Ailian pool

Ailian pool

Ailian pool is located in the east of zhouyu point, Xingzi County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is close to Bingyu stream in the southeast and 1020 meters away from Poyang Lake in the south.

In 1071 A.D., Zhou Dunyi wrote the famous story of love lotus when he came to Xingzi to serve as the commander of Nankang. Now the Ailian pool is square, surrounded by granite masonry, 48.84 meters long, 34 meters wide, 3 meters deep, with a total area of 1661.24 square meters. In the middle of the pool, there is a facing platform built with granite and five kinds of clay. On the platform, there is a lotus pavilion with square columns and lotus petals on the base. At the top of the pavilion is the top of Xieshan mountain with double eaves. At the front and back of the pavilion, there is a pool bridge connected with the pool, with three piers and four holes. The piers are made of granite. The back bridge is a zigzag curved bridge, with a length of 10.55 meters, a width of 1.23 meters and a height of 2.78 meters. Under the second bridge, there are two sides of lotus pond.

Statement 1

The former site of ailianchi is in the courtyard of the municipal government, No. 6, Chengbei Road, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. In 1067, Zhou Dunyi, a famous Neo Confucianist, took charge of Shaozhou affairs with Yongzhou's general judgment, and planted lotus in this pond. Square pool, more than ten Mu wide, and the river is dry. The stone masonry around the pool is the wall, and the ring is planted with Chuiyang. The lotus in the pool is full of petals, fragrant but not real, and not lotus root. It is said that Zhou Zi's handed down name "Ai Lian Shuo" was written here, so it is called "Ai Lian Chi".

Statement 2

The author of Ailian is Zhou Dunyi. Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) was a philosopher of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was named Mao Shu and Lianxi. From the sixth year of Jiayou (1046) to the first year of Zhiping (1064), Zhou Dunyi was once the general judge of Ganzhou. He was honest and upright, indifferent and loved lotus all his life. Therefore, a lotus pond with a width of more than 40 Zhang was built on the east side of his government. A lotus pavilion was built in the pond, and a north-south curved bridge was built to connect the bank. At the turn of summer and autumn, the lotus is in full bloom, covered with dew and graceful. Whenever the breeze blows, Tian Tian lotus leaves gently shake, flowers nod, bursts of fragrance. Mr. Zhang, who is a famous writer of "the story of love lotus", puts his eyes on the fence and touches the scene to create feelings. He loves the purity of lotus and the chaos of the official sea. Later, people called the lotus pond "Ai Lian Chi".

It is said that there are several AI Lian pools all over the country. There are quite disputes about where the original site is and where the story of AI Lian is written. In fact, even if this pool is not the other pool, what does it matter? Isn't it the strength of lotus in your pool and Duke Zhou's love for lotus that posterity respects?

Lushan Ailian Lake

Ailian pool, located at the southern foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is a natural landscape with beautiful scenery.

Located on the east side of the former Nankang yamen site in Xingzi County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province, is the hometown of Zhou Dunyi (Lianxi) of Song Dynasty, the fourth year of song Xining (1071 A.D.) when Zhou Dunyi came to Xingzi to serve as the commander of Nankang. It has a history of nearly a thousand years. Zhou Dunyi's tomb, also known as Lianxi's tomb, is located in LiShuLing, Zhoujiawan, Lianhua Town, Lushan District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. In 1999, with the concern of the relevant departments of Jiangxi Province and Jiujiang City, the Zhou clan association of Hong Kong invested more than 1 million yuan to repair the tomb.

The Ailian pond, which is preserved and restored, is square, with an area of nearly 170 square meters. A stone platform is built high in the pool, on which there is a "floating Pavilion" Taiwan area of 70 square meters, filled with "five color soil.". There are stone bridges at both ends of the platform, which are connected with curved railings. Taipei is a 20 meter long zigzag stone bridge with five piers and six holes. Tainan is an 18 meter long blue stone flat bridge with three piers and four holes. The pool is divided into ten square pools, planted with lotus flowers, which can be seen from afar but not blasphemously played. In midsummer, walking in the lotus pool, the breeze is long, the fragrance is simple, and it seems to enter a cool world, relaxed and happy. For example, zuohe's "love lotus pond and enjoy Lotus" says: "pretty posture, elegant dance pond, red powder, white skin, short green makeup. A string of pearls are lost to shore visitors, but their delicate faces are already fragrant. ". The overall architecture of the restored ailianchi is elegant, novel and fresh

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Historical evolution

In 1071 A.D., Zhou Dunyi, a famous Neo Confucianist, came to Xingzi to serve as Nankang Zhijun. Zhou Dunyi was honest and upright. He was indifferent and loved lotus all his life.

After Zhou Dunyi came to Xingzi, he dug a pond to the east of Junya and planted all the lotus flowers. When Zhou Dunyi came to Xingzi, he was 55 years old, and he was sick. Therefore, after dinner, he either went alone or invited three or five of his staff and friends to enjoy flowers and tea by the pool, and wrote a well-known essay on love lotus. Although AI Lian Shuo is short, it has always been recited by people. Among them, "out of the mud but not stained" has become a famous sentence through the ages.

A year later, due to his old age and infirmity, Zhou Dunyi resigned and settled down in the northwest of Lushan Mountain to give lectures. The lotus pond and the story of love lotus, which he left behind, have always been cherished by later generations. In the sixth year of Chunxi reign (1179 AD), Zhu Xi was transferred to Nankang Zhijun. Full of admiration for Zhou Dunyi, he rebuilt the Ailian pool and established the Ailian hall. He got the ink of Zhou Dunyi's "Ailian Shuo" from Zhou Zhiqing, the great grandson of Zhou, and asked someone to engrave it on the stone to stand by the pool. Zhu Xi wrote his poems

It's unusual for the flowers to bloom ten li near the jade well;

The moon is bright and cold, and no one can see it.

Full text of AI Lian Shuo

Author: Zhou Dunyi

original text

The flowers of land and water plants are very lovely (f á n). Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty loved chrysanthemum alone. Since Li and Tang Dynasties, people have loved peony. To (Y ú) only love lotus (Y ū) silt (Y ū) and do not dye, wash (Zhu ó) clear ripples and do not demon, straight in the outside, not rambling, Xiang Yuan Yi Qing, Ting Ting Jing plant, can be seen from a distance but not blasphemous (Xi è) play Yan.

To say chrysanthemum is the hermit of flowers; peony is the rich of flowers; lotus is the gentleman of flowers. Eh! Tao HouXian has heard of the love of chrysanthemum. Who is the love of lotus to? The love of peony is suitable for all.

translation

Water, land, herbaceous, woody flowers, there are many to love. Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty only loved chrysanthemum. Since the Tang Dynasty, most people in the world like peony. I only love the lotus. I only love the lotus growing out of the accumulated mud but not contaminated. It doesn't look charming after being washed in clean water. (its stem) runs through the middle, and its shape is straight. It has no branches or branches. The farther the fragrance spreads, the more delicate it is. It stands upright and clean. You can only watch the lotus from a distance, but you can't play with it.

In my opinion, chrysanthemum is the hermit in flowers; peony is the rich in flowers; lotus is the gentleman in flowers. Alas! Tao Yuanming has seldom heard of the love of chrysanthemum since then. For the love of lotus, who else is like me? For peony love, people should be a lot.

Address: Ziyang Middle Road, Lushan, Jiujiang

Longitude: 116.046511781

Latitude: 29.446744108806

Ticket information: market price: 20.0 yuan

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