The ancient town of He Xia, formerly known as Beichen Town, was founded in 486 BC. Fu Cha, the king of Wu, dug a ditch to connect the Yangtze River with the Huaihe River and connected it with the Huaihe River under the Beijiang River in Huai 'an. Since then, the ancient town of He Xia has begun its glorious history.
Celebrities appeared in Jiangxia ancient town. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Han Xin, the general of Liu Bang, completely disintegrated Xiang Yu's mighty army by ambushing on all sides and being besieged on all sides. Did you write it down in the Tang Dynasty? Alone at the bottom of the river, I vaguely thought that the moonlight was like water. ? Zhao Wei, a poet, Liang Hongyu, an anti-Jin hero in Song Dynasty, was one of the four classical novels in Ming Dynasty? Wu Cheng'en, a great writer in The Journey to the West, and Shen Kun, an anti-Japanese champion; In Qing Dynasty, there were Yan Ruoqu, a master of Park Studies, and Wu Yu, a textual research scholar.
People in the ancient town of He Xia are most talked about. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 67 Jinshi, 23 Juren 12 Hanlin12, and they were known as? Jinshi's hometown? . Among these talents, many people have become big officials, such as assistant minister, Shang Shu, chef of the imperial chef, doctor Guanglu and so on. Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Wang Tingzhen, the imperial adviser, have all been teachers of Daoguang, which shows the profound cultural heritage of this place.
It is also a thousand-year-old town, which prospers because of luck and declines because of luck. Especially in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the canal attracted many businessmen from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces to do business here. At its peak? Yangzhou has a thousand years of prosperous scenery and moved to the mouth of the West Lake? Fame. After they accumulated a lot of wealth, they directly built luxury houses here, which greatly promoted the local economic development.
Giant businessmen have built many houses and expanded the area of the ancient town under the river. According to the river records, there are 108 streets, 44 bridges, 102 gardens, 63 archways and 55 temples under the river. Up to now, a number of famous buildings and former residences have been preserved, such as Zhuangyuan Building, Kuixing Building and Wu Cheng'en's former residence.
Walking in the scenic spot, you can see the ancient buildings, full of antique charm. More than 80% of the houses in the ancient town of He Xia are brick and wood structures before the Republic of China, and more than 70% are buildings before the Qing Dynasty, and 90% are paved with stones. It is also very rare in China to be able to preserve such a well-preserved ancient town.
Although the ancient town of He Xia has a long history and unique scenery, it has the exquisiteness unique to the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no admission fee. However, it still hasn't received much attention, and there are few tourists in the scenic spot. What do you think keeps tourists from buying?