Visit TONG Yue St. Paul - Anhui tour of six
May 19, 7:00, and we ride to Shexian from Tunxi to visit the famous arch, and Xu Yue-tong Shihfang.
St. Paul is the highest honor a symbol of the feudal society, is the ruler used to flaunt merit as a means of promoting the feudal ethical code. Shexian multi-arch, with the rise of Huizhou merchants, development, and Neo-Confucianism of the origin, impact, has long-standing relationship.
Shexian people from their homes, to go out business, footprints all over the country. To go out as little as three to five years, as many decades, in order to take care of their parents was, before the general to be married. Outside the business, if not fortune, then shame see the home crowd; fortune, and then the money illustrious, hometown glory.
Ming and Qing period, the Huizhou merchants to reach its peak, there has been "no emblem not a town," at its peak, about its financial lifeline of the national economy over 300 years. The court with admiration of the Huizhou merchants, of course, with added grace, so, Huishang into the "business re-text to the text entering political stratum, to Shi Bao-friendly" healthy development track.
No traces of the Huizhou merchants became rich horizon, in order to glorify their ancestors, petitioned the emperor indulgence, hometown glory, the construction of the arch, Jingbiao fame, magnanimous act, chastity ... ... image, in order lasts.
Shexian existing arch many Ming and Qing dynasties, but more than a dozen St. Paul concentrated in one place, as a group, only 1 Yue-tong.
Yue-tong-tong-yue village of St. Paul group is a Pauls family's hard earned and built by the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Since the Song has been there a lot of Pauls family, loyal dutiful son and virtuous women, loyalty, filial piety is especially prominent deeds, while the family is the local Mong tribe, to a number of wealthy businessmen known. There has been "turned over to the emperor, possession of sulfuric acid by 1 million," known as the richest man south, mighty big Huishang Bao Chi Road.
Good Samaritan Square is by the Emperor Jiaqing indulgence, in recognition of Pauls family support salaries for disaster relief, holding a charitable school, Hing built water conservancy and other charity.
Light rain started falling, we follow the tour guide, called on the seven-tong yue arch, arch click "loyalty, filial piety, festival, meaning" order, the three Ming, Qing Dynasty 4.
My surprise, Anhui, which is now a less developed land, there is still such a prominent family, prominent arch, illustrious history.
In the tong-yue, we also visited the female Temple - Qing Yi Tong. Ancestral hall built specifically for women, which in other places do not. However, male and female Shrine Temple There are also differences: Male Temple block north to south, female temple blocks northward, M Temple can open the main entrance, female temple can only take side door. This also indicates that inferior status of women in feudal society.
Paid a visit to arch-tong yue group, we drove to Shexian county, to visit Xu Shihfang.
Xu Shihfang, 11.5 meters north to south and from east to west and 6.7 meters wide, 11.4 meters high, so large-scale, showing the structure of eight-foot arch, can be said that unique in the world. In 1988, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection units.
Xu Shihfang built in the Ming Wanli 12 years. Square Master Xu is Shexian County man, Jiajing, Longqing and Wanli 3 North Korea minister of state. His title is "little Paul and the University of Prince Edward Tai-Bao Shi Wu Yingdian rites." "Little Paul" is Taibao deputy level, is a senior adviser to the emperor, "Prince CPIC" Prince teacher is to counsel, "Minister of Rites," is equivalent to the current Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, "Wu Yingdian" is a palace, Xu office place, "scholar" is the title of cabinet members.
Yunnan border in January after the chaos subsided, the Wanli emperor rich reward courtiers, Xu has been praised as "co-Zhong logistics, stilbene with Merit" by "Gahan dependents pay," were to be granted to the construction of his home in Shexian Shihfang.
Shihfang can only be built 4 feet, Xu distinguished because of his position, went so far as ingenuity built eight feet. But the construction of eight feet, was not allowed, so he came up with a "fait accompli" approach.
Xu construction of this arch, spent a total of eight months, Hui Zhao complex life, because super-false, Xu Dian Shang kneeling in silence. Blame the emperor said: "I quasi-ching returned home in April of making false Square, why the extension is in August? Square made for so long, not to mention a four-footed, that is 8 feet long made good." Xu listened to, Gordon cheers played: "The emperor graciously grant Hsieh, Chen-made arch is eight feet." Wanli heard, dumbfounding, the emperor's Jinkou can not go back. In this way, Xu built eight feet Shihfang legalized.
This is of course legendary, but, according to experts in research, there are only eight feet Shihfang this one may very well be regarded as "just this once" bar.
Shihfang both within and outside the direction of Old and four exquisite sculptures, carved the south is the "dragon take off", a symbol of the emperor south of Wang, said Xu of the court's loyalty to the inside of carved "English (Eagle) Zi (Pheasant )-hwan (Badger), made a "glorification of the emperor young and promising. East carved "Fish Yuelong Men", Xu said that no formal academic training, medial carving of the "three newspaper (Leopard) hi (Magpie)", Yu Xu promoted three times in the Wanli era. West of Eagle, "Wei Feng Xiang-lin," a symbol of style and alumni of benevolent Changlong of peace and prosperity, the inside of carved "Dragon Court Dance Eagle", implying that reside Xu Wu Yingdian bachelor status. North "Rui Xiangyun" The meaning of harmony in society, but also a symbol of high moral character Xu, inside the "Luming map," said Xu, as Minister of Rites, and often meet with the guests and scholars.
While the next heavy rain, we still interesting to watch this masterpiece.
Shexian is China's historical and cultural city, there are many attractions, Changting, bridges, and Shihfang, stone pagodas, gardens everywhere, like a magnificent history museum. Many attractions, such as Taebaek House, Yuliang Dam, Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall and so on, due to time constraints, we no go.
At around 10 o'clock, we multiplied the car back to Hangzhou, 15:40 back to Hangzhou.
The tour, a total of three days, we visit the World Heritage Xidi, Hongcun, boarded the famous Taoist Qi Yun, visited the famous old street of Tunxi, visited the St. Paul group and Xu Yue-tong Shihfang, spent about 500 yuan.
We feel that Anhui region is extremely rich in tourism resources, natural landscape and cultural landscape combination complement each other. To Huangshan as the center, bringing together a number of tourist attractions can be said to be star-studded. Beautiful scenery, combined with deep cultural heritage, there is indeed a prime tourist area.
In a few years, the completion of Hangzhou-Anhui Expressway, where in turn the emergence of a golden age of tourism.
Author: huankeyi2001
