The old city of Yuci

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Yuci Old Town, located in Yuci District, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, was opened in Sui two years (AD 582), built on the old site of the ancient city, so far has a history of 1400 years. It is a city built according to Chinese traditional planning ideas and architectural styles, and is the crystallization of the wisdom and perseverance of the working people in ancient China. It is a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot.

Search articleOld shopOld city cultureHonored Tourist Information of Major Scenic SpotsTraffic Information IIIBaid encyclopediaYuci Old Town Yuci ancient county town, also known as the mother city, from the north of the town and the south of the two parts of Guocheng, the mother city, the city for the city. The mother city and the child city are connected to form the Yuci City similar to the carp, the head south and the tail north, the mother city is the belly of the fish, the child city is the head of the fish, the south and the north streets are the ridges of the fish, the east and the west gate are the side fins of the fish, It is located in the center of the southern border of Qingxu Ge for the dorsal fin.Folklore, in the Qing Xuge central underground well, dark access to the sea, carp lying on it, to grow the gas.Yuci Old Town to the city building location as the center, east, west, south and north of the four main roads of the city intersect here. East Street has City God Temple, County Ya, Yuci is the political center of the old city; West Street has a literary temple, Fengming Academy, for the cultural education center; North Street, South Street and North Street for the commercial street city, that is, the old city of the commercial center. Yuci Old Town also retained many small streets and alleys, a large number of residential houses built in the streets and alleys.The newly developed Yuci Old Town, from Xiaojingxiang to Nanneihuan in the north, from Yujia Street to Huayuan Road and the Site Park in the east, covers an area of 1 million square meters.Among them, the building and garden area is 600,000 square meters, mainly including the City God Temple, the County Ya, the Wen Temple, the Fengming Academy, the West Gate Wengcheng, the Commercial Street, the Sifeng Lou, the Qingxu Court, the City Tower, the East Garden, the West Garden, the Site Park, the Mulberry Garden, the Chu Soo Academy, and the Jin. Commercial Museum, Folklore Inn, Folk Art Village, etc., is a city with Chinese ancient architectural art as the carrier, integrating Chinese urban culture, political culture, religious culture, commercial culture and residential culture, blending splendid cultural relics and various folk arts. It is not only a county town, but also a Chinese classical city with the characteristics of a fucheng, but also a large-scale multi-functional tourist attraction integrating sightseeing, leisure, entertainment and exhibition. [3]Yuci Old Town, as a stop in Sanjin tourism, as a large-scale film and television city, Jin Shang culture park, art museum, its cultural connotation is all-round. The following are summarized from several aspects:Historical cultureYuci is one of the ancient cities in Shanxi Province, is the provincial capital of Taiyuan's south gate, known as the south of the town. As early as the Warring States Period. The history books have the records of Yuci City. Yuci Old Town was opened in Sui Dynasty.directoryPass the videoeditorTA said(582 AD), built on the site of the old city of Seoul, has a history of more than 1,400 years. The old town of "Friday, high and high, four Zhangs in base and wide, two zhangs in upper and wide, wide and high and half deep" remained relatively intact until the 1940s.

It was not until the 1950s that the old city of Yuci gradually disappeared in the emerging urbanization.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the restoration of the old city of Yuci began, west to West Gate Wengcheng, east to Yu Jia Street, south to Qing Xu Pavilion, north to Xiaojing Lane. The old town can be described as rigorous, reasonable layout, magnificent architecture, complete functions. North and South Street market prosperity, shops, is the economic center of the ancient city.

City God Temple, county government, Fengming Academy and other buildings stand side by side, is the political and cultural center of the ancient city. It fully embodies the history and culture of Yuci Old City and the intention of the city, and initially constitutes the urban system of Yuci Old City.

After the restoration, Yuci Old Town covers an area of 1 million square meters, and the building area of ancient buildings and gardens is 600,000 square meters. There are many historical sites and cultural landscapes in the old city, such as Chenghuang Temple, County Ya, Wen Temple, Fengming Academy, Nanbei Street, City Tower, Sifeng Lou, Qingxu Court, Mahayana Temple, East and West Gardens, Site Gardens, Chu Yi Academy, and Sang Yun Former Residence. Millennium Old City in the continuous history of the long river, recorded countless loyal servants and martyrs heroic feats, but also deduced a lot of folklore, stories.

