Experience of Meixi archway (urgent question)

Meixi Paifang Tourist Area is located in Meixi Village, Shangchong, Qianshan Town, Zhuhai City, covering an area of/kloc-0.26 million square meters. The scenic spot takes the former residence of China's first Hawaiian consul and overseas Chinese millionaire Mr. Chen Fang, Chen Jia Garden, Meixi stone archway and Chen Fang's family cemetery as the main buildings, and takes "Chen Fang's family history exhibition", "China archway boutique exhibition", "Zhuhai celebrity wax figure exhibition" and "Wenbaozhai painting and calligraphy institute" as the exhibition contents. It is a tour integrating celebrity commemoration, folk custom display, cultural relics protection, sightseeing and leisure.

To visit Meixi archway tourist area, you must know Chen Fang first. Chen Fang, a native of Meixi Village, Zhuhai City, was born in 1825. After the First Opium War, she left home to study business in Hong Kong and Macau. 1849, 24-year-old Chen Fang and her uncle went to Honolulu to do business. She started as an apprentice in a shop, and then started her own business, operating sugar cane cultivation and sugar industry, becoming the first millionaire of overseas Chinese, and was praised as. 1857, he married Julia, the stepsister of the King of Hawaii, and was elected as a member of the Hawaiian Parliament. 188 1 year, was appointed as the first consul of China in Hawaii by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing government, ranking second. 1890, Chen Fang returned to her hometown, leaving her own leaves, and was enthusiastic about the public welfare undertakings in her hometown in her later years. She died in Macau on 1906 and was buried in Meixi Village, her hometown.

Chen Fang's former residence was built in 189 1 to 1896, including 1 Chengong Temple, three big houses, a foreign building and a flower hall, with a building area of 2,495 square meters and an area of 5,742 square meters. Combining western culture with China architectural tradition, the whole building is carved with beams and painted with buildings, with outstanding Lingnan style. In addition, stone slabs and blue bricks are laid in front of the house lane, and precious flowers and trees such as magnolia and murraya are planted for more than 100 years. Brick walls are built around it, and a watchtower is set at the east and west corners, forming the craftsman complex of Chenjiazhuang.

The Chenjia Garden and Cemetery covers an area of 72,000 square meters, with the inscription of "Beautiful Holiday City", and the octagonal pavilion, slate road and sandalwood tree introduced by Chen Fang from Hawaii, which has a history of 100 years.

Meixi stone archway is located in the former site of "Chen Fangyuan". There are three existing ones, which were built in the 12th year of Guangxu reign (A.D. 1886) and 17th year (A.D. 189 1). They were presented by Emperor Guangxu in recognition of Chen Fang and her relatives' friendship with their hometown. The archway is made of granite, artistic modeling combining Chinese and western styles, just right mechanical structure and exquisite carving decoration. It is an artistic treasure of stone architecture. 1987 is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit by Zhuhai municipal government, and 1989 is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit by Guangdong province.

The exhibition halls in Chen Fang's former residence, such as "Chinese Archway Exhibition", "Zhuhai Celebrity Wax Sculpture Exhibition", "Chen Fang Family History Exhibition" and "Wenbaozhai Painting and Calligraphy Institute", display architecture, human sacrifices, folk exhibitions, overseas Chinese entrepreneurship history, cultural relics painting and calligraphy, etc. "China Memorial Archway Boutique Exhibition" * * * focuses on 24 existing memorial archways in China, including those in Beijing, Shandong, Anhui and Shanxi, with exquisite architecture, exquisite carving and concise words. It not only fully publicized and embodied the moral standards of feudal society in China, but also fully demonstrated the long architectural history of the Chinese nation and the intelligence and superb architectural art of the working people.

The "Zhuhai Celebrity Wax Museum" focuses on the wax figures of 24 celebrities in modern Zhuhai, including the former residence owner, Premier Tang of the Republic of China, the first person who systematically spread Marxism in South China, Lin Weimin, the first chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Su, the early leader of the * * * production party, and Rong Guotuan, the first world champion in China. They had a profound influence on the modern history of China. Approaching celebrities and savoring the lives of historical celebrities will give us unexpected enlightenment.

"Chen Fang Family History Exhibition" takes Chen Fang's life as the main line, and introduces in detail the origin and changes of Chen Fang's family and its decline. Chen Fangyuan crossed the ocean, worked hard in business, got married and returned to his hometown, doing good deeds for his hometown and benefiting Mulberry. During the visit, we can experience the hardships of China people in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is an entrepreneurial epic full of bitter tears of overseas Chinese and their love for national conditions.

"Wenbaozhai Painting and Calligraphy Institute" shows the original paintings and calligraphy of famous artists since the Song Dynasty, among which the famous ones are the imperial calligraphy written by Empress Dowager Cixi, the pennant of Premier Yu Youren of the Republic of China, and the original paintings and calligraphy of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics, which can let visitors appreciate the artistic charm of cultural relics and calligraphy.