunnan, Zhu Yuanzhang approved the construction of a capital city here.

The ancients generally followed the principle of site selection when building a city: "It must not be above the Guangchuan River, but must be under the mountains. The height should not be close to drought but there is enough water; the lower level should not be close but ditches and defenses are saved." This is The words come from Guanzi, whose teachings have influenced China's urban construction for thousands of years.

The construction of Qujing Fucheng should also be the result of following this principle. This Fucheng is on the edge of Bazi, bordered by Qilin Mountain to the north, Liokuo Mountain to the south, Nanpanjiang River to the east, and is surrounded by Xiaoxiang River and Baishi River, leaning against mountains and facing water. , condescending, it must be said that it is a good place. Interestingly, the architecture of this ancient city still led to a good story with Macau six hundred years later. On the eve of Macao's return in 1999, CCTV organized a "Celebrating the 100-day countdown to Macao's return to the 'Century Dragon' party". At the party, four guests from Macao, Zhuhai, Beijing and Qujing, Yunnan were invited to perform "Macao" on the spot. Talk about ancient and modern times." Brothers who have been separated for four hundred years will return to the embrace of the motherland at the end of this century. There is nothing more exciting than this. What people didn’t expect was that Mr. Zhao Hongkui from Qujing, Yunnan, was talking about the relationship between Qujing and Macau that dates back 600 years. According to Mr. Zhao, the ancient cities of Macau and Qujing were designed by the same designer and were built two years apart as identical sister cities. The designer was Wang Zanghai, a famous surveyor who had designed and built the Ming Palace and was highly appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang, or more commonly known as a Feng Shui expert. It is also a Chinese characteristic to ask surveyors to preside over the architectural design of a city. In old China, everything from the construction of palaces and cities to the ordinary poor people building stoves and pig stables was inseparable from Feng Shui masters. Of course, Wang Zanghai is not only a Feng Shui master, he also understands architectural science. The design of Qujing and Macau is said to be modeled after the ancient city of Xi'an. Imitation of nature is limited to form. In terms of city size, Qujing is less than one square mile. What we see in the "Nanning County Chronicle" in the second year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty is that this city began to build a brick city in 1387. The city is six miles and three-quarters in circumference, three feet high and as thick as a pheasant saucer. One thousand six hundred and thirty, with four gates. The east gate is called Legeng Gate, the south gate is Laixun Gate, the west gate is called Shengfeng Gate, and the north gate is Yingen Gate. The lower part of each city gate is made of five-sided stone, and the middle and upper parts are made of strip stone and green bricks. At the same time, wooden gate towers were built on the four city gates, with double towers and cornices. In the east is the "Sun Pavilion" with a plaque of "Ping Han Dian Yun" hanging on it; in the south is called "Chun Yang Pavilion" with a plaque of "Civilization and Beautiful Government"; in the west is called "Taiyin Pavilion" with a plaque of "Shengfeng Qishi". It is named "Dutian Pavilion" in the north, and has a plaque of "Enyi Shenshu" hanging on it. The city wall is made of bricks and rammed earth, and the outer edge is inlaid with five-sided stones. The whole city is in an irregular rectangular shape according to the terrain. The road network in the city is T-shaped. There are four streets, east, west, north and south along the four city gates. The city is divided into Gulou Street, Xueyuan Street, Zongtang Street, Jiuhang Street, and two main streets. Set up small streets and alleys. The ground in the center of the street is made of sandstone laths, and the two sides are paved with river pebbles. The road is 6 meters wide and the lane is 4 meters wide. The residential buildings on both sides of the main streets are mostly turrets with one floor and one bottom. The city also has the Governor's Office (today's Qujing No. 1 Middle School), the Qujing Government Office (today's Qujing Health School), the County Office (today's Qujing Municipal Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau), the Chinese Army Dusi (today's Printing Factory), and the Qujing Prefecture Tongzhi Office (today's Qujing City). Public Security Bureau), and there are three academies. Quyang Academy is located in today’s Chengguan Primary School, Jingyang Academy is located west of today’s Pearl River Source Square, and Xinggu Academy is located in the convoy of today’s Qujing Municipal Grain Bureau. There are countless religious sites in the city, the so-called “Three Temples” "Eight temples and nine pavilions". In fact, there are more than these. There are more than 40 temples, Taoist temples and pavilions in the city. It took more than thirty years to build this city, and it was not completed until the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). After the construction of this city, it prospered for a while. After all, it is the largest city in eastern Yunnan and the economic and cultural center. However, wars arose in the old days, and this city suffered many misfortunes.

Everything has a certain time and space limit. When an old city dims, more new cities will rise. This is also the way of history and human civilization.

As for Wang Zanghai, later generations call him the originator of "Dingmai Xunlong". After participating in the design of Macau, he died in Guilin, Guangxi in the 28th year of Yongle. It is said that he was buried in the waters of Hainan and buried in water. He was buried in a dead body. Later generations searched for his tomb site, but found nothing. On the leader peak of Changbai Mountain, local people once said that they participated in the design and construction of the palace in the sky, which looked like it was flying in the sky. However, it is still unknown why it was destroyed. The above content is from "Shanhaiguan Chronicles".