Yanguan Ancient Town is located on the banks of the Qiantang River and is a popular spot to watch the tides of the Qianjiang River. Since the Western Han Dynasty, it has been a salt-making center, so it was named Salt Official. This ancient town, which dates back more than 2,200 years, has been rich and prosperous since ancient times, and it has flourished for a while, and in this ancient town, there are stories and legends of celebrities from all walks of life and Yanguan City. The Sea Temple in the ancient town, the "Chen Ge Old Residence", and the Former Residence of Wang Guowei all tell the indissoluble relationship between these celebrities and Yanguancheng. Qianlong six down the Jiangnan, four to the salt officials. It is not only the best place to watch the wonders of haining tide, but also a cultural ancient town full of royal atmosphere and glorious history.
Then let's explore and feel this ancient town with a history of more than 2,000 years and is known as "Qianlong's hometown, the scenic spot of the tide" in the ancient town of different rivers and lakes!
Yanguan Ancient Town as a thousand-year-old yi, profound historical and cultural heritage, one of the "four great teachers of Tsinghua" Wang Guowei came out of here, but also gave birth to the Qing Dynasty "one door three pavilions old" Chen family. Here, it is also famous for the wonders of the Qianjiang River, and on the 18th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world come here to watch the Qianjiang Tide.
The first thing that comes into sight when entering the ancient town is Xuande Gate, and the three characters of "Xuande Gate" are inscribed by Zhang Jiucheng, a Northern Song Dynasty leader, indicating the meaning of "promoting morality". It can be said that this ancient city is a typical representative of the architecture of Yanguan Ancient Town, and under the wooden bridge is the moat of Yanguan. It is said that when Qianlong went down to Jiangnan six times and four were stationed in Haining, they all passed through Xuande Gate.
It is said that the Qianlong Emperor went to the salt official to inspect the sea pond, because of the boat horse Lawton, after arriving at Xuande Gate, he listened to the reports of the ministers on the governance of the sea pond, heard that the fish scale stone pond was successfully completed, and gladly wrote this name.
Xuande Gate is located at the east end of the first style street of zaixiangfu, which is one of the five major gates of Haining Yanguan Ancient Town - the northeast gate. Xuande Gate, also known as The Little East Gate, consists of a suspension bridge, a moat, a city gate, a city tower, and a city wall that constitutes the defense system of the ancient town. Xuande Gate was originally built in the thirteenth year of the Sui Dynasty (617 AD) and later abandoned. Tang Yonghui was rebuilt in six years, and has been built in successive dynasties since then.
Climb the Xuande Gate Tower, overlooking the ancient town, this thousand-year-old street, integrating history and folk culture, ancient style, unique style, under the baptism of time seems to re-glow charming color.
In Yanguan Ancient Town, the most distinctive is the Zaixiangfu Di Style Street, after a thousand years of ancient town, although slightly vicissitudes, but there is no lack of historical heritage, antique.
Yanguan Ancient Town --- Zaixiangfu Di Style Street
The Wutu Temple was originally the Yanguan Shejitai, which was renamed "Wutu Temple" in the Ming Dynasty. The hard summit, three bays, is 19.20 meters wide and 43.40 meters deep. The main hall is dedicated to the "Five Directions and Five Earths", that is, the "Earth Emperor" of the Five Directions in the Southeast, Northwest, and Central Regions; the apse hall is dedicated to the Door Emperor Yuanjun, the Moon Elder True Immortal, and the Hangci Zhenren; and the side halls are dedicated to sixty Jiazi, which is the only Taoist temple in the country that elevates the land of the Five Directions to "Earth Emperor" and concentrates on worship.
At the corner of the first style street of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the evening cherry blossoms bloom, attracting many tourists to stop on the way to enjoy the flowers, take photos, and indulge in it.
Yanguan Ancient Town --- small bridge flowing water people
Chen Ge's old residence is located in Yanguan Ancient Town, Zai Xiangfu Di Style Street Yimiao Street at the east end of the Weiwa Dam. It was the palace-style mansion of Prince Taifu of the Yongzheng Dynasty and Chen Yuanlong, a scholar of Wenyuange University. The master, Chen Yuanlong, was a high-ranking and powerful scholar of the Yongzheng Dynasty Wenyuan Pavilion University, and was known as Xiangguo (Xiangguo ( Prime Minister) in the world. Because the Ming and Qing dynasties Xiangguo (Zai xiang) is also known as the elder of the cabinet, so his former residence is called "Chen Ge Old House".
