Huai'an during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was a battleground among the great powers. Who were the top ten celebrities in history? ?

The founding Prime Minister Zhou Enlai

· The great military strategist Han Xin

· Western Han Dynasty poet Mei Cheng

· Northern Song Dynasty poet Zhang Lei

· Heroine Liang Hongyu

· Painting genius Gong Kai

· Commoner Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang

· Novelist Wu Chengen

· Classical master Yan Ruochu

· Photography master Lang Jingshan

Poet and painter Bian Shoumin

· Detailed introduction;

(1) Han Xin

"Xiao He Chasing Han Xin Under the Moon" is the most classic play in traditional Chinese Peking Opera. Han Xin, one of the famous military strategists in Chinese history, is from Huai'an. When you visit Huai'an, you will definitely hear many stories about Han Xin. When Han Xin assisted Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, he finally defeated the powerful Xiang Yu's army with a weak force. Especially in the Battle of Wujiang, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was besieged on all sides. In the end, he had to kiss Wujiang, and staged the most sensational and tragic event in Chinese history. "Farewell My Concubine" scene. Han Xin made immortal contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty that lasted three hundred years. Therefore, there are many legends about Han Xin in history. There are many historical sites of Han Xin in Huai'an, including Han Xin Diaoyutai, Han Xin Temple, Piao Mu Temple, Kuaxia Bridge and " There are two hometowns of Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin in the Han Dynasty, one in Chuzhou District and one in Pier Town.

Han Xin lost his parents when he was very young. The orphan Han Xin relied on fishing for money to make a living, but he was repeatedly discriminated against and ignored by the people around him. Once, a butcher publicly humiliated and bullied Han Xin and asked Han Xin to crawl under his crotch. In order to avoid the immediate disadvantage, Han Xin had no choice but to crawl under the butcher's crotch in full view of the public. This is the famous "crossing over" recorded in history books. "The humiliation" story, there are still "Quaixiaqiao" and "Quaixiaqiao Street" in Chuzhou District of Huai'an to commemorate this general who suffered great humiliation when he was young.

(2) Wu Chengen

Wu Chengen was good at painting and calligraphy since he was a child, and he has been versatile throughout his life. However, the imperial examination was extremely unfavorable. He became a Gongsheng student in his middle age, and was appointed as the Changxing County Magistrate at the age of 60. His experience is quite similar to that of Pu Songling, the later author of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" in the Qing Dynasty. They were both cynical and great literati. As a child, Wu Chengen liked to listen to stories about the water gods of the Huaihe River and the Great Sage of the Sangha in his hometown. After middle age, he began to combine the stories of Tang Monk's Journey to the West with Tang legends, Buddhist and Taoist classics, folk stories, local anecdotes of Huai'an, etc., and read them day and night in his study. He wrote and eventually created hundreds of chapters of the novel "Journey to the West". As soon as this book came out, it was hailed as one of the "Four Great Books" and became a treasure in the world's literary world, leaving an extremely precious cultural heritage for people all over the world.

Wu Chengen's study room is simple and quiet, with wooden carved doors and windows that are simple and natural. The lamps and candles on the table are still the same, and the pen and inkstones are arranged in an orderly manner. It seems that the master was busy writing at his desk just now, and only went for a walk in the back garden when he was tired from writing. Went. Looking around, it was in this study that the master wrote the upright and naughty Monkey King Wukong, the honest and charming Zhu Bajie, the honest and obedient Monk Sha, and the kind and kind-hearted Monkey King who will be talked about by future generations. Master Tang Seng who was repeatedly deceived by goblins. Each vivid character emerged from the master's writings, and Wu Cheng'en became famous throughout the ages.

(3) Guan Tianpei

Guan Tianpei was born in Huai'an on January 8, 1781. National hero Guan Tianpei was Lin Zexu's right-hand man in banning opium. He died in Humen during the Opium War in 1841. He was the earliest senior general in my country to sacrifice heroically in the fight against imperialist aggression. In today's Guan Zhongjie Temple, people can still appreciate the majesty of Guan Tianpei back then.

(4) Zhou Enlai

At No. 7 Fuma Lane, Chuzhou District, Huai'an City, a long and narrow courtyard hidden deep in the alley is where the Prime Minister was born.

He lived here for 12 years, spending his childhood and adolescence full of worries about his family and country in the small town of Huai'an.

Zhou Enlai’s former residence *** has 32 houses connected from east to west. The houses are not big. They are all typical bungalows with blue bricks and small tiles and wooden structures in northern Jiangsu at that time. They look very simple and natural. The yard is not too big, with only a few flowers, plants and trees dotting it, and it looks elegant and fresh. You can imagine how Zhou Enlai went in and out of these houses in his childhood, and how he wandered under the flowers, plants and trees, seeing These simple scenes in the former residence will inevitably remind people of the Prime Minister's kind and kind smile.

The Prime Minister is a Confucian general of the generation, which has something to do with the early enlightenment education given to him by Zhou Enlai's stepmother Chen. Zhou Enlai was raised by his stepmother Chen. Chen is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is a simple and kind person. Under her careful care, the Prime Minister understood the principles of life in the first place. Such a well-educated mother played a very important role in the growth of the Prime Minister. Although she did not The mother-in-law tattooed the words "loyalty and service to the country" on Yue Fei's back, but her earnest teachings left the young Zhou Enlai with the belief that he would be loyal and patriotic and devote himself to the interests of the people until his death.