Guanyang People Tour Guangxi: Rongzhou Ancient City

On August 4th, 2020, I ate Chinese food in tengxian and went straight to Rongxian County.

Enter Rong County, find a convenient hotel, settle down and go out for a walk.

The town where the county government is located is called Rongzhou Town. In the county, there is a scenic spot called Rongzhou Ancient Town.

Rongxian county, formerly known as Rongzhou, has a history of 1700 years since it was founded in the Western Jin Dynasty.

But the history of Guanyang County is not as early as ours. Guanyang county was founded in 168 BC, with a history of more than 2 100 years.

Of course, Rong county was once rich in history, but it has declined since modern times.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was once a governor's office in Rongzhou. This Governor's Mansion is one of the five governors' mansions in Lingnan. The other four governor's offices are Guilin, Yongzhou, Annan and Guangzhou. In its heyday, Rongzhou Dudufu once governed more than 60 counties in 14 state.

At the beginning of liberation, Rongxian District was established. Later, Rongxian area was divided into Wuzhou area and Yulin area. Later, Wuzhou became Wuzhou, which was divided into Wuzhou and Hezhou. Yulin area first became Yulin area, and then it was divided into Guigang City and Yulin City. Rongzhou became Rongxian County, from the leading position of the state capital to a county under the jurisdiction of Yulin City.

So now there are four prefecture-level cities in Guangxi, all related to Rong County.

As the jurisdiction of Yulin City, Rongxian County has a population of 860,000 and an area of more than 2,200 square kilometers.

Rongxian is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangxi, with more than 0/0.5 million overseas Chinese/kloc, and it is the most populous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangxi.

This river flowing through Rongxian County is called Jiang Xiu, which is another name of Beiliu River. Beiliu River originated in Beiliu City and is said to be a rare Beiliu River in China. In fact, there are many rivers flowing northward. We just pour them into the Xiangjiang River and then continue to flow north.

The Beiliu River basin covers an area of more than 9,300 square kilometers and flows into the Jiang Xun section of the Xijiang River in tengxian.

Compared with Hengxian County, a neighboring county, Rongxian County is obviously much richer.

A cruise ship docked at Jiangxiu River.

Zhenwuge was built by the river, and it is also called the four famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River with Wang Tengting, Yellow Crane Tower and Yueyang Tower.

Zhenwuge is one of the four famous buildings because Zhenwuge, an attic, was built in the third year of Tang Dynasty (AD 768). It is an all-wood structure, connected by mortises and tenons, without a nail. Miraculously, this wooden building with a history of 1200 years has not only failed to fall down, but has not been rebuilt. What's really amazing is that all the four inner columns on the second floor can't touch the ground, which is known as the "Tiannanjiegou". The other three famous buildings have been repaired, and they have been repaired and tossed several times.

You need to buy tickets to visit Zhenwu Pavilion. Unfortunately, when we got there, it was getting late and the gate was closed.

Next to Zhenwu Pavilion, there are also some scenic spots that can be entered free of charge.

Koi fish is raised in the pond.

The scenery by the pond.

There is also a temple near the pond called Kaiyuan Temple.

Brief introduction of Kaiyuan Temple, Kaiyuan Temple also has a history of 1200 years.

I entered the gate of Kaiyuan Temple, which seems to be newly built.

Look out from the inside.

Next to Kaiyuan Temple, this magnificent building is Rongxian Museum.

Information and photos of the museum.

Opposite the museum, there is a closed iron gate, which is the entrance of Zhenwu Pavilion.

I can't get in. Take a picture outside.

This kind of shop is next to the museum.

There is a shop that sells lobster sauce, which is cheap and good. We asked for a few kilograms right away.

I have never eaten this kind of imperial concubine tofu. I wonder how it tastes.

A powder shop.

There are couplets on the table: stone is fragrant, food is fine and affectionate.

Rongxian is the hometown of China's poetry and China's couplets culture, with profound cultural background.

Is this decoration style from the Tang Dynasty? Not really.

Ancient and modern times

Hanging eaves

The sign on the roadside says that there seems to be a scenic spot called Jiaodu nearby.

The streets of Rong county.

Stones with sharp corners.

Guifei Lane in the street.

This imperial concubine refers to Yang Guifei.

There are several versions about where Yang Guifei came from, including Rongxian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yongji, Shanxi and Luoyang, Henan.

Rong county said that Yang Guifei was from Rong county. The most powerful evidence is that an official named Xu Lizhen in the Tang Dynasty wrote a monument named Yang Fei Monument in Puning County, Rongzhou, which recorded: Yang Fei, a native of Yangchong, Rongzhou, ten miles away from the city, Yu Niang, posthumous title. -In the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, Ming Di entered the palace, and the number was too real, so he was greatly favored. The book in Tianbaoli is a noble lady. At the age of three, Yang was adopted by Yang Kang, the governor of Rongzhou, and was taken to Chang 'an by Yang Yan, a long history, and was elected to the palace. Of course, there is also a poem by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, which is also used to prove that Yang Guifei is from Rong County. Du Mu's poem is: Chang 'an looks back and embroiders in piles, and the top of the mountain opens a thousand times. As soon as I rode on the smile of smoke and smoke, no one knew that the fresh fruit litchi was sent from the south. The concubine mentioned in the poem is Yang Guifei. Yang Guifei likes to eat litchi, but Sichuan, Shanxi and Henan do not produce litchi, so Yang Guifei can judge that she is from Rong County.

According to the New Tang Book, Sui Shu and other documents, Yang Guifei's ancestors were Hongnong Yang (now Lingbao, Henan Province) and later moved to Hedong (now Yongji, Shanxi Province). Yang Guifei's father named Yang Xuanyan is the manager of Zhou Shu. Yang Xuanyan was imprisoned for his crime and died in prison. Yang Guifei was born in Chengdu, Sichuan. After her father died, Yang Guifei, aged 1 1, was sent to Luoyang and adopted by her uncle Hsuan Yang. At the age of seventeen, Yang Guifei was invited to attend a wedding and was taken in by Li Mao, the longevity king, and became a concubine. Five years later, however, something happened. Li Mao's father, Emperor Xuanzong, also took a fancy to Yang Guifei, so Yang Guifei became a nun. Five years later, Yang Guifei was taken as a concubine by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Xuanzong was a real character, even robbing his daughter-in-law. What good hands!

Later generations judged that Xu Lizhen's stone tablet and inscription were rough and suspected of forgery, which was not enough to prove Yang Guifei's birthplace. Yang Guifei likes litchi, which is even more insufficient. I also like American cashews. Can you judge that I am an American?

So, where is Yang Guifei from?

To judge where a person is from, I think it is necessary to comprehensively consider a person's birthplace and place of growth. Yang Guifei was born in Chengdu and has lived here for eleven years. Therefore, it is more reliable to say that Yang Guifei is from Chengdu. What Lingbao, Yongji and other places, let's not argue.

After the competition, the night gradually fell.

The ancient city of Rongzhou, shot from a wide angle with a mobile phone.

Rongxian museum.

There are many celebrities in Rongxian County, most of whom are generals, among them, General 126, such as Huang, Javert, etc. , one of the three giants of New Guangxi. Javert served as the acting commander of the Seventh Kuomintang Army in Xiangjiang Campaign, and was the actual commander of Gui Jun's blockade of Guanyang Xinxu and Xing 'an Guanghua.

Yulin has a dog meat festival, which is famous for eating dog meat. Do as Romans do in Rome. I ordered a plate of dog meat at dinner, which was not bad, but a little salty.

Beef offal soup is also a specialty here. I ordered a pot from 58 yuan, which was quite delicious.

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