Xi Shi, together with the stories of Wang Zhaojun, Diophantine and Yang Yuhuan, is called the four beauties in ancient China, among which Shi is the first, which is the embodiment and synonym of beauty. The four beauties enjoy the appearance of "closing the moon and being ashamed of flowers, sinking fish and being a wild goose". It is a historical allusion composed of wonderful stories that "the moon is closed and the flowers are ashamed, and the fish sink and the geese fall". Closed Moon tells the story of The Story Of Diu Sim and Yue Bai. Shame on Flowers is about Yang Guifei looking at flowers. "Sinking Fish" tells the story of washing sand with stones. The Wild Goose tells the story of Zhao Jun leaving the fortress.
Shi, formerly known as Shi Yiguang, was born in Zhuluo Village, Zhuji, Zhejiang during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Born beautiful. At that time, Yue claimed to be a vassal state of Wu, and Gou Jian, the king of Yue, tried to revive the country. When the country was in trouble, Shi endured humiliation and gave his life for the country. Together with Zheng Dan, she was introduced by Gou Jian, the King of Yue, to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, and became his favorite concubine. She confused the King of Yue with his relatives and left him behind, thus playing a cover role for Gou Jian's comeback and showing the noble thoughts and sentiments of a patriotic woman. After Wu was finally destroyed by Gou Jian. According to legend, after the destruction of Wu, the stone and boating in the five lakes, I do not know where to go, has been missed by future generations.
Shi Yiguang lives in Xiazhuluo Village (now Nanhuangsha Village in Zhuji) of Zhuluoshan (also known as Luoshan). Zhu Luo has two villages, East and West, and Yi Guang lives in the West Village, hence the name Shi. Father sells firewood, mother washes yarn, and Shi Jing often washes yarn by the stream, so she is also called yarn washing girl. Xi Shi is born with beauty, and her talent is unparalleled. According to legend, even the morbidness of frowning and caressing the chest is imitated by neighbors, so there is an allusion of "learning from the east is effective". In the third year of Gou Jian, the King of Yue (494 BC), Fu Cha defeated the State of Yue in Fujiao (now southwest of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). Gou Jian, the King of Yue, retreated to Huiji Mountain (now south of Shaoxing in Xijiang River), was besieged by Wu Jun, and was forced to make peace with Wu, where Gou Jian became a hostage. After his release, Gou Jian designed a plan to "get Shi and these two working girls in Zhuji Luoshan" for the weakness of "the prince of Wu is lustful" and prepared to give it to the prince of Wu. A maid-in-waiting favored by the King of Yue said: "A real beauty must have three conditions, one is beauty, the other is being good at singing and dancing, and the third is posture." History only has the first condition, but it lacks the other two conditions. So, I spent three years teaching singing, dancing, walking and manners.
Xi trained hard, danced in melodious music, and then conducted etiquette training. A girl who plays tulle has become a very cultured maid-in-waiting, showing her beauty, treating people well and being very decent. Then, he made her a magnificent palace dress and presented it to the king of Wu. Prince Fu Cha was overjoyed. He built spring night Palace in Gusu, a large pool with a dragon boat in it. He played with the stone and built pavilions for it to sing, dance and feast, such as pavilions and mourning halls. Shi is good at dancing. Fu Cha specially built a "noisy corridor" for her. She used hundreds of vats, covered them with boards and put them on.
After Wu's death, it is said that the teacher went boating in five lakes and disappeared.
On the route of history entering Wu, there are traces of history from south to Zhuji and north to Suzhou. At the foot of Zhuluo Mountain in Zhuji and along the banks of Huansha River, there are still historical sites such as Huansha Stone, Huansha Pavilion, Xishitan, Xishifang and Xishitang.
Stone has the posture of "sinking fish". It is said that when Shi washed gauze by the stream, the fish in the water were attracted by her beauty, forgot to swim and even sank to the bottom. So later generations used "sinking fish" to describe the beauty of women. If you sink a fish, you are ashamed of flowers. Among the four beauties, it is the first. Shi inherited the industry of Huansha and was called "Huansha Girl" by the world.
Later generations built a shrine at the foot of Zhuluo Mountain in memory of this beautiful woman who endured humiliation and devoted herself to her life. Li Shangyin, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (836-840 AD), wrote a poem "Learning Chinese characters to find the lost temple, and Zhao Jun to find the old village". Later, the poetess Yu wrote another poem called "Stone Temple". This is the earliest writing about the stone temple that can be seen at present. In the Ming Dynasty, Xizi Temple had a considerable scale. Since then, it has been repeated like this. The current Xishi Guild Hall is located in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, and was built in 1990. Covering an area of 5,000 square meters, the scenic spot consists of the gatehouse, Xishitang, Gu Yue Terrace, Zhengdanting, the stele gallery, the red pink pond, the sunken fish pond, the fairy pavilion and other scenic spots. During the reconstruction process, Xishi Temple Scenic Area also collected12,000 pieces of ancient architectural components removed from old houses, including beams, columns, doors, windows, brackets, square clearing, bucket arches, sparrow replacement and so on. These wood and stone components are exquisitely carved and exquisitely crafted, which greatly enhances the historical and cultural connotation and ornamental value of Xishi Temple and enriches it.
