Baiyun Village

This is the place where Huang Zongxi, a famous scholar in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty and leader of the eastern Zhejiang School, gave lectures. It is located on the Guanjiang bank in the western suburb of Ningbo City. It was originally the ancestral temple of Wantai, the head of the household department in the late Ming Dynasty. Now Baiyun Village, with a construction area of 650 square meters, the main building faces east from the west, and it is a brick and wood structure bungalow. In the south of Baiyun Village is Wan's former residence, and in the north are wanbangfu and wansicheng cemeteries. In front of Baiyun Village stands a stone archway of the Ming Dynasty, which is inscribed with the capital of the Ming Dynasty. There are exhibition rooms of Huang Zongxi's life story and the main figures of eastern Zhejiang School and their influence in Baiyun Village.

Baiyun Village

Baiyunzhuang, founded in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was once Huang Zongxi's "Yongshang witness academy", that is, the lecture office. At one time, scholars gathered and flourished. It is a symbol of Zhejiang culture.

Baiyunzhuang is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. Located in the west suburb of Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Guanjiang bank, with picturesque scenery of small bridge, flowing water and other people, the ancient buildings are green brick and black wall, simple and solemn. It is the lecture Office of "Yongshang witness academy" created by Huang Zongxi, a famous thinker, writer, historian and representative of eastern Zhejiang School in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Baiyun Village was originally the ancestral hall of Wantai, the head of the household department in the late Ming Dynasty. Later, because his son Wan Si Xuan wrote the collection of Baiyun, he was known as "Mr. Baiyun" in the world. Since Huang Zongxi came to baiyunzhuang to give lectures, Yongshang literati gathered here, and the string songs continued and flourished for a while. At the end of Qing Dynasty, the academy and Baiyun Village had been destroyed and rebuilt by Yang Yicheng in 1934. The building area of Baiyun Village is 650 square meters. The main building faces east and West. It is a flat house of brick and wood structure. In the south is his former residence, where Wan Sitong, another major figure of the eastern Zhejiang School, also lived. In the northwest is the tomb of Wan Bangfu and WAN Sicheng. Wan Bangfu is the father of Wan Tai and was once the governor of the left army. Wan Sicheng is the fifth son of Wan Tai and a leader of his generation. Huang Zongxi wrote the epitaph for him. Baiyun Village is a symbol of Zhejiang culture, and is famous for its academic importance.

On May 25, 2006, as an ancient building from Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China, baiyunzhuang was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Main attractions

In the front yard and back yard, the green bamboo is deep, the green grass is secluded, and the quiet river flows by. This place is really a place where people can calm down to study. Walking along the path through the halls, the once bustling scenes of the academies unfold one by one

Wax figures

The vivid wax figure simulates the scene of Huang Zongxi's lecture in Yongshang college at that time. Each wax statue has a different look, so I can't help but go back to the ancestral hall of Wantai, the head of the household department in the late Ming Dynasty, more than 300 years ago. The scene suddenly becomes lively. The hall is packed with Huang Zongxi, who is known as "the father of Chinese ideological enlightenment", and WAN Sinian, Si Cheng, Si Da and Si Tong, who are known as "the eight dragons of Wan family". Huang Zongxi, sitting in the middle, seemed to be talking, and several people around him either meditated or listened. There may be discussions and debates between them. Sparks of different ideas collide in this room and finally converge into a point of practical application.

A copy of Yinjiang farewell painting

Baiyun Village also has a collection of copies of the picture of Yinjiang farewell. The original painting of Yinjiang farewell is in Ningbo Museum. This painting depicts the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty when Vance went to Beijing to repair the history of the Ming Dynasty. Wan Sitong "please take part in the history bureau with cloth clothes, without title or salary". He has been visiting Jiangnan Museum of the capital for 20 years. The painting shows the historical scene of Wan Sitong's parting, and it is also an important document of eastern Zhejiang School. Each character in the scroll has a name and surname, and they are all celebrities of Yongshang culture. What's more, the image of Vance that we see today comes from this painting, which is also the only portrait left by a great historian.

Meaning of couplets

In Baiyun Village, there are several well-known couplets. And behind these couplets, there are unforgettable stories.

Huang Zongxi

Ming Shui's generation of heroes and traitors

In the 18th year of Kangxi, the Qing government decided to revise the history of the Ming Dynasty and invited Huang Zongxi to Beijing to revise the history. After much consideration, he refused to go to the capital to take part in the work of compiling history, but agreed to provide help by means of communication. At the same time, he signaled his favorite student and historian Wan Sitong to accept the invitation in his personal capacity and go to Beijing.

