Qijiang ancient town

Qijiang ancient town

Double Dragons in Tiantai Gulou Town, three lions look up at the golden bell. Jiulong worships the golden palace against the current, and the wind chimes of the five temples sing in the night sky. Qijiang is located in Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. Originally known as QIANZI commune and QIANZI Township, Qijiang was renamed as Qijiang Township in the 1930s. It was founded in 1992 and named as a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan Province in the same year. Qijiang ancient town is the seat of the King City of Qi State in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period. In the sixth year of Gaozu (201 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty, Qi county was set up as its governing place, and dongguanghan county was set up in Shuhan of the Three Kingdoms. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, Qiwang city is always a place for military strategists and gathering of heroes and celebrities.

brief introduction

Qijiang is the birthplace of Santai culture. There are the city of king Qi in the Warring States period and the legendary tomb of king Qi. The cliff tombs from the Han Dynasty to the two Jin Dynasties are the national key cultural relics protection units. The cliff statues in the Tang and Song Dynasties and the ancient builders, streets, temples and stone bridges in the Ming and Qing Dynasties reflect the long history and ancient culture of Qijiang incisively and vividly. There is the intersection of Jinjiang River and Qijiang River, with beautiful mountains and rivers, echoing with the ancient and elegant town, which is an excellent place for sightseeing, vacation, tourism and leisure.

To enter the old street, you have to pass an old banyan tree. To cross the Qijiang River, you also have to pass an old banyan tree. This is a feature of Sichuan folk houses. Most people who choose to build houses or bridges should plant several banyan trees, which are called Huangjue trees in the folk. They can not only keep water and soil, but also provide shade. One of the characteristics of Qijiang ancient town is that banyan trees with a history of 100 years can be seen everywhere. The most distinctive feature is the two trees in front of the temple of "Boping Langjing". It is said that the two trees were planted at the same time. For the sake of beauty, the tree growers built a circle of low walls with stones around the two trees. After nearly 100 years of growth, now one of them is "tree wrapped with stone" and the other is "stone wrapped tree", Let the tourists have to sigh about the magic of nature. At the end of the ancient street, there is a scenic spot called "acacia tree". At first, when I heard its name, I didn't understand its meaning. When I saw it, I realized that two ancient trees had grown into one. The local people think that trees are human, they say they also have feelings, and they make up a lot of romantic love stories.

From an alley in the old Qijiang street to the river, to the right of the bridge is an ancient official road with pitted stone steps, uneven rocks and lush trees. I believe that this road was once a section of "Guqi road" and the throat connecting central Sichuan and Eastern Sichuan. Guqi road is the section of Santai and Zhongjiang on Chengdu official road. The whole Chengdu official road is 1360km long, connecting Shehong, Wanxian and other places. It is paved with stone slabs, with a width of 1-1.5m. It can pass the sedan chair and pack horse. There are still dozens of Li Long "Guqi Road" from Fangjing township of Guanqiao town to Luban town of Santai County. This place is the only way to get in and out of Qijiang river today. If you are interested, you can stop Visit ancient China by car. This ancient stone road, in addition to the north and south, is also related to many important historical events. The story of the Three Kingdoms is most well known to the common people. In 214, the 19th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Shu Dynasty, was ordered by Liu Bei, the leader of the Shu Dynasty, to divide the border of Dingzhou. From the ancient Qidao to Qixian, the ancient town of Qijiang today, the people of Qijiang slaughtered cattle and cooked sheep and raised their glasses to welcome them. A jubilant picture of the army and the people and the officials and the people was unfolded in the green mountains and waters. Although the scene has gone with the wind, it remains in the rumors of the common people History also created a place name huijuntang mountain (in today's Zhongjiang County), which is still in use today.

history

Qijiang ancient town

It is located in the south of Santai County, 45 kilometers north of Tongchuan Town, Santai County along the highway. The town covers an area of 25 square kilometers, governs eight villages, one neighborhood committee, and has a population of 13000. It is only 2 kilometers away from guyuntaiguan. Qijiang town was the seat of the King City of Qi State in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period. In the sixth year of Gaozu (201 BC) of the Western Han Dynasty, it was established as Qi county. Dongguanghan county was also established in the Shu and Han Dynasties Qijiang has a long history and rich cultural accumulation. There are some precious cultural relics, such as ancient streets, ancestral temple, Wangye temple, Jiulong bridge, Jinjiang bridge, Tiantai academy, Qianfo temple, cliff statue and qianzibao of Qiwang city. In 1992, Qijiang town has been listed as a famous historical and cultural town in Sichuan Province. Qijiang is an ancient town with a history of more than 2000 years.

