Fengjing ancient town

Fengjing town was established in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. It straddles the boundary of Wu and Yue. The surrounding water network is all over the area, and the river course is crisscross in the area. It is known as "three steps, two bridges, one view, ten harbors". There are many small polders in the town, which look like lotus leaves. There are many trees in the town, and the scale of houses is small, the clear current is swift, and lotus flowers are planted all over the town, which is elegant and beautiful.

On both sides of the old street are two-story buildings, with wooden lattice windows showing the true color of logs, which is the original style of the late Qing Dynasty.

Fengjing ancient town

Fengjing ancient town belongs to Jinshan District of Shanghai. It is located in the southwest of Shanghai. It is the most important "Southwest gateway" from Shanghai to the southwest provinces.

Fengjing town is a famous historical and cultural town in China. It is also one of the eight scenic spots in new Shanghai. Historically, it is known as a famous town in Wuyue because it is located at the intersection of Wuyue. Fengjing is a typical ancient town in Jiangnan. The ancient town is surrounded by water networks, rivers and bridges. There are 52 bridges in the town. Zhihe bridge of the Yuan Dynasty is the oldest existing one, with a history of nearly 700 years.

Fengjing town has 29 streets and lanes, 84 lanes and lanes. Up to now, there are four ancient buildings in Heping Street, zaozao street, Beida street and Youhao street, with a total area of 48750 square meters. It is a large-scale and well preserved ancient water town in Shanghai.

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Fengjing, an ancient town, is located in the southwest of Shanghai. Historically, she is known as a famous town of Wuyue because of her location at the intersection of Wuyue. Now, she is the most important "Southwest gateway" to the southwest provinces of Shanghai, which is at the junction of Jinshan, Songjiang, Qingpu, Jiashan and Pinghu.

According to the status of the central town determined in the "Shanghai City Master Plan" and the general requirements of Shanghai's national economic and social development, and in accordance with the "Tenth Five Year Plan" outline of Fengjing town, Fengjing town should make full use of its location advantages, environmental capacity advantages and potential economic development capacity. By the end of the planning period, Fengjing town should be gradually built into a town with the functions of Commerce, transportation, leisure, residence, tourism, tourism and tourism Cultural tourism is the leading function of cities and towns. It is a modern livable town with reasonable scale, complete infrastructure and public facilities, developed economy, convenient transportation, beautiful environment and distinctive features that matches the international metropolis of Shanghai. Therefore, the nature of Fengjing town is determined as: strong economic town, important business town, famous cultural town and new ecological town.

Historical evolution

Fengjing town was founded in the Song Dynasty and formally established in 1275. It is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 1500 years. It straddles the boundaries of Wu and Yue. Fengjing town is a typical market town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks and rivers. It is known as "three steps, two bridges, one view and ten ports". There are many small polders in the town, which are shaped like lotus leaves. In September 2005, Fengjing town was selected into the second batch because of its shady trees, low-scale houses, clear current, and lotus planting List of famous historical and cultural towns in China.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Nanxun, wangjiangjing in Zhejiang and Shengze in Jiangsu were called the four famous towns in Jiangnan.

Since the fifth year of Xuande (1430), Fengjing town has been divided into North and south, with the boundary river in the town as the boundary, Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province in the South and Songjiang in Jiangsu Province in the north.

In March 1951, the whole town was under the jurisdiction of Songjiang County.

Since October 1966, it has been under the jurisdiction of Jinshan County, Shanghai.

The buildings in Fengjing ancient town are mostly of Ming and Qing Dynasty style, both of which have the characteristics of traditional southern pink walls and black tiles. The houses are mainly of two-story brick and wood structure. There are wing rooms and patio between the front and back rooms. There are hall, instrument door and hall in the deep courtyard of the mansion. There are walkways between the front and back buildings, which are called zoumatang building. The roof is mostly guanyindou and Wushan screen wall. Most of the temple buildings are palaces. The total area of the ancient residential complex is 48750 square meters, nine of which have been listed as the first batch of immovable cultural relics in Shanghai.

The ancient town is well-known as "three steps, two bridges, one view, ten ports". There are 39 ancient stone bridges across the river, including 1 in Yuan Dynasty, 11 in Ming Dynasty and 21 in Qing Dynasty.

Ruihong bridge, built in the Ming Dynasty, is located at the mouth of Hongqiao river. In the early Qing Dynasty, there was a "Hongqiao Massacre" called "the earliest strike movement of workers in China". The story is recorded and displayed in the Beijing Museum of Chinese history, and a monument was set up in the holy hall in 1683.

