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Zhuji Xishi Hall

The beauty Xishi may be widely known, known even to women and children in China; Xishi hometown under Zhuji city south hemp trailing plants mountain, wash the yarn river bank just. can check behind spring and autumn era that Xishi born in 2500 years ago, all and Yue State capital at that time).

 

Wu Yue is at war in A.D. 494, defeated by Wu, Gou Jian is forced to bow the knees and sue for peace, Carry wife and enter official Wu as nearly 3 year such as hostage. After Gou Jian returns to the homeland, swears to scrub this crying shame, then"the beauty write" the one that adopted gentle kind of proposition. Seek several times, "had the hemp trailing plants mountain and sold to woman Xishi of firewood" at last. Xishi, is surnamed Shi, name Yiguang, "father is Yu firewood, mother wash yarn", Xishi young to bear the wash family property of yarn, die and claim to "wash the yarn woman". After Gou Jian is chosen Xishi, offers it to Wu Wang, Wu Wang is big and happy: "Exceed tribute Xishi, to loyal to card of Wu too to the limit Gou Jian". Sank from then on too remotly to extricate oneself in the wine color, but Yue State had wholeheartedly, made determined efforts to make the country prosperous, born and gather through ten year, lesson of 10 years, defeat the Wu 's finally.

The descendant, in order to commemorate this swallows humiliation and bears a heavy load, the rare beauty dedicating oneself to country's cause, build Xishi hall under hemp trailing plants. In the Ming Dynasty, the sub shrine of the west once had considerable scale. Repeatly revitalized and repeatedly abolished hereafter. Present Xishi hall laid a foundation in 1986, completed on October 7, 1990, covered an area of 5000 square meters in the scenic spot, by arch over a gate, Xishi hall, ancient to exceed platform, dawn pavilion, tablet corridor, red powder pool Zheng, sink beauty spot, pool of fish and pavilion, etc. of sage of the past form. Xishi is rebuilding the course also from collecting more than 12000 ancient building components dismantled folkly from outdated local-style dwelling houses in the hall scenic spot, include roof beam, column, door, window, ox's leg, hold up the square-column, sets of brackets on top of the columns, sparrow to take the place of etc., the wood, stone component are featured by exquisite carving, the technological level is superb.

 
 

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