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37-459: The Cao'e River is named after Cao E (130–143 AD), a Han dynasty girl who drowned herself in the river after her father had drowned and his body was lost. She came to be venerated as an exemplar of filial piety . In ancient times, the river was called the Shun River (舜江), after the legendary Emperor Shun , and its estuary was called Dong Xiao Jiang (东小江, East Small River). Its upper stretch

74-621: A basin area of 865 square kilometres (334 sq mi). The Xinchang River is 52.5 kilometres (32.6 mi) long and has a basin area of 535 square kilometres (207 sq mi). It originates in Tiantai County . The Changle River is 70.5 kilometres (43.8 mi) long and has a basin area of 864 square kilometres (334 sq mi). It originates in Dongyang and joins the Cao'e River in downtown Shengzhou. The Huangze River

111-410: A windmill and a chapel. Visitors come here to revel in the pastoral ecological scenery and partake in the agricultural experience. It is a vibrant garden landscape featuring colorful pastoral scenes and sea flower fields. The area is divided into five functional zones, one of the featured one is called colorful pastoral area. Furthermore, this location has developed a leisure tourism sub-project, featuring

148-595: Is 70.6 kilometres (43.9 mi) long and has a basin area of 577 square kilometres (223 sq mi). It originates from the Xiabo Peak on the border of Ninghai and Xinchang counties. The Xiaoshun River is 73 kilometres (45 mi) long and has a basin area of 544 square kilometres (210 sq mi). Its two main sources, South Creek and North Creek, are in Shengzhou and Shaoxing County , respectively. A 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) area of

185-517: Is a vivid expression of the thinking way and life style of the people who live in the south of the Yangtze River. More than one hundred cities led by Shanghai, make up Wu city group and Jiangnan culture circle that have similar value recognition, creating huge treasure through unity and mutual aid. Yangtze river delta region became the richest area in the whole China, Shangyu district is one of important part in it. Putonghua (Standard mandarin)

222-733: Is called the Chengtan River (澄潭江), and the river is also called Shanxi or Shan Creek (剡溪) near Shengzhou , and Shangyu River in Shangyu District . The Cao'e River begins from the Jiangongling Mountain (尖公岭, elevation 870 meters) of the Dapan Mountains (大盘山脉). Its source, Tengxi or Teng Creek (藤溪), is located in Wangcun Village, Shanghu Town, Pan'an County . The upper stretch is called

259-467: Is loved by the Chinese people. Fermented bean curd can be divides to three categories that are red, white and green. It cover the culture and memory of Shangyu people from childhood. It is the best food for breakfast. As for the cook methods, every family have different ways to do it depend on taste and mom's requirements Yellow rice wine ( 黄酒 ) Yellow rice wine used rice, millet as raw materials,

296-533: Is named after Cao E and is part of Yuyao ( Ningbo ) in the Zhejiang province, China . Small Cao E town has an area of 33.4 square kilometers and a population of 40,400 (2017). There is a Cao'e-post-office, Cao'e-health-center, Cao'e-school and Cao'e-supermarket in the town. The town is located about 50 km away from the port of Ningbo and is known for its industry. Small Cao E town has a reputation for honey and mustard . Small Cao E town has been chosen as one of

333-492: Is placed in the northern part of the Cao'e-temple. The original Cao'e Stele ( 曹娥碑 ) was lost but in 1093, Cai Bian (蔡卞) crafted another stele for Cao E, this stele is over 2 meters high and 1 meter wide. The Cao'e Stele is set up in the Cao'e Temple. The stele has been titled "The stele of Cao E, the filial piety daughter". This stele has become a historical monument. Xiaocao'ezhen , English : "Small Cao E town" ( Chinese : 小曹娥镇 ; pinyin : xiǎo Cáo É zhèn ),

