The wall within the wall is a phenomenon of Nanjing's Ming City Wall, such as the steel bridge embedded in the inner wall of the Zijin Mountain Qianhu section, and the so-called "Nanjing Cloud Wall" phenomenon that went viral online with the phrase "embedded horizon."
Attacking the city with ink and brush, seeking wilderness without ceremony.
The Ming Dynasty's National Natural Museum, "Illustrated Album of the Nanjing Fan Hui Phenomenon," depicts Nanjing during the Wanli era: Sichuan sundries, Fugu seafood, Koubei leather goods, goods from the East and West Oceans, fabric shops and silver shops, flower markets and fish markets, rice markets, timber, cattle and sheep, silk markets and silk villages. There were six to seven hundred restaurants and over a thousand tea houses.
The strings on the Qinhuai River constantly play, and the small boats on the river resemble carp crossing the river. However, Shi Zi learned that the location of the Imperial Examination Hall lay there. The Qinhuai River serves as a moat; to the east of the Kui Star Pavilion stands the Confucius Temple, with archways erected for the top three graduates—the Zhuangyuan, Bangyan, and Tanhua. The National Academy housed nearly ten thousand students, including international students from Korea, Japan, and Siam.
Confucius Temple and the Qinhuai River: The Collision of Civilization and Commerce
On Shitou Mountain, Li Bai wrote: Forty emperors, three hundred autumns; fame and profit vanish with the eastern flow.
By the Qinhuai River, Du Mu wrote: The courtesans know not the sorrow of a fallen state; still they sing "Flowers of the Back Court" as they cross the river.
On Phoenix Terrace, Li Bai wrote: The phoenixes that once played here gave the place its name; now the phoenixes are gone, the terrace empty, the river flows on.
At Wuyi Alley, Liu Yuxi wrote: In olden times, the halls of the Wang and Xie families saw swallows fly into the homes of ordinary people.
Many poems in the "Wanli Yingtianfu Zhi" proudly celebrate the cultural heritage of the ancient capital. A well-established academic institution, a thriving bookstore—after all, what kind of text and script is suitable for typesetting?
The "Wanli Yingtianfu Zhi" explicitly adopts the title of a prefectural chronicle, emphasizing local records and strictly prohibiting the publication of anything concerning palaces, capitals, Taiwan provinces, gardens, and the like. As the capital, Yingtian Prefecture coexisted with the imperial palace, the capital city, and royal gardens, yet there were always forbidden zones. This was the mansion; that was the palace.
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