Cicheng is located on the coast of the East China Sea and the Yao River. It is a famous historical and cultural town in Zhejiang Province. Historical records: "In the third year of King Zhou Yuan (473 BC), Goujian City of Yue King - Gouyu" was the earliest ancient name of Cicheng, and was later renamed "Juzhang". In the 26th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Cixi County was established and named Cicheng because the county seat was built here. After more than 2,400 years of historical accumulation, Cicheng has an extremely profound cultural heritage, especially represented by ancient buildings such as the ancient county government, the Confucius Temple, the Academician's Hall, Feng Yu's House, the Jia Di Family, and Fu Qing Di. The official residences remain in the city. There are many cultural relics and rich historical relics, such as the ancestral hall archway, Xuegong academy and whitewashed windows. There are 33 national, provincial and municipal level four key cultural relics protection units in an area of ??about 5 square kilometers. At the same time, Cicheng is also a fertile land for outstanding people. Cultural scholars and celebrities from all dynasties have emerged in endlessly. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 519 Jinshi were born in Cicheng. In modern times, a large number of celebrities such as Zhou Xinfang, Qin Runqing, Ying Changqi, Tan Jiazhen and Feng Jicai emerged.
The cultural value of Cicheng Ancient County lies not only in its long humanistic history, but also in its unique and beautiful appearance. The city's mountains and rivers complement each other, among which mountains and hills such as Wulei Mountain and Taizong Mountain form a simple form of "Nine Dragons Playing with Pearls, Encircled by Four Spirits". Rivers, lakes and streams such as Yaojiang River and Chenghe River create a water system pattern of "Four Waters Returning to the Hall". , the urban area has a domed roof, the streets are shaped like turtles, and the ecological environment is beautiful and quiet, embodying the ancient people's beautiful desire to pursue a living environment of "harmony between man and nature, and outstanding people and earth".
Witness the vicissitudes of history for thousands of years, feel the long-lasting Confucianism and elegance, the charm of the water town, the thousand-year-old Cicheng - "the first ancient county in the south of the Yangtze River"!
Confucius Temple
The Confucius Temple is a place used to worship Confucius, our country’s great thinker, politician, and educator. Cicheng Confucius Temple is located in the center of the city. It was built in the first year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty, 318 years earlier than the current Confucius Temple in Beijing. It was moved to its current location in 1048. It has experienced many ups and downs in the past dynasties, but the existing Confucius Temple still maintains its original appearance during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ??about 7,000 square meters and has 137 temples, pavilions and other houses. The architectural layout is complete and magnificent. From south to north on the central axis are Lingxing Gate, Panchi, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, and Tiyun Pavilion; there are also ancestral halls and pavilions symmetrically built on the left and right axes on both sides, reflecting the Confucian "Chinese The aesthetic standard of "harmony is beauty".
County Government Office
According to the county annals during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty: Cicheng County Government Office was founded in the 26th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty (738 AD) and was built by Fang Guan, the first magistrate. By 1954, it had a history of more than 1,200 years. It was first built on Fubi Mountain. Due to the invasion of foreign enemies and natural disasters, it was built and destroyed many times. The existing county government was rebuilt according to the detailed drawings in the "Cixi County Chronicle" during the Guangxu period, covering an area of ??more than 40,000 square meters.
School Scholars Hall
The folks call it the examination shed, which was the place where children were tested in the feudal imperial examination system. In the fifteenth year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1835), Zheng Tingrong and his son, a local village sage in Cicheng, generously donated 24,000 taels of silver to build the academy, which was later destroyed. The existing academic hall was rebuilt according to the detailed drawings in Cixi County Chronicles during the Guangxu period. It faces south and covers an area of ??nearly 8,000 square meters. The whole group of buildings has a traditional Chinese central axis symmetry layout: from south to north on the central axis are the main gate, the instrument gate, the lobby, the second hall, and the examination room; the left and right axes There are literary venues, public temples, etc. symmetrically built on the top, adopting the traditional Ming and Qing architectural styles.
Cihu
Cihu is located in the northeast of Cicheng. It was dug by Fang Guan of the Tang Dynasty, the first county magistrate of Cixi, to irrigate farmland. At that time, it covered an area of ??150 acres. Because the former residence of Wu Taifu Kanze was nearby, the lake was also called "Kan Lake, Derun Lake, and Puze Lake". During the Song Dynasty, the monks of Puji Temple built a dike in the middle of the lake that ran directly from north to south to facilitate travel. From then on, the lake was divided into east and west, and the two lakes were connected by Qi. Cihu is not only famous for its beautiful scenery, but also has many cultural landscapes and beautiful legends passed down from generation to generation, such as Shigu Pavilion, Mr. Cihu's Yang Jian legacy, Shuishui Tomb, etc. Therefore, according to the county annals, whenever the weather is fine, , some residents rented boats to cruise around the lake, singing and laughing endlessly.
