Xinhui Academy

Xinhui Academy

Xinhui academy is also known as Confucian temple and Confucius Temple. It is located on the west side of Mashan in Huicheng. Covering an area of 12189 square meters and a construction area of 3225 square meters, the academy is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province and a cultural relic protection unit in Jiangmen. It was first built in 1044, the fourth year of Qingli period in Song Dynasty. At that time, it was built according to the design of Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province. The Academy was destroyed in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It has been rebuilt in successive dynasties. In 1956, in addition to the reconstruction of the remaining buildings, the halberd gate (dachengmen), the East and West warehouses, the two verandahs, the two corridors, the Zunjing Pavilion, the two halls of "Daohe" and "Lvzhong" were rebuilt on the original site. In recent years, the main entrance of the academy has been renovated and whitewashed with antique architectural techniques.

Historical evolution

After the restoration in 1935, there was an activity of offering sacrifices to Confucius. After 1939, Huicheng was occupied by the Japanese invaders, and the school buildings were seriously damaged by the Japanese invaders. Dacheng hall is the main hall of Xuegong, with 5 rooms in width and 3 rooms in depth. Its double eaves rest on the top of the mountain, and its lower eaves are six pavilions. It is similar to Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City. There are 24 eaves pillars in the corridor around, and 12 gold pillars in it. The main ridge is a flower ridge made by Xianfeng Xinyou rubidian, with Double Dragons and beads on it, and the middle is a flower ridge

There are also pottery bells at the four corners of the double eaves.

Confucius Temple is used to sacrifice Confucius, but after the "school Palace" was added, it was an advanced door for scholars to fight for fame. Due to the establishment of the imperial examination system, the school has always been a place for students to enter the official examination.

Xinhui Museum

It was established in September 1958 in Xinhui Academy. Before and after the founding of the people's Republic of China, the collection has been continuously enriched through folk collection, public donation, archaeological excavation, allocation by higher authorities, and market purchase. There are more than 5000 collections from ancient times to modern times.

characteristic

These cultural relics have the following three characteristics:

Collected in 2002, the ticket price is 1 yuan, the design is memorial archway, painting version.

(collection number: 2014020100-1)

First, it is local and fully demonstrates the long history of Xinhui's development. The discovery of stone axes, stone gallows, stone net pendants, bone ornaments and ceramic hairpins in the Neolithic period proves that the Baiyue (Guangdong) people lived and multiplied in Xinhui 4000 years ago. A 3000 year old crocodile skeleton is of great reference value to the formation of the Pearl River Delta, the natural features and economic development of ancient Xinhui. The pottery soul altar and blue glaze soul pot of Tang Dynasty with unique shape and exquisite decoration are rare in the province, which provides a material basis for the study of Tang Dynasty ceramic technology and tombs. The three batches of coins unearthed before the Southern Song Dynasty are related to the collapse of the late Song Dynasty in the Yashan area of Xinhui. The iron cast "Wuli single sword" is a murderous yuan general Wuli, who was drowned in the river by the villagers of Zhoujun with a knife. The yuan army could not find out. Later, the villagers retrieved Wuli's single sword and showed it to the public in the village temple, laughing at the stupid and muddleheaded of the bandits. There are also many famous calligraphers and painters of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are also more than 200 historical relics reflecting the successive heroic struggles of the Xinhui people under the leadership of the Communist Party.

Secondly, there is a rich collection of bronzes, including complete sets of Chinese coins, father Yizhen and bronze mirrors of the Shang Dynasty, chime bells of the Warring States period, bronze mirrors and pots of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and bronze drums of the Three Kingdoms. What is particularly rare is a set of coins donated free of charge by Mr. Lu Hanping, a coin collector and connoisseur of Yiren, ranging from Haibei, Daobei, Bubei and qinbanliang to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, which can reflect the long history of China's currency development and the brilliant currency culture.

Thirdly, the handwriting of famous calligraphers and painters in the past dynasties is colorful. In the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xianzhang, a great Confucianist and calligrapher, wrote the manuscripts of Mao Long's poems on grass, Zhang Mu and Gao Yan's painting of hunting bears in autumn, Dai Wenjin's landscape manuscripts, Li Zhishi's caoshu banners, and Zhou Zhi Mian's mountain chicken kapok painting, Wu Shixian's spring scenery mountain water painting, Wu guhui's mountain and water nave, Wu Changshuo's couplets and so on belong to the national first and second level collections. There are two classical oil paintings "wood beauty" painted on a pair of wooden door panels. According to experts' appraisal, it is the earliest western oil painting found in China so far, which is more than the art history circle. It is believed that the beginning of the introduction of Western painting into China was more than 100 years earlier at the end of the 16th century. It is of great academic significance to study the history of the introduction of Western art into China. The calligraphy of Lin Zexu, Zheng Ji, Gan Tianchong, Li Kui, Hu Fang, Liang Qichao, Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, Guo Moruo, Gao Qifeng, Tian Han, Shao Yu, Shi Lu, Zou Lu, Guan Shanyue, Huang Xinbo, Chen Ziyi, Mai Huasan and so on are well collected.

Exhibition hall

Xinhui Museum has 12 exhibition halls, each with an area of 100, 200, 300 and 500 square meters. Among them, there are 4 relatively fixed exhibition halls. A white marble statue of Confucius is placed in the middle of the Dacheng hall, and a tapestry board hanging along the wall displays the story of Zi's life. The three halls of Zunjing Pavilion, Daohe hall and Lvzhong hall are made of glass cabinets with natural light and light tubes. They are called "exhibition of historical relics" and display the cultural relics alternately. There is also a temporary exhibition hall. Xishi, xiku and Xiwen are lined with plywood, covered with gray carpet, and illuminated by natural light and yellow and white fluorescent lamps. They often display calligraphy, fine arts and photography works. They have become the positions for cultivating a new generation of local artists and carrying out cultural exchanges at home and abroad. There is also the Su family art museum, which displays the works of Su Hua, Su Jiafen and other Su's five brothers and sisters.

Address: Xinhui District, Jiangmen City

Longitude: 113.05146026611

Latitude: 22.522388458252

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

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