Travel guide of Yongnian Guangfu

Yang, the founder of Wu's Tai Ji Chuan, Yang Luchan and Wu Yuxiang's former residence, which are famous at home and abroad, can let you directly feel the rich connotation of this ancient city. The towering city wall you see now is the ancient city of Guangfu, which has a long history, great vicissitudes, profound cultural heritage and endless legends.

Guangfu city, also known as Yongnian city, is located 25 kilometers south of Linmingguan, where Yongnian county government is located. Now it is a key cultural relics protection unit in Hebei Province with a history of more than 2,500 years. The existing city wall was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, with a height of12m, a width of 8m and an area of 1.5 km2. The city wall is basically intact, with a total circumference of nine miles and thirteen steps. In the Ming Dynasty, there were four urn cities and four city gates, each with a gatehouse, and four corners with turrets. There are 26 shops on the city wall, 1572 cribs. Weeping willows are planted on both sides of the moat outside the city, and four suspension bridges communicate inside and outside, forming a solid castle. You can defend the enemy from the outside, prevent floods from the inside, attack when you advance, and defend when you retreat. Guangfu city has therefore become a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties, and the war is continuous, which can be described as vicissitudes of life. During the War of Liberation, Guangfu City became the last liberated town in North China Plain because it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now only the East Gate and the West Gate have urns, but the gatehouse and the turret no longer exist. It is rare to see such a well-preserved ancient city in the whole country. Besides, Guangfu ancient city is a water city, surrounded by ten thousand mu of depressions and endless reeds. In addition, it is the birthplace of Yang and Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan, a famous city integrating ancient city, Shuicheng and Taiji City. These characteristics are incomparable to other ancient cities.

We entered the city from the north gate, visited the east gate along the city wall, visited the urn, then came down from the east gate to visit Wu Yuxiang's former residence, then took a bus to visit Hongji Bridge outside the east gate and Yang Luchan's former residence outside the south gate. What we see is the north gate of Guangfu ancient city. Let's climb the ancient city wall first. Look, this is the road to the tower. You may have noticed why this road was built as a slope instead of a step. This is because many soldiers guarding the city are stationed on the ancient city wall, and the bows and arrows, ammunition and food needed by the soldiers are transported by carriage. Therefore, in order to facilitate the walking of horses and vehicles, a slope was built with bricks, which is why local people call it "horse path".

We have stood at the top of the ancient city. There is a local custom that every year in the first month, men, women and children should walk on the city wall. It is said that all diseases can be eliminated within one year. It seems that people really have many good wishes for the ancient city. But this custom is really good exercise. Let's have a try and walk on the wall. This can better see the whole picture of the ancient city.

As I said just now, Guangfu ancient city has a history of more than 2500 years. As far back as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was once the capital of Duke Quliang. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was the capital of Gan Ping and Guangping, and also the county capitals of Quliang County and Guangnian County. In the first year of Sui Renshou (60 1), this city changed Guangnian to Yongnian because it avoided Yang Di Yangguang, so it was also called Yongnian City.

At the end of Sui Dynasty, Dou Jiande, the famous leader of peasant uprising army, established his capital here, which was called Wang Xia. At this time, the city began to take shape. The yuan dynasty expanded the area of the city. Yongnian city was originally a tucheng, without water. During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, the county magistrate Li Jin opened a pool to divert water, dug a moat, and drew water from Fuyang River. In the twenty-first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Chen Wa, the magistrate, transferred migrant workers from nine surrounding counties. It took thirteen years to build a brick city from a earthen city. The inscription "In the 21st year of Jiajing in Daming, Chen Wa, the magistrate, built this city" still remains under the doorway of Xicheng. The wall we haven't seen is the old town of Guangpingfu in Ming Dynasty, which has a history of more than 500 years.

