Xiangwang Park

Xiangwang Park

Xiangwang park is located on the East Bank of Longxi harbor, the North Bridge of Huzhou City. It is said that it is the site of fengshengmen, one of the old city gates in Huzhou. It is said that Xiang Yu led 8000 Jiangdong disciples to fight against the Qin Dynasty in the west, and it was from this gate that he "broke the fierce gate". In order to commemorate the overlord of Chu, he called fengshengmen "bawangmen". According to the records of Huzhou Prefecture and Wucheng County, the ancient city of Huzhou is divided into two parts: the one inside is called Zicheng, and the one outside is called Luocheng.

historical background

Zicheng, also known as Xiangwang City, was built by Xiang Yu near Aishan square. The wall of Luocheng was built according to the water and was hexagonal with nine doors. Among them, fengshengmen, commonly known as bawangmen in the north, is the gateway of Huzhou City to control Taihu Lake, and has always been a must for military strategists. According to the research of experts, many activities before and after Xiang Yu's war were carried out in Huzhou. According to the records of the historian, Xiang Yu and his uncle Xiang Liang "avoided enmity in Wuzhong". Yan Zhenqing of Tang Dynasty said in the inscriptions of Xiangwang Temple: "Wuzhong is the cover of Huzhou today." During the period of avoiding enmity, it happened that the first emperor of Qin was touring through Huzhou in the East. It was in Yanpu, 8 kilometers northeast of Huzhou City, that Xiang Yu peeped at the emperor's public opinion and said that he could replace it. The planned Xiangwang park is located near fengshengmen site, on the South Bank of the river between feifeng bridge and Chengbei sluice.

Architectural features

Xiangwang park includes city gate, Xiangwang corridor and surrounding greening. In the northwest of the original fengshengmen site are the city gate and the city tower (Xiang Wang tower), the Xiang Wang corridor is on the northwest side of the city gate, and the square is on the south side, surrounded by green space on both sides. There are three groups of sculptures in the park, in which Xiang Yu's main sculpture is placed in the middle of the north side of the city gate, and two groups of horse drawn chariot sculptures are placed on the East and west sides of the square, respectively as the scenery of Renmin Road and Huancheng North Road. At the intersection of Laodong road and the extension of daxianchang road is the secondary entrance of the park. Combined with the construction of the flood dike, a viewing platform is built, and a memorial archway is set on the platform as the main scene of the secondary entrance. The flood dike retreats to the river channel and is set up in combination with flower beds and city wall marks to meet the flood control requirements. There are hydrophilic platforms along the river. According to historical records, among the old city gates in Huzhou, only Fengsheng gate is a water and land gate. The left fan of the city gate belongs to land, and the right fan belongs to water. The design of the city gate is arched, only the entrance is made, and half of the floor of the entrance is paved with square bricks

Half pool, using artificial pool, covered with glass, convenient for pedestrians, so as to reflect the landscape characteristics of "water and land share a door". On top of the gate, a traditional wooden Xiang Wang building is built, which shows Xiang Yu's life story inside. The Xiang Wang corridor in the northwest of the city gate adopts the traditional method of corridor Pavilion, with one side watching the water and the other side enjoying the garden. At the entrance of the west side, combined with the terrain, three landscape walls are designed. The white wall is used to carve Xiang Yu's life story and some legends of Xiang Yu in Huzhou.

Reconstruction of Chengbei Bridge

In order to form a unified landscape with Xiangwang Park, the original Chengbei bridge was also transformed. Not only the altar was set in the middle of the bridge to form a natural separation zone, but also the bridge fence and lamps were updated. The bridge lamps combined with the agricultural characteristics of sericulture in Huzhou area took the shape of cocoon, and the fence was replaced with reference to the ancient bridge. The whole Xiangwang Park was permeated with a strong historical atmosphere .

Address: Xiangwang Park, Wuxing District, Huzhou City

Longitude: 120.1037502

Latitude: 30.8767786

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