Exploring Foshan Culture

The capital of food, the hometown of kung fu, the birthplace of Cantonese opera ... There are many "labels" about Foshan. Let's follow the map and visit this famous historical and cultural city of South Guangdong.

Ip Man Memorial Hall-? Suitable for movies and kung fu fans.

Different from the common former residence of celebrities, it focuses on kung fu culture, and subsequent articles will also make special details. The so-called martial arts in the world come from Shaolin, and the southern martial arts flourish in Foshan. Even if he doesn't know kung fu, he has seen the movies of Wing Chun masters (IP Man 1-4 and IP Man), and even the martial arts movie star Bruce Lee, who was a smash hit in the United States, is his disciple. This memorial hall can not only recall the life scenes of a generation of masters, but also serve as a training base for Wing Chun Boxing, attracting many kung fu lovers at home and abroad. After the visit, you may have a chance to learn authentic Wing Chun.

Admission: free.

Daqitou Ancient Village (the first village in Guangdong)-suitable for history and architecture lovers.

With the rapid development of modern civilization, skyscrapers are row upon row, but as they were hundreds of years ago, the blue walls and gray tiles seem to have crossed time and space. This private house complex, built by Zheng Shaozhong, the governor of Guangdong Navy in Qing Dynasty, was actually funded by Empress Dowager Cixi, the "powerful emperor" at that time. It integrates folk houses, ancestral temples, family temples, mansions and pagodas, and has become a national historical and cultural village because of its complete and large-scale ancient architectural complex. The design of the "can ear" roof makes it unique. Ancestral temples and family temples are indispensable functional buildings in ancient rural areas of Guangdong, and ancestral temple culture is a traditional culture centered on ancestral temples. By offering sacrifices to ancestors and taking the continuation of the same surname as a link, the whole family members are linked together to form the cohesion within the clan. In addition to history and culture, the architectural design of ancient villages is also a highlight. Can you imagine that ancient villages hundreds of years ago had the function of theft prevention, fire prevention and wind prevention? It is said that many people who go for the first time seem to have entered a maze. After all, the ancient village, which covers an area of 52,000 square meters, is full of "organs", and it is difficult to get lost.

Tickets: 10 yuan

Formerly known as Foshan Town, it is one of the four famous towns in ancient China.

First stop? Shiwan Nanfeng Ancient Stove ceramics museum-Suitable for historical, handicraft and architectural lovers.

The country of ceramics is China, the southern Tao Dou is in Foshan, and Foshan ceramics is in Shiwan. You can go back to the feature article "Stone Bay Pottery Dolls-Tide Play in Ming and Qing Dynasties"

Nanfeng stove, a 500-year-old ancient kiln, has been well preserved so far. It is the oldest dragon kiln in the world, and it is a great pleasure for history lovers to come here to find the ancients. In the workshop at its tail, Master Long Yao will give a performance of ceramic works called "Pai Gang". Handicraft lovers can witness the process of turning mud into vats in Longyao and learn about the ceramic firing process. There is an ancient residential complex in the Ming and Qing Dynasties nearby, which has now been turned into an international artist village, and many potters have moved in. In the birthplace of world-class pottery, follow the potters to turn the pottery wheel and make a cup to experience the charm of pottery, right? In addition, there is the largest ceramic art center in the world, and it is also the world ceramic art exchange center. The teacher instructed everyone to make pottery tools on the spot and finally sent them to Longyao for firing. Shiwan is the best place in the world. Besides making pottery, you can't miss ceramics museum here. You can fully understand the history of the pottery industry. Look at pottery-make pottery-understand pottery, and when you finish it, you will be qualified to be a master craftsman.

Admission: 25 yuan.

Second stop? Cantonese Opera Museum

There are Peking Opera in the north and Cantonese Opera in the south. As the birthplace of Cantonese opera, we can fully understand Cantonese opera culture here. You can go back to the feature articles "The Past of South China Red Bean (Cantonese Opera)" and "Looking Forward to the Present of Cantonese Opera"

The original building belongs to Zhao Xiang Huanggong Temple, which is magnificent and typical ancestral temple building. Covering an area of more than 2,000 square meters, it shows the origin, evolution and present situation of Cantonese opera with objects, words and images, covering scripts, costumes, records and other categories. Many cultural relics in the collection are also highlights, such as masks and posters of Cantonese opera.

