Qianyang ancient city

Qianyang ancient city

Qianyang ancient city is located in Qiancheng ancient city community, a provincial historical and cultural city in the upper reaches of Yuan river. It is one of the most well preserved ancient cities of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. Surrounded by water on three sides, it is an important border town of Hunan, Chu and Miao. It is known as "the gateway of Yunnan and Guizhou" and "the first ancient town in Western Hunan".

It is 1400 years earlier than Dayan ancient town in Lijiang, Yunnan, and 900 years earlier than Fenghuang ancient town in Hunan Province. All kinds of cultures blend here. The classic poem of "a piece of ice in the jade pot" is written by Wang Changling in front of Furong building in the city.

Traffic information

highway

Changtan west line -- Tan Shao Expressway -- Shao Huai Expressway -- Zhutian interchange -- Baotou Maoming Expressway -- Hongjiang toll station -- Guizhou city connecting line of huaitong Expressway -- Qiancheng (New Hongjiang City)

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Railway

Shanghai Kunming line, Jiaozhou Liuzhou line, Chongqing Huaihua line and Shanghai Kunming passenger dedicated line get off at Huaihua station and take a bus to Hongjiang City.

aviation

Zhijiang airport has opened flights in Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Guangzhou, Changsha and Haikou. After landing at Zhijiang airport, take a bus to Hongjiang City.

Introduction to the ancient city

Hongjiang River in the upper reaches of Yuanshui river is the hometown of hybrid rice in the world, the hometown of Bingtang orange in China, and the banishment place of Wang Changling, the "son of poets" in Tang Dynasty.

The historic city of the ancient city covers a total area of 0.8 square kilometers. There are many blue stone streets and lanes in the city, and there are many buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The original five city gates still have four ruins. Among them, the west gate is also known as the central gate. Its city gate and gate tower are well preserved. The word "central gate" on the gate was written by Dai Li in the period of the Republic of China.

The fishbone shaped road system formed by the two main streets in the north and the south is well preserved, which was called nine streets and eighteen alleys in ancient times. The existing relatively intact historical blocks include Nanzheng street, a provincial cultural protection unit, which is dominated by commercial shops; Shanghe street and Xiahe street, which are dominated by guild piers. In addition, county government offices, academies, Confucian temples, Wu ancestral temple sites, ancient inns, pavilions, ancestral halls and theatres are well listed and fully functional.

Historical evolution

Qiancheng town is an ancient city with a history of more than 2200 years. Tancheng county was established in the fifth year of emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty (202 BC), Longbiao County in Tang Dynasty, and Qianyang County in the third year of Yuanfeng of Song Dynasty (1080 AD). Before the founding of new China, it was always the seat of Qianyang County. After the county government moved to Anjiang in 1949, Qiancheng was changed into a township town, and it was changed into an established town in 1960. In 1997, the State Council approved the merger of Qianyang County and Hongjiang City to establish a new Hongjiang City, which is governed by Qiancheng town. In 1998, the people's Government of Hunan Province approved the merger of the former Qiancheng town and Qiancheng town to establish a new Qiancheng town.

folk culture

Hongjiang City is located in Qiancheng town. Since the Han Dynasty, every dynasty has set up a county government here. Tan city was established in the Han Dynasty, and Tianbao was the symbol of Qianjiang and Longcheng in the early Tang Dynasty. Qianjiang was restored in 1074. Qianyang was established in 1080. Hanlicheng has a history of more than 2000 years. The ancient city culture of Guizhou includes ancient architecture culture, ancient library culture, ancient ruins culture, ancient temple culture, ancient stele culture, ancient tomb culture, ancient celebrity culture, national culture, etc.

Ancient temple culture

There are many ancient temples in Qiancheng, especially in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Thirteen years ago in the Qing Dynasty (1874 AD), some famous temples in the county governing were Zeng Ming Temple, the first dragon altar, jade emperor Pavilion, Town God's Temple, Dongyue Temple, general temple, Ma Wang Temple, Dragon King Temple, Confucious'temple, and mountain altar.

Ancient architectural culture

It mainly refers to the architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties, including Furong building, the most famous building in the upper reaches of Southern Chu, Nanzheng street, Gulong biaoshan bell tower, Zhongzheng gate, Hongsha arch, and chibao tower. These ancient buildings, which have lasted for several years, have been preserved, either majestic and magnificent, or with cornices and white walls; or delicate and elegant, beautiful and pleasant, or carved beams and painted buildings, antique, which can be called one of the best preserved and most complete ancient buildings in Xiangxi, China.

Qianyang ancient city has formed a unique architectural art style. The ancient city of Qianyang focuses on the architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It uses local materials, such as red sandstone, green slate, small green tile, fir, stone flake, etc., and organically integrates the architectural characteristics of local Dong and Miao people, such as yinziwu, shailou, etc. The ancient dwellings are bright and clean, the ancient temples are gorgeous and exquisite, and the architectural style is very unique. 　

Ancient stele carving culture

There are many ancient steles in Qiancheng. Thousands of ancient steles left over from the past dynasties are discarded. Today, there is a hall of stele Gallery in Furong building. There are more than 100 stele inscriptions of past dynasties, such as Yan Zhenqing, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Yue Fei, Zhao mengbeiye, Chen Meixian, etc.