Qing Taoist Temple
Located on the Pagoda Mountain outside the east gate of Cicheng, it was built in the eighth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (749). Regarding the venue for activities, the Tang and Song dynasties were the heyday in the history of Taoism in China, and were combined with the fate of the Qing Taoist Temple in Cicheng. After the Yuan Dynasty, it was destroyed, rebuilt and expanded. By the Republic of China, the Qing Taoist Temple was lined with locust trees and pavilions filled with pine emperors. The building was built on the mountain with a total of seven floors, with pavilions, halls and halls distributed among them. Various statues are countless. It is especially famous for its giant bell. The building was demolished during the Cultural Revolution and is now being rebuilt.
Feng's House
The provincial cultural heritage unit is located at No. 18 Taiyangdian Road, Cicheng. This house is the residence of the descendants of Feng Shuji, the Huguang chief envoy in the Ming Dynasty. The gate of the house faces east, and there is a figure-eight eaves wall in front. The stone Xumi pedestal at the lower end and the brick carvings at the upper part are both relatively elegant. The second door of the house is a brick gate tower. There is a three-sided courtyard in the house. According to research, this house is a masterpiece of the early Qing Dynasty.
Xiang Zhai
The provincial cultural protection unit is located at No. 70 Minzhu Road, Cicheng. The house was built by Xiang Hengsheng, a descendant of Youpu Shexiang Minzhong in the Northern Song Dynasty, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a courtyard building with a long lane in the east-west direction in front and two stone archways of Dongguan and Enrong at the entrance.
According to oral accounts from descendants of the Xiang family, Xiang Hengsheng had a tree business in Fujian, and the wood used to build this house was all shipped from Fujian.
Fubi Mountain
Also called Fubi Mountain, it is located in the north of Cicheng. Because the north, west and east sides of the mountain are carved into lakes, and the mountain looks like a turtle floating on the It is on the water, hence its name. And because the old county seat of Cixi was built on this mountain, this mountain is also called "County Mountain". Due to the unique geographical location of this mountain and its rich cultural color, many literati have written poems and poems about it, such as the poem that compares Fubi Mountain to a bright pearl: The ring of Jiuling is similar to Kowloon, and the green pearl is like a pearl. If one hits the target, if not for the pressure from the officials, he will be able to enter Yang Hou Hai Meng Palace.
Baoshantang
According to "Cixi County Chronicle", Baoshantang is located at the east foot of Fubi Mountain in the northeast corner of the county, and is now No. 7, Huajia Lane, Cicheng. In the 9th year of Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty (1804), it should be carefully repaired and funds were raised to build this hall, which was used to donate coffins, medicines, support orphans and widows, etc. Yang Jiuwan and others also donated righteous mountains and righteous fields to support this charity. This hall was rebuilt in the 14th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1834). The Fu Bi Shan Fang and Lai He Shan Fang were built and became a good place for literati at that time to gather and climb high to see the distance. According to local accounts, this is also the place where Ying Changqi and his wife, a celebrity in Cicheng, got engaged.
Zhu Gui Temple
Provincial cultural protection unit, municipal patriotism education base, located at the west foot of Dabao Mountain in Cicheng, commonly known as General Zhu Temple. In 1843, it was built to commend General Zhu Gui and The heroic deeds of the British army who died in a desperate struggle were donated by local people to build it. The temple covers an area of ??1,000 square meters. There are 11 paintings on the walls of the main hall, recording the life and deeds of General Zhu. In 1984, a new tomb of the fallen soldiers of the Dabaoshan Battle of the Opium War was built on the mountain behind the temple.
Yuzhai
A municipal cultural heritage unit located at the east end of Taiyangdian Road in Cicheng. The house was originally part of the former residence of Feng Shuji, the governor of Huguang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was later sold to the Yu family. The existing buildings are from the early Qing Dynasty. With a total area of ??more than 6,700 square meters, the house is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient buildings in Ningbo, embodying the style of Jiangnan architecture in the early Qing Dynasty.
