Fengjing ancient town in Shanghai is a famous historical and cultural townin China. It is also one of the eight scenic spots in new Shanghai. It islocated in the southwest. Historically, it is located at the intersection of Wuand Yue, so it is known as a famous town of Wu and Yue. Today, it borders fivedistricts and counties of Shanghai and Zhejiang, and is the most important"Southwest gateway" from Shanghai to southwest provinces. Fengjing is a typicalancient town in Jiangnan. The ancient town is surrounded by water networks,rivers and bridges. There are as many as 52 bridges in the town. Zhihe bridge ofYuan Dynasty is the oldest existing one, which has a history of nearly 720__years. The town has 29 streets and lanes, 84 lanes and lanes. Up to now, thereare four ancient buildings in Heping Street, production street, North Street andYouhao street, with a total area of 48750 square meters (excluding the ancientbuildings preserved in other blocks). It is a large-scale and well preservedancient water town in Shanghai.
Fengjing town was founded in Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. It is acivilized ancient town with a history of more than 1500 years. It straddles theboundaries of Wu and Yue. Fengjing town is a typical market town in the south ofthe Yangtze River. It is surrounded by water networks and rivers. It is known as"three steps, two bridges and ten ports in one sight". There are many smallpolders in the town, which are shaped like lotus leaves. There are many trees inthe Town, and the scale of houses is small. The clear current is swift and thelotus is planted everywhere. It is elegant and beautiful, so it is also called"qingfengjing", "Fengxi" and "Furong Town".
Cultural characteristics
Fengjing culture is well-developed, which is the birthplace of Jinshanfarmer painting. Fengjing people love life, blue calico, furniture carving,kitchen murals, lantern, paper cutting, embroidery, weaving and other folk arthas a long history. The rich folk culture and art gave birth to Jinshan peasantpainting. Jinshan farmers, who are mainly Fengjing farmers' painters, havecreated the Jinshan farmers' paintings with strong local flavor and uniqueartistic style, which have a wide influence at home and abroad. There are manyfamous painters in the town. Cheng Shifa's ancestral home on Heping Street hasbeen restored and opened. The Ding Cong cartoon exhibition hall on North Streetis located in a two-story Chinese and Western style building. In front of thebuilding, there is an ancient gingko and a cluster of Daba. Ding Cong's life andmore than 100 comics are displayed in the museum. Humorous drawing often makespeople linger. The exhibition center of Jinshan peasant paintings in Shengtanglane, South Street, is located in the reading building of CAI Yitai, the numberone scholar in Qing Dynasty. It is elegant, but the pictures reveal a stronglocal flavor. Farmer paintings and Ding Cong's comics, Cheng Shifa's traditionalChinese paintings and Gu shuiru's go, which have considerable influence at homeand abroad, are concentrated in Fengjing, a town, which is a rare local culturalphenomenon in China.
Ancient architecture
Along the xizha river opposite to the town government, there is a 600 meterlong ancient mansion with a construction area of 12000 square meters. To thewest of the ancient stage, the old site of the Qing Dynasty Post Office, locatedat 92 Heping Street, has a solid structure with grey walls and black tiles. Thedoor frames on both sides are stone pillars. The big characters "post andtelecommunications office" stand out above the high door opening. This is one ofthe few existing old sites of the Qing Dynasty Post Office in Shanghai. Due toits developed culture and prosperous economy, Fengjing is also a rare ancienttown with complete Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity. As early asthe first year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (520__), a Taoisttemple had been built in nanzha of Fengjing. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Buddhism was very popular, with temples in streets, alleys, Li and Fang. Therewere three temples in the town. In the late Qing Dynasty, Catholicism andChristianity began to be introduced into Fenghua. If you go to xingjue temple,Shiwang temple, Yujia ancestral hall and other cultural landscapes, you can findthe historical traces of Fengjing town, which was divided into North and Southin ancient times, half belonged to Wu area, and half belonged to cross-borderarea.
Simple folk customs
Fengjing people are honest and honest, advocating farming and education,paying attention to education and official selection. It has bred three numberone scholars, 56 Jinshi, 125 Juren, 235 cultural celebrities (including 100county magistrate, 3 ministers of six ministries and 2 prime ministers), and 639celebrities with historical records since the Tang Dynasty. In ancient times,there were Lu Zhi, the Prime Minister of Tang Dynasty; Chen Shunyu, the garrisonofficer of Song Dynasty, and Xu Kechang, the number one scholar; Chen Yicheng,the imperial doctor of Taiyuan hospital who followed Zheng He to the West inMing Dynasty; CAI Yitai, the number one scholar in Qing Dynasty, and Xie Yong,the official to cabinet bachelor and official minister; Shen Rongcheng, the folkpoet. In modern times, there were Zhu xuefan, vice chairman of the NationalPeople's Congress, Gu shuiru, a national go player, Ding Cong, a famouscartoonist, Cheng Shifa, a master of traditional Chinese painting, Yuan Shizhao,Lu Longfei and other revolutionary predecessors. They left precious historicalsites and legends for Fengjing.
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