Best answer The ancient city wall of Tuocheng is the core part of the scenic area, preserving a relatively complete style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Strolli......
The ancient city wall of Tuocheng is the core part of the scenic area, preserving a relatively complete style of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Strolling through it can feel a strong historical atmosphere.
This temple was built to commemorate the first king of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, showcasing the fusion of ancient Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture.
Surrounding the scenic area, there are some earth buildings with Hakka characteristics, which showcase the unique living culture and way of life of the Hakka people.
Tuocheng Scenic Area is a national AAA level tourist attraction.
Tuocheng is the earliest ancient county in Lingnan, Longchuan County, and one of the first eleven historical and cultural cities announced in Guangdong Province. It was originally called Longchuan City and later called Xunzhou City.
In 1941, in memory of Zhao Tuo, the first county magistrate of Longchuan, the Education Association changed its name to Tuocheng.
In the 33rd year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign (214 BC), Qin Nanping pacified Baiyue and established Longchuan County. Zhao Tuo was appointed as the magistrate, and the county seat was established in present-day Tuocheng.
From the Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China, Tuocheng was the capital of Longchuan County, and also the capital of Xunzhou (Road) from the Southern Han Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty.
Tuocheng has gone through more than 2000 years of vicissitudes and was once the political, cultural, and economic center of northeastern Guangdong.
At the beginning of the ancient city, it was made of earth and square shaped. The city walls extend from the east to the old city street, from the south to the county front street, from the west to the east, and from the north to the north corner pond. The circumference of the city walls is about 800 meters.
According to the original "Longchuan County Annals", during the Xining period of the Song Dynasty (1068-1077), Longchuan was relocated to Laolong (according to Laolong).
In 1939, during the demolition of the old city walls, city bricks with inscriptions such as "White of Xunzhou Brick and Stone Envoy", "Made in Xunzhou", and "Jiayin" were discovered.
Jiayin "refers to the seventh year of the Xining reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Zhao Xiang (1074 AD), which proves that a county town was rebuilt during the Xining period.
After the renovation, the Old City Street expanded eastward to Xiaodongmen and Dadongmen, the County Front Street expanded southward to the south gate of Nanmen Street, and the North Point Pond expanded northward to the north gate. The circumference of the city wall increased to about 2400 meters.
City walls - adding moats.
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Tuocheng expanded and built four additional cities, including the Upper Five Mile City, Lower Five Mile City, Lower Boundary City, and New City, to protect the main city.
Tuocheng was quite prosperous in commerce, and until the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still intact streets such as Xianqian Street, Nanmen Street, Dadongmen Street, Xiaodongmen Street, Baishui Street, etc., with more than 300 shops.
Tuocheng still retains numerous ancient relics and buildings, such as the cultural sites of Kengzili and Niubeiling from the Neolithic period; During the Qin Dynasty, there were ancient city foundations, Yue Wangjing, Zhao Tuo's former residence, and Maqiangang.
Waiting for ruins; The Zhengxiang Tower of the Tang Dynasty; The administrative center of Xunzhou in the Song Dynasty; Chenghuang Temple, Yue King Temple, Confucius Temple, East River, Xianta Bridge, New Tower, Kaopeng and other old sites and ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Longchuan Academy is located in Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County.
Founded in the seventh year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1668), it consists of a screen wall, a long corridor, a Lingxing Gate, a pond, an arch bridge, east and west pavilions, a Dacheng Hall, a Minglun Hall, and a Zunjing Pavilion.
Due to years of disrepair, some parts were destroyed.
The existing Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, etc.
The Dacheng Hall faces north and south.
The width of the room is 26.56 meters, the depth is 24.40 meters, and the height is 18 meters.
The area is 440 square meters.
At the top of Xieshan Mountain, there is a double eaved roof with a mixed structure of eaves and beams. The eaves are surrounded by protruding eaves, and there are various painted gold carvings of phoenixes, birds, fish, and dragons on the beams and columns, giving it a simple and elegant appearance.
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty (1796), a golden plaque was awarded to the Shengxian Shida Chengdian by the imperial court and hung on the lintel of the main hall.
