Lin Zexu Memorial

Lin Zexu Memorial

Lin Zexu memorial hall was built in the 31th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. It is located near three lanes and seven alleys, No. 16, Macao Road, Gulou District. Entering Lin Zexu memorial hall, on the stone arches on the left and right sides of the screen wall, the banners are "Zhongxing Zongguan" and "Zuohai great man". There are relief walls of the Humen wall outside the screen wall of the ancestral hall. On the gate, there are "Lin Wenzhong ancestral hall" carved on the door. 20 sides of the destructed opium board are displayed on both sides of the instrument hall. There is a stone road behind the hall, which can directly reach the imperial stele Pavilion. There are three blue stone steles, including "imperial edict", "imperial sacrifice" and "imperial inscriptions", which were established in the 31st year of Guangxu. To the north of the imperial stele Pavilion is Shude hall, in which there is a sitting statue of Lin Zexu. To the west of Shude hall is the North-South flower hall. To the west of the hall is a two-story Quchi building. It used to be a place for the children of the Lin family to study. In front of the building are lawns, fish ponds, rockeries, flowers and trees. The museum is a classical garden building. Today, the hall, hall and building are all set up as the exhibition room of Lin Zexu's life, which is divided into Lin Zexu's life story, Lin Zexu and the Opium War, Lin Zexu and disaster relief, water conservancy, looking at the world's first person, Lin Zexu's handwriting and other parts.

In October 2018, the memorial hall was named "national primary and secondary students' research and practice education base" in 2018.

brief introduction

Fuzhou Lin Zexu Memorial Hall (also known as "Lin Wenzhong ancestral hall") is a memorial hall for Chinese historical figures. It was built in memory of Lin Zexu, a national hero of the Qing Dynasty. Located at No.16, Macao Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. Founded in 1982. The original site of the museum is Lin Zexu's special ancestral hall, which was founded in 1905. It covers an area of about 3000 square meters. There are main buildings such as Yimen hall, yubeiting, Shude hall, North South Flower hall, Quchi building, zhubaixuan and so on. It has the style of Jiangnan garden and is a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

The destructed opium of Humen cigarette is embedded in the screen wall of the ancestral hall. The front gate is inscribed "Lin Wenzhong Temple". More than 20 deacon boards were displayed in the corridors on both sides of the instrument door, which wrote to Lin Zexu's successive official posts. The pavilion of imperial steles is square, with three imperial steles in the finished shape. In the middle of the story is the imperial edict of emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty when he learned that Lin Zexu had died of illness. On one side, there are "Imperial Sacrificial inscriptions" and on the other side, there are "imperial inscriptions". Shude hall is the ancestral hall. In the center is a statue of Lin Zexu's official costume. On the lintel there is a plaque of "Fu Shou" written by Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty. Quchi building is now an exhibition hall. Zhubaixuan is an ancient double-layer Pavilion. The downstairs is a place for audio-visual education, which can accommodate more than 100 people. It can show feature films, serials, documentaries, etc. in cooperation with the exhibition. The upstairs is a reference room and reading hall, which contains books and cultural relics for research and use by people inside and outside the museum.

The main content of the exhibition is to reflect Lin Zexu's life story. Among the exhibits are more than 120 couplets, striped screens, vertical frames, fans, letter ties, manuscripts, notes, etc. written by Lin Zexu himself, as well as his used seals, residual ink, printing boxes, carving boards of political documents, etc. Lin Zexu's handwritten poems and his father Lin binri's handwritten analysis of property are the most precious. YaZhai miscellaneous records is an official document and archives that Lin Zexu copied during his Garrison in Yili. Many important files in these official documents and archives have been lost.

After 2008-2009 years of intense exhibition, the renovated Lin Zexu memorial hall was officially open to the public on June 3, 2009 (the day of the 170th anniversary anniversary of the destructed opium of Humen).

Originally named Lin Wenzhong temple, it was built in 1905. In 1982, it was restored as is, covering an area of 3000 square meters and a construction area of 1000 square meters. On the upper and lower sides of the stone wall of the screen wall, the stone inscription is zhe Zong Dun and the left sea giant. The relief wall of Humen destructed opium in the screen wall. The banner on the front door is engraved with "Lin Wenzhong Temple". Court set Deacon Board. The stone road behind the hall leads directly to the imperial stele Pavilion, in which there are three blue stone steles, such as "imperial edict", "imperial sacrifice" and "imperial inscriptions". In the north of the pavilion is the Shude hall, where the statue of Lin Zexu is worshipped. In the west of the hall is the North-South flower hall. In the west of the hall is a two-story Quchi building. It used to be a reading place for the children of the Lin family. In front of the building are lawns, fish ponds, rockery, flowers and trees. The whole hall is a classical garden building. This hall, hall and building are all set up for the exhibition room of Lin Zexu's life, which is divided into Lin Zexu's life story, Lin Zexu and the Opium War, Lin Zexu and disaster relief, water conservancy, looking at the world's first person, Lin Zexu's handwriting and other parts.

