Heijing ancient town

Heijing ancient town is located in Lufeng County, the "hometown of dinosaurs" in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. It has been a place producing tribute salt since ancient times. It is close to the mountains and the river. It is a small town that has been sealed in the Longchuan River Valley for almost a century. It is one of the four ancient towns in Yunnan. According to the records of the black salt well, "Li azhao, a native, lived in the mountains where cattle were twice as fat, but later they lost their cattle. As a result, when he arrived at the well, the cattle licked the ground and produced salt." In memory of this black ox's achievements, it was called "black ox salt well" and later "black well". It is an isolated place with simple customs and beautiful scenery.

Heijing still retains a relatively complete pattern of traditional towns, with 21 cultural relic protection units. It is a famous cultural relic town in Lufeng County and even Chuxiong Prefecture. After thousands of years, the style of the ancient town remains the same, with clear historical veins and distinctive features.

As for Heijing, there is a saying in Jinyong's Tianlong Babu: "emperor Baoding decreed to exempt salt tax, and all people in Dali are grateful. Yunnan does not produce much salt. Tongguo only produces salt from nine wells, such as Baijing, Heijing and Yunlong. Every year, it has to buy salt from Shuzhong. The salt tax is very heavy, and the remote poor often eat it lightly for several months in a year. Emperor Baoding knew that once the salt tax was exempted, monk Huang Mei would try to save Duan Yu in return... " Heijing is one of the only nine salt wells in Dali.

"Yancheng" has long lost its glory in the past, but it has left the ancient Tang and song style lanes, Ming and Qing style dwellings, inscriptions, stone carvings, ancient pagodas, stone archways, ancient theatres, ancient temples, ancient salt wells, salt cooking stoves and so on, especially the well preserved Ming and qing architecture typical military courtyard, which has attracted many tourists at home and abroad.

The "Wang" shaped mansion of the Wu family, the chastity archway, the imperial pen of Emperor Daoguang, the Feilai temple, the salt well and the brine pool that used to produce salt are still there. In the Dragon Temple, there is a plaque inscribed by Emperor Yongzheng, which reads "Lingyuan Puze". The plaque is more than 2 meters long and 80 cm wide, with nine taps carved on it. "Lingyuan Puze" is the Yongzheng emperor's evaluation of Heijing brine benefiting the whole world at that time. There is also the Heijing Qing'an dike, which was built in the late Ming Dynasty and completed in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. It still plays a role in flood control and protects the safety of Heijing Town.

Heijing ancient town

Heijing ancient town is located in Lufeng County, the "hometown of dinosaurs" in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. It has been a place producing tribute salt since ancient times. It is close to the mountains and the river. It is a small town that has been sealed in the Longchuan River Valley for almost a century. It is one of the four ancient towns in Yunnan.

brief introduction

Heijing ancient town is located in Lufeng County, the "hometown of dinosaurs" in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. It has been a place producing tribute salt since ancient times. It is close to the mountains and the river. It is a small town that has been sealed in the Longchuan River Valley for almost a century. It is one of the four ancient towns in Yunnan. According to the records of the black salt well, "Li azhao, a native, lived in the mountains where cattle were twice as fat, but later they lost their cattle. As a result, when he arrived at the well, the cattle licked the ground and produced salt." In memory of this black ox's achievements, it was called "black ox salt well" and later "black well". It is an isolated place with simple customs and beautiful scenery.

Heijing still retains a relatively complete pattern of traditional towns, with 21 cultural relic protection units. It is a famous cultural relic town in Lufeng County and even Chuxiong Prefecture. After thousands of years, the style of the ancient town remains the same, with clear historical veins and distinctive features.

As for Heijing, there is a saying in Jinyong's Tianlong Babu: "emperor Baoding decreed to exempt salt tax, and all people in Dali are grateful. Yunnan does not produce much salt. Tongguo only produces salt from nine wells, such as Baijing, Heijing and Yunlong. Every year, it has to buy salt from Shuzhong. The salt tax is very heavy, and the remote poor often eat it lightly for several months in a year. Emperor Baoding knew that once the salt tax was exempted, monk Huang Mei would try to save Duan Yu in return... " Heijing is one of the only nine salt wells in Dali.

"Yancheng" has long lost its glory in the past, but it has left the ancient Tang and song style lanes, Ming and Qing style dwellings, inscriptions, stone carvings, ancient pagodas, stone archways, ancient theatres, ancient temples, ancient salt wells, salt cooking stoves and so on, especially the well preserved Ming and qing architecture typical military courtyard, which has attracted many tourists at home and abroad.

The "Wang" shaped mansion of the Wu family, the chastity archway, the imperial pen of Emperor Daoguang, the Feilai temple, the salt well and the brine pool that used to produce salt are still there. In the Dragon Temple, there is a plaque inscribed by Emperor Yongzheng, which reads "Lingyuan Puze". The plaque is more than 2 meters long and 80 cm wide, with nine taps carved on it. "Lingyuan Puze" is the Yongzheng emperor's evaluation of Heijing brine benefiting the whole world at that time. There is also the Heijing Qing'an dike, which was built in the late Ming Dynasty and completed in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. It still plays a role in flood control and protects the safety of Heijing Town.

