Deng Shichang Memorial

Deng Shichang Memorial

Deng Shichang memorial hall is located in the ancestral hall of Deng family in Haizhu District, Guangzhou city. The magnificent Lingnan ancestral hall, covering an area of 4700 square meters, has green walls and grey tiles, which are hidden in the banyan shade of ordinary alleys. The courtyard is in the shape of a shipway, with three roads and two entrances. The style is elegant, transparent and changing. They are decorated with stone couplets and wood carvings. They also attach importance to menna paintings and the spirit of wood and stone wind. They are dignified, solemn and simple. In the garden, there is a pingpo tree planted by Deng Shichang, two Ganoderma lucidum trees with withered trees and several ancient trees. "Yuntai Gongshou, Jiawu Mingliu", the hero spirit of the Chinese nation nurtures the personality of countless personages, and remoulds the national righteousness.

General situation

brief introduction

Deng Shichang memorial hall was established on September 17, 1994 with the approval of the Central Propaganda Department. It is a cultural relic protection unit at the municipal level in Guangzhou, and also a patriotic education base in Haizhu District of Guangzhou. The memorial hall is located in Deng's ancestral hall on Baogang Avenue, Haizhu District, where Deng Shichang, a national hero, was born.

The ancestral hall was built by the Qing government after Deng Shichang died in 1894. The whole ancestral hall has a typical Lingnan architectural style. It is one of the few well protected buildings in Guangzhou. The pingpo tree and ancient well sites planted by Deng Shichang still exist. Since its establishment, the museum has organized more than 20 exhibitions and carried out a number of patriotic education activities. So far, it has received nearly 230000 domestic and foreign visitors, making the museum one of the one-day tourist attractions in Guangzhou.

Haizhu Museum and Deng Shichang memorial hall are the same site. They were founded in September 1999. Since its establishment, the museum has actively undertaken the task of rescuing, excavating, collecting, protecting and sorting out the historical and cultural heritage of Haizhu District. Over the past few years, the museum has collected more than 1000 pieces of cultural relics, including calligraphy, painting and painting tools of Li Wentian, Ju Lian, Rong Geng, Guan Shanyue, wooden servants of Han Dynasty, gilt plate of Han Dynasty, Wenlan inkstone, dragon ear plate bottle of Qianlong of Qing Dynasty and furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasties, excavated and collected stone sculptures of Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as stone piers, stone lions, stone steles, etc. in the area, and restored the Tang Dynasty more than 100 years ago In addition, the museum has added "Haizhu Baoding", "Jiulong map" and "Shichang well" and other scenery, which has promoted the gradual increase of cultural relics in the collection.

Through a series of exhibitions and activities, Haizhu Museum has given full play to the historical celebrity effect of Deng Shichang, a national hero, and started the cultural brand of "culture based district" in Haizhu District, reappeared its distinctive folk characteristics and Modern Lingnan culture, and comprehensively promoted the vigorous development of cultural and museum industry. The museum is paying close attention to the renovation of Haizhu Museum and the expansion of Deng Shichang square, and continuing to pay attention to the construction of hardware facilities such as "Yilu" (Deng Shichang Street), "yilou" (Museum exhibition building), "Yiyuan" (Deng's ancestral garden), "Yichang" (Deng Shichang Memorial Square).

There is a special exhibition of "Deng Shichang and the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895" throughout the year, and a series of exhibitions and activities of national defense education are held, such as "the vicissitudes of Chinese ships in the past 100 years", "the 50th anniversary of Guangzhou liberation", "Haizhu military and civilian learning" sea and air guards "- martyr Wang Wei activity", "contemporary national defense education photo exhibition", "Ode to the loyal soul". Since 1999, it has received nearly 300000 visitors from home and abroad. It has carried out free visits to servicemen, disabled servicemen, the elderly and primary and secondary school students, and achieved good social benefits. The Royal Hong Kong Police Association, Macao Fire Protection Association and other civil service organizations also listed the museum as a national education site. There are audio-visual rooms and classrooms in the museum. The Armed Forces Department of Haizhu District organizes recruits to come here every year for patriotism education and national defense education.

Deng Shichang Memorial Hall and Haizhu museum are presenting themselves in front of the world in a brand-new pattern and appearance.

Life of the characters

Deng Shichang, a national hero, was born in 1849 in a tea merchant's family in longdaowei Township, Panyu county (now Longfeng street, Haizhu District). In 1840, Britain launched the Opium War to invade China. With the Western powers invading China one after another, the Qing government was forced to sign a series of unequal treaties to humiliate the country. In his youth, Deng Shichang was influenced by the national disaster and the people's resistance, which made him aspire to serve the country.

The Qing government carried out westernization movement. At the age of 18, Deng Shichang resolutely devoted himself to the army. In 1867, he was admitted to Fuzhou shipping school to learn navigation knowledge. He was diligent and studious, and graduated with excellent results in 1871. He served in the navy of the Qing Dynasty and successively served as the ship management belt of Jianwei, haidongyun, Zhenwei, Zhennan, Yangwei, Zhiyuan, etc. he successively participated in the wars in Taiwan, Korea, Fujian and other places. He was twice appointed by the Qing government to Britain to receive the warships ordered by the Qing government.

