Travel across the country of Zhongshan to explore today's long Dingzhou tour

The 5-day holiday of Labor Day in May, how can I miss the opportunity to play, but there are huge crowds of people everywhere. According to experience, I can only choose a small city that is not too far away. Basically, it takes 2 days to go back and forth, Daddy Pig said , you can go to Dingzhou. I said give me a reason. Daddy Pig said that it is close to Beijing, a small tourist attraction, and a famous historical city.

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【About the itinerary】

D1: 4 hours by car from Beijing to Dingzhou. Dingzhou Museum, exterior of Yan Yangchu’s former residence, lunch: see the new nostalgic restaurant again. Afternoon Dingzhou Gong Yuan, Dingzhou Department. At night, Kaiyuan Temple Street and Chongwen Street. Dinner: Snacks on Chongwen Street. Stay at GreenTree Inn Railway Station.

D2: ginkgo tree. Dingzhou Ancient City. Dingzhou Tower. Lunch: Feast on stone pot. Afternoon: Return to the warm home in Beijing.

【About food】

Dingzhou: Zhongshan Banquet, Banquet in Stone Pot Restaurant, New Nostalgic Restaurant, Braised Pork, Broken Intestines, Donkey Meat, etc.

【About the hotel】

Greentree Inn Railway Station, 4 people, 238 yuan per night.

【About attractions】

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, Dingzhou Museum, Dingzhou Ancient City, Gongyuan, Dingzhou Office, Chongwen Street, etc.

The screen name is Happy Pet. Known as Sister Big Tang, she started working as a tour guide in 1997 and speaks Bahasa Indonesia. Another sister owns a pet shop. Love making healthy treats for pets. Live in Beijing for a long time, love food, travel, animals, and sharing.

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Terima Kasih, a natural pet character, can't do without fur kids in my life, and is willing to make healthy pet snacks for them. Every time I read the replies, some people say that if you read my words carefully, you will feel the same because of the emotions in the text.

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D1: 4 hours by car from Beijing to Dingzhou. Dingzhou Museum, exterior of Yan Yangchu’s former residence, lunch: see the new nostalgic restaurant again. Afternoon Dingzhou Gong Yuan, Dingzhou Department. Kaiyuan Temple Street and Chongwen Street at night. Dinner: Snacks on Chongwen Street. Stay at GreenTree Inn Railway Station.

The distance from Beijing to Dingzhou is 250 kilometers, and it takes about 3 hours to drive. I used about half a tank of gas on the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway. The highway fee is of course free. We set off early at 6:00 in the morning, and only had a small traffic jam at the South Sixth Ring Road.

Let’s go to the hotel first. I originally booked a room near the Kaiyuan Temple Tower in advance, but the price doubled during the holidays. I accidentally found this hotel. Although it is not in the Kaiyuan Temple, it doesn’t matter if you drive by yourself. It takes 10 minutes to drive from the hotel to the city center , The parking is convenient, the front yard and the backyard are sufficient, and the service is good. When we arrived, we checked in after 10 o'clock. The front desk also suggested a lot of food. The hotel is 10 minutes walk from the train station.

The family room we booked can accommodate 4 people. There are 2 single beds in the outer room, a 2-meter bed in the inner room, and 2 TVs in each. The room facilities are clean and tidy. The only downside is that there are too many people at night and the WIFI is not smooth. The key is that the price is cheap, only 238 yuan. Recommended.

Dingzhou - between Baoding City and Shijiazhuang City, is an important transportation hub in North China, the capital of the ancient Zhongshan Kingdom, and has a long history like the Chinese nation. Dingzhou was called Zhongshan State in ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, Xianyu, a branch of Baidi, was established in 507 B.C. by imitating the vassal states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Between Zhao State and Yan State, the capital was in Gu (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province), and later moved to Lingshou (now Lingshou County, Hebei Province, China). The country was named because of the mountains in the city. Although the capital was moved to Lingshou, Lingshou County also played an important role in Zhongshan culture, but due to the weak overall strength of these cities, it is difficult to develop themselves, and it is difficult to carry forward Zhongshan culture. On the whole, Dingzhou is the most powerful city to carry forward Zhongshan culture. At the same time, as the capital of the Zhongshan Kingdom in the Warring States Period and the capital of the Zhongshan Han Kings in the past dynasties, Dingzhou deserves to be the center of Zhongshan culture. The Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou was built in 1001. It has experienced the vicissitudes of Dingzhou, witnessing the profound history of Zhongshan Kingdom and today's prosperous and modern Dingzhou. Then all our stories, the tourism in Dingzhou starts from this tower.

Dingzhou is really not very big, and the scenic spots are very concentrated, but there must be a plan in advance for small scenic spots. Several scenic spots are divided by Zhongshan Road, which is the opposite side. It is best to take a line to the opposite side through the underground passage, otherwise In other words, it is still very tiring to go up and down the underground passage, which can be roughly divided into museums, Yan Yangchu's former residence, Dingzhou Tower and Kaiyuan Temple Street, and the south city wall is on one side. Across the road are Gongyuan, Chongwen Street, and Dingzhou Office. Most of the restaurants are near Chongwen Street. The car parked near Kaiyuan Temple Street. The first thing that came into view was Yan Yangchu’s former residence. The door didn’t look very eye-catching. In fact, if you didn’t do a guide, you really don’t know much about it. But traveling is learning. It turns out that there are many famous people in Dingzhou. , all play an important role in connecting the past and the future in the long river of Dingzhou.