There is a ound ridge roof type corridor on the front, which is obviously in the style of Qing Dynasty from the aspects of stone column modeling, beam frame structure and carving techniques.
There are no brackets on the surrounding stone pillars of the hall, and they are directly supported by eaves and rafters.
In 1962, the Longchuan County People's Committee announced the construction of the Douji Zhuluo tree under the eaves as a cultural relic protection unit.
In 2008, the People's Government of Guangdong Province announced it as the fifth batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.
The so-called examination shed, also known as the Gongyuan, is the place where the imperial examinations are held, usually only set up in important state capitals.
Longchuan Kaopeng was built in the second year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1876). It is located at the west gate of Tuocheng Town in Longchuan County, with a two courtyard layout resembling a quadrangle courtyard.
The brick and wood beam structure covers an area of about 6000 square meters. Currently, there are only two examination rooms, one office space, and one residential building left in the Tuocheng Examination Shed.
According to local historical records, Longchuan Kaopeng, located at the west gate of Tuocheng Town in Longchuan County, was built in the second year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1876) and has a history of 134 years.
Among the 204 academies and 14 examination sheds available nationwide, only Dingzhou in Hebei, Longchuan in Guangdong, Jianshui in Yunnan, Jixi in Anhui, and Taipei in Taiwan still have academies and examination sheds coexisting.
At present, only Longchuan Tuocheng remains in Guangdong Kaopeng, which is also the only relatively intact scientific research site in northeastern Guangdong.
During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, since the construction of the Longchuan Examination Shed, the annual scientific examination of Longchuan was held here, and the scene was lively and extraordinary.
At that time, many literati from counties such as Heyuan, Heping, Lianping, Zijin, Xingning, and Wuhua came here to take the exam.
Experts have verified that the Longchuan Examination Hall is the only remaining scientific examination site in northeastern Guangdong, providing valuable physical materials for studying the imperial examination system during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
There used to be a stone carving of a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate in front of the Longchuan Kao Peng Gate, which is now collected in the Cultural City Office of Tuocheng. It is a very precious physical object among the materials currently available.
According to the book, it was carved with red hemp stone, and on the back of the stone carving is a squatting qilin.
Longchuan's excellent tradition of emphasizing education has led to remarkable results in the imperial examination system. According to statistics, since the Tang and Song dynasties, Longchuan has had 28 successful candidates, 112 successful candidates, and over 2000 outstanding scholars.
The rich Confucian culture adds a profound charm to Longchuan Tuocheng.
On December 10, 2015, Longchuan Kaopeng was approved and announced by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government as the eighth batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.
The Longchuan Nanyue King Temple is located on Zhongshan Street in Tuocheng, Longchuan County.
When the temple was built is not recorded in historical books.
The temple originally had a stele from the eighth year of the Ming Chongzhen reign (1635), which had already been destroyed and could not be examined.
According to Longchuan County Annals, the Nanyue King's Temple is located at the Pingguan Temple on the right side of the county office. Zang Cong, the Supervisor of the County, rebuilt it in 1722.
The front seat is dedicated to the King of Yue, and the back seat is dedicated to the ten sages. In the 45th year of Qianlong's reign (1780), Hu Yihong, Supervisor of the County County, rebuilt the three columns of the main hall, and molded the statue of the King of Yue in the middle.
The temple is a courtyard style layout with two courtyards. It now covers an area of 352 square meters, with three rooms 12 meters wide and 24 meters deep. It is a brick and wood structure with a gable roof.
In the back hall of the temple, there is a jumping bamboo mat with no additional space for weaving.
This is the Buddhist temple, with the scripture hall, study room, and reception hall on both sides.
The Buddha statues of various sizes inside the hall have long been destroyed.
The stone engraved on the gate reads' Nanyue King Temple 'in four regular script with Yin script.
On the right wall of the rear hall, there is a 1 square meter stele of Hu Yihong's reconstruction of the Nanyue King Temple in the Qing Dynasty, written in cursive script, with a total of 630 words.
Due to years of disrepair, the truss has become somewhat moldy, and some of the buildings on the left side have been converted for use, while the front and rear halls still exist.