Main attractions

The ancient town gate, Wujia courtyard, Dalong temple, ancient salt making workshop, Zhutian temple, shangwujia courtyard, dezhengfang, Jiexiao general square, shaihu salt, Heiniu salt well, Confucian temple, Qixingtai and other scenic spots are in the town, while Feilai temple, Wangjiang Pavilion, Xiangshan temple, Wanshou mountain monks' tombs, Sanyuan palace, tianshengbei, Zhenjue temple, Zhenwu temple, Tingtao Pavilion and other scenic spots are in the mountain.

Historical evolution

Heijing has a long history. From the unearthed stone, pottery, bronze, animal bones and other cultural relics, as early as 3200 years ago in the late Neolithic age, the ancestors of ethnic minorities lived and worked in this ancient land. In the late Neolithic period 4000 years ago, a Zhao, a Yi woman, under the guidance of Heiniu, discovered a brine spring at the foot of the river. From then on, the ancestors of Heijing collected bittern and ate it; in the bronze age, they dug ponds to store bittern and made salt with primitive charcoal; in the Nanzhao period, they dug ponds to collect bittern and fried salt in cauldrons, and Heijing salt became tribute salt for the royal family; in the Yuan Dynasty, Weichu road was set up in the central government to take charge of the salt transportation department of heiyanjing. But in these two thousand years, only two or three salt wells were excavated in Heijing. In the year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty, Heijing set up the Department of salt promotion of zhengwupin, which was directly in the province. The central government moved 64 special cooks from yingtianfu to develop Heijing. After hundreds of years of development, the salt industry of Heijing reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty, and the salt tax accounted for 64% of Yunnan's salt tax. Before liberation, Heijing set up a field Affairs Office, but the "invasion" of sea salt made the former salt capital of Fujia decline because it lost its pillar.

Historical buildings

There are many cultural relics and historic sites in Heijing, including the Neolithic cultural site of the 18th plough field, and the cliff of the Yuan Dynasty on the Wanchun mountain. The ancient Yancheng bridge, built in Yuan Dynasty, the moat in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the 788 meter long Shunhe bridge. It has Tang and song style lanes, Ming and Qing style dwellings, ancient steles, stone carvings (stone carvings on the top of Wanchun mountain), ancient pagodas, stone archways (chastity archways), ancient tombs (bronze tombs, Yuan Dynasty cremation tombs, Hui and Han Mu aunts' tombs, kapok relief tombs), ancient theatres, and ancient temples (Confucian temple, Zhutian temple, Dragon Temple, Feilai temple, Xiangshan Temple), etc.

Wu family compound

Wujia courtyard is a typical Ming and Qing architecture, which is well preserved. Wujia courtyard was first built in the 16th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and was expanded and completed in the 7th year of Xianfeng. It is built in accordance with the mountain trend. It is in the shape of "Wang", with one vertical and three horizontal. The layout is unique. It is composed of four patios, with 99 houses and 108 doors. The construction area is 10000 square meters, extending in all directions and large-scale. It is one of the rare ancient residential buildings in Yunnan.

Dragon Temple

The plaque hanging in the great dragon temple was inscribed by Emperor Yongzheng, with four characters of "Lingyuan Puze". The plaque is more than 2 meters long and 80 cm wide, with nine taps carved on it. "Lingyuan Puze" is the Yongzheng emperor's evaluation of Heijing brine benefiting the whole world at that time.

Heijing Qingan dike

Located at the intersection of longgou River and Longchuan River, Qing'an dike was built in the late Ming Dynasty and completed in Daoguang year of Qing Dynasty. The South dike is 362.5 meters long, 10 meters high and 6-7.4 meters wide, while the North dike is 98.4 meters long, 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. It's a dam made of red sandstone. It is the first protection project mainly used to prevent debris flow in history. Since ancient times, it has been playing a role in protecting the safety of Heijing Town. There are inscriptions recording the construction process at that time. Some experts believe that Heijing Qing'an dyke is an ancient water conservancy project second only to Dujiangyan.

Feilai Temple

Feilai temple is located in the middle of the mountain, because the mountain is steep. Looking up from the bottom of the mountain, the whole temple looks like a big bird perched in the mountains, as if it is ready to fly, and as if it has just landed from the sky. Feilai Temple got its name. Looking down from the temple, in the deep canyon, the Longchuan River passes through, and the buildings of the town are scattered on both sides of the river.

Paving platform

In Heijing, there are about 160 existing pavements, some of which are still in use, most of which have been abandoned. The so-called shop platform is a platform built by local residents on their own street with bluestone slabs, and all kinds of goods are put on the platform for sale. The business is clear at a glance, which is very convenient. The horse driver can buy things with his horse. In order to attract customers, some shops still put a pot of water and a wooden ladle on the platform for customers and horse drivers to quench their thirst.

diet

In Heijing, there were "eight eight" banquets in ancient times, and now there are unique Buddhist vegetarian banquets and "eight bowls and four dishes" family banquets in folk houses; stewed chicken with salt, gray tofu, barbecue, Shaofu, thin bean powder Baba, niuganba, pomegranate flower and other delicious dishes, which are beyond words. Apricot is famous in spring, pomegranate in summer, jujube in autumn and dried fruit in winter.

Thin bean flour Baba: knead cooked rice into slices, cut into small pieces, and put it on the shelf

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