Wuzhou Zhongshan Park

Wuzhou Zhongshan Park is built on the mountain, covering an area of 125 hectares. In the garden, the trees are green, the green is neat, the winding paths lead to seclusion, and all kinds of scenery are integrated. The park is a park with deep cultural connotation. After Wei Baqun (1894-1932), the main leader of Youjiang peasant movement, was killed during the great revolution, his head was put in a glass jar, displayed in various places, and finally buried in Zhongshan Park in Wuzhou. On December 13, 1961, the staff of the Municipal Museum found the skull of Wei Baqun outside Mingxiu Park in Zhongshan Park. Later, a memorial hall for Wei Baqun martyrs was built near the place where the skull was unearthed. The Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall at the top of the mountain is the second one built in China.

Zhongshan Park

synonym

Wuzhou Zhongshan Park generally refers to Zhongshan Park (Wuzhou Zhongshan Park, Guangxi)

Wuzhou Zhongshan Park is located in the north mountain of Wanxiu District, Wuzhou City. The park is built on the mountain and covers an area of 125 hectares. In the garden, the trees are green, the green is neat, the winding paths lead to seclusion, and all kinds of scenery are integrated. The park is a park with deep cultural connotation. After Wei Baqun (1894-1932), the main leader of Youjiang peasant movement, was killed during the great revolution, his head was put in a glass jar and "made public" in various places. Finally, he was buried secretly in Zhongshan Park in Wuzhou. On December 13, 1961, the staff of Wuzhou Museum found the skull of Wei Baqun outside Mingxiu garden in Zhongshan Park. Later, a memorial hall for Wei Baqun martyrs was built near the place where the skull was unearthed. The Zhongshan Memorial Hall on the top of the mountain is the earliest one built in China.

Historical evolution

Wuzhou Zhongshan Park is located on the North Mountain in the center of Wuzhou, Guangxi. There are steps and roads to the entrance of the park, so the traffic is very convenient. In 1924, Wuzhou commercial port Bureau demolished the ancient city wall to expand the urban area and opened up Beishan as a park. From October 1921 to April of the next year, Sun Yat Sen stationed in Wuzhou three times to publicize the revolution in preparation for the northern expedition. After the death of Sun Yat Sen, the people of Wuzhou laid the foundation in 1926 to commemorate this great man. In 1930, the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall was built in Beishan Park, and the park was renamed Zhongshan Park.

Scenery in the park

The four iron pillars in front of the memorial hall were cast by Han Yong, governor of Guangdong and Guangdong provinces, and Chen Ping Ping, eunuch, in 1471 to build a floating bridge over the Guijiang river. After the completion of the first Guijiang bridge in 1969, the iron pillars were moved to both sides of the gate of Zhongshan Memorial Hall.

Behind the memorial hall is Beiyuan. This is one of the park's most characteristic scenic spots. The waterside pavilion, terrace, small bridge, winding path, flowers and bamboo forest are organically combined in the scenic spot, with elegant and fresh scenery. Beside the Beiyuan is a bronze bell cast by eunuch Wu Huaien in the 16th year of Qianhe of the Southern Han Dynasty (958) at the command of Liu Sheng, the third emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. The bronze bell of the Southern Han Dynasty is 120 cm high, 56.7 cm in diameter and 250 kg in weight. The bell is decorated with patterns separated by cross lines and inscriptions with 87 characters. The content of the inscriptions is the history of the "dragon painting YONGGU" described by Wu Huaien. Later, the bronze bell of the Southern Han Dynasty was placed in the ice moon Pavilion of Guangxiao Temple (Daxiong Temple) and Fengtai Academy (today's first kindergarten on Dongzhong Road). In 1931, it was moved to the morning bell Pavilion of Zhongshan Park and used as a time telling device for citizens. In February 1963, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit at the autonomous region level.

Main attractions

Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall is located on the top of the North Mountain in the center of the park. It is 44 meters wide from east to west and 35 meters long from south to north. The main building is about 20 meters high and covers an area of 1630 square meters. It is the earliest building in China to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat Sen.

In the middle of October of 1921, Sun Yat Sen was preparing for the northern expedition. He personally came to Guangxi to plan the expedition. He planned to gather troops in Guilin and go north to the two lakes. Later, because of the rebellion of warlord Chen Jiongming, he was forced to return to Guangdong.

Sun Yat Sen has been in Wuzhou for more than half a year. He has made many speeches in Wuzhou No.3 middle school and dajiaochang to publicize revolutionary ideas. He also held a military conference in Wuzhou to decide on military and political policies. At the same time, he has met people from all walks of life, made speeches on setting up industries, and inspected various places. He once climbed the Beishan Mountain and looked far into the urban area. He thought that there were many places in Wuzhou that could be developed. He agreed with local officials on the construction plan for the comprehensive development of Xijiang River with Wuzhou as the center, which was written into the general plan for the founding of the people's Republic of China.

In 1925, Sun Yat Sen died in Peiping. The people of Wuzhou held a grand memorial ceremony. In memory of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's great achievements for the country and the people, on the initiative of Mr. Li Jishen, the people of Wuzhou built the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall on the top of the north mountain that Dr. Sun Yat Sen visited.