370-420: Is rare all over the word, which is called the world wonder. Discovery results has proved that in the early Quaternary period of about 2.9 to 3 million 500 thousand years ago, this area did have a large scale of ancient glacial movement. It can provide important practical data for the study of quaternary geological history, climate and environmental evolution in east Asia and the world. On the other hand, because of

407-698: Is the general language of China, it takes Beijing pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, northern dialect as the basic dialect. Shangyu is located in the south of China, so these two languages are very different, but to enhance communication among all ethnic groups and promote the cohesion of the Chinese nation, the government started popularizing Putonghua on a national scale from 2005. Therefore, people in Shangyu using Wu language as daily communication and using Putonghua in schools or travel to other places. Steamed pork with preserved vegetables ( 梅干菜扣肉 ) Cook pork firstly with star anise and soy sauce, then cover

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444-513: The Cao E Temple ( 曹娥庙 ) next to it, are named after a fourteen-year-old girl who became famous in 143 AD for her filial devotion. She died in the river trying to retrieve the body of her father (Cao Xu) who drowned while officiating at a ceremony in honor of Wu Zixu who himself was famous for his filial piety . Baiguan is about 28 km (17 mi) east of Shaoxing's urban center. The railroad from Hangzhou to Ningbo passes through Baiguan, and

481-653: The Xiaoshun River in Shangpu (上浦). It is then crossed by several canals including the Zhedong (East Zhejiang) Canal , before emptying into the Hangzhou Bay . It has a total length of 182.4 kilometres (113.3 mi), and a basin area of 5,930.9 square kilometres (2,289.9 sq mi). The Chengtan River, the main source of Cao'e, is often considered a tributary. It is 91 kilometres (57 mi) long and has

518-479: The stone carving . The temple stands in the Shangyu District , Shaoxing , Zhejiang and its façade faces east and overlooks the Cao'e-river, the other side has a view on the Phoenix mountain. The land on which the temple stands has an area of 6000 square meters, the temple has an area of 3840 square meters. Since 1989, the Cao'e-temple has been included in the list of protected national and cultural relics. Inside

555-532: The 1000 top towns in China. Shangyu Shangyu District ( Chinese : 上虞区 ; pinyin : Shàngyú ) is a district of the prefecture-level city of Shaoxing in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. At the 2010 census, its population in the built-up ( or metro ) area was 779,412, up from 722,523 in the 2000 census. Shangyu is roughly fifty kilometers from north to south and about thirty kilometers from east to west. It makes up about one-fourth of

592-533: The Cao'e River basin in Shangyu is a provincial scenic area of Zhejiang. It was a popular destination for travelling poets during the Tang dynasty . A major attraction is the Cao'e Temple , built in the Song dynasty (960–1279) to commemorate the filial daughter. It has many historical carvings and boards inscribed with calligraphy from famous people. It has been called the "No. 1 temple of Jiangnan ". Other sights include

629-813: The Chengtan River, which flows northeast through Jingling Town, Chengtan Town, and southern Shengzhou , for 91 kilometres. The Chengtan River is joined by the Xinchang River in Shengzhou. After the confluence the river is called Cao'e, and is then joined by the Changle River on the left, and the Huangze River on the right. After it enters Shangyu District, the Cao'e River is joined by the Xiaguan Creek (下管溪) in Zhangzhen, and then

666-525: The Zhou Dynasty. In China, Wu language are distributing in Zhejiang, southern part of Jiangsu, Shanghai, southern part of Anhui and Fujian province. The population who use this language is about ninety million. People in Shangyu are use Wu language as major communication way in daily life. This language retains many ancient tones and words, culture value of research Chinese development is very high. It

703-491: The area of Shaoxing prefecture. Shangyu District is not part of the Hangzhou-Shaoxing built-up area as some countryside still prevent the city from being conurbated until now. Subdistricts: Towns: Townships: Shangyu's urban center, Baiguan, is located where the Cao'e River flows out of the hilly area that makes up more than half of the county, into flat alluvial land bordering Hangzhou Bay . This river, and

