Xie gongdao

Xie gongdao

Named after the ancient post road developed by Xie Lingyun, a poet of the Southern Dynasty, it is now Taoyuan Village in bamao Town, crossing Tianmu to guanlingtou. In this long ancient post road, there are many ancient relics, such as Tianmu temple ruins.

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From the beginning of the Xinchang head of the junction of Guanling and Tiantai, it was sent to the crossing bridge to enjoy the "Huangdu bridge" and crossed the street to enjoy the "Puji bridge". Through the Maple Ridge, the black ridge of the cold water pit, the distant Tianmu Mountains, the lower Thien Mu Pagoda and Taibai Temple enjoyed the legacy of Li Bai. Along the way, green mountains and rivers, ancient roads and bridges, and ancient villages and historic sites form a line. The natural scenery and cultural landscape are integrated, and historical civilization and modern civilization are combined.

Scenery along the way

Guanlingtou

Located 12 kilometers south of Ru'ao Town, it is the border of Xinchang and Tiantai counties. It is the Taiwen pass of ningshaotong. In ancient times, there were military villages and post stations. In the early Guangde period of the Tang Dynasty (763), the Tang army attacked yuan Chao's uprising and built a stronghold here. It was named hulang pass and the village was named Lingtou pass. Guanlingpu is a rare relic of the ancient road, and the three characters of "guanlingpu" are still clear. Walking into the brick wall arched gate, there are many ancient dwellings in it. The north of Pubei is Xinchang, and the south of Punan is Tiantai. Although there is a boundary, the villagers of the two counties have lived together for generations, and they can't be separated. At guanlingtou, there is also a temple of marquis, built to commemorate the death of two generals Zhu Liangzu and ye Shen.

Post Office

Xiaguanlingtou, along the ancient post road, you can get to youjiaopu, which is located at the foot of hatching chicken mountain, 10km south of Ru'ao. In ancient times, there was a shop, which was specially used for the delivery of mail, so it was named youjiaopu. Now there is an ancient stone road in the village.

A cement road has been built from youjiaopu to HENGDU bridge. The crossing bridge is located on both sides of national highway 104, 9km south of Ru'ao. There is a stone arch bridge at the entrance of the village. It is said that Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty once crossed here in the south, but he was hindered by the water. Suddenly, an immortal covered the water with white cloth. After returning to Beijing, Emperor Gaozong ordered to build a bridge here, known as Huangdu bridge. The Huangdu bridge was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. After liberation, it was changed to HENGDU bridge, and the village got its name from the bridge. Huangdu bridge is a large stone arch bridge, with a total length of 23.9 meters, a width of 5.5 meters, a deck width of 5 meters, and an approach bridge at both ends, each with a length of 16.5 meters. The single hole stone arch bridge is made of long stones with staggered joints, with a rise height of 9 meters and a span of 17 meters. The bridge body is overlapped with long stones with staggered joints. On both sides of the bridge deck, there are symmetrical watchposts and solid stone railings. The heads of watchposts are carved with images of white elephant, lion and lotus terrace. The center of the bridge deck is flat, and there are stone steps or horizontal paving strips at both ends. On one side of the stone is engraved with the regular script "Huangdu bridge", which was announced as a cultural relic protection unit of Xinchang County in 2002. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find the word "Huangdu bridge" in tengman bridge.

Crossing street

There is a corridor across the crossing bridge. Along the stream, there is still an ancient road to HENGDU street, formerly known as Huangdu street. There are ancient post roads and small streets, which are the only way for Taizhou to pass through the capital of Hangzhou. It is said that the emperor had been here, so his name was changed to HENGDU street. From HENGDU street along the highway to Fengshuling village, there is a "Puji bridge", a single hole stone arch bridge, east-west, across the HENGDU river. The bridge is 10.8m long, 3.7m wide and 6.2m high. The piers are arranged with 10 strips of stone, with lock stones on them. The bridge deck is paved with rubble. On both sides of the fence, looking at the column head carved lotus. "Puji bridge" is inscribed on the fence on one side of the arch. The first regular script is "Chen Zhitong, a Jinshi in the 15th capital of Zuoxi, Tiantai City, Yan's husband and grandson's wife". The second regular script is "built on October 27, the 30th year of Jiajing". The arch ring is built in parallel with the longitudinal connection of stones, and the horizontal stones are used to stretch to the depth of the bridge head for reinforcement. This bridge was built in 1551, the 30th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty. It is the earliest stone arch bridge preserved in Xinchang County. It is said that Chen Ren from Zuoxi, Tiantai, went to Beijing to take the exam. At this point, he was blocked by the flood. It was only with the help of the local villagers that he could not miss the exam. After Chen Ren came back from high school, he built a bridge here to benefit the masses. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, in order to protect the bridge, a reinforced concrete flat bridge was built under the Puji bridge, so that the villagers' vehicles could pass through. Puji bridge was announced as a cultural relic protection site in Xinchang County in July 2002.

