Jianshui, another place full of mysterious charm in Yunnan, always attracts countless tourists to explore. This place is home to a plethora of unique attractions, each full of rich history and culture that will keep you coming back for more. Jianshui, known as Lin'an in ancient times, also known as Badian, is a famous historical and cultural city. The city's walls were first built as an earthen city during the Nanzhao period, and later expanded into a brick city in the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1387). The city wall is two zhang and five feet high, the city is three in the city and the four city gates have the city tower, the building is three stories high, each floor is as high as four zhang, it is extremely magnificent.
The Swallow Cave is a stunning natural wonder. The cave is divided into two levels: the upper cave is huge, the opening is a collapsed sinkhole, and the inside is a hall-shaped cave. There are stalagmites, stone pillars, stalactites and so on in the cave. Due to the dark light, many swallows inhabit here, hence the name Swallow Cave. During the spring and summer of each year, a group of swallows flies in, such as ten thousand arrows, hundreds of thousands of swallows haunt it, the sound of murmuring is endless, the sound of swallows and the sound of water, resonate in the cave, converge into a symphony of the cave that shakes the valley.
Next up is the Yunnan Jianshui Temple, which is a cultural monument with a long history. This Confucian Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty and is second only to the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong. The Yunnan Jianshui Temple is a precedent for Jianshui education, and has the functions of worshiping Confucius and promoting Confucianism. The ritual is divided into three parts: parade, welcome and sacrifice. In the process of combining the grand historical scene of the sacrificial hole with the local characteristics, the Temple of Literature has become an indispensable element. There is a hall, two halls, two halls, two pavilions, three ancestral halls, and eight squares in this temple, these buildings are symmetrical with each other, standing among the pines and cypresses, giving people a solemn and mysterious feeling.
In the center of the Temple of Literature, there is a large oval-shaped pond called "Xuehai". This pond not only adds to the landscape effect of the temple, but also symbolizes the ocean of knowledge, implying that there is no end to learning. The main hall of the Temple of Literature is the centerpiece of the Temple of Literature, a magnificent building rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. The building is surrounded by 20 huge stone pillars, each 5 meters high and weighing 10,000 catties. These stone pillars are carved from a single piece of bluestone, and two of them have a hollow carved dragon coiled, which is a vivid image. The roof is covered with colorful glazed tiles, which shine in the sun, making the whole building even more dazzling. On the 22 screen doors of the main hall gate, nearly 100 kinds of birds and beasts are carefully carved, and the craftsmanship is very fine. These carvings not only show the architectural art of the Ming Dynasty, but also reflect the social life and cultural characteristics of the time.
Jianshui Zhujia Garden is another place worth visiting. This private house built by the Zhu clan for more than 30 years during the Guangxu period of the late Qing Dynasty has a profound historical heritage and cultural connotation. The whole building sits in the south and faces north, covering an area of more than 20,000 square meters, of which the building area is more than 5,000 square meters. There are 214 large and small houses and 42 patios, which are large in scale. The main building of this house is arranged in a "longitudinal and horizontal" arrangement, which is a large building group of local traditional "three rooms with six ears and three halls with a back mountain ear, and a large patio with four small patios". The main building is divided into three parts: the inner house, the ancestral hall and the back garden, with an ingenious layout.
In the courtyard of the house, there are not only ancestral halls, embroidered wisps, shops, water pavilions, flower halls, ponds, bamboo forests, etc., but also courtyards and rows of houses. The doors and windows of the fang, the column base railings are finely carved, full of literary atmosphere, known as the "Southern Yunnan Grand View Garden".
The Jianshui School and Political Examination Shed is another historical site. It is the place where the Admiral College, the highest education administrator of Yunnan Province, regularly gathers students from Lin'an, Yuanjiang, Kaihua (now Wenshan) and Pu'er (now Simao area) in southern Yunnan to hold college examinations. The examination shed sits in the north and faces south, the width is more than 40 meters, the depth is 150 meters, covers an area of 6,000 square meters, the houses are neat and symmetrical, a total of more than 100 rooms. The whole building takes the corridor as the central axis to form a six-hall courtyard. Among them, the first courtyard is the drum hall and the trumpet gate, the second courtyard is the dragon gate, and the third courtyard is equipped with the east and west literary fields, and the layout is rigorous and reasonable. It not only witnesses the changes of history, but also carries the dreams and hopes of countless students.
Overall, Jianshui is a place full of charm. Each attraction has a unique history and cultural heritage, which makes people feel the unique tourism culture. If you want to experience a different tourism culture, Jianshui is definitely worth a visit. This place makes people yearn for it, and the beauty and charm make you forget to return and feel relaxed. The ancient city wall stands under the blue sky, and white clouds float on it, like an ancient painting. The bluestone road is winding, as if telling the vicissitudes of the ancient city. The courtyard is antique, and every brick and tile reveals a sense of history. The stream is babbling and the sound of the water is picturesque, which makes people feel refreshed.