Yan Yangchu, known as the "Father of the World Civilian Education Movement", and Tao Xingzhi as "South Tao and North Yan", has had an indissoluble bond with Dingzhou, Hebei for more than ten years, and left a lot of stories. When Yan Yangchu launched the civilian education movement in the early days, he believed that the major problems in China were the "four major diseases" of the people: poverty, ignorance, weakness, and selfishness. The "four major educations" of citizens cultivate knowledge, productivity, strength and solidarity to create "new people", and advocate the realization of "six overall constructions" in the countryside in politics, education, economy, self-defense, hygiene and etiquette, so as to achieve The purpose of strengthening the country and saving the country. Yan Yangchu is the author of "The True Meaning of Civilian Education" and "The Mission of the Rural Movement".

It's a pity that Yan Yangchu's former residence is not open. I saw that it was opened in other guides before. It is a typical residential building with northern architectural style. In the small courtyard, there are five main houses facing north and south, with four beams and eight pillars, and tiles on the top of the ridge. There are three wing rooms each, and the photos and texts inside record his deeds in detail, which is somewhat regrettable.

Next to Yan Yangchu’s former residence is the Dingzhou Museum, which is also one of the must-see attractions in Dingzhou. The museum is free and closed on Mondays. You can make an appointment in advance in Changyouji in the applet. If there are not enough people on the day, you can also make an appointment on the spot. Dingzhou Museum covers an area of about 55 acres, with a total construction area of 25,600 square meters. The shape is based on "Zhongshan National Culture", and unique applications such as terraces, sloping roofs, and bucket arches are used in the design, making Dingzhou Museum magnificent. Great historical value.

There are 5 floors above and below ground in the Dingzhou Museum building, but only the second floor above ground can be visited. Dingzhou Museum currently has more than 50,000 pieces of cultural relics in its collection, including 3 Chinese treasure-level cultural relics and 965 precious cultural relics. The collections are rich in pottery, porcelain, jade, stone, gold, silver, copper, bone, wood, etc., mainly in the Han and Song dynasties, with strong local characteristics and characteristics of the times. On the first floor are the exhibitions of "Han Family Mausoleum", "Northern Dynasty Buddha", and on the second floor are the exhibitions of "The Great White World", "Thousands of Years Beyond the Dust", and "Hometown Starry Sky".

"Hanjialing Que" exhibits the unearthed King Zhongshan and other cultural relics of the Han Dynasty. The multimedia in the exhibition hall can show visitors the construction and disassembly of the coffin, the 360-degree holographic projection of the golden jade clothes, and the interpretation of the Han Dynasty mausoleum.

"Buddha of the Northern Dynasties" exhibits the stone statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as the origin and related stories of "Automatic Buddha". "The World's Great White" exhibits the famous porcelain of Ding Kiln, one of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty. It presents the development process of Ding Kiln through the time axis of four units: origin, development, peak, and aftermath.

"Thousands of Years Outside the Dust" exhibits precious historical relics such as relics unearthed from Jingzhi Temple and Jingzhongyuan Pagoda Base Palace, Buddhist statues, incense utensils, offerings, and coins of past dynasties.

After entering the door, the lobby is bright and the layout is regular. There are three must-see cultural relics in the museum, the large jade bibimb with the pattern of two dragons ringing around the valley, the jade seat screen carved with fairy tales, and the white glazed dragon head and lotus pattern. In this relief, you can see these three treasures and ancient porcelain, Buddha statues, jade, and waiting. I think these are closely related to the history and culture of Dingzhou.

The text behind the relief describes the history of Dingzhou.

The first thing to visit is the theme exhibition hall of "Han Family Palace". This exhibition hall mainly displays the history and culture of Zhongshan Kingdom in the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty, the first golden age in Chinese history, was a powerful empire. The Zhongshan Kingdom with Dingzhou as its capital is a big country among the vassal states. Most Zhongshan kings of the Han Dynasty were buried in Dingzhou, and a large number of treasures were unearthed from the Han tombs.

There are more than 100 Han tombs in Dingzhou. This is a picture of the excavation of Han tombs.

Western Han Dynasty double-pipe goat-shaped bronze lamp

The filigree gold wares unearthed from Liu Chang's tomb have smooth lines, exquisite patterns, and are inlaid with many gemstones of various colors, which are very small.

Dingzhou Museum has three national treasure-level cultural relics, which are also the treasures of his three town halls. Two of them are from the tomb of Liu Chang. The jade bi is 30.5 centimeters high, 24.4 centimeters in diameter, and 1.1 centimeters thick. The jade is blue and translucent, with a wide circle around the outer edge and regular valley patterns inside. On the top, there is a protruding openwork corresponding to the double dragon's ring. The dragon's body is curly and winding. The facial features and feet are carved with thin lines, decorated with cloud patterns, and dragon-shaped ears of different shapes are carved on both sides.

