Jiageng Park

Jiageng park is located in the north of Aoyuan, Jimei District, Xiamen city. The gate is connected with Aoyuan. It was built in memory of Mr. Chen 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.

Jiageng Park

Jiageng park is located on the southeast coast of Jimeixue village, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is built to commemorate the patriotic overseas Chinese Mr. Chen Jiageng.

Completed in 1994, the park covers an area of more than 30000 square meters and a building area of 5500 square meters.

In 2002, it was approved as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Development history

In 1992, according to the will of Mr. Tan Kah Kee, construction began.

In 1994, the park was completed.

In 2002, Jiageng Park was approved as a national AAAA scenic spot.

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.

The large-scale stone carvings "taolifangfei" and "honorary stele of respecting teachers and education" set up in the park highly praise the eternal theme of "education oriented, rejuvenating the country through science and education" from different perspectives. The 9.9-meter-high candle stone carving, the main building of the "honorary monument of respecting teachers and valuing education", expresses the meaning of eternal auspiciousness and symbolizes a torch that burns forever. It is the epitome of Mr. Tan Kah Kee's selfless dedication of setting up education, cultivating talents, lighting himself and burning others.

geographical position

Jiageng park is located on the southeast coast of Jimeixue village, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is built to commemorate the patriotic overseas Chinese Mr. Chen Jiageng.

Main attractions

Aoyuan

Aoyuan is composed of three parts: corridor, Jimei Liberation Monument and Tan Kah Kee mausoleum.

Many people will ask why a big disk should be set up at the gate of Aoyuan? In fact, there is a little-known story in it: there is a small culvert on the south side of the disc. Every spring tide in the lunar calendar, the surging sea water will pour into the hole and quickly fill all around the disc. At this time, guanao garden is like a big Ao playing with pearls, full of fun.

Why is it named Aoyuan? "Ao" generally refers to big turtle and big turtle, which is a symbol of auspicious longevity in Southern Fujian. Aoyuan was originally a small island, facing the sea on three sides and the land on the West. It was called "Aoyuan" because it was shaped like a big turtle. There is a couplet at the gate, which reads "aozai, dingjiao mountain, yuanjuning and the world forget each other". The combination of the upper and lower couplets and the first word is "Aoyuan". Aoyuan is the first grand project completed by Mr. Tan Jiageng for the construction of his hometown Jimei after he returned to China and settled down in 1950. It took 10 years to complete in 1961, covering an area of nearly 9000 square meters. It is composed of porch, Jimei Liberation Monument and Tan Jiageng mausoleum. There are 666 exquisitely carved and lifelike bluestone sculptures in the park, which are the representative works of Minnan stone culture.

In 1962, when Guo Moruo, a famous poet, visited Aoyuan, he wrote a couplet in his hand: "the Grand View of Aoyuan museum is better than seeing everything. Ten thousand people of Lujiang Jimei Middle school look forward to the spring and Autumn period together.". He spoke highly of the rich cultural connotation and precious artistic value of Aoyuan Museum.

(reasons for the establishment of the park: 1. Mr. Tan Kah Kee was associated with his hometown by Guangji Park in Jinan, and decided to build a larger, more extensive and higher artistic building in his hometown, which combines education with tourism and entertainment. 2. Set up a monument and decide to live here forever. Arrange for yourself after death and build a tomb for yourself. There are two considerations in making this decision: first, it will not occupy arable land; second, it will feel at ease to sleep under the monument inscribed by Chairman Mao himself.)

Veranda

The corridor is 50 meters long. This is the most wonderful part of the whole Aoyuan stone carving group. It can be said that it is the best work. During the cultural revolution, Jimei people and Mr. Tan Jiageng's relatives rose up to protect it and closed it with mud. It was not until the end of the cultural revolution that these stone carvings came to light again.

The stone carvings on the walls of the halls on both sides of the corridor are the management rules and visiting rules formulated by Mr. Tan Kah Kee himself. Below the stone walls on both sides is a photo exhibition of Mr. Tan Kah Kee's life story. On the top are exquisite blue stone reliefs with 58 pictures of Chinese ancient and modern historical stories. On the left, the stone carving under "Zhicheng daoqianzhi" is divided into three parts, and the middle part is the 24 pictures of "ZHUGE Kongming maqianke". In front are seven pictures of Chinese revolutionary history. Behind are seven traditional opera scenes. "ZHUGE Liang Ma Qian Ke" is the core of the sculpture gallery on the left. It is also a vivid embodiment of Tan Kah Kee's ideas, which fully embodies his respect and trust for the Communist Party of China and its great leader Mao Zedong, and fully shows his concern for the fate of the motherland. On the right side of the corridor, there are 20 reliefs, all of which are historical stories.