Ancient celebrity culture

The ancient city of Qianyang has beautiful scenery, outstanding people, and a large number of historical and cultural celebrities. They have left many magical legends and monuments here. Wang Changling, the "son of heaven" of the Tang Dynasty, has been an official for seven years and left many famous poems. Among them, the poem "sending Xin Jian to furonglou" is the most popular one. The poet chants "cold rain flows into Wu at night, Chu mountain is lonely in pingming, Luoyang relatives and friends are asking each other, a piece of ice heart is in the jade pot". The poet expresses his ambition with "jade pot ice heart", and later generations are unique. At the same time, because he was lenient in governance and good at the people's safety, there are still legends of "Miao women listening to songs", "covering the way to poetry", "Jiaju retreating" and so on, which are known as "Wang Longbiao" in history. He left a number of valuable poems and Poetics in Qiancheng. His poems of that year are engraved in the Monument Square of furonglou. In memory of him, later generations built Furong building, which became a relatively complete place to commemorate Wang Changling in China. A generation of high-ranking officials were also exiled to Wuzhou, which is now the city of Guizhou.

Ancient tomb culture

The spring and autumn and Warring States tombs and the Western Han Tombs in Qiancheng city are distributed on the south slope of Yuhuangge village, niutouwan hillside, and the hilly area to the north of the bus station. In 1983, 1988, 1991, 1998 and 2000, more than 400 ancient tombs were excavated in these places, and hundreds of pottery, such as bronze sword, Dong spear, bronze mirror, bronze bell, glazed bead and talc wall, were unearthed. There were more than 1000 pottery combinations, such as pot, bean, Ding, Dun and pot, which provided precious materials for studying the origin culture and Wuxi culture of Yuanshui River Basin in spring and Autumn period, Warring States period and Western Han Dynasty Information on the project.

Ancient library culture

Baoshan academy and Longbiao academy constitute the mainstream of academy culture. According to the old county annals, in the third year of Yuanfeng (1080) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xueguan was established in the county. In 1174, the first year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, he moved to the Puming temple in the east of the city. In 1201, ningzong moved to the west of the city. In the first year of Baoqing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1225), Rao Minxue, the county magistrate, built Baoshan, collected the words at the foot of chibao mountain, and later moved to the east of the city. In 1484, Chen Gang, the county magistrate, rebuilt it. In 1666, the county magistrate Zhang Fuyi was built in the north of the city. In 1710, Gengyin moved to the west of the city. In the 12th year of Qianlong reign, fan Dehao built pailou in 1747 and said, "Longbiao academy" (now Hongjiang No.3 middle school), which was established in 1784 and rebuilt in 1869. At that time, the college was full of celebrities and teachers and students. A stone tablet of Baoshan academy is now standing in Qiancheng primary school. A stone tablet of Longbiao Academy was originally erected at the gate of the teachers' dormitory of No.3 middle school.

Ancient site culture

The site of the ancient Tan city is the present Qiancheng town. In the fifth year of emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty (202 BC), Tan Cheng county was established. Before Ming Dynasty, it was Earth city wall. It was destroyed in Miao in 1449. The next year, the king's army rebuilt the city wall 270 Zhang, 1 Zhang 7 feet high. Chenghua eight years (1472) encounter flood, the city south-east collapse. In the fifth year of Longqing (1561), only two couples in the West and North were left, and they were rebuilt. In 1946, the city was ransacked by bandits. The city was greatly damaged and the city site was dilapidated. Before and after the cultural revolution, the city wall and the five gates were destroyed, and now only the west gate cave and part of the city wall are left.

national culture

When the ethnic conflicts in the border areas of Guizhou and Hunan intensified, Qiancheng was the first place for ethnic minorities to fight against oppression: Lake in 781, the second year of Jianzhong in Tang Dynasty

Dou Qun, the southern observation envoy, built Xuzhou City and forced Zhang Bojing, the leaders of Chen, xumiao and Yao, to gather people to revolt; pan Quansheng, the leader of Yao, took charge of Qiancheng and rebelled against Liang in 909, the third year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty; Yan Tong, the leader of Xuzhou Yao, became king in 954, and took Qiancheng as a stronghold. Qiancheng is a military force in the border areas of Hunan and Guizhou. In 1346, the army led by Wu Tianbao in Lingxi of Jingzhou uprised. In 1449, the Miao people uprised in Guizhou. In 1648, Chen Youlong, a member of Linji society, fought against the Qing Dynasty. In the 11th year of Xianfeng (1861), Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led his division into Sichuan and defeated the Qing soldiers in Qiancheng. In the second year of tongzhi (1863), Li Fuyou, the wing King's Department, returned to his master. He still went up to Tuokou in the south of Guizhou and returned to Guangxi by Huitong. Qiancheng was called Wuxi barbarian in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, Qiancheng was a national residence. When Wang Changling, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed as long Biao Wei, he actively carried out the policy of national unity. His poem "konghou Yin" expressed his view

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