Another treasure of the town hall is the "Open Carved Jade Seat Screen of Immortal Stories". This cultural relic is 16.9 cm high, 15.6 cm long, and 6.5 cm wide. It is made of four pieces of sapphire. Two pieces of jade are used as brackets on both sides, and the two pieces of jade are placed flat in the middle, one up and one down, and the tenons at both ends are inserted into the holes (mao) of the brackets on both sides. The brackets on both sides are in the shape of connecting walls, 15 cm long and 6.5 cm wide. There is a dragon carved in each of the two connected round walls, which is wrapped in the rectangular hole in the center of the wall. The characters, birds and beasts on the upper and lower layers of the jade screen in the middle are all openworked. In the middle of the upper layer is the image of the Queen Mother of the West in mythology, with women kneeling on the lower part and on both sides, surrounded by phoenixes, birds, ducks, and beasts. In the middle of the lower floor is the East Prince, with a woman kneeling on each side, and turtles, snakes, bears and so on are carved around it. The entire jade seat screen is exquisitely carved, rich in content, vivid in image, and has high artistic value. It is a treasure among the cultural relics of the Han Dynasty.

The second exhibition hall is "Buddha of the Northern Dynasties". "Buddha of the Northern Dynasties" exhibits stone statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Northern Qi Dynasty, as well as the origin and related stories of "The Buddha of the Northern Dynasties". "The World's Great White" exhibits the famous porcelain of Ding Kiln, one of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty. It presents the development process of Ding Kiln through the time axis of four units: origin, development, peak, and aftermath.

Entering the exhibition hall, the first thing that catches the eye is the self-made Buddha head. The Buddha head is huge and the Buddha statue is solemn. Just about to check the history of the Buddha head on the Internet, a guide explained that there is a saying in Dingzhou that there are "eight monsters". The strange thing is that "the Buddha has no head". According to reports, the statue of the Buddha was smashed during the Cultural Revolution, and the body and head were separated. Where is the thousand-year-old Buddha body? According to reports, there was a fire at the site. The Buddha body was burnt beyond recognition and could not be restored. Naturally, it is inconvenient to fight again. But it was a blessing in disguise. If it hadn't been smashed back then, the Buddha's head would have been burnt now.

After watching the upstairs, continue to visit Dabai in the world first. Ding Kiln is one of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty. The famous porcelain of Ding Kiln, one of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty, is exhibited. course.

The most eye-catching thing in this exhibition hall is this national treasure of the town hall. This clean bottle is 60.5 cm high, 2 cm in diameter, 19.1 cm in maximum abdomen diameter, and 10.1 cm in foot diameter. The tire is flat, thin and delicate, and the glaze color is white and soft. It adopts techniques such as stacking, engraving, and scratching, and is matched with a beautiful shape, giving people a sense of tranquility and solemnity. Jingping has a small mouth and long neck, with a light disk attached to the middle of the neck, shoulders and abdomen, slender lower abdomen, and lying feet. A dragon is carved on one side of the shoulder, with a short and thick neck, a protruding forehead, two horns merged and then raised, with angry eyes and side ears, and a tongue sticking out, as if swallowing clouds and fog. The net bottle is full of lotus petal patterns, which is dignified and graceful. It is a treasure of Ding kiln products in the early Northern Song Dynasty. At present, the largest piece of Ding porcelain found in my country has been designated as a national treasure by the National Cultural Relics Appraisal Committee.

There are also two places nearby in the form of models showing the scenes of buying and selling porcelain on the streets of the Song Dynasty and literati using porcelain for banquets and banquets. From this point of view, the scenes of that year were very prosperous.

Bear children like this shape very much, the fat, round little turtle is very rare.

Restored the scene of the base palace of the Jing House of Representatives and Taji Palace

"Hometown Starry Sky" uses text, pictures, paintings, sculptures, multimedia and other techniques to display the brief deeds of historical celebrities in Dingzhou, creating a humanistic spiritual palace belonging to Dingzhou celebrities. I don’t know, I don’t know, but I’m shocked when I get to know it. Dingzhou is full of talents. Here we mainly introduce the famous people in Dingzhou in history, such as Li Kui of Wei State who served in Zhongshan in Spring and Autumn Period, Liu Yuxi in Tang Dynasty, Han Qi in Song Dynasty, etc.

The last statue of Zhang Hanhui I saw was on July 12, 1937. Zhang Hanhui created "On the Songhua River" in Xi'an, and he composed all the lyrics and music.

Dingzhou Museum is worth looking at slowly. Many cultural relics are very connotative. If you look slowly, it will take more than 2 hours.
When the museum came out, it was suddenly clear, the sky was cloudless, and the square fountain in front of the museum was crystal clear under the sunlight. Looking into the distance, you can see the memorial archway of Gongyuan in the distance. It's almost noon, and my stomach is starting to strike, so let's go to the opposite Chongwen Street to solve it.

Passing through the underground passage, there are many introductions about Dingzhou, so that tourists who are new to Dingzhou can have a general understanding.

Coming up from the underground of the museum is Chongwen Street. Most of the food is near Chongwen Street. In the past two days, we have entered and exited Chongwen Street several times. However, Chongwen Street is very different at night from daytime, and it is very lively. Therefore, we are now Didn't go shopping, just had lunch at You Jian Xin Nostalgic Restaurant just imported from Chongwen Street.