In 1962, Longchuan County People's Committee announced it as a cultural relic protection unit.
On December 10, 2015, Yue Wangjing and Nanyue Wangmiao were approved and announced by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government as the eighth batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.
The Yuewang Well is located in Guangxiao Temple, Zhongshan Street, Tuocheng Town, and is the Ji Well of the former residence of Zhao Tuo, the magistrate of Qin County.
Later Zhao Tuo became the King of Nanyue, hence he was called the King of Yue Jing, also known as the Well of Wanshou Palace.
With the rise and fall of various dynasties, it has gone through more than 2000 years of vicissitudes.
In the fifth year of the Qianfu reign of the Tang Dynasty (878 AD), it was renovated, and Yi Xianchang Ming wrote a well record and placed it on a stone.
Afterwards, multiple repairs were carried out throughout history, and there are well records.
The well is a brick and stone structure, with a depth of 40 meters.
There is a circular opening with a diameter of 0.6 meters at the wellhead, and the wellhead is 0.7 meters above the ground.
The hexagonal tabletop is made up of four flat stone slabs, and the well chamber is built with three layers of red square stones stacked on top of each other. Blue bricks are used to cover the bottom of the stacked stones, with a diameter of about 2.5 meters in the middle.
The structure is sturdy and beautiful, and it is one of the famous ancient brick wells in Lingnan.
After the mid Qing Dynasty, the well bore was silted up, but it was well preserved.
There is an inscription of Tang Wei Changming's "Yue Jing Ji" standing beside the well, which is well preserved and belongs to one of the ancient wells in Lingnan.
In May 1962, the People's Government of Longchuan County officially announced it as one of the first batch of county-level cultural relics protection units.
The Tang Song Longchuan Zhengxiang Pagoda is located on a small hill in Daxi Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County.
The locals call it the Old Tower.
Because the ancient temple under the pagoda is called Zhengxiang Temple, it is named after the temple.
In the 53rd year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1714), Xu Chen, a local resident, accidentally picked up a fallen brick from the tower. The brick was printed with the four characters "Kaiyuan Third Year", hence it was also known as the Kaiyuan Tower.
Legend has it that immortals built it overnight, hence it is also known as the Immortal Tower.
According to the inscription on the brick, it is inferred that the tower was first built in the third year of Tang Kaiyuan (715 AD).
This tower is a brick tower with six corners and seven levels, and is 32 meters high.
The tower staircase is an inward folding type.
The leaning columns, corner columns, appendices, arch of wooden architecture, etc. are built with bricks on the tower body of each floor, and the waist eaves flat seats are built with rhombohedral teeth bricks and line bricks alternately.
The entire tower is built with green bricks and bonded with yellow mud.
The method of dividing each layer is not clear.
Repairs were carried out in 1959, 1980, and 1985 respectively.
In July 1962, the Guangdong Provincial People's Committee announced it as a cultural relic protection unit.
Tuocheng is the origin of Lingnan Hakka, the most famous Chinese surname, the birthplace of Zhao Tuo's reign, and a window to the imperial examination culture.
Walking on the city of Tuo in Longchuan is like opening a millennium history book.
Ancient gates, ancient streets, ancient paths, ancient trees, ancient dwellings, ancient ancestral halls, and ancient docks, step by step with ancient relics, step by step with historical sites, appreciate the clouds and smoke of the past, feel the changes of time, experience the return of human nature, and cherish the beautiful time.
Tuocheng is one of the oldest county towns in Guangdong Province, with a history of about 2200 years. There are detailed descriptions of Tuocheng in historical records throughout history.
1) According to the Records of the Grand Historian, during the Qin army's first attempt to pacify Baiyue, Zhao Tuo and Tu Sui were the main generals of the Qin army.
In 218 BC, the Qin army marched into Lingnan for the first time.
The army led by General Tu Sui of Qin suffered a disastrous defeat in the Xi'ou area on the western front, with Tu Sui killed and hundreds of thousands of blood flowing from his corpse.
Zhao Tuo and his army on the Eastern Front implemented a policy of combining suppression and pacification, gaining support from the Vietnamese people and establishing a solid foundation in the Fujian Vietnam region.
