Ziyangdu

Ziyangdu

Ziyang ferry, a cross river ferry, is one of the ten scenic spots in Wugang. Located in Zihe and Hengjiang villages about three kilometers west of longhui County, Hunan Province, it used to be the main traffic route from Baoqing to Wugang. According to the Qing Dynasty Daoguang's Baoqing Fu Zhi: "all the 127 Li northeast of the state (Wugang) lead to the official road. There is the word "Hengjiang" at the ferry According to the volume of gold and stone in Wugang Prefecture annals, "the word 'Hengjiang' is in Ziyang ferry." Scholars of all ages have chanted about it. Chen Dayu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "the setting sun flute on the Ziyang Pavilion is the second collection of smoke and clouds. The distant tree shakes the light to hold the half ridge, the high building reflection enters the middle stream. The outside of the steaming sill is red, and the river is blue as oil. I'm just sitting around, and the moon is on the head again. " This paper gives a true portrayal of the beautiful scenery of Hengjiang ancient ferry. "The shadow of a tree leaps across the river, the fish leaps over the branches, and the birds tread on the waves" is a scholar who went to Beijing for an examination. When he passed here, he touched the scene and expressed his feelings. He said the first couplet, but the second couplet couldn't be matched and left with a sigh. Later, it attracted many scholars to fight here. Although there were occasional matches, they were not satisfactory and did not spread.

Regional overview

Today's Hengjiang ancient ferry is a must for local people to cross the Nanshui River (the upper reaches of the Zijiang River), although there is no bustling scene in the past. "Hengjiang" is engraved on the stone wall of the ferry. It is about 3 meters high from the perennial water level. Each word is 0.5 meters square. It is engraved in regular script, vigorous and clear. On the rock 10 meters below it, two lines of words are engraved vertically, which read: "flood crossing is free of charge", "yellow buffalo flood is not allowed to get on the boat", which is the ancient ferry convention. The regular script is still clearly engraved. The word "Shishi" about 50 meters downstream is even clearer. There is no way to know when and who carved the stone. Although Ziyang pavilion has gone through many vicissitudes, it is still preserved on both sides of the ferry. The sites of Ziyang inspection office, Ziyang pass and Ziyang mansion on the east bank still exist.

protective measures

In April 1998, ziyangdu was declared as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level by the people's Government of longhui County.

Address: Zihe village, longhui County, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.05784537916

Latitude: 27.109190625858

Chinese PinYin : Zi Yang Du