Six Counties in Ancient Huizhou: Jixi County

Jixi County, which belongs to Xuancheng City, Anhui Province, is one of the six counties in ancient Huizhou.

Huizhou merchants in Jixi, which began in the Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, are an important part of Huizhou commercial gangs. According to Jixi County Records, in the Tang Dynasty, county people set up restaurants in Chang 'an, and in the Song Dynasty, Jixi became a strong force among Huizhou merchants, with footprints all over the country.

"I was born in Huizhou and have no previous life; Thirteen or fourteen years old, throw it out. " Jixi county has a large population and little land, and the people are poor. Jia is the livelihood. Without Jia, there is no hope. It has always prided itself on doing business abroad.

The businesses operated by Huizhou merchants in Jixi mainly include financial pawn, tea, traditional Chinese medicine, Huizhou ink and Huizhou cuisine. After thousands of years of business activities, Hu Xueyan, Hu Bingheng, Fukang Qianzhuang, Hu Kaiwen Mo Ye and other business elites have emerged among Huizhou merchants in Jixi.

Historically, the Hu family in Longchuan is the most prominent one among the Hu surnames in Jixi. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, more than a dozen scholars emerged, including the abbot Khufu and the minister of war Hu Zongxian.

Hu Jintao, chairman of People's Republic of China (PRC), is the 14th generation grandson of Hu Zongxian.

Yi Shi Shangshufang was built in the forty-first year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1562). The words "Yi Shi Shangshu" are engraved on the flower board of the stone carving main building in this square. The flower board is engraved with the words "Hu, Shangshu of the Jinshi Family Department of Chenghua Reform, Hu Zongxian, Shangshu of the Jinshi Family Department of the Reform Movement of 1898"; The flower board below is engraved with the official position, official title, name and year of the founder. The structure of the second floor is the same as that of the main building, with the words "Da Situ" and "Fu Ma" engraved on the left and right respectively. On the flower board under the vertical plaque of "Rong En" in the north, the words "Yi Shi Bao Gong", "Prince Tai Hu Bao Fu" and "Prince Shao Hu Bao Zong Xian" are engraved. Calligraphy is the Ming Dynasty painter Wen Huiming.

Hu Shi's former residence is located in Shangzhuang Village, northwest of Jixi County, surrounded by green hills and living near the water, with beautiful scenery. Hu Shi spent his childhood in his former residence. 19 17 He returned to his former residence and married Jiang Dongxiu. This marriage lasted 1 1 year.

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Venue: Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Time: 2065438+June 8-9, 2009

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