Qiu Lili
2020-10-16 19:18
In this issue, we will introduce an ancient town not far from the city center, which can be reached after four stops from Jiangsu Road Station of Metro Line 11, which is the "Zhenru Ancient Town" located on Lanxi Road in Putuo District.
The historical Zhenru Town, as the main transportation route between Shanghai and Nanxiang, flourished for a time in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and began to decline due to the opening of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway in the late Qing Dynasty, and then once ushered in the opportunity for rejuvenation after the relocation of Jinan University, but then suffered heavy damage due to the outbreak of the War of Resistance, and then it was not until the late last century that it returned to the public eye as a "tourist attraction".
It's like an ancient town
Zhenru Ancient Town is mainly known as "Zhenru Temple", and as one of the oldest temples in Shanghai, it has high research value in various fields such as architecture, culture and religion. The predecessor of "Zhenru Temple" was "Zhenru Temple" that began in the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there are different statements about its history in many "Zhishu", and the author lists the main parts of it as follows:
1. According to the Ming Dynasty Zhengde's "Lianchuan Tuji": Baohua Sect Temple, in the southeast of (Jiading) County, forty-eight miles, was built in Song Jiading, named Zhenruyuan, and Yuan Yanyujian Changed The Temple.
2. According to the Ming Dynasty Wanli "Jiading County Chronicle": ZhenruJiao Temple, in the southeast of (Jiading) County, fifty miles and ten capitals, song Jiading middle monk Yong'an to rebuild the courtyard, Yuan Yan Yujian monk Miaoxin asked for money.
3. According to the Qing Dynasty Kangxi's "Chronicle of Jiading County": Zhenrujiao Temple, in the southeast of (Jiading) County, fifty miles southeast of the ten capitals of Taoshupu. Song Jiading's monk Yong'an was rebuilt with Zhenru Temple. Originally in the official field, the monk Miaoxin of Yuan Yan Yujian asked him to move his forehead here and change it to a temple.
4. According to the Qianlong "Zhenru Lizhi" of the Qing Dynasty: Zhenru Temple, Zhenbei Sheng Jiutu. A manju-ji temple, commonly known as the Great Temple. In the old officialdom, the monk Yong'an of Song Jiading was rebuilt with zhenruyuan, and in the seventh year of Yuan Yanyou, the monk Miaoxin moved to build Taopu, please change the temple.
By summarizing the above and comparing it, it can be seen that the historical context of "Zhenruyuan" began in the Jiading period of the Southern Song Dynasty and was renamed "Zhenru Temple" during the Yanyou period of the Yuan Dynasty can be basically determined, and the issues of its "former name" and "whether it has been relocated" needs to be further examined.
Zhenru Temple
Zhenru Temple in the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period due to the Taiping Army attack on Shanghai and the outbreak of the War of Resistance and other historical events were destroyed many times, according to Shi Miaoling's book "Zhenru Temple Chronicle": (Zhenru Temple) to the liberation of Shanghai only the main hall and the East and West Hall and other broken buildings, the hall of Shakyamuni Buddha statue and the temple in front of the original Wei Da Hall bronze Maitreya Buddha statue is still there.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Zhenru Temple has been repaired many times, and the biggest "achievement" of which is undoubtedly the fact that the main hall of the Zhenru Temple has been identified as a "Yuan Dynasty building", the ancient architecture expert Liu Dunzhen recorded the experience of this matter in his article "The Main Hall of the Zhenru Temple": In the summer of 1950, the Shanghai Municipal Government was faced with a plough and a cliff, the terrain was abnormal, and the vehicles often clashed with the archway, and planned to remove the factory, and feared destroying cultural and historical sites, in August of the same year, Together with Mr. Jiang Dayi of the Ministry of Culture of East China, he went to investigate. Mr. Jiang saw that this workshop is only one wide room, and the eaves are decorated with Ruyi-style bucket arches, which are obviously built in the Qing Dynasty and have no special value in history, but the inscription of the seven years of Yuan Yanyou was found in the main hall of this temple, which aroused great interest. Subsequently, the Ministry of Culture of East China continued to investigate twice in order to preserve ancient cultural relics. At the end of November, I invited myself to Shanghai to investigate, and under the guidance of Mr. Jiang Dayi and Mr. Hu Daojing, they jointly measured the plane of the main hall, climbed the eaves, and examined the structure of the bucket arch, knowing that this hall was indeed built in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, and was rebuilt on a large scale in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The main hall of the temple is true
The main hall of Zhenru Temple was designated as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council on November 20, 1996, and now when we step into this "single-eaves mountain-style" building, we can clearly see the 26 ink characters "Shi Da Yuan Nian Ji Geng Shen Yan You Seven Years Late Season Summer Moon 22 B Sunda Sunda Ding Ding Jian" under its forehead, which shows the long history of this building.
There are 26 ink characters under the forehead of the main hall of Zhenru Temple
Between 1992 and 2006, Zhenru Temple was further expanded while being renovated, and the Zhenru Pagoda, which was built on December 24, 1999, has become a major symbol of Zhenru Ancient Town.
It's like a stupa
South of Zhenru Temple, there is a "Zhenru Mutton Restaurant" that diners like to patronize, and "Zhenru Mutton" was once called "Zhenru Three Treasures" together with Dubu and soy products. There are two kinds of mutton varieties: white cut and braised. White cut lamb is also known as "A Gui mutton", to the true North Stone Village people Wang A Gui's unique production method and named, with color, fragrant, fresh, crisp and other characteristics, it is said that the daily sales of that year can reach more than 150 kg, and later Wang A Gui's son also opened a share in Zhujiawan, Beixinjing; braised lamb is also known as "raw rotten lamb", to the Fulan Bridge East Zhao Qunlin, Zhao Yunshan brothers and Li Runqiang's YuQingxiang mutton shop as a representative, with brine, fat, sweet, fresh glutinous, fat but not greasy, crisp and not broken, etc., when eating must be hot pot to eat, Friends who come to Zhenru Ancient Town may wish to taste them one by one.
It's like a lamb restaurant
In addition, the historical Zhenru Town has also been related to two famous schools, which is today's Jinan University and Yan'an Middle School, Jinan University flourished in Zhenru Town in the 1930s, and then was forced to move out of Zhenru due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and now there is a small piece of the ruins of Jinan University in the Zhenru School period near the "Shanghai West Railway Station" station of Metro Line 11, and the author also hopes to be able to protect this relic; the predecessor of Yan'an Middle School was "Zhenru Middle School" founded in 1946 After relocating to the current Yan'an West Road, it was renamed "Yan'an Middle School" in 1954 and has become a well-known key middle school in Shanghai.
Whether such a deep historical and cultural heritage of "Zhenru" has aroused your interest, there are many points to see here, and the surrounding transportation is convenient, which is a good choice in the future holidays.
Quaint and elegant Zhenru Temple
The view from afar is like a temple
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