Appearance features

After the renovation, the total exhibition area of the memorial hall has been expanded from 3500 square meters to 8500 square meters, which has more than doubled. The original Lin Wenzhong ancestral hall has restored its function. Weng Jiyang, Secretary General of Fujian Lin Zexu Research Association, said that the new Lin Zexu thematic exhibition broke the tradition, did not follow the chronological order, highlighted Lin Zexu's personality charm, combined with major events, and arranged five thematic exhibitions. They are: chizi, the capital of Fujian, who is determined to serve the country, a upright and pragmatic official, a great man of Zuohai who has a broad view of the world, a pioneer of drug control, and a national hero who resists the enemy. There are more than 100 cultural relics on display, including a national first-class cultural relic, the gunpowder tank in the Opium War (only 2 in China), four screen couplets written by Lin Zexu himself, a copy of the official uniform, and five plaques left by Lin Gong when he was governor of Shaanxi in Pucheng. These precious cultural relics have been collected for more than a year.

tourist guide

During the tour, you can not only enjoy the vivid scenes of "Huguang governor yamen", the villagers in nanhoujie welcome Lin Gong back to his hometown, and Lin Gong's exile to Karez in Xinjiang, but also see Lin Zexu's calligraphy and paintings, letters, memorials and other objects. Destructed opium is the same as below destructed opium. The most distinctive feature is the "Humen tobacco" scene represented by high-tech multimedia demonstration. In the more than 200 square meter exhibition hall, more than 100 live imitating people are very vivid. In the middle, Lin Zexu accompanied his officials to hold their right hand, announcing the beginning of Humen's tobacco sales; on the left side, dozens of workers destructed opium and put them into a smoke pool, and the scene made use of projection to create water waves. effect.

Address: No.16, Macao Road, Gulou District, Fuzhou

Personage introduction

Lin Zexu (1785-1850), who was born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, was a senior official in Houguan, Fujian Province. Patriotic statesman, thinker and poet in Qing Dynasty. He advocated the prohibition of opium, resisted the invasion of western capitalism, insisted on safeguarding China's sovereignty and national interests, seized and burned a large number of opium, smashed the repeated armed provocations of the British aggressors, and showed great patriotism. Historians call him "the first person who opened his eyes to see the world" in modern China. He was born in a poor family. He was honest and upright as an official. He cared about the seclusion of the people and was praised by the people. Jiaqing nine years (1804) in the election. In 1806, he went to Xiamen to serve as the Secretary of coastal defense. The next year, he was recruited into the shogunate by Fujian governor Zhang Shicheng. Sixteen years (1811) in the Jinshi, election Shu Ji Shi. He once advocated the study of practical application with Gong Zizhen, Wei Yuan and Huang Juezi. Later, he successively served as the editor, assistant editor and other Beijing officials, and twice released to Jiangxi and Yunnan provincial examination examiners. Since the 25th year, he has successively served as an ambassador to Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and Yanyun in Zhejiang Province, an envoy to Jiangsu Province and an envoy to Jiangning. During his term of office, he rectified the salt affairs, set up river works, planned shipping, and took measures such as persuading people to sell, banning hoarding, and relieving the poor. In 1830, he served as the governor of Hubei and Henan provinces, and in the next year, he was promoted to governor of Hedong river. During this period, he spared no pains and grudges, actively eradicated the disadvantages, personally inspected the Shandong canal and the Yellow River coastal projects in Henan Province, and put forward the river control plan of changing the Yellow River from Lijin, Shandong Province to the sea. In the 12th year, he was granted the title of governor of Jiangsu. He was ordered to expel the British hushami merchant ship who was spying on intelligence outside Wusongkou. He also assisted the governor of Liangjiang, Tao Shu, to take many economic reform measures which were beneficial to the country and the people. Despite the imperial court's rebuke, he insisted on delaying the Levy of water taxes in the affected counties and states, and devoted himself to the construction of water conservancy projects and dredging the Baimao, Liuhe and Tuyang canals. In order to overcome the shortage of silver and facilitate the circulation of money, he opposed the prohibition of foreign money and proposed the idea of self coining silver coins. This is the forerunner of the currency system reform in modern China. In the 15th and 16th years (1836), the governor of the two rivers and the salt administration of Huaibei actively carried out the "ticket salt" system in Huaibei. In 1837, he was promoted to governor of Huguang. At that time, opium had become a serious harm to China's national economy and people's livelihood. In 1838, Huang Juezi, the Minister of Honglu temple, advocated punishing smokers with death penalty. Emperor Daoguang ordered governors to express their opinions. Lin Zexu firmly supported Huang Juezi's idea of banning smoking. He put forward six specific plans for banning smoking, and took the lead in implementing them in Huguang. In August, he pointed out that the failure of banning smoking over the years was that it could not be banned. Warning: "if you still look at it, it means that there will be few soldiers in the Central Plains who can resist the enemy, and there will be no money to pay for it." In September, he was called to Beijing. In eight consecutive summonses, he stressed the importance and strategy of banning smoking. In November, he was appointed as an imperial envoy to Guangdong to ban smoking, control Guangdong Navy and investigate Haikou. In 1839, Daoguang arrived in Guangzhou. He, together with Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangdong, summoned foreign businessmen and ordered them to hand over opium within a time limit. They took some justice measures, such as abolishing the comprador labor service and closing down the commercial offices, to frustrate the law of British commercial supervision in China and the insistence of cigarette dealers, and to take all the opium from British barges. In April, twenty-two (June 3rd) began to smoke in Humen beach, and destructed opium 19179 boxes and 2119 bags in 23 days, totaling 2376254 Jin. Here

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