based on 9 reviewsYangzhou Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Resort · Shi Kefa Memorial Hall, also known as Shi Gong Temple, is located on the banks of the moat in Yangzhou. It was built in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the ninth year of Tongzhi. Ginkgo biloba in autumn and plum blossoms in winter make the memorial more heroic. After the Qing army captured Beijing, Shi Kefa stood alone in the city of Yangzhou. After the defeat, he was killed. Yangzhou was massacred for ten days. This history is also described in Jin Yong's novel "The Lu Ding Ji". The Yoyo Moat River flows in front of the Shi Kefa Memorial Hall. There is a slightly wider bridge on the river, named Shi Gong Bridge, and another small bridge that leads directly to the main entrance of the Memorial Hall and is only for pedestrians. After entering the door, the first thing you see is the Hall. On both sides, there are famous couplets written by Zhang Erjun of the Qing Dynasty. Behind the hall is the Shi Cemetery. Since Shi Kefa's body was not found after his death, only the clothes were buried in the tomb. On both sides of the tomb are words written by celebrities at home and abroad for Shi Kefa. In Yangzhou Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Resort · Shi Kefa Memorial Hall, you can see Shi Kefa's handwriting, precious cultural relics, and learn about the deeds of Shi Kefa and other national heroes. In addition, the Guangling Qin Pai Shiliao Exhibition Hall is also in the scenic area. The museum displays ancient qin, paintings and other cultural relics.
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Show More ReviewsThe Shi Kefa Memorial Hall is located on the banks of Meihualing Mountain, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is a special memorial hall built to commemorate the history of the national heroes of the anti-Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty. Its core highlights include: 1. ⭐ Historical relics and architectural museums can preserve history and can be crowned with law, built in the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), the existing buildings are mainly in the late Qing style, and the layout is "East Tomb Xixi". The famous association of the Qing Dynasty in the hall "number of plum flowers to the tears of the country, the second clear moon to the heart of the old court", Jiang Zemin has repeatedly recommended this association to international friends. There are also "qizhuang mountains and rivers" and Shi Kefa dry paint clipping statues, solemn and solemn. 2. 📜 439 cultural relics and exhibition halls, including 6 precious cultural relics, focus on displaying historical and legal handwriting such as "Fuduo'er Shu" "Lindangjia Book" stone carvings (in Qingxueyu). In recent years, the theme exhibition "Zhengqi Kefa" has been added, highlighting its clean and diligent spirit through donating to build a city and abolishing tyranny. 3.🌳 Garden landscape and culture are integrated in the cemetery for more than 200 years, and there is a fragrance of lame plums in winter, forming a poetic landscape of "thousand plum blossoms full of pool water". At the same time, it integrates into the culture of Guangling Qin School, sets up a museum of ancient Qin historical materials, and occasionally plays on-site. 4.🏛️ The important status is now the key cultural relics protection unit and provincial patriotic education base in the country. It is open free of charge and receives more than 70,000 tourists annually.