Luodian ancient town

Luodian ancient town

Luodian ancient town is located in the northwest of Baoshan District, Shanghai. It is adjacent to Gucun town in the south, Baosteel and Yuepu in the East, Jiading District in the west, Baoshan Industrial Park and Luojing town in the north, covering an area of 44.19 square kilometers. The water and land transportation is developed and the economy is prosperous. Luodian ancient town was first built in the Yuan Dynasty to Zhengnian, and has a history of more than 600 years. As early as the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Luodian was already a large commercial town with rich products and trade. In the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, cotton and cotton trade flourished, so it was called jinluodian.

Luodian ancient town is located in the subtropical zone, adjacent to the East China Sea. It has a monsoon subtropical marine climate with mild and humid climate and four distinct seasons. Luodian town is located in the subtropical zone, adjacent to the East China Sea, a monsoon subtropical marine climate, mild and humid, four distinct seasons.

geographical environment

Luodian ancient town is located in the South Bank of the Yangtze River Estuary, the north of Shanghai, and the northwest corner of Baoshan District. Its geographical coordinates are 121 ° 29 ′ E and 30 ° 26 ′ n. It is adjacent to Gucun town in the south, Baosteel and Yuepu in the East, Jiading District in the west, Baoshan Industrial Park and Luojing town in the north, covering an area of 44.19 square kilometers. Luodian ancient town was originally an alluvial plain on the edge of the ocean, with flat terrain, no mountains and hills. However, after the construction of water conservancy over the years, the earthwork accumulated, and the high land was formed on both sides of the river bank, while the lake area became low-lying land. The terrain is generally higher in the northwest and lower in the southeast, with an altitude of about 2-4 meters above Wusong zero. Luodian ancient town is located in the subtropical zone, adjacent to the East China Sea. It has a monsoon subtropical marine climate, mild and humid,

four distinctive seasons. It is warm in spring, hot in summer and frequent drought in summer, but there are few hot days; it is cool in autumn and cold in winter, with cold wave invasion from time to time, but the cold days are not long. In spring, there are more southwest winds; in summer, there are more southeast winds, often attacked by typhoons in summer and autumn; in autumn, there are more northwest winds, and in winter, there are strong northwest winds. There is more rain in spring, Meiyu in early summer, thunderstorm in midsummer, rainstorm with typhoon in summer and autumn, more overcast rain in early autumn and less rain in winter. The annual average temperature is 15.7 ° C.

Historic sites

Stone arch bridge is a name card of Jiangnan Water Town and a unique historic site. There are three existing stone arch bridges in Luodian ancient town: Datong bridge, which is called Dashiqiao by Luodian people; fengdeqiao, which is called Zhangjiajie by local people; Lailong bridge. Sanqiao has witnessed the past and present life of the ancient town. Dashiqiao is the luckiest. It is still in good condition. It has preserved the blood of the water town. Zhangjiaqiao was "blooded" and became a dry bridge. The Lailong bridge was demolished and moved to a new park.

Datong Bridge

Datong bridge is located in tingqian street of Luodian town. Datong bridge, also known as Dashiqiao, runs from north to South and crosses the intersection of Qihe lane. The bridge is 18 meters long, 7 meters high and 4.5 meters wide. The bridge is a semi-circular ring stone arch bridge with old pavilions. It is one of the few ancient pavilions in Shanghai.

Datong bridge was built in 1472 and rebuilt in 1731. It has a history of more than 500 years. It is the oldest bridge in Baoshan. On both sides of the arch cave on the west side of the bridge, there is a couplet: "the road of the future is ten thousand li, and the years of Jinliang are in autumn.". On July 22, 1992, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit at the district level.

Fengdeqiao

Fengde bridge, also known as zhangjiaqiao, is located at the south end of Buchang street, Luodian Town, across the sophisticated Qihe River, and runs north-south. The first year of construction is unknown, and now it has become a dry bridge. The original stone railings of the bridge have been destroyed. The bridge is 24.4 meters long, 4.15 meters wide and 7 meters high. It is a semi-circular ring stone arch bridge with an aperture of 6 meters. The two slopes are still stone steps. There are concave defects in the bridge, which is specially used for single wheel cars.

Fengde bridge was originally a wooden bridge, which was rebuilt as a stone arch bridge in 1709. At that time, it was the largest circular stone bridge in Luodian Town, with the word "fengdeqiao" engraved on the bridge forehead. The bridge was built with donations from many Li people, so it was named Fengde bridge with the meaning of "fenggong Weide". Because most of the residents of liangtu were surnamed Zhang, it was also called zhangjiaqiao.

There are stone couplets on the east side of Fengde bridge. The first couplet is "good skill is not driving", and the second couplet is "success is economy". On the west side of the stone couplet, the upper couplet is "Jiuqu Tongli" and the lower couplet is "Wanfu Jijin". At that time, "Fengde bridge stele" said that the bridge had been built for six or seven years, and called it "the gateway of communication" and "the bridge crown of a town". Unfortunately, in 1987, the Fengde bridge became a dry bridge because it was changed into a road after the river was filled. On July 22, 1992, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit at the district level.

