1, Jiuri Mountain Qifeng stone carving

Jiuri Mountain stone carvings for praying for the wind are a group of cliff stone carvings that record the ceremony of praying for the wind held by state officials, local officials and members of the royal family in Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty. Together with the shi bo Stone and Dejimen ruins, it embodies the advocacy and control of state power on maritime trade under the shipping system in the Song Dynasty.

These precious historical archives of stone carvings truly record the historical information such as the business cycle closely related to the monsoon in the Song Dynasty, and reflect the spiritual impetus of Poseidon belief to trade activities. There are 78 stone carvings in Jiuri Mountain since the Song Dynasty, including 10 related to navigation and praying for the wind in the Song Dynasty, which are distributed on the cliffs of the eastern and western peaks in Jiuri Mountain, 2 in the eastern peak and 8 in the western peak. The earliest stone carving is 1 174, and the latest one is 1266.

Among them, there are 6 stone carvings that record the sailing in winter and 3 stone carvings that record the sailing in summer. 1 records the praying winds in two seasons at the same time. According to the inscription of 10, there were 9 officials of the municipal shipping department and 58 local military and political officials in Quanzhou who participated in praying for the wind. 18 was a relative of the country.

2. City Bos website

Founded in 1087, Quanzhou Bos is an administrative organization established by the Song and Yuan Dynasties in Quanzhou to manage maritime trade affairs. Its establishment marks that Quanzhou has officially become an open foreign trade port, which is of great significance to the economic prosperity, cultural exchange and common development of all participants in maritime trade in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and embodies the unique attribute of Quanzhou Port relying on a huge empire.

Bos site is located on the Jinjiang River in the south of Quanzhou, outside the south gate of Quanzhou ancient town, and inside the Nanxun gate of Yicheng. According to the archaeological work carried out, the ground remains of the Song and Yuan Dynasties were found in two archaeological trenches in the middle of the site, belonging to the ground of the same large building owned by the government.

The objects unearthed in the site are not only the products of local Dehua kiln, Cizao kiln, Dongmen kiln and Nan 'an kiln, but also the products of Longquan kiln, Yueyao kiln, Jingdezhen kiln and Jizhou kiln. Among them, the pieces of egg white glazed porcelain decorated with dragon patterns and flower patterns in Yuan Dynasty are high-grade porcelain, which proves the high regulation of this group of buildings. There are about 10-20 meters wide underground silt layers on both sides of the ditch on the northwest side of the site, which shows the scale of the historical water system.

3. Dejimen Site

Dejimen site is the south gate site of Quanzhou City in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which records the history of Quanzhou City's southward expansion in Song and Yuan Dynasties. It is an important symbol of the commercial city in the south of the city, which embodies the official administrative guarantee for maritime trade and urban commercial development. The site is located outside the Tianhou Palace at the southern end of the ancient city of Quanzhou, far away from the site of Jinjiang and Shunji Bridge.

Dejimen and its adjacent Yicheng Town were built in 1230, which became the main road to the southern business district of the city. 1352 the gate site was expanded in the yuan dynasty, and the urn city was added in the Ming dynasty, which was rebuilt and strengthened in the Qing dynasty. It lasted for more than 700 years until the middle of the 20th century. After 200 1 archaeological excavations, the sites built many times since13rd century are completely exposed.

The site is located on the north and south sides, covering an area of nearly 2000 square meters. It is made of granite slats and waste stone building components, and partially reinforced with white lime grouting.

4. Tianhou Palace

Tianhou Palace is a temple dedicated to Mazu, the sea god, and an important spreading center of Mazu belief around the world, which witnessed the formation and development of Mazu belief with the maritime trade. It, Zhenwu Temple, Jiuri Mountain Qifeng Stone Carvings, etc. It embodies the common promotion of the combination of folk beliefs and national will to the development of marine trade.

It is closely related to the merchant groups in Quanzhou, and witnessed the development of the southern commercial district of Quanzhou under the influence of maritime trade. Tianhou Palace is located at the southern end of Quanzhou ancient city, bordering Jinjiang and coastal ports in the south. Founded in 1 196, formerly known as Shunji Palace. With the official and folk worship of Mazu belief in past dynasties, the Tianhou calendar has been restored and developed, and it still retains the layout characteristics of the front hall and the back bedroom formed before16th century.

The existing building faces south, and the overall layout is a courtyard with symmetrical central axis. From south to north on the central axis are the mountain gate, the stage, the pilgrimage hall, the Tianhou Palace, the bedroom hall and the dressing room. On both sides of the courtyard, there are ancillary buildings such as east and west wing rooms, porch rooms, halls and pavilions. The land area of the building complex is about 6800 square meters.

5. Zhenwu Temple

Zhenwu Temple is a Taoist temple dedicated to Emperor Zhenwu in Song and Yuan Dynasties. It is also an important landmark of the ancient stone port and an important spiritual sustenance of the merchant groups engaged in maritime trade in Song and Yuan Dynasties. This is the place where Quanzhou officials worship the sea, which reflects the government's encouragement and promotion of maritime trade.

Zhenwu Temple, located in the north bank of Jinjiang at the foot of the rocky mountain in the east of Quanzhou, is a group of quadrangle buildings built according to the mountain situation, which was founded in the Song Dynasty. The buildings are east-west, and the existing buildings have mountain gates, stone steps, pavilions and Zhenwutang from bottom to top. There are 24 stone steps behind the mountain gate, and there are Song Dynasty railings and stone lions on both sides of the stone steps. There are rocks such as turtles and snakes on the terrace above the stone steps, which is a symbol of Zhenwu Emperor.

On the rock stands the monument of "Swallowing the Sea" erected by Jinjiang County Magistrate John Yu 1533. Zhenwutang is a traditional quadrangle building in southern Fujian. On the pedestal of the statue in the temple is an inscription by Cheng Xinlang, an official of the Song Dynasty.

Refer to the above content: People's Daily Online-A brief introduction of 22 heritage sites in Quanzhou was released.