Wushan Square

Hangzhou Wushan Square, covering an area of 80000 square meters, was completed in September 1999. The southern margin alternates with the toe of Wushan mountain. Wushan is in the southeast of Xihu, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. It stretches into the urban area with Qiantang River on the left and West Lake on the right. It is a famous scenic spot in Hangzhou. Wushan Square is divided into several uneven and fluctuating blocks according to the view and function: main square block, green block, sinking block and public welfare block. Large gatherings and performances are often held in the square, and a large parking garage is built underground.

Wushan Square

Wushan Square, located at No.1 Yan'an Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, echoes with Wulin Square in the center of Hangzhou along Yan'an Road. It covers an area of 80000 square meters and was completed in September 1999. It is one of the large squares in the main urban area of Hangzhou and the nearest city square to the West Lake. Hefang Street, Hangzhou Museum, Southern Song Yu Street and other tourist attractions are also close to Wushan Square. The ten sceneries of the new West Lake, Wushan Tianfeng, are also located here.

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Ticket information

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Opening Hours

all day

Traffic information

Due to the construction of Wushan Square Station of Hangzhou Metro Line 7, Wushan Square is temporarily closed.

Wushan Square

Basic introduction

Wushan Square is divided into several uneven and fluctuating blocks according to the view and function: main square block, green block, sinking block and public welfare block. Large gatherings and performances are often held in the square, and a large parking garage is built underground.

Wushan is in the southeast of Xihu, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

It stretches into the urban area with Qiantang River on the left and West Lake on the right. It is a famous scenic spot in Hangzhou. In the spring and Autumn period, it was the western boundary of Wu, hence its name. Or it is said that Wu Zixu was taken as the reason and Wu was taken as Wu. Therefore, there is a Zixu temple in the mountain, so it is called Xushan. The five generation of Wu Yue, in the middle of the Song Dynasty, had Town God's Temple on the hill, so it was also called Cheng Huang mountain. Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty wrote the poem "farewell to Cen Shen brothers": "who said that Qingmen was sad, and Wu mountain was quiet in the period of time." Song Sushi's "Bu operator" CI: "Shuke to Jiangnan, long memory of Wushan good." In Jin Hailing's title of soft screen, he said, "the first peak of Mount Wu is on the West Lake."

The source of Wushan alias

The beautiful West Lake of Hangzhou is "three sides of cloud mountain and one side of city". Surrounded by heavy chains, only Wushan mountain, which is about 100 meters high and stretches for several miles, zigzags into the city. On Mount Wu, you can have a panoramic view of Hangzhou's "one hundred thousand odd families". The Qianjiang River is like a belt, the sails are like spots, the West Lake is like a mirror, and the boats are like weaving. Since ancient times, Wushan has been a good place to climb up and range rover in the city. According to textual research, the West Lake in ancient times was a bay connected with the Qiantang River, and Wushan and Baoshi mountain were the two headlands surrounding the bay. At that time, there was a vast ocean at the foot of Wu mountain. Fishermen often fished in the Bay and dried their nets on the mountain. In the spring and Autumn period, it was the southern boundary of the state of Wu, so it was renamed Wushan. At that time, Wu Zixu, a minister of the state of Wu, was killed because he admonished Fu Chai, the king of Wu. The people of Wu pitied him and built a "Wu Gong Temple" to commemorate him. This is the first temple on Mount Wu. It has a history of more than 2000 years. Since then, the number of temples and nunneries has increased day by day, almost covering more than ten mountain tops and hillsides, such as Ziyang, Yunju, Qibao, Emei, etc. in Wushan, so there is a legend of "seventy-two temples in Wushan". However, these temples have been built and destroyed many times. Among the most widely spread and most impressive, there are still "Town God's Temple" built in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that the "City God" in the temple was named Zhou Xin. He was born in Nanhai, Guangdong Province. Before his death, he served as an inspector of Zhejiang Province. He was incorruptible and was known as "cold faced iron". After he took office in Hangzhou, he first eliminated a group of officials and clerks who committed crimes and oppressed the people. After that, he went out to inspect the prisoners' cases and corrected a number of unjust cases. He was respected and supported by the common people, and the corrupt officials were terrified. Later, because of offending the powerful, Zhou Xin was killed, and the people were indignant. In order to appease the public indignation, the emperor dreamed that Zhou Xin had become a City God in Hangzhou. Since then, Hangzhou people have built a "Town God's Temple" for Wu Shan. Therefore, Wushan is also called Chenghuang mountain.

geographical position

Wushan Square is located in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou City, at the southernmost end of Yan'an Road. It is adjacent to Xizi Lake in the West and connected with Wulin Square along Yan'an Road in the north.

Main attractions

Hefang Street

Hefang Street, located at the foot of Wushan mountain, is a part of Qinghefang, which belongs to the old urban area of Hangzhou. In the old days, it intersected with Zhongshan middle road to get the "four corners of Qinghefang". Since the Republic of China, it has been the corner of Kong Fengchun fragrant powder shop, MI Dachang Hanyan shop, Wanlong ham shop and Zhang Yunsheng Maozhuang respectively, becoming a famous district at that time. Hefang Street is a historical and Cultural District in Hangzhou. Hu Xueyan's former residence and Zhu Bingren's bronze sculpture art museum are the most influential ones on the street, which have become a highlight of the street. The total road length is 1800m.

