Jimei Aoyuan

Located in Jimeixue village, Jimei Aoyuan was originally a small island shaped like a turtle, so it was called Aoyuan. There was a small temple on the island, called Aotou palace, also known as Qianli palace. It was destroyed by the Japanese Army during the Anti Japanese war. In 1950, Mr. Tan Kah Kee expanded the island into the present Ao garden in the ruins. Aoyuan is composed of porch, Jimei Liberation Monument and Jiageng tomb. Many of the sculptures in the garden are the soul of Fujian stone carving art. Many characters are various and vivid, and can carve various expressions of joy, anger, decline and joy.

Jimei Aoyuan

Jimei Aoyuan is located in the southeast corner of Jimeixue village, Jimei District, Xiamen city. Aoyuan is divided into three parts: porch, Jimei Liberation Monument and Mr. Tan Jiageng's mausoleum. Entering the park is a 50 meter long porch. On the walls of the two chambers are engraved with 40 blue stone reliefs of ancient and modern historical figures and three-dimensional serial statues. Many of the figures are in various shapes and vivid images. It can also carve out various expressions of joy, anger, decline and joy. The red flag is as thin as a piece of paper, and the dagger is as fine as a pen. It is a marvel in the world.

structure

Aoyuan is composed of three parts: corridor, Jimei Liberation Monument and Tan Kah Kee mausoleum. Jiageng park is located in the north of Jimei Ao park. The gate is connected with AO park. It was built in memory of Mr. Tan Jiageng's founding education, cultivating talents and benefiting the society. According to the traditional garden layout, the commemorative, cultural and recreational nature are organically integrated.

Scenery

Porch

The porch, 50 meters long, Chinese corridor, four transparent, two wall mosaic 58 historical figures, Qingshi carving, is the essence of the 653 stone carving of Ao yuan. There are 291 stone carvings on the wall outside the porch, including 229 relief carvings, 42 sunken carvings and 20 shadow carvings. In addition, there are calligraphy couplet inscriptions by celebrities from all walks of life in China, real grass, Li and Zhuan lines, all kinds of calligraphic styles, excellent calligraphy and exquisite carving skills, which are the soul treasure of Fujian stone carving art. 　　

Jimei Liberation Monument

Jimei Liberation Monument is located in the center of the garden. The monument is 28 meters high, majestic and towering. It is made of granite. On the front of the monument is a gold-plated handwritten inscription written by Mao Zedong: "Jimei Liberation Monument" in seven big characters. On the back is a 284 character inscription written by Mr. Tan Kah Kee himself. The base of the monument is 13, 10, 8, 3 steps, 13 steps

Jimei's Liberation Monument contains the prosperous years of his career. Level 13 is the history of entrepreneurship, level 10 is the difficult years, level 8 is the eight year war of resistance against Japan, and level 3 is the three-year war of liberation. The stone column of the monument is engraved with all kinds of rare birds, monsters and exotic flowers. On the front of the pedestal is a relief of a group photo taken by the party and state leaders at the first National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In front of the monument is a 7-m-high and 30-m-wide screen wall. In the middle of the wall is engraved with the word "Museum view". There are 12 relief sculptures with three maps of China, Fujian Province and Taiwan Province embedded in the middle, reflecting Mr. Chen's desire for the reunification of the motherland.

The ground floor of the monument platform is 13 stone steps, which are relatively broad, symbolizing the successful development of Tan Kah Kee Company from 1913 to 1926. Jimei school is also developing rapidly. It runs primary school, normal school, middle school, aquatic navigation school, business school, agricultural school and Xiamen University. The second level is 10 steps, with narrow steps. It symbolizes that during the 10 years from 1927 to 1936, due to the pressure of imperialist consortia and the influence of the global economic crisis, Chen Jiageng's enterprises closed, the scale of Jimei and Xiamen University was reduced, and there were two stone tablets on the platform, From the eight stone steps on the base of the platform to the three stone steps, there is a towering monument in front of us. The wall of the two-story pedestal of the monument is also covered with stone carvings. In the middle of the first floor is an inscription by Li Jishen, vice president of the people's Republic of China.

The three reliefs on Li Jishen's inscription record the grand occasion of the founding ceremony. On the right is "Chairman Mao raised the flag on Tiananmen Square in Beijing after the founding of the people's Government on October 1, 1949"; on the left is "commander-in-chief Zhu's military parade in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing after the founding of the people's Government on October 1, 1949"; and on the middle is "group photo of all standing members of the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference in front of the qinzheng hall in Beijing on September 10, 1949.".

Tomb of Tan Kah Kee

The tomb of Tan Kah Kee is in the shape of a longevity turtle. The cover of the tomb is inlaid with 13 pieces of hexagonal qingdou stone, which can be distinguished. The character "wind" is used in the tomb

The inner side of the shell of Tan Kah Kee's mausoleum is inlaid with 15 relief sculptures of qingdou stone, on which is carved the experience of Mr. Tan Kah Kee for the first half of his life. The surrounding stone carvings record the life of Mr. Chen who devoted himself to education and devoted himself to the country.