Yingzhai
The district-level cultural heritage unit is located at No. 15 Yangjia Lane, Cicheng. It was built in the ninth year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1744). The owner's name is not detailed. Today there are the east hall, screen wall, shadow wall, etc. There are lacquered flowers and plants on the ceiling of the east hall and the west room, which is relatively rare. There is a large screen wall outside the south gate of the house, with three bays, about 4 meters high and 7 meters long. The lower end is a stone Xumizuo, engraved with patterns such as curly grass, phoenix, and peony. The upper end has brick carving patterns such as magpies, wintersweet, double dragons grabbing pearls, white cranes, peach blossoms, etc.
Kanfeng Mountain
It is located one mile northeast of Cicheng, to the left of the current Cihu Middle School. It was named because Kanze, the crown prince of Wu State during the Three Kingdoms period (whose status was equivalent to the prime minister), lived under this mountain. Kan Ze, whose courtesy name was Derun, came from a poor family when he was young, but he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable since he was a child. When he became an adult, he assisted Sun Quan in governing the country. He was deeply valued by Sun Quan because of his proficiency in Confucian classics and almanac.
The moat
is located on the east, south and west sides of Cicheng Town, also known as the Hao River. It was excavated during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The moat still maintains its original appearance.
Sanzhong Tomb
The district-level cultural protection unit was originally built next to Magong Bridge in the western suburbs of Ningbo, and later moved to the hill behind Zhugui Temple in Cicheng. The general name of the tomb where Wang Xu and Feng Jingdi were buried together. In 1651, after the three people were martyred due to the failure of the resistance against the Qing Dynasty, the villagers recovered Dong's body, Wang's head and Feng's arm and buried them beside Magong Bridge in the western suburbs. In 1824, due to the age, the tombs of the three people could no longer be distinguished, so the locals combined the tombs into one and collectively called them the Tombs of the Three Loyalties.
Fu Qingdi
District-level cultural protection unit is located at No. 29 Minquan Road, Cicheng. The owner Chen Jing was a Jinshi in the 5th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1526), ??and he served as Shang Baoqing in Nanjing. . The house was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the existing buildings were rebuilt in the mid-Qing Dynasty. The house faces south and is composed of a front hall, a back building and left and right wing rooms. The door opens on the east side and features rich brick, stone and wood carvings.
Osmanthus Hall
The Provincial Cultural Protection Unit is located at No. 25 Minzu Road, Cicheng. It is a residence of the influential Liu family in the Ming Dynasty. It was originally named Liu Family Hall because the owner Zeng Pingui Reciting poems, it is called Osmanthus Hall. There are existing nave, back building and left and right wing rooms. It still maintains the architectural style of the early Ming Dynasty.
Fang Zhuangyuan House
It is located at No. 24 Taihu Road, Cicheng. It is a large-scale existing building complex in the mid-Qing Dynasty. The main building consists of a front building, a back building and two brick doors. There are also dozens of side rooms and a well-preserved two east-facing doors. The total area is about 4,000 square meters. The building faces south from the north, with five rooms and two lanes in the front and rear buildings, each with a width of 26.5 meters and a depth of 12.2 meters. It has a hard mountain-style horse head wall, a mixed structure of passages and raised beams, a moon-beam front porch, and a tall building between the front and rear buildings. The brick-carved platform door is 4 meters wide and 6.4 meters high. The front adopts a brick wall style and has the seal script "Ying Xun Shou Hu" carved on the door forehead and the inscription "Yi Zhai Feng Quanxiu" in the eleventh month of the Xinhai year. (Feng Quanxiu: Jinshi of Yimao Branch in the 60th year of Qianlong's reign), the gate tower has brackets and cornices, and the back brick carvings include grass dragons and flowers, bat moiré patterns, ancient hanging curtains and other exquisite decorations. According to the investigation, the house was first built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and renovated in the late Xuantong period. The main gate and front hall were destroyed, but most of them were preserved intact.
Shigu Pavilion
The district-level cultural protection unit is located on the embankment in the middle of Cihu Lake. It was built in 1771 by Hu Guanlan, the magistrate of Cixi County during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. "Teaching from the ancients" means learning from the ancestors and benefiting the people. This is the only existing pavilion in Ningbo that dates from the Qianlong period.
The pavilion has a structure with double eaves on six sides and is supported by 12 stone pillars. Stories such as "Nezha Cao Hai" and "Going to the West" are painted on and around the caisson in the pavilion. There are two pairs of couplets in the pavilion, and the mirror level divides the stream. Undercurrent.
