Former residence of Wu Chengen

Wu Chengen's former residence is the former residence of Wu Chengen, an outstanding writer, world cultural celebrity and author of journey to the West in Ming Dynasty. It is located at the end of datongxiang alley in Hexia ancient town, Chuzhou District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province. It is located in the northwest of Huai'an ancient city, close to the ancient canal, and close to the expressways of Beijing Shanghai, Ninglian, xuhuaiyan, etc. Wu Chengen's former residence has become a famous tourist attraction, receiving thousands of tourists at home and abroad every day. Wu Chengen's former residence scenic spot is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province. It is the shooting base of the world's first three-dimensional TV series "Wu Chengen and journey to the west". The former residence itself, exhibition hall of Wu Chengen's life, Xuanzang memorial hall, Monkey King family art museum and liuxiaolingtong studio together constitute the only place in China to comprehensively display the journey to the west culture and commemorate Wu Chengen. The former residence itself shows the environment of Wu Chengen's life and creation of journey to the West; the exhibition hall of Wu Chengen's life uses pictures, words, objects and multimedia technology to dynamically introduce Wu Chengen's life story, the creation process of journey to the West and the connection and influence between journey to the West and Huai'an local culture; Xuanzang memorial hall adopts the wisdom and achievements of Huai'an folk artists Liu Xiaolingtong's studio is the place where Liu Xiaolingtong works and lives in Huai'an and the creative base of China journey to the West Cultural Research Association. In 1982, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Wu Chengen's death and to welcome the first academic seminar on journey to the west, Huai'an Municipal People's government restored Wu Chengen's former residence. In 1998, Huai'an Municipal People's government restored Wu Chengen's Garden (Wu Chengen's back garden). So far, the former residence has been completely restored. It is a typical group of Ming Dynasty garden buildings with Jianghuai style. In 2004, it was a famous garden Acting artist Liu Xiaolingtong cooperated with Huai'an Municipal People's government to build the monkey king family art museum; in 2005, he built Wu Chengen Memorial Hall (also known as Wu Chengen's life exhibition hall); in 2010, he built Liu Xiaolingtong studio, China journey to the West cultural research and creation base, Xuanzang master Memorial hall, and large-scale Peking Opera journey to the West character facial makeup wall. Several parts of Wu Chengen's former residence scenic spot, which have a certain scale, have formed their own systems, and are connected and complementary with each other. Now it has become a comprehensive cultural tourism scenic spot integrating literature research, celebrity Memorial, traditional education, Cultural Expo, tourism and leisure. The unique style of the former residence and the memorial hall is a good place for people to remember the literary master Wu Chengen. 　　　　

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Former residence of Wu Chengen

Wu Chengen's former residence is the former residence of Wu Chengen, an outstanding writer, world cultural celebrity and author of journey to the West in Ming Dynasty. It is located at No.12 Datong lane of Hexia ancient town, Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province. It is a national AAAA tourist attraction. It is the key cultural relic protection unit of Jiangsu Province and the shooting base of the world's first three-dimensional TV series "Wu Chengen and journey to the west". It is composed of five parts: former residence, exhibition hall of Wu Chengen's life, Xuanzang memorial hall, Monkey King family art museum and liuxiaolingtong studio. At present, it is the only place in China to comprehensively display the culture of journey to the West and commemorate Wu Chengen. The Museum covers an area of 15000 square meters and has a building area of 4000 square meters. It is a classical garden complex with Ming Dynasty style.

The former residence is located in the northwest of Huai'an City, backed by the canal. It is a simple and elegant green brick courtyard with study and other buildings. Wu Chengen's former residence is a famous tourist attraction in Huai'an City, which receives thousands of tourists from home and abroad every year.

In February 2020, in order to pay homage to the medical workers who are struggling in the front line of "anti epidemic", the charging scenic spots in Huai'an City will be open to medical workers all over the country free of charge.

Introduction to former residence

Journey to the west is a well-known myth novel, which is loved by all ages. When you come to Huai'an, you must want to see the former residence of the author of this world-famous myth novel and explore the writing origin of this novel. I think you will have some understanding after reading it.

It is a comprehensive tourist attraction integrating literature research, celebrity Memorial, traditional education, Cultural Expo, tourism and leisure.

Personal profile

Wu Chengen, named ruzhong, was born in Sheyang mountain and under the Huai'an river. He was a writer of Ming Dynasty, the author of journey to the West and a world cultural celebrity. Wu Chengen's former residence is located at No. 12 Datong lane, Hexia ancient town, Huai'an District, Huai'an City. The river is located in the northwest of Huaicheng, backed by the canal. In history, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, commerce and trade were developed and culture was prosperous. Zhao gu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, Shen Kun, the champion of Anti Japanese war in the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Jutong, a pestilence expert in the Qing Dynasty, are all from the lower reaches of the river. In Huaiyang cuisine, the authentic origin of Huaian specialty Wenlou soup bag is Wenlou, a century old shop under the river. Of course, the most famous representative of Hexia is Wu Chengen, who wrote the myth novel Journey to the West.

