Then share my trip to Quanzhou. Quanzhou trip, originated from the trip in Xiamen transit, has visited Xiamen many times, this time to Xiamen's neighbor Quanzhou to take a stroll. Xiamen Airport has a direct bus to Quanzhou, and the high-speed rail only takes 40 minutes.
This trip to Quanzhou, the accommodation is arranged near the Bell Tower, which is also the center of the old city, and it is particularly convenient to play the attractions. After visiting Tianhou Temple and Dejimen Ruins Park, follow this small street to The Former Residence of Li Yan.
Located on Wanshou Road, Nanmen, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Li Yan's former residence was the place where the outstanding thinker of the Ming Dynasty lived when he was a teenager, and his descendants converted his living room into a ancestral hall. In recent years, it has been repaired and hung in the interior with a portrait of Li Yan for viewing.
The former residence of Li Yan is an ordinary house, which originally had three bays and two deep. There is a front room and a main hall, which is 6 meters wide and 9 meters deep, with a front patio. Now according to the ancient houses in southern Fujian, they have been renovated and turned into memorial halls.
Li Zhen (1527-1602), also spelled Hongfu, Zhuo Wu, and Ming Jiajing, was a progressive thinker who could be called a generation of strange people. At the age of fifty-five, he resigned from his official position to lecture and write books on history. In his lifetime, he has written a large number of works such as "Collection of Books", "Continuation of Books", "Book Burning", "Continuation of Book Burning", and "Commentary on the Outline of History".
In October 1985, Li Zhen's former residence was listed as the second batch of cultural relics protection units in Fujian Province. However, due to disrepair, the house is old and dilapidated. Licheng District has spent nearly a year repairing The former residence of Li Yan, and the original appearance of the former residence has been basically restored.
In the thirteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1585), Li Yan left Huang'an in Hubei and returned to Macheng. In the sixteenth year of the Wanli Calendar (1588), he lived in the Zhi Buddhist Temple of Longtan Lake, immersed himself in research, and wrote books and lectures. He shaved his hair in his childhood to show his vulgarity, and his book "Chu Tan Collection" was named after "the first fall of the dragon pond is to compile this book". When he was in Macheng, he published "Li's Burning Books" and compiled books such as "Commentaries on the Outline of History".
During the reign of Li Zhenzhi Yao (as the prefect of Yao'an Province, Yunnan), he attached great importance to cultivating talents. Santai Academy was opened at Defeng Temple in the south of the city, and famous scholars such as Tao Jun and Guo Wannian were all from Li Zhen's men.
Li Zhen was a thirty-one-year-old person in Jiajing and should take the exam. Li Gongcheng Sect Leader, GuoziJian Doctor, Wanli is the prefect of Yao'an. Soon after, he abandoned his official position and lived in Huang'an (present-day Hong'an County, Hubei Province) and the Zhi buddhist temple in Macheng, Hubei Province. When lecturing in Macheng, there were thousands of followers, and there were many women in the middle. In his later years, he traveled back and forth between the north and the south of Beijing and other places, and finally was falsely imprisoned and killed himself in prison.
The two gates of the main hall of the former residence are written in black on a red background with the words "Guo En Jia Qing", which is dignified and eye-catching. The main hall desk is dedicated to the statue of Li Zhen, and above the statue is a large plaque of "Famous Eunuchs of the Township", and the wall of the hall in the middle is listed with "Li Zhen Family Lineage Map".
The road stele of the East Lake Cemetery of li zhen ancestors and the tombstone of the Li clan. Although the tombstone of the Li clan does not resemble the li clan of Li Zhen, it can be seen from the stele that the Lin and Li clans intermarried with women of Arab descent, such as Su and Pu, which is evidence of the belief in Islam in some of The clans of Li Zhen's ancestors.
The backyard of the former residence is small and exquisite, by the waterside bridge, fresh and elegant, a small bridge and flowing water people's scene. In Li Yan's former residence, China's greatest thinker of the 16th century showed visitors his profound thinking and life of sacrificing himself for truth.
To be continued, I am in Quanzhou, the starting point of the Hai silk road.