"The water moon is the master, and the ancient moon is the king. Ten generations are unique and respect each other as if they were guests." it tells the story of the friendly relationship between the Manchu and Han nationalities in the Qing Dynasty and the inheritance of the emperors in the past dynasties. "Shui Yue you Zhu" can be combined into the word "Qing", which means the Qing Dynasty. "Gu" and "Yue" are Hu, which means Manchu in Qing Dynasty, "Wei Jun" means that Manchu and Han people live in harmony. "Ten zhuanjuetong" refers to the ten emperors experienced in the Qing Dynasty, namely: Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu and Xuantong. Xuantong happened to be the last emperor of the ten dynasties, which is called juetong. "Respect each other as guests" means that the last emperor was not killed when he abdicated, but was treated with courtesy. "Before the cattle, thousands of people * one mouth, 52 upside down, friends without fault", elaborated the Xinhai Revolution and the "77 incident" outbreak of cause and effect. The * "Niu Qian" refers to the year of the pig (1911) and the year of ox (1913). It happened to be the year of the rat (1912), and the establishment of the Republic of China in January 1st. Sun Zhongshan was the temporary president of the Republic of China. "A thousand people in one mouth" is written in the order of "harmony", which means that Wu Tingfang, a warlord, went to Nanjing in 1912 to discuss peace with Sun Yat Sen. "May 2nd inversion" means that five plus two equals seven, and two plus five equals seven, that is, the July 7th Lugouqiao Incident in 1937. "Friends without blame" means to make more friends, that is, to unite with China, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries to form an anti fascist alliance, no matter what mistakes those countries have made to China before, to unite to deal with fascism. It reveals the historical inevitability of Japan's aggression against Nanjing and Pearl Harbor and its final failure. "Si men Wang Pi" means that in 1937, Japanese fascists attacked Nanjing on all sides, causing 300000 compatriots of our country to be killed by Japan. This is the "Nanjing Massacre" that shocked China and foreign countries. "Sudden" literally means a sudden attack on a place without sufficient preparation. It refers to the "Pearl Harbor Incident" on December 8, 1941, which Japan admits is an undeclared war. On that day, Japan's warships and aircraft carried out a sneak attack on the US Pacific Fleet, killing 2400 people and destroying 120 US warplanes and 19 ships. "The sound of the morning chicken" reminds us of Mao Zedong's poem "the sound of the morning chicken makes the world white". Here, it refers to the victory of the Anti Japanese war after eight years of Anti Japanese war on August 15, 1945. It's the year of the rooster. It means that the morning chicken sings and the Chinese people cheer for their victory. "The great decline of his doctrine": it means that with Japan's declaration of unconditional surrender in 1945, its so-called "bushido spirit" of dominating the world also came to an end. "Rescuing the suffering is the only way for the sage to rule the country after the recovery of Yang, and the most obscure is to bring forth wisdom," which expresses Mr. Tan Kah Kee's high praise of Mao Zedong and the praise of new China. "Salvation is the only sage," refers to the sage Mao Zedong who saved the suffering. This is Mr. Tan Kah Kee's high evaluation of Mao Zedong and his admiration for him. "If Yang is restored and ruled, the most obscure will bring forth brightness." it refers to the baptism of many wars. Our people finally moved towards the light from the dark struggle, the dawn appeared in the land of China, and the motherland was reborn from then on. "The virtuous never leave the wild, the world is a family, nameless and immoral, glorifying China;" praises the lofty feelings of the Communist Party of China and its founding fathers for the interests of the country and the people. Before and after the founding of the people's Republic of China, the Communist Party of China held several political consultative conferences, inviting social elites, celebrities and democratic parties to participate in the discussion of state affairs, multi-party cooperation and discuss state affairs. Mr. Tan Kah Kee believes that this practice reflects the broad mind of the Communist Party of China. "One family in the world" refers to world peace

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