What fun places are there in Jianghai District?

Jianghai District has a beautiful environment and is the hometown of Mr. Chen Shaobai, the pioneer of the Revolution of 1911. The district has the Main Irrigation River Ecological Shelter Forest, a white water belt scenic area, and a sports area that are praised by UNESCO as the best combination of man and nature. Park, as well as tourist attractions such as the famous Buddhist temple Chaan Temple.

Nanquan Garden

Nanquan Garden is located east of Donghai Road, south of Jiangcui Road, north of Wuyi Road, and west of Dequan Road, Jianghai District, Jiangmen City. It faces the Jianghai District Government in the south and the noble mid-level villa area of ??Jiangmen City in the north.

Nanquan Garden aims to create a man-made natural landscape with "mountains and water, undulating heights, well-proportioned, and water surrounding people's homes". Every household has a landscape, and "windows contain thousands of autumn snows in the Xiling Mountains, and doors are parked in Dongwu." The landscape space artistic conception of "Wanli Ship".

Cha'an Park

Cha'an Temple is a famous scenic spot in the suburbs of Jiangmen. It is located at the foothills of Wumaguicao Mountain in Waihai Town, Jianghai District, about ten kilometers away from the urban area. It is a good place with beautiful scenery. It is said that when the astronomer and eminent monk Thich Nhat Hanh of the Tang Dynasty visited the Lingnan area, he came here to observe the celestial phenomena and draw star maps. He built a small thatched cottage to live here and lived by growing tea. The thatched cottage was named "Cha'an".

A group of eminent monks with the common name Zhang Sui (682-727 AD) was a great astronomer in ancient China, as famous as Zu Chongzhi, Zhang Heng and Li Shizhen. A group of eminent monks devoted their lives to the study of astronomy and geography, traveling around the country. In the early years of Shenlong's reign, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty visited Xinhui County and loved Wuma Guicao Mountain on the outer sea. He built a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain and stayed there. He observed astronomical phenomena at night, drew star maps, and conducted in-depth research on astronomy, geography, and meteorology.

The people in the area near Tea Temple admired the knowledge and conduct of the eminent monks very much. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a Jinshi named Chen Wude in Waihai. He admired the reputation and merit of the eminent monks very much. He proposed to build a brick temple as a permanent memorial. The temple was named after the "Tea'an" where the eminent monks lived. For the name. From then on, "Cha'an Temple" got its name and spread to this day.

Not far in front of Cha'an Temple, there is an antique archway with the four characters "Xiao Zhumingdong" engraved on it. It turns out that "Zhu Ming Cave" is a famous scenic spot in Luofu Mountain. People think that this place is comparable to the "Zhu Ming Cave" in Luofu Mountain and has its own quiet and elegant characteristics, so it is called "Xiao Zhu Ming Cave". The two characters "Buddha Realm" are engraved on the back of the archway. When visitors come here, they immediately feel that they have entered the Buddhist realm where ordinary hearts are peaceful.

There is a well not far from the "Xiao Zhumingdong" archway. Next to the well is a stone tablet with the words "Longxi First Spring" engraved on it. This is the famous "Leafless Well". It is said that this well was dug by a group of eminent monks. The well is more than one foot in diameter and more than five feet deep. The spring water is clear and sweet. Use this water to make tea, which is sweet and delicious with a unique flavor. This well has another unique feature: the well is covered with dense trees, but not a single dead leaf can float into the well, hence the name "Leafless Well". Further up the stairs is the "Cha'an Temple". There is a couplet on both sides of the temple door, which says: "Wushu realized the true interpretation and memorization of the three multiplications, and the old traces of tea planting opened a cave in the sky." In the middle of the door cabinet is the word "Cha'an" engraved in beautiful and dignified handwriting. Entering the temple from the main entrance, there is a couplet on the right when you exit the garden gate, which says: "There are three paths of bamboo in the spring breeze, and a cup of tea when the guest comes." On the steps in front of the left side of the temple, there is a full-length statue of a line of eminent monks that looks like real people for visitors to pay their respects. There is the "Kesi Pavilion" on the right slope in front of the temple, which commemorates the place where a line of eminent monks planted tea. There is a stone tablet beside the pavilion inscribed with the words "The place where Zen Master Yixing planted tea in the Tang Dynasty". Further forward there is the "Moon Watching Pavilion", which was where a group of eminent monks observed the celestial phenomena every night. In 1983, the Jiangmen Municipal People's Government developed and built Cha'an Temple into a large-scale "Cha'an Park". There is a huge rock of nearly ten tons in front of the park, with the word "Cha'an" engraved on the bottom as a mark of the scenic spot.

Five Ancestral Temples in Waihai

Many people in Waihai Town have the surname Chen. From the Yuan Dynasty to the 10th year of Zhengzheng (1350), the ancestors of the Chen family moved to Waihai and settled in Waihai. It has a history of more than 600 years. The family has multiplied, and talents have emerged in large numbers in the past generations. The nickname "Longxi" outside the sea was also named by people surnamed Chen to commemorate the people who took refuge in the mountains of Longxi in Zhangzhou, Fujian.

In the past, there were many ancestral halls in Waihai. The most magnificent ones were the "Five Ancestral Halls of the Chen Family in Waihai Town". The five major ancestral halls were located at the foot of Chini Mountain in the eastern part of Waihai, so the country people often called them "Dongtou Ancestral Halls".