Chongwen Street was born on the basis of the restoration project of the state office. It was built around the state office and formed the core cultural area of Dingzhou with Dingzhou Kaiyuan Tower, Confucian Temple, and Gongyuan. The first commercial pedestrian street completely imitating the style of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It inherits the culture of Zhongshan in Dingzhou. It takes the style of the square market as the theme and organically combines the pedestrian street with commerce to form an integrated entertainment, leisure, shopping and tourism. experiential shopping venues,

During the day, Chongwen Street is not very lively, there are not many tourists, and it is a bit deserted. Many roadside meals are not open, but the snacks on Chongwen Street are really not expensive. Just imported the right hand is the new nostalgic restaurant. I wanted to eat the Zhongshan banquet recommended on the Internet, but there was a wedding banquet that was not accepted, so I had to change to this restaurant. I was still worried about not being able to eat Dingzhou stew. ———

Dingzhou's specialties, Dingzhou hodgepodge, don't look very good, but it brings together Dingzhou's specialties, stewed dumplings, tofu, hairballs and so on. Anyway, I am satisfied after eating Dingzhou specialty stew.

The service in the restaurant is very warm, and we are not locals. We also specially introduced various ways to eat braised dumplings. The dishes are served quickly, and the consumption in Dingzhou is not high. Three dishes, drinks and rice cost 130 yuan.

After eating, I moved to see this archway. At the end of the archway is the Gongyuan. This archway seems to be newly built. Although it is newly built, it can still see the majesty of the examination room back then. Behind the square is a small garden in the middle of the street.

On both sides of the archway are two historical celebrities, Wang Zhonghuai - who persuaded the people to donate to the people in the past, expanded the site, rebuilt, and expanded, forming a large-scale examination room, which has been repaired and preserved to this day.

In the third year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1738), Dingzhou Gongyuan was established by Zhou Muwang Danian to gather civil and military candidates in the jurisdiction to take the exam, and it was a place for the selection of scholars and tribute students.

Before seeing the gate, a tall screen wall came into view. In ancient times, it was used as a place for candidates to watch the rankings when they became famous or failed. The screen wall is 2 feet high and 6 feet long.

Xiongzi and Daddy Pig also imitated the ancient exams to look at the rankings. I don’t know if they can understand the mood of the examinees back then. In fact, why not now, from babbling and going through the road to school, which step is not very difficult, come on, bad boy.

Tickets: 20 yuan. Dingzhou Gongyuan is the best-preserved Qing Dynasty scientific research site in my country. Dingzhou Gongyuan was established in the third year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1738 A.D.) by Zhou Muwang Danian, who brought together civil and military candidates in the jurisdiction to take the exam. . In the 14th year of Daoguang (AD 1834), King Zhonghuai, the state herdsman, persuaded the people to donate to the people, expanded the site, rebuilt and expanded it, forming a large-scale examination room.

Dingzhou Gongyuan, with a square plan, covers an area of 2.21 hectares, with a building area of 1547 square meters. The Gongyuan building complex is arranged on the central axis facing south from the north. Now there are five main buildings on the central axis, the screen wall, the gate, the Kui Pavilion, the lobby, and the back building. The architectural form is symmetrical from east to west, with a grand scale and momentum. Majestic, facing south, there are main buildings such as the screen wall, the gate, the second gate, the Kuige house, the lobby, the second hall, and the back building. There are more or less ancillary buildings in the courtyards according to the needs of use. There are also military rooms and deacons' honor guard rooms outside the gates. The whole building layout is flexible and varied.

There are two couplets on the porch in front of the gate, and on the outside porch is written by the contemporary calligrapher Ouyang Zhongshi. On both sides of the inner gate are blessings for the candidates: Wenyun Tongtian, pens, wind and clouds, phoenix wings, and Kuixing's fighting to win the championship.

Passing through the three-door gate, two ancient locust trees with strong branches are lush and smiling to welcome guests. It is said that Emperor Qianlong personally planted it when he went to Jiangnan to stay in Dingzhou.

Directly opposite is the main building of the Gongyuan. The Kuige House is the main building of the Gongyuan. It is seven rooms wide and nine rooms deep. It is a formal place for examinations and can accommodate hundreds of people. , the ridge of the hall is stacked with four layers of eaves, and the raised wing angles are like bird wings, like wings flying, with a rigorous and complex structure.

　The "Kuige House" where the statue of Kuixing is enshrined on the second floor here is the main building of the Gongyuan and the official examination place for the literary field. Kuixing, with red hair, blue face and glaring fangs, is the chief examiner in the heavenly court. He stands on one leg on the Aotou, and the other foot is tilted to the right, like a big hook; one hand is holding a bucket, and the other hand is holding a pen, implying "Kuixing Diandou" Zhubi Dian Zhuangyuan - the whole image is taken from The meaning of the word "Kui". Looking at this proud god, it seems that one can imagine the appearance of the students bowing their heads and eyebrows at his feet, sincerely and fearfully.

Two couplets in front of Kuige House.