Far away from the main traffic road, also far away from the bustling, noisy. The ancient temple in the secluded mountain area is even more desolate and quiet. Standing here now, I am less disturbed by the past life and more thoughtful about life. Every year, the first day of March, the 18th of May and the 19th of June in the lunar calendar are the days to catch up with temple fairs. At that time, villagers from all walks of life will come to the temple fair, which will be a vivid folk painting. The houses on both sides of the old street are equipped with spacious corridors supported by wooden columns. How long the streets are, how long the corridors are, like a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. Corridor is an important life scene of old street. On weekdays, neighbors eat, work, drink tea and chat in the corridor; on market days, there are stalls under the corridor: vegetable market, meat market, snacks and department stores, which become popular markets.

Scenic spots

Qijiang Han Tomb

There are thousands of cliff tombs left in the Hewan mountains, where the King City of Guo State was located in the pre Qin period. Among them, Jinzhongshan, quanshuiba and zijinwan tombs are the most concentrated.

Tomb cliff is different in time, but it is mainly Eastern Han tombs with different sizes. The structure can be divided into tomb passage, tomb gate, front chamber, middle chamber, back chamber, side chamber and ear chamber.

Many tombs are decorated with round carvings, relief carvings, line carvings and portrait carvings, and some tombs are painted with red paint. In the Han Dynasty, red meant nobility and auspiciousness, so many tombs were painted with vermilion and earth red.

Yuntai view

Yuntai temple is the Second Avenue religious resort in Bashu area, two kilometers away from Qijiang ancient town. An ancient memorial archway on the side of the road tells people that Yuntai has seen it, and two ancient banyan trees with luxuriant branches point out the way to the mountain. This is a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level in the 1950s. Buildings and pavilions row upon row, ancient trees are towering, green and luxuriant, poems and couplets are full of twists and turns, and climbing paths made of red sand and stones are winding in the mountains and forests, all of which seem to tell the story of yesterday's heyday of incense. It was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and is still being expanded in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Xuantian palace, circle arch, shihuabiao, JiangMo hall, Zhonggulou, Shidian, Liangting, sanhuangguan, Huilong Pavilion and so on, stretching for two or three miles, all reveal the superb skills of ancient ancestors.

Kowloon Bridge

On the Qijiang River (also known as Yujiang River) outside the ancient town, there is an ancient stone bridge in the Qing Dynasty, which crosses both sides of the Qijiang River and connects Santai and Zhongjiang counties. Stone bridge is about 50 meters long, because nine piers are carved with a stone dragon. There is a beautiful legend about the bridge. At that time, because of the water demons, the Qijiang river overflowed all the year round. It was very inconvenient for people to travel between the two sides of the river. When Heaven knew this, it sent nine auspicious dragons to subdue the demons. From then on, the Qihe river was calm and the people lived and worked in peace. In order to commemorate the nine dragons, it built the bridge and engraved them on the bridge forever, hence the name of Jiulong bridge. The bridge is still there, and this beautiful story will be handed down forever.

Later transformation

Santai Qijiang ancient town

——Design concept

Qijiang ancient town

Rich historical and cultural landscape and beautiful natural landscape form rich tourism resources. Taking the ancient town as the center, it can connect the cultural and natural tourist attractions such as Yuntaiguan, Luban reservoir and Santai County, and improve the tourism service facilities, so that the ancient town will become the key area of tourism economy in Mianyang City. In the near future, Qijiang ancient town will become the "Huanglong River" of Santai.

Qijiang is the birthplace of Santai culture. There are the city of king Qi in the Warring States period and the legendary tomb of king Qi. The cliff tombs from the Han Dynasty to the two Jin Dynasties are the national key cultural relics protection units. The cliff statues in the Tang and Song Dynasties and the ancient builders, streets, temples and stone bridges in the Ming and Qing Dynasties reflect the long history and ancient culture of Qijiang incisively and vividly. There is the intersection of Jinjiang River and Qijiang River, with beautiful mountains and rivers, echoing with the ancient simple and elegant town. Under the condition of fully respecting the local culture and history, the vision design institute reasonably designs the supporting landscape design, making Qijiang ancient town an excellent place for sightseeing, vacation, tourism and leisure.

Honorary title

On December 17, 2017, Qijiang ancient town was ranked among the top 50 most beautiful villages and towns in China in 2017.

Address: Qijiang Town, Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 105.093584

Latitude: 30.764001

Chinese PinYin : Qi Jiang Gu Zhen