Wulingmen

Wulingmen

Wulingmen, located in Xikou Town, Fenghua, Zhejiang Province, is far away from Wuling ridge and the gateway of ancient town. It was originally located in Wuling nunnery with a tea pavilion. In 1929, it was demolished and built as an antique city building, with three rooms on two floors and overhanging eaves. Before 1929, it was a small nunnery. In 1930, it was rebuilt by Chiang Kai Shek as a three room, two-story Wuguan gate building. Both sides of the forehead are engraved with the inscription "Wuling", and the front is written by Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang and a famous calligrapher. On the back is Chiang Kai Shek's handwriting. In April 2007, it was announced as the fifth batch of municipal cultural relics protection units by Fenghua Municipal People's government.

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Basic introduction

Wulingmen is the gateway of Xikou Town, which is made of pink stones. Xikou is one of the famous tourist attractions.

Wulingmen is the only way to Xikou town. It was built on the ridge of Wushan mountain and got its name. Before 1929, it was a small nunnery. Chiang Kai Shek's mother believed in Buddhism and often went here to chant Buddhist scriptures. In 1930, it was rebuilt by Chiang Kai Shek into a three room two-story Wuguan gate building. Both sides of the forehead are engraved with the inscription "Wuling", and the front is written by Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang and a famous calligrapher. On the back is Chiang Kai Shek's handwriting.

Name source

Wuling gate is named because it was built on Wuling Mountain. The name of Wuling, on the one hand, refers to the Wuling in Tao Yuanming's Taohuayuan Ji of Jin Dynasty, which is homophonic with Wuling; on the other hand, it refers to the name of Wuling, which is almost synonymous with Wude.

history

Before 1929, there were two low bungalows in wulingmen, in which there were several Bodhisattvas, which were called Wuling nunnery. Believers often come here to burn incense and worship Buddha. There are also some tea beside the nunnery, which is free for passers-by. Some pilgrims from afar occasionally stay in the nunnery.

In 1929, Chiang Kai Shek transformed it into a three room two room city gate.

Later, after seizing the power of the whole country, he ordered that funds be allocated to Xikou town to rebuild Wuling nunnery. In addition to requiring the project to be completed on schedule, he also stipulated that the new gate building should have the majestic appearance of Jinling Zhongshan Gate and Yanjing ancient palace.

In 1930, Chiang Kai Shek returned to his hometown. When the project was completed, the original dilapidated "Wuling nunnery" was greatly changed, and the three room two room city building was built, which was both tall and magnificent. The architectural style absorbs the strong points of the gatehouses all over the country; the architectural quality is majestic and impregnable; the architectural utility can be used for the garrison, attack and defense of military strategists. There can be a sentry post in the pavilion. The terrain is very dangerous.

scenic spot

Sanli Long Street

Inside the Wuling gate, the three mile long street and the winding Shanxi River are closely related, just like a paradise in the world, just like the "Wuling" scene described in Tao Yuanming's "a tale of peach blossom". Wuling road is the hometown where Jiang's father and son grew up. There are small houses along the street.

Wuling middle school

Wuling middle school is located in the north of Wuling gate. It covers an area of more than 90 mu with first-class environment and complete facilities, including teaching building, dormitory building, library, playground and restaurant. Since its establishment, Wuling school has been favored by Jiang Jiaqing. Since 1932, Chiang Kai Shek has been the principal himself. Song Meiling, Jiang Jingguo and Jiang Weiguo are all directors of the school. Wuling school auditorium is the main meeting place of the school. It is said that important activities, including Song Meiling's 49th birthday party, are held here. Chiang Kai Shek's inscription on the foundation stone of the school is engraved on the wall of the auditorium. Upstairs is a high-class apartment for party and state dignitaries. There is a Chiang Kai Shek's office in the northeast corner downstairs. There is a huge rock on the east side of the auditorium. The four characters "Wuling Yousheng" carved on the rock wall are also written by Chiang Kai Shek himself.

Wenchang Pavilion

Lunan is the "Wenchang Pavilion" dedicated to the emperor of Wenchang. Wenchang emperor, also known as Kuixing, is the star that presides over the cultural movement, so Wenchang Pavilion is also called Kuixing Pavilion. Wenchang Pavilion is covered with ancient trees, cliffs, streams and deep pools. You can have a panoramic view of Xikou. In the Qing Dynasty, the poem of Kuige Lingxiao said:

Towering hundred feet against the hills, won kuiguangshen bullfight.

The origin of wensou is Jinxi, where many scholars take the lead.