Third stop? Ancestral Hall Museum &; Huang Feihong Memorial Hall

The ancestral hall is known as "the palace of oriental folk art". It is a combination of architectural art and traditional culture. It is not only a building complex with Lingnan characteristics, but also a grand view garden with profound cultural heritage. In the aspect of architectural decoration, it shows the characteristics of mahogany carving in Chancheng, as well as sculptures with drama stories as the theme. In folk culture, the collection of cultural relics shows Taoism, Wushu and Foshan Quyi. Taoism is a local religion in China, but its popularity is not as good as that of foreign Buddhism. When you come to the ancestral temple, why don't you worship the true Takeda? Kung fu fans visited the IP Man Memorial Hall in the South China Sea. If they are not satisfied, they can come to the Huang Feihong Memorial Hall here again. This memorial hall, where 380,000 disciples from Huang Feihong gathered around the world to seek roots and worship their ancestors, has a martial arts performance hall, and you can watch the martial arts performance of Huang Feihong disciples live, which is quite shocking. There are as many films about Huang Feihong as 1 10. It's hard to know him! The real photos of Huang Feihong can only be seen here. Even "Bao" has copies, and Hong Fei Cinema has been showing movie videos, which will not disappoint fans. There are many lion dance scenes in Huang Feihong's movies, and there are lion dance performances in Lingnan every day in the museum. It is said that the lion dance team is composed of his descendants.

Admission: 20 yuan.

Continue southward to Shunde, which is the core area of contact between Guangzhou and Buddhism, and has developed trade since ancient times. It is the base camp of Shunde cuisine, one of the three major Cantonese cuisines, and also the "gourmet capital of the world". You can go back to the feature article "Shunde Food Culture-the Soul of Cantonese Cuisine in Guangfu"

First stop, Qinghui Garden?

It belongs to the four famous gardens in Lingnan together with Chancheng Liangyuan, and is suitable for lovers of gardens and traditional calligraphy and painting. You can go back to the special article "Lingnan Garden is very different" and "Lingnan Famous Garden and Mo Bao Danqing"

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many excellent gardens were left, especially the Jiangnan Garden represented by Humble Administrator's Garden. Qinghui Garden is characterized by the integration of Lingnan architecture and Jiangnan gardens. It not only has the characteristics that Lingnan ancient buildings pay attention to site selection and foundation, but also has the elegance and aura of Jiangnan garden art. The * * * nature of traditional gardens in China is also highlighted here, and structural techniques such as seeing the big from the small, combining the virtual with the real, and setting up gardens in the gardens can be seen everywhere.

This private garden, built more than 400 years ago, was originally the residence of the local champion in the Ming Dynasty, and later became the asset of local scholars in the Qing Dynasty. The "slowness" in China's traditional garden art is also reflected incisively and vividly here in Qinghuiyuan, showing the characteristics of "curving" and "hiding" from the entrance. After a long walk, I came to the front of qinghui Garden. The plaque hanging in the lobby was inscribed by Li Zhaoluo, a calligrapher in Qing Dynasty.

Tickets: 15 yuan

The second stop is Bijiang Jinlou.

China has always had a collection culture, with private libraries all over the country, represented by Zhejiang Tianyi Pavilion. Shunde Bijiang has a good reading atmosphere since ancient times. This golden building was originally a library, named after it was inlaid with gold foil, and it was a status symbol at that time. It is said that Dai Peiqiong, the goddaughter of Empress Dowager Cixi and the daughter of a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, married in Bijiang, and the Su family specially gilded the library for the purpose of marriage, so there was a well-known story of "Golden House hides charming". In addition, the Golden Pagoda is also the location of the film "The Grandmaster". Regrettably, in recent years, due to limited funds and suffering from repairs, the gold building has been seriously damaged.

The brilliant and romantic love story of Bijiang Su's family attracted many people. In fact, the built-in wood carving technology is also a major attraction. The elegant collection on the second floor is the essence of the Golden Pagoda. Looking around, I found that the world was carved in square places like doors and windows, and the exquisite skills of craftsmen made the gestures of flowers, birds, fish and insects lifelike. Finally, we have to look at the giant bronze wall sculpture "Twenty-four Poems of Bijiang", which is known as the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" of Bijiang and records the human and natural landscape of Bijiang more than 100 years ago.

Of course, the places of interest in Foshan are not just mentioned in the article. Nanyue ancient city is worth stopping to savor the taste of traditional culture, rather than punching out, in order to be worthy of the gift of history.