Walking in through this door is a "number house" in the form of a three-eave hard mountain rolling roof, which can accommodate a hundred candidates. There are numbered tables and numbered stools. Nearly 300 years ago, during the exam period, there were hundreds of students writing here. From Tongsheng to Shengyuan, then to Gongsheng and Jinshi, the first Jinshi is the champion, the second is the second place, and the third is Tanhuakui Pavilion... The journey of the scholars is so long. Only after going through layers of trek can you go to high school.

The imperial examination implements the principle of "free registration, public examination, equal competition, and selection of merit", which reflects a kind of fairness and justice. It originated in the Han Dynasty, was founded in the Sui Dynasty, established in the Tang Dynasty, completed in the Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and lasted for 1,300 years in China. It directly replaces and negates the official selection and expropriation system implemented in the Han Dynasty and the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. There are opportunities and conditions to be an official.

I really didn't expect that there are so many champions in a small Dingzhou, which surprised me. In the long 1300-year imperial examination, more than 700 top scholars, nearly 110,000 Jintu, and millions of Juren have been produced. Dingzhou Gongyuan is the place where the township examination and general examination are held, and it has examination rooms for civil and military subjects. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were as many as 227 civil and military candidates in the Dingzhou Communist Party.

If there is a scientific examination, there will be cheating. Moreover, the methods of cheating are varied. Some people attribute the methods of cheating in scientific examinations in the past to more than ten kinds, such as making friends, making scrolls, holding in one's hands, ghostwriting, instructing, following candles, and passing on letters by flying pigeons. Here is only a vest with the Four Books and Five Classics transcribed in teeny lowercase letters, and the test questions hidden in the food.

Out of the back door is the Panlong Stone Pillar, which still looks so spectacular.

The last building is the tallest building in the Gongyuan, the Range Rover Building - literati and scholars from different regions often gathered here to climb the city to enjoy the scenery and make friends with teachers. Climb on it and overlook the panorama of the Gongyuan, and you can even appreciate the joyful mood of the students when they were enlisted on the gold list, "the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day".

On the west side of the Range Rover Building, there is a stone tablet with characters engraved on all sides.

Looking up at the mottled walls of the Range Rover Building, it seems that you can travel back in time. The candidates in ancient times might have sold their properties or left their hometowns. It was really hard for ten years. One volume is determined for life." And the Gongyuan, as the examination room of the imperial examination, seems to be a relatively fair place. Its existence can at least let the hard-working students live up to their hearts.

I am optimistic that the Gongyuan is moving back to this statue and preparing to see the next scenic spot.

Everyone in Dingzhou knows that this mighty statue is Han Qi, the prime minister and poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. The reason why Dingzhou people commemorate him is because he not only had a legendary life, but also served in Dingzhou and made great contributions to the historical development of Dingzhou. When Han Qi took office in Dingzhou, he rectified the local garrison. For a long time, due to neglect of management, the Dingzhou garrison has developed the habit of arrogance. Han Qi came to Dingzhou to serve. Facing this very arrogant army, he adopted the method of governing the army with both grace and power. He first reaffirmed the military law and cleaned out the black sheep in the army. Once he found a soldier who was marching and disobedient, he ordered his subordinates to tie him up and behead him outside the gate of the army. The Dingzhou soldiers found that the new Lord Han Qi was running the army so majesticly, and they no longer dared to disobey the military law and do whatever they wanted like in the past.

Behind the statue is the Dingzhou Office. I found very little information about the Dingzhou Office on the Internet. The Dingzhou Office was built in the Tang Dynasty. , so far, only Dingwu Academy has been preserved, and other buildings have not survived, which is why I found very little information. In order to reproduce the scene of the Dingzhou Department in those days, the government worked tirelessly and forgot to sleep and eat, and restored the Dingzhou Department of the year. Tickets: 20 yuan. Said that usually 30 yuan has activities today.

According to the records in the Daoguang Zhou Zhi, and in accordance with the architectural style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Dingzhou Office basically restored the whole picture of the state government as the local administrative center at that time, including Qiaolou, Yongding Station, East Office, Xishu, Zhongshan Houpu, etc., mainly Generally speaking, five halls and six courtyards have 3 lines, 3 major characteristics, 3 major functions, and 3 lines are the central axis, east and west. The three major features are sitting north and facing south, the front hall and the back office, east culture and west martial arts. The three major functions are administrative function, military function, and station function.

The first thing I saw was the tall archway of "The world is the public". On the steles on both sides are "Your salary, your salary, the people's fat and people's anointment", and "The people are easy to abuse, but the sky is hard to bully". On both sides of the lobby, there are six subjects of official, household, ritual, military, punishment, and engineering in sequence, and each subject has a corresponding couplet.

The Dingzhou Office is still very large, and the route is a bit chaotic. Read the guide map first, so you won’t read it repeatedly.

The tall plaque - heaven and earth righteousness, the lobby is the most important and core building of the Dingzhou Department. It is the place where criminals are judged and large-scale ceremonies are held, such as the new official's appointment and seal.

During the festival, the Dingzhou Department is still holding a cherry blossom festival. The fusion of real and fake flowers makes people feel refreshed.

Then enter the second hall, named "Sibutang", which is generally a place for pre-trial cases, trial of civil cases or a short rest after trial in the lobby. The door couplet of the second hall is "to cultivate the righteousness of the heaven and the earth, and to follow the sages of the past and the present."

