Wuyi Lane

After Wende bridge southbound a few steps, and then dozens of meters west, is Wuyi lane. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao and Xie an lived here. Later, they were written into poems by Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiankang city was once restored and developed, "prosperous commodities, rich people and materials". People rebuilt "Laiyan hall" on the collapsed former residences of Wang and Xie. Located in the east of Wuyi lane, the building is simple and elegant with portraits of Wang Dao and Xie an hanging in the hall. Scholars and scholars have been constantly visiting, and become a resort to pay homage to the famous prime ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and express their thoughts on ancient times. At present, it is a small narrow street, where people still live in "ordinary people's homes", but the shops on both sides of the street have become folk arts and crafts shops, where Chinese and foreign tourists can watch and buy all kinds of Arts and crafts.

Wuyi Lane

Wuyi lane is located on the South Bank of Shangde bridge on Qinhuai River in Qinhuai District of Nanjing city. It is located in the core area of Qinhuai scenery belt of Confucius Temple. It is the oldest and most famous ancient lane in China. At that time, it was the residence of Chinese aristocratic families. During the three Kingdoms period, it was the barracks of troops guarding stone city of Wu state.

Wuyi lane is the residence of two powerful families of Wang Xie in Jin Dynasty. The children of the two families like to wear Wuyi to show their dignity, so it gets its name. Wuyi lane is full of families and crowns, which brings out the cultural giants such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, and Xie Lingyun, the originator of landscape poetry school. Wuyi Lane witnessed Wang Xie's artistic achievements, which are closely related to the history of the two families and even the whole history of Chinese culture.

In 1997, the people's Government of Qinhuai District restored Wuyi lane, excavated and displayed the long history of Wuyi lane, and rebuilt the memorial hall of Wang Xie's ancient residence with national style. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, today's Wuyi lane is no longer as prosperous as it used to be. Instead, it has been replaced by visitors visiting Wang XieHua hall.

Historical evolution

Wuyi lane, located in the south of Confucius Temple, is a quiet and narrow lane with a long history.

During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Wuyi lane was the barracks of the troops guarding the stone city.

In 220, Cao Pi was called emperor, and his name was "Wei".

In 221, Liu Bei was called emperor, and his name was "Han", which was generally called Shu or Shu Han.

In 229, the first year of Huanglong in the eastern Wu Dynasty, Sun Quan called himself Emperor, and his name was Wu. In the autumn and July of that year, Sun Quan moved the capital city from Wuchang (now Ezhou in Hubei Province) to Nanjing, and changed moling into Jianye. Sun Quan was the first emperor in the history to establish the capital of Nanjing.

In the first year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (280), the Jin army captured Jianye, SUN Hao surrendered, Wu died, and Jianye was changed to Jianye (now Nanjing).

In the first year of Taixi in the Western Jin Dynasty (290), Emperor Wu died. The emperor and the kings fought for power and killed each other, which led to the rebellion of the eight kings.

In 307, the first year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Chi, Emperor Huaidi of Jin Dynasty, appointed Sima Rui, king of Langxie, as general Anton to manage Yangzhou and Jiangnan.

In the first year of Jianwu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317), Sima ye, the emperor at that time, was captured and the Western Jin Dynasty perished. The following year, Sima Rui was honored as emperor, and his capital was Jiankang (now Nanjing). Minister Wang Dao lived here, and later became the residence of Wang, Xie and other rich families. The reason why Sima Rui was able to base himself on Jianye and reorganize his regime, which enabled the Jin Dynasty to be further extended, was due to Wang Dao's plan and arrangement. Wang's family, represented by Wang Dao, and Xie's family, represented by xie'an, both lived in the former site of Wuyi camp of Sun Wu. At this time, Wuyi camp had been renamed "Wuyi lane". Wang Dao helped to establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty with a history of 100 years; Xie an commanded the battle of Feishui and defeated one million troops of Fu Qin. As a famous Prime Minister of a generation, Wang and Xie are enough to be remembered by later generations. What's more surprising is that the Wang and Xie families are full of talents. Wang Xizhi and two other great calligraphers, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Xun, achieved the highest level of calligraphy. Xie Lingyun is the originator of Chinese landscape poetry school. He and Xie Huilian and Xie Tiao, the great poets of Xie's descendants, are known as "three Xie" in the history of literature. Zhuque bridge across the Qinhuai River is the only way to Wuyi lane. Xie an built the double tower decorated with two Tongque on the old bridge.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wuyi lane was reduced to ruins.

In the middle Tang Dynasty, the poet Liu Yuxi sighed that "the former swallow of Wang Xie Tang flew into the common people's home", which shows that Wang Xie's old house has disappeared.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiankang city was once restored and developed, "prosperous commodities, rich people and materials". People rebuilt "Laiyan hall" on the collapsed former residences of Wang and Xie. Located in the east of Wuyi lane, the building is simple and elegant with portraits of Wang Dao and Xie an hanging in the hall. Scholars and scholars have been constantly visiting, and become a resort to pay homage to the famous prime ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and express their thoughts on ancient times.