The foundation of the memorial hall was laid in January 1926, and more than 100000 yuan was raised in 1928. In the summer of the same year, the ground was broken, and soon it was shut down because of the outbreak of the Guangdong Guangxi war. It was continued in the spring of 1930 and completed in October of the same year.

The memorial hall adopts the architectural design of the combination of Chinese classical palace style and Roman dome style. The exterior wall is plain white and magnificent. Zhongshan Memorial Hall is divided into front and back seats. The middle part of the front block is a four story dome building with three arched gates. The middle gate has five characters of "Zhongshan Memorial Hall" inlaid with marble, which was written by Chen Jitang, then governor of Guangdong Province. There are more than 340 steps in front of the hall, which is magnificent; the small square in front of the hall is a semi-circular flower lawn with a lotus pool in it, surrounded by trees, and stone lions on both sides of the front. On both sides of the main building are three floors of East and West buildings, which are offices and libraries. The back seat used to be a hall with 1000 seats. On the top of the rostrum, there is a bronze relief of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's head and the full text of his will. On both sides, there is Sun Yat Sen's motto that "the revolution has not yet been successful, comrades still have to work hard.". The hall displays the historical relics of Dr. Sun Yat Sen during the democratic revolution, pictures of his life story and copies of cultural relics.

In 1981, on the 70th anniversary of the revolution of 1911, the State Administration of cultural relics compiled it into the dictionary of Chinese places of interest and allocated special funds for repair.

In 1981, Zhongshan Memorial Hall was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit and patriotic education base in the autonomous region.

Morning bell Pavilion

The morning bell Pavilion is located at the back of Zhongshan Memorial Hall. It is a pavilion with green tiles and yellow columns. The plaque is inscribed with "morning bell". On the beam of the pavilion is a bronze bell cast by Wu Huaien, a famous general (eunuch) in the 16th year of Qianhe reign (958). The clock is 1.2 meters high, 0.56 meters in diameter, and weighs 250 kg. The clock face is cast with patterns separated by cross lines, animal heads, and 87 characters of inscriptions.

According to the analysis of the inscriptions, when the bell was first cast, it was placed in Ganbao temple, Yungaishan, Wuzhou. In 1931, Beishan was moved and the morning bell pavilion was built. Although it has lasted for thousands of years, the inscriptions are intact and the sound is loud. It is one of the two existing cultural relics of the Southern Han Dynasty in Guangxi. In 1963, it was designated as a key cultural relic under protection at the autonomous region level.

Beiyuan

Beiyuan is located at the top of Beishan Mountain and behind Zhongshan Memorial Hall. It is a small and exquisite garden. Beiyuan has four beautiful exotic flowers and plants, quiet shade, green trees and bamboos, weeping willows, small bridges and flowing water, peculiar rockery and rocks, and fresh style pavilions.

Stepping into the gate of the garden, the climbing vines are all over the stone wall, and the winter grass is hanging on the trellis, which looks like a sky garden. Inside, there is a pool of green water, and the pavilion is built near the water. Before and after the pavilion, green trees are whirling, presenting the beautiful environment.

zoo

The zoo is located below the west side of Beiyuan. There are more than 60 rare animals in the park, such as black leaf monkey, tiger, black bear, lion, peacock and Silver Pheasant. Now the zoo has moved to Taihe garden in Wuzhou City.

Xizhu Garden

Xizhu garden is located on Guanyin Mountain to the north of Beiyuan. It is an existing Buddhist temple in Wuzhou. Founded in 1934 by Liang Xiuzhen and her master Dachen, and supported by Li Zongren and Zheng Jianmin, it was completed in December that year and named after master juecheng of Liurong temple in Guangzhou. In the spring of 1935, master Dachen and master juecheng presided over the opening ceremony.

main hall

Xizhu Garden: brick and wood structure, with 6 houses, the main hall, dedicated to Sakyamuni, Mitha, pharmacist three Buddhas and Guanyin, dizang Bodhisattva. In the hall, there are one big copper bell, one iron bell, one seven story copper tower lamp and one Ming Dynasty bronze sandalwood tripod.

Buddism godness Guanyin Temple

The back seat is Guanyin hall. In 1935, master juecheng of Liurong temple in Guangzhou, in 1938, master dao'an, director of Guangxi Buddhist Association, and in 1946, master juzan, abbot of Longshan Temple in Guiping, vice president of China Buddhist Association, all went to Xizhu garden to preach Buddhist scriptures. From 1936 to 1944, the lower floor of the right block was used as the classroom of xizhuyuan primary school, which was opened voluntarily by believers. The existing Guanyin hall in xizhuyuan was restored in 1987. On both sides of Xizhu garden are restaurants and halls.

Sutra Library

There are buildings in Xizhu garden for collecting Buddhist scriptures, among which the most precious one is Dazangjing, which contains 7173 volumes of works of Tianzhu and Chinese Buddhism, and is an encyclopedia of Buddhism.

Xizhu garden has a certain position in Chinese Buddhist circles. Master Jue Kuang, director of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, and Abbot Miao Zai Chang of Guiping Xishan live here.

Scenic policy

Reopening of scenic spots

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