1. About the introduction of Chongwu’s poems

The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River always gives people a sense of tranquility and beauty, because there is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, and the water is softer, pleasing to people’s aesthetics. .

However, after leaving Quanzhou and heading east to Hui'an City, we traveled more than 20 kilometers east to Chongwu Ancient City. When we touched the old and mottled granite walls that had gone through thousands of years, we listened to the sound of waves hitting the rocks and stared at them. When looking at the picture composed of the ancient city, waves and rocks, majesty and majesty have become an irreplaceable image. In Minnan, a beautiful and magical place where seas and mountains are connected, the Chongwu Peninsula, with a total area of ??19.6 square kilometers, is full of golden sand and clear water, rolling waves, charming and bright, and is known as the "Beidaihe in the South".

"Chongwu" is a new name. As the name suggests, it means advocating military equipment. The ancient city of Chongwu stands on the sea, facing the sea on three sides and the land on the west. In front is the rough and boundless sea, with the land on its back. The terrain starts from the Great Smoky Mountains and winds up and down, which is very spectacular.

The ancient city of Chongwu, located on a protruding part of the southeastern coast of Fujian Province, looks like a resolute sentinel from a distance, stationed dutifully in the coastal defense of the mainland. Chongwucheng was built between Meizhou Bay and Quanzhou Bay. To the north, it faces Nanri and Meizhou of Putian; to the south, it meets Yongning and Xiangzhi of Jinjiang; to the east, it faces the Taiwan Strait, and the sea areas near the city are spread all over the city. Islands and reefs have complex terrain and are easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Because of its strategic location, Chongwu City has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Chongwu City was first built in the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1387). It survived stubbornly for more than 600 years amidst the rising beacon fire and smoke.

It is said that during the Song Dynasty, there were soldiers guarding this place, which was called Chongwu Township Guards. In 981 AD, after Hui resettled the county, Xiaodou patrol village was set up here.

In the early Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Xiaodou Inspection Department. In the early Hongwu years of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates operating along the coast of Korea and my country began to cause trouble on the mainland. In 1370 AD, the Japanese pirates suddenly landed on the Kaijiang River in Xiangzhi, posing a threat to the security of the Quanzhou area.

In 1387 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, appointed Zhou Dexing, the Marquis of Jiangxia, to inspect the southeastern coast in order to defend against the invasion of Japanese pirates. Military engineering expert Zhou De, based on the characteristics of the winding coastline and dangerous terrain in Quanzhou's coastal area, adopted a joint defense approach, "one county set up a base, and even the counties set up guards." He built a city in the Chongwu area to become a military fortress to resist Japanese pirates. .

Chongwu City is one of the five cities in Yongningwei, Quanzhou, and belongs to a thousand-household residence in Yongningwei, Fujian. Chongwu City has a circumference of 2,567 meters, a height of 7 meters, a base width of 5 meters, and 1,304 stacks. It is built on the lowest point of Lingang, Zhongpi Shuiguan, with two to three floors of horse racing roads built inside. There are gates on all four sides, each with two city gates. Road, there is a beacon tower on each city gate, and a lookout tower is also set up on Lianhua Mountain, the commanding height of the city.

There is a pool, a well and a culvert leading to the front of the city on each side of the city. The four city gates are connected by cross streets in the city. In the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417 AD), the city wall was increased by 1.3 meters.

These city walls, huts, gate towers, moon cities, piers, fortresses and martial arts halls constitute a complete set of maritime strategic defense engineering systems in ancient my country. Ding Shaohe, the chief minister of Chongwu in the Ming Dynasty, praised: "There are fish and dragon caves on three sides of the isolated city, and the tiger and leopard pass on the two peaks."

However, the mighty Guan Guan was ravaged by Japanese pirates due to the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, and there were hymns of the army and the people joining forces to defend the country. In the 22nd year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1424), more than a thousand Japanese pirates landed from the mountains, burning, killing and looting.

Zhang Duo of Qianhu, who was a Chongwu warrior, led the soldiers and civilians to rise up against the Japanese and fought to the death, finally saving the ancient city and avoiding the massacre by the Japanese pirates. At the end of the 39th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1560), Japanese pirates attacked Chongwu City. The entire city's soldiers and civilians fought bloody battles. Due to the isolation and helplessness, the ancient city fell and was plundered by 42 Japanese pirates.

