Zhenghe Park

Zhenghe park is located in Yueshan, Kunyang Town, Jinning County, on the South Bank of Dianchi Lake, 60 kilometers away from Kunming. Originally named Yueshan Park, Kunyang was the hometown of Zheng He, and the tomb of his father mahazhi was on Yueshan, so it was renamed in 1979. More than 250 mu of Forest Park, pine forest, Berlin, fruit forest, lush; climbing high and looking far, the scene is open. Zheng He's surname is Ma, and his small name is Sanbao. Hui nationality. Born in Kunyang in 1371. Both Zheng He's grandfather and father had been to Mecca, the holy land of Islam. When he was young, he had heard about foreign affairs. In the early Ming Dynasty, he became a eunuch in the palace and later served the king of Yan in Beijing. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, made great contributions to the struggle for the throne with Zhu Yun, the Jianwen emperor, and became an important person beside the emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty. Cheng Zu of the Ming Dynasty sent Zheng He to lead the team, with Jing Hong as the Deputy envoy, leading more than 27800 sailors, officers and soldiers to sail to the West on 62 "treasure ships". In 1405, they set out from Liujiagang, Suzhou (today's East Liuhe Town, Taicang), went to Zhancheng (today's South South Vietnam), Java, Sumatra, Ceylon (today's Sri Lanka) and other places, turned back through the West Bank of India, and returned to China in 1407. Later, he sailed to sea in 1408-1411, 1413-1415, 1417-1419, 1421-1422, 1403-1433. In 28 years, he sailed seven times, covering more than 30 countries, reaching the east coast of Africa and the Red Sea as far as possible. The largest ship was about 148 meters long and 60 meters wide, with a capacity of 1000 people. These voyages were more than half a century earlier than the voyages of Columbus and dagama in the West. The size of the fleet and the size of the ships far exceeded them. Everywhere Zheng He went, he exchanged silk, porcelain, copper and iron, gold and silver for local specialties. "The unknown treasures he took are beyond measure, and China's consumption is not cheap (immeasurable)". Some countries and regions also sent envoys to China on board to promote international exchanges.

Nanjing Zhenghe Park

synonym

Zhenghe Park (Nanjing Zhenghe Park) generally refers to Nanjing Zhenghe park

Nanjing Zhenghe park is located in the east of the middle section of Taiping South Road, Qinhuai District, Nanjing city. It was originally named Taiping Park in 1953. On May 3, 1985, it was renamed Zhenghe park to commemorate the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's voyages to the West. Zhenghe Park covers an area of 2.2 hectares, with a construction area of 2100 square meters. There are antique double pavilions, elegant corridors and courtyard style Zhenghe Memorial Hall in the park.

architectural style

Zhenghe Park in Nanjing adopts the style of classical Jiangnan garden. It pays attention to the setting of artistic conception, the collocation of pavilions and pavilions. Small bridges and flowing water, willows and lotus leaves set off each other. Among them, an exquisite rockery is built with more than 200 tons of Taihu Lake stones. On the top of the mountain, there are small and chic triangular pavilions. The newly built basin garden, the new Zhenghe memorial hall, the small bridge corridor and pavilions make people uneasy By the independent shuttle between history and modern time and space. Zheng He memorial hall is an imitation of Ming Dynasty. Entering the gate, on the right is a white marble sculpture of Zheng He. In the memorial hall, there are also some items related to Zheng He, such as printed matter, pieces of real porcelain and so on.

Development history

Nanjing Zhenghe park is a park with close historical origin with Zhenghe. In the fifth year of Yongle (1407 AD), zheng he returned from his first trip to the Western Ocean. In order to thank Mazu, the God of the sea, for protecting Zheng He's safe navigation, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, built the "Longjiang Tianfei Palace" and wrote the inscription "the stele of Hongren Puji Tianfei Palace". The monument is about 6 meters high and weighs 27 tons, with 699 characters. It is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province.

Related attractions

Zheng He's tomb is located at the foot of Niushou mountain in Nanjing. After renovation, it completely retains the original historical features and the customs, specifications and features of Muslim burial. There are 28 steps under the cemetery, symbolizing Zheng He's 28 years of sailing, and 7 steps on each platform, symbolizing his seven voyages to the West. In addition, there are stele Pavilion and "Nanjing Zhenghe tomb historical materials exhibition hall".

Nanjing treasure shipyard site park, which was built and opened on July 4, was the largest shipyard in the middle ages. Hundreds of treasure ships were built for Zheng He's voyages to the west, and there are still three Docks (shipbuilding docks) with a length of four to five hundred meters. From 2003 to 2004, Nanjing Museum excavated the sixth Zuotang in the site of baochuanchang. More than 1500 pieces of cultural relics, including shipbuilding tools and ship components, were unearthed, including nearly 10 large rudder poles and hinged wood.

Address: 35 Taiping lane, Baixia District, Nanjing

Longitude: 118.793106

Latitude: 32.032255

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