Minghe ancient town

Minghe ancient town

Minghe ancient town is located in the south of Guanhaiwei town, Cixi City, Ningbo City. Minghe is a millennium old town with abundant resources and outstanding people. It is the only provincial historical and cultural town in Cixi City.

The ancient town is surrounded by mountains and rivers. There are temples on the side of the town. Fishing and farming people live on the river. The origin of its name is related to the local Yu family in the early Tang Dynasty. Yu Jiugao, the grandson of Yu Shinan, a great calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, was praised for his literary talent in his youth.

In the reign of yuan he of Tang Dynasty (806-820 A.D.), Yu Jiugao was a Jinshi. Unfortunately, he died early in Chang'an soon after. To commemorate him, his hometown named this place with the word "Ming He". Minghe has a long history, profound culture and beautiful landscape. It has a good reputation of "Hegao scenery competition Gusu".

From the date of resumption of opening up to December 31, it will be open free of charge to medical staff with valid certificates (doctor's practice certificate, nurse's practice certificate and ID card).

Development history

Founded in Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty, it has a history of 1200 years and is now a provincial historical and cultural reserve. According to historical records, Yu Song, the ancestor of Yu Shinan, once built the heaven surveying tower here. Yu Xi, his nephew, discovered "precession" by using this high-rise building, which is a great contribution of ancient Chinese scientists to world astronomy and a great achievement in history.

Unlike other ancient towns in China built on rivers, Minghe ancient town is built on Baiyang Lake and close to Wulei mountain scenic spot. It is a real mountain and water ancient town. Most of the ancient buildings in the ancient town are luxury houses, which were built after Minghe Ye's management of national pharmaceutical industry. Zoumalou in Yancang is an ancient building with unique characteristics among the courtyard groups in southern China. Shen's old house is still preserved in the hall of his descendants. This newspaper still has a lingering atmosphere of books, which is the witness of the accumulation and continuation of ancient town culture.

There are many exquisite ancient bridges in the ancient town, which constitute the unique artistic conception of "small bridge, flowing water, people" in Jiangnan

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Minghe, an ancient town, was formed in the end of the 8th century. During the reign of the Tang Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, the native Yu Jiugao, whose name is Minghe, died in Beijing. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Ming crane farm was set up in Xianping. In the 25th year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1392), the division of Changyan was set up by the wrong Fanming crane. During the period of the Republic of China, it was still a township system. In 1952, it was changed into a town. In 2001, it merged with Guancheng and Shiqiao to become Guanhaiwei town. Crane is not only famous for its long history, but also for its outstanding people. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there have been many famous people with lofty ideals headed by Yu Ye family. Yu Xi, an outstanding astronomer in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, discovered the phenomenon of "precession" in A.D. 330 and made great contributions to the field of astronomy and calendar. His theory of "An Tian Lun" laid the foundation for the famous ancient scientist Zu Chongzhi to create the Daming calendar. Yu Tai, a thinker and historian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, wrote the book of Jin and the book of Huang Niji, which had a positive impact on the development of historiography. Yu Shinan, a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty, is famous for his "virtue, loyalty, erudition, literature and Ci, and Shuhan". He was posthumously named Wenyi and buried in Zhaoling tomb, like entering Lingyan Pavilion. Tong Juyi, the "Mr. Du Zhou", is a man of outstanding achievements in his field of "staying at home at night, writing well in the prison, and being absent from the prison". During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Du Wenming and Du Huai, the Anti Japanese martyrs, sacrificed their lives for righteousness and died for the country. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the Ye family rose, and many people, scholars, poets and tycoons emerged in an endless stream. Ye Tianlin, in particular, set up the national medicine industry, which was the first of Cixi's national medicine trade. After that, many guojianqian pharmacies, such as Hangzhou zhuimai yewushi Zhongde Tang, Wenzhou yetongren Tang, Shaoxing Heshen Zhenyuan Tang, were opened, which greatly promoted the development of pharmaceutical industry in Zhejiang and even the whole country. One side of soil and water, one side of people. For more than a thousand years, Minghe has been gathering celebrities and leading the way. Among them, there are many people who care for their hometown and benefit Sangzi's parents. The Chu Chi she school, which is of the MI style and filial piety, the Kuan Jing Yi school, the school of seizing the dead and honoring the family members under the jurisdiction of Ye Hongnian, and the Cihang Hospital of Ye Qiyu have created opportunities for the development of cultural and educational undertakings in their hometown and brought many good news to the villagers.

Main attractions

Jinxian Temple

Built in the heyday of Buddhism during the reign of Liang and Datong in the Southern Dynasties, it is backed by Yinshan and faced with Baiyang Lake. Jinxian temple, located on the Bank of Baiyang Lake in Minghe ancient town, is known as "the victory of mountain and lake". Jinxian temple is close to Yuwang mountain and Baiyang Lake in the south. It was first built in the reign of Liang Datong in the Southern Dynasty (535-545), and has a history of more than 1400 years. In 1942, the eastern Zhejiang Anti Japanese armed forces established the three North guerrilla headquarters of the third war zone in Jinxian temple, which became an important place for anti Japanese activities. The scenic spots and historic sites around the mountains and lakes created the resplendence of Ming he at that time. Therefore, it has a good reputation of "Hegao scenery competition Gusu".

