Marco Polo Memorial

The original temple was the house of Xie Anshe in Jin Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, a publishing house was set up in the temple as a gift, and the famous complete Tang poetry was printed. At present, the collection of Yangzhou museum is on display, and there is a Marco Polo museum to commemorate this ancient friendly envoy from Venice. Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian and a famous international traveler. In 1275, he came to China and was treated and valued by Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. He successively represented the Yuan government in Persia, India, Annan and other places, and served as an official in Yangzhou for three years (1282-1284).

Marco Polo Memorial

synonym

Marco Polo Memorial generally refers to Marco Polo Memorial

Marco Polo memorial hall is located at No.102 Taizhou Road, Guangling District, Yangzhou city. It is located on the Bank of the beautiful ancient Yunhe River, at the east end of Dongguan Street, one of China's top ten famous historical and cultural streets, and to the south of Dongmen site, a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The Marco Polo memorial was approved by the Ministry of foreign affairs of the people's Republic of China and the State Administration of cultural relics in 2010. It was opened to the public free of charge on April 18, 2011, and was managed by Yangzhou Museum in June 2012.

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The original site of the memorial is Xie Anshe's house of Jin Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, a Book Company was set up in the temple as a gift, and the famous complete Tang poetry was printed. In order to commemorate this ancient friendly envoy from Venice, the new Marco Polo memorial hall was built at 102 Taizhou Road, Guangling District, Yangzhou City in 2010 with the approval of the Ministry of foreign affairs of the people's Republic of China and the approval of the State Administration of cultural relics. Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian and a famous international traveler. In 1275, he came to China and was treated and valued by Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. He successively represented the Yuan government in Persia, India, Annan and other places, and served as an official in Yangzhou for three years (1282-1284).

Personage introduction

Marco Polo is a world famous Traveler and businessman. Born in 1254 in Venice, Italy, a merchant family, is also a travel family. His father Nicolo and uncle Matteo were Venetian merchants. When Marco Polo was 17 years old, he followed his father and uncle through the Middle East. It took him more than four years to reach Shangdu (now northwest of Duolun County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), the capital of the Mongol Empire, in 1265. He established a friendship with Kublai Khan. He has traveled in China for 17 years, visited many ancient cities at that time, and visited Yunnan and Southeast China in Southwest China. After returning to Venice, Marco Polo was captured in a naval battle between Venice and Genoa. He dictated his travel experience in prison and wrote IL milione by Rustichello Da Pisa. But whether he has ever been to China has aroused controversy. The travels of Marco Polo (also known as the travels of Marco Polo and the records of hearing and seeing in the East) recorded his experiences in China, the richest country in the East, which aroused Europeans' ardent yearning for the East and had a great impact on the opening of new air routes in the future. At the same time, Western geographers also drew the early "world map" according to the description in the book.

Nearby resources

scenic spot:

There are Dongguan Street, Geyuan, Grand Canal, etc

Transportation:

Take bus No.88, 89, 27, 18 to jiefangqiao bus station and walk to it.

delicious food:

You can taste all kinds of Yangzhou snacks, such as babaohulu, braised pig head, colorful butterfly dance, Yangzhou wutingqiao, Pipa prawn, chrysanthemum conch, etc. Red Chamber banquet, three head banquet, lotus root banquet, etc.

historical significance

Atlas of Marco Polo Memorial

During the Yuan Dynasty, there were frequent exchanges between China and foreign countries. Marco Polo, an Italian traveler, came to China during the reign of emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty and lived in China for more than ten years. The main content of Marco Polo's travels is about Marco Polo's travel in China, as well as the situation of some countries and regions in Western Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. The book records his experiences in all parts of China, including the western regions and the South China Sea. It also records the political affairs, wars, court secrets, festivals, hunting and so on in the early Yuan Dynasty. In particular, it describes in detail the economic and cultural customs of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty, as well as the prosperity of Xi'an, Kaifeng, Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and other major cities and commercial ports What's the matter. For the first time, it introduced the developed material and spiritual civilization of China to the Europeans in a more comprehensive way, and displayed the image of China with vast territory and abundant resources and prosperous culture and education in front of the world.

Address: no.99-1 Taizhou Road, Guangling District, Yangzhou (near Dongguan Street)

Longitude: 119.4528478

Latitude: 32.39839

Tel: 0514-85228018

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