Yucheng post

Yucheng post

Gaoyou Yucheng post is now a world heritage site, a national 4A scenic spot and a national key cultural relic protection unit. The Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, which was listed as China's 46th World Heritage in 2014, was built in 1375, the eighth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It is located in the east of Nanmen Street, Gaoyou City, Jiangsu Province (the historical and cultural block in the south of Gaoyou City). It is a "living fossil" of China's postal post

The largest and best preserved ancient post station in China, and a post building left over from the Ming Dynasty. Yu, ancient food, water and other garden mouth.

Yucheng post is now a key cultural relic protection unit in China. The ancient Yucheng post is an important node in the planning of five districts along the one axis of Gaoyou tourism. It is an important scenic spot that highlights the ancient, cultural, postal and water tourism characteristics of Gaoyou, and it is also an important Gaoyou tourist attraction recommended by Gaoyou.

From 1993 to 1995, the people's Government of Gaoyou City insisted on the restoration of Yucheng post, and on this basis, established the only post Museum in China, which made the ancient post a great success. Jieshou post was 98 years earlier than Yucheng post. On December 24, 2015, yuchengyi scenic spot in Gaoyou city was officially approved as a national 4A scenic spot, becoming the eighth national 4A scenic spot in Yangzhou city.

national honor

Yuchengyi, a world heritage site, is a national 4A scenic spot and a national key cultural relic protection unit.

On December 19, 2014, Jiangsu Provincial Tourism Administration and Yangzhou Municipal People's Government approved yuchengyi as a national 3A scenic spot.

On December 11, 2015, Jiangsu tourism administration website announced the application and evaluation of 12 national AAAA scenic spots, and Gaoyou yuchengyi scenic spot was promoted to national 4A scenic spot.

On December 24, 2015, yuchengyi scenic spot in Gaoyou city was officially approved as a national 4A scenic spot, becoming the eighth national 4A scenic spot in Yangzhou City and the first national 4A scenic spot in Yangzhou county (city, district) in addition to Yangzhou city.

General situation

Ying Zheng, king of Qin Dynasty, built a high platform and a post office here in 223 B.C. and built a county in the Han Dynasty. History has solemnly named this land Gaoyou. Among more than 2000 counties and cities in the country, Gaoyou is the only one who has linked his name with postal transmission. Gaoyou is the only city in China that is famous for its construction.

Gaoyou City has the largest and best preserved ancient post station in China - Yucheng post. Since then, Gaoyou has been born and prospered because of "post". A song of "post" has been sung from ancient times to the present.

Ancient Yucheng post is an important node and a gold lettered signboard in Gaoyou's tourism planning of "one axis, one belt and five districts".

Cultural relics protection

Yucheng post, as a key cultural relic protection unit in China, is one of the most complete ancient post stations in China. Gaoyou municipal government invested 95 million yuan on April 18, 2013 to expand the capacity of Mengcheng post, which is adjacent to Gaoyou section of the Grand Canal. It built more than 6600 square meters of Qin you mansion, Inn and other building facilities, and renovated the living areas of nearby residents. One is on October 18, 2013 The Sixth China Post Culture Festival was held in Guangzhou, and the name card of "post culture" was newly promoted. Secondly, the ancient scenic spot was built for the World Heritage Application of Gaoyou section of the Grand Canal.

Top ten nodes

1. Guanyi Lane memorial archway: the landmark building at the east entrance of yuchengyi scenic area, which is integrated with the roadway texture and the node landscape. Under the archway, 13 "post" characters are inlaid between the roads, which can be seen from step by step. Dark green not only shows the characteristics of post, but also contains the vitality of post.

2. Post seal LiuNian: in the transmission of ancient post stations, post seal seal clay was the keepsake of power and certificate. Gaoyou Pavilion, Yinghua post, Gaoyou post, Qinyou post, Yucheng post, Qinyou mansion, and the names of post stations in different periods vividly interpret the history of Gaoyou post.

3. Wen Tianxiang Square: Wen Tianxiang, born in Jizhou, Jiangxi Province, is a loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, right prime minister, writer and national hero. In the second year of Deyou's reign, he was detained as an envoy to discuss peace. He escaped in Jingkou (Zhenjiang) and went to Gaoyou. He was so shocked that he had a lifelong relationship with Gaoyou. He wrote such famous poems as Gaoyou nostalgia, fagaosha and fagaoyou, which were widely recited.

4. Nanhaizi River: in the sixth year of the Longqing reign of the Ming Dynasty, fan Weigong, the governor of Gaoyou, excavated the branch river from Waihao to Dingjiawan cave, connecting nanguanba, mayintang and Waihao water system.

5. Ma Yin Tang: in the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, a post was set at 60 or 80 Li, and a post at Chongyao was set at 50 to 80 horses. According to records, there were 65 horses in the heyday of Yucheng post. There is a natural water area in the southeast of the post station, which can not only transport grain and boat, but also provide water and grass for horses. It is commonly known as Ma Yin Tang.

6. Liuyin Buddhist temple: located at No. 52 Yantang lane, it was built in 1819, and now has Shanmen hall and main hall. The arched gate is inlaid with the stone forehead of "willow shade Zen forest" erected at that time.