In the 33rd year of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign (214 BC), Ren Xiao was appointed as the main general, with Zhao Tuo assisting him. He pacified the Baiyue region in the south and established Nanhai, Guilin, and Xiang commanderies. Ren Xiao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Nanhai commandery, while Zhao Tuo was appointed as the commander of Longchuan.
As Zhao Tuo was a member of the Eastern Route Army, his route of advance was likely to enter Longjiang from the Xijiang River, which is located in the upper reaches of Dongjiang River (now northeast of Longchuan), and then descend along the river until Longchuan Laolong established a military camp and built a earthen city as his capital in present-day Longchuan Tuocheng.
The "Longchuan County Annals" compiled by scholars stationed in Taiwan in recent years contains an article by Huang Xun titled "An Examination of the Longchuan Laolong Xingyuan of the Southern Yue King Zhao Tuo", which states that Zhao Tuo led his army in the beginning.
After arriving at the top of the camp in Laolong and commanding the defense deployment, the city of Longchuan (Dragon City) was established and a city was built, with Longchuan commanding Hou Baoye to have autonomy.
The ruins of the ancient castle on the top of Laolong Fort can still be vaguely seen today, which is said to be the camp of the Nanyue King.
About 10 kilometers south of Laolongzhai Fort is Longchuan Tuocheng.
Tuocheng is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with beautiful peaks. It faces the East River to the east, and the river water is like a dragon.
Zhao Tuo's choice to build a earthen city here as the county seat is reasonable.
More importantly, Tuocheng is located near the boundary between Dongjiang and Hanjiang rivers. It can control the southern part of Longchuan in the southwest by following Dongjiang, and the eastern part of Longchuan in the southeast by following Han. Its strategic significance is very prominent.
In the entry of Heyuan County in the "Yuanhe County Annals" (Volume 34) edited by Tang Prime Minister Li Jifu, it is recorded that the ancient city of Longchuan is located 175 miles northeast of the county's waterway, which is also the county of Longchuan in Qin.
Qin Nanhai Captain Ren Xiaoji summoned Zhao Tuo, the commander of Longchuan, and appointed him to govern, which is also here.
According to the current geographical location of Longchuan Tuocheng, it is suitable for the northeast waterway of Heyuan, which is 175 miles long, which is exactly in line with the Yuanhe Chronicle.
In the Longchuan entry of the "Taiping Huanyu Ji" (Volume 155) written by Song Le Shi, it is recorded that in the sixth year of the Qianheng reign, the former Leixiang County in Guangnan was renamed Longchuan County and still moved to Jiuxian County. It was located in the ancient Zhao Tuocheng and connected to Jingjiannan Linshui to the west.
Five miles northwest, the Longchuan River, formerly known as Xixi, flows from Anyuan in Qianzhou to the county boundary.
The source of the Longchuan River (also known as Dongjiang) flows from Anyuan County in Jiangxi Province into the first county in Guangdong, which is Longchuan County.
The current Longchuan Tuocheng is located northwest of Jingjian and faces the Longchuan River to the south.
This is exactly consistent with the geographical location mentioned in the "Taiping Huanji".
Wang Xiangzhi's "Yu Di Ji Sheng" cites the "Xunyang Zhi Weng Shao Xu" as saying: In the fifteenth year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty, the governor Han Jing moved to the east of the city, which was the former residence of Wei Tuo, with a platform and a well.
It is also said that the ancient city of Longchuan is located thirty steps away from the capital of Xunzhou.
At that time, the capital of Xunzhou was located on the right side of present-day Tuocheng Town Prefecture.
In the Tang Dynasty's "Yuanhe County Annals" (Volume 34, Pages 89), it is recorded that Longxue Mountain, now known as Longchuan Mountain, is located 340 miles northeast of Heyuan County.
This is the earliest recorded ancient book on Longchuan Longxue Mountain to date.
Further investigation revealed that the location of Longxue Mountain, as depicted in the "Huizhou Prefecture Gazetteer, Map, and General Map of Huizhou Prefecture" by Ming Jiajing, is adjacent to Guangxin and Shiyi capitals in Longchuan County.