Maple Ridge

Fengshuling is located at the foot of heguan mountain, 7.5km southeast of ruao. In the west of the village, there is an ancient post road leading to Tianmu. There are many maple trees in the mountain, so it is called Fengshuling. The ancient post road from Fengshuling to LENGSHUIKENG village is basically abandoned due to the construction of cement road below. The ancient road is overgrown with weeds, but it is cool to walk along.

Cold water pit

Located at the foot of Dakeng mountain, 6.5km southeast of Ru'ao. It was called lengshuikong in ancient times, and the village got its name from Shankeng. LENGSHUIKENG also had a post station "Lengshuipu" in ancient times. From heifengling on LENGSHUIKENG, xiatianmu temple to hengbanqiao village, this is the best preserved and longest ancient post road. It is about 2100 meters long and about 2 meters wide, paved with pebbles and natural stones.

Heifengling

In the old days, a checkpoint was set up at Lingtou, named heifengguan, and a temple was built. After the villagers moved here, it was named guanyedian, and later it became guanxiatian. Now the map is called guanyangtian. "Heifeng pass" is written above the South portal of guanye hall, and "Weizhen pass" is written above the North portal. Standing at the head of heifengling, you can see from afar. The top of the mountain is covered with clouds and mist. The trees are lush in the mountains. The fields at the foot of the mountain are broad. A sense of pride arises spontaneously when you climb the mountain.

Tianmu Temple

Go on along the ancient post road, and down the mountain is Tianmu temple, on the south side of hengbanqiao village. In 951, Xu Chengfan and Xu Chengjie contributed a lot to the construction of Seng de Shao. It was renamed guangfuyuan in the third year of the Song Dynasty (997) and Tianmu temple in the 15th year of the Ming Dynasty (1382). After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was the Department of Tianmu forest farm, and now it has become the workshop of Tianmu capsule company. On the roadside, there are only cultural relics stele of Tianmu ancient post road, poem stele of Li Bai's "sleepwalking Tianmu chanting" and ancient stone stele whose words can't be seen clearly.

Li Bai is famous for her sleepwalking in Tianmu Mountain. People in Tianmu Mountain commemorate Li Bai, a great poet. In hengbanqiao village, Taibai temple is built to build a statue of Li Bai. In ancient times, there were two wooden bridges with horizontal planks in hengbanqiao village, so it was named hengbanqiao. Hengbanqiao village is located on Tianmu ancient post road. There are two intersecting streams flowing through the village. In order to walk conveniently, the villagers put up 31 small bridges with different shapes on the stream, which has become a unique scenic line of the village. Beside the Taibai temple, there is an ancient single hole stone arch bridge, named "Taibai bridge", which is named in memory of Li Bai.

Ru'ao

There is an ancient post road from hengbanqiao village to ruao village along diantiankeng. When you get to ruao village, you must go to see Picang temple. There is a saying in the village: "it's better to sit in Picang temple for a while to practice for a lifetime." Built in the middle of Ming Dynasty, Bicang temple is one of the "eight scenes of Ru'ao" and a county-level cultural relic protection site. The branches and leaves of big trees cover a stream in front of the ancient temple. There is an ancient bridge on the stream. The plaque of "Bicang Temple" is hung on the antique building of the pavilion in front of the temple. In the temple, there are Yuwang hall, Xiegong hall, Taibai building and other buildings, carved beams and painted buildings, exquisite and exquisite. First of all, I went to the hall of King Yu to have a close look at the statue of King Yu. It was kind and simple, and had a couplet: "the vast land of China, respected by all people, respected by the whole country." Another look at the Xiegong hall beside the Yuwang hall. Xielingyun led the people to open up the ancient post road, which was praised by all the people. Later generations read his merits and virtues. There is a statue of xielingyun in Dongshan temple. Looking at the appearance of Xie Gong in the temple, he is still a romantic poet with a scroll in his hand. There is also Taibai building, which is not only the reception room, but also in memory of Li Bai. Taibai building is equipped with tables and chairs, which can be used for drinking tea and writing poems. The window overlooks the Tianmu peaks.

Human history

In Tang Dynasty, Li Bai, Du Fu and many other poets pursued the famous sages and left behind such masterpieces as "sleepwalking, Tianmu's farewell" and "Zhuang you". Li Bai's "sleepwalking in Tianmu" also tracks Xie Gong's footprints. There is a poem that says, "with Xie Gong's clogs on his feet, he ascends the Qingyun ladder.". In later generations, there were halls, post houses, stations and shops on the ancient road. During the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was an important official road from the provincial capital to Tiantai and Taizhou.

Address: Xinchang County, Shaoxing City

Longitude: 120.90551757812

Latitude: 29.503561019898

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