Rongcheng Old Street: Experience the ancient city's thousand-year cultural context and the worldly atmosphere
In the eastern part of Guangdong, there is an ancient city called Rongcheng, which is now Jieyang City. It has always had a developed water system, with rivers crisscrossing. In the past, Rongcheng's one canal, two rivers, three cellars, thirteen pools, and eighteen bends added infinite scenery to Jieyang's water town, earning it the reputation of "water gourd" and "water lily".
Today's Rongcheng District is also the political, economic, and cultural center of Jieyang City, with a profound cultural heritage and flourishing humanities. Since the tenth year of Song Shaoxing (1140), it has been set up as Jieyang County, with a long history of over 800 years.
The old city has more than 20 provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units such as Jieyang Xuegong, Jinxian Gate, Ding Richang Memorial Hall, and is a provincial historical and cultural city in Guangdong.
Jieyang Zhongshan Road is located in front of the old county yamen, running from south to north, with a total length of 705 meters. In the 44th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1779), it was called Xuanhua Street. In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), it was called Dajie, and it was renamed Zhongshan Road in 1926.
In 1926, Zhongshan Road was expanded to ten meters and covered with asphalt. The houses on both sides were rebuilt into 2 to 3-story buildings, with the exterior being European-style arcade buildings, forming a unique blend of Chinese and Western architecture.
Jieyang Xuegong was built in the tenth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1140). The existing architectural complex is composed of 21 individual buildings. It is the largest, most complete, and best-preserved historical architectural complex of its kind in the Lingnan region. It is also the only cultural relic protection unit in the province named after the "old site of Comrade Zhou Enlai's revolutionary activities".
Walking east along the Shishiqiao, passing the Mingxian Ancestral Hall, and winding a little in the alley, you will come to the old Forbidden City. This is the only remaining Yuan Dynasty stone wall in the country, and it is also a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province - known as the Jieyang County Government Wall.
From the year the city was built to the present, through the changes of dynasties, this ancient city wall on the south side of Yongge Community, Zhongshan Street, Rongcheng District, has experienced several vicissitudes, but still stands tall, like a calm and composed guard, reading the years, awakening people's many memories of the old city.
Rongcheng District·Jieyang
La Academia Confuciana de Jieyang en el año 1.140, con 21 edificios de estilo tradicional. El lugar servía como centro de estudios para prepararse para los exámenes imperiales, además de un templo para el culto a Confucio (el mayor en toda la provincia de Guangdong).Durante la lucha revolucionaria en China, antes de 1927, Zhou Enlai (quien luego sería jefe de gobierno entre 1954 y 1976) tuvo una oficina en uno de los edificios de la Academia.
When you come to Jieyang for tourism, Jieyang School Palace can be preferred to visit, either in the morning or afternoon, and it is not open at night. The architectural area is relatively large, and the content you can see after entering the visit is still very rich, all of which are cultural monuments.
Jieyang School Palace was built in Song Dynasty, and was rebuilt during the Guangxu period. In addition to providing the Confucius Temple, it is also the highest institution of training the students in ancient times, so people also call it the "School Palace". In the sunset of the ancient city, mottled city walls, saturated colors of the prosperous times, the integration of history and trend, and the quiet old yurts in the hustle and bustle are solemn and harmonious.
Jieyang School Palace, also known as "Confucius Temple", "Confucian Temple", "Hongxue", was built in Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty for ten years (1140), concentrating the essence of the millennium Confucian culture, the existing building group is composed of 21 single buildings, is the largest in Lingnan area, the most complete supporting buildings, The most complete group of similar historical buildings is also the only cultural and insurance unit in the province named after the "Former Site of Comrade Zhou Enlai Revolutionary Activity" - "The Pearl of Ancient Buildings in Guangdong", moths and sky, antique, magnificent, solemn, tidal characteristics, beautiful!
The existing building group of Jieyang Xuegong is composed of 21 single buildings, covering an area of about 16,000 square meters. It is the largest group of similar historical buildings in Lingnan, the most complete supporting buildings and the most complete preservation. It is the historical and cultural landmark of Jieyang Ancient City. With the style of ancient architecture of Ming and Qing Dynasties and distinctive characteristics of ancient Chaoshan architecture, it has the reputation of "Pearl of Ancient Architecture in Guangdong Province". Jieyang Xuegong is the highest institution of ancient worshipping Confucius and cultivating Jieyang students.
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