Shikefa Memorial

Shigong temple was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. It was the ancestral hall of shikefa, the hero of anti Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Hongguang (1645), duoergun, the Regent of Qing Dynasty, attacked Yangzhou with tens of thousands of people and tried to persuade him to surrender many times. However, history can't do it. At last, Yangzhou fell because he was outnumbered. Before committing suicide, he was captured and died at the age of 44.

In front of the tomb is the "shikefa Memorial Hall", which displays shikefa's statues and many manuscripts, as well as some precious cultural relics. Every time the plum blossom opens, the garden is full of the fragrance of plum blossom.

Shikefa Memorial

Shikefa memorial hall is a famous historical relic commemorating shikefa, a national hero who fought against the Qing Dynasty at the end of Ming Dynasty. It is located at No.24, guangchumenwai street, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, beside meihualing, south of Gucheng River and the south end of shikefa road. Shikefa's clothes tomb of Ming Dynasty is built inside, covering an area of more than 6000 square meters.

The tomb is divided into two parts: the ground and underground buildings. A short wall surrounds the tomb. In front of the tomb stands a stone tablet of "Shi Zhongzheng cemetery". Round doors are set on the left and right sides of the tomb, and the stone forehead of "meihualing" is embedded.

It was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty,

Reconstruction in the ninth year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty,

In 1956, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangsu Province,

In 1962, chairman Zhu De wrote a plaque,

In October 1991, General Secretary Jiang Zemin personally accompanied former President Kim Il Sung of the DPRK to visit.

Now it is the site of Shigong temple, a key cultural relic protection unit of the state, and a provincial patriotism education base.

It will be open free of charge since new year's Day 2016.

brief introduction

In April of the second year of Shunzhi (1645) of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Kefa, the Minister of the Southern Ming military department and the great Bachelor of Dongge, died in Yangzhou. Shi Dewei, his son's deputy general, was not allowed to find his body, but was buried under meihualing. In the early Qing Dynasty, the ancestral hall was built outside Dadongmen gate, but later it was destroyed. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, a temple was built on the west side of the tomb, with the posthumous title of "Zhongzheng". Xianfeng was destroyed by war and rebuilt in 1870. It was repaired twice in 1935 and 1948. Most of the existing buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty, except the ink hall and Plum Blossom Fairy hall. After 1949, it has been repaired many times, and now it is the "shikefa Memorial Hall". Shigong temple is located at the south end of shikefa road in Yangzhou City, near meihualing. It is the ancestral hall of shikefa, a hero of the late Ming Dynasty who fought against the Qing Dynasty. In front of the tomb is the "shikefa Memorial Hall", which displays a 2-meter-high statue of shikefa, a number of shikefa manuscripts and other precious cultural relics.

The ancestral temples and tombs all face south. The gate faces the river. The eastern tombs and the Western ancestral temples are connected side by side. In the middle of the courtyard is the "Hall of enjoyment". In front of the hall, there is a couplet written by Zhang Erlong: "count the tears of the plum blossom, divide the heart of the minister.". In the hall, there is a cloud shaped plum blossom cover in the Ming Dynasty, with a horizontal plaque of "magnificent mountains and rivers" hanging on it. On both sides is a couplet of Wu Xizai's seal script in the 28th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1848), "born from Laiwen, believed in the country, and died as Marquis of Wuxiang". In the middle of the hall, a dry lacquer clip statue of Shi Kefa, which was made in 1985 to commemorate the 340th anniversary of Shi Kefa's martyrdom, is worshipped. In front of the tomb, there are three brick archways, with "Shi Zhongzheng cemetery" on the forehead, and three walls forming the tomb area. In the cemetery, Ginkgo biloba is beautiful, Lamei Jiaoke, zhengzhongli is a stone tombstone, on which is engraved "the tomb of Shi Kefa, the Minister of the military department of the Mingdu division and the Bachelor of Dongge". There is a tomb on the platform behind the stone, with a height of 16 meters.

Landscape collection

Shigong temple is facing the ancient moat. In the east of the river is the Shigong cemetery, and in front of it is the banquet hall. The couplet of "counting the tears of the plum blossom in front of the hall" was written by Zhang Erlong of the Qing Dynasty. General Secretary Jiang Zemin has made many introductions at home and abroad. In October 1991, he personally accompanied former President Kim Il Sung of the DPRK to visit. In the middle of the hall is a dry lacquer storage statue of Shi Kefa, with jade belts, ivory seals and distant pictures on both sides of the cabinet; in the ancestral hall is a chronology of Shi Kefa's life events and the back ink treasures of famous people at home and abroad; in the back is meihualing, and in the East is meihuaguan. There is qingxuexuan in the north of the five ridges. On the inner wall, there are stone inscriptions of Shi Gongfu's handwritten letters and letters from his family, also known as the ink hall. The ancient trees and rocks are scattered in the Shigong ancestral hall, which makes people feel proud and patriotic. President Jiang Zemin has repeatedly mentioned this couplet to friends at home and abroad. He said: "there is a tomb of national hero Shi Kefa in meihualing outside Yangzhou city. There is a couplet in front of the tomb. Counting the tears of meihualing's national subjugation and dividing the old minister's heart can stimulate people's national self-esteem and patriotic enthusiasm." In 1991, when he accompanied President Kim Il Sung of North Korea to visit here, he personally introduced the couplet to him, and said: "we should look at problems historically and deal with past events from a historical point of view. Now our slogan is long live the great unity of the Chinese nation."