In 1997, the people's Government of Qinhuai District restored Wuyi lane and rebuilt Wang Xie's former residence with national style.

The origin of the name

There are many ways to name Wuyi lane.

First, it used to be the garrison of the imperial guards in the period of the eastern Wu Dynasty. Because the sergeants knew how to wear black clothes, they got the name of Wuyi camp and later changed to Wuyi lane.

Second, Wang and Xie families lived here in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and their children liked to wear black clothes to show their dignity, so it was named Wuyi lane. This view is widely spread among the people in Nanjing.

The third argument: from the Southern Song Dynasty compiled "Six Dynasties deeds category", said Liu Yuxi's poem "old Wang Xie Tang Qian Yan" is a mistake, the original is "old Wang Xie Tang Qian Yan". There was once a man named Wang Xie in Nanjing who was engaged in navigation. After the shipwreck, he went to Wuyi by mistake and got married and had children. Later, Wang Xie returned to his hometown Nanjing alone. In order to remember the time of Wuyi state, he renamed the lane he lived in Wuyi lane.

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Wuyi Lane

Author: Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty

Wild flowers beside Zhuque bridge, sunset at the entrance of Wuyi Lane (Xi á)

In the old days, the swallow in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.

[Zhuque bridge] outside Jinling City, Wuyi lane is beside the bridge.

Flower means to blossom

[Wuyi] swallow, the family of Wang Xie in the old days, has many swallows.

[Wang Xie] Wang Dao, Xie an, Prime Minister of Jin Dynasty, a large family, and many talented people all lived in the alleys. They were the great chambers of the Six Dynasties (Wu, Eastern Jin, song, Qi, Liang and Chen successively built their capitals in Jiankang, which is now Nanjing). In the Tang Dynasty, they were all lost.

[meaning] the edge of Zhuque bridge is desolate, covered with weeds and flowers, and the broken walls at the entrance of Wuyi lane are just the setting sun. In the Jin Dynasty, the Ziyan in front of the hall of xie'an and Wang's Guide flew into the homes of ordinary people.

[appreciation] this is the second poem in Liu Yuxi's nostalgic poems "five questions of Jinling". Through the description of the setting sun, weeds and swallows, the poet deeply shows the great changes of the past and the present, the changes of accidents, and implies the irony and warning of the rich families.

The first two sentences of the poem are "wild grass and flowers by the Zhuque bridge, sunset at the entrance of Wuyi lane". "Wuyi lane" is located in the southeast of Nanjing and on the South Bank of Qinhuai River. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the aristocratic families such as Wang Dao and Xie an lived here. "Zhuque bridge" was near Wuyi lane, which was an important traffic road at that time. You can imagine the bustling traffic here. But now there are only "wild flowers" beside the bridge. The word "wild" reveals the decline and desolation of the scene. And "Wuyi lane" is in the setting sun. Under the "setting sun", the word "oblique" is added to effectively render the bleak scene of sunset.

A neat antithesis is used at the beginning of the poem to describe today's decline, which is in sharp contrast to the prosperity of the past.

The first two sentences "in the old days, Wang Xietang and Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people.". Swallow is a kind of migratory bird, spring comes and autumn goes. Once upon a time, swallows always built nests in the spacious houses of Wang, Xie and other rich families. Now the old clan's pavilions have disappeared, and the people living here are ordinary people. Swallows can only "fly into the homes of ordinary people.". At the beginning of the third sentence, the poet emphasizes the word "old time" and skillfully endows swallow with the status of historical witness. In the fourth sentence, the word "ordinary" is used to emphasize that the residents of the present and the past are quite different, thus effectively expressing the great changes in the world. The collapse of the rich families in the Jin Dynasty implies that the new rich will also follow this path.

The whole poem is about scenery without a word. The poet writes from the side and uses the artistic technique of seeing the big from the small. The language is implicit and thought-provoking.

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Nanjing Wuyi Lane

Wuyi Lane

Liu Yuxi's emotion originates from the two prominent families of prime ministers Wang and Xie who once lived in this ancient lane: one is Wang Dao, who helped to establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty with a history of 100 years; the other is Xie an, who commanded the battle of Feishui, and defeated one million troops of Fu Qin. As a famous Prime Minister of a generation, Wang and Xie are remembered by later generations. What's more surprising is that the Wang and Xie families are full of talents. The ancient lane where they live also has the elegant demeanor of "Wang's calligraphy and Xie's poetry". Wang Xizhi and two other great calligraphers, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Xun, reached the peak of calligraphy. Yixiang is famous not only for the residence of Wang Dao and Xie an, but also for the residence of Wang Xizhi and Xie Lingyun and Xie Tiao, the two great families of Wang and Xie, who have lived here for three hundred years. There are a number of people who have had a profound influence on the history of Jin Dynasty. In every dynasty, there are two great families of people who have participated in important political events History has had a considerable impact.

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