The five major ancestral halls of the Chen family are the ancestral halls of the Chen family in Waihai. They were first built during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty. The five ancestral halls are closely connected and arranged in rows, creating an extraordinary momentum. The Ancestral Hall of Chen Gong, Xin Yin, the founder of the imperial court, is located at the foot of Chini Mountain. Quanshi Ancestral Hall and Junxuan Ancestral Hall are on its right side, and Taoxi Ancestral Hall and Dingxi Ancestral Hall are on its left side.

The five major ancestral halls in Waihai

The ancestral hall covers an area of ??about 4,100 square meters. It is built with three entrances side by side. It adopts a single eaves cloth tiled hard top, blue glazed tiles with trimmed edges, raised beams and passages. Combined with the beam frame structure, it retains the distinctive architectural art style of the Qing Dynasty. The building is large in scale, magnificent in shape, rigorous in layout, and sophisticated in structure. With the Xinyin Chen Gong Temple as the central axis, the layout is symmetrical. There are many stone archways inside and outside the ancestral hall, and long couplets are hung on giant pillars to record the merits of the ancestors. The ancestral hall has carved beams, painted pillars and gorgeous decorations, all reflecting the exquisite complexity and artistic style of Qing Dynasty architecture.

During the Cultural Revolution, the five major temples were destroyed, but happily, its overall architectural style was well preserved. In 2000, the municipal government listed it as a municipal cultural relic protection unit; in April 2002, the district government handed over the management and use of the five major temples to the Waihai Town Government.

In order to protect the cultural relics and build the five major ancestral halls into a cultural position and tourist attraction, the Waihai Town Committee and the town government have carried out repairs many times to gradually restore them to their original appearance. The newly built square in front of the Five Ancestral Temples has now become a good place for people from overseas to relax and have fun.

Chen Shaobai’s former residence

Chen Shaobai’s former residence is located in Nanhuali, Waihai Town, Jianghai District, Jiangmen City. Designed by Chen Shaobai himself. The former residence is divided into two parts, facing each other across the river and connected by a self-bridge. On one side of the bridge is a "white garden" and on the other side is a "three-heyuan" style residence. It was built in 1929 and completed in 1931, covering an area of ??about two acres. After Shaobai's death, his family often lived in other places, and the buildings fell into disrepair over time and gradually became decayed. In the spring of 1991, the Waihai Town Government allocated a huge sum of money to renovate the "White Garden" and the "Saluoping", "Porridge Pot Pavilion", "Zhanyuntai" and other buildings in the garden, as well as the "Sanheyuan" and the "Yazi" in the courtyard. Buildings and other buildings have been restored one by one, and the "Chen Shaobai Deeds Exhibition Hall" has been set up in the former residence to display a large number of famous people's calligraphy and paintings and historical cultural relics. To restore the former residence to its original appearance and rejuvenate it.

Lile Xiangdong Flowers

Lile Xiangdong Village has been planting peach blossoms and chrysanthemums for more than 20 years. It was probably around 1980 that several brothers from a family surnamed Chen started. Guangzhou Fangcun introduced peach and chrysanthemum seedlings. At first, relatives were invited to try the planting. Later, other villagers imitated the planting pattern, and now every household is planting flowers. At that time, there were few flowers for sale in the urban area. Due to the cultivation of flowers in the east, more and more flowers were supplied to the urban area, and the number of people arranging flowers continued to increase. At first, villagers had to go to several major markets in Jiangmen to sell flowers. As people's lives continued to improve, the supply and demand for flowers also continued to increase. To facilitate the public, the government built a winter jasmine flower market. It has experienced the Central Market Flower Market (the current market behind the People's Hospital), Penglai Winter Flower Market (the intersection between the current Children's Park and the stadium) and so on. The hard-working villagers of Xiangdong continue to expand the market for flowers, from Xinhui, Kaiping, Enping, Taishan to Zhongshan, Zhuhai, etc. The sales network continues to expand, and flowers are produced and sold in provinces, Hong Kong and Macao, becoming a peach blossom village well-known in Wuyi.

Because Liyue is located on the plains beside the Liuxi River, the land is fertile and soft, suitable for the growth of peach trees, so the peach blossoms become more and more beautiful as they are planted, and gradually become an indispensable "character" in the winter jasmine flower market. The peach blossoms in Xiangdong Village are very beautiful with bright colors, long flowering period, large flowers, many stamens and overlapping petals. Every Spring Festival, it has become a common practice among citizens to buy a peach blossom that is ready to blossom, take the spring spirit home, and use it to express their best wishes for great ambitions and sweet love in the new year. custom.

Busan Park

Busan Park is a riverside park integrating ecology, landscape and leisure. It is located on the southeast bank of the beautiful Pengjiang River, adjacent to the beautiful white water belt scenic area, from Jiangmen From the bridge to the entrance of Baishuidai Park, the planned area is 10.34 hectares.

The architectural style of Busan Park is an open leisure park, with garden scenes, riverside corridors, water platforms, fountain trails, landscape corridors, rest corridors, flower stands, etc.; equipped with high-end audio and Street lighting; it has become a leisure, maternal and child activity center. The park consists of Busan landscape waterfall, landscape platform, central square, aircraft model base, riverside avenue and "Seven Stars and Moons".