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HAZEL BERRYUnited States

Wenzhou Jiangxin Island is known as the "Island of Poetry", "Islet of Buddha" and "Ancient Navigation Beacon of the World"

As one of the four largest isolated islands in China, Wenzhou Jiangxin Island is like a magnificent bonsai lying in the Oujiang River. It overlooks Wenzhou City in the south and Oubei Town in Yongjia in the north. It has the "Island of Poetry" and "Island of Buddha". It is known as the "World's Ancient Navigation Beacon". More than 1,500 years ago, Xie Lingyun, the originator of landscape poetry, wrote a poem "Climbing the Lonely Island in the River", which made this island famous all over the world. Literati from past dynasties left nearly 800 ancient poems on Jiangxin Island, making it a veritable "Island of Poetry". As for the "Gaozong Taoist Temple", the Jiangxin Temple built by filling in the Zhongchuan River became the "Buddha Island". Jiangxin Temple is famous not only for the "Qinghui" stele inscribed by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, but also because of the poem "Yun Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha" written by Wang Shipeng, a local champion of Wenzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty. The water is long, long, long and long, and it is famous for its repeated couplets. The east and west towers of Jiangxin Island were built in AD 869 and AD 969 respectively, and have become the most eye-catching ancient navigation beacons in the world on the Oujiang River. Jiangxin Island also has many scenic spots such as Song Wenxin Guogong Temple, Chengxian Pavilion, Haoran Tower, Zhangbaorong, and Gongqing Lake. Jiangxin Island has been upgraded and renovated in recent years, and many cultural and historical elements have been injected into it. For example, the former site of the British Consulate in Wenzhou is now the Wenzhou Modern Port History Museum. Through restoration, people can see the glory of Wenzhou as a foreign trading port. Jiangxin Island has beautiful natural scenery, with ancient and famous trees, lush green trees, dotted pavilions, bridges and pavilions. It truly lives up to its reputation as "Oujiang Penglai".
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Posted: Apr 11, 2024
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