The tomb is shaped like a horse's hoof, surrounded by 15 blue stone reliefs to introduce the important experience of the first half of his life. "Exploring Haiti", "pulling peanuts", "cutting oysters" and "digging sweet potatoes" are four portraits of young Tan Kah Kee's hard-working life. "Going abroad by boat", "rice business service" and "getting married in Zizi" are three pictures of Tan Kah Kee's first overseas study and marriage in his hometown. "Huang Li can factory", "Zhong Huang Li Garden", "Zhi Shu Jiao garden" and "cooked rice machine factory" show Tan Kah Kee's achievements in Singapore. "Fujian security association" is engraved: in 1909, Tan Kah Kee was introduced to Sun Yat Sen by his friend Lin Yi Shun. The last three pictures "running Jimei school", "buying three ships" and "running Xiamen University" show the situation of Tan Kah Kee's investment. The stone carvings around the tomb can be said to be an exhibition of Mr. Tan Kah Kee's life story, which reproduces the patriotic overseas Chinese leader's life of devoting money to school and serving his country. In front of the mausoleum is a rectangular hall style pavilion.

Mr. Tan Kah Kee died in Beijing on August 21, 1961 at the age of 88. In 1988, the State Council listed the tomb as the third batch of key cultural relics protection units in China.

history

In his later years, Mr. Tan Kah Kee devoted almost all his energy to the construction of his hometown Jimei. Unfortunately, he died of illness in 1961, and many planned things had not yet been done. He once said that after the completion of Aoyuan, a park would be built in front of the open space by the sea. It is a pity that the long cherished wish has not been fulfilled. In order to fulfill Mr. Tan Kah Kee's last wish, the north side of Aoyuan was opened up as a park. The park started construction in 1992 and was completed in October 1994, covering an area of 30000 square meters and a total construction area of 5500 square meters. When you enter the garden, you can see pavilions and pavilions at different levels, which is the embodiment of the combination of Chinese and Western styles. Among them, the most representative ones are "Ao Pavilion" and "life Pavilion", both built in the 1950s and 1960s together with AO garden, which is an extension of the architectural landscape of Ao garden. There were statues of the leaders of the party and the state and the ten Marshals in the pavilion. Due to historical reasons, these statues were quietly removed in September 1961, which became a pity.

Aoyuan and Tan Kah Kee

Mr. Tan Kah Kee started to set up his first primary school in Jimei in 1913. By 1925, he had successively set up female primary school, kindergarten teacher, female teacher, normal school and middle school. He had also set up specialties such as aquatic products, navigation, agriculture and forestry, commerce and traditional Chinese culture. Accordingly, he had built public facilities such as hospitals, libraries, science museums, art museums, water plants and power plants. In Jimei, he had built pre-school education, primary education and secondary education It is a large-scale "Jimei learning village" with 12 colleges and universities. This is also unique in the country. Xiamen University was established in 1921. Mr. Tan Kah Kee's lofty spirit of patriotism and devotion to education is deeply loved by the Chinese people. Chairman Mao Zedong wrote a special inscription praising him as "the banner of overseas Chinese and the glory of the nation.". This is the first of tens of millions of overseas Chinese.

When he founded Jimei school and Xiamen University, Mr. Tan Kah Kee integrated traditional Chinese architectural techniques into western architecture and created a "Kah Kee style" architecture with a combination of Chinese and Western styles. Its shape and color are exquisite, which is another precious heritage left by Mr. Tan for Xiamen!

Traffic situation

Bus Rapid Transit

BRT Express Line 1 Xiamen North Station ← → the first terminal hub station boarding 0.5 yuan, the whole journey 3.5 yuan.

To visit Aoyuan, you can take BRT Express Line 1 from the first pier, Xiamen station and Xiamen north station to Jiageng Stadium station, and then transfer to bus 928 to longzhouchi station.

Line 928

Jiageng Gymnasium -- Jimei Dragon Boat pool

928 starts from the opposite side of Jiageng gymnasium, arrives at Jimei Dragon Boat pool via Xunjiang Road, Yindou road and Shigu Road, and goes down to the opposite side of Jiageng gymnasium via Shigu Road, Yindou road and Jimei Avenue.

Stations along the line:

(928 → longzhouchi) Jiageng gymnasium station → Gulong Mingzhu station → Yindou intersection station → Marine Engineering College Station → Jimei tax station → finance and Economics College Station → Shigu Road Station → longzhouchi station

(928 → Jiageng Gymnasium) longzhouchi station → Shigu Road Station → College of Finance and Economics station → Jimei tax station → Engineering College Station → Yindou intersection station → University Bay station → Jiageng gymnasium station

bus

To visit Aoyuan, you can take bus 959 from Xiamen University or Gaoqi railway station to longzhouchi station. Tourists from Xiamen north station can take bus 929 to longzhouchi station.

Take two bus routes to longzhouchi station

It costs 1 yuan to get on the bus from Houxi hub station of 929 road to longzhouchi station for the whole journey. )

959 Jimei Xiyingmen station ← → Xiamen bridge ← → Xiamen University Station, 1 yuan, 2 yuan for the whole journey.

Address: No.24, Jiageng Road, Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian

Longitude: 118.10606040741

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