Jiangyin Zhongshan Park

Zhongshan Park

synonym

Jiangyin Zhongshan Park generally refers to Zhongshan Park (Jiangyin Zhongshan Park, Jiangsu Province)

Jiangyin Zhongshan Park is located in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, formerly known as Jiangsu Xuezheng yamen site park, which was renamed in 2002. The whole scenic area covers an area of 7.25 hectares (72500 square meters), with 108 mu of land. It is divided into many functional areas, such as academic, political, cultural, ecological and recreational areas.

Historical evolution

Jiangyin Zhongshan Park was the site park of Jiangsu Xuezheng government office, with a total area of more than 70000 square meters. Many buildings and structures in the garden reflect the architectural characteristics of Chinese classical garden. The whole project includes "Lotus hall", "yongmulu", "Xuezheng District sculpture square", "Zhongshan Memorial Tower" and Shuixi project. Jiangsu Xuezheng government office was the official office of the examination scholar in the imperial examination era.

The predecessor of the government office can be traced back to the early Northern Song Dynasty, when it was called wanchunyuan, a private garden of a family surnamed sun. In the early Ming Dynasty, Wu Liangzhen, a general under Zhu Yuanzhang, was in charge of Jiangyin, and was transformed into the official office of Wu marquis. During the reign of Hongzhi, it was built as a governor's platform. Song created Wanchun Garden. Wanshou pavilion was set up in Wanshou mountain, and Zhuangyuan pavilion was set up at the foot of Wanshou mountain. Several buildings of Wanshou Qionglou were built. Snow pavilion was built, leisure hall was built, mohuaxie corridor was built, Guanyin hall was built, and Wisteria was planted in Song Dynasty for more than 1300 years.

Until the 42nd year of Wanli (1614), Xuezheng government office moved from Yixing to Jiangyin, it was called "Academy of supervisors". It was recorded in Jiangyin county annals of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty that "the Academy of inspectors was built and stationed in the east of the county by Wang Yining, the first academic administrator, and Xu Dadao, the first minister of education. Wanshou mountain in the north, Xuelang Lake in the west, and Guangfu temple in the East are magnificent, which are called the crown of Jiangnan government offices. " It took 292 years from the 42nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1614) to the 32nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1905). The Xuezheng yamen office served as the residence of the various dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to "Qinghe garden", with Jiangsu Xuezheng Yashu, Shubei square, Toumen, Yimen, Longmen, lobby, left examination shed, bell and drum Pavilion, living quarters and other buildings.

It was called "Ji Yuan" in the Qing Dynasty. In the 292 years after the abolition of the imperial examination system in 1905, 124 scholars and administrators in the Ming and Qing Dynasties presided over the scholar examination in the eight prefectures and three prefectures of Jiangsu Province, and the garden became the back garden of the government office. Xuelang lake was built under the supervision of Xuezheng Wang Xianqian. There was a lotus leaf bridge on the lake, a fountain in the lake, a forest belt on the lake slope, a row of axis pavilions and boat pavilions beside the lake, a mountain spring on the Wanshou mountain, and a water tea house on the lake at the foot of the mountain.

During the period of the Republic of China, Boya pavilion was built as the residence of the government, Zhongshan Memorial Hall was built, and Zhongshan Park was renamed. In the first year of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat Sen visited Jiangyin. There are "Zhongshan Memorial Tower" and "Zhongshan Memorial Hall" in the garden, which was renamed "Zhongshan Park". After the revolution of 1911, the back garden was renamed Shoushan park. In October 1912, after the victory of the 1911 Revolution, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who had just stepped down as the provisional president of the Republic of China, was appointed by Yuan Shikai to take up the post of the general office of the national railway to inspect the Huangshan fort in Jiangyin. After entering the city, he made a speech in Tongzi hall, asking Jiangyin people to build roads, develop transportation, introduce civilization, and calling for "national civilization to be initiated from Jiangyin" It is inspiring the people of Jiangyin. In memory of this great revolutionary pioneer, Jiangyin people chose a prominent position in the park, rebuilt the memorial tower of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and moved to Tongzi hall, which enriched the connotation of the scenic spot. Because of this origin, there is "Zhongshan Park" which has been used since 1925.

In 2002, Jiangyin municipal government invested 100 million yuan to expand the Xuezheng yamen site and Zhongshan park behind it, and renamed it as Jiangsu Xuezheng yamen Site Park (Zhongshan Park), which was officially opened to the public on January 28, 2003. The park has been changed into an open park, which is an open urban garden integrating citizens' leisure and entertainment. It has become the most popular "big city living room" in Jiangyin City by adding many buildings, adding children's playground and renovating Zhongshan Memorial Tower. In the overall planning and design, we fully tap the historical context, follow the concept of the integration of traditional and modern, and the combination of eastern and Western Gardening Art, deduce the traditional culture with modern scientific and technological means, and reproduce the part of the landscape of the Xuezheng government office with profound historical and cultural heritage, including the back garden, so as to create a distinctive urban leisure garden space, which makes the ancient and modern times more harmonious The two cultural scenic spots become an oasis in the modern city.

