China tourism, Anchang ancient town, Millennium ancient city, born to water!
China tourism, Anchang ancient town, Millennium ancient city, born to water!
Being good as water has been the pursuit of China people since ancient times; Living next to the water places people's desire to return to nature. On Shaoxing's 8279-square-kilometer land, there are 6759 rivers with a total length of 10887 kilometers, such as veins, criss-crossing, nourishing one side of the water and soil.
A beautiful water town, like the rivers, lakes, An Lan and beautiful waters depicted in the geography book, is stretching leisurely on the land of Jiangnan. Walk into Shaoxing in the textbook and feel the agility and vitality of this thousand-year-old city that coexists with water. Shaoxing is a thousand-year-old city born and prospered by water. There are many rivers and lakes in the city, dotted around, just like pieces of jade dotted on the ancient Yue land, the artistic conception of people with small bridges and flowing water can be seen everywhere.
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A history of Shaoxing and a history of water conservancy. In order to survive and multiply, Shaoxing people have been looking for a way of life that coexists with water. The East Zhejiang Canal, like a smart ribbon, has been flowing endlessly for thousands of years. It witnessed the change of years, bearing the historical memory, and is a historical silhouette of Shaoxing born to the water.
Zhedong canal
"Guanzi Shuidi" once recorded: "The more turbid the water, the heavier it is, so its people are stupid and dirty." In history, Shaoxing was once a "wasteland" with thin salt tide and frequent floods. After several generations of hard work and management, Yuedi gradually turned into a land of plenty. In 490 BC, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who became a slave to Wu, returned from Wu to Yue, and began to work hard for "ten years of reunion and ten years of lessons". It is recorded in Yuejueshu that Gou Jian, the king of Yue, "built a city wall by the river", surrounded a "rich pond in the middle", chiseled a "waterway in the mountains and rivers", cultivated land and cultivated land, and learned lessons, eventually becoming a hegemony. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, skillfully built a city by the edge of water, which laid the foundation for Shaoxing, a water city. The Shanyin Old Waterway has also become one of the first artificial canals with an exact digging date in the history of China, and it is the core and landmark section of the East Zhejiang Canal.
Wang Shipeng, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, said: "There is a West Lake in Hangzhou, and the Jews have eyebrows; The more Jianhu there is, the more people still have intestines and stomach. " Ma Zhen, the prefect of Huiji in the Eastern Han Dynasty, witnessed that the people in Yuedi suffered from floods, droughts and tidal disasters. In the fifth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, despite numerous obstacles, he resolutely mobilized the local people to take the water from 36 sources and the foothills lake, and built Jianhu, the oldest large-scale water storage irrigation project south of the Yangtze River in China. According to modern research, the Jianhu Dam built by Ma Zhen starts from Cao 'e River in the east and ends in puyang river in the west, with a total length of 127 Li and a water area of 800 Li. There are mountain torrents on this lake, and the salt tide is rejected, which irrigates 9,000 hectares. In this way, this original gap between mountains and seas has become a vast land of fish and rice. Shaoxing also ushered in the glorious years of this city, and gradually became a rich land in the south of the Yangtze River.
The past is more than a thousand years. Today, the East Zhejiang Canal is still rippling in blue waves, surrounding Shaoxing, an oriental water city, for thousands of years. Since Dayu completed the work of harnessing water and became a vassal in Shaoxing, water has become the spirit, soul and charm of Shaoxing city. Water nourishes Shaoxing's aura, moistens things silently, irrigates the unbroken context of ancient Yue land for thousands of years, and breeds Shaoxing's endless civilization.
Waterway is an important way for the ancients to travel. Literati and literati sang songs all the way, throwing delicate brushstrokes between the beautiful and wonderful mountains and rivers in Shaoxing. They go boating in the waterway, feeling the ripples of blue waves and green waves for thousands of miles; They climbed to the top of the mountain and laughed at the smoke and the shadows.
Walking through Jianhu Lake is He Zhizhang's "only the mirror lake in front of the door, the spring breeze does not change the old waves." Walking through the Tunxi River is Du Fu's "Tunxi is full of differences, and you can't forget it." Climbing Tianmu Mountain is Li Bai's "in a straight line to heaven, its summit enters heaven, tops the five Holy Peaks, and casts a shadow through China."