As usual, on the main hall are the four characters of "Fair and Bright", and on both sides are the plaques of "Provincial Punishment" and "Renshu". As a state official on the side of the shepherd, it is inevitable to cultivate righteousness and imitate the sages. Only the plaques of "provincial punishment" and "benevolence and forgiveness" are worth exploring. The so-called "saving punishment" means lenient law enforcement and "frugal use of punishment", because excessive or improper punishment and killing will inevitably lead to anger and resentment; Carry out the "forgiveness" and oppose the use of severe punishment. They are all reflections of Confucian benevolence and prudent punishment. It is not without profound meaning that this group of plaques is placed in the second hall. The second hall generally does not hear cases. It is a place for the state officials to rest after the trial. After hearing the facts of the crime, they take a short rest. In fact, they have to consider how to convict and send the sentence. , it is precisely to overcome the profound emotional impulse of punishment, and to determine a punishment that is more in line with the requirements of the law of reason through rational reflection.

The next step is to enter the inner house, how about Mrs. Dingzhou?

"Jade Pot Hall". The couplets in the main house are "officials are clean and the people are happy, the law is fair and the people are safe", and the inner court is "spring and sweet rain in four seasons outside the house, and the desk is three feet apart and the sun is frosty." The inner house has a gate and a courtyard. It is a place where state officials and their families live and rest. It is usually not open. The couplets in the main room are intended to explain the importance of being an official honesty and judicial justice. Only honesty and justice can lead to peace of mind and local peace. Integrity and justice are also related. Only honest law enforcement officials can achieve justice in usage. The couplets in the inner court illustrate the majesty and cruelty of the "three-foot method" through comparison with the gentle wind and sweet rain. Although the inner court is a place for state officials to rest and study outside of work, it still does not stop at enjoying the "four seasons of spring" and does not stop thinking about politics and law enforcement.

Traditional Chinese culture emphasizes propriety and suppresses the law, especially the application of the criminal law. The so-called "penalty is unacceptable in a prosperous age", and the criminal law is not used when it is necessary. After all, the use of the criminal law is like "severe frost". Of course, based on the original intention of legal culture, the prudent use of criminal law in ancient times was more considered from the perspective of yin and yang, five elements, and harmony between heaven and earth, but this overall strategy of using punishment still has positive practical significance. At present, in some fields of social governance, there is still a tendency of "over-criminalization" to a certain extent, trying to achieve effective governance of crimes through criminal law, to achieve a certain order of desire, and even to save all morally corrupt behaviors. The "prescription". But in fact, the excessive application of criminal law has a limited effect on the prevention of crime and the formation of order, and it may cause the degradation of the condemnation function of punishment. The concept of "saving punishment" in traditional Chinese legal culture not only requires the saving of criminal law and mitigating punishment in legislation, but also reflects the frugal application of punishment in the judiciary, pays attention to maintaining the harmony of the overall social order, and embodies the teaching and influence of criminals . Only in this way can it be possible to truly achieve social harmony and tranquility, and the so-called "four seasons of spring outside the house" can be shared forever.

The Osmanthus Room is a quadrangle-style house where the family members of officials live. In the era without mobile phones and computers, I wonder if they will be bored. In that era, I wanted to recite poems and paint, and drinking a little wine was also a kind of comfort.

Jingyexuan - the location of the family members, there is no one here today, and the door is closed, it is really a bit scary.

Next to Jingyexuan is Shizhuxuan - this is the place where the governor of the state government lives, and it is the place where local officials privately hire people to help with affairs. Most of them failed the imperial examinations and became professionals in judicial, financial, and administrative documents after learning. The master was hired by Zhengyin officials as individuals, and the salary was very generous.

Finally, we arrived at Yongding Post Station, which is the current hotel, but the post station is dedicated to the Yamen, so we must hurry up, and this is what Pegasus Express said. This building is very interesting, please look down.

When a bear child and a pig father went up to the second floor and opened the door to see the scenery outside, they found that the 5-meter-high second floor has no railings, and you can walk out in 3 steps. It looks interesting but it is still a bit dangerous .

The academy on the guide map is not open to the public, and many buildings have not been found. The signs inside are not very clear, which may be the reason for the new construction. My experience is to read all the central axis on the west line first, and then look at the east line on the right. . Exit at the last station. It takes about 1 and a half hours. Although I haven't seen the whole thing, such a painstaking reconstruction and restoration is not a small project. It is still very rewarding for tourists to understand the history of the highest government office in that era.

After watching the Dingzhou Administration, it was already 16:30 in the afternoon. I went back to the hotel and rested for 2 hours. When the lights came on, let’s go to the most lively places in Dingzhou at night-Kaiyuansi Street and Chongwen Street.

The car was parked near the Dingzhou Museum. Get off here and get off at Song Street. Song Street is next to Kaiyuan Temple Street. It is very deserted here, and many restaurants are not open.

When we arrived at Kaiyuan Temple, it became lively all of a sudden, with a sea of people and various recreational facilities everywhere. In particular, there are many people gathered in the ring, and they are all competing against each other.

Walking to the end of Kaiyuan Temple Street is the landmark building of Dingzhou - Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda. During the day, I passed the Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, there were sporadic people flying kites, and there were less than 10 people in the square, but at night, it was completely different from day and night.