In 1887, after the formation of the Beiyang Navy, Deng Shichang served as the commander of the Navy. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength began to grow and planned to invade China. In 1894, Japan first invaded Korea, and Sino Japanese war broke out. On September 16 of the same year, Deng Shichang commanded the Zhiyuan warship to reinforce North Korea with the Beiyang Navy. On the way home the next day, he encountered the Japanese fleet in the Yellow Sea, and the two sides launched a fierce battle.

Deng Shichang, fearless in the face of danger, bravely killed the enemy. At the end of his ammunition, in order to change the situation of the battlefield, he resolutely drove his ship to collide with the main Japanese warship "Yoshino", and was unfortunately shot and sank. Deng Shichang was not an only child. He was drowned in the Yellow Sea. When he died, he was only 46 years old. In recognition of Deng Shichang's loyalty to his country, the Qing government paid him a preferential pension and built a memorial temple in Weihai, Shandong Province. Emperor Guangxu sacrificed his life for his country. According to the standard of the governor, he gave Yu a pension, pursued the prince Shaobao, gave him a funeral, and took the post of commander of the cavalry. He was named Zhuang Jie, and was worshipped in Zhaozhong Temple of the capital.

For more than one hundred years, the patriotism of Deng Shichang, a national hero, has been inspiring the Chinese people to work hard.

History of ancestral temple

Deng's ancestral hall was built in 1834. After Deng Shichang died bravely in the Sino Japanese naval battle of 1894-1895, his people expanded it to the present scale with the Qing court's Fu silver. It was built in 1994. After comprehensive repair, it has a new look and a reappearance of its former style. Deng's ancestral hall has been listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou. In the autumn of 1949, Shichang primary school was founded in the ancestral hall of the Deng clan. Later, it was changed into a maternity home.

Since 1957, Deng's ancestral hall has been used by Guangzhou No.2 tuberculosis control institute. During the "Cultural Revolution", many cultural relics in the temple were lost, ancillary buildings were damaged to varying degrees, and part of the ancillary land was occupied illegally.

In December 1989, Deng's ancestral hall was designated as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

In August 1994, Deng Shichang memorial hall was built in the ancestral hall. The whole building is restored to the style of the Qing Dynasty, and the wood carvings of the ancestral hall are carefully restored and painted to reproduce the original appearance of Deng's ancestral hall. The exhibition line is 80 meters long. Through nearly 600 pictures and photocopies, sculptures, models, text descriptions, etc., it reflects Deng Shichang's youth, the Sino Japanese War of 1894 and its postwar influence, making it a place for patriotic education.

The exhibition "Deng Shichang and the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895" is held in the memorial hall of Deng Shichang for many years. With the theme of Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, it introduces Deng Shichang's life and patriotic deeds. It is one of the patriotic education bases in Guangzhou and Haizhu District. In September 1999, the Haizhu museum was founded and opened relying on the Deng Shichang Memorial Hall. The two museums are perfectly matched and shine with each other. They are open to the outside world all the year round. In 2000, Guangzhou city included the museum in line B of "one day tour of Guangzhou City", which is one of the important tourist attractions in Guangzhou city.

Deng Shichang memorial hall was established in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Deng Shichang's death. The Tang clan ancestral hall was built in 1834 and later expanded with the pension of Deng Shichang's death. It is a typical Lingnan ancestral hall building with three roads, two entrances, three courtyards and two verandas, covering an area of 4700 square meters. The main hall, two verandahs and the attached ancestral hall have been turned into exhibition rooms. Deng Shichang and the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895 are displayed in the main hall and two verandas, with 200 pieces of cultural relics, photos, documents, models, sculptures, wax figures, etc. to introduce Deng Shichang's life story in detail. A photo exhibition of "the vicissitudes of Chinese ships in a century" was held in the east side of the Fu Temple, showing more than 100 pictures of various warships and some warship models in various historical periods of China after the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895. It reflects the history of the establishment and development of the people's Navy after the fall of the Beiyang Navy.

Introduction to scenic spots

The memorial hall of Deng Shichang is located in the ancestral hall of Deng family in Haizhu District, Guangzhou city. The magnificent Lingnan ancestral hall covers an area of 4700 square meters, with blue walls and gray walls

Tiles, hidden in the banyan shade of ordinary alleys. The courtyard is in the shape of a shipway, with three roads and two entrances. The style is elegant, transparent and changing. They are decorated with stone couplets and wood carvings. They also attach importance to menna paintings and the spirit of wood and stone wind. They are dignified, solemn and simple.

Deng Shichang memorial hall is a famous Memorial Hall established to commemorate Deng Shichang, a famous patriotic general and anti Japanese national hero in the late Qing Dynasty. It was officially opened to the outside world with the approval of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee on September 17, 1994. In 1995, it was named as the first batch of patriotic education bases in Guangzhou, and it is also a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou.

In the garden, there is a pingpo tree planted by Deng Shichang, two Ganoderma lucidum trees with withered trees and several ancient trees. "Yuntai Gongshou, Jiawu Mingliu", the hero spirit of the Chinese nation nurtured countless romantic figures

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