Zhaojia tower

Zhaojia tower

Zhaojialou is located in Pujiang Town, Minhang District. It is the earliest area to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land in Shanghai. Zhaojialou culture is the origin of farming culture in Shanghai.

Shanghai zhaojialou ancient town scenic spot is a national AAAA scenic spot with 500 years of human history. It originated in the early Yuan Dynasty and spanned the three dynasties of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Many ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties are preserved, such as "Li Geng Tang" and "Mei Yuan". "Three treasures of Zhaolou" include Zhaolou Daqu, Zhaolou mutton and Zhaolou jiehoof.

Ying Tan Lun, the right official of the Ministry of industry in the Ming Dynasty, once built a building here to ring the bell to call for farming, so it was called "Zhaojia building", which is the first building of reclamation in Shanghai. Yaojiabang, the ancient town's River, runs from the west to the northeast. The old streets are concentrated on both sides of the river and face each other across the river. Plain wall, grey tile, deep lane, high house, narrow lane, opposite Street building, small bridge and flowing water.

brief introduction

Such a large-scale cultural and historical heritage as zhaojialou ancient town is rare in Shanghai. The relevant departments are going to take measures to strengthen the protection of the old buildings. "Li Geng Tang" has a deep courtyard inside the gray tile walls and doors, with 12 walls and doors stacked one by one, which is really a kind of deep courtyard style. There are five halls in the hall, with a total of 138 halls. Riding wall, lotus wall, white wall and black tile The main housing forms in the suburbs of ancient Shanghai can be seen at a glance here. "Meiyuan" covers an area of more than 3000 square meters and has 99 rooms. Due to the relatively small number of residents, the overall architectural pattern is relatively complete. However, with the development of time, many houses are not suitable for living.

Zhaojialou ancient town not only has a number of large-scale ancient buildings, but also has rich historical and cultural connotations, so it is urgent to protect them.

In 2005, zhaojialou was listed as one of the historical and cultural protection areas in Shanghai. In 2008, the renovation of Zhaolou ancient town was officially launched. Its renovation adheres to the principle of "repair the old as the old", and reappears the glory of the past. The renovation of the ancient town is not only the need of reconstructing and inheriting the history and culture of Pujiang Town, but also the need of expanding the tourism industry, promoting the construction of new countryside, coordinating urban and rural development, cracking the urban-rural dual structure, and increasing farmers' income. It will not only provide profound cultural elements for the development of tourism industry, but also help to build a complete and distinctive tourism industry chain of Pujiang town. "Ten li dawn smoke break, several call Jia bell", the ancient poem "call Jia", is the ancient reclamation center call Jia tower, it is call Jia tower bell awakened Pudong earth.

Zhaolou ancient town has rich historical and cultural connotations. It has three cultural highlights in the history of Pujiang town and even Shanghai: Qin Yubo, the city god of Shanghai, ye Zongxing, the confluence of Jiangpu, and Jiaomin farming and reclamation building.

The ancient town is composed of East Street, South Street, West Street and yaojiabang. There are many Qing Dynasty buildings such as Ligeng hall, Wujin courtyard and Meiyuan, as well as sites such as Baoen bridge and Fuxing Bridge.

Now, Minhang District Bureau of culture and broadcasting has coordinated the planning, water affairs, environmental protection, construction and management departments to jointly determine the restoration and reconstruction project of zhaojialou ancient town. Among them, the planning of the ancient town has been taken over by Tongji planning and Design Institute and completed in June 2010. In addition, the relevant departments will also carry out a general survey of cultural relics in the area. After the overall plan for restoration and reconstruction is issued, the construction management, agriculture and green, environmental protection and other departments will also do a good job in supporting infrastructure construction.

Name source

Zhaojialou is the first area to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land in Shanghai. Zhaojialou culture is the origin of farming culture in Shanghai. The village was formed in the early Yuan Dynasty and flourished in the Jiajing and Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty. Zhaojialou was also the hometown of Ye Zongxing, a water conservancy expert of the Ming Dynasty who converged Huangpu River and Wusong River. The village was formed in Dade period of Yuan Dynasty and rose in Jiajing and Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Ying Tan Lun, the right Minister of the Ministry of industry, ordered his eldest son Tan Tian to build a bell tower at the east end of Pengshou garden in order to encourage his father and elders to work hard and produce a good harvest. Since then, more than one bell has been rung every morning. When the weather changes, the bell will be rung. The bell tower was named zhaojialou to show the importance of farming. This area is rich in land and has won praise from the four townships, so people call it "Zhaojia building".

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Zhaojialou, an ancient town with a history of 500 years, not only has the lotus wall, horse riding wall, green brick and black tile and other buildings full of Ming and Qing cultural charm, but also has the common features of small bridges, flowing water and other people in Jiangnan. What's more impressive is that it bears the heavy Shanghai culture and the root of Shanghai, which I have been looking for and yearning for for for a long time. Walking into the core area of the ancient town, the T-shaped Pingxi street, Xingdong street, Baonan street and Chunyou Street are facing each other; the shimmering yaojiabin and fuxinggang waterways are winding in a crisscross shape; the newly planted green poplar nestles up to the river bank with the scattered Street houses, giving visitors a kind of peace and calm.

