Baijian mountain

Baijian mountain

Baijian mountain is the remaining vein of Huangshan Mountain. The main peak is 999 meters above sea level. It is located in Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. It is about 20 kilometers away from the urban area, with an area of 80 square kilometers. "Ci yuan" called it "deep valley, peak rock back song, beautiful landscape, a Jiangnan.".

brief introduction

The scenery and countryside here are beautiful. Magnificent mountains, deep canyons, dense forests, rare animals, beautiful rivers, vast grasslands, blue lakes, green fields, four distinct seasons, everywhere scenery. Baijian yaochi, zhonggutan, Qipanshi, Shuiyangjiang river rafting and Wannan prairie Horse Racing have always been places for people to explore. Constitute a fairyland on earth, paradise.

It has a long history and culture. Mei Yaochen, the leader of poetry in the Northern Song Dynasty, Mei wending, one of the world's three famous mathematicians in the 17th century, and Mei Qing, the founder of Xin'an School of painting, all belong to the same family and live here. Their influence has spread all over the world.

Small villages are scattered at the foot of the mountain. This was once the residence of Mei family, a cultural family in Xuanzhou. Zhong lingyuxiu of Baijian mountain is here.

Northern Song Dynasty

The descendants of Mei Yaochen III moved out from Meixi, Xuanzhou, and cultivated and read at the foot of Baijian mountain. There is a village named meicunshan in Shankou. Wenfeng Academy was built in Ming Dynasty, which is the family school of Mei's children. During the Jiajing reign of emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty, Mei Shoude, his successor, was a famous official at that time. After resigning from office, he and Luo rufang founded the Academy of idealistic learning and lectured as a lecturer, creating the "Xuancheng Neo Confucianism". Mei Dingzuo, Mei Shoude's son, was named Yujin. In his early years, he became famous for his poems. Later, he made friends with Tang Xianzu and began to create dramas. After the completion of his legend yuheji, "scholars vied for it, and paper was the most valuable." there was no one in the world who knew Yujin, which had a great influence in the history of Chinese opera. Mei Dingzuo lived in seclusion in Meicun mountain, built Tianyi Pavilion, and collected books and works, among which "works are full of buildings, scholars are invited to walk outdoors"; he also compiled the collection of works of Xuanzhou poets, Wanya Chu Bian. Mei yingzuo, Mei Dingzuo's cousin, compiled the dictionary by himself. He collected 33179 single words, annotated them with phonetic notation, simplified the radicals, and followed the style of Kangxi dictionary. Wang Li, a famous linguist, said: "it's The predecessor of Kangxi dictionary is the lexicon and zhengzitong. " Meilangzhong, the grandson of meidingzuo, is a famous scholar in the restoration society. His calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose are known as "three unique skills". Mei Lang and his son Mei Geng have been leaders of celebrities for decades. His poems are "gorgeous, and the Qing police win alone"; he is also good at painting and calligraphy. According to historical records, he is "good at painting eight points, painting landscapes and flowers, leaving out style, not living in one family, being broad-minded and elegant". He is one of the generals of "Huangshan painting school" and "Xuancheng poetry school", and has many famous poems and paintings handed down from generation to generation.

Zuoji village at the north end of Baijian mountain is the former residence of Li Suan master Mei wending. Mei wending, whose name is nine, is a family uncle of Mei Geng. His great grandfather Mei Shouyu and his grandfather Mei Ruizuo were both officials and could write poems. After his father Mei shichangming died, he lived in seclusion at home, studied Classics and history, and wrote the book of changes Linjie. Under the influence of his father, industrialists Luo Yubin and Ni Zheng, Mei wending studied astronomy and calendar all his life. He also learned from western missionaries, and finally became one of the "three greatest scientists in the world" at that time. He also participated in the compilation of Ming history · Li Zhi as a cloth, correcting more than 50 errors, and Emperor Kangxi personally wrote a letter "learning and consulting micro". Mei wending's great works include 13 kinds of 40 volumes of his mathematical works, 10 kinds of 20 volumes of his astronomical works, and more than 80 kinds of his almanac books. The series is collected from Sikuquanshu and spread to Japan, Britain, France and other countries, which has a great impact on mathematical astronomy in the world. Mei wending died at the age of 89. Kangxi ordered Jiangning to weave Caogu camp to supervise the burial. The cemetery is still on the way to the mountain, which can be visited by later generations. More than 10 people, including Mei wending's younger brother Wen Nai and cousin Wen? Are proficient in mathematics, and their grandparents and grandchildren are known as "Xuancheng School of mathematics".

There is also a "Meiqing cemetery" in Xintian village, which was proposed by Mr. Yaming, a famous contemporary calligrapher and painter. Mei Qing is an artist who integrates poetry, calligraphy and painting. Mei Qing is the great uncle of the meigeng nationality. He made friends with Shi Tao. They influenced each other and founded the famous school of Chinese painting "Huangshan school". Mei Qing's paintings include "the nineteen sceneries of Huangshan Mountain", which are collected in the Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum. As "the leader of landscape painting in Ming and Qing Dynasties", Mei Qing had a great influence on that time and future generations. Famous modern painters such as Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian, Wang Caibai, Liu Haisu, Lai Shaoqi, etc. can be classified into this school.

Baijian mountain used to carry a heavy culture, but the vicissitudes of life, now only part of it is left. The ruins of Mei's former residence and ancestral hall and the tomb of the master stand in the wind lonely. But with the excavation of Mei's culture, the protection and development of Xuanzhou's local culture and the development of tourism, they will attract the attention of the world again.

Address: Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 118.81613124865

Latitude: 30.647837856452

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