Fengjing is the birthplace of Jinshan peasant painting, which is famous both at home and abroad. Fengjing people love life, blue calico, furniture carving, kitchen murals, lantern, paper cutting, embroidery, weaving and other folk art has a long history. The rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasant painting. Jinshan farmers, who are mainly Fengjing farmers' painters, have created the Jinshan farmers' paintings with strong local flavor and unique artistic style, which have a wide influence at home and abroad. There are also many ancestral homes of famous painters in the town, and Cheng Shifa's ancestral home on Heping Street has been restored and opened. The Ding Cong cartoon exhibition hall on North Street is located in a two-story Chinese and Western style building. In front of the building, there is an ancient gingko and a cluster of Daba. Ding Cong's life and more than 100 comics are displayed in the museum. Humorous drawing often makes people linger. The exhibition center of Jinshan peasant paintings in Shengtang lane, South Street, is located in the reading building of CAI Yitai, the number one scholar in Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but the pictures reveal a strong local flavor. Farmer paintings and Ding Cong's comics, Cheng Shifa's traditional Chinese paintings and Gu shuiru's go, which have considerable influence at home and abroad, are concentrated in Fengjing, a town, which is a rare local cultural phenomenon in China.

In May 2005, in Zhonghong village, Fengjing, the birthplace of Jinshan farmer painting, the government opened up 80 mu of land for the construction of "Chinese farmer painting village". At the beginning of 2006, Zhonghong village was rated as the first batch of "villages with Chinese characteristics" and "top ten charming villages in China in 2006" by CCTV. More than 50000 works in Fengjing area have been exported to foreign countries, and more than 30 people have won awards in domestic and foreign art exhibitions, known as "world art treasures". On September 16, 2005, it was named "China's famous historical and cultural town" by the Ministry of construction and the Bureau of cultural relics.

Overview of ancient town

Fengjing is a typical ancient town in Jiangnan. The ancient town is surrounded by a network of water, rivers and bridges. There are 52 bridges in the town. Zhihe bridge in Yuan Dynasty is the oldest existing one, which has a history of nearly 700 years. The town has 29 streets and lanes, 84 lanes and lanes. Up to now, there are four ancient buildings in Heping Street, production street, North Street and Youhao street, with a total area of 48750 square meters (excluding the ancient buildings preserved in other blocks). It is a large and well preserved water town in Shanghai.

Fengjing town was founded in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. It is a civilized ancient town with a history of more than 1500 years. It straddles the boundaries of Wu and Yue. Fengjing town is a typical market town in the south of the Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks and rivers. It is known as "three steps, two bridges and ten ports in one sight". There are many small polders in the town, which are shaped like lotus leaves. There are many trees in the Town, and the scale of houses is small. The clear current is swift and the lotus is planted everywhere. It is elegant and beautiful, so it is also called "qingfengjing", "Fengxi" and "Furong Town".

Fengjing culture is well-developed, which is the birthplace of Jinshan farmer painting. Fengjing people love life, blue calico, furniture carving, kitchen murals, lantern, paper cutting, embroidery, weaving and other folk art has a long history. The rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasant painting. Jinshan farmers, who are mainly Fengjing farmers' painters, have created the Jinshan farmers' paintings with strong local flavor and unique artistic style, which have a wide influence at home and abroad. There are many famous painters in the town. Cheng Shifa's ancestral home on Heping Street has been restored and opened. The Ding Cong cartoon exhibition hall on North Street is located in a two-story Chinese and Western style building. In front of the building, there is an ancient gingko and a cluster of Daba. Ding Cong's life and more than 100 comics are displayed in the museum. Humorous drawing often makes people stay. The exhibition center of Jinshan peasant paintings in Shengtang lane, South Street, is located in the reading building of CAI Yitai, the number one scholar in Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but the pictures reveal a strong local flavor. Farmer paintings and Ding Cong's comics, Cheng Shifa's traditional Chinese paintings and Gu shuiru's go, which have considerable influence at home and abroad, are concentrated in Fengjing, a town, which is a rare local cultural phenomenon in China.

Along the xizha river opposite to the town government, there is a 600 meter long ancient mansion with a construction area of 12000 square meters. To the west of the ancient stage, the old site of the Qing Dynasty Post Office, located at 92 Heping Street, has a solid structure with grey walls and black tiles. The door frames on both sides are stone pillars. The big characters "post and telecommunications office" stand out above the high door opening. This is one of the few existing old sites of the Qing Dynasty Post Office in Shanghai. Due to its developed culture and prosperous economy, Fengjing is also a rare ancient town with complete Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity. As early as the first year of Liang Tianjian (502) in the Southern Dynasty, a Taoist temple was built in nanzha of Fengjing. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Buddhism prevailed, with temples in streets, alleys, Li and Fang. There were three temples in the town. In the late Qing Dynasty, Catholicism and Christianity began to be introduced into Fenghua. If you go to xingjue temple, Shiwang temple, Yujia ancestral hall and other cultural landscapes, you can find Fengjing town, which was divided into North and South in ancient times, half belonging to Wu and half to cross the border

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