The ancient city has a long history and many scenic spots, with more than 30 places of interest inside and outside the city. There are four streets, eight small streets and seventy-two alleys in the city, and there are many scenic spots such as Yang Luchan, Wu Yuxiang, Zi Shan Academy, Chenghuang Temple and Wenchang Pavilion. Outside the city, there are scenic spots such as Hongji Bridge, Maosui Tomb and Black Dragon Pool. Hongji Bridge is one of the key cultural relics protection units in Hebei Province. Its shape and size are roughly the same as those of Zhao Zhouqiao. According to legend, it was built by Lu Ban's sister and Lu Ban in a competition. You can call it a sister bridge! Hongji Bridge is not only a traffic artery in Hebei and Shandong provinces, but also an art bridge with high appreciation value. Well, we have arrived at the east gate of the ancient city. The annular outer city structure formed by the two gates you see is called an urn. In this ancient city, there is a urn, that is, an outer city, outside the four gates of east, west, north and south. Because there is also a tower on the gate of Wengcheng, it is called four doors and eight floors. Sometimes deliberately open the urn door, put the enemy in, and then close the urn door, which forms a situation of "catching turtles in the urn". In terms of reducing floods, Yongnian City is low-lying and surrounded by water. When there is much rain, the river flows into the city. When the water comes, block the inner and outer gates with soil bags, and the water can't get in. So Yongnian City escaped several floods, so there are many magical legends and stories. According to legend, when the city was built, there was a lying cow hidden under each of the four gates. Their task was to protect Guangfu City from being flooded. Once, a very magical old man led soldiers and crabs and flooded the city with the flood in the East China Sea. At this time, the cows woke up, and they lifted the city with their own bodies. The old bitch raised the water by an inch, and the god cow raised the wall by two inches. When the water level rises by one foot, the city rises by ten feet. Finally, the old catfish ran out of mana and had to go back to the East China Sea with a bulging stomach. But later, I don't know who stole three cows, and only one turned cow was left under the north wall, so the terrain in the north city is still higher than the other three sides. In order to commemorate the god cow who saved the city, people called Guangfu City the Lying Cow City, and carved a stone statue for the Lying Cow, which was dedicated outside the East Gate.

The rare natural landscape of the ancient city, from soft water to hard aura, made Taiji culture born and developed here. A generation of Tai Chi masters, Yang Luchan and Wu Yuxiang, created great achievements of Yang-style and Wu-style Tai Ji Chuan here. Next, let's visit the former residence of Wu Yuxiang, a master of martial arts Tai Ji Chuan, along the horse path in the East Gate. The typical building you see now is the former residence of Wu Yuxiang, with a total area of 9,000 square meters. The former residence is divided into three longitudinal axes. Now, except the central axis, all the other two axes are destroyed. The existing central axis is divided into three courtyards, north and south. The three bays in the south are sedan chairs, which are the places where the owners go in and out to store sedan chairs, similar to the garage. The door opposite the sedan chair is Yimen, and the three northern houses in the west are Wu Zhai's study and private school. In the southwest, there are buildings such as Moon Gate, Flower Hall and Wushu Field. They are all carved beams and painted buildings with bright eaves and tiles, which are very spectacular. Unfortunately, it has been destroyed. We went through the instrument gate and entered the former residence.

Look, this building is the living room, where Wu Yuxiang receives visitors, and the east and west rooms are his children's bedrooms. This living room is also a hall, and the screen in the middle is made of two doors. That is to say, if it is an ordinary guest, Wu Yuxiang will meet in this living room. Only when distinguished guests arrive will they open the screen and welcome them into the innermost room. If the guest is a lady, the family will introduce her from both sides of the screen. This shows how unfair the custom of men being superior to women was in the past.

Further on, it is Wu Yuxiang's back room. The east-west room is Wu Yu's son's bedroom. The first room, the North Room, is Wu Yuxiang's residence. This is a statue of Wu Yuxiang.

After visiting Wu Yuxiang's former residence, please follow me out of the former residence and visit Hongji Bridge by bus. Hongji Bridge, also known as Fudong Bridge, is located in Dongqiao Village, 2.5 kilometers east of Guangfu City, and it spans Fuyang River from east to west. Fuyang River is an important river in the north of China. Originated in the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in Fengfeng mining area of Handan City, it flows to Tianjin and joins Haihe River. It is an important water transportation line in ancient times. According to Guangping County Records, "it depends on Jiaoshui, from Cihan to Jinwei." Travel and trade are extremely convenient.

When Hongji Bridge was built, there is no way to verify it. Only the inscription records that it was rebuilt in the tenth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. Because a large number of people were used in all directions when repairing the bridge, it was named "Hongji Bridge". Hongji Bridge was a traffic fortress in Hebei and Shandong provinces in ancient times, and the fiber traces on the stone pillars beside the bridge are still clearly visible. It is not difficult to imagine that the water transport here was very busy at that time.

Do you think the shape of Hung Kai Bridge is similar to that of Zhao Zhouqiao? Indeed, there is a local legend about this matter. It is said that this bridge was built by Lu Ban's sister and Lu Ban in a competition. Luban built Zhao Zhouqiao and his sister built Hongji Bridge, so the two bridges are very similar and are called sister bridges. They are all existing large stone arch bridges in ancient China, and they are treasures in the history of bridge construction in ancient China. Hongji Bridge is 48.9 meters long, 6.82 meters wide and 24.8 meters across. The arrows are all made of stone, and there is no pier below, only an arched big coupon like Changhong Flying Frame, with two small coupons on each side. This open-shouldered bridge not only saves raw materials and lightens the dead weight of the bridge body, but also reduces the impact of water flow on the bridge body and effectively protects the bridge body. The masonry method of Hongji Bridge is also perfect. It consists of 18 single coupons arranged vertically. The joint stone is connected with iron waist, and the arch protection stone is built with lime or mud, which improves the compressive strength of the arch ring. In addition, the extensive use of cornices is unique in the history of Chinese bridges, and we can clearly see this structure under the bridge. These repair methods of Hongji Bridge make the whole bridge integrated and the structure very firm, so that it is still rock-solid after thousands of years.

