Fanghu Site

Fanghu Site

The Fanghu Site is a Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Site.

[500 meters southwest of Luocheng Town • Tang Dynasty • Provincial Cultural Heritage Site] Fanghu was excavated under the supervision of Fang Guan (697–763), a renowned chancellor of the Tang Dynasty, whose courtesy name was Cilv and who hailed from Luoyang, Henan. After being dismissed as chancellor in the first year of the Shangyuan era (760) and demoted to serve as the governor of Hanzhou (present-day Guanghan), he initiated the digging of this body of water. As recorded in *Shengxiang Jilüe · Historical Sites*: “After Chancellor Fang, styled Cilv, was dismissed, he served as governor of Hanzhou and had a large expanse of water excavated, which people came to call ‘Fang Lake.’” The lake covers an area of approximately 4,000 square meters. Lined with dense bamboo and trees, and dotted with pavilions and terraces, it served as a leisure retreat for Fang Guan during his spare time. The park has since been renamed “Fanghu Park,” and a number of classical-style structures have been built nearby, including “Guan Garden,” “Qiugin Pavilion,” “Xinke Residence,” “Qinghuai Veranda,” and “Bingguang Pavilion.” The “Fanggong Stone” has also been relocated and preserved inside the “Qiugin Pavilion.” In April 1991, the site was designated as a provincial cultural heritage site.

Protected Area: East to the walking path along the eastern embankment of Fanghu, south to the walking path along the southern embankment of Fanghu, west to the western wall of Guan Garden, and north to the walking path along the northern embankment of Fanghu.

Construction Control Zone: East to Pianma Lane, south to Jiujing Road, west to Zhongshan Avenue, and north to the northern wall of Fanghu Park.