Hulong Temple
According to the "Cixi County Chronicle" written by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty: Hulong Temple, half a mile west of the county, was built during the Qianlong period. In February of the 22nd year of Daoguang, Yingji of Dabaoshan It was burned down in the Battle of Li. In the first year of Xianfeng, the Qin clan Tan Yue rebuilt the main hall but the palace was not completed yet. In the early years of the Republic of China, Yu, the descendant of the Qin family and wife of Qin Runqing, donated money to rebuild it. The front pavilion and back building were built, and the main hall was built in the middle. On the day of the settlement of the people, there were many famous scholars and scholars in Cicheng. Qian Han, a famous calligrapher, inscribed "Baofeng Wang Chaocui" (especially today). Later destroyed. In 1998, with the support of local government leaders and the city's Buddhist Association, the ground was broken. First, the main hall was built, then the wing rooms were built, and the Buddha statues were remodeled. The temple has already taken shape.
Zhenjie Square
Provincial-level cultural protection unit, located at No. 4 Shangzhi Road, Cicheng, is a two-column single-edge archway. It was built by Feng Youjing, an official in the late Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1619), for his mother Liu's family, who received the imperial edict on "Shumu's Day". This workshop adopts high relief and openwork techniques. The stone carving themes include double dragons playing with beads, two lions dancing with hydrangea, red phoenix rising to the sun, curly grass patterns, lotus petal patterns, etc.
Enrongfang
The provincial cultural protection unit is located at Xiangjiamen, Minzhu Road, Cicheng. Xiang Hengsheng, a descendant of the Xiang family, enshrined the imperial decree of Emperor Qianlong in recognition of the general of the armed cavalry Xiang Tengjiao. Built for outstanding achievements. The archway is a double-column single-bay prismatic archway, composed of blue and red stones. The word "Imperial Edict" is written directly on the upper plaque on the front, "Three Generations of Haofeng" is written horizontally on the back of the middle forehead square, and the lower forehead square is embossed with pictures of two dragons playing with beads, two lions dancing with hydrangea and other pictures.
Zhou Yangshan House
is located at No. 132 Shangzhi Road, Cicheng. The building is a western-style Western-style building with brick and wood structure facing north and south. It was built in 1929 and was originally the residence of Zhou Yangshan, an industrialist who traveled to Shanghai in the early Republic of China. The total area is about 8,000 square meters and the construction area is about 2,200 square meters. There are five rooms and two lanes in the triple courtyard style front hall, with a width of 27.6 meters and a depth of 14 meters. The front hall, the upper and lower front corridors of the east and west wings and the second door porch bridge form a surrounding loop. The front columns are made of polished concrete square columns, and the upper and lower front corridors are evenly spaced. Use cement fancy floor. There are 5 rooms and 2 lanes in the back, 3 rooms and 1 lanes are connected to the east and west sides, and there are 8 3 rooms and lanes in the front, with a width of 42 meters and a depth of 8.2 meters. There is a long and narrow patio between the front and back, and there are two pavilions connecting the front and rear lanes. Corridor leading to the patio. The whole group of buildings also has an east-facing door, ancillary rooms and front and rear gardens.
Water Grave
The tomb of an old man. According to legend, an old man had a stubborn character during his lifetime and always said contradictory things. The locals called him "Ao Meng Gong", and his children would act according to his contradictory opinions. On his deathbed, this old mantra buried him at the foot of the mountain. His children thought it was ironic and built his tomb in the water. It is also said that no matter the depth of the lake, this tomb is always at the same height as the water surface.
Solo Nunnery
According to the "Cixi County Chronicle" recorded by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty: Two miles northwest of the county, in the 16th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was built by two monks, Xing Ren and Haizang. In the 10th year of Tongzhi's reign, Feng Yunhong expanded the temple and finally reached its current size.
Liquor Taxation
Liquor Taxation is located at No. 10 Guanghua Road, Cicheng Town. The existing building dates from the mid-Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ??about 1,200 square meters and a construction area of ??about 1,400 square meters. It is located in the west. Facing east, there are three halls, with a depth of 9 columns and 13.6 meters, and a width of 12.2 meters. There are 8 second-lane wing buildings in the north and south respectively. The building combination has an H-shaped layout, with front and rear patios. The shade wall of the front patio is 4.5 meters high and 10.6 meters wide. The stone Xumizuo has patterns such as wishful thinking and curly grass. There is a long brick pattern under the ridge of the shade wall. In the middle, there are eight brick-engraved regular scripts of "Birjian Valley is exhausted". There are side doors at the west end of the two-sided front corridor leading to the outer patio. , the side door adopts a stone door frame with a brick-carved door forehead, each of which is engraved with the words "Yishuang" and "Ninghui". There is a brick-carved moon beam below it, decorated with flowers, Bogu and other patterns.