The "Yushi Pavilion" has been recorded for more than 2500 years as a "legend that beautiful stones can talk". "Sifenglou" tells the story of "the auspicious Phoenix coming to the assembly" more than 1700 years ago. Ximen Wengcheng is closely related to some important events in history. Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty recovered Yuci, Taizong of the Song Dynasty destroyed Yuci and moved to Yuci of the Northern Han Dynasty, General Mu Huali of the Yuan Dynasty captured Yuci, and Li Peng of the Ming Dynasty fought against the tile. Li Zicheng attacked Yuci and took Kyoto at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Chenghuang Temple is the most respected Northern Song Prime Minister Kou Zhun. County Ya "heat pain degree, Qing Qiu Xi back" is the plaque of the Qing Sheng Zu Kangxi pro-topic. More than 300 years ago, Gu Yanwu, Fu Shan and Wang Jieshi in Mahayana Temple planned a soul-stirring anti-Qing activities.

The first floor, a pavilion, a brick, a tile, a dry well and an old tree in Yuci Old City reflect the unique historical and cultural charm of the Millennium Old City. In the square to establish the old town Yuci as the center of the Folk Museum, popular with tourists.

"Chinese Folk Culture and Art Museum" is the first national folk culture and art museum in Shanxi approved by China Folk Writers Association. The museum covers an area of over 3100 square meters. The museum has 11 cultural collections including porcelain, coins, furniture, calligraphy and paintings, costumes, snuff bottles, tea sets, wine sets, folk crafts, stone art, root carving, stone wood and brick carvings. The collection of nearly, pieces, can be described as dazzling, colorful. It better shows the development track of culture and art for thousands of years. Many of the collections have high value of art and historical materials, representing the cultural characteristics of different historical periods in China, and are rare bases for studying Chinese folk culture and art. In the long history of civilization for thousands of years, traditional culture and art are the banner of Chinese civilization with its distinctive personality and artistic characteristics. Traditional culture and art are so abundant that the museum is hard to find, but each collection is a rare carrier of Chinese culture. It not only shows the outstanding culture of China, but also reflects the spirit of the Chinese people's perseverance and diligence.

Architectural culture

Shanxi ancient architecture is a treasure house of ancient architecture, Yuci Old City is one of the bright pearl, it sets the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China architectural style in one, in the Jin Shang culture soil in the formation of unique ancient architecture group. The ancient buildings of the old city of Yuci have an orderly history, diverse styles, exquisite materials, fine workmanship, rough and delicate, fine and less luxury, and are of great historical, cultural and scientific value.

Most of the buildings in Yuci Old Town were built during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and some buildings were built even older. The Lingchuan door of the temple of Literature was built in the Ming Dynasty. These buildings have gone through the vicissitudes of time, showing the world the profound beauty of historical accumulation. From the ancient buildings in different historical periods of Yuci Old Town, we can roughly appreciate the development of Chinese ancient buildings from simple to complex, from conservative to open. Yuci Old Town Song, Yuan historical period of the architectural style is rough and simple, Ming Dynasty architectural style is quite mature, simple permeated with elegant beauty. Qingxu Pavilion and Xuanjian Tower are the representative works of this historical period. The Xuanjian Tower has been named one of the 100 most valuable buildings in the world by the World Heritage Foundation.

Shanxi merchant culture

Jin merchants were the earliest merchants in China, whose history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Ming and Qing dynasties were the prime of the Jin merchants. Shanxi merchants rely on the abundant capital strength, advanced management, excellent business culture, broad business field and activity scope, Shanxi Piaohao Hui is connected to the world, the transnational trade looks at Europe, Asia, the domestic dominance for as long as 500 years. For hundreds of years, in the domestic trade arena, with the business culture thought of "noble spirit, righteousness, good faith, and elegant", a brilliant road of Shanxi merchants.

