Many friends know Guilin, and they will casually say: Guilin landscape and water are under the heavens. In fact, the reason why Guilin's landscape is so famous, in addition to the beauty of the landscape, is more of a culture. The rich cultural heritage gives the Guilin landscape agility and praise.
Then, for friends who have never been to Guilin, they still hope to quickly understand which places in Guilin are worth visiting and save money. Today ZiZhen will take friends on a day trip to Guilin.
The first one worth recommending is Wangcheng, which is not only the birthplace of Guilin culture, but also the whirlpool of Guilin's historical change, since yan Yanzhi, a famous literary scholar in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, read and created in the cave under Duxiu Peak more than 1,500 years ago and accepted students to teach, it also opened the prelude to Guilin culture. Regarding the royal palace, I have introduced it in the previous video, so I will not dwell on it here. After visiting the palace, the next thing is the east-west alley separated from the palace by a wall,
In the sixth year of Qing Guangxu (1880), in the "Chronicle of Lingui County", it was already called "East Lane" and "West Lane". It is located outside the Zhengyang Gate of the Wangcheng City, and the Zhengyang Gate begins to be called the Duanli Gate. The earliest temple and altar were built outside the city gate. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, both the Zongmiao Temple and the Sheji Altar were destroyed in the war. In the fourteenth year of Qing Shunzhi (1657), the royal city was changed to the Gongyuan, and the Duanli Gate was also renamed zhenggongmen. From this time on, some dignitaries and dignitaries began to build mansions on both sides of the Zhenggong Gate, such as Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang in the Qing Dynasty; long Chaoyan and Long Chaoyi, the two brothers of "Brother Hanlin"; Wei Jichang, former Qing Xiucai, vice mayor of Guilin after liberation; and Xie Hegeng, confidential secretary of The famous underground party of the Communist Party of China, who had their own residences here. Not only do the dignitaries live, but the people also want to dip their wisdom and blessings, and many people follow suit, and gradually this place becomes lively and becomes the city center. In addition, Dongxi Lane is also the birthplace of many long-established brands in Guilin, such as "Youyixuan" rice noodles; "Zhang Yongfa" dyeing cloth; "Cao Baoyuan" cream Dan Pill Powder; "Xiong Tonghe" pharmacy; "Jufengtai" trading house; "Youxin" trading house; "Huang Changdian" brush; "Hongqinglong" moon cake and so on.
Now the East and West Lane, after the government's restoration and repair, the ming and Qing Dynasty buildings, here gathers cinemas, small bars, a variety of catering culture, as well as unique local characteristics of the ancient hall, etc., from time to time young people dressed in ancient costumes in the alley shuttle, strolling in the alley, as if there is a sense of crossing ........., and the east and west lanes are opposite the Zhengyang Pedestrian Street, through the underground shopping mall to the pedestrian street.
Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is located on the central axis of Jingjiang Wangcheng, with a total length of 666 meters, which means "six six big shun" and is 13 meters wide. Zhengyang Pedestrian Street is earlier than Dongxi Alley, it is an old street, how old is it? This street existed in the Han Dynasty, but at that time it was only a small street, larger than the alley. During the Tang and Song dynasties, this street was the guilin theater culture center, where Gui opera, Peking opera, and color tunes were performed here; there were also guild halls, temple fairs, mansions, etc. of the provinces and even churches gathered here. During the Qing Dynasty, it also added clothing shops, paper tying shops, iron ware rows, combing grate rows and so on. This street is not only the most prosperous place in Guilin, but also the commercial, cultural, dramatic and political center of Guilin, as well as a place where dignitaries and merchants gather.
The winding waters unearthed on this street prove that it once flourished.
Qushui Liuqian is every year on the third of March, the literati to the meandering canal to drink, the wine glass is filled with wine, put the wine glass in the upper reaches of the water, the wine glass let the water flow slowly down, the wine glass to who is in front of who will take the drink, is the ancient literati drink a kind of elegance. I learned about this ancient way of drinking and entertaining literati and scholars from Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty in the "Orchid Pavilion Collection", which reads: "In the ninth year of Yonghe, the age is ugly, at the beginning of the late spring, it will be in the Lanting pavilion of Huiji Shanyin, and the cultivation of zen things will also be done." The group of talents is complete, and the little is salty. Here there are lofty mountains and mountains, lush forests and bamboo, and there are clear streams of turbulence, reflecting the left and right, leading to the flow of curved water. ”
Today's Zhengyang Street brings together Chinese and Western style buildings, gathered in the five-star Lijiang Waterfall Hotel led by countless hotels and guesthouses, there are theaters, sports venues, but also gather Guilin special flavor snacks, stroll on the quaint bluestone road, tour the shops on both sides, in addition to Guilin's characteristic souvenirs, or a variety of cuisine, even if not hungry, will be delicious hooked in the mobile phone WeChat and Alipay wallet. At the southern end of Zhengyang Street, there are stone carvings of meandering water streams, and there are eight osmanthus trees symbolizing the "Eight Gui" of Guangxi. Further south, you will see the landmark: the Sun and Moon Twin Towers.