On September 5, 2011, According to the national standard "classification and evaluation of the quality grades of tourist attractions" and "administrative measures for the quality grade evaluation of tourist attractions", after the preliminary evaluation and recommendation of Minhang District tourist attractions quality grade evaluation committee and the evaluation by Shanghai tourist attractions quality grade evaluation committee, Shanghai zhaojialou scenic spot has met the requirements of national 3A scenic spot standard and has been approved as national 3A scenic spot District.

Zhaojialou, located in Pujiang Town, Minhang District, won the 4A scenic spot in 2015, and the local Minhang tourism consulting sub center also opened to welcome visitors. The sub center was put into operation at the activity of "putting lights in the golden ball, the hometown of the City God" held by zhaojialou a few days ago.

This tourism consulting sub center is responsible for the tourist center of zhaojialou ancient town, which is located at the archway of zhaojialou beside Shen Du highway.

Li Yuan

In this beautiful antique garden, the villagers specially built a memorial hall for the two sages who rewritten the history of Shanghai. In the center of Qin Yubo memorial hall, there is a 2.6-meter-high bronze statue created by a famous sculptor. In the early Ming Dynasty, Qin Yubo was granted the title of City God by Zhu Yuanzhang, and became the patron saint of Shanghai. He was also praised as a hero who "worked hard and asked for help for the people"

Ye Guan

It's also a bronze statue. According to the records, ye Zongxing's greatest contribution lies in dredging fanjiabang, merging Wusong River, connecting shanghaipu and making Jiangpu flow together, which creates unique conditions for Shanghai to become a big port in the East hundreds of years later. Some experts said: today's great Shanghai is only possible with Huangpu River. Ye Zongxing has made great contributions. There is a couplet written by Mr. Gao Xiong at the entrance of the Memorial Hall: "on Kaijiang's great achievements, honesty, diligence and respect for virtue for thousands of years.". At this moment, we are awed by the pioneering spirit and historical achievements of our ancestors.

Here, following the footprints of our ancestors, we can not only read the cultural history of the farming era, taste the integration of Shanghai style culture, appreciate many couplets and witty sayings, but also gain wisdom enlightenment and philosophy of life.

Visitors to Shanghai will surely go to the roots of Shanghai, Town God's Temple. If you don't see it, the hometown of Qin Yubo is Zhaojia building. There are many activities of collecting wind, but it's hard to express the spiritual shock of zhaojialou.

Three treasures

Daqu

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mutton

Features: delicious and refreshing, not greasy, it is a good food with wine; a bowl of mutton noodles is a first-class stick (sold in the market of tanjiazhaolou).

Remove the shoe

Features: bright red color, sweet but not greasy, tender meat, crisp, fragrant, delicious (Zhaolou people can do).

The famous specialty of Zhaolou is not only Zhaolou Daqu, but also Zhaolou mutton. It is delicious and delicious, not greasy, and is a good food with wine. In small shops, it is often used as a topping for mutton noodles, and it can be eaten like a little money. The other one is to remove the hoof from Zhaolou, which is a delicious food that ordinary Zhaolou people can make. It is characterized by bright red color, sweet but not greasy, tender meat, crisp and fragrant, delicious and delicious. These three were known as the three treasures of Zhaolou at that time. Zhaolou brewery has long been a Suntory brewery. Zhaolou mutton and Zhaolou hoof can be found in Zhaolou.

Traffic information

From the urban direction, you can take subway line 8 to Shendu highway station, Take Minhang No.10 bus at the Space Museum Subway Station, and get off at zhaojialou ancient town station.

Landscape drama

The landscape drama "Menghui zhaojialou" was premiered on September 27, 2013 in the ceremony garden of zhaojialou, Pujiang Town, Shanghai. Menghui zhaojialou is jointly produced by Shanghai drama academy and Pujiang town government.

 

Instead of using the popular technique of big scenes and big productions, the play opens up a new way of "small and beautiful", reflecting the aestheticism of gardens and the customs of old Shanghai. The audience can not only enjoy the beauty of Jiangnan gardens at night, but also follow the actors to experience the customs of old Shanghai 100 years ago.

At the same time, "dream back to zhaojialou" is also one of the important links of zhaojialou ancient town tourism. In this water town in the south of the Yangtze River, which is closest to the downtown area of Shanghai, we will carry out a new in-depth tour of Shanghai based on the old Shanghai a hundred years ago. The audience, in the form of guests, wear masks to watch the play, and follow the development of the plot, watching the performance while visiting the garden.

Plot outline

In 1913, a hundred years ago in Shanghai, the old lady of the Qin family ushered in her 60th birthday. When taking a group photo for birthday celebration, an uninvited guest, Liu Huiying, a former maid of the Qin family, came here uninvited. She said she wanted to serve the old lady

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