Nanxiang Ancient Town is located in the northwest of Shanghai, in the southeast corner of Jiading District. The ancient town has a long history, with more than 1500 years today. Because there are three upper, middle and lower Chapu in the territory, the ancient name of Chaxi. In the fourth year of the Southern Dynasty Liang Tianjian, he built the White Crane Nanxiang Temple, and because the temple became a town, it was named Nanxiang. From the Southern Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was successively subordinate to Lou County and Kunshan County, and the Southern Song Dynasty Jiading Was established as Jiading County for ten years, which was changed to 1992, and in October of the same year, Jiading County was established as a district, and is now a district town.
In the 39th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor gave the name Yunxiang Temple, and Nanxiang Temple was renamed Yunxiang Temple. Due to its strategic location, the temple was destroyed after several wars, and a pair of brick towers built by the Liang Dynasty have been preserved to this day. In order to protect the ancient town monuments, the local government built the Yunxiang Temple in 1998 in a vacant lot to the west of the ancient temple ruins.
Small bridges flowing water, wide and narrow stone roads, Nanxiang Ancient Town with the exquisite dexterity of Jiangnan Water Town, leaving many monuments. Needless to say, there is an ancient well in front of the tower. The ancient well was excavated in 2008 and protected measures were installed. There are also two gardens in the ancient town: Guyi Garden and Tan garden.
During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Nanxiang Commerce was already the crown of the county. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, mainly cotton weaving, textile as a side business, emblem merchants gathered, is a large cotton trade center in Jiangnan, department stores developed. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were 12 streets and 41 small lanes in the town. The channels of the river intersect and extend outwards. There are more than 400 large and small shops, there are two markets in the morning and afternoon every day, known for its developed industry and commerce, and it is the economic center of the south of Jiading County. The more famous ones that have survived to this day are Renxintang Pharmacy, Rihuaxuan Xiaolongbao Shop, Xieji Silk Cloth Shop, Bandung Cloth Village, and Xifufu Restaurant Baokang Sauce Garden.
Nanxiang Ancient Town, humanities gathered. There were 34 men and 57 men. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, a number of well-known people emerged, and they were honored as eunuchs. There are also scholars such as Lu Yancan, Li Liufang, cheng Tinglu and other scholars and calligraphy and painting arts and crafts artists, as well as contemporary Chinese painting master Lu Yushao. There are also many famous and prestigious families here, such as the long-standing Lu surname, the Nanxiang surname Zhang, the cultural family Li and so on.
One side of the countryside and the other side of the customs, because in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Nanxiang social economy and cultural and economic development is very developed, here has created a number of local specialties rich in local characteristics, such as brushed cotton cloth, Nanxiang small cage and so on are famous. The art of bamboo carving here is developed, and many bamboo carvings have come out for more than 400 years.
Nanxiang ancient town, streets and rivers parallel, merchants gathered, culture flourished.
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