Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Famous Historical Spots to See in Central Anhui

When you travel to central Anhui, you should not miss the following spots for your China vacation deals.

Hegemon Ancestral Hall
Xiang Yu (King of West Chu) was the most mourned defeated hero in Chinese history. During the Chu-Han Contention period, Xiang Yu was defeated and committed suicide in Wu River. The Han general cut his remains into pieces. The locals buried his remains and clothes as his tomb ‘Clothes Tomb’. Afterwards, people built the ‘Clothes Pavilion’ in his tomb. In the beginning of Tang Dynasty, the ancestral hall was built. The noted calligrapher, Li Yangbing inscribed ‘The Ancestral Hall of The Hegemon - King of Western Chu’ in 762. People come to visit it constantly since Tang Dynasty. The original hall was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and the current hall was rebuilt one.

Mifu Memorial Hall
Mifu was a famous Chinese painter in the Song Dynasty. He was an honest and caring officer in Wuwei County from 1104 to 1107. After his death, people built the Mifu Memorial Hall in his old house in memory of him. Mifu was well known for paintings and collecting inscribed stones. His original collections were destroyed. The current 150 collections in the Mifu Memorial Hall are the famous inscribed stones which were done since Jin and Tang Dynasties. The Jiangsu governor, Liu Bingzhang in the Qing Dynasty brought those collections to Wuwei County.

Luoshi Park
The Poet, Liu Yuxi, wrote the famous poem ‘Luoshi Ming’ when he was an officer if He Prefecture. The content of Luoshi Ming is ‘A mountain doesn’t need to be tall to be famous. It will be famous if there is a deity in the mountain. A river doesn’t need to be deep to be spiritual. It will be famous if there is a dragon in the river’.

Luoshi Park covers an area of 50 acres and water area cover 10 acres. The front door is arch style. There is a ‘Half-Moon Pond’ built in the Ming Dynasty and the ‘Linliu Pavilion’ on the east of the pond built in the Qing Dynasty.

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