Previous-Follow Tang Poetry on a Tour in Chang 'an

Xi'an has a long history, strong cultural heritage, rich tourism resources, and countless places to visit. Chang 'an City during the Tang Dynasty was world-famous and had a prosperous scene like that of the Tang Dynasty. The literati and literati at that time used Tang poems to write down Chang' an City in their eyes, and the poems have been passed down to this day. Today, we follow the descriptions of Tang poetry to see how many traces of Chang 'an City of the Tang Dynasty still exist in Xi'an today.

I recall the past when the late emperor patrolled Shuofang and rode thousands of cavalry to Xianyang

Nishang sings on thousands of peaks, and the dance breaks down and becomes primitive

A princess riding on the red dust laughed, but no one knew it was lychee.

About the itinerary:

Front Guide-Follow Tang Poetry to visit Chang 'an Day 1: Daming Palace National Heritage Park--Bell Tower--Drum Tower--Xi'an Ancient City Wall--Huimin Street Day 2: Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors--Huaqing Palace Day 3: Qujiang Cold Kiln Heritage Park--Big Wild Goose Pagoda--Tang Dynasty Sleepless City Day4: Tang Dynasty Furong Garden

About booking:

Buy air tickets or high-speed rail tickets about half a month in advance. I started from Guangzhou and had a round-trip ticket of about 1200 yuan. However, my itinerary was changed, so I changed to a plane and came back by high-speed train.

About accommodation:

Book a hotel or youth hostel in advance during the tourist season. I usually book a youth trip in advance for my personal travel, so that I can meet friends from all over the world. The price of youth hostels is generally around 40-80 a night, and the price of hotels ranges from 200-600 a night. You can arrange it according to your actual situation. Autumn enters early in Xi'an, so just bring autumn clothes for a National Day trip. The temperature is about 15-22 degrees.

About tickets:

Tickets for scenic spots in Xi'an are very expensive, which feels a little more expensive than many scenic spots. You must be mentally prepared and prepare a lot of money. Tickets can be booked in advance on Ctrip. Tang Furong Garden, museums and other scenic spots can be visited for free, but you need to make reservations in advance on the public account or Ctrip. Don't be embarrassed by running there foolishly and finding that the appointment is full for the day. Especially during the tourist season, make reservations in advance.

Ancient City Wall Car Rental Price: Bicycle deposit is 200 yuan/vehicle, 45 yuan/vehicle (within 2 hours), and an additional 5 yuan/vehicle will be charged for every 10 minutes exceeding the limit. Please refer to other strategies for tandem bicycle prices.

Day 1: Daming Palace National Heritage Park--Bell Tower--Drum Tower--Xi'an Ancient City Wall--Hui Street

Daming Palace

The chicken man with a crimson turban announced the dawn, and put on his clothes before bringing in the green cloud fur coat.

Nine days closed the palace, and the clothes of all countries bowed to their crowns.

The sun is just approaching the immortal's palm is moving, and the cigarette is about to float beside the dragon.

After the court, the five-color edict must be cut, and the sound of the pendant should be returned to the head of the Fengchi.

--Wang Wei's "The Work of Hejia Zhi Scheeren's Early Court in the Daming Palace"

Daming Palace was one of the three main palaces in Chang 'an City in Tang Dynasty and the largest palace among the "Three Great Nei".

The generals coming from the west are both male and female, and they are not the same as the etiquette of the guests. Early changes in Shandong were known to be obedient, and new gains were made to the economy. When you visit the palace and rush outside the door, the envoys of grace fill the road with cheers and cheers. When the sun closes at dawn, the copper leaks are still, and the body should receive the title of Daming Palace. -- Zhang Ji's "Tian Sikong Entering the Dynasty"

Starting from Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, all emperors of the Tang Dynasty lived and handled government affairs in the Daming Palace, which once contained the most magnificent and magnificent buildings in the Tang Dynasty.

Xi'an Daming Palace Ruins Park has museums, miniature landscapes and ruins of various halls. The scenic spot is mainly ruins, with an open ground and no excessive green plants.

In the past, in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the Daming Palace, there were also Taiji Palace and Xingqing Palace. Taiji Palace no longer exists. Xingqing Palace built Xingqing Palace Park on the Tang Dynasty ruins and became an open urban park.

Xi'an Drum Tower is located in the center of the ancient capital of Xi'an City, about 200 meters northwest of Xi'an Bell Tower at the intersection of four streets, east, west, north and south within the Ming City Wall. Built in 1380 in the 13th year of Hongwu of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, it is one of the largest and most completely preserved drum towers left over from ancient China.

