Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - Which city is the ancient city of Tiandao?

Which city is the ancient city of Tiandao?

The ancient city in heaven is Liaocheng, Shandong.

Liaocheng is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, located in the west of Shandong Province, bordering Jinan and Tai 'an cities across the Yellow River in the southeast, Henan Province across the Jindi River in the south, Handan and Xingtai cities in Hebei Province in the west, and Dezhou City in the north and northeast, with a total area of 8,628 square kilometers.

Liaocheng has a history of more than 5,000 years and is a famous historical and cultural city in China. The Yellow River culture, which represents farming civilization, and the canal culture, which represents commercial civilization, complement each other here. There are more than 400 cultural relics and historic sites in China, 6 heritage sites and 2 rivers are listed in the World Cultural Heritage List of the Grand Canal, and there are 13 national cultural relics protection units such as Guangyuelou in Ming Dynasty and Shanshan Guild Hall in Qing Dynasty. Many stories in Chinese classic literature, such as Water Margin and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, all took place in Liaocheng.

Liaocheng scenic spots

1, dongchang lake Scenic Area

Dongchang lake Scenic Area is a national 4A-level tourist area, a key service industry park in Shandong Province, an ecological fishery demonstration park in Shandong Province, and a national fishing base. It is also the core area of the city brand of "Jiangbei Water City, the Capital of Ancient Canal-Ecological Liaocheng". Located in the downtown area of Liaocheng, it consists of 10 lakes and 20 water surfaces, with a total area of 6.3 square kilometers and coastline 16 kilometers. Known as "West Lake in the south and Dongchang in the north", it is a rare large-scale urban lake in Jiangbei area of China.

2. Guangyue Building

Guangyue Building was built in the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is a representative building in the transition period from Song and Yuan Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the largest existing Ming Pavilion in China. In the album of platform tickets for "Famous Buildings in China", Guangyue Building, Stork Building, Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Building, Taibai Building, Wangtengting, Penglai Pavilion, Zhenjiang Building, Jiaxiu Building and Daguan Building together constitute the top ten famous buildings in China.

3. Shanshan Club

Shanshan Guild Hall is located in the west bank of Dongguan Ancient Canal in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City. It is the second largest existing guild hall in China. The whole building is compact, patchwork, simple and elegant, and luxuriantly decorated. It is of great value to the study of the history of ancient architecture, as well as precious materials for the study of ancient commercial history, economic history, drama history, canal culture history and the history of calligraphy, painting and sculpture art, and is also of great significance to the study of commercial development in Qing Dynasty.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Liaocheng City