This is also the earliest map ever seen depicting the Dragon Cave Mountain.
According to the comrades of the cultural city investigation team in Longchuan County who personally visited the site, it was confirmed that the area adjacent to Guangxin and Shiyidu in Longchuan (now in the northeast of Longchuan),.
There are 8 places named "mountains and waters," such as Mabugang and Yanzhen, where the name "dragon" comes from. One of them is called "cave flowing spring", which is very similar to the landscape described by Yan Shigu and others.
After investigation, it was found that the location of "Cave Flowing Spring" is consistent with the orientation recorded in the Yuanhe Chronicle and drawn on the Huizhou map.
According to the "Huichuan Prefecture Annals, Maps, and Longchuan Border Map" by Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded that the western boundary of Tuocheng is 20 miles from the river source boundary of Liucheng Village, and the southwestern boundary is 20 miles from the river source boundary of Yunxia Village.
The "Huizhou Prefecture Chronicles, Map, and Map of Heyuan County" in the same book records that it is 150 miles northeast of Heyuan to the boundary of Yunxia Village in Longchuan.
Based on this, it can be proven that Zhao Tuo's former city was happy within the present-day Longchuan Tuo City.
2) Verification of cultural relics and historical sites: According to relevant historical materials verified by the Longchuan County Museum, during the Qin Dynasty, the construction of Longchuan County was limited by manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and a square earthen city was built.
In recent years, tombs from the Qin and Han dynasties unearthed in Tuocheng have all been earthen tombs without brick chambers, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that brick tombs were available.
This indicates that the archaeological excavation is consistent with historical facts.
After more than two thousand years of changes, Gulongchuan County no longer exists, but many cultural relics and relics are still well preserved, such as Guangxiao located in Tuocheng, Longchuan County.
The Yuewang Well inside the temple (now on the side of He Wu on Zhongshan Street in Tuocheng) was the Ji Well of Zhao Tuo, the magistrate of Qin County. Later, Zhao Tuo became the King of Nanyue, hence the name "Yuewang Well".
In the fifth year of the Qianfu reign of the Tang Dynasty (878 AD), it was renovated, and the local scholar Wei Changming wrote a well record and placed it on a stone.
According to the "Jing Ji" of King Yue, during the reign of King Zhao Tuo of Nanyue, the capital of Longchuan was built to the east of the temple, blocking mountains and rivers. The area was flat on all sides, and when climbing the mountain, one could enjoy the scenery. However, this was the central area, with fertile soil and gradually sprouting vegetation, and regulations were established for cultivation.
It is located five miles north of Jingzhuli, five miles east of Wuma Peak, and about a mile south of the river, facing Haizhu Mountain (now across the east dam of Tuocheng, there is a stone in the river below the mountain, which is as round as a pearl, hence the name).
Drilling a well to the east of Zhizhi is called Yuejing.
The "Record of King Yue's Well" refers to the geographical location of present-day Longchuan Tuocheng.
Jing Ji also said: Emperor Changming has been here for 35 generations with people from central Shaanxi! The truth and the crossing of the well are always intertwined.
Changming was the first Jinshi in Xunzhou. During the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, he was appointed as the Imperial Censorate Hanlin Scholar, with rigorous academic studies. In addition, his ancestors were of the same age as Zhao Tuo and came from Shaanxi with him. The events of the ancient city have been passed down from generation to generation and are reliable.
Admission fee is 40 RMB. Location of the scenic spot is next to the Xuegong in Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Tuocheng Town is located at the southernmost end of Longchuan County, to.
With a history of 2221 years, it is one of the first batch of historical and cultural cities in Guangdong Province and has always been a political, economic, and cultural center in Longchuan County.
The total area of the town is 218 square kilometers, with 17 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee under its jurisdiction, and a total population of 43218 people.
In 2006, the town achieved a gross domestic product of 260 million yuan.
The city has a long history and numerous historical sites.
The town's agriculture mainly focuses on the development of three pillar industries: aquatic products, fruits, and vegetables.
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