7. Liuquan cottage: Pu Songling (1640-1715), also known as Liuxian, is an outstanding writer in Qing Dynasty. In the 10th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, he was invited by sun Hui to take the post of Yucheng post. During this period, he often talked with the people about his anecdotes and family customs. He is the author of "Gaoyou post station" and many poems reflecting Gaoyou.

8. Tongchang grain bank: Guanyi lane is surrounded by the Grand Canal in the West and mayitang in the East, with well-developed water transportation. Yitaiyuan food company, yongshunyuan food company, Zhenlong food company, zhanjiaxiang salt company and other merchants gathered. Located at 32 Yantang lane, Tongchang grain store was established by Chen Yixing in the late Qing Dynasty. It is a typical private grain store, which is a time-honored brand of Gaoyou.

9. Wind and rain wall: a section of wind and rain wall, a century of vicissitudes. From this mossy wall, you can touch the bricks of the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, the cultural revolution and the reform and opening up, which are simple and heavy.

10. Then official hall: "Gaoyou Zhou Zhi" says, "Huanghua hall is in front of Yucheng post outside the south gate, and there are three houses on the riverbank near Yunhe, which is the place to welcome the guests." Huanghua hall, commonly known as Jieguan hall, is a hall for Gaoyou officials to welcome and entertain officials passing by the waterway.

Successful application for World Heritage

With the successful application of the Grand Canal, yuchengyi has also been listed as a world cultural heritage. The municipal Party committee and the municipal government have invested a lot of money to expand and repair the post station, striving to reproduce the characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At present, the second phase of the main renovation project of Yucheng post has been completed. Under the memorial archway of Guanyi lane, elegant antique buildings make people feel relieved. Along the green brick path inlaid with the word "post", you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of mayitang. The relief wall of the grain terminal, with the blue brick carved in the way of white sketch, vividly represents the prosperity of Gaoyou's grain distribution and salt business. The "wind and rain wall" on the south side of the relief wall is a record of the vicissitudes of history. The surrounding area of Yucheng post is becoming an open antique garden. This change is a blessing for both the post station itself and the people in the post city.

Heyday

According to records, there were more than 100 halls in the heyday of the post station: 5 main halls and 5 back halls, 3 warehouses, 14 Gallery rooms, 20 horse houses, 3 front drum towers, 1 Zhaobi tower, 1 Yicheng house, 65 post horses, 18 post boats, and more than 200 horsemen and water men. Whether it's hot sun, cold wind, heavy rain, ice and snow, the couriers carrying important and urgent items all carry official bags and rush on the dusty road day and night. Today, only the big stone horse in front of the horse temple has witnessed the busy and prosperous postal road in the past.

Open the gate, go through the hall and enter the room, you can still appreciate the magnificent momentum and prosperity of the ancient post station "Huanghua has a hall, the hall constructs e'e, the housi canal, curls the Zhouyuan, opens the high gate, ochre chalky and swarthy green" (Zhi Zhou Zhao laiheng's Gongguan Ji).

architectural composition

Yucheng post is located in Guanyi lane, Nanmen Street, Gaoyou city. It was built in 1375, but most of the buildings were rebuilt in Qing Dynasty. The original scale of the post station was huge. In addition to the memorial archway, Zhaobi, Drum Tower, hall, storehouse, gallery, horse house, etc., there was Huanghua hall to welcome the guests on the linli canal embankment, Qin you mansion in the post station, and Yicheng residence in the north of the post station. Due to the destruction of wars and floods, there are still some buildings, such as the rest hall, the open hall, the back hall, the gatehouse of Qin you mansion, the house of the Posthouse and the prison, etc. in the southeast of the post station, there is the site of the drinking water place for the horses. The present Yucheng post is a relic of Ming Dynasty, which was developed on the basis of Qinhuai post in Yuan Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, in the ninth year of Hongwu (1376) of Ming Dynasty, he ordered the academicians of Hanlin archaeology to revise the country's vulgar and indecent post name, and changed the name of Qinhuai post to Yucheng post. In China, such a large-scale ancient post is rare. It is of scientific, artistic, historical and cultural value for the study of ancient postal history, transportation history and water conservancy history. The cultural relics and Planning Department of Gaoyou City has planned and protected the post, and held an exhibition of historical materials of "ancient Yucheng post"!

technical modernization with capacity expansion

Yuchengyi expansion and reconstruction project:

1. The first phase of the project includes the expansion of yuchengyi, the renovation of the historical block in the south of the city, and the renovation of Nanmen Street

2. The second phase of the project includes three parts: the first is to resume the construction of jieguanting, the second is to extend Guanyi road to dieyuan road in the East, and the third is to build the riverside greening landscape of mayitang river.

Completion of phase I and commencement of phase II of yuchengyi expansion and reconstruction project

On the morning of October 19, 2013, the first phase completion and second phase commencement ceremony of yuchengyi expansion and reconstruction project was held in our city. Han Fang, Secretary of the municipal Party committee, attended the ceremony and announced the completion of the first phase of yuchengyi expansion and reconstruction project

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