Yansi Town, Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Yansi town

Yansi town is located in the east of Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, 118 ° 14 ′ E and 29 ° 14 ′ n, known as the "south gate of Huangshan". Yansi, the seat of the town government, is not only the seat of the Huizhou District Party committee and the district government of Huangshan City, but also the central urban area of Huizhou District. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Huizhou District. At the same time, it is also an important industrial base, vegetable base and material gathering place in the planning of Huangshan City approved by the provincial government.

General situation of the town

Yansi, an important town in southern Anhui, is also one of the largest basins in the mountainous area of Southern Anhui. It is now the seat of Huizhou District People's Government of Huangshan City, Huizhou. Located on the Bank of fengle River, Yan temple is the natural gateway to Huangshan Mountain on the South Road, known as the "south gate of Huangshan Mountain". It is one of the important birthplaces of Huizhou culture with a long history, superior geography, prosperous literary style and a large number of talents.

Administrative jurisdiction

It has jurisdiction over 5 neighborhood committees of Guanghui, Shangjie, xiajie, Yongxing and Longjing, and 11 administrative villages of Xinxing, Fushan, hongkeng, Shigang, Linhe, Yaocun, Hongguang, Shangzhu, Luotian, Hanshan and Yitang. National Highway 205, Wuhu Tunxi, Huicheng Hangzhou and Anhui Jiangxi railway cross the border. It is the South Gate of Huangshan scenic spot. there are more than 10 places of interest in the territory, of which Jinzhai and Baozhai are provincial-level cultural relics protection units. There are memorial sites for the Xiaolian revolution and former sites for the concentration of Red Army guerrillas in eight southern provinces.

physical geography

Fengle River, also known as "West River", is a secondary tributary of Xin'an River, originated in Xingling, Huangshan scenic spot. From the northwest to the south, it flows to Taoyuan near the mountain pass; to Xishan, it flows to Caoxi River; to niutoukou, it flows to Zhangcun River; to Rongxi, it flows to Rongxi River; to Shichuan, it flows to Zhongchuan River; to Yansi, it flows to Yingxi river. Fengle River, with a total length of 64.3 kilometers and a drainage area of 392.5 square kilometers, is the "Mother River" for the survival and development of Yan temple. historical evolution Yansi, formerly known as Yansi Town, was established in 1987 as a prefecture level Huangshan City. Before it was established, it was under the jurisdiction of she County, Huizhou, and now it is the location of Huizhou District, Huangshan City. It can be proved from the Neolithic cultural site of tongzishan in the suburb of Yansi that the ancient people lived in the area of Yansi as early as 4500 years ago. According to the records of yanzhenzhicao in Qianlong's engraving, there are nearly 10 caves excavated by the predecessors on the hillside of Wuli in fengle. they are called Xiaoyan temple and Guyan temple. In the first year of zongdali (766 AD), the famous monk Shanyun of Tang Dynasty received the imperial edict of Daizong. He gathered scholars from all over the world to build a mansion here and founded the holy land of Samo. There were numerous temples with East and West orders, and the scale of the halls was scattered among them. At that time, there were as many as 500 monks stationed in the temple. Because the temple was built in front of Shibi cave, the Tang Dynasty gave the name of "rock temple". Behind the temple, there is "Guyan Temple spring", which is listed as one of the "four springs in Shexian county" by Xu Fangcheng of Ming Dynasty. According to the poem, "ancient temple Kuma cloud, regardless of the year, is in front of the Qingling line. I only listen to the tourists when I carry the bottle, but I don't allow the mountain monk to know Yuchuan. " The spring is a few miles to the east of Fengshan mountain, behind the ancient rock temple, which is now nowhere to be found. In 1132 ad, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty ordered the town to be built (formerly Yongchang township). In the 24th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1391 AD), it was changed to qingtaili, Yongfeng Township. At this time, the temple had a certain scale. As far as Jialong, it is a prosperous city with a large number of families, ten li square and merchants. Yan Temple commune was established in 1958 and changed to town in 1965. In 1997, it covers an area of 90.9 square kilometers. In 2004, Shangzhu village in Zhengcun town of Shexian county was assigned to Yansi Town, Huizhou District, Huangshan City. In 2008, it governed Longjing neighborhood committee, xiajie neighborhood committee, Guanghui neighborhood committee, Shangjie neighborhood committee, Yongxing neighborhood committee, fangtang village, Xinxing village, Fushan Village, Xianhe village, Changyuan village, Linhe village, Yao village, Luotian village, Shigang village, Hanshan village, Hongguang Village, hongkeng village and Shangzhu village. In 2015, Changyuan village and Xianhe village of Yansi Town, Huizhou District were put under the jurisdiction of Xintan Town, Tunxi District.