Wenchang Pavilion is one of the "ten sceneries of Xikou" in ancient times. It is also called "Kui Pavilion" because it is located at the south end of Wushan mountain. The original building was built in the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731 A.D.) in the Qing Dynasty, and it was dilapidated in the period of the Republic of China. In 1924, when Chiang Kai Shek came back from Guangdong Province to visit his tomb, he saw that his Yingdong building was tilted, so he asked his brother Chiang Kai Ching to call in migrant workers to rebuild it. The next year, he built a two-story building with a cornice of 500 square meters. On the day of its completion, Chiang Kai Shek named it "leting" and wrote "the story of leting" to describe its victory. But Xikou people still call it "Wenchang Pavilion". After reconstruction, Wenchang Pavilion became Chiang Kai Shek's private villa and library.

plaque on the gate of a house

reason

There is the word "Wuling" on both sides of the forehead. On the outside, it was written by Mr. Yuan Yu You Ren of the Kuomintang. On the inside, it was written by Chiang Kai Shek himself. The reason why he named it "Wuling" is that Chiang Kai Shek wanted to show his respect for his predecessors. Because, first, Chiang Kai Shek advocated martial virtues; second, "Wuling" is the homonym of "Wuling" in Tao Yuanming's "a tale of peach blossom".

write

Some people asked Yu Youren, a veteran of the Kuomintang and a calligrapher, to write a plaque on the door. After Yu Youren's inscription was sent to Chiang Kai Shek, he looked at it and praised it. Zhang Minghao, the director of Wuling school, knew Chiang Kai Shek very well. One day, Chiang Kai Shek walked into Wuling school, and Zhang Minghao accompanied him around the school. When entering the office, he said, "headmaster, please leave some ink for Wuling." Chiang Kai Shek even said a few "good" words. Walking to the front of the case, he picked up the brush and wrote five or six "Wuling". Finally, one was confirmed.

position

In determining the location of the inscriptions of Chiang Kai Shek and Yu Youren, someone asked how Chiang Kai Shek put them? Jiang Xiaoxian proposed: "of course, President Jiang's inscription should be put on the front." Chiang Kai Shek frowned and said, "what do you know?" Then, he explained to the person in charge: "Mr. Yu is a great calligrapher and a veteran of our party. He put his inscription on the front." Later, Yu Youren saw that the word "Wuling" on Chiang Kai Shek's inscription was quite vigorous and powerful. He said with admiration, "commander in chief Chiang Kai Shek is so generous that I know it!"

The gate tower of Wuling is majestic and spectacular. The word "Wuling" on the forehead is inscribed by Yu Youren. There is also the word "Wuling" on the inside of the gate tower, which is still written by Chiang Kai Shek. The font is in the middle of the standard and in the middle of the distance. Why is Yu Youren's Wuling on the outside? It turned out that in 1930, Zhang Minghao, the headmaster of Wuling middle school, asked Jiang to write the word Wuling first, and Yu Youren wrote the word Wuling later. Zhang Minghao asked Jiang's advice, how to put the two words? Without thinking, Jiang replied, "Yu You Ren is a calligrapher. His inscription should be put outside."

technology

The character "Wuling" has a unique style in hand carving. Apart from chiseling according to the written words, it is also chiseled from the hard "green oil stone". It is more difficult, and people call it Yin character. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Xikou people, in order to remove the "poison" left by Chiang, but they were reluctant to lose the word "Wuling", they thought of a way to use cement to paint the word on the surface, and the word "Wuling" was hidden. In 1979, a spring breeze of opening to the outside world blew away the cement on the "Yin character". The relics of Chiang Kai Shek have been restored one after another, and the original "Wuling" inscribed by Yu Youren and Chiang Kai Shek reappears in front of tourists.

anecdote

Chiang Kai Shek had an indissoluble bond with Wuling nunnery. Wang Caiyu, Jiang's mother, is a frequent visitor to Wuling temple. One year, Wang Caiyu took her 5-year-old son Chiang Kai Shek to order incense at Wuling temple fair. Since then, Chiang Kai Shek has loved Wuling nunnery. Wuling nunnery is only 200 meters away from FengHao house. It is a place where Chiang Kai Shek often plays. Especially in summer, when the sun was burning and the weather was sultry, young Chiang Kai Shek often hid in Wuling nunnery after playing in the water in Shanxi to escape the control of his mother. Once, Wang Caiyu found that her son was swimming in the river. With a small bamboo pole in his hand, he ran to Wuling nunnery, grabbed his son's ear and pulled Chiang Kai Shek home from behind the Bodhisattva. On May 3, 1921, Chiang Kai Shek, who was married, had a quarrel with his wife Mao Fumei. That night, instead of going back to his wife's house, he secretly stayed in Wuling nunnery for one night. Afterwards, he wrote in his diary: "sleeping in Wuling nunnery on the evening, fleas are very disturbing, worried about gathering, and on the other hand, they don't cross their eyelashes."

In 1925, Chiang Kai Shek returned home to visit his relatives. Walking in front of Wuling nunnery, facing the winding east of Shanxi River, he sighed that life is as merciless as flowing water, and many past events are vividly remembered. When he entered the nunnery, he saw a poem on the wall: "all mountains are not allowed to have a stream, which makes the stream noisy day and night. When the water runs out of the front of the mountain, the torrential stream will come out of the front village." Although he did not know from whom the poem came from, it touched his heart. When I think of myself, how hard it is for Xiaoma Rongsheng, I feel a deep sigh. In my heart, I feel the sadness of "yearning for the long time of heaven and earth, only pathetic and crying". One of the aides asked, "are you worried about the war?" Chiang Kai Shek said nothing.

Address: Xikou, Fenghua

Longitude: 121.284717

Latitude: 29.68257

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