Lakeside Plaza

The square covers an area of 4000 square meters and a construction area of 1614 square meters. It will be used as a leisure and cultural business district in the ancient town, as a place for tourists' leisure, entertainment and ecological sightseeing. Today's Minghe ancient town is supported by the cultural connotations of traditional Chinese medicine, religion, celadon, sea salt and Confucian merchants. It is built as the "first ancient town of leisure and health preservation in the south of the Yangtze River" with high-end leisure and health preservation and business meetings as the core, integrating sightseeing, leisure and health preservation, humanistic living and cultural experience.

Herbal Medicine Museum

The crane is shaped in salt and filled in medicine. Minghe ancient town has been the birthplace of China's national pharmaceutical industry since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There is a saying that "national pharmaceutical talents are concentrated in Zhejiang, Cixi is located in Zhejiang, and minghechang is the first place in Cixi". The herbal medicine museum is located in the lakeside square. There are more than 150 time-honored brands of Chinese medicine hanging around the museum. Most of its founders are Cixi Minghe people or famous pharmacies. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, the North Tongrentang and the South Zhongde Tang were opened by the Le family of Minghe and the Ye family respectively, one year later than Beijing Tongrentang. The Ye family of Minghe opened Tongrentang in Wenzhou and later became the first pharmacy in Southeast China. Together with Beijing Tongrentang, they were called "north and South Tongrentang"

24 Zoumalou

It was built by Ye Cifeng, the son of Ye Xinyu, a giant Chinese medicine merchant, in the 14 years of Jiaqing period. It has a history of more than 200 years. The house has 7 rooms, 2 lanes and 2 floors, and there are 24 rooms. Besides, there are corridors around the house, and even riding horses can make it unobstructed. The interior of the building is meticulous. The square pillars are engraved with flowers, mandarin ducks, flower baskets and other decorations to express good luck. The doors, windows and escalators are decorated with lattice. The walls are decorated with brick windows, dragons, phoenixes and bats. Therefore, it is said that "the cloister is decorated with lattice windows".

Bank

It is the Qing Dynasty mansion silver, the whole construction area of about 1855 square meters, a total of three into the house, each into five, was long and narrow. The owner of this house is Shen. It is said that he was the ancestor of Shen family. He once opened a silver tower in Beijing and donated money to the government. Therefore, a big house with five horse Gables can be built here. Silver Inn has been built (five leaf class B & B), through the organic combination of modern and classical, creating a new B & B classic. It is a positive way for people to relax their body and mind to preserve and reproduce the original style of the building, return to nature and enjoy the quiet classical old house.

Ming He Xiao Wu Fang

Ye Tianlin, a pharmaceutical magnate of Ming He state, was built by his six sons. Ye's six room big house, and the five room small house is a well preserved one, covering an area of about 1700 square meters. At present, it has built a good place for self-cultivation and heart cultivation, which integrates tea ceremony, incense ceremony, piano art, treasure appreciation, art salon, lectures on the book of changes of traditional Chinese culture, Bigu health preservation and other projects. Xiaowufang covers an area of about 1200 square meters and a building area of about 1450 square meters. To give people a natural, concise, Zen, innovative, relaxed features and enjoyment. Create the artistic conception of one mountain, one water, one breeze, one bamboo and one flowing cloud in January.

Ancient street

The ancient town mainly consists of three The Strip, namely the upper street, the middle street and the lower street. The middle street is the most flourishing. It once was the essence of the crane, carrying all the splendor of the ancient town for thousands of years, and it was about 1500 meters long. Since the Song Dynasty, the market has been formed, and then every one, three, five, eight is the market day. It is an important distribution center of agricultural and sideline products in Sanbei. In the early years of the Republic of China, Minghe ancient town was an important "three white" (cotton, white cloth, rice) distribution center in Cixi. At that time, there were more than 200 boats moored at Jiehe. Today's old street is not as prosperous as it used to be, but it can still enjoy the charm of the ancient town.

Peng Gong Temple

It is also called Peng Shilang's Ci. Peng Gong, formerly known as Peng Shao, was born in Putian, Fujian Province. He was a Jinshi of Dingchou (1457) in Tianshun of Ming Dynasty. During Hongzhi period, he served as the Minister of the Ministry of punishment and the censor of Jindu. He tried his best to get rid of the public opinions, rectify the salt business, change the malpractice, remove the salt tyrants, change the salt officials, and promised that the descendants of the salt people could study, which restored the confidence and power of production in the salt field, and was respected by the salt people as the reborn parents. In the new temple, there are not only clay statues to commemorate, but also "eight pictures of salt boiling poems" painted by Peng Shao himself on the walls of the main hall. On the 12th day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, on Peng Gong's birthday, people offer sacrifices with incense.

National Medical Museum

The National Medical Museum, also known as chongjingtang, is the source of Minghe national medicine. It covers an area of 1619 square meters, and is divided into two parts: repair and reconstruction. The total construction area is 1806 square meters. The repair part is 786 square meters, and the reconstruction part is 1020 square meters. Above the gate of chongjingtang is carved with the word "Ju Ren You Yi". The ancestor is ye Xinpei, who founded yetongrentang pharmacy in Wenzhou. There are four characters "Ju Ren You Yi" carved on the top of the gate. It was used as the Ming He Zhiqing factory during the cultural revolution. open

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