There are many traditional snack stalls on the short streets, such as Dingsheng cake, stinky tofu, pickled duck, pickled meat, steamed river shrimp with bacon, and steamed lake crab with bacon. To continue, there are some time-honored brands: Kong Fengchun powder shop and Zhang Xiaoquan scissors; century old drugstore: Hu Qingyu hall, Baohe hall and Fang Huichun hall; arts and crafts: Xiangyi hall, Longquan kiln, Wuyue Renjia, Ouzhi sword and Wang Xingji Fan Village; shops: Zhuangyuan hall, West paradise, Wang Runxing restaurant, huabaozhai, pan Yongtai, Wanlong ham village and sidebao silk village; teahouse: Taihe tea Building, Taiji teahouse, Weng Longsheng tea house; characteristic Museum: Zhu Bingren Bronze Sculpture Art Museum (Jiangnan copper house), rongbaozhai, Guanfu Museum, Santai Art Museum, World Coin Museum, ancient ceramics museum; former residence of celebrities: Hu Xueyan's former residence, Yu Qian's former residence, Yu Dafu's former residence.

Wushan Temple Fair

Wushan Temple Fair has a long history

. In addition to the feudal superstitious activities such as burning incense and worshiping Buddha, fortune telling and measuring characters, there were also calligraphy and painting sellers, temple stage performers, jugglers, jugglers, flower sellers, cockfighting and so on in the early temple fairs. Shops and peddlers were full of shops around the temple and along the way. People who go to temple fairs are always in high spirits.

Wushan temple fair, not only since ancient times, but also the four seasons, each with its own characteristics. From the first day of the lunar new year to the 18th day of the first month of the lunar new year, most of the people who go up the mountain are local people in Hangzhou. People come here to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new and pray for good luck in the year. 2、 In March, pilgrims from Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou flocked to Hangzhou, and they usually arrived at Lingyin, Tianzhu, Yuhuang mountain, Jingsi first, and Chenghuang mountain last. The pilgrim burned the candle and wanted to buy something to take back. Therefore, the businesses of Hu qingyutang, Kong Fengchun, Duoyi, zhuangyuanlou, Zhang Yunsheng and Fang Yuhe in Qinghefang at the foot of Wushan mountain are particularly prosperous. The reason why these old shops are famous at home and abroad is closely related to the prosperity of temple fair. At the beginning of summer, the number of pilgrims from outside decreased. But in the old days, Hangzhou had the custom of "Wulang Babao going to Wushan". After months of hard work, the boss would reward everyone with a meal and let them go to Wushan temple fair on holiday. In addition, when you meet a Bodhisattva's birthday in a temple, there will always be a lot of excitement on Mount Wu.

Although the temples on Mount Wu have disappeared, some valuable historical relics and a large number of ancient trees are still preserved. There is "Gan Hua Yan" near the original Baocheng temple in Ziyang mountain, which is engraved with Su Dongpo's peony chanting poem and the four characters of "Sui Han Song Bai" written by Wu Dongsheng in Ming Dynasty. The next cliff is engraved with three big characters "the first mountain", which is the handwriting of Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher in Song Dynasty. On the west slope of Ziyang, near the former site of Sanmao temple, there is a rock with the five characters "the first peak of Mount Wu". It is a historical resort to watch Qianjiang tide.

Chenghuang Pavilion

The total area of Chenghuang Pavilion in Hangzhou is about 1000 mu. Located at the gate of the ticket hall, there is a large granite relief "Wu Shan style map". The whole work is 27 meters long and 6 meters high. It takes the Southern Song Dynasty as the background of the times, reproducing the prosperous scene and grand occasion of Town God's Temple's centred Festival and the holding of the Wu Shan Temple Fair. The four Optimus pillars standing in front of the relief are mainly the decorations of the square. They are the artistic forms extracted from the combination of the column and the bucket arch in ancient architecture. They show the moral of force and beauty in ancient Chinese architecture, and enhance the national style and historical atmosphere of chenghuangge scenic area.

Chenghuang Pavilion is located in wushantian scenic area. It is 41.6 meters high, with a total of seven floors underground. It combines the architectural styles of the yuan and Ming Dynasties. It focuses on the overall situation and outlines the details. It is also the winner of Hangzhou's rivers, mountains, lakes and cities.

The top of the main roof of Chenghuang Pavilion is a gourd shaped vase, and the top of the four sub roofs is a phoenix shaped Pavilion. The whole pavilion looks like a group of flying phoenix, and it is also like the fairy mountain Pavilion standing on the sky, which is fascinating.

The East Ying column on the second floor of Chenghuang Pavilion is hung with Xu Wei's famous couplet of Ming Dynasty: "the picture of eight hundred Li Lake mountain to know the year; all the fireworks belong to this building"; the light windows on the south, West and north sides of the ground floor hall are set up against the wall to display the large hardwood colored sculpture "the scenery of Hangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty", and the blue stone line on the opposite side depicts the portraits of Hangzhou's celebrities and 10 folk myths; there are casual clothes from the third floor to the top floor Service facilities. When you go to Wushan mountain and climb Chenghuang Pavilion, you can see that the sky is vast, the earth is broad, the lakes and mountains are beautiful, and the city is prosperous. It's a paradise worthy of its name.

Wu Mountain View

In the north of Ziyang peak, there is a group of strange stones rising from the flat ground, commonly known as "Wushan twelve peaks". people

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