What fortune-telling places are there in Hengyang?

Section 1 The main characteristics of Hengyang urban culture

A unique city is because of its unique culture. The cultural personality of a city is an inherent and permanent charm of a city, and it is a distinctive internal and external feature that distinguishes a city from other cities. Urban culture shows the unique historical and cultural features, physical and geographical features, economic and social development model and level of the city. By combing the main contents of modern Hengyang urban culture in detail, we can sum up the following characteristics of Hengyang urban culture:

1. In terms of cultural attributes and development, the landscape features are distinct, eco-geographical environment, natural landscape resources and public places play a unique role in the formation of urban culture, and culture and nature are highly integrated and coexist harmoniously. The occurrence and development of urban culture has a strong material dependence.

Water system and mountains play a natural and decisive role in the formation of urban texture and urban layout. The close relationship between Hengyang's ecological geography and Hengyang's urban culture is not available in other cities. As analyzed in the first chapter, Hengyang's unique eco-geographical environment is displayed through its close relationship with urban structure, urban form, urban function and urban culture. The structure and function of the city determine the characteristics of urban culture, and the eco-geographical environment determines the structure and function of the city.

The eight scenic spots in Hengyang combine superior natural scenery with the singing and writing remuneration of literati and poets in previous dynasties. Since the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu, Li Bai and others have left beautiful poems, which have gradually formed a symbol of the city and become a cultural place where citizens gather in the long historical development process. Artificial public places mainly include temples, halls, temples, theaters, halls, shops, streets, and martial arts venues (Yanwuping). A large number of cultural events are closely related to specific public places. Natural landscapes and urban public places carry a lot of historical and cultural information. City God Temple and various temples specializing in one field and one industry in the downtown area naturally attract people from different industries to pay their respects and worship because of their sacredness and sublimity. Most of the trade and local guildhalls distributed all over the city have stages, and the plays that are often performed also provide convenience for people to gather. In the process of frequent meetings and conversations, people's different values gradually converge and unify, and different cultures gradually blend. With the development of modern industry and commerce, the streets with more and more commercial flavor have become places with peak popularity, impacting the leisure mode under the conditions of traditional production methods. The pursuit of fashion will increasingly erode people's inherent frugality. In the era of underdeveloped media, people's behavior and pursuit of life depend on face-to-face communication and diffusion. Public places have become an important place and way for the continuation, dissemination, integration and innovation of urban traditional cultural customs. Therefore, in Hengyang's urban cultural characteristics, the material attribute of culture is strong, and the occurrence and development of urban culture show great dependence on material carriers.

2. In terms of content and status, it is profound and inclusive. It is the radiation center of southern Hunan culture and an important source and component of Huxiang culture.

Chuanshan culture has far-reaching influence. The connotation of Chuanshan spirit can be summarized as the theoretical courage of "Six Classics reproach me for opening my face, asking for help from heaven and burying me alive", the national integrity of "the breeze intentionally makes it difficult for me to stay, and the bright moon unintentionally shines on others", the iron character of "being humiliated, losing one's life and losing one's will", the practical attitude of "being true to the world, following the words of the prophet" and "doing as the Romans do". As a great thinker in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Wang Fuzhi made outstanding contributions in philosophy, history, literature and geography. His knowledge and thoughts pushed Huxiang School to the academic peak, which had a great influence on Zeng Guofan, Tan Sitong and Mao Zedong. No matter in the period of national crisis or in the period of peaceful construction, Hengyang people carry forward this idea. The revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice and the patriotic spirit of helping the poor were particularly prominent in modern Hengyang. The anti-Westernization Movement, the Enlightenment Movement during the May 4th New Culture Movement, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal activities during the Great Revolution, and the Zhang Zhang Movement that constantly emerged in modern history are all concentrated manifestations of this spirit. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the people of Hengyang swore to defend their country and the soldiers and civilians defended the city for 47 days, which was the peak of this spirit. Chuanshan thought is an important source and prominent core of Huxiang culture and the source of Huxiang spirit.

Urban culture has a strong religious color. In the history of Hengyang city development, religion, especially Taoism, has a far-reaching influence on Hengyang culture. The street name of Hengyang, which was introduced earlier, was named according to the serial number in the Taoist "Thousand-Character Literature", similar to heavenly stems and earthly branches. Historical records of Hengyang (Hengzhou Prefecture Records, Hengyang County Records, Qingquan County Records, Hunan Folklore Newspaper, etc.). ) are all about Taoist temples and Taoist priests distributed in Hengyang city. More importantly, in the daily life of modern Hengyang people, the influence of Taoism can be seen everywhere. Taoism can be seen from daily sacrifices, official worship and legends. The common Taoist gods in the Taoist immortal system, such as Lei Gong, Fengbo, Guan Di, Wenchang, Door God, Kitchen God, Town God, Land, God of plague, Medicine King and God of Wealth, have deeply influenced Hengyang people's folk worship activities such as Town God, Land and Kitchen God. , and the general public is very awe of them, lest they be rude. Worship and worship of these gods has actually become a folk custom. Therefore, Taoism is mainly closely related to folk customs, and further influences the customs and entertainment customs at the age of 20 through its connection with beliefs and customs. Buddhism is also widely spread in Hengyang. There are Buddhist temples in Yan Hui Peak, Dongzhou Island, Anther Mountain and Xianglin Temple. In the development of past dynasties, many literati and poets left immortal poems because of the existence of Buddhist temples and resorts. It has become a unique part of Hengyang city culture. Of course, because Hengyang's urban culture is deeply branded with religion, there are also many superstitious elements. So far, some superstitious things and phenomena are common, such as burning paper money everywhere in the city on July 15, and the number of fortune-tellers on the street.

