An article about the ancient city of Baoding.

Baoding, an ancient city with a history of more than 2,300 years, is a famous historical and cultural city in China and an open city. Located in the central part of Hebei Province, in the triangle of Beijing, Tianjin and Shijiazhuang, it is known as "Capital of Gyeonggi" and "South Gate of the Capital". 1At the end of 994, the State Council approved the merger of the former Baoding area and Baoding City to form a new Baoding City. Baoding city governs counties (cities) and districts, with a total area of 22 1 10,000 square kilometers and a population of10,000. It is the largest city in Hebei Province, and plays an important role in the middle level of the Bohai Economic Zone. Baoding has obvious location advantages and excellent opening conditions. The city center is 40km away from Beijing/Kloc-0, 45km away from Tianjin/Kloc-0 and 25km away from Shijiazhuang/Kloc-0. Direct access to Capital Airport, Zhengding Airport and Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Huanghua and other seaports. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, National Highway 107 and Beijing-Shenzhen expressway run through the urban area. The soon-to-be-completed Baoba Railway, Huang Shen Railway and Jinbao expressway will connect the three major railway trunk lines of Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Guangzhou and Tianjin-Shanghai, so that Baoding has a transportation network extending in all directions. The communication in the city is smooth and fast, and the telephones are all programmed and automated; Sufficient power, high power supply capacity and distribution reliability; Life service facilities are complete, medical and health care machinery is perfect, and there are many cultural and entertainment places. Baoding is rich in natural resources and has great potential for development and trade. There are more than 50 kinds of metallic and nonmetallic minerals in the western mountainous areas, and oil, natural gas and geothermal resources in the east are widely distributed, with huge reserves and extremely broad prospects for development and utilization. At the same time, Baoding, as a famous grain and oil producing area in central Hebei, is not only rich in wheat, corn, cotton, peanuts, beans and other crops, but also has a wide variety of forest fruits and considerable output. Strawberry, jujube, pear, walnut and red fruit sell well at home and abroad. Baoding advocates culture, attaches importance to education, and its scientific and technological undertakings are flourishing, with abundant talents. The number of scientific and technological personnel per 10 thousand people in cities and towns ranks first in the province; Literary and artistic creation is fruitful, and mass cultural and sports activities are rich and colorful. Baoding has many basic cultural relics and many places of interest. Qingxi Mausoleum in yi county, Han Tomb in Mancheng Mountain, Ancient Lotus Pond, Zhili Governor's Office, Baiyangdian, Yesanpo and Zhuozhou Film and Television City are increasingly loved by Chinese and foreign tourists. * * * There are 5 122 schools of all levels and types in the city, with students1976,000, faculty134,700 and full-time teachers103,400. At present, there are 5 1 12 schools in the city, with students 1.79 million and faculty 1.22 million. Among them, ordinary high schools 1 10, with 2 16000 students; 555 ordinary junior high schools with 489,000 students; 2,902 primary schools with 703,000 students; Kindergarten 144 1 Institute with 243,000 children; 24 special education schools with students 1020; There are 80 secondary vocational schools with 6,543,800 students. There are 10 colleges and universities with students186,000 ... Undergraduate colleges include: Hebei University (jointly established by the Ministry of Education), North China Electric Power University (Baoding) (directly under the Ministry of Education, project 265,438+065,438+0), Hebei Agricultural University and Central Judicial Police College (directly under the Ministry of Justice).

My hometown is Baoding, an ancient city with revolutionary tradition and a long history.

A few years ago, there were few decent roads in Baoding, which were narrow and dirty. It was dusty on a sunny day, so passers-by had to hide their faces. Not to mention rainy days, if you are not careful, you will fall, and cyclists will be even worse. Today's roads are spacious asphalt roads, which are particularly clean and have no dust at all. Today, there are many high-rise buildings with twenty or thirty floors in Baoding, and there are no low-rise houses. People have lived in residential buildings, and their lives are constantly improving. Many "electric guys" have been added to their homes. Using these things facilitates our life and brings happiness and knowledge to our life.

