The continuation/abbreviation of Shaoxing
Baotan Ancient Street: Baotan Ancient Town located 25 kilometers west of Xianju. As early as 998 AD, Baotan became a prosperous market town along Yong 'anxi because of its convenient waterway. After thousands of years of historical precipitation and accumulation, Qiantan has always retained a "dragon"-shaped ancient street paved with pebbles. There are ancient houses left by Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China beside the street, which are exquisite in layout and precious wealth and historical testimony left by ancestors to future generations.
The ancient street looks like a dragon, with a dragon head in the west, a dragon tail in the east and a curved dragon body in the middle. The tap is facing the confluence of five streams. The place where Longwei is located is a rare brick archway in China, with a height of 3.5 meters and a span of 8 meters. The bricks used are engraved with groups of exquisite and lifelike dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, cranes, deer, flowers and figures.
A remarkable feature of the dragon-shaped ancient street is that it looks like an end, but the corner is another kind of ancient street situation, which makes people feel that "the mountains are at the end of their tether, and there is another village." The "dragon" shaped ancient street in Qiantan is 2 kilometers long from east to west and bends in a "dragon" shape. There are 9 turning streets with a right angle of 90 degrees and an average width of 3.5 meters, which are inlaid with pebbles into various patterns.
The block covers an area of more than 80,000 square meters, of which 832 meters is the essence. Up to now, there are more than 100 stone counters and more than 260 shops in the ancient street. Today's well-preserved ones are: a linen plaque inscribed "Xia Wei Yunzheng" by Emperor Taizong of Li Shimin; Zhang Ruoxia's "Houyi Hall" plaque during the reign of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty: Assistant Minister Qi of Qing Dynasty inscribed "Luoshe is famous"; The plaque of "Great Scholar" in Curie, the Hejia Mansion built in Shaoxing during the Southern Song Dynasty, the original posters such as official newspapers and good news covered with dense hemp, and the memorial hall of famous officials in the Song Dynasty all reflect the cultural connotation of the ancient town.
Up to now, many Ming and Qing furniture, Ming and Qing legacy, ancient folk music, lanterns, folk drama, Ming and Qing tea ceremony, eight bowls and other folk arts and food culture are still preserved in the ancient block.
Tongjiang Academy: Tongjiang Academy was built on the main road of Song Dynasty (1165-1172). Because his ancestor Fang Ying was from Tonglu, he was named Tongjiang. Located in Qiantan ancient town, one kilometer away from Qiantan ancient street.
The Academy was founded by Sun Yusong, the eighth generation poet of Fanggan in the late Tang Dynasty (1 165- 173). Zhu, a philosopher and educator in the Southern Song Dynasty, visited the house many times, inscribed the name of the academy and sent his son to study, becoming the first academy in the south of the Yangtze River.
Wang Muming of Yueqing came here to study, and later won the first prize and was awarded the title of "Southeast Taoist Family". Hundreds of academies, which have experienced several storms and been destroyed, have been destroyed and strengthened, with rich humanistic background. The ancient style still exists. The plaques inscribed by famous historical figures such as Zhu and Wang on "Dingshantang" and "Tongjiang Academy" have been preserved to this day. The academy is surrounded by green mountains and green waters, ancient trees and fertile fields, and the atmosphere of farming and reading is very strong. It has become a scenic spot for tourists to visit and accept the influence of traditional culture.