Jia Yi's former residence

Jia Yi's former residence

Jia Yi's former residence is located in Taiping Street, Changsha City, Hunan Province.

Jia Yi's former residence was built during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the residence of Jia Yi, the king of Changsha. Jia Yi, a famous political commentator, thinker and writer of the Western Han Dynasty, lived here from 177 BC to 174 BC. He was then the king of Changsha.

history

During the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, the former residence of Jia Yi was renovated by the emperor. This is the first time to renovate the former residence of Jia Yi. In the past two thousand years, the former residence of Jia Yi has undergone about 64 renovations, the most recent one was in 1998. During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Shu, the prefect of Changsha, went to the ancient well of Jia Yi and raised money to build the ancestral hall of Jia Tai Fu. This is the first time that Jia Yi's former residence was rebuilt in the form of integrating ancestral hall and residence. There is a grand view building behind the temple and a well in front of the temple. It is said that it was dug by Jia Yi, which is called Taifu well. Beside the well, there is a stone bed, which is the original of Jia Yi. There are two steles in front of the house, one on the left and one on the right, about Zhang high, and the handwriting is denuded and illegible. Another tangerine was planted by Jia Yi. All the above cultural relics were destroyed by the "Wenxi" fire in 1938. After that, there was only one Ya hall. On the main wall of the ancestral hall, there was a statue of Qu Yuan. The ancient well is still there, and the ancient stele is still there. The stone bed was stolen in 1958, and a small lane was built beside it, named taifuli.

Hospital layout

At present, Jia Yi's former residence has three entrances, including:

Jia Taifu's ancestral hall: a bronze statue of Jia Yi and his works

Taifu Hall: an introduction to Jia Yi's life and thoughts

Autumn seeking cottage - since the Qing Dynasty, autumn seeking cottage has been a place where literati and poets chant poems and paint after paying homage to Jia Yi. Visitors also drink tea here to have a rest.

The gallery of Steles displays "Selected Poems of ancient and modern celebrities chanting Jia" and the inscriptions on the former residence of Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are 21 poems chanting Jia by celebrities of all dynasties and five inscriptions on his former residence in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Description of former residence

Jia Yi's former residence is known as the "source of Huxiang culture". It is a symbolic cultural heritage of Changsha as the "hometown of qujia". It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province. It is the earliest celebrity's former residence in China. It has the oldest existing ancient well which has been used continuously up to now. The archaeological excavation of its base site has unearthed many cultural relics, such as gold bricks, jade, porcelain, pottery, silver and so on.

Jia Yi

Jia Yi (also known as Changsha Fu) was born in Luoyang. At the age of 18, he was able to recite poems and articles and was proficient in Confucian classics. At the age of 22, he was a doctor. In the same year, he was promoted to Taizhong doctor. Among his colleagues, he was the best. He wrote the treatise on Guo Qin and the treatise on Ji Ji Shu, and put forward a series of practical strategies for the reform of national politics, which was highly appreciated by Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. He wanted Jia to be a high-ranking official several times, but he was changed to be Wang Taifu of Changsha because of the power officials' intolerance. Taifu was one of the two important senior officials of Changsha state at that time. The other was the prime minister. Hou Licang, the owner of Mawangdui tomb No.2, had been in this position for many years. Jia Yi has close political cooperation with Hou family.

In Changsha, Jia Yi wrote "Ode to Qu Yuan" and "Ode to birds", which established his important position in the history of Chinese literature. Therefore, he was later called "Jia Changsha". His former residence is known as the most ancient historic site in Changsha and the source of Huxiang culture. After that, Jia Yi became Emperor Wen's son Liang huaiwang's Taifu and wrote the policy of public order. His governing method was regarded as a classic by the feudal emperors for more than 2000 years. His plan of cutting the vassal power was adopted by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, which completely relieved the threat of the separatist regime of the feudal princes. His thoughts of national defense, people-oriented, agriculture oriented and education are still sparking in modern times.

Traffic information

Take bus No.1, 18, 112, 138, 143, 145, 202, 301 in the urban area and get off at the station of "Jia Yi's former residence (Jiefang West Road)".

Address: 28 Taiping Street

Longitude: 112.972008

Latitude: 28.192637

Tel: 0731-822799

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