When the new century comes, the lens of history will naturally gather on the changing "old Baoding". The existing Baoding Old Town is the epitome and essence of the ancient city's long history. Four major projects, namely, road network reconstruction, landscaping, comprehensive image improvement and old city reconstruction, were started at the same time, and a big hand spread the desires and passions of modern people heartily on this ancient territory of Baoding.

Restore the previous Twelve Scenes of Lianchi; Reproduce the beauty of Dacige's Lingxiao in the City Pavilion; The restoration and protective renovation project of West Street has made the West Street of blue brick buildings and shops reappear the style of the ancient city ... The ancient city has returned to the past in the transformation day by day, and we have seen the graceful lotus leaves and felt the prosperity of the past. ...

Baoding has also produced many famous people: Yang Jisheng, whose real name is Zhong Fang and alias is Jiao Shan, was born in 15 15, a native of Rongcheng County, Baoding, Hebei Province, and was a minister of war in the Ming Dynasty. Yang Jisheng was born in poverty and lost his mother at the age of seven. His stepmother was very hard on him. When he was a few years old, he was asked to herd cattle. However, when Yang Jisheng was a child, he was particularly envious when he saw that children of his age could read and write. He repeatedly begged his father to say, "I want to study, too." . Father said, "Who will herd cattle when you study?" Xiao Jisheng said, "I am reading while herding cattle." Father had to agree. Yang Jisheng is very clever. He is not only good at writing, but also far-sighted. He cares about the country and the people, and is determined to serve the country and the people. Later, Yang Jisheng was admitted to Jinshi, and was awarded the position of director of Nanjing official department. Later, he was promoted to Minister of War. Many ministers appreciate his talent and admire him as a person.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song, his father and son Qiu Luan and others dominated the state affairs, colluded with the enemy, humiliated the country and the family, entrapped loyalty, oppressed the people, embezzled the state treasury and silver, and were hated by the ruling and opposition parties. They were the number one traitors in the Ming Dynasty. Not afraid of the power of strict father and son, fight to the death with Yan Song. In the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, Anda Khan, the leader of the Mongolian Tumo Department, led an army to attack Datong, and Qiu Luan, the company commander of Datong, was afraid that the enemy would not fight, and bribed Anda Khan with a large sum of money, so that Anda Khan did not lose a single soldier, and then he approached the suburbs of Beijing. At Yan Song's behest, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops set up camp without fighting, watched the enemy burn and kill her for a few days, and roared off. Afterwards, Qiu Luan was not only innocent, but also promoted to be the prince of Taibao, in charge of the Beijing camp. Then Qiu Luan colluded with foreign enemies and made peace with them in the name of opening a horse market. Yang Jisheng stepped forward and presented the book "Stop the Horse Market" to Emperor Jiajing, telling the emperor bluntly: "Mutual business is also posthumous title to relatives." "I have a vast territory and a large population in the Ming Dynasty. As long as I work hard, I will be able to defeat the enemy. " Nine times out of ten, North Korea is Yan Song's henchmen, and they all speak ill of Yang Jisheng. Finally, Yang Jisheng was demoted to Didao County, Gansu Province as a minor historian (in charge of arrest and prison).

During his stay in Didao County, Yang Jisheng's ambition of rejuvenating the country and eliminating traitors remained undiminished. He cares about the country, loves the people and has done many good things for the local people. Didao is a place where ethnic minorities live in compact communities, and he quickly mingled with the local people. This place is very backward, and most residents can't read, so he started a school and chose 100 children to go to school. When the children had no money at home, Yang Jisheng sold his wife's jewels, clothes, horses and other valuables to support the children. The locals respectfully call him "yangfu".

