What are the attractions in Shangqiu Ancient Culture Tourism Area?

Shang Ancestor Temple? Yanbotai

Tour time: 120 minutes

Yanbotai, also known as the Vulcan Tower and Star Observation Tower, is the earliest observatory in China. The Xingtai ruins have a history of more than 4,000 years. Ku Gaoxin's son Ku Bo, one of the Five Emperors, watched the stars here and told time. Yanbo Terrace has forty-one steps, eighty meters high and two hundred steps in circumference. There are main hall, worship hall, east and west Zen gates, side rooms and other buildings on the platform. They are simple, elegant, exquisite and unique, and have high historical and academic value. The Huoshen Terrace Spring Festival Temple Fair has been selected into the representative catalog of national intangible cultural heritage.

The Shang Ancestral Temple was built to commemorate the Shang ancestor Wang Hai more than 3,800 years ago. It consists of Sanshang Gate, Fushang Avenue, Wanshang Square, Wang Hai Statue, Shang Ancestor Hall, Huaxi Tower, etc. The Shang Ancestral Temple is the venue for the biennial International Chinese Entrepreneurs Festival, which has become one of the top ten most influential ethnic cultural events in the world.

Yingtian Academy

Visit time: 30 minutes

Yingtian Academy is located on the bank of the South Lake in the ancient city of Shangqiu. It was the highest institution of learning in the Northern Song Dynasty. Fan Zhongyan once studied and taught here. He took "taking the world as his own responsibility" as the school motto, and his idea of ??"worry first and rejoice later" originated here. Yingtian Academy is now a national social science popularization base. Henan Province Social Science Popularization Demonstration Base.

Suihuang Mausoleum

Tour time: 60 minutes

Suirenshi Scenic Area is located 1.5 kilometers southwest of the ancient city of Shangqiu, also known as Suirenshi Mausoleum. According to "Guide Prefecture Chronicles": "The Mausoleum of Sui Emperor, northwest of Yanbotai, is said to be the burial place of the Suiren family." The Suiren family, also known as the "Emperor" and "the head of the three emperors", invented the method of drilling wood to make fire and making knots. The rope records the calendar and establishes the surname Hefeng in the center of heaven and earth. The astronomical calendar, writing, surnames, and sacrificial rituals were all pioneered by Suiren and became the three pillars of ancient Chinese civilization. Suiyang District was named the "Hometown of Chinese Fire Culture", and the "Fire of Chinese Civilization" for the 10th National Games was collected here.

Recently, Shangqiu Ancient Culture Scenic Spots have added business formats. The Little Red Riding Hood Paradise in the Suihuang Mausoleum Scenic Spot has opened. Dinosaur exhibitions, Internet celebrity beaches, rainbow slides, Internet celebrity amusement facilities and other projects have been added to provide tourists with immersive entertainment. Play experience.

Nanhu Lake Cruise

Tour time: 60 minutes

Take a small boat to enjoy the scenery of the city lake, rafting on the banks of the city wall lake, the endless lake is as bright as a mirror, The wind blows on the blue lake, causing slight ripples, accompanied by the fish playing happily. What are you waiting for? Why don’t you come and experience it?

Take a boat ride and listen to folk tunes, every Saturday , all day on Sunday, Shangqiu Ancient City Nanhu Cruise Company has prepared a normal leisure boat service for tourists. The boat provides folk tunes, songs, musical instrument performances and other exciting performances as well as snacks and snacks.

Zhang Xun Temple

Tour time: 60 minutes

Zhang Xun Temple is located on the west side of the road outside the south gate of Shangqiu ancient city. It was built to commemorate the second year of Zhide in the Tang Dynasty (757 AD). It was built by Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others who died defending Suiyang during the "An-Shi Rebellion" in 1998. The Suiyang Defense War quelled the rebellion, restored the Tang Dynasty, saved Jianghuai Liming from disaster, and made immortal contributions. People in Fujian and Zhejiang, as well as compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese respect Zhang Xun and others very much, and pilgrim groups from all over the country come to Zhang Xun Temple in large numbers every year to worship. Zhangxun Temple is now the patriotism education base of Henan Province.

Watch the sitcom performance of "Dream Back to Suiyang City". Dozens of live performances such as melodrama, fire breathing, face-changing, Xiao Li's flying knives, etc. are staged in turn every day...Performance time: 10:00, 15:00 every day (daily performances will be suspended in case of special weather, and will be performed in scenic spots on holidays The broadcast shall prevail).

