Zhang Cong Stele Pavilion Review

Zhangye Stele Pavilion is on the west side of Wenzhou Miaoguo Temple. In the pavilion, there is a stone monument inscribed with his front image, two stone monuments on the left and right, and the imperial book of Jiajing. The owner of Zhangye Stele Pavilion is the "Zhangge Lao" in Wenzhou's population. Zhang Ge Lao, Zhang Shu, the word adhering, No. Luo Feng, Wenzhou Fu Yongjia (now Longwan District, Wenzhou City) Sandu people, Ming Dynasty Jiajing years of heavy court, official to the cabinet first auxiliary. Ming Jiajing 14 years (1535) Zhang Shu reported the old return, the emperor gave the house to the bustling place in Wenzhou City, to recognize the court of the auxiliary. Wenzhou originally had two famous historical relics - Dashimen and Sanpaifang. Dashimen is the gate of Zhangye's mansion; On the main road into Zhangfu, there are three stone archways, "Guzhong", "Yuxian", "Zhuguo", which is called "Three archways". Now the former site of Sanpaifang and Dashimen has disappeared. It is said that the road was demolished in the 1950s. This alley was renamed Sanba Lane and was restored to its original name in 1982. Many taxi drivers and passers-by have asked that they can't find any trace of the three arches. There is only one old photo of the three arches taken by Wenzhou photographer Yu Du in the 1930s.