740-626: The book “Zhou yi shen tong qi”, which has great and unique contribution to the study of ancient chemistry and health science. Gong Mountain ( 贡山 ) Gong mountain located in Songxia town, cross Yixian County, Xiuning County and Huizhou District. The area is about 1078 square kilometers. Gong mountain is one of the most famous three mountains in Zhejiang province. Sunrise, strangely-shaped pines, rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs are "five beauties" that all tourists love them. In addition, Gong mountain with important scientific and ecological value of study

777-425: The border area of Shangyu, Shengzhou and Yuyao city. The elevation of Fuzhi mountain is 861.3 meters, cloud and mist around the mountain almost whole year, and a stone river rolling with the slope. The existence of stone river duo to the quaternary glacier movements. The large scale of the fourth stone glaciers in Shangyu, the richness of the ancient glacial kinds and located in such low latitudes and low altitude area

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814-686: The change and development of geologic structures. The Famen Temple ( 罚宁寺 ) Faning Temple, renowned for storing the veritable finger bone of the Shakyamuni Buddha, is located in Shangyu of Zhejiang province. Faning Temple was established in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220) for spreading Buddhism. The most representative structures in the temple are the Faning Temple Pagoda and Faning Temple Museum. Many royal treasures and jewelry were found here because Buddhism

851-444: The general alcohol content is 14% - 20%, belongs to low degree brewing wine. Yellow rice wine has high nutrition value, contains 21 kinds of amino acids, eight kinds of essential amino acids that the human can't synthesis must rely on food intake are all exist in yellow rice wine. “Marden red” is the most famous yellow rice wine in Shangyu, this kind of wine buried in the soil when girls born, after about 18 years, as present to husband on

888-534: The hometown of Zhu Yingtai and the hermitage of the renowned Eastern Jin Prime Minister Xie An . Cao E Cao E ( 曹娥 ; Cáo É ) (130–143) was a young girl from Shangyu District , Shaoxing , Zhejiang Province in China . She was the daughter of the shaman Cao Xu. The girl died in the year 143 while trying to save her father from drowning. In the year 151 a temple was built for her and

925-880: The imperial civil service examination. In the tragic legend of the Butterfly Lovers , the young lady was from Shangyu and the young gentleman was from Shaoxing. Two books by Zhang Jinhuan ( 章金焕 ) published by the Zhejiang University Press deal with porcelain (mostly celadon ) produced in the Cao'e River Valley in Shangyu starting in the Eastern Han dynasty: Shangyu Yue Kilns ( 上虞越窑 ) (2007) ISBN   978-7-308-05462-1 , and Yue Porcelain Gems ( 越瓷瑰宝 ) (2009) ISBN   978-7-308-06531-3 . Wu language , also known as Jiang Nan, Wu Yue, Jiang Dong language. Three thousand years of history from

962-589: The new superhighway between Hangzhou and Ningbo skirts Baiguan. Within Shangyu, just northwest of Baiguan, the Hangzhou-Ningbo highway (mostly east–west) intersects with a superhighway that goes south to the seacoast and then down the coast, through Wenzhou and Fuzhou , all the way to Guangzhou . In the name "Baiguan" ( 百官 ) “bai” means “hundred” and “guan” means an imperial civil service official. The city came to be called this when it became famous for producing many scholars who became officials by passing

999-486: The pork with the pickled vegetables, finally steamed together in the specific pot. It tastes delicious but not greasy due to heavy fat, smooth and chewy. For the nutrition value, Pork have high quality protein and essential fatty acid, preserved vegetables have high concentration carotene and magnesium. Fermented bean curd ( 腐乳 ) It is a traditional folk food that has been spread for thousands of years in China. Because of its good taste, high nutrition and specific smell,

