Tangyue memorial arch group

The memorial archways in Tangyue village is one of the most famous scenic spots in Shexian county. It is a family monument erected by a Hui merchant family for more than 400 years. The seven memorial archways are arranged according to the principle of "loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, filial piety and loyalty". Each memorial archway has a touching story interwoven with emotions, which is magnificent. Its structure and exquisite stone carving are also worth watching.

There are three ancestral halls beside the memorial archway group. Bao's ancestral hall is located in the middle. The "loyalty, filial piety and integrity" on the inner wall is inscribed by Zhu Xi. On both sides are Shixiao ancestral hall and Qingyi ancestral hall, where women's ranking is placed. The three characters of Qingyi ancestral hall are inscribed by Zeng Guofan, which has the moral meaning of "innocence, chastity and good virtue".

Tangyue memorial arch group

Tangyue memorial archway group, located on the East Avenue of Tangyue village, Zhengcun Town, Shexian County, Anhui Province, is a masterpiece of ancient Huizhou architectural art in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tangyue's qilianzuo memorial archway group not only reflects the general picture of the ethics of "loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness" in Huizhou culture, but also includes the humanistic history of "people-oriented" with extremely rich connotation. At the same time, it is also an important witness for Huizhou merchants to have been in business for more than 300 years. Every archway has a touching story interwoven with emotion. When Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he greatly praised the Bao family, the owner of the memorial archway. He called it "the best hometown in the south of the Yangtze River for its kindness and filial piety.".

In 1996, Tangyue memorial archway group was listed as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

In February 2020, free tickets will be offered to medical workers nationwide.

Evolution of construction

Cixiaoli square was built in 1420 A.D. in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. The word "imperial system" on the dragon and Phoenix board of the square means that the emperor took out money from the Treasury to build the square. During the reign of emperor Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, it was renovated many times.

Baocanfang was built in the early years of Jiajing (1552-1567) in the Ming Dynasty, with four pillars, three rooms and one floor. It was rebuilt in 1746. In the reign of emperor Hongzhi, Bao can was a filial son.

Bao Xiangxian square will be built in 1622 to honor Bao Xiangxian's contribution to Yunnan and Shandong.

Bao Wenyuan's wife's Square was built in 1768 of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It was built in honor of Bao Wenyuan's succeeding wife Wu's "three winters of strength" and "one line of pulse".

In the 49th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1784 A.D.), Bao Wenling's wife's house was built to honor the widows.

Bao Fengchang square was built in 1797 to honor his filial son Bao Fengchang.

In the 25th year of Jiaqing (1820), Leshan and Haoshi archway was built. It is a tribute to Bao Shufang and his son Bao for their good deeds and the construction of this "Leshan and Haoshi" archway..

Architectural features

The structural layout of Tangyue memorial archway group adopts strict axial symmetry technique, which gives people a sense of stability, emphasizes in the visual focus, and carefully carves. Permanent farmland is reserved on both sides of the memorial archway group, and there are no structures around. Overlooking the memorial archway group, the seven memorial archways seem to rise from the farmland, which is particularly prominent. The memorial archway group is located at the entrance of Tangyue village. The surrounding farmland, trees, ponds, rivers and artificial environment (such as the ancient bridge) constitute a complete external environment of the village, which reflects the principle of adjusting measures to local conditions and harmonious coexistence between man and nature in the site selection and construction of ancient villages.

Tangyue archway group is the representative works of architectural art in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although the time span is as long as several hundred years, the architectural style of each archway is really integrated. The Tangyue memorial archway group in Shexian county has changed the previous characteristics of wood structure, almost all of them are made of stone, and the "Shexian green" stone with good quality is the main one. This kind of bluestone archway is solid and tall. There is no need to nail or rivet. The ingenious combination of stone and stone can last for thousands of years.

Cultural relics

Memorial Gateway

Gardens and ancestral halls

Cultural relic value

Tangyue memorial archway group, with loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness, is the expression of ancient Huizhou people's ethics and patriarchal clan system. As a witness of history, Tangyue archways not only embody the wisdom of the ancient working people, but also are treasures of Huizhou stone architecture. Each archway is carefully designed and constructed. The architectural art of Tangyue archway embodies the intelligence and superb skills of the Chinese working people. Therefore, Tangyue memorial archway is of great value to the study of politics, economy, culture, architectural art, the formation and development of Huizhou merchants, and even the folk custom of dwellings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Tangyue memorial archway not only left spiritual wealth for later generations, but also left many aspects of wealth such as culture, art and architectural technology.

Cultural relics protection

In September 1981, Tangyue memorial archway group was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Anhui Province.

In November 1996, the Tangyue memorial archway group was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

In 2014, Shexian county government signed letters of responsibility for management by objectives with relevant villages and towns, implemented graded "guarantee" and formulated the implementation plan for Huizhou ancient building protection and utilization project. To Tangyue archway group 3 archways and so on rush repair, reinforcement, environmental improvement.