Another way of saying about is the hometown of stone:
When it comes to the hometown of history, most people will think of Zhuji, but in fact, the real hometown of history is Linpu Town, Xiaoshan. In ancient times, there were "Upper Zhuji" and "Lower Zhuji" along Puyang River. Shi was born in Zhuji City in the lower reaches of Puyang River. Zhuji County in Qin Dynasty included these two parts. In the Western Han Dynasty, Xiazhuji was set as a separate county, which was called "Yuji". During the Wu Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, it was renamed "Yongxing". In the first year of Tang Tianbao, it was officially renamed "Xiaoshan" and has been in use ever since. Although Shi's hometown is in Xiaoshan county today, it belongs to Zhuji county, so people are used to calling it Zhuji. The administrative divisions of Linpu are indeed changeable in history. Since ancient times, Linpu Town has been under the jurisdiction of Xiaoshan and Zhuji. Especially in Yin Shan Street in the town, there has been a saying since ancient times that "Yin Shan will be ignored if it doesn't accept it". So what? A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty was born in Yongxing (Shaoxing) in Yuezhou, and Yongxing was born in Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan belonged to Shaoxing before liberation and then to Hangzhou. Many books say that Zhang Zhi is from Hangzhou. In fact, he is from Xiaoshan and of course from Hangzhou. But from a cultural point of view, it is more appropriate to say that he is from Shaoxing. Therefore, the textual research on the teacher's hometown can also be explained. Shi was from Linpu, Zhuji, and Linpu was under the jurisdiction of Zhuji at that time.
About Huanshaxi:
According to legend, when the division entered Wu, it was accompanied by a boat, starting from Yueji, Yueguo, going west along Xijiang River and crossing Zhuluoshan. At this time, it was near dusk. Looking at the sunset in my hometown, I thought that I had left my hometown and went to Wu, and I wanted to commit myself to the king of Wu. I couldn't help but burst into tears. Understand the mood, decided to stay here for one night. It was late summer and early autumn, and the weather in Jiangnan was still hot, commonly known as "autumn tiger". In order to lead an honest and clean life, Shi bathed in a pool where two waters meet. Since then, the pools, bridges and roads here have been labeled with the words "Beautiful Bath". Zhuluo Mountain, east of Shahe River, with its main peak at an altitude of 127 meters, is the remaining vein of Huiji Mountain and the authentic crossing of land. Green and tall, unique charm. There is a pink stone on the mountain. It is said that when a hand touches a stone, it will erase some red powder. At the foot of Zhuluo Mountain, on the west bank of Huansha River, there is a Xishi Temple, originally Xishi House, which was changed to Xizi Temple in the Southern Song Dynasty. The villagers worship the stone as the land god of forty-eight villages and have always called it "Niangniang Temple". The temple sits west to east, facing Zhuluo Mountain, and the building scale is still clearly discernible. There are five temples, three houses and a stage. There is a bamboo pavilion in front of the temple, near the stream. There is a small bridge in front of the pavilion, with the architectural style of Jiangnan water town. There are Fan Li 'an and Qibu Temple beside Huansha Creek. Because Anxiang is called "Good Day for Peace", it is called "Visiting Stone", which makes contributions to Yue and is thought by the villagers. Qibu Temple is also called Houjiang Temple. According to legend, after the death of Wu, Shi lived in seclusion and abandoned his boat and landed, hence the name Qibu Temple. There is also Shijiadu near Zhuluo Village, which is said to be the disembarking place of Shihui. At present, Shi lives here, and he is almost a descendant of Shi in Shi's village. This is not just a legend. The historic site of Xishi in Linpu, Xiaoshan is still there today. According to Ming Jiajing's "Xiaoshan County Records" (Ningbo Tianyi Pavilion Collection), in the three years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiaoshan had an organizational system in the west of Zhuluo's hometown. The attached county map clearly shows that Zhuluoshan is located in Shijiadu, Linpu, Xiaoshan.
Linpu is the central area of Hangzhou Linpu Group, which is "one main group, two sub-groups and six groups". It is the central town in Zhejiang Province, the pilot town of small town reform in China, the economic and commercial center in the south of Xiaoshan, and the second largest central town. As early as the Song Dynasty, a fair was formed, which was once one of the "Six Rice Cities in Zhejiang". Since ancient times, commerce and trade have developed and materials have flourished. Linpu is an outstanding person, and Cai Dongfan, a modern historical romanticist, teaches and educates people here, and writes books. From Tang Shouqian of Sun Yat-sen to Yu Xiusong, a revolutionary of the older generation, they all left their own historical footprints. There are also beautiful mountains and rivers such as Xiushan and Maotan River, which constitute a typical "land of fish and rice" in Linpu. If the name of the historical hometown can be returned to Linpu, it is of great significance to enhance the city brand and popularity of Linpu, and it is also a consolidation and sublimation of Hangzhou's historical and cultural city. The Xishi Cultural Park with an investment of 65.438 billion yuan was completed and put into use at the end of 2004. It includes Xi Shi series reliefs, Xi Shi Zhu Luo Village, Risian and other buildings, covering an area of 75 mu. Linpu county is actively protecting and exploring the stone cultural heritage.