Shikefa memorial hall has a beautiful environment with towering Ginkgo biloba and pleasant flowers and trees in all seasons. The historical materials on display are rich and complete. It is an extremely important place for patriotic education and an excellent tourist attraction in Yangzhou.

Today's shikefa memorial hall has been renovated and has become a tourist attraction integrating history, cultural relics and scenery. There is a statue of Shi Gong sitting in the hall, calm and thoughtful, which makes people see a generation of loyal officials who "can't walk, can't eat, can't fan in summer, can't fur in winter, and can't undress in bed". In the cemetery, green willow, green bamboo, strong pine and cold plum are quiet and solemn, elegant and quiet. The two Ginkgo biloba in front of the hall have a history of more than 200 years The flag, like two monuments, adds color to the cemetery and makes Shi Gong strong. In the ink hall, there are Shi Gong's Fu duo'ergun Shu and Lin Nan Jia Shu, with his ink couplets: "Qin Shu game is six thousand li, poetry and wine have gone crazy for forty years", "the stream is heavy with snow, the pines are thin, the rocks are long, and the stones are exquisite", "fighting wine looks at twenty-one, and the incense is quiet to the thirteen classics." Although some of them are rubbings, Shi Gong's powerful writing and bold spirit are full of words. In front of the plum Pavilion, on one side of the pond, to the north of the pond is plum blossom ridge. On the ridge, the cold plum blossoms are vigorous and fragrant. You can sit in the pavilion and walk around the pond. The poetic and picturesque flavor of "thousands of plum blossoms fill the pond, a bright moon and a half Pavilion wind" suddenly gushes out, which makes you intoxicated and forget to return.

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Shi Kefa was born in 1602, the 30th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, in Xiangfu county (now Kaifeng City), Henan Province. He was a famous politician in the late Ming Dynasty because of his incorruptness and outstanding achievements. On the third day of may in 1644, when Zhu Yousong, king of Fu, was appointed governor of the state in Nanjing, Shi Kefa was changed from the former Minister of the Ministry of war to the former Minister of the Ministry of rites. On May 15, Zhu Yousong, king of Fu, became emperor, and next year was the first year of Hongguang. On the issue of making policy, Shi Kefa supported the king of GUI and listed the king of Fu as "seven can't be established", so he was excluded after Zhu Yousong supervised the country. Therefore, Shi Kefa "invited his supervisor Huaiyang".

In the early years of Hongguang Dynasty, the internal disputes were extremely serious because of the "fixed policy" problem, and the degree of corruption was more serious than that of Chongzhen. Moreover, the Hongguang Dynasty, including Shi Kefa, had no clear understanding of the current situation, and Zhu Yousong and his "dingce" meritorious officials only wanted to be at peace. At this time, the officials of the Southern Ming Dynasty thought that Wu Sangui was using the Qing army to drive out the intruders. Therefore, under the thinking of "keeping the peace before resisting foreign invasion", the Hongguang Dynasty even sent envoys to negotiate with the Qing government, which was a foreign nation, to discuss the matter of jointly destroying the Dashun regime.

Because the Hongguang imperial court was afraid that sending troops to Shandong and Henan would affect the peace negotiation of the northern envoys, the Qing court firmly established itself. In October, Dorgon, the Regent of the Qing Dynasty, went south in two ways. Prince ajig of England and King Sangui of Pingxi attacked Northern Shaanxi by way of northern Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, and the front of the army was directed at Xi'an. Duoduo, Prince of Henan, Kong Youde, king of gongshun, and Geng Zhongming, king of huaishun, went south to take Hongguang court. After the Qing army defeated Dashun, Dorgon deployed three armies to attack Nanming. On April 17, the first year of Hongguang (1645), the Qing army moved 20 li away from Yangzhou, and on the next day, the troops came to the city. Shi Kefa called on all towns to help, but none of them came. In addition, Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie, who are controlled by shikefa, have also fallen in these days without fighting. On the 21st, Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu led their troops to surrender, and then took part in the capture of Yangzhou on the 24th. Duoduo sent many people to persuade Shi Kefa and Wei Yinwen, governor of Huaiyang, to surrender, but they were severely refused. On the night of the 24th, the red artillery of the Qing army collapsed the city wall. On the 25th, Yangzhou fell. Liu Zhaoji died in the war, and Ren Minyu and He Gang, the prefects of Yangzhou, died. Before committing suicide, he was captured and died at the age of 44. Yangzhou was the first city in the south of the Yangtze River to resist the Qing army. It was also the first time that the Qing army met the strong resistance of the army and the people. In order to retaliate against the people of Yangzhou, the Qing people also wanted to make an example, so Duoduo ordered that the burning, killing and looting lasted for ten days. After the destruction of Yangzhou City, Shi Kefa died 12 days ago. Because of the hot weather at that time, his body was rotten and could not be identified. The following year, shikefa's adopted son shidewei was buried in meihualing, Yangzhou. Qianlong 41 years (1776) in the first month after the posthumous title "Zhongzheng.". Therefore, the inscription on the memorial archway is "Shi Zhongzheng cemetery".

On the 360th anniversary of shikefa's birth in 1962, Guo Moruo, a contemporary literary giant, wrote a poem to commemorate "the existence and death of the country, the majestic temple, the fragrance of meihualing, when will the iron return to the old country".

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The towering temple is magnificent in appearance.

When will the iron fire tribute return to Gubang. This is a eulogy poem written by Comrade Guo Moruo for Shi Kefa in July 1962, which is the 360 anniversary of his birth.

Snow season, when you step on plum blossom

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