Taoyan Town is located in the eastern part of Shaoxing County. It is adjacent to Dongguan Town, Shangyu City in the northeast, Gaobu Town in Yuecheng District to the west, and Fusheng Town in the south. The ancient canal in eastern Zhejiang and the Baita Yangjing In the meantime, the Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway and National Highway 104 pass through the entire territory. Tao Yan was originally called Taojia Yan. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, people with the surname Tao lived there. According to the "Shaoxing County Chronicle": "During the Yonghe period of the Eastern Han Dynasty (136-141), Ma Zhen, the prefect of Kuaiji, built a weir in Jianhu Lake. The surname Tao The clans lived together, hence the name Taoyan. "Taoyan is known as an "ancient cultural town" and a "famous talent town in the south of the Yangtze River". It has a long history and is home to Qiuguanli Jinshi Archway, Jingkou Bridge, Maoyang Bridge, and Nanye Hall. , Tao Chengzhang's former residence, Shao Lizi's former residence and other county-level cultural protection units.
All members of the Shaoxing County Census Team conducted a carpet census of 11 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee and 39 natural villages in Taoyan Town, with a census coverage rate of 100%. ***The investigation found 76 immovable cultural relics, of which 40 were registered as key and 36 were registered as general. Categories include 54 ancient buildings, 2 ancient tombs, 7 stone carvings, 3 important modern and contemporary historical sites and representative buildings, and 10 ancient and valuable trees. These cultural relics and historical sites are rich in connotation and most of them are well preserved.
Zhangjiatai Gate is located at No. 268, Sanlian West Kantou, Xunyang Village. Architecture from the mid-Qing Dynasty. Sitting north and facing south, it is in the style of a triple courtyard, with a hard top and yin and yang tiles. The floor of the building is five rooms wide with an inner front porch and a retreat hall. The beam frame structure is five columns and seven purlins, with a central pillar. There is a dry hall on the front eaves of the second floor. There is a platform door in the middle of the wall, with eaves on the back, and the plane is in the shape of a figure of eight. There are wing rooms on the east and west sides of the main building, each three rooms wide with front eaves. The roofs of the main building and wing rooms are paved with bricks, and the ground and the patio in front of the main building are all paved with staggered bluestone slabs. The layout of the platform gate is regular, and the carvings of flowers and peonies on the partition ring are relatively clear. It is a well-preserved rural platform gate
Wanshou Bridge is located in Feishu Natural Village, Jinshu Village. The year of its construction is unknown. It was rebuilt in the Renshen year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1812) and rebuilt in the second year of Guangxu (1876). It runs north-south and crosses the Houzhijiang River. It is a single-span stone beam bridge. The bridge deck is paved with four stone beams, among which the words "Wanshou Bridge was established in the second year of Guangxu" are inscribed on the sides of the east and west bridge stones. The north and south bridges are made of stacked stones with staggered joints, and a platform stone is placed at the upper end to support the stone beams of the bridge deck. At the same time, there are 10 steps on both ends. In addition, there is a stone tablet embedded in the east and west walls of the southern end of the bridge. On the east side is the inscription "Rebuilding the Wanshou Bridge" in the spring of the Renshen year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty. On the west side is the inscription "The surname of the public donor who rebuilt the Wanshou Bridge" in the second year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. The bridge deck is 1.96 meters wide, the bridge body is 11.1 meters long, and the sag height is 2.1 meters. It has a solid structure and a long history. It has always been an important passage connecting the residences on both sides of the Zhijiang River after Jinshu Village and Feishu Natural Village.
Dajingtou Ancient Well is located in the southwest corner of No. 193, Dajingtou Natural Village, Zhangjia'ao Village. According to reports, it was built in the early Qing Dynasty. The wellhead stone is placed at the mouth of this ancient well, and a well circle is placed on top of it. The stone at the wellhead is now covered by the surrounding cement pavement. The surface of the well circle is round and made of bluestone. The outer diameter of the upper mouth is 0.53 meters, the inner diameter is 0.38 meters, the diameter of the lower mouth is 0.65 meters, and the height is 0.44 meters. The well walls are made of stacked stones and green bricks. become. The water is clear. The well is still in use and is one of the main sources of domestic water for nearby villagers.
2. Nanye Hall (Shaoxing County Cultural Relics Protection Unit)
Located in Dongnanhu Village, Taoyan Town. A Ming Dynasty building, facing south. The foyer and hall remain today. The foyer has three bays, with a width of 10.20 meters and a depth of 7.30 meters. Each seam is erected with 4 columns and 6 purlins, and the beams are framed in bucket style. The hall has five bays, with a width of 27.80 meters and a depth of 11.40 meters. There are 6 pillars in the east and west seams of the open room, and it is built with five raised beams, using the moon beam method, and the side is attached to the bucket style. The Ming dynasty is built with strips of stone, yin and yang combined with tile roofs, and is made of hard mountain.
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