Tongcheng ancient city

Tongcheng ancient city

Tongcheng ancient city district is the seat of Tongcheng City (county), which has a history of more than 1200 years.

General view of Tongcheng ancient city

The ancient city faces south, with Yuping, Touzi and longmian mountains on its back and Shihe River and longmian River on its side. The ancient city was named mountain city at the beginning. It was changed into Mengxia town in the Republic of China and named Chengguan town after the founding of the people's Republic of China. The ancient city is elegantly built with twists and turns, known as "qiguai, Bajiao, Jiunong, shisan lane". The preserved or restored ancient buildings in the city are: the "Tongcheng Confucian Temple" which is magnificent and reflects the cultural characteristics of Tongcheng; the "southeast two old streets" which reflects the architectural characteristics of Ming and Qing Dynasties with cornices and angles; the "Gaochun and Xuan" which is exquisite in shape and has the charm of Jiangnan; the "Zilai bridge" which spans the longmian river with five piles and four holes; the "jingtulian society" which is quiet and solemn and seems to be in a fairyland; and the millennium old buildings Not dry, legendary "fairy well" and so on.

Cultural landscape of Tongcheng ancient city

Every step in the city, there are some famous relics, such as Fang Xuejian's "Shuo Xue Yuan", Fang Yizhi's former residence "natural garden", Zuo Guangdou's former residence "Tangjiao Tang" and "Zuogong Temple", Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingyu's "prime minister's Mansion" and "Liuchi Lane", Yao Nai's "Xi Bao Xuan" and his hand planted ginkgo tree, Yao Yuanzhi's old residence "bamboo leaf Pavilion", Fang Dongshu's family temple, and Fang Zongcheng's former residence“ Jiujianlou, banshange of Wu Rulun library, Linghan Pavilion of fangshoudun poetry reciting Pavilion, and former residence of Wu Yue, a modern revolutionary martyr, are all vividly remembered, showing the unique style of the ancient city. Famous contemporary scholars and writers such as Zhu Guangqian, Fang Dongmei, ye Dingyi, Fang Xiaoyue, Fang Lingru, Ma Maoyuan, Guang Renhong and Shu Wu also left footprints of their youth in their hometown. The main attractions are: Zhu Guangqian's former residence, etc. Luo Zhewen, a famous scholar of literature and history, wrote in his inspection of the ancient city: "if you want to cover Beijing in the past, your articles will be the best in the world; if you look at the rise of humanities today, it will lead the way again."

History and current situation of Tongcheng ancient city

Tongcheng has a long history and a prosperous literary style. It is the birthplace and concentration of Jianghuai cultural circle. As early as the spring and Autumn period, it was called the state of Tong. In 757 ad, the county was officially established, and in 1996, the county was withdrawn to establish a city, which lasted more than 1200 years. During this period, the humanities flourished, and the generation had talents. In Tang and Song Dynasties, Cao song was famous for his poems and his paintings. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 240 Jinshi. Among them, Tongcheng middle school, founded by Mr. Wu Rulun, the first general teacher of Beijing University, has been a famous school for 100 years. The city transports more than 2000 new students to colleges and universities every year, and the line rate of college entrance examination remains the leading level in the province. Tongcheng, the hometown of Huangmei Opera, has bred a generation of Huangmei opera performing artists represented by Yan Fengying.

Address: Tongcheng City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 116.975113

Latitude: 31.03602

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