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National Heritage Sites: Jinzhongdu Shuiguan Ruins, Former Site of the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau of the Nationalist Government, Baoguo Temple.

1-7: Jinzhongdu Shuiguan Ruins, the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, Jin Dynasty, ancient ruins. Jinzhongdu Shuiguan Ruins is located 50 meters north of the current Liangshui River. The ruins are the only complete Jinzhongdu architectural ruins discovered so far. The Shuiguan ruins are 43.4 meters long, of which the water culvert is 21.35 meters long from north to south and 7.7 meters wide from east to west. The Jinzhongdu Shuiguan Ruins are built across the city wall, with a wooden and stone structure. The water flows from the north to the south through the water culvert and flows into the moat. The existing relics mainly include the stone pavement on the ground of the water culvert, the remaining stone walls on both sides, the "hand swing" at the water inlet and outlet, and the rammed earth of the city wall. There are also stone piles and guard piles at both ends of the water culvert. The Jinzhongdu Shuiguan Ruins has now been built into a ruins museum, which is not large and can be seen in less than half an hour. ———— 8-10: Former Site of the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau of the Nationalist Government, the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, modern and contemporary important historical sites and representative buildings. The former site of the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau of the Nationalist Government was built and put into use in 1915. It mainly includes the main workshop building, the central guard gate and three two-story office buildings. The main workshop building is located in the south and faces the north. It has three and a half floors above the ground and one floor underground. It is a reinforced concrete frame structure. The top is a triangular truss. The plane is I-shaped. There are 19 rows in the vertical direction and 7 rows in the horizontal direction. It is a factory building with high rooms. The predecessor of the Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau was the Qing Duzhi Printing Bureau. After the 1911 Revolution, it was renamed the "Ministry of Finance Printing Bureau". It was the first banknote printing factory in China to use engraved intaglio printing equipment. The former site is located at No. 23 Baizhifang Street and is still in use. There are guards at the gate, and photography is not allowed. ———— 11-20: Baoguo Temple, the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, Qing Dynasty, ancient buildings. Most of the existing buildings were rebuilt in the 19th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1754). Baoguo Temple is located in the north and faces the south, and the plane is rectangular. There are imperial monuments in the second year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1466) and the imperial monument of Baoguo Temple in the 21st year of Qianlong (1756). Gu Tinglin Temple is located on the west side of the temple. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, the famous scholar Gu Yanwu once lived in the temple. In the 23rd year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1843), He Shaoji, Zhang Mu and others raised funds to build the temple for Gu, which became a place for future generations to commemorate and worship celebrities. Baoguo Temple is an old newspaper market on weekends and long holidays, and you can also visit it at ordinary times. Basically, just look at the architectural appearance and Ming and Qing inscriptions.
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