Life saving Club

Life saving Club

Life saving club is located opposite Guanyin cave. It is a folk house with a stone inscription "life saving club" on the front door. It was erected in 1895. Life saving society was a social charity organization for rescuing all kinds of boats and river crossing people in ancient times.

Cultural relics protection

The ruins of these lifesaving societies have disappeared, and only the one in Zhenjiang is the most complete.

After the government funded renovation in 1999, it has been restored to its original appearance.

In 2001, he won the UNESCO Asia Pacific outstanding heritage protection award.

In 1982, the society was announced by the municipal government as a municipal cultural security unit.

Birth history

In the Qiandao period of the Song Dynasty, the head of Zhenjiang County, Cai Zhen, went to Xijin: "he ordered to set up five giant boats, but he still adopted the legacy of the old people and planted one flag each. He also planted one flag with the knowledge of" Li, she, Da, Chuan and Ji. " And limit the number of passengers, which is both official ferry and life-saving nature of the water body.

During the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Chen, the governor's minister, bought two ships and recruited more than 30 sailors to help save lives. Especially in the 43rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1703), fifteen people, such as Jiang yuannai, Zhu yongzai, and Jiang Shangzhong in Jingkou "advised the city to lose money and rescue those who crossed the river and recovered the boat.". They donated a total of platinum and set up the "Jingkou life saving club" in Guanyin Pavilion of xijindu.

Five years later, the society acquired the former site of Yangong temple in Zhaoguan, xijindu, and built three houses as the meeting site. Jingkou life saving association specializes in salvage of sunken ships and river life-saving matters, and affects all over the country. Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui provinces follow the example of Jingkou life saving association to build red boats and carry out life saving.

Address: xijindukou street, Runzhou District, Zhenjiang City (opposite guanyindong)

Longitude: 119.45721435547

Latitude: 32.199211120605