Dingzhou Pagoda, formerly known as Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, is the tallest brick and wood structure ancient pagoda in China, known as "the first pagoda in China".

According to historical records, Dingzhou had Kaiyuan Temple first, and then Dingzhou Pagoda. The predecessor of Kaiyuan Temple was Qidi Temple, which was built in 491 A.D. during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Qidi Temple was changed to Zhengjie Temple in the 16th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, and Zhengjie Temple was changed to Kaiyuan Temple in the Tang Dynasty (904-907 A.D.). The folks in Hebei call the Cangzhou Iron Lion, the Kaiyuan Temple Tower in Dingzhou, and the Bodhisattva statue in Zhengding Longxing Temple the "Three Treasures of Hebei" ("Cangzhou Lion Dingzhou Tower, the Great Bodhisattva in Zhengding Prefecture"); there are also four treasures in North China. It is: "Cangzhou Lion, Dingzhou Tower, Zhengding Bodhisattva, Zhaozhou Bridge".

There is a fountain in front of the tower at night, so it is more lively here. The fountain changes endlessly with the cooperation of music, and the colors are different. It is really a good place for a walk at night.

After staying for half an hour, people are still very crowded. Anyway, I will come here during the daytime tomorrow. The key point is to go to Chongwen Street across the road first.

At night, Chongwen Street is the busiest night market in Dingzhou, with the most snacks and stalls, especially during the festival. The small street here has Malatang, skewers, stinky tofu, everything you expect, and the price is really not very expensive. , Today's dinner is here, let's try everything.

The night market stalls were one after another. We tasted all the delicious food, and we were full after a while. After eating and playing, it was 10 o'clock soon. Although it was 10 o'clock, people's enthusiasm did not diminish in the slightest. I felt tired only after I got back to the hotel. I went to bed and went to see the trees and towers tomorrow.

D2: ginkgo tree. Dingzhou Ancient City. Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda. Lunch: Feast on stone pot. Afternoon: Return to the warm home in Beijing.

In the morning, I went to buy braised dumplings near the hotel, and accidentally found Dingzhou Railway Station, which is very close to the hotel, but it is so small.

"Folk Legend" "there was ginkgo tree first, and then Dingzhou City", the authenticity has not been verified, but the legend about ginkgo tree can still be found. At present, the ginkgo tree is in the kindergarten and cannot be entered, so we had to take pictures outside the door.

It is an ancient tree with a height of 8.2 meters, a trunk circumference of 4.3 meters and a crown of 31.8 meters. I do not know when it grew. According to the annals of Dingzhou during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, it was said to be a ginkgo tree, and it was said to have been stiff and withered without leaves. Residents nearby call it ancient tree or ginkgo tree. The trunk and branches are intact with no signs of erosion. Looking at the texture of the tree, it looks like a cypress tree. The name of ginkgo tree may be misrepresented by the three characters of ancient cypress. Generally, people's legend is: "there is ginkgo tree first, and then there is Dingzhou city". The ginkgo tree has a history of more than 2,600 years. It can be said that it was planted far away and has gone through vicissitudes. Majestic".

Then drive for 10 minutes to the South Gate of Dingzhou. Before coming here, I thought it was not as powerful as the city wall of Xi’an, but I still feel a little regretful after seeing it. The South Gate is located in a group of private houses, and it is very narrow for two cars to pass through at the same time. It is strenuous, the wall is completely original, and the voices of vendors on the street come and go.

Dingzhou South City Gate, also known as "Yingtai Gate", was built in the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. At that time, in order to strengthen the defense against the invasion of foreigners in the north, the governor of Dingzhou built the old city, demolished the temple, repaired the city wall, destroyed the temple bell, built weapons, and built a new city wall for 13 kilometers. Urn City, Moon City. Above the city gates, towers with double eaves were built as places to watch the enemy and command operations. The inner gate building is majestic and magnificent. The city is 12 meters high, the city tower is 8 meters high, and the city wall is 22 meters wide. It was repaired during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Kangxi period, Yongzheng period and Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. With the historical changes, only part of the city wall and three city gates remain.

The gates of the city are connected by a stone road, which looks like it has been around for a long time, and all kinds of motorcycle pedestrians pass by in a hurry.

The moat outside the city wall has dried up. I don't know if it was surging here back then.

There are three gates in Yingtai Gate, the South Gate of Dingzhou originally had four gates, and three gates, forming a structure in the shape of "Mu". The outermost is the moat, which is ten feet wide and two feet deep. There is a suspension bridge on the river, which is used for passing pedestrians to enter and exit the city in normal times; it is pulled up in wartime to stop enemy soldiers. The outer gate is connected with the moat, which is the sign of the entrance of the city. The first urn from the outer gate to the middle gate is the first urn. Entering the gate, the city wall turns eastward, forming a "J"-shaped urn. There is a door on the east side, which can enter the inner gate of the urn. Attackers entering the urn will be attacked from all sides. , It is difficult to hide like entering an urn. The inner gate is the main gate, and a tower with double eaves is built on the gate, which is used for watching the enemy and commanding operations. The inner side of the top of the city is the protective wall and the outer side is the arrow stack wall. There are perforations in the middle of the stacked wall, which have the functions of looking out, shooting, and protecting the body.