Let's first go to the east and south, go to the Zhiyin Station to see the twin towers, the Zhiyin Station is the best place to shoot the twin towers, go to the Zhiyin Station, we will understand the allusions of the Zhiyin Station. Zhiyintai consists of pipa platform, small bridge, small island, and stream. With the ancient Chinese pipa shape as the main structure, supplemented by garden paths, springs, streams, ancient trees, and famous trees, it constitutes a beautiful artistic conception of alpine flowing water, hence the name.
So what is the inspiration for this beautiful mood? This has to start with the great musician Yu Boya in the Warring States period. Yu Rui, zi Boya (real name Boya), was a musician in the Spring and Autumn Period. Since childhood, he has loved music, and his teacher Cheng Lian once took him to Penglai Mountain in the East China Sea to appreciate the magnificent magic of nature, which made him realize the true meaning of music. He played the piano, and the sound was beautiful, like the flowing water of a mountain. Although many people praised his piano skills, he did not meet anyone who could really understand his piano. Who is Zhong Zi Period? Zhong Ziqi is a woodcutter wearing a bucket hat, a shoulder coat, and an axe in his hand. One day, Yu Boya was playing the piano by the Han River, and when Zhong Ziqi heard Yu Boya's piano, he sighed: "Majestic like Mount Tai, like a river." Because of this exclamation of Zhong Zi period, Yu Boya felt that he had met Zhiyin. As a result, the two became close friends, which is the famous "alpine flowing water" song. Many years later, Zhong Ziqi died, and Yu Boya thought that the world was no longer ignorant of sound, so he stopped playing the piano for life. Later, people wrote the interaction between Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi into a book: "Yu Boya Wrestling Qin Xie Zhiyin" was included in the "Cautionary Tale".
Okay, let's look at the Sun and Moon Twin Towers again.
The Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas are located in The ShanHu Lake in the two rivers and four lakes, and the Sun and Moon Twin Pagodas were rebuilt on the site of the Tang Dynasty pagodas. The tower is 41 meters high, with a total of nine floors, the tower is decorated in pure copper, and all components such as Tash, tiles, warped corners, bucket arches, finches, doors and windows, column beams, stairs, sky surfaces and ground, including the paintings in the tower, are made of pure brass, consuming a total of 350 tons of copper. There is a lift in the tower. The Sun Tower set three world highs at the time – the tallest copper tower, the tallest copper building, and the tallest water tower.
The moon tower is 35 meters high, is a 7-level 8-corner tower, decorated with glass, which looks solemn and elegant. The moon tower and the sun tower have nothing to do with each other on the surface, in fact, the moon tower and the day tower are connected, the passage is an 18-meter-long underground aquarium, through the arched glass, you can see the various fish above and on both sides.
Shanhu Continues 300 meters to the west, crossing the Yang Bridge, which is Rong Lake. The landscape of Rong Lake has a glass bridge built of 100,000 yuan in the 1990s, Huxin Island, the Ancient South Gate more than 1,000 years ago, and the Huangtingjian boat place.
According to historical records, in the fourth year of Tang Wude (that is, in 621 AD), after the famous general Li Jing pacified Lingnan, he built a city in Guilin, and the ancient south gate was the southern gate of the "Tang City" in Guilin at that time, more than 1300 years ago. And now Rong Lake and Shanhu Lake is the Moat of the Tang Dynasty, the moat is called Nanyang River, the Yuan Dynasty was called Jian Lake, no matter how to change the name, the two lakes are outside the city, belonging to the military lake. The current Guilin ring water system was formed during the Northern Song Dynasty (that is, 960-1127 AD), when boats on Ronghu, Shanhu and Guihu were crisscrossed.
By the late Qing Dynasty, many celebrities lived by the lakeside, such as the former residence of the famous lyricist Wang Bantang, the "Furong Pond Pavilion" of the Guilin landscape painter Luo Chen, the Wumeitang Villa of Tang Jingsong, the ancestral residence of Wang Pengyun, the official residence of Li Zongren, the Guilu of Bai Chongxi, the former residence of Ma Junwu, a famous educator during the Republic of China, and so on. However, unfortunately, many former residences have been submerged in the long river of history, and only li zongren's official residence and Bai Chongxi's Guilu remain. To go to Huxin Island, you need to take the Beidou Bridge, because the bridge is built according to the direction of the Big Dipper, so it is called the Beidou Bridge. The bridge deck railings are all made of Fangshan high-grade Han white jade, which is the longest Han white jade bridge in Guangxi. The whole bridge is beautiful and exquisite, crystal clear.
The two rivers and four lakes are Li River and Taohua River, Mulong Lake, Gui Lake, Rong Lake and Shanhu Lake, and the entire water system around the city is 7.33 kilometers long and has a water surface area of 385,900 square meters. You can take a boat trip to two rivers and four lakes during the day, or you can swim at night. Night tour of the two rivers and four lakes will be more meaningful.
Well, after walking this, the day will pass, is it full of harvest?! Tomorrow, I will continue to experience the Elephant Trunk Mountain of Guilin City and the mountain that celebrities have climbed the most, Diecai Mountain, which is also the place where Marshal Chen Yi lamented that "I am willing to be a Guilin person, not a god".