South City Gate→East City Gate

Visit time: 30 minutes

The South City Gate is an arch-coupon style, the city tower is a brick arch structure, and the mountain-resting double eaves style The building, divided into upper and lower floors, is located on the central axis of the ancient city and is majestic. Climb the city tower and look into the distance, and you will have a panoramic view of the ancient city inside and a beautiful view of the city lake outside. The wide moat lake outside the city has a water surface of 8,000 acres and rippling blue waves surrounding the city. There are unique pavilions and pavilions built on the small islands in the lake, which is known as "not the West Lake, but better than the West Lake".

The Chen Family Courtyard

Visit time: 30 minutes

The Chen Family Courtyard is located on the north side of Dongmenli Road in the ancient city of Shangqiu (Guide Prefecture). The East Garden of the Hou family in Guide Prefecture later became the old residence of Chen Zongshi, a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty. Chen Zongshi (1644-1720) was originally from Yixing, Jiangsu Province. He had a profound family education. His grandfather Chen Yuting was a Jinshi in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty and served as the censor of Zuodu. His father, Chen Zhenhui, together with Mao Pijiang, Fang Yizhi, and Hou Fangyu, were known as the "Four Young Masters of the Late Ming Dynasty".

Mu Family Courtyard

Visit time: 30 minutes

Mu Family Courtyard is located in the south of Zhongshan East 2nd Street in the ancient city of Shangqiu. It is a house with three entrances. It is a Qing Dynasty building complex with nine connected courtyards and five gates facing each other. It faces north and south. There are more than 80 houses in the entire building complex. The back building is the main body and the middle house is the center. It is symmetrical from left to right, low in front and high in back, creating a quiet, elegant and quiet atmosphere. Comfortable living environment. The Mu family, the owner of the courtyard, is one of the "Eight Families and Seven Major Families" in Guide Prefecture.

Hou's former residence

Tour time: 30 minutes

Hou's former residence is located on Liuyushou East Street in the ancient city of Shangqiu. It is composed of the Hall of Repentance and so on. Hou Xun's former residence is a courtyard-style Ming and Qing Dynasty building complex with one house and three courtyards.

Hou Xun was a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli (AD 1616), and successively served as the censor of Shanxi Province, the censor of Henan Province, the Imperial Servant Shaoqing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zhuanghui Hall was built by Hou Fangyu, a writer in the early Qing Dynasty, and is a typical Qing Dynasty building complex. Hou Fangyu is the protagonist of the famous Kun Opera "The Peach Blossom Fan". His legendary love story with Li Xiangjun, a famous Qinhuai prostitute, has been passed down to this day. Together with Wei Xi and Wang Wan, they were known as the "Three Great Masters" in the early Qing Dynasty. Hou's former residence is now a key cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.

Guidefu Confucian Temple

Visit time: 30 minutes

Guidefu Confucian Temple is located in Shandong 2nd Street Road in the ancient city of Shangqiu. There are three main halls built in the early Yuan Dynasty. In the fourth year of Yanyou (AD 1317), the number increased to 5. In the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1373), Duan Sihui, the governor of Dezhou, was founded on the original site. During the Renxu period of Hongzhi (AD 1502), Zhang Xi, the governor, was founded here and built 7 main halls. After repairs and renovations by the governors, it has been preserved to this day, with a total of 500 buildings. Years of history. Guide Mansion Confucian Temple is the only Confucian temple in the country with its school building on the right side of the main hall, forming a unique architectural pattern with the left hall and the right school building.

North City Gate

Tour time: 30 minutes

North City Gate and South City Gate are also called Gongchen Gate and Gongyang Gate respectively. They were built in the Ming Dynasty. During the Zhengde period of the Chao Dynasty. The North Tower is located on the Gongchen Gate. It is majestic with blue bricks and gray tiles and painted red columns. Climbing the city, you can see the city lake surrounded by greenery and undulating blue waves to the north; to the south, you can see the Ming and Qing streets of the ancient city lined with shops and crowded with tourists. The south gate and south city wall are the north gate and north city wall of Nanjing City in the Northern Song Dynasty, which are thousands of years old. Standing upstairs, you can enjoy the cool breeze blowing on your face. You can enjoy the beauty of Nanhu Lake in the south and the charm of the ancient city in the north.