Prayer culture has a long history and longevity culture has far-reaching influence. Prayer culture includes praying for social peace, good weather and a long life in Nanshan. Centered on the main peak of Nanyue and echoing the peak of Yan Hui, people often go to nearby temples to burn incense and worship Buddha during traditional religious and folk festivals. This tradition is first related to the advocacy and attention of rulers of past dynasties. The productivity of ancient society was underdeveloped, and human beings' resistance to nature was relatively weak, so I hope the gods will bless world peace. In modern Hengyang blessing culture, praying for health and longevity is the main thing. Longevity culture is related to Taoism, but it also shows certain local characteristics in Hengyang, with praying for longevity as the main content. Throughout southern Hunan, especially along the Xiangjiang River, there is a custom of worshipping Nanyue, represented by Hengyang. Most residents prayed for health and longevity in transcendence, which showed people's awe of life and dependence and worship of nature under the circumstances of short life expectancy and underdeveloped medical and health conditions at that time. This tradition is still profound today, and the author is fortunate to experience a strong and spectacular atmosphere of prayer. In our daily life, we also attach great importance to health preservation. Traditional health preserving methods such as Qigong are widely spread in Hengyang. Compared with other places in Hunan, Hengyang people have a light diet and a relatively peaceful personality. I am afraid this is also related to Hengyang's longevity culture. Today, Hengyang's longevity culture has influenced the whole Southeast Asia.

The academy has distinctive educational and cultural characteristics and a long history. The development of modern Hengyang Academy education ranks first in Hunan. With Shigu Academy as the representative, a relatively dense academy group has been formed in the dual-core range of Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue and Hengyang City. Taking these academies as the activity center, it attracted a large number of scholars to dance, discuss academics and spread Confucian classics. This in itself is an important content of Hengyang city culture. At the same time, the concentration of academies and culture has greatly enhanced the taste and popularity of Hengyang city. Academic prosperity leads to talent prosperity. Education has brought up many talents in modern Hengyang, leaving Hengyang with a fine tradition of attaching importance to education, talents and knowledge. So far, Hengyang's basic education is in a leading position in Hunan.

Modern Hengyang urban culture is the radiation source of southern Hunan culture. On the one hand, Hengyang, as a long-term practical political and cultural center in southern Hunan, has gathered a large number of political and cultural resources. On the other hand, Chenzhou, Yongzhou in southern Hunan and western Jiangxi in modern times have not been fully developed for a long time because of the harsh geographical environment. The relative development of Hengyang will inevitably have a strong radiation and demonstration effect on its region. Since modern times, Hengyang has concentrated educational resources such as academies, test sheds, yamen and schools. All these are oriented to the whole southern Hunan area. Hengyang's drama and shadow play are often active in southern Hunan, and Hengyang's newspapers radiate to Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Shaoyang and even western Jiangxi. Hengyang became the center of the student movement in southern Hunan and the center of the spread of Marxism during the May 4th Movement and the Great Revolution. Hengyang is also a fortress of foreign missionary forces in southern Hunan and even central Hunan. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Hengyang once became the anti-Japanese cultural center of Hunan. The cultural activities in Hengyang are rich and colorful, and the revolutionary literary and artistic activities are full of vitality. There are frequent art exhibitions, many literary and artistic publicity performances, and many literary and artistic groups and social groups. With the development of these activities, a large number of literary and art celebrities and politicians came to Hengyang. The arrival of celebrities and politicians in the literary and art circles, as well as the prosperity of various literary and artistic activities, play an important role in enhancing the status of the city, enhancing its popularity and expanding its influence. Hengyang became a famous cultural city in the Anti-Japanese War overnight, comparable to Guilin, Kunming and Chongqing in the rear area at that time, and it should also be a history worthy of writing and pride for Hengyang people. Combining the advantages of all aspects, Hengyang has formed centripetal force and cohesion in the region.

The content of modern Hengyang urban culture is very extensive. Prosperous commercial culture, developed guild culture, fraternity spirit, rich folk literature, unique local beliefs and strong religious background constitute the deep foundation of Hengyang city culture. It not only has the general characteristics of Huxiang culture, but also shows its unique personality and charm. Hengyang urban culture is not only an important source of Huxiang culture, but also an important part of Huxiang culture.

3. The spirit of the city is high and vigorous, but the people are gentle and elegant. The overall style of urban culture is peaceful and pure, inclusive, elegant and popular.

In Hengyang history, Zhao Fang resisted gold and was unbeaten by a generation of Confucian scholars in 10. Fighting Yuan, being ordered to exterminate the nation, is at stake. Wang Fuzhi sublated the traditional culture of China and put forward the cultural Kunlun; Peng Yulin has left a reputation for integrity with his "three noes" (no official position, no salary, and no disgrace to the sacred life). Tang Qunying, who devoted all her efforts to fighting for women's rights, is known as a generation of female souls; Xia's generosity inspired the latecomers to join the revolution; Luo Ronghuan was one of the founders of the Republic of Ma Jun. There is a high-pitched and agitation spirit in urban culture.

But from the overall style, Hengyang's urban culture is peaceful and quiet, inclusive, elegant and vulgar coexist. There is not only the prosperity of neo-Confucianism, but also the prosperity of street culture; There are both elegant and inclusive literati demeanor and simple folk customs. There is both the greatness of the United States in the past and the tranquility of clouds and clouds. The prosperity of academy culture, the development of folk literature and art, the prosperity of calligraphy, painting and poetry, and the excitement of Nanyue Temple Fair are the best footnotes of this cultural style. The overall style of Huxiang culture is rigid and fast, but the life rhythm of Hengyang people is elegant and free, and the style is slightly weaker than Huxiang culture, which is probably due to the profound influence of culture for thousands of years.