In the first year of Longqing of the Ming Dynasty (1567 AD), Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, came to Chongwu in person to command the suppression of Japanese pirates, and finally eliminated the Japanese pirates. In addition, as a coastal defense fortress, Chongwu Ancient City was also the stronghold for Zheng Chenggong to sail eastward to regain Taiwan, and also the maritime base for the People's Liberation Army to sail south to liberate Xiamen, his motherland.

During the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1956, the ancient city of Chongwu was also the main battlefield in the Chongwu Naval Battle, which fought back against the naval invasion of the U.S. and Chiang Kai-shek coalition forces. Haimen Xiongguan - Chongwu Ancient City, with its heroic history, stands as the outpost of mainland coastal defense, and with its unyielding spirit, it has established the cultural homeland of Chongwu people.

Throughout the ages, Chongwu has been a place where literati and elegant scholars chanted about the present, cherished the past, and expressed their emotions and aspirations. "Hush and suck the earth's veins in Cangming, swallow the sun and moon to suppress Tianchi" is a sentence inscribed on the Longhou Rock in Chongwu by Dai Zhuofeng, a native of Hui'an, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

While describing the majestic momentum of the ancient city of Chongwu, it also expresses his heroic spirit of seeing the wise and thinking of others. The stone carvings "Deep in Haimen" among the cliffs, panshi rocks, and gorges on the southern outskirts of Chongwucheng were written by Huang Wuye, a famous poet, calligrapher and painter of the Ming Dynasty.

After "ten years of avoiding chaos and leaving Jiangwan", the poet returned to his homeland in 1569 AD after the Japanese invasion was pacified, and sang about the peaceful scene after the Japanese invasion: "Watching the war in the south of the sea and the sky" The dust has collected, the desert is flat and the sand is singing, the fishing boats are making smoke and rowing, and the farmers are living on the waterside island again.

” The ancient city of Chongwu is not only filled with the footprints of poets, poets and dignitaries, but also is a treasured place for monks and Taoists to practice Feng Shui because of its beautiful land and natural scenery.

In Chongwu City, it is still preserved to this day. There are more than 30 intact temples and nunneries, including "Yunfeng Temple" and "Shuichao Temple" from the Song Dynasty, "Guandi Temple" and "Dongyue Temple" from the Ming Dynasty, and the "Tianfei Palace" dedicated to Mazu, the goddess of the sea. ", and the "Ling'an King Temple" to commemorate local meritorious figures, etc.

So far, there is an endless stream of worshipers and the incense is flourishing. There are many famous people's inscriptions in these antique buildings and residential houses in the past, and more The ancient city exudes a simple and elegant humanistic atmosphere.

"The Home of Stone Sculpture" is another elegant name for Chongwu's culture. There are piles of finished and semi-finished stone sculptures on both sides of the road to Chongwu. , there are countless stone carving workshops, and the stone carving products are all-encompassing, including round carvings, relief carvings, shadow carvings, and steles, with nearly two hundred varieties.

Laojunyan is a fine product of ancient stone carvings. Known as "Laozi is the best in the world", it was slightly carved from a cliff by a craftsman of the Song Dynasty. It is 5.63 meters high and 8.01 meters wide. It faces the sea and has a natural momentum. It is the earliest and largest ancient sculpture of Laojun.

Land art rock carving is a masterpiece of modern stone carving. The famous painter Professor Hong Shiqing used the original form of the reef cliffs under the ancient city of Chongwu and took the shape to create more than 170 pieces of various images between concrete and abstract. , one-third of which is based on the shape of the original reef, one-third is carved with art and artificial materials, and one-half is left to benefit nature. 2. The guide words about the scenic spot of Chongwu Ancient City (specifically inside). See

Chongwu Ancient City Scenic Area is a unique tourist scenic area integrating coastal scenery, historical relics, and folk customs and sculpture art. It has always been called the "Natural Studio" and "Beidaihe in the South" by the world. . Chongwu Ancient City is the only relatively complete stone city in my country and a relatively complete historical site in the history of my country's coastal defense. It is a "national key cultural relic protection unit"

