Shangrao, with its rich culture, is the father of Chinese railways.

It is the hometown of Zhu, a master of Neo-Confucianism, and Zhan Tianyou, the "father of Chinese railways".

More than 800 years ago, when Xin Qiji wrote in Shangrao, "Seeing the sword when drunk, dreaming of blowing horns", I didn't know what impression he would have on Shangrao.

▲ Xin Qiji statue in Shangrao Xin Qiji Cultural Park

19 years later, died here and was buried here. This land became his second hometown. Hundreds of years later, later generations recalled the time he spent here. Perhaps, at that time, he was as passionate about this land as people who are attached to it now.

▲ Lead Mountain Xinqiji Cultural Park

Love has different ways. For thousands of years, countless scholars and scholars have praised Shangrao. Now it's the same. Shangrao seems to be a must-see place for tourists to punch in.

So, what is the charm of Shangrao, which has attracted countless celebrities and poets so far and lingered here?

Shangrao, a rich land.

The territory of Yangzhou, the city of Zhou, and Chu on the eastern border once belonged to wuyue ... Thousands of years ago, this was the place where civilization was created. As early as the early Neolithic Age, the earliest rice planting appeared in the Wannian Xianren Cave in Shangrao, so it naturally became "the birthplace of world rice culture".

▲ Wannian Xianren Cave Front Plain

At the beginning of Jian 'an in the Three Kingdoms, Shangrao County was established, and Poyang County was changed to Raozhou for nine years. In the first year of Gan Yuan, Xinzhou was established.

Thousands of years of evolution and years of experience have finally become Shangrao today, the so-called Shangrao, that is, the land of "excellent wealth".

▲ Spring to Wuyuan, photo by Jinhua Sword

Shangrao has a superior geographical position since ancient times and has become "extending in all directions" and "the first gateway of Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui". Because it is located on the shore of Poyang Lake, it has always enjoyed the reputation of "land of abundance" and "land of plenty".

Actually, Shangrao is nothing. ......

▲ The gourd spring that Xin Qiji spent.

Nothing nourishes a rich cultural collection like fertile land.

▲ Lovely China, photo by Yao Jizhong.

Master of Neo-Confucianism, phonologists Zhu and Jiang Kui, four sons of Hong Men in Southern Song Dynasty, Hong Zun and Hong Mai, patriotic poets, famous officials such as Zhao Ruyu, Chen, Xu and Zhan Tianyou, "the father of Chinese railways", famous entomologist Yang Weiyi and revolutionary Fang Zhimin all came from Shangrao.

▲ Daru? Chu Hsi

▲ Zhan Tianyou

At the same time, "Cha Sheng" Lu Yu lived in Shangrao for five years, and it is said that he completed the Tea Classic during this period; Xin Qiji lived in Shangrao for 20 years and left 60 poems about Shangrao. Xu Xiake once visited Shangrao, Xinzhou for six times and wrote a beautiful article, "The tortoise is covered with strange peaks, but the geese are not there"; Zhang Qian, an ancient peasant scientist in Dexing, sharpened his sword for 30 years, and at the age of 73, wrote "A Brief Introduction to Copper Immersion".