Xi'an Drum Tower is built on a square base. It is a brick-and-wood structure. The top is in the form of a double eaves. It has a total height of 36 meters and covers an area of 1377 square meters. There are stairs that can be spiraled up. The eaves are covered with dark green glazed tiles. The building is painted with gold, painted with carved beams, and has a gilded roof on the top. It is a landmark building in Xi'an.

Xi'an Bell Tower, the intersection of the four streets, east, west, north and south within the Ming City Wall, is the largest and most completely preserved Bell Tower in China.

It was built in 1384 in the 17th year of Hongwu of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and was first built at the present Guangji Street Corner. Opposite the Drum Tower, it was relocated to this site in the 10th year of Wanli of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1582).

Xi'an Ming City Wall is located in the central area of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. The wall is 12 meters high, 12-14 meters wide at the top, and 15-18 meters wide at the bottom. The outline is a closed rectangle with a circumference of 13.74 kilometers. People inside the city wall are accustomed to calling it the Ancient City, covering an area of 11.32 square kilometers. The famous Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower is located in the center of the Ancient City.

There are four main gates of the Xi'an City Wall: Changle Gate (East Gate), Yongning Gate (South Gate), Anding Gate (West Gate), and Anyuan Gate (North Gate). These four gates are also the original gates of the ancient city wall. Since the Republic of China, many new gates have been opened to facilitate access to the Ancient City. So far, there are 18 gates in the Xi'an City Wall.

Huimin Street is actually a large area on the west and back of the Drum Tower, and the delicious food we want to eat is basically concentrated in four streets. The north courtyard gate is just north of the Drum Tower. When you go to the end and turn left, you will find Dapiyuan. When you go to the end and turn left, you will find Beiguangji Street. Parallel to Dapiyuan is Xiyang City in the middle. On the west of Beiguangji Street is University Xi Lane. Basically all the delicious food is concentrated in these five streets.

It is recommended that you go to the north courtyard gate first and eat red pickled cabbage fried rice, Jia Yongxin beef and mutton, Jia's oil tea hemp twist, Lao Jinjia shuipin mutton, Wuweifang peanut crisp mung bean cake, Yiguzhai Huanggui persimmon cake, Defuyuan Lao Anjia pastry along the way.

Then turn left and walk to Dapiyuan. Along the way, you will eat Qin Su from Shaanxi 13, Liu's meatballs and spicy soup, Hua Grandma sour plum soup, Musa casserole, fried Yuanxiao from Yanbin Lantern Store, Babao porridge from Xiaojia's eibao porridge, Dingjia small crispy pork, Sheng Zhiwang sesame sauce and rice skin.

When you go to the end, turn left along Guangji Street in North and go to South Street. Along the way, you will eat Hongshunxiang Marinated Rice Noodles, Dingjiajiang Rice Cake, Liu Jixiao Beef and Mutton and Southeast Asian Rice Cake. Continue to eat Lao Bai's Shuipin mutton and Lao Xu's Persimmons Cake. Then turn right and go to the University Lane to eat Shijia steamed buns. (Prepare the money)

At the end of the day, return to the Youth Hostel and take a comfortable bath. Playing with friends from all over the world, playing werewolf killings, killing the Three Kingdoms, watching movies, and chatting around the world are also good memories during the trip.

Day 2: Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses-Huaqing Palace

Li Bai's "Thinking of the Past"

Today, when I recall the Qin Emperor, I look at the tiger proudly in the east. Once the six countries were destroyed, the achievements were covered by the sky.

Determined to pacify the world and drive away tigers and wolves in the northwest. Hundreds of thousands of people were served, and the Great Wall started on the border.

Trying to find immortal medicine, the second emperor died. Without the First Emperor, the world became vast.

Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty spoke highly of Qin Shihuang in his "Collection of Books":"The First Emperor was naturally the first emperor through the ages. The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, overturning a world. Ancestral Dragon is a hero who has earned a world through the ages."

Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors: World Cultural Heritage, one of the Eight Wonders of the World, national AAAAA tourist attraction, and national key cultural relics protection unit.

The Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors Museum is located in the east of Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is a large-scale slave burial pit in China's first feudal emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng's cemetery, with an area of 2.18 million square meters. The museum is based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang. The ruins museum was established on the original site of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit. It is also the largest ancient military museum in China.