Lailong Bridge

Lailong bridge was built in 1869. It used to be called jiangjiaxiang bridge. It was originally located at the east entrance of xianzhuxiang street and the north entrance of Jiangxiang street. It is also a stone arch bridge across Shihe River. The Lailong bridge, originally located in Luodian Town, has been moved to the northwest corner of the town, which is a protective building in Baoshan District. The bridge is a typical single hole stone arch bridge built of granite in the south of the Yangtze River. The name of the bridge on both sides of the stone carving on the top of the bridge and the two couplets on both sides of the cave can be seen vaguely. On the west side, the couplet is "Ziqi returns to the sea at dawn, and the rainbow locks the tide of the East River"; on the east side, the upper couplet is blocked by branches and leaves and can not be identified, only the lower couplet is "all the silver waves go to the sea".

Hozanji

Baoshan Temple was built in 1511. It was donated by Tang Yuexuan, a local gentry, to build a private house. It was originally named the Vatican Palace. In the 27th year of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, Zhenwu pavilion was rebuilt. At the beginning of Daoguang (1821), the temple was rebuilt. In 1861, it was destroyed in the war and only zhenwuge was left. From 1879 to 1899, the monks of Nanguang temple in Taicang took 20 years to rebuild the mountain gate, court house, main hall, ancestral hall and pagoda yard. In 1886, Zhenwu pavilion was rebuilt as the main hall. The new Yuhuang palace was built for Sakyamuni statue and Amitabha Buddha stone statue. From then on, it became a Buddhist Taoist temple and continued to use "Yuhuang Palace". During the cultural revolution, it was occupied by factories as dormitories.

In April 1988, the jade palace was restored as a place for Buddhist activities. At the beginning of 1989, Shanghai Jing'an Temple appointed master congda to lead the public to rebuild the Daoism hall as the lower house of Jing'an Temple. The master collected ten sources of net capital, and eventually made the incense of the ancient temple continue, and changed its name to "Vatican Palace". In July 1992, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Baoshan District. It was named "baoshanjing Temple" in 1993. In May 2005, the reconstruction project of Baoshan Temple, covering an area of 20 mu, was broken and completed in November 2010.

The new Baoshan Temple adopts the traditional vertical axis layout of Jialan, which is the architectural style of palaces in the late Tang Dynasty. With African red flower pear wood as the material, pure manual mortise and tenon structure, strict law, simple and heavy. The total construction area of the temple is more than 12000 square meters, including a series of religious buildings, such as mountain gate, East and west side gate, 471 meter corridor, Tianwang hall, bell tower, Drum Tower, Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, pharmacist hall, Jialan hall, ancestral hall, Buddha Hall, Sutra library, Dharma hall, Abbot's room, Zhaitang, sengliao, etc. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Shanghai.

Red Cross monument

The Red Cross monument is on the campus of Luodian middle school in Baoshan. On August 23, 1937, Luodian was attacked by an air raid. Yuan Jinhan, a pilot of the Chinese air force, was shot in the air battle with the enemy. The plane was destroyed and people were injured in the suburb of Luodian. Su Ke, deputy leader of the first rescue team of Shanghai Branch of the Red Cross Society of China, led the rescue team immediately after hearing the news. After the Japanese army arrived, Suk and others hid the wounded safely, but he was unfortunately captured and killed. The martyrs were Xie Huixian, Liu Zhongwu and Chen Xiufang.

Luodian Anti Japanese Martyrs Monument was first built on August 13, 1945 and completed on August 13, 1946. It was originally known as "the monument to the Anti Japanese martyrs of the first rescue team of Shanghai Branch of the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China". It is a brick and stone structure, with a height of 5.65 meters. The Red Cross emblem is on the top of the stele. The tower is small on the top and generous on the bottom. It is inlaid with porcelain statues of martyrs on the top and engraved with inscriptions on the bottom. In June 1981, the original monument was in disrepair. Baoshan County Civil Affairs Bureau set up a monument in the northwest corner of Luodian middle school. In March 1984, the monument was enlarged and rebuilt 15 meters to the west of the original monument. It was announced as the Anti Japanese memorial site in Shanghai on March 19, 1984. In 2000, the Commission again allocated funds for renovation and held a completion ceremony on August 13. The monument is now 8.35 meters high.

Huashen Hall

Huashen hall is located at 136 Zhaoxiang street, Luodian town. It is an ancient hall named "Huashen". Starting tomorrow (1621 to 1627) and building the hall of Town God's Temple in the same time, Qing Xianfeng eleven years (1861) was destroyed by the flames of war, and Guangxu thirteen years (1887) rebuilt, so far 300 years of history. During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, on the 12th birthday of the flower god in February of the lunar calendar, farmers and merchants held activities to welcome and worship the God, praying for the God to drive away evil spirits and avoid pestilence, and praying for the God's wind and rain.

Cotton is regarded as the "king of flowers" and "God of flowers" by people in Luodian, and the "flower god hall" came into being. The Taiping rebellion broke out in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861), followed by the battle of the British and French allied forces. After one or two decades, all walks of life gradually recovered and built clubs one after another. In 1887, huashentang was rebuilt. The main worship Hall of Flower God is located in the center

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