cultural relics and historic sites

Where there is water, there is a bridge. Within Yan Town, there are Sungong bridge and shegong bridge on fengle River, Caihua bridge, Deji bridge, Tongji Bridge and Hongqiao bridge on Yingxi river. In order to turn fengle water into irrigation, predecessors built "baonanyu" on fengle river.

Sun Gongqiao

Sun Gong bridge, also known as Xiadu bridge, used to be the third ferry from Yinshan down. It used to cross the river with bamboo rafts. In 1496, sun Shiquan, a li man, invested in the construction of the stone bridge. The bridge is 110 meters long, 15 meters wide and 5 meters high. There are more than 40 corridors on the bridge. There are shops on the left and flying chairs on the right for pedestrians to rest. In 1935, the road from Qingyang to Tunxi was built and changed into a highway bridge.

Shegong Bridge

"Shegong bridge", under Wenfeng tower, is also called Xinqiao. In 1536, she Wenyi, a native of the Ming Dynasty, built the pagoda eight years earlier than Wenfeng pagoda. Wenfeng pagoda, shegong bridge, Changtan mountain and Fengshan terrace were called pen, ink, paper and inkstone by later generations. The bridge was destroyed in the flood on July 5, 1969. According to Xu Chengyao's sheshixiantan, Volume 14, shegongqiao, she Wenyi, with the word Bang Zhi, was born in Yan temple. In order to amuse oneself, Mei Zhuang was named in the evening. He was poor and had a wonderful career. He started his career with hard work. He had a bad personality. He was rich in clothes and traveled among famous officials. It costs thousands of yuan to set up Yitian, Yiwu, Yishu and Yizhong to support the poor. He also donated 4000 yuan to build a stone bridge at Shuikou in Yanzhen, which is called shegong bridge. Over 80 years of age, righteousness never fades. The bridge still exists today. See "the annals of Yansi town"

Caihua Bridge

"Caihua bridge" is built on the Yingxi River from Yansi to Hanshan. It is 6 meters long and 1.4 meters wide, with a pile in the middle. The bridge deck is made of four bluestone slabs with a deep concave in the shape of a brick knife. It is said that there are two Yuan Bao buried in it, which were pried open and taken away by a duck man with an iron handle.

Deji Bridge

Deji bridge, commonly known as Zhaitang bridge, also known as widow bridge, is the passage from Nanshan to Yinshan. In Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, it was made by Hu family, wife of Wang Shiang. Single hole bridge, 10 meters long, 3.7 meters wide, 3.4 meters high arch, red stone masonry. Hu, a young widower, is filial to his father-in-law. He takes his usual savings out to build bridges and accumulate good deeds, which is praised by Li people.

Tongji Bridge

"Tongji Bridge" is on the side of Yansi primary school. It is the only way to go to the street, also known as "Shixin bridge". Yingxi river flows from Nanshan through Shangjie cottage and into fengle river through Tongji Bridge. It used to be a wooden bridge. In 1474, the magistrate of Zhou Dynasty urged Li people to build a stone bridge, and Li people Wang used wood to build a single hole stone arch bridge. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Wang's descendants hongzuo and Hongyong were ordered by their mother Cheng to rebuild.

