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Where is the "Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall"?

The Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall is located in Caijiawa, at the western foot of Mount Lu and the northeastern corner of Jiujiang County. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side, the scenery is pleasant. The museum area covers an area of ??more than 40 acres, and has built three main projects: the Memorial Hall, Tao Jing Festival Temple, and Tao Yuanming's Tomb. The supporting memorial halls such as the Return Pavilion, the Stele Gallery, the Ink Washing Pond, the Willow Alley, and the Chrysanthemum Garden have been continuously improved. and expansion. It is one of the distinctive cultural attractions in Lushan Scenic Area. Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall is surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing a pond on one side. It has a very elegant environment and is located in the northeast corner of Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province, China, the hometown of Tao Yuanming. It was planned to be built in 1982 and officially opened to the outside world on July 30, 1985. The museum area includes Tao Jing Festival Temple, Tao Yuanming's Tomb, Return Pavilion, Stele Gallery, Ink Washing Pond, etc., totaling more than 40 acres. The building has a construction area of ??about 1,600 square meters, and four groups of halls are connected by stone steps in a corridor with red columns, forming a "Ji" type layout. On the occasion of the opening of the museum in 1985, Xu Deheng, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, donated the name of the museum in writing. Two basic displays have been opened in the museum: Tao Yuanming's life story display, which displays the poet's life and career, activity routes, pictures of relics, chronology of major events, various versions of "Tao Yuanming Collection" in the past, Chinese and foreign experts and scholars' ceramic monographs, and famous calligraphers and painters of the past dynasties. Treasures of pottery, calligraphy and painting, etc.; Jiujiang County Historical Relics Exhibition displays fine historical relics from the county from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the tomb objects from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Tao Yuanming was born in Chaisang, Xunyang (now Jiujiang County, Jiangxi Province). He is famous both at home and abroad for his high moral integrity and his pioneering pastoral poems of "true rhyme and simple diction". He has become a "top figure" in the history of Chinese literature. He is a poet of a generation who has been admired and studied by the world for thousands of years. To commemorate this world-famous great poet, the Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall was built in the poet's hometown of Jiujiang County in 1982. After two years of financing, it was completed in the winter of 1984. On the occasion of the opening of the museum, Mr. Xu Deheng, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, presented the name of the museum in writing. The building has a construction area of ??about 1,600 square meters. Four groups of halls are connected by stone steps in a corridor with red pillars, forming a "Ji" type layout. The two courtyards are decorated with rockery and fish ponds, with cypress and bamboo outside the south wall and a moon in the north wall. The door leads to the chrysanthemum garden; the appearance of the entire building is similar to the charm of a pottery temple. Two basic displays have been opened in the museum: Tao Yuanming's life story, which displays the poet's life and career, activity route, pictures of relics, chronology of major events, various versions of "Tao Yuanming Collection" in the past, Chinese and foreign experts and scholars' ceramic monographs, and poems by famous calligraphers and painters of past dynasties. Treasures of pottery, calligraphy and painting, etc.; the display of Jiujiang County’s historical cultural relics displays the county’s fine historical cultural relics from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, showing the local historical and cultural characteristics of “the head of Wu and the tail of Chu”. On the right side of the Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall is the Tao Jing Festival Temple, which was built in the Tang Dynasty. The original temple was located at the left front foot of Tao Yuanming's tomb in Mianyang Mountain, 25 kilometers south of Jiujiang County. It was destroyed due to the war in the late Yuan Dynasty. In the twelfth year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1533 AD), the temple, archway, etc. were built and completed in the seventeenth year (1538). It was repaired again and was well preserved after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1960, the temple and tombs were listed as key cultural relics under protection in Jiangxi Province. Unit. Due to the needs of national construction, the ancestral hall was used for other purposes. In addition, it was in disrepair and frequently collapsed. In 1982, the cultural relics department moved it to its current location according to its original appearance. It covers an area of ??about 250 square meters and is in the style of Jiangnan residential buildings. The style gables, cornices and corners are simple and elegant. When the temple was moved, Mr. Boyu, a descendant of Tao Gong, wrote the Longmen couplet: "Abandon Pengze and be a low official, the pines and emeralds are yellow, and the piano and books are drunk for three fights; the pastoral poetry school is born, and the rhyme is true. "Ci Pu, the first person in thousands of years." There is a 3-meter-high standing statue of Tao Yuanming in the temple. Tao Gong wears a wine towel and holds a scroll. He is unrestrained and indifferent. The walls of the temple are engraved with famous figures such as Zhou Huijun, Xia Xiangping, and Chen Rongju. There are several stone inscriptions written on it, including Tao Gong's "Record of the Peach Blossom Spring", "Come Back and Come Back", "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu" and other famous works. The horizontal squares and pillars have been restored or added with the names of Shu Tong, Wang Xiaju and Ouyang. Couplets and plaques inscribed by famous contemporary calligraphers such as Zhongshi, Wuzhongqi, and Yao Gongqian have been restored next to the temple. Ancillary commemorative facilities such as Liuxiang, Jupu, Ink Washing Pond, and Stele Corridor are available for visitors to enjoy and see from a distance. Lu, you can feel the poetry and interest of Mr. Wu Liu who "picked chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and saw the Nanshan leisurely". Tao Yuanming's tomb is only more than a hundred meters away from the original site of Tao Jingjie Temple, located in Mahuiling Town, Jiujiang County. Yangshan. The cemetery is surrounded by green pine trees and has a quiet environment. In 1995, on the occasion of the 1630th anniversary of Tao Yuanming's birth, the cultural relics department restored it to the right of the Tao Jingjie Temple in the museum according to its original appearance. A series of projects on Tao Yuanming's tomb were renovated on the side hillside, including memorial archways, shrines, stele pavilions and other memorial facilities. The construction was completed in the autumn of this year. It is adjacent to Donglin Temple and Shimen Stream, as well as the mother-in-law's tomb, Lion Cave, Yongquan Cave, and Ostrich. The villa and other tourist routes on the west line of Lushan Mountain constitute a perfect combination of scenic spots, Buddhist lands and caves. It is the first tourist destination that integrates sightseeing, study, ancient treasure hunting, vacation and leisure.