The discovery of Pit No. 1 was due to the appearance of Terracotta Warriors in March 1974. At that time, farmers in Xiahe Village were digging a well in the south of the village, and the wellhead was just opened in the southeast corner of Pit No. 1. In mid-July 1974, an archaeological excavation team jointly composed of the Shaanxi Province Museum, the Cultural Administration Association, and the Lintong County Cultural Center entered the Qin terracotta pit site. As the scope of work continued to expand, from 1976 to 1978, the archaeological team added personnel in archaeology, protection, photography, restoration and other fields. The excavation work of Pit No. 1 was in full swing, and more than 10 restoration teams carried out large-scale restoration of the Terracotta Warriors.

Terracotta warriors are distinguished in terms of identity. There are mainly two categories: soldiers and military officials. Military officials are divided into low-level, intermediate and high-level. Ordinary soldiers do not wear crowns, but military officials wear crowns. The crowns of ordinary military officials are different from the crowns of generals, and even the armor of armor is different. Among them, the terracotta soldiers include infantry, cavalry, and chariot soldiers. According to actual combat needs, samurai of different arms have different equipment.

The largest number of warriors in the pits are terracotta warriors. Most of them hold bronze weapons, including bows, crossbows, arrowheads, beryllium, spears, swords, machetes and axes. They are wearing armor with fine armor plates and have colorful threads on their chests. Military officials wear long crowns on their heads, and the number is more than the generals. The face shape, figure, expression, eyebrows, eyes and age of the Qin terracotta warriors are all different.

When you come to Terracotta Warriors, you must follow the tour guide, as long as you don't spend money. Only by listening to the tour guide explain the story behind it can you understand the lifelike terracotta warriors and imagine the strength of the Great Qin Empire.

Huaqing Palace in the Tang Dynasty was a separate palace where feudal emperors traveled. Later, also known as "Huaqing Pool", is located in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Huaqing Palace is built against the mountains and facing the Wei River. It is large in scale and magnificent in architecture. It is dotted with towers, halls and halls all over Mount Li. It was originally named "Tangquan Palace" and later renamed Hot Spring Palace. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty moved Huaqing Palace, because it was located in Lishan Mountain, which was also called Lishan Palace, also known as Li Palace and Xiuling Palace. Huaqing Palace was built in the early Tang Dynasty and flourished after Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty came to power. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty carefully built such a grand Li Palace that he visited here almost every October. At the end of the year, he returned to Chang 'an. After the An-Shi Rebellion, the political situation suddenly changed, and the travel of Huaqing Palace declined rapidly. Successive emperors after the Tang Dynasty rarely traveled to Huaqing Palace. Later dynasties, the royal family had maintenance, but before liberation, the soup ponds were sparse and the palaces were deserted. Huaqing Pond, the People's Government has carried out large-scale expansion since 1959 after liberation.

Starting from October 1, 2018, Huaqing Palace will implement a ticket price of 120 yuan/person·time.

Whitehead tears down the pear garden, fifty years ago rain and dew grace. Don't ask about Huaqing today. Red leaves are all over the mountains and locking the palace gates. -- Bai Juyi's "Pear Garden Disciple"

Like "Song of Eternal Regret", the Huaqing Palace in Tang poetry is also mostly related to the love story of Imperial Consort Yang.

Today's Huaqing Palace Scenic Area is built on the architectural ruins of the Tang Huaqing Palace, and contains the Tang Huaqing Palace Yutang ruins. Huaqing Palace Scenic Area has been merged with Lishan Mountain and can be visited together. In addition, from April to October every year, there is also a large-scale live-action stage drama "Song of Eternal Regret" performed.

The next day's Tang poetry tour, we experienced the thousands of troops and horses of the Great Qin Empire and lamented the sad and beautiful love story between Li Longji and Yang Guifei.

Day 3: Qujiangchi Ruins Park--Big Wild Goose Pagoda--The Tang Dynasty Sleepless City

Qujiangduijiu

Du Fu

Outside the garden, I sit at the head of the river and refuse to return, and the palace of water essence turns to the sky.

Peach blossoms are thin and poplar flowers fall, and yellow birds fly at the same time.

Drinking indulgently for a long time will condemn others to abandon it, and laziness is really contrary to the world.

Officials felt that Cangzhou was far away, and they were old and injured, and they had not yet brushed off their clothes.