Overview of former residence

front gate

Now we see this simple and elegant green brick courtyard, which is Wu Chengen's former residence. The former residence covers an area of 9876 square meters, with a construction area of 1842 square meters. The layout of the former residence is divided into four courtyards, which are composed of 26 houses such as gatehouse, guest room, hall, study, courtyard and back garden? Wuyuan, supplemented by winding corridor, rockery, pavilion, Xuanfang bridge and bamboo, wood and flowers. It is a group of elegant, beautiful and antique garden style buildings reflecting the style of Ming Dynasty. Now we have reached the main entrance of Wu Chengen's former residence.

On the plaque above the main entrance, the golden characters of "Wu Chengen's former residence" were written by Shu Tong, the late famous calligrapher and chairman of China Calligraphy Association.

Entering the gate, the first thing we see is a green bamboo forest. Bamboo clumps, green leaves whirling, swaying posture, give us a modest Festival, elegant and quiet feeling. This reminds us of Su Shi's Poems: "it is better to eat without meat than to live without bamboo; without meat, people will be thin; without bamboo, people will be vulgar.". Wu Chengen has been in trouble for many times in his life, but he doesn't go with the flow. Isn't this clump of Xiuzhu a portrayal of his lofty character!

In the face of bamboo forest, we also think of an ancient couplet: "the door to a thousand bamboo poles, the home to ten thousand books.". Wu Chengen has read a lot of poems, learned a lot, and is versatile. Does his family really have ten thousand volumes of poems? Please follow me to have a look!

a living room

Here are the three main halls of Wu Chengen's former residence. This living room is the main hall of the Wu family. It is a place for holding wedding and funeral ceremonies and receiving close relatives.

Please look up at the green inscription "sheyangzhen" (y, study) on the brown background. It was inscribed by the late chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu. Why is it called sheyangzhen? Why put this plaque on the hall? Huai'an was called "Sheyang county" when it was first established in the Western Han Dynasty (117 BC). Most ancient celebrities liked to use their place of residence or birthplace as their names, so Wu Chengen was also called "Sheyang mountain people". His good friend is also the number one scholar of his family. Shen Kun once gave Wu Chengen a plaque with the words "Sheyang Zhen" on it. Wu Chengen was very fond of it, so he hung the plaque of "sheyangzhen" in the main hall, which has been lost.

The couplets on the porch pillars in front of the hall are as follows: "search for the inscriptions of Bai Dai que, pick up the lingering charm of thousands of years, the art garden has been pushing Beidou for a long time; Gu, in the guise of gods and demons, dares to express her feelings, and performs a journey to the West.". This couplet was written by Ma Jizong, the late vice chairman of the CPPCC Committee in Chuzhou district (now Huai'an District). It highly summarizes the origin of Wu Chengen's creation, his literary achievements and the historical value of his famous book journey to the West.

Wu family tree

Look at Wu's genealogy. Wu Chengen's ancestral home is Anton, which is now Lianshui County in our city. He moved to Huai'an in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and has lived for five generations. Wu Ding, the great ancestor of Gaozu, was a civilian. His great grandfather Wu Ming was a Confucian teacher in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. His grandfather Wu Zhen was a student supervisor of the Imperial College, and he was a Confucian teacher in Renhe County, Zhejiang Province. When his father Wu Rui was four years old, his grandfather died. Finally, with the support of some colleagues, he was able to transport the coffin back to his hometown for burial. As an adult, Wu Rui married the Xu family. The Xu family set up a colored thread and ribbon shop, and Wu Rui also ran the business. He gave up his studies and went into business, and no longer had the time and energy to seek fame. As a result, Wu Chengen's family was reduced from a scholarly family to a small business family. Xu had only one daughter, Wu Chengjia. Wu Rui married Pianfang Zhang and gave birth to Wu Chengen. Wu Chengen, a child prodigy, is intelligent and intelligent. Under the influence of his parents, he loved to listen to the stories of gods and demons, collected the dramas and commentaries of Tang monks, and often avoided reading from his family.

When Wu Chengen was young, he married Ye's great granddaughter, ye Qi, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs. He had a son named Fengmao. Shen Kun, the number one scholar, married his daughter Xu Fengmao, but later Fengmao died prematurely. This is the epitaph written by Wu Chengen for Shen Kun's parents.

Wu Chengen lived in a time when the Ming Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline and became increasingly corrupt. Although Wu Chengen was full of talents and talents, he suffered from setbacks and was buried. Throughout his life, he had no way to serve his country. Due to the early death of his wife and children, his late life was bleak. In 1582, Wu Chengen died of poverty and disease, and he was 78 years old.

For the compilation of journey to the west, Wu Chengen traveled far to famous mountains and rivers and accumulated a lot of perceptual materials. Wu Chengen once wrote the famous poem Erlang

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