Chongwu Ancient City is located on the southeast coast of Hui'an County. , close to the Taiwan Strait, was built by Zhou Dexing, the Marquis of Jiangxia in the Ming Dynasty, when he was conducting coastal defense operations in the 20th year of the Ming Dynasty (1387) to resist Japanese pirates. In the first year of Longqing (1567), the famous anti-Japanese generals Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou inspected their division Chongwu, and the north gate was Hengmei. The stone inscription "Weizhen Haibang" is said to have been written by Qi Zheng. In the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1651), it is said that there is a "horseshoe stone" left behind. In 1988, it was listed as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Inside and outside, there are more than 20 ancient architectural remains such as palaces, temples and temples that were built in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties and have been repaired and continued to this day. Together with the ancient city, they form a group of ancient monuments that can be visited, especially those 3 kilometers outside the city. Longhou Cave in Dazha Mountain contains both Neolithic relics and cliff carvings of literati and poets who recorded the history of the ancient city. Outside the city, there is the earth rock carving "Yulong Cave" created by the famous painter Hong Shiqing, as well as the famous "Fish Dragon Cave". The masterpieces of seal cutting and calligraphy by calligraphy masters Zhu Qizhan, Qian Juntao, Liu Haili and others are engraved on the strange rocks and reefs. There is also a modern stone sculpture expo park and a provincial seaside forest park under the ancient city. Visiting the ancient city is enough to explore the ancient attractions.

Source: 3. If you have any questions about Chongwu Ancient City, please tell me

Chongwu Ancient City is the only remaining relatively complete stone city in my country and is also the center of my country’s coastal defense. A relatively complete historical site in history, it is a "national key cultural relic protection unit". Chongwu Ancient City is located at the southern end of Chongwu Peninsula, 24 kilometers southeast of Hui'an County, Quanzhou City. In recent years, the elegant environment of the Chongwu Peninsula and the folk customs of the fishing village have aroused widespread interest among many tourists; and this majestic ancient city on the peninsula has attracted countless experts, scholars and tourists who have traveled thousands of miles to come here. My friends must feel the same way, right? If we want to understand the ancient city of Chongwu, we must go back to its origins and start from the beginning. Chongwu is located on the protruding part of the southeastern coast of Fujian Province. It faces the sea on three sides and is connected to the land to the west. The terrain starts from the Great Smoky Mountains and is winding and undulating, which is very spectacular. It is sandwiched between Meizhou Bay and Quanzhou Bay. To the north, it is a horn with Nanri and Meizhou of Putian; to the south, it is a horn with Yongning and Xiangzhi of Jinjiang; and it faces the Taiwan Strait to the east. The nearby sea area is full of islands and reefs, and the terrain is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is a strategically located national defense fortress and has always been a battleground for military strategists. Chongwu means advocating for military equipment. It is said that in the Song Dynasty, this place was called Shojieli, Chongwu Township. After Hui was resettled in the county in the sixth year of Taiping's reign in the Song Dynasty (981 AD), Xiaodou patrol village was set up here. In the early Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Xiaodou Inspection Department. In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1370), a group of Japanese pirates operating in Korea and along the coast of my country suddenly landed on the Hajiang River in Xiangzhi, posing a threat to the security of the Quanzhou area. In the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387 AD), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Jiangxia Marquis Zhou Dexing to inspect the southeast coast in order to defend against Japanese invasion. Zhou Dexing was an expert in military engineering. Based on the twists and turns of the coastline and the difficult terrain of Quanzhou's coastal areas, he "set up a military base in one county, and a garrison in the next county." At that time, Quanzhou established Yongning Guards, which had jurisdiction over five stations, namely Fuquan, Zhongzuo, Jinmen, Gaopu, and Chongwu. Hui'an established five cities, namely Chongwu City, Taku City, Xiaoqian City, Huangqi City, and Fengwei City. Chongwucheng is one of the five cities and belongs to a thousand-household settlement in Siyongningwei, Fujian. It has been more than 600 years since the city was founded.

