Pujiang County is located in the center of Zhejiang Province, in the north of Jinhua's jurisdiction, bounded by Yiwu and Lanxi to the south, Jiande to the west and Zhuji to the east.
It exercises jurisdiction over seven towns, five townships, three residential districts, nineteen neighborhood communities and four hundred and nine villages with a population of 380,700, covering an area of 915.35 km2 (353.42 sq mi).
It is rich in the ecological tourism resources with the AAAA level tourist area of Xinhua Mountain and the recent developed scenic spots as Bashiwan, Baozhang Valley, Shenli Gorge, Tongji Lake and The First Family of Southern China.
Among them, the most famous are Songlian as the founding minister of the Ming Dynasty and Donggaoxinyue who went to Japan and was known as the father of seal cutting there.
Thus it is named the “Crystal Capital” and “Padlock Center.” Subdistricts:[1] Towns: Townships: The First Family in the South of the Yangtze River is a historic and cultural site situated in the village of Zhengzhai in Pujiang.
From these words we can see that the family advocates loyalty to the country, being a person of integrity, having filial piety, humility towards neighbors and to have a clean and simple principled life.
The family rules state that the offspring who desire to be an official are supposed to be given considerable financial assistance and encouragement.
Then in Rule 99, it states that if a Zheng descendant has extra money, they are expected to donate some to repair a collapsed bridge or a muddy road.
The writings pass down not only experience in managing a large family, but also Confucian values followed by many Chinese people, and exercise profound impact on individuals.
Liu Bowen a poet during the Ming Dynasty wrote that "the greatness of Xianua Mountain lies in its unique feature, it looks like a cloud floating in heaven."
There are several scenic spots here like the Censer Hidden in the Smog, Zhuyan Falls, Stalagmite and Cool Spring, the Sleeping Celestial, Zhutou Mountain, Grandpa Chen Carrying Stones, Valley of One-Hundred Steps, Meteor Cliff for Watching Eagles, etc.
These include Huizhounese Gining Treasure, Grandpa Chen Carrying Stones, Shanniang Sleeps Eternally, Geshan Temple, and Zhutou Mountain Light.
Many famous writers of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty have written travel journals and poems about the gorge.
With its scenery and thick forests, the lake area is an ideal place for the tourists to enjoy the sightseeing, water activities, fishing, etc.
In the Fifteenth Year of Zhenguan during the Tang Dynasty, the senior monk Baozhang Zen master from Middle India came to live here after he roamed half of China.
He said “after roaming most of China, only this place is worth traveling.” Songxi is a historical village in the eastern part of Pujiang county.
Jinhua Municipal Corporation has started a program called Home+ where visitors can come to village and stay with the host family to experience the life in rural China.
A couple of days later, their dogs started taking turns climbing up the roof and stood by, no matter rain or shine.
Now that the dogs are dead, the incumbent emperor has become aware of your wife's pregnancy and to secure his throne, he will despatch his soldiers to kill the two of you.” The farmer, panicked and desperate, begged for a solution to escape.
Just when the soldiers were gaining on them, the farmer, reminded of the deity's words, threw the chopstick behind him and a handful of sand in front of him.
Immediately, a mountain blocked the couple's way ahead whilst a wide road path extended behind him.
Subsequently, the mountain hill behind the Baozhang Temple took the shape of the Emperor's Umbrella (Huangluo Gaisan) and it is said that it was probably formed as a memorial for the unborn son of the heaven...... Hong Xuntao (1928.4.9 - 2001.9.22) was a famous children's literature author and theorist.
He took part in the battle of Zhiluo town, Pingcheng guan, Lufang, Yimeng mountain area against "iron wall encirclement", Liaoshen, Pingjin and the Long March.
Zhang Rui was a member of the fourth and fifth national committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The cookbook provide a glimpse of common foods and ingredients prepared for day-to-day consumption in Chinese households during the late Song Dynasty.
The local people use a dish of tofu skin and eggs to serve guests, which is a high etiquette.
Peach - shaped plum is one of the famous, special and new treasured fruit trees in Pujiang county Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, and it won the gold medal in the national agricultural fair.
The study of department of food processing in Zhejiang University and institute of horticulture, Zhejiang academy of agricultural sciences shows that peach-shaped plum has a variety of essential amino acids for human body, and potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron and other trace elements, minerals and vitamin B1, vitamin B2, carotenoids.
Climbing fig tofu has the function of removing moisture, promoting blood circulation, detumescence, detoxification and tonifying kidney.
Pujiang opera was popular in local people, but it didn't appear on the stage until the middle of the Ming dynasty.