Hongqiao

"Hongqiao" is located in the back street of Yansi, formerly known as "Hongfu bridge". It was built by Zheng Rongyan in the fifth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1469 AD). It has four stacks and three caves, five corridor houses and Buddhist niches. In the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Weihan was rebuilt, and Fangde was rebuilt in the early Republic of China. The bridge deck is made of stone, covered with thin bricks and roof tiles. There are 24 wooden columns on the bridge, all of which are painted with red paint. In the east of the bridge, there is a small house named "Xiangji". The bridge is the only way to the former site of the New Fourth Army headquarters. The cabin used to be the confidential room and telegraph room of the New Fourth Army. At that time, general Ye Ting often had a heart to heart talk with the masses in the bridge corridor.

Bao Nanyu

Located between sun Gong bridge and Wen Feng tower, Bao Nan Bi is a water storage dam. Bao Hong, the governor of Xin'an, was founded in 327 A.D. in the second year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is one of the earliest dam projects in Chinese history. The dam is 160 feet long. The main canal flows from the entrance of Qianqiu mountain in Yansi to the intersection (now Shexian chemical fertilizer plant). It is divided into North and south branch canals for irrigation of 3700 mu. It has been repaired many times in history.

Rock Temple Pagoda

Yansi pagoda, also known as Wenfeng pagoda and Shuikou pagoda, was built in 1544 A.D. in the 23rd year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty. It took 15 years from foundation to completion. It was repaired in Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty, Kangxi, Qianlong and Daoguang of Qing Dynasty. The "rock Temple Pagoda" was built according to the style of "Dachan Temple Pagoda" in Shaoxing and "Baoen Temple Pagoda" in Nanjing. The pagoda has a height of two and fifteen feet (one is eight feet) and is a seven story eight face shrine pagoda. During the reign of Qianlong and Jiaqing, on the second day of the second lunar month, people had the habit of visiting the pagoda to get the meaning of "Climbing". at that time, tourists were like weaving. They could climb up the stairs and overlook Huangshan Mountain and Zixia clouds. In the evening, people will light the tower lamp from the top of the seven storey tower, which is colorful and bright. Under the tower, there are more lively people, such as drumming, storytelling, juggling, selling wild herbs, sugar sucking Bodhisattvas, typing bars, setting up stalls to sell snacks, playing and watching, and so on. "Rock Temple Pagoda" was initiated by Mr. Zheng Shuangxi (a Jinshi of Jiaxu in Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, an official of Guizhou Province). It is said that fengle stream flows downstream to the East, which is not enough to prevent it. With Fengshan terrace as inkstone and Wenfeng tower as pen, it symbolizes the elegance of Shuikou in Wuzhen. The famous masters are from Suzhou and Wuxi. special personnel are assigned to purchase materials from other places, as far as Hangzhou and Sichuan. Only one item, tahinmu, visited Shexian mountain farm, but no suitable material was found. Later, I traveled to Xiuning and Yi counties, and found a 13 Zhang long plant in Dasheng mountain of Yuting. It was felled and put into exile in the spring flood season. It was only three years before it was transported to Yansi, which shows the scale of the project. In order to make the top of the pagoda strong and beautiful, the patron took the master to collect the drawings of the pagodas of Dachan temple in Shaoxing, Baoen temple in Nanjing and Sizhou. The first floor of "Yansi pagoda" was built with the donation of Hu Tairong, Hu Yingxing, Hu Xianda and Hu Hufu. The second floor was built with the donation of GUI Cong. The third floor was built with the donation of Fang Fuzhen. The fourth floor was built with the donation of Bao Daodi and Bao daoda. The fifth floor was built with the donation of Wang Tongbao. The sixth floor was built with the donation of Wang Tongbao

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