The ancient city of Chongwu is entirely made of white granite. The city wall is 2,457 meters long, the city base is 5 meters high, the wall is 7 meters high, and there is a two-story horse race. There are 1,304 wall plates, 1,300 arrow windows and 26 dens on the wall. There are city gates on all sides. Each inner gate is 3.2 meters high and 1.3 meters wide. Each front gate is 2.6 meters high and 0.9 meters wide. The east, west and north gates are similar, each with two gates. Each has a beacon tower and a wall outside the south city gate. There is also a lookout at the commanding heights of Lianhua Mountain in the city. There is a pool and a well on each side of the city and a culvert leading to the front of the city. The cross streets in the city connect the four city gates. In the fifteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1417 AD), the city wall was increased by 1.3 meters. These city walls, huts, gate towers, moon cities, piers, fortresses and martial arts halls constitute a complete strategic defense engineering system in ancient my country. Ding Shaohe, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, once praised it in a poem: "There are three fish and dragon caves in the isolated city, and the two peaks of Daxi are the Tiger and Leopard Pass." As the forefront of coastal defense, the ancient city of Chongwu once bore the brunt of the Japanese invasion in the Ming Dynasty and was attacked repeatedly. It also suffered defeat and fell into the city, with iron horses wailing. For hundreds of years, generations of soldiers and civilians in the ancient city have relied on natural barriers and protection. The solid stone city has experienced the baptism of blood and fire, and used its life to compose evocative battle poems. The "Dragon Protector", "Chongshan Official", "Chongbao Temple", "Yuanji Palace", "Twelve Masters", etc. here were all built by the soldiers and civilians of the ancient city to commemorate the heroes who sacrificed their lives in the anti-Japanese war. When Zuiwu built the city, soldiers from various places were assigned to defend it. It is still known as "a hundred surnames, ten thousand people" (there are still 98 surnames). The soldiers lived and multiplied here and made an indelible contribution to the defense of the ancient city. According to historical records, in the 22nd year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1424), more than a thousand Japanese pirates landed from the mountains, burning, killing and looting. Zhang Rong, a Qianhu of Chongwu, led the soldiers and civilians to rise up against the Japanese and fought to the death, finally saving the ancient city and avoiding a disaster in Chongwu City. In the first month of the 39th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1560), Japanese pirates attacked Chongwu City. The entire city's soldiers and civilians fought bloody battles. Due to being isolated and helpless, the city ran out of food and fell. The Japanese pirates invaded the city and looted it for 42 days, committing all sorts of crimes, which was outrageous. In the first year of Longqing of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1567), Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, came to Chongwu in person to command and suppress the Japanese, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Ten years after the Japanese rebellion was quelled, Chongwu has become an important town on the southeast coast. In addition, as a witness to history, Chongwu Ancient City also witnessed Zheng Chenggong’s army marching eastward to regain the treasure island of Taiwan, witnessed Chongwu soldiers and civilians sailing south with the People’s Liberation Army to liberate Xiamen Island, the southern gate of the motherland, and witnessed Premier Zhou’s victory in 1956. Personally commanded the Chongwu naval battle, sinking and damaging the invading U.S. and Chiang Kai-shek warships "Yongtai" and "Yongchang". The soldiers and soldiers in the ancient city were brave and adept at fighting, which is inspiring; while the literati in ancient Cheng deeply loved their hometown, and their enthusiastic praise of their hometown aroused strong praise from future generations. The stone carvings "Deep in Haimen" among the rocky cliffs and gorges in the southern outskirts of Chongwucheng were written by Huang Wuye, a famous poet, calligrapher and painter. Huang Wuye once "avoided chaos and left Jiangwan for ten years." In the third year of Longqing (AD 1569), the Japanese invasion was pacified, and Huang Wuye returned to his homeland. With great joy, he sang the peaceful scene after the Japanese pacification: "Looking to the south of the sea and the sky, the dust of war has been collected, and the flat sand in the desert is singing. The fishing boats are already making smoke and rowing, and the farmers are living on the waterside island again." Dai Zhuofeng, a native of Hui'an, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty, also carved a couplet on Longhou Rock in Chongwu: "Hush and suck the Cangming Han ground veins, spit and swallow." "The sun and the moon hold down Tianchi," highly summarizes Chongwu's majestic momentum and reflects the eternal heroism of the sages.

Today's Chongwu City still preserves more than 30 temples and nunneries built in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, mainly residential buildings.