Scenery in the park

Features of scenic spots

The new Zhongshan Park is composed of three parts: Xuezheng historical and cultural area, ecological recreation area and recreation area. Among them, Xuezheng historical and cultural area can best reflect Jiangyin's profound historical and cultural heritage, which is a new highlight of Jiangyin's urban tourism industry and a new brand of Jiangyin's urban cultural tourism.

Main attractions

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Tower

In October 1925, in memory of the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the student union of Jiangyin Nanjing and Lishi school donated and built the memorial tower of Dr. Sun Yat sen in the park. When Dr. Sun Yat Sen visited Jiangyin in October 1912, he put forward the slogan of "calling the national civilization to be initiated from Jiangyin". In order to commemorate this period of history, he renamed it Zhongshan Park in the 19th year of the Republic of China, which has been used since 1925. The existing Memorial Tower of Dr. Sun Yat Sen was rebuilt by the student union of Nanjing and Lishi schools in the 25th year of the Republic of China. The tower is 5.40 meters high and has seven stone pillars on its base for chain protection. The tower has been placed in a large glass cover and protected, changing its simple and small state and adding modern flavor.

Zhongbang Pavilion

Zhongbang six corner pavilion was built to commemorate Yan YingYuan, a history of Jiangyin in the late Ming Dynasty. He led the people to defend the city for 81 days and died with it. During the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Yao Wentian, the academic administrator of Jiangsu Province, wrote the word "loyal and righteous nation" in his handwriting, which was embedded on the south gate. In 1937, after being shelled by the Japanese invaders, only the words "Zhong" and "bang" were left, and they were moved to the hexagonal pavilion. Now the two words "Zhong" and "bang" are built into steles, which not only become a scene, but also preserve cultural relics. "Loyal and righteous nation" is an evaluation of the 81 day anti Qing historical facts in Jiangyin in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, Jiangyin was just a small city with more than 100000 people. Because Jiangyin was full of fortresses and strong men, it was more like a fortress. During the long march of the Qing army and the fall of the major cities, Jiangyin's 60000 righteous people refused 240000 Qing troops to fight in the city for 81 days, defeated three kings and 18 generals of the Qing army, and killed more than 75000 enemies. Later, a couplet says: "on the 80th day, Dai FA was loyal to the people of Taizu in the 17th Dynasty, and 100000 people killed the enemy with one heart, leaving the Daming 300 Li River and mountain." The saying that "Jiangyin bandits and Wuxi thieves" is popular in Jiangnan area also confirms the strong folk customs here. So far, Jiangyin people are still proud of it.

Heart Sutra stele

In Jiangyin, there are "three wonders": Xu Xiake, a marvelous man of all ages, hongdoushu, a marvelous tree in the sea, and Jingbei, a marvelous stele in the heart of the world. Xu Xiake's "wonder" lies in his legendary life and his wonderful book Xu Xiake's travels, which covers almost all fields of natural science and social science. The red bean tree in Gushan, Jiangyin, is a millennium old red bean tree in the northernmost latitude of China. The red bean tree in other "southern countries" is evergreen, but it is only a deciduous tree in winter“ It is listed in the world botanical dictionary as a unique branch. The "strangeness" of strange people and trees can be realized through materials, while the "strangeness" of Xinjing stele can only be felt on the spot and standing in front of it.

The Heart Sutra stele was written by daosong, a different monk in the Tang Dynasty. It was originally built between the walls behind the iron Buddha shrine in Maitreya Hall of Guangfu temple in the Qianming Dynasty. It was destroyed by fire in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Song Zhi said, "under the wooden couch of Guanyin, there are cursive heart sutras all over the wall." This stele was re engraved in 1798. The Heart Sutra stele is built between the walls of the iron Buddha Temple in Zhongshan Park. It is composed of six rectangular big blue stones, with a height of 2.87 meters and a width of 5.12 meters. It is engraved with a volume of Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra. It has 279 characters, and is carved in 13 lines. The font is wild grass, with strong strokes, magnificent momentum, rigorous structure and changeable shapes. Among them, the length of "Duo" is 2.07 meters; the width of "Sheng" is 55 cm, the width of the thinnest pen is only 1 cm, and the width of the thick pen is 7 cm; the length of each pen is more than 2 meters. The characters are oblique in size from top to bottom, from left to right, echoing each other. The writing is vigorous and powerful, the font is vigorous and eccentric, and the style is tactful and fluent. At first, it looks like reverse writing, but in fact, it is a normal book, which is wonderful. The tablet is not only excellent in calligraphy, but also exquisite in engraving techniques. Under the refraction of light, the inscriptions in the shade make people feel the three-dimensional feeling of relief. It can be called the most extant ancient tablet in China, and is a treasure of ancient calligraphy and engraving art in China.

Wisteria millennia

Wisteria, a striking living cultural relic in Jiangyin Zhongshan Park, has thick branches, vigorous and powerful, like a winding dragon, winding between steel frames. Two of the 15 Wisteria plants are said to have been planted in the Song Dynasty for more than 1300 years, so they can also be called "Shou Teng". It is nearly 500 years earlier than the hand planted Wisteria by Wen Zhengming in Suzhou Humble Administrator's garden in Ming Dynasty, so it is more precious. Bai Juyi has a poem praising this kind of plant. People in Jiangyin worship Wisteria very much. They come to see Wisteria every Spring Festival. Flowering year, in March to April can see another kind of Millennium wisteria, its roots and branches strong

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