At the beginning of 20th century, after the opening of Shi-Tai railway, the commercial activity center of Jin merchants in Xiangzi gradually moved to Yuci Old Town. In the old city of Yuci, to the north-south street as the center of the commercial street. Many shop facades, hanging couplet plaques, all exude a strong commercial culture atmosphere. The merchants of Shanxi were "gentle and respectful" to treat others in the morning and evening, and taught their children to pass down the world. The city building at the boundary of North and South Street was a prosperous market in Yuci Old Town in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. financially developed landmarks. City upstairs "the first floor of the world" of the plaque powerfully shows the first street of the Shanxi merchants through the brilliant. Beiqianheng's old shop was a famous cigarette shop in the three Jin Dynasties. Ruilongyu, Dehsincheng, Xiangji, Jishengqing, etc. Many of the old shops were closely related to the Changjia, Wang, Kong, and Song merchants. Old City Street that a piece of heavy stone, like the rich and world as the ambition of the Jin merchants thick character, giving people a sense of calm, show a kind of strength. Streets on both sides of the shops elegant style, showing the successful business and impressive performance of the Jin merchants. The gold ornaments of Changhongli, the pigments of the vast collection, the herbs of the spring and the mind of Dalong, all the secrets of their success lie in the fact that the merchants of Jin knew the way of making money and the great justice of keeping the world. Although the brilliant achievements created by the Shanxi merchants are past, the business culture spirit they left behind is a precious wealth, which always inspires future generations to grasp the course in the unpredictable sea of business.

Street culture

Yuci ancient for Beijing province and Beijing-Shaanxi traffic, there are two ancient stations in the territory. As early as the Tang and Song dynasties, Yuci Old Town was a famous prosperous and prosperous place, with a considerable scale of commercial markets. Yuci County government records: "To have grain collection, annual collection, fruit wood collection "," held on odd and even days "," tens of thousands of businessmen gathered, the day does not disperse". It can be seen that by the Ming and Qing dynasties, the old city streets had been quite prosperous. There are shops, shops, pavilions, shops and other commercial buildings in the market. There are a wide variety of trade commodities, such as grain, iron, vegetables, fruits, cloth, leather, etc., and the shops in the street are adjacent to each other. After a long history of time and space, the warmth and comfort of the city life still permeates everyone's body and mind. With a strong folk customs and local flavor

Today's old city commercial street still does not lose the legacy of the "Japanese for the city", tea houses, restaurants, pharmacies, grain stores, tobacco shops, shops, among which the merchant goods, complete varieties, let people dizzying. On New Year's festivals, traditional folk performances such as stilts, yangko, land boats and back sticks are performed downstairs. At night, the old City is even more magnificent under the light. If one of them, feel different from the bustling city of another atmosphere.

The old city of Yuci has integrated many modern factors. In the old city, bars, tea bars, Chinese and Western restaurants, karaoke and dance halls, mulberry chess and card halls, leisure villas, conference centers, recreation centers and other supporting facilities are available, and will bring you to the realm of freedom, modern and humane. Respect the history, enjoy the culture, you will have a different discovery.

Folk culture

Folk culture is the accumulation of living traditions inherited from generation to generation by the Chinese people. Shanxi, located in the hinterland of the Yellow River Basin, is one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese culture. Its unique regional environment and historical environment not only gave birth to unique folk phenomena and local languages, but also formed unique folk culture of Shanxi Province. The thousand-year history and culture of Yuci Old town are fused together with Shanxi folk culture, which plays an important role in further continuing Shanxi folk culture and promoting Chinese folk culture. Folk culture has gradually become the tourism resources of Yuci Old City.

On September 29, 2003, the "Museum of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" was opened in Yuci Old City, relying on the platform of 1 million square meters of the old City, and the old City scenic spot "Museum garden". The exhibits in each exhibition area are rich and profound, showing the colorful and thick background color of Chinese culture. In each scenic spot, in the form of units from the New Year's festival, life etiquette, trade and food, clothing and residence, she fire drama, worship belief, social life and other aspects, the image of the specific folk customs and folk culture is to maintain the continuous development of China's 5,000 years of civilization cultural complex.

Official culture

In the old city of Yuci, a county government is the historical witness of the changes of the grassroots officials in the feudal era. Located in the sixth room of the county government, "the vicissitudes of the eunuch sea" is a concise summary of official culture. "The vicissitudes of the Eunuch Sea" is the main title of the large-scale "Qing Dynasty official Culture Exhibition" located in the sixth room of the Yuci Old Town County Government. Such a large scale, such a rich content, such an exquisite image of Qing Dynasty official culture exhibition in the country is rare.

"The confusion of history makes people think and wonder. The lessons of history encourage people to learn from shame and move forward. The enlightenment of history enables people to review the old and learn the new. The experience of history teaches people to learn from the past and open up." The Qing Dynasty official system is the last act in the Chinese official drama for thousands of years, it contains a thick historical deposit, its system is the most complete, and its defects are particularly prominent. These are the two sentences of the preface to the cultural exhibition "The vicissitudes of the Eunuch Sea". I think that's what it's all about.