Hongji Bridge is not only an ordinary traffic bridge, but also an art bridge. You see, there are 18 square sentries on the bridge. There are 7 lions, 8 monkeys, 1 peach, 1 pomegranate and a local cow in the middle. There are 17 stone railings on both sides of the bridge deck, and there are 9 pomegranates and 10 peaches. Most of the patterns carved on the railing are auspicious paintings, such as deer, unicorn, Eight Immortals, Wu Song fighting tigers, etc., which are lifelike, exquisite and lovely. There are faucets carved in the middle of both sides of the big ticket and the small ticket. The dragon playing pearls and flying dragons carved on both sides of the big ticket, and the branches and flowers carved on both sides of the small ticket are exquisite and lifelike, which has high artistic value.

There is such a beautiful legend about Hongji Bridge. According to legend, after the bridge was repaired, an old Taoist priest came from nowhere. He wandered around the bridge, looking left and touching right, and kept muttering to himself: "The bridge is really good, the bridge is really good, but unfortunately it has not been repaired in two places, the pomegranate peach lion monkey has not been repaired, and the Longkou has not become a treasure." As soon as people heard this, they asked the old Taoist to stay and help repair these two places. The old Taoist said, "You try!" From that day on, the old Taoist touched pomegranates and peaches on the bridge every day, combed the hair of lions and monkeys, sat on the extended faucet and touched the beads in the dragon mouth with his hands. For 7749 days in a row, the beads suddenly shone and the old Taoist disappeared. One year there was a flood, the houses in the village were flooded, and people fled to the bridge. Seeing that the bridge was about to be flooded, at this moment, strangely, the lions and monkeys on the pillars of the bridge were alive. They all jumped into the water and lifted the bridge, slowly lifting it. Pomegranates and peaches on the stigma have become real, just like in a cornucopia, which is inexhaustible for people to satisfy their hunger. As soon as the water rises, the bridge floats, and no matter how big the flood is, there is nothing the bridge can do. Since then, people have called this Hongji Bridge a pontoon bridge.

In addition, amphibole, trilobite and other fossils have been found on the bridge deck stone, belonging to the Paleozoic Ordovician, which has been 450-500 million years ago, adding a lot of mystery to this ancient stone bridge. You can find it yourself and see who has a good eye. In the hot summer, in order to attract more foreign tourists to see the charm of the Millennium ancient city and miraculously experience the wonderful feeling of ice and fire. 20 13, Guangfu ancient city in Yongnian county, Handan city, Hebei province is in full swing to build an ice sculpture exhibition hall, which is expected to be officially opened to the public on July 1 day to receive tourists. Upon completion, the Ice Sculpture Museum will become the first indoor ice and snow amusement park in Handan, which integrates Guangfu Ancient City Theme Ice Sculpture Exhibition, Harbin Ice Sculpture Boutique Exhibition and Children's Park on Ice. The winding path of the Millennium ancient capital is secluded, and the ancient city of Guangfu is ten miles. 20 13, the ice sculpture lotus exhibition in Dongjie Village, Guangfu Ancient City, the first village in the north of China, will bring together more than a thousand kinds of precious lotus flowers from all over the country to appear in the lotus pond of Guanluo Temple in Guangfu. Among them, Daiyu Lotus, Shenzhou Peony Lotus and Cui Jin Peony Lotus rank among the three famous flower kings in the world, and tens of thousands of simple and elegant Jingdezhen porcelain complement each other. Every Saturday, a large-scale scene performance of "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" shows the legacy of Sui and Tang Dynasties, allowing you to feast your eyes, appreciate the graceful lotus and feel the Zen charm of the lotus. It is said that the Ice Sculpture Museum is a new project in the planning of Guangfu Dongjie Village Leisure Tourism Zone, with an investment of 10 million yuan, an area of nearly 2,000 square meters and an ice consumption of 600 tons. Adopting the world's most advanced refrigeration technology imported from Germany, the indoor temperature is kept at minus 4℃ to minus 65,438+04℃. In addition, more than 30 top ice sculpture masters from Harbin will be invited to carve when the Ice Sculpture Museum opens, which not only ensures the technicality and perfection of ice sculpture, but also perfectly combines the ice sculpture art from Harbin with Guangfu's long history and culture.

Dear friends, we have visited the main attractions of the ancient city, and we are about to leave our ancient and beautiful Guangfu city. I believe that Guangfu City will leave a deep impression on you through this tour. Indeed, this is a bright pearl embedded in the land of Hebei. With the implementation of Guangfu development plan, this pearl will surely radiate dazzling light.

Yongnian Guangfu City welcomes friends to come again.