Qujiangchi Ruins Park is located on Qujiang Road, Xi'an City

North connected to Datang Furong Garden

South to the Qin Second Mausoleum Site

Covering an area of 1500 acres

Relying on the rich tourism cultural resources and humanistic traditions in the surrounding area

Restorative reconstruction of Qujiang Nanhu, Hanwuquan and Yichun Garden

Historical and cultural landscapes such as Qujiang Liuyin and Phoenix Pond

Reappearing the historical and humanistic pattern of Qujiang

Qujiangting

It is the theme pavilion of the park and the largest pavilion

In the Tang Dynasty, there was the Dayan Pagoda in the north and the Qujiang Pavilion in the south

This shows that in history

Qujiang Pavilion is a real building

Jinting has a built-in "Qujiang Pond" monument

The back is engraved with the full text of "Qu Jiang Chi Fu" by Wang Yu of the Tang Dynasty

The beautiful scenery of Dili, the old pool of Xianjing

Take the name of Qujiang far away, and match the rules of Lingzhao near

This is also a true description of the style of Qujiang in the Tang Dynasty

Dayan Pagoda

Dayan Pagoda

The title office under the Ci 'en Tower is the youngest among the seventeen

--Bai Juyi

In the Tang Dynasty, all new scholars who won the exam, in addition to riding horses around Chang 'an, they also had to drink in the Qujiang River and write poems and comments, explore flowers in the apricot garden to participate in state banquets, climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and recommend good writers to write their names, place of origin and time to finish the exam with ink pen on the wall to commemorate them.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Dacien Temple. It was built by Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty to worship Buddha statues, relics and Sanskrit scriptures brought back from Tianzhu to Chang 'an.

The tower seemed to surge out, towering into the sky alone. Climb out of the world, step on the road and pan the void. Suddenly pressing down on China, as majestic as a ghost worker. The four corners block the day, and the seven layers touch the sky. Looking down at the tall bird, I can hear the shocking wind. -- Excerpts from Cen Shen's "Floating Picture of Climbing Cien Temple with Gao Shi and Xue Ju"

In the early days of its construction, Prince Li Zhi once climbed the pagoda to compose poems. Every year on the Double Ninth Festival, the emperor would also visit the pagoda, climb high and look into the distance, recite poems and write poems. The "Wild Goose Pagoda Poetry Festival" became popular for a while.

Today's Big Wild Goose Pagoda has been renovated several times, but it is still intact and has become a must-visit for tourists in Xi'an. With Dacien Temple as the center, the newly built Big Wild Goose Pagoda Square has a fountain in the north square, Xuanzang sculpture in the south square, a drama square and Dacien Temple Ruins Park in the east, and a folk sculpture area and Joy City Shopping Mall in the west.

datang sleepless city

Tang: Du Fu

Spring clouds cover the garden walls on the city, and the river pavilions are still in the evening and fragrant in the new year.

The forest flowers fall with the swallows, and the water floating leads the wind and the green belt grows

The Tang Dynasty Sleepless City is located at the foot of the world-famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an City. It starts from Xuanzang Square in the north, reaches Tang City Wall Ruins Park in the south, starts from Cien East Road in the east, and reaches Cien West Road in the west. It runs through Xuanzang Square, Zhenguan Cultural Square, and Kaiyuan Celebration Square. There are six imitation Tang blocks and four cultural buildings such as Xi'an Concert Hall, Xi'an Grand Theater, Qujiang Film City, and Shaanxi Artists Exhibition Gallery. The Tang Dynasty never sleeps in Xi'an City is very lively, with bright trees and silver flowers

I recall long

Tang: Du Fu

I recall the past when the former emperor patrolled Shuofang and entered Xianyang with thousands of cavalry. Yinshan's proud son, sweaty and bloody horse,

Long drive east Hu Hu and Tibet. It's not surprising that Ye City is repetitive, but the children in Guanzhong have bad discipline.

Empress Zhang was busy because she didn't like it. To this day, we still stir up chaos, and we work hard to make up for the four directions.

In the past, I used to be close to me, and it was impossible to send troops to clean up the situation. In order to keep the brave soldiers to guard Weiyang,

This caused Qiyong to defend against the Western Qiang people. Quan Rong came straight to sit in the royal forest, and all officials followed the king barefoot.

Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Zhen wrote:

Since the Hu cavalry started to smoke and dust, Xianluo has been filled with fur and smell.

The daughter learned Hu makeup for the Hu wife, and performed Hu music.

The sound of the fire phoenix is deep and silent, and the spring warblers sing long and long.