In the thirty-first year of Jiajing, Qiu Luan's crime was exposed and he died before the emperor punished him. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was beset with domestic troubles and foreign invasion, and the people were in dire straits. In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, the state treasury lost 3.73 million taels of silver. Helpless, the emperor recalled Yang Jisheng to the capital and made him a member of the Ministry of War. At first, Yan Song tried every means to get Yang Jisheng on board. Yang Jisheng didn't buy it, and wrote to the emperor, saying, "An San is the only thief outside, and Yan Song is the only thief inside. No thief can not go outside. " Yan Song's "Ten Crimes" and "Five Traitors" are impressively listed. Yan Song became angry from embarrassment and ordered many cronies to write to the emperor, framing Yang Jisheng. Jiajing listened to Khan and put Yang Jisheng in prison. Yang Jisheng was tortured in prison and his skin was raw. Some relatives and friends secretly gave him snake gall to relieve pain, but they said categorically: "Jiao Shan (Yang's pseudonym) has its own bile, so why not snake gall?" Yang Jisheng was beaten black and blue, and the wound rotted. In the middle of the night, he broke the porcelain bowl, scraped off the carrion with porcelain tiles, and his face was covered with blood. The jailers fainted when they saw this scene, but Yang Jisheng kept his countenance.

Having been in prison for three years, Yan Song found no evidence to kill Yang. At this time, the voice of the society denouncing the strict thief is getting louder and louder, and some ministers, celebrities and chivalrous men are also actively planning a good plan to rescue Yang Jisheng. Yan Song knew that Yang was interested in himself after he got out of prison, so he wanted to get rid of it by means of impeded. One day, Yan Song wanted to behead a group of prisoners, and he mixed Yang Jisheng's name into it. The fatuous Ming Shizong didn't know there was a ghost in it. He decapitated them after reading only the first few pages. People heard that Yang Jisheng would be beheaded, and people from four cities flocked to Xicheng to see Yang Jisheng off. The street was crowded with people and crying loudly, and the clear sky suddenly became dark. Yang Jisheng self-respect, death, singing in public:

I am noble and upright, and I only died for the kingdom. Qi Hao is still in space. Although I will die, my heart will live forever and shine on future generations.

The life of the country has long been the heart of the country, but it has failed to fulfill the regret of the country, leaving ashes as evil spirits to be compensated by the state to destroy the enemy.

This day is the first day of October in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing. A generation of Zhongliang Yang Jisheng is only forty years old.

Seven years after Yang Jisheng's death, Yan Song and his son were defeated by Shang Shu, Xu Jie, a university student in Dongge. After Ming Taizu Mu Zong ascended the throne, he was rehabilitated as a former minister of unjust verdict, and Yang Jisheng was the first person. To Taichang Shao Qing.

In the second year of Qin Long, under the strong demand of Baoding people, Hao Jie, the secretariat of Zhili, called Mu Zong: "Baoding House is the hometown of Yang Jisheng. Local officials and people please establish a shrine for Yang Jisheng as a permanent memorial and please approve it. " The emperor quickly approved it and named it "Zhong Jing" Temple.

Yang Gong Temple, built in Jinxian Hutong, has three halls, with a statue of Yang Jisheng in the middle, and two pavilions on each side of the hall. Each pavilion has a monument engraved with Yang Jisheng's History of Bama and Yan Song's Shu Shu. In the 13th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, two imperial letters of Fu Lin, the ancestor of Qing Dynasty, were engraved in the temple. There is an archway outside the gate of Yang Gong Temple, which reads "Watch", and another archway behind the temple reads "Zhong Jing Square".

Thirty-three years after the completion of Yang Gong Temple in Jinxian Hutong, people thought that the geomantic omen here was not good, so they built the second Yang Gong Temple (namely Jingzhong Temple) on Huanghuaguan Street. In the courtyard, there is an inscription on the Jingzhong Hall inscribed by Sun Chengzong, a great scholar, and the main entrance has the "Zhaodai Loyalist Square". When Kangxi was rebuilt for ten years in Qing Dynasty, another "Chengren Square" was added.

Ah! The changes in Baoding are really too great. As the new owners of our 2 1 century, we should study hard, work hard, and work hard again. Study, study, and study again. I wish our hometown Baoding a better and more prosperous city.