Xin Qiji Memorial Hall

Jiaxuan Temple

synonym

Xin Qiji Memorial Temple generally refers to Jiaxuan temple

Jiaxuan temple is on the west side of Ya garden on the South Bank of Daming Lake.

Covering an area of 1400 square meters, it was built in memory of Xin Qiji, a patriotic hero of the Southern Song Dynasty and a bold and unconstrained poet. Xin Qiji (1140-1207), a native of Licheng, Jinan, was named You'an and Jiaxuan. In his youth, he joined the peasant anti Jin uprising army headed by Geng Jing in his hometown, and then successively served as the local chief executive of the Southern Song Dynasty. He wrote to the imperial court many times before he was relegated and died of depression. His Ci is as famous as Su Shi, and is also called "Su Xin". His works include ten treatises on Mei Qin, Jiu Yi, Nan Du Lu, Jia Xuan Ci, Jia Xuan Chang Chang Ju, etc.

The layout of Jiaxuan Temple

Jiaxuan ancestral hall was rebuilt from Li Gong (Hongzhang) ancestral hall in 1961. It is an ancient official building. The ancestral temple is located in a courtyard with three entrances from north to south, which is built on a central axis.

"Xin Qiji Memorial Temple" on the front gate is a book written by Marshal Chen Yi.

There is one male and one female stone lion on each side of the gate. In the south of the gate is the Zhaobi, and the Taihu Lake stone stands as a barrier.

There are three rooms on the left and three on the left, and a hall on the north, with three rooms wide, displaying poems, calligraphy and paintings praising Xin Qiji by contemporary celebrities Ye Shengtao, Zang Kejia, Wu boxiao, Tang Guizhang, etc. In the courtyard, the Sophora japonica trees hang in the shade.

Through the hall for the second courtyard, on both sides of the plagiarism Banbi corridor.

In the north, there are three main halls, which are of the roll shed roof type. The lintel and the forehead are decorated with colored paintings, and the plaque "Xin Qiji Memorial Temple" is hung on them.

Couplets hung on the pillars: "the iron plate and copper PA, following Dongpo's singing, the river goes to the East, the beautiful celery mourns the millet, the south of Hebei, and the Song Dynasty does not fly with the wild geese." The plaque and couplet were written by Guo Moruo in 1959.

There is a statue of Xin Qiji on the front door of the hall. His life story and famous people's calligraphy and paintings are hung on the four walls. Various versions of books about Xin Qiji are displayed in the cabinet. There are green pine, ginkgo and pomegranate, hundred day red, rose and other flowers planted in the hospital.

The third courtyard behind the hall, facing the lakeside in the north, is a scenic building for sightseeing and rest. The wall of the west corridor is decorated with fans, Begonia leaves and other special-shaped windows. The second floor of the north end corridor is connected with "Linhu Pavilion".

The East corridor rises to the north in turn and reaches the pavilion directly. Each platform is made of rockery. A small pavilion is built on the middle stage for a rest on the way up.

The pavilion has two floors, with a balcony on the top and a teahouse on the bottom. You can enjoy the scenery of Ming Lake from inside. In the courtyard, the stone is exquisite, the Huaiyin is paved, the bamboo shadow is moved to the wall, and the durian is overflowing. The Qiqu stone bridge in the north water of the pavilion is decorated with stone railings on the top and a boat on the bottom.

In the north of the bridge is the lotus Pavilion, with six corners and a single eaves on the top. The pavilions and bridges match each other, and the shadow of the pavilions floats. It is also a view of the Ming Lake.

Brief introduction to Li Hongzhang

Li Hongzhang (February 15, 1823 - November 7, 1901) was born in Hefei, Anhui Province. He was named Zifu and Jianfu, Shaoquan and yisou.

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Huaijun was one of the most important ministers and one of the main advocators of Westernization Movement.

He was the governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang trade, and was awarded the Bachelor of Wenhua hall.

In 1901, at the age of 78, Li Hongzhang died of illness, and the two palaces "cried out". Empress Dowager Cixi praised him as a person who "recreated xuanhuang". As a gift to Taifu, a first-class Marquis of Jin, Su Yi, posthumous Wenzhong.

Five thousand taels of silver were given to govern the funeral.

After entering the Xianliang temple, a special temple was built in the capital. Emperor Guangxu gave a plaque and wrote "Gong Zhao Yi Zan" in person. In spring and autumn, the imperial court sent officials to offer sacrifices.

Ten ancestral halls were built in Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hebei and Shandong provinces. Among them, Li Gong ancestral hall in Jinan was built in 1904 on the South Bank of Daming Lake.

During the expansion of Daming Lake scenic area, two steles named "Li Gong Ci and Wanjiang Gong Suo donated money" were found on the walls of the east of Jiaxuan temple and the first Hall of former Wanjiang Gong Suo in the 29th year of Guangxu. It can be seen that the Li Gong Ci of Daming Lake was donated by officials of Shandong and Zhili (Hebei) provinces, led by Zhou Fu, governor of Shandong. Until the early years of the Republic of China, Li Gong temple was used for other purposes.

During the Jinan campaign, Li Gongci had become a wartime Hospital of the Kuomintang army.

geographical position

Address: Lixia District, Jinan City, Shandong Province (South Bank of Daming Lake)

Address: Daming Lake new scenic area, Lixia District, Jinan City

Longitude: 116.99491722882

Latitude: 36.665282134792

Ticket information: free.

Chinese PinYin : Xin Qi Ji Ji Nian Ci