In 1679, when Wan Sitong left his hometown in the South and went to the capital, Huang Zongxi saw him off with three new poems under the double waterfalls of Hua'an mountain, and presented them with relevant materials taught by his father. The poem expresses his concern for this work, praises the erudition of the students, and puts forward the expectation that "the four sides are willing to pay for the clear water, and a generation of virtuous and traitors are willing to support the cloth", and warns him that he should avoid further cooperation with other nationalities.

Sure enough, Wan Sitong had nothing to do but study the historical documents of the Ming Dynasty. He had lived in Beijing for 24 years. He refused all the salaries and positions offered by the government for revising the history of the Ming Dynasty, and finally completed the great project with a cloth.

Quan Zuwang

The ancient books are driven by the romantic command of the world

This couplet is actually a compliment to the Wan family. When it comes to Baiyun Village, we have to talk about the Wan family in Yongshang and the "eight dragons of Wan family".

His ancestral home was Dingyuan, Anhui Province, and his first ancestor was Wanbin, general of Weiyuan in Ming Dynasty. Wanbinzi, Wanzhong attacked his father, made great contributions in defending Ningbo, and granted Ningbo a defense title. After that, his descendants settled down in Ningbo and hereditary command. By the time of the seventh wanbiao, Wanshi began to seek excellence by Confucianism. His son Dafu and his grandson Bangfu all had literary talent. To the tenth Wantai, the WANs of Siming abandoned their martial arts and followed the literature. Wantai was a famous scholar in the early Qing Dynasty who had eight sons: Wan Sinian, Wan Sicheng, Wan Sifeng, Wan Sichang, Wan Sicheng, Wan Sida, Wan Sibei and WAN Sitong. They are all good at learning, and have relatively high attainments in philosophy, classics, literature, history and calligraphy. Among them, the historian Wan Sitong is the most famous.

Eastern Zhejiang School

In the early Qing Dynasty, Ningbo had a "literary society" composed of young scholars such as Wan Sida, Wan Sibei, Wan Sitong and WAN Yan, and a "Danyuan society" composed of Dong Yunli, Dong Yunlin and Chen Zhizi. In the fourth year of Kangxi (1665), they jointly formed the "meeting of strategy and theory". In the sixth year of Kangxi, Huang Zongxi came to Ningbo for the first time to give lectures, "meeting of strategy and theory" was renamed "meeting of witnesses".

Yongshang witness academy held talks in different places, including Gaoshi Temple of Guangji Bridge, Yanqing temple, Baiyun Village in the west of the city, HuangGuo thatched cottage (Zhangshi ancestral hall), Chen Kui Xianjia, etc. Baiyun Village is the longest and most fixed place for Huang Zongxi to give lectures in Yongshang.

At that time, the meeting took the form of: all the sages of Li Zhong gathered twice a month. At the meeting, the literati were all well-dressed, holding scriptures and sitting in order. At the beginning of the lecture, the lecturer will elaborate on a certain topic, and then the students will give lectures and debate on the topics, and discuss with each other in a very warm atmosphere. It takes a whole day for such a discussion. At noon, the participants only have a light meal in the lecture hall, with only two dishes and no wine. All children over the age of 10 are required to follow the lectures to increase their knowledge. These young students are very polite and well behaved, which makes the audience admire. Huang Zongxi, on the other hand, went to Yongshang to dispel doubts. It is indeed commendable that there was such an academic democratic atmosphere in China more than 300 years ago. At that time, people praised Huang Zongxi with such praise as "his speech was rich, his speech was lively and impressive", "he preached on the heart, and his teachers and friends were prosperous for a time", which shows the influence of Huang Zongxi's lectures in Yongshang. The purpose of running the school is "to be practical". The courses include classics, history, literature, calendar and so on.

There were more than 100 people who attended the lecture before and after Yongshang witness academy, including 66 disciples. Among them, 18 were recommended by Huang Zongxi. They were either good at Confucian classics, historiography or literature. Since then, the eastern Zhejiang School has played an important role in the history of Chinese thought.

Tourism information

Scenic spot address:

No.34, guanjiang'an, Qianfeng village, Haishu District, Ningbo City

Admission fee:

Free Admission

Opening Hours:

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m

Address: No.34, guanjiang'an, Qianfeng village, Baiyang street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 121.5269

Latitude: 29.878607

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