The ancient city of Dingzhou was first built by Guan Zhong. During the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to dominate the princes, Duke Huan of Qi launched a banner of "respecting the king and fighting the barbarians" to attack the northern Rongdi. In 648 BC, Guan Zhong attacked Dingzhou and built a city for military needs. In 154 BC, Liu Sheng was the first king of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty, and his capital was Lunu (now Dingzhou). He built a palace in the northeast of the city. In 54 AD, Liu Yan, king of Jian, built two palaces and opened four gates. The stones in the north of the city are used as a sinus, connecting the Tang River and the Lunu River, so that the Tang River flows into the palace. Build a fish pond, a fishing platform, and a view of horses and horses. In the 7th year of Zhao Shijianwu (348 A.D.), the general Zhonglang of Zhao Bei built a small city in the south of the original palace, and built a palace and a palace. In 386 A.D., Murong Chui of Hou Yan restored the palaces and mansions according to the old system, and established his capital here. And build a separate city to the south of the small city. In 397 A.D., King Tuobagui of the Northern Wei Dynasty conquered Zhongshan (now Dingzhou) and built the city on the old foundation of the city wall of the Han Dynasty. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend against the invasion of foreigners in the north, the governor of Dingzhou safely built the old city. It has a circumference of twenty-six miles and thirteen steps, and a height of three feet. Each of the four gates built a moon city, and there were tower gates in the city, each with heavy gates on four sides, with different systems. Afterwards, all the prefects were repaired. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1619 A.D.), Shen Tingying, the governor of the state presided over the reconstruction of the four city gates. The gates were plaques. The north gate said: Zhanchen, the south gate said: Yingtai, the east gate said: Guanhai, and the west gate said : Wangheng.

Passing through the second city wall, you can see the protected bridge body under the net and the stone pillars supporting the bridge deck.

The current city wall can no longer be visited. Standing at the end and looking into the city wall, it is more or less sad. The city wall that looks a bit vicissitudes does not know whether to sigh or be sad. What I sigh is that it has a long history and no commercialization at all. The original taste is sad that it is not completely well protected, and the lives of residents are still devouring it a little bit. I don't know how long the ancient city wall can last in the long river of history.

Walk along the South Gate for more than 10 minutes to reach Dingzhou Tower. Yesterday, I passed by Dingzhou Tower many times, but I didn’t slow down to appreciate it. Kaiyuan Temple Tower is located on the east side of the South Gate in Dingzhou City. It is the tallest existing brick and wood structure ancient pagoda. Built in 1055. The Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda has a history of more than 900 years, during which it experienced more than 10 earthquakes. In June of the tenth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1844), the northeast side of the pagoda collapsed from top to bottom, destroying the integrity of this majestic ancient building. Intact, but still standing tall.

The towers are all of brick and wood structure, octagonal in plane, 13 floors, 84.2 meters high, and the plane is formed by interlacing two squares. Well-proportioned and beautiful in appearance. The tower has four gates on the front, and false windows on the other four sides, carved with geometric window lattices; each floor in the tower has steps, and an octagonal corridor is formed between the two floors. There are Buddhist niches and painted paintings in the tower. At that time, Song and Liao insisted that Dingzhou was located in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, and its military status was very important. The Song Dynasty used this tower to watch the enemy's situation in order to defend against Khitan.

The niche part of the tower body is divided into 5 floors. The first floor is a compound bowl-shaped semicircular structure, representing water; the second floor is a square structure, representing the ground. The eyebrows and eyes are called "wisdom eyes"; the third layer is a triangular structure, representing fire, and this layer is divided into 13 levels, which shrink layer by layer; the fourth layer is an umbrella structure, representing air; the highest layer, that is, the fifth layer is a spiral Shaped structure, representing the "essence of life".

The tower of Kaiyuan Temple stands tall and straight, with a mighty and dignified shape. During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1426--1435), Yuan Xuan, the magistrate, once wrote a poem: "The Brahma Palace in the south of the county city, the towering floating figure leans against the mid-air. The water has no waves to see the reflection, and Mount Heng has greenery to meet the dangerous peak. Anzhu tree on the top welcomes the court. Asahi, the eaves play golden bells to listen to the evening wind. Every time you go up to the top of the dome, you will freeze in the blue sky." There is also a poem by Shaanxi Yushi Gong Fanxian: "Walking slowly in the hundred feet of the Buddha, I am full of willow catkins and apricot flowers. Passing by the side of the twelfth floor, I can see the emptiness of the three thousand worlds. Where can I be a Buddha, where the heart and the void are connected. Sometimes the cranes come and stop, and they go up to the first layer of the blue sky."

For lunch, go to the Internet celebrity restaurant on Chongwen Street opposite to have a banquet in a stone pot. The price is still close to the people.

The taste is still good, only 35 yuan per person. Satiated with food and drink, I took a stroll in Chongwen Street, worried about the traffic jam on the high-speed return to Beijing, and returned early. The high-speed road was smooth and I arrived in Beijing after 16:00. Although it took less than 2 days to visit Dingzhou, Dingzhou with a long history is still It left a deep impression on me. It is a pity that the Confucian Temple is not open. Come if you have the opportunity.