Hu Yin, Hu Qi and Hu Zhuang have been competing for each other for fifty years

Postscript on a tour of the Tang Dynasty Sleepless City. The lanterns are gorgeous and lively. The grand scene of the Tang Dynasty in those days is even more magnificent in today's China, with the country rich and the people strong.

Day4: Datang Furong Garden

datang Furong garden

The Furong Garden of the Tang Dynasty was a royal garden built since the Qin Dynasty. After additions and renovations in several subsequent dynasties, it was the most prosperous in the Tang Dynasty. Especially after the "rule of Zhenguan" of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor visited the garden several times a year and held banquets to reward courtiers with outstanding poems.

Thousands of officials met under the Furong Court, and purple forbidden red cherry blossoms appeared on the upper end. After the spring recommendation in the sleeping garden, the birds in the non-Guan royal garden were disabled. Returning saddles compete to bring green silk cages, and envoys frequently tilt red jade plates. You don't need to worry about internal heat when you are full, and high officials still have cold sugarcane syrup. -- Wang Wei's "The Imperial Order Giving Cherry to All Officials"

Most of the Tang poems about the Furong Garden of the Tang Dynasty describe the scene of an unprecedented grand occasion when the emperor visited the garden with flowers and banquets.

Tang Furong Garden was completely destroyed during the turmoil at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and no relics remained. Today's Tang Dynasty Furong Garden is north of the ruins of Tang Dynasty Furong Garden. It was built in the style of the Tang Dynasty royal gardens. It is a large-scale royal garden-style cultural theme park.

Datang Furong Garden is located in Qujiang New District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It was built on the original site of the Furong Garden in the Tang Dynasty. It covers an area of more than 1000 acres and has a total investment of 1.3 billion yuan. The scenic spots include Ziyun Tower, Ladies Hall, Royal Banquet Palace, Fanglin Garden, Fengming Jiutian Theater, Xingyuan, Luyu Tea House, Tangshi, Qujiang Liuyin and many other attractions.

In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang (583 AD), Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty officially moved to Xindu.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty hated its music and felt unlucky, so he planned to change Qujiang River into a "Furong Garden".

During the era of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Huang Gun carved various water ornaments in the Qujiang Pool. The ministers and kings made drinks on the bank of the Qujiang Pool and enjoyed drinking from the Qujiang River. They introduced the story of literati drinking wine flowing in the Qu River from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Southern Dynasties into the palace, giving Qujiang attractions A humanistic spirit laid the foundation for the formation and development of Qujiang culture in the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty carried out a large-scale expansion of Qujiang, making it unprecedented and reaching the peak of its garden construction.

In 2002, north of the original Tang Dynasty Furong Garden ruins, built in the style of the Tang Dynasty royal gardens, China's first large-scale royal garden-style cultural theme park to fully display the style of the Tang Dynasty started construction.

On April 11, 2005 (the third day of the third lunar month), Datang Furong Garden was officially opened to the public.

On January 17, 2011, it was rated as a national AAAAA tourist attraction by the National Tourism Administration.

Appreciation of ancient poems

Poetry cultural theme: Tang poetry enters the country, artistic conception enters the scene.

The form of poetry is expressed in the entity of sketches, and the artistic conception of poetry is reflected in the creation of the entire park. During the tour, I learn Tang poetry, understand Tang poetry, experience Tang poetry, and feel the infinite charm of the essence of Chinese traditional culture.

Visiting the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden, in addition to viewing the royal garden-style buildings, you can also participate in cultural activities in the park. Every year during traditional cultural festivals, Tang Dynasty Furong Garden holds themed garden activities to meet the occasion.

PostScript

The most eye-catching literary achievement of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be Tang poetry. Since Chen Ziang and the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", famous poets of the Tang Dynasty have emerged one after another. Li Bai, Du Fu, Cen Shen and Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty, Li He, Han Yu and Bai Juyi in the Middle Tang Dynasty, and Li Shangyin and Du Mu in the Late Tang Dynasty are representative poets among them. Their poetry styles vary, ranging from rich imagination of the mythological world to vivid descriptions of real life. They include passionate and powerful frontier poems, gloomy and profound "poetry history", and fresh and refined pastoral poems. These poems together constitute an outstanding representative of ancient Chinese literature. Although outstanding poets still appeared in later generations in the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the overall level of regular poetry and ancient poetry was not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, making Tang poetry an insurmountable peak of ancient Chinese poetry.