Academy spring

Academy spring

Shuyuan spring, once known as dongliuquan, is recorded in Donge county annals. It was named after Liu Yu, Zhongcheng in Ming Dynasty, who built the Academy in Linquan.

brief introduction

Shuyuan spring, once known as dongliuquan, is located in Shuyuan village at the foot of Tianchi mountain in the east of Hongfanchi. It is recorded in the old Donga County annals. It was named after Liu Yu, Zhongcheng in Ming Dynasty, who built the Academy in Linquan. The pond is square and built with stone. The water gushes out from the rock gap and converges into a pool with a side length of 8 meters. The daily water inflow is more than 8000 cubic meters. It flows out from the stone carving tap on the south wall of the pond and flows into the Langxi River along the panjie street of Shiqu.

The spring of Academy

The spring water flows out from the rock crevice at the foot of Tianchi mountain in the east of the village and flows into the stone square pool with a side length of about 8 meters. The spring gushes all the year round with good water potential. It is the largest spring in the Hongfanchi spring group. In 1975, the measured daily water inflow reached 8373 cubic meters. The pool water falls from the stone carving tap on the south wall of the pool to a small square pool, then flows into a semicircular pool, and then flows along the stream, around the village and through the forest. Geese and ducks play in the stream, and the villagers wash their clothes and vegetables. The scenery is excellent.

In the past, there was a "Hongfu Temple" on the north side of the spring. It is said that it was founded by the eminent monks of Baima temple in Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, such as Qingzhen, Wuming, huiseng and yuanseng. Now there are only two stone tablets of dongliuquan in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. There are four Buddha statues on the stone wall of Tianchi mountainside, which are as high as people. According to local people, the four Buddha statues are the incarnations of the four eminent monks who founded Hongfu temple. They renovated the spring pool and built the river channel to benefit the villagers. After their death, the villagers made statues as a memorial.

Historical overview

Shuyuan spring is located at the foot of Tianchi mountain, the East head of Shuyuan village. The shape of the spring pool is convex. The side length of the big pool is 7 meters, and the side length of the small pool is 2 meters. The spring water gushes out from the cracks at the bottom of the big pool and from the mouth of the animal head in the small pool through the channel. The maximum daily inflow is 10000 cubic meters. Shuyuan spring, known as Dongliu spring in ancient times, is the longest spring in Pingyin. About 1500 years ago, Li Daoyuan, a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded its existence in shuijingzhu: "there is a spring under Tianchi mountain, which is called Dongliu spring.".

In the 1960s, local people built a semicircular cofferdam around the small pool. On the top of the arc stands a small stone tablet, recording the villagers' deeds of transforming the spring pool. There is a water outlet on the cofferdam, and the overflow spring flows along the small and medium-sized river of the village around the village, and finally flows into the Langxi river. The small river around the village provides great convenience for local villagers to get water, water flowers, grow vegetables or wash clothes.

Beside the river, there is a half meter wide waterway parallel to the river. It is said that when Liu Yu, the master of Dongliu academy, entertained his relatives and friends, it was often the cook who made the dishes and put them into the waterway with wooden pallet. The dishes were brought to the table by the servants downstream, and the relatives and friends tasted the exquisite dishes downstream. It was really a pleasant enjoyment. Liu Youyou, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, wrote: "it's strange that Wang Yishao of Yinshan Mountain didn't know where to start.".

Literary masterpiece

Literary stories spread by the spring

The Academy spring is surrounded by green hills, green cypresses, small bridges and flowing water. The environment is elegant, warm in the East and cool in the summer. It has been a geomantic treasure land since ancient times and is known as "Koizumi city". According to the local old people, the north side of the Academy spring became a blessed place for Buddhists in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, four eminent monks of Baima temple in Luoyang, namely halal, Wuming and yuanseng, founded Hongfu temple here, which was later destroyed by the emperor's imperial edict. In the Ming Dynasty, the Confucianists also set up a school at Quanbian, where Zhongcheng Liu Yu established a Dongliu Academy. Yu Shenxing, the Minister of rites from Pingyin, and Zhu Weijing, the Zhongcheng, studied here, so dongliuquan is also called Shuyuan spring.

Today, Hongfu temple and Dongliu academy have long disappeared, but the two Dongliu spring poem tablets set up by the Academy spring still record a good story in the literary world. In the summer of the Xinsi year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1581), Zhu Weijing and Zhu yingenough, who were officials of the imperial court, returned to their hometown to visit Yu Shenxing, who was unemployed. They traveled to the East Spring in the rain and wrote poems happily. Zhu Weijing wrote a poem, and Yu Shenxing and Zhu yinghou made peace with each other. Yu shenxinghe's poem "flowing east in the rain, and Zhu Keda on the spring": "the wind and rain are singing in the dangu Valley, and the forest Pavilion is leaning on the green Cen; a bottle of today's wine is thousands of miles away from the heart; the trees are moving in three autumn colors, and the spring is flying in thousands of valleys; the night is cool, and I want to hear the water dragon singing." But I don't know why the two existing steles are Zhu Weijing's and Zhu yingenough's poems, but Yu Shenxing's poems, which are the most famous ones, are missing. Is the original stele lost or something else?

tourist guide

If people who have been in the north for a long time want to see the scenery of Jiangnan, or people who often live in the "water town" also want to see the "little Jiangnan" in the north, then you must come to the Academy spring.

Academy spring, also known as "Dongliu spring", is located in the Academy village at the foot of Tianchi mountain to the east of Hongfan pool. "Shuijingzhu" once recorded: "there is a spring at the foot of Tianchi mountain, named dongliuquan." In Ming Dynasty, Liu Yu, Zhongcheng, built an academy here, so it got its name.

Dongliu spring is a famous spring with the largest flow among Hongfan springs. The spring water comes from many small springs at the bottom of the pool. After gushing out from the stone dragon mouth on the south wall of the pool, it flows along the xiaoxipan village, around households, through the woods and into the Langxi river. The water quality of Dongliu spring is clear and it flows all the year round.

There is a small village beside Dongliu spring, surrounded by mountains and springs. The environment is quiet, warm in winter and cool in summer. The village is surrounded by water, and the bridge is flowing. It has been known as "Koizumi city" since ancient times. It is said that in ancient times, the buildings in the village had a unique style. There was a stream in the kitchen. Dishes were put on wooden trays and floated to the guest rooms automatically. The removed dishes could be put on the trays and floated back to the kitchen through another channel.

There are four precious stone Buddha statues of Tang Dynasty on the stone wall of Quanbei, which are as high as people. According to local people, this is the incarnation of the four eminent monks who founded Hongfu temple. They renovated the spring pools and built rivers for the benefit of the villagers, so after their death, the villagers made statues as a memorial.

Travel Tips

Admission: 25 yuan (Shuyuan village scenic spot)

Address: Shuyuan village, Pingyin County, Jinan

Transportation:

(1) Jinan City driving along the 220 provincial road - southwest direction - over Changqing, Pingyin County along the southeast direction of Dong'e town - Hongfanchi town government about 1 km southeast.

(2) Jinan long distance bus terminal takes the Jinan Pingyin long distance bus (about 40 minutes, 22 yuan). It's about three hours by car. Pingyin long distance bus transfers to Hongfan town bus (about one hour, about one hour; ticket price is 7 yuan). Get off at the gate of Hongfan town government and walk about 1 km southeast to Shuyuan village.

Address: Shuyuan village, Hongfanchi Town, Pingyin County, Jinan City

Longitude: 116.2951509052

Latitude: 36.102471272896

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the 25 yuan ticket of Shuyuan village scenic spot.

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