Shaoxing nourishes people with water, and the exquisite beauty of water embodies the talents of literati, which is full of talent and emotion, leaving a brilliant cultural treasure for Shaoxing. Xie Lingyun sent his love to the mountains and rivers and became the originator of China's "Landscape Poetry School"; Wang Xizhi, a generation of book sage, wrote "the first running script in the world" and "Preface to Lanting Collection", which was handed down through the ages with elegant calligraphy; Wang Yangming, a master of psychology, founded the concept of "unity of knowing and doing". The water of Shaoxing has also shaped the character of Shaoxing people's combination of rigidity and softness. Countless people with lofty ideals have drawn on the power of water, cherished the world and cared for the whole world. Gou Jian's achievements are based on his salary and courage; Cai Yuanpei held high the banner of "freedom of thought and inclusiveness" and created a generation of academic atmosphere; Lu Xun took the pen as the blade and eventually became the "national backbone".
Throughout the ages, Shaoxing celebrities are talented and talented, reflecting the world. Shaoxing has 27 top scholars, 2,238 scholars and thousands of touts, which makes the Shaoxing culture flourish in Ye Sheng. The context of Shaoxing, like the endless stream of water, has been passed down for thousands of years and lasts forever, creating an immortal legend of Shaoxing, a famous historical and cultural city.
The water of Shaoxing has both the tranquility of flowing water of small bridges and the grand view of surging tides. Sitting on lakes and mountains, the scenery is beautiful and extraordinary, making Shaoxing a fascinating resort. The East Lake is just a bright pearl of Shaoxing, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
East Lake
Shaoxing East Lake, Hangzhou West Lake and Jiaxing South Lake are also called the three famous lakes in Zhejiang, which embodies the essence of Shaoxing landscape. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han Dynasties, people dug mountains and took stones here. After thousands of years of chisel and axe cutting, almost half of the castle peak has been removed, and it has become a cliff and a strange pool abyss. The cliffs in the lake are looking for thousands of things, which are "carved from man-made, just like the sky opens". Some are facing each other like doors, some are hanging upside down, and some are deeply curved like holes. Xiantao Cave and Taogong Cave have different shapes, just like wonders. The large and small stone bridges built according to the situation have become the most exquisite stone impression and the most intuitive historical witness of East Lake. Tao Zhuoxuan, a famous calligrapher and educator in Shaoxing in the late Qing Dynasty, skillfully blended the rocky scenery of East Lake into the landscape gardens, built dikes around the lake, built bridges to add pavilions, and the pavilions were strewn at random, which was unique. After several generations of decoration, East Lake has finally become a "landscape bonsai" with mountains in the lake, caves hidden in the mountains, bridges, boats, flowers and trees, and pavilions. The wonder of East Lake lies in stone, and the beauty of East Lake lies in water. "Cut a piece of water from Jianhu Lake and shrink it into a map of three mountains in the Bohai Sea." East Lake belongs to Jianhu water system, with strange rocks along the coast, abrupt and towering, and the lake is Ming Che, quiet and elegant, with scenery everywhere. Accompanied by an awning boat, it shuttles through the strange caves and cliffs of East Lake, listening to the sound of long paddles to open the mirror-like lake, and the lake whispers on the side of the boat, sparkling, which truly reproduces the beautiful artistic conception of Lu Fangweng's poem "The bridge is like a rainbow, the water is like an empty, and a leaf floats in the misty rain". "Sitting on the awning and watching social drama" is the signature feature of East Lake Scenic Area. On the East Lake stage, the sound of social drama is heard. The tactful tone and vivid performance brought the audience into a legendary world of Quyi. The natural landscape of East Lake is rich and beautiful, and the style of writing is also remarkable. Throughout the ages, many literati have left a well-known poem here. Xu Wei, a painter and calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty, once praised the landscape of the East Lake, saying that "God's will and labor have no intention, so that this isolated branch can be supported". Guo Moruo wrote when he was swimming in the lake, "thousands of feet stands on the wall, and the road is impassable. A big boat is full of people, sitting in a well and watching the sky. Don't say that the lake is small and the sky is in it. Literati and men of letters criss-cross the landscape of East Lake, engraved with different marks. The stone carvings and couplets that can be seen everywhere gather the scenery of Donghu people. The mountains and rivers, the literary heart and the historical style are all integrated in the scenery of East Lake.
Shaoxing, born and prospered by water, is surrounded by water and sky, rippling with the gentlest scenery. In the shadow of oars and lights, Shaoxing's elegance is inexhaustible.