Zai XiangFu Di Style Street - Yuan Long Restaurant
Zai XiangFu Di Style Street - Yuan Long Inn
When you arrive at Yanguan Ancient Town, there are some small attractions on the old street that are still worth visiting, and through them you can get to know the ancient town more deeply.
Yanguan Ancient Town --- Covered Bridge
Yanguan Ancient Town --- promenade
Yanguan Ancient Town Old Street --- Qianlong Restaurant. Legend has it that Qianlong went out on a tour and ate at a restaurant in the ancient town of Yanguan, and a piece of spinach tofu in the shop was praised by the Qianlong Emperor. The name of the dish that the shop joked for a while, "gold inlaid with white jade inlay, red-billed green parrot brother", also added a legendary color to this ordinary hometown dish. After that, Qianlong not only sent the imperial chef in the palace to learn this spinach tofu, but also allowed the store to use the Qianlong Restaurant as a signboard.
Yang Yongjian's old residence, now the Jingshu garden exhibition hall, is a municipal integrity culture education base and a family training theme cultural park that integrates honest government culture and family training culture. Yang Yongjian, Haining Yanguanren. Born in the squire Mendi, the family is rich. Qing Shunzhi once went to the Ninth Temple in one day and was known as the "First Counselor of the Dynasty". Kangxi once gave him a plaque that reads "Praiseworthy advice from the straight". In the eighteenth year of Kangxi, he served as the governor of Guizhou, and during his tenure, he established a camp system, prohibited invasion and plunder, reduced military service, banned private factions, compensated for exile, and cultivated land, and the people gradually became at peace. After the Qing army put down the rebellion and returned to the north, passing through Guizhou, Yang Yongjian saw that there were people with lax military discipline, that is, shangzhang played impeachment, and was called "Yang Yiben" by the army. Kangxi Fu Imperial Plaque "Song Qiao Tang".
Yanguan City God Temple was built in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty (1023 AD), and has been repaired in later dynasties, with a history of nearly a thousand years, and in the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886 AD), Zhaogan was given the title and given a plaque "Haichang Suiyou". At present, the City God Temple is dedicated to the City God Hall, Wenchang Hall, Fortune God, Fire God, and Thunder God, and the side halls on both sides are "Fengdusi" and "Yan Luo Hall", and there are hell scenes, and there is a Ming-style stage behind the mountain gate. It is the earliest city god temple established in northern Zhejiang and the only existing city god temple in northern Zhejiang.
Outside the City God Temple, there is an ancient stone bridge unique to Jiangnan Water Town, "Dongxing Bridge", as well as the Rui Beast Qilin Zhaobi.
Confucius Temple
In Yanguan Ancient Town, there is another building related to the Qing royal family, which is the Sea God Temple. Built in the eighth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1730), it has a history of 274 years and is a palace-style building dedicated to the "god of Zhejiang Sea". In southern China, royal style buildings are generally not allowed to be built, but in Yanguan, it was an exception issued by the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China, funded by the state, and supervised by government officials, and such a large-scale complex was built, known as the "Forbidden City of Jiangnan". Legend has it that after the Yongzheng Emperor succeeded to the throne, he killed many of his brothers who opposed him, and the longer the emperor went on, the more he felt guilty and remorseful, in order to appease those ghosts who were humiliated, he borrowed the harmonic sound of the qiantang river every day, so that those dead brothers could also go to the court day by day, specially allocated a million silver taels, and built this sea temple, which was actually the place where the Yongzheng Emperor atonement. In 2001, as ancient buildings of the Qing Dynasty, Yanguan Haitang and Tanah Lot were listed by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
In front of the temple of Tanah Lot, in an east-west direction, there are two three-room five-story imitation wooden white jade arches.
Former Residence of Wang Guowei, a national key cultural relics protection unit. The former residence was built in 1886 by Wang Guowei's father Wang Naiyu when he was nine years old, and was named "Yulu". (Wang Guowei is a scholar with an international reputation in modern China, together with Liang Qichao, Zhao Yuanren, and Chen Yinke, known as the four great teachers of Tsinghua, and has authored 62 kinds of works such as "Human Words").) Those who know him know that this is a very talented literati who has integrated Western philosophy with our classical philosophy to form a unique cultural system of his own, and his residence is located in the westernmost part of Yanguan, and when he goes out, he can see the entire Qiantang River. The whole residence opens to the south, and it looks very simple and covers an area of less than 300 square meters, which is no different from ordinary houses.