1036-424: The region it flows through. The name the river still bears today is from the girl Cao E (130-143), who drowned in that river along with her father. The Cao'e Temple was first built in 151, after which the temple was rebuilt many times. The last time the temple was rebuilt was after a major fire in 1929, the reconstruction then lasted until 1936. The construction was made with a lot of wood carving in addition to

1073-576: The river in which she and her father drowned, was named after her. Cao Xu (曹盱) was the father of Cao E. He was a shaman who led local ceremonies at Shangyu . At the ceremony of the Dragon Boat Festival in the year 143, Cao Xu fell into the Shun river. A large-scale search was launched that lasted 17 days, but yielded nothing. Cao E, his daughter of 13 years old, decided in the course of filial piety (孝, xiao ) to search for her father in

1110-470: The river. After five days, she appeared above water with her father in her arms, both dead from drowning. This act made Cao E a very famous girl, a textbook example of filial piety. The veneration of the girl started right away; from that moment on, she received the courtesy name 曹孝女 (Cao Xiaonü; Cao, the filial piety daughter). Eight years later, in 151, a temple and a tomb were built in memory of Cao E in honor of her sacrifice to save her father. A stone stele

1147-406: The special flavor of eating is loved by the Chinese people. Fermented bean curd can be divides to three categories that are red, white and green. "Red hot", "Rose" and "Sweet spicy" are characteristics of fermented bean curd, which are only produced in Shangyu district. Bean curd make from beans and yellow wine. Because of its good taste, high nutrition and specific smell, the special flavor of eating

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1184-437: The temple, several wall paintings have been created describing the story of Cao E. Every year from May 15-22, there is a festival in the Cao'e-temple, with a Cao E memorial service at the temple on May 22. The temple is called the number one temple of Jiangnan . The Cao'e Tomb has been destroyed and rebuilt a few times after its construction in 151. The current tomb is 2.7 meters high and measures 7 meters wide and deep and

1221-497: The town of Fenghui, about 4 km (2.5 mi)far from town center. Scenic area is about 2.4 square kilometers, the “overhanging rocks and waterfall” and “one-thousand-year-old vine” are most popular and shocked landscapes. In addition, Taoist literatures named here are “the ninth great holy land” because alchemy ancestor and the Taoist patriarch Wei Boyang was born and concocted pills of immortality in this mountain, finally write down

1258-471: The unique sceneries of the stone glacier and the ice terrace that high ornamental value in Fuzhi mountain become an awesome tourist resource. Nautical Flower Fields Of Hangzhou Bay (杭州湾海上花田) The nautical flower fields of Hangzhou Bay are situated in the southern part of Hangzhou Bay New Area. This tourist attraction comprises landscapes adorned with blooming flowers, lakes, and artificial landmarks, including

1295-406: The wedding. Shangyu has a long history, the inscriptions on oracle bones have already recorded “Shangyu” which is 3000 years ago. Therefore, many human landscapes were existed in history and keep until now. Southern part of Shangyu are hilly and mountain area, natural landscapes like quaternary glacier and fruit trees are famous here. Fengming Mountain ( 凤鸣山 ) Fengming mountain is located in

1332-550: Was made to honor her memory, but it has been lost. In 1093, Cai Bian (蔡卞) made a similar stele for her. The Shun River was renamed the Cao'e River in her honor. The Cao'e River arises at an altitude of 870 meters on the Jiangongling mountain in the Dapan Mountains in the province of Zhejiang in China. The river is 182.4 km long and flows into the Hangzhou Bay . The river has had several names such as, Shun river, named after Emperor Shun and Shangyu river, named after

1369-462: Was supported by dominators in ancient China. Faning Temple was the royal temple during the Sui and Tang Dynasty. Emperors in Sui and Tang believed that enshrining and worshiping the bone of Shakyamuni would bring richness and peace to the land and people. So, the finger bone was stored carefully, which was housed in the underground palace. Glaciers of Fuzhi mountain ( 覆卮山冰川 ) Fuzhi mountain located in

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