History and culture

Memorial archway culture

The memorial archway is the honorary sound awarded to Huangshan by history. In history, there are many talented people in Huangshan (Huizhou), including Li Ting, Zhu Xi, Bi Sheng, Hu Kaiwen, Wang Maoyin, Dai Zhen, Hu Shi, Tao Xingzhi and Huang Binhong. In Shexian County alone, there were 542 Jinshi and 1531 Juren in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The "father son Shangshu" and "compatriots Hanlin" were popular in the countryside, and "Lianke Sandian Zhuan, Shili sihanlin" became beautiful. Especially in the hometown of Cheng and Zhu's Neo Confucianism, women were deeply affected by the feudal concept of "chastity" and there were a large number of chaste women represented by Wang sannu in the biography of the scholars. More than 100 are still well preserved. Tangyue memorial archway group is one of the representatives.

Bao culture

Tangyue is also known as tangchuan and cixiaoli. It is said that in the early Tang Dynasty, Bao Anguo, the descendant of Bao Hong, the governor of Xin'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his wife and brother Wang Hua contributed money to the people. Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty was impeached and granted the title of "Tang Yue Guogong", and the village they lived in was called "Tang Yue". Later, Bao borrowed the sentence of "Bufu Gantang" in the book of songs Gantang, and the homonym of "Tang" was "Tang", and the homonym of "Yue" was "Yue", which means that Gantang has luxuriant branches and leaves, which benefits future generations. Therefore, the village name of "Tangyue" is still in use today.

The Bao family of Tang Yue, who lived here, is a famous family in Huizhou. According to the genealogy of the three Bao families in Tangyue, Shi Zurong lived in the west gate of the county city, and a villa was built in Tangyue in the Southern Song Dynasty. After Jianyan, Jumei, the great grandson of Rong, moved here with his family from the west gate of Huicheng, which has a history of more than 870 years. There are 242 households and 980 people in the village. During the long years, many of Bao's descendants were loyal to his subjects, filial sons, righteous husbands and chaste wives, and many of them were poor in clothing and food. They read extensively, studied and did business, which led to a generation of powerful officials. In the Song Dynasty, there were Bao Zongyan's father and son fighting for death; in the Yuan Dynasty, there were Bao Tongren, the number one scholar; in the Ming Dynasty, there were Bao Xiangxian, the Minister of the Imperial Academy, Bao Ying, the editor of the Imperial Academy, Bao Nan, the head of the Jinshi household department, Bao Xianshu, the magistrate, and Bao Mengying, the salt envoy of the Tongzhi Prefecture; in the Qing Dynasty, there were Bao Zhidao, Bao Shufang, Bao xunmao, the editor of the Jinshi household department, Bao Gongmei, Bao Guochen, the head of the work department, and the Jinshi College of the Republic of China County Magistrate Bao Geng. Cultural celebrities include Bao Yuankang and Bao Shen. Calligraphers and painters include Bao Kai, Bao yuanbiao, Bao Youshi and Bao Louxian. There are many famous poets such as Bao Youlai and Bao Hong.

Regional culture

Each of the Tangyue memorial archways has the function of moral education. They appear in the form of family or personal historical records, transmitting the Confucian concepts of loyalty and filial piety, chastity, love and so on.

There is a moving story behind each arch in Tangyue memorial archway group, which reminds Huizhou people from generation to generation not to forget the glory of their ancestors, but also urges and inspires them to inherit the spirit of their ancestors. Tangyue archway group does not challenge the unique authority with a single archway. Instead, it uses seven consecutive archways to sing to each other and records the regional cultural characteristics of an era with a group of stones.

Tourism information

Ticket information

Opening hours: 7:30 ~ 17:30.

Admission: 100 yuan (including memorial archway group and Baojia garden).

1. Children under 1.1 meters are free of charge, and children between 1.1-1.4 meters are free of charge.

2. Half of the tickets were for children, the elderly over 60 and active servicemen.

3. The student card is half price.

Traffic information

1. Aviation: take a flight to Huangshan Tunxi International Airport - take a taxi to Huangshan bus station - transfer to Shexian bus line - get off at Zhengcun intersection - take bus No.2 directly.

2. High speed railway: Take Beijing Fuzhou high speed railway to Shexian North Station - take bus to bus station - transfer to No.2 bus to get there.

3. Ordinary railway: Take Anhui Jiangxi ordinary railway from Shexian station, take No.4 bus to bus station, and then transfer to No.2 bus to get there.

4. High speed:

Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hangzhou direction: Huizhou Hangzhou Expressway - Shexian exit - Shexian / Jixi / Jingde direction - Shexian County - Zhengcun town Tangyue village.

Yangzhou Jixi expressway, wuxuanhuang expressway, Shexian East / Linxi exit, Chengxu Avenue, Shexian County, Tangyue village, Zhengcun town.

Hefei direction: Hefei tonghuang Expressway Huizhou

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