Changshu history before and after a total of eight champion, seven liberal arts champion, the knight is the only anti-Jinying Xiong Hu Zhou Song.

Hu Zhou, word Shu Zi, native Linhuaiguan (now Fengyang east, the south bank of the Huaihe River). Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin continue north southward invasion, the Central Plains frequent wars, many refugees have fled to the relatively stable north of the southern settlement, Hu Zhou's grandfather is Jingkang years from Changshu Linhuaiguan moved to come.

China's Zhao Li Song and Northern Song Dynasty had long established non-Han Liao, Western Xia and Jin war. AD 1127, is Northern Jingkang April 2002, the Northern Song Dynasty capital of the break in the big extortion Kinbyo plundered, the prisoners Huizong Zhao Xin, Qin Zong Huan and royal clan, Empress of the North such as thousands of people go to this demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Emperor Zhao Gou was all in Lin'an city construction, history, known as the Southern Song Dynasty. Southern Song dynasty, Sung south, the formation of a confrontation with Jin. Live in a endless war and social upheaval of the hard times, the young Hu Zhou determined to serve the country. He not only study hard, learn full of literary talent, and to familiarize themselves with bow horse, he learned a martial arts, called Wenwuquancai.

Song Qingyuan years, with superb martial arts week Tiger won the first military service Scholars, which is the comprehensive examination of the knight, was awarded the Military Division Far to the post-step. He was appointed ambassador to the Golden State connected with Fushi, then any of the Gwangju (Henan Huangchuan), Chuzhou (now Huaian) know the state, and finally transferred to state to know the state.

Chow in this state and county, Anhui, in the Song Jiang Fang as a powerhouse when confrontation is one of the northern gate of the Southern Song Dynasty, the military is very important. On Jubilee years (1206) November, Jin way to mobilize a few troops besieged state, attempting to use this as a breakthrough, opening the northern gate of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then swept south into the southern soldiers. Discontent within the military and the chow was two thousand, Jin crack face an aggressive offensive to stick to this line of defense is very difficult. Enemy at the Gates, a hope, against a stronger enemy, the situation is indeed extremely critical. Song Song soldiers into thinking there are significant differences between both forces, Kinbyo is ambitious, determined to win, Song Bing is trapped Siege, it is difficult to adhere to, the city is broken sooner or later things, its loss of soldiers off still defeated, as the withdrawal of River City initiative , retreated to the river, there is posterior.

As chief executive and state and local military commanders decided against Zhou Hujian weakness to Kinbyo strategic retreat, he must stick to this road that the northern gate, strangling the enemy soldiers south of the arteries, even if the troops and the poor, but also pit one against ten, swear to defend the country's territory. To boost morale people, that the determination against the enemy in the end, Hu Zhou, one of the gates in the spirit of state would respectfully set up on the tower door founding emperor of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin the tablets wooden plaque. Civil and military officials called on the day of vows, to Loyalty to defend the country, live and die with chow. Soldiers emotions raised swords and guns in unison shouted: oath and chow perish! Oaths, soldiers and Zhouguan separately to collect Bing Xie, recruiting people, reinforced walls, raising forage, well prepared against an enemy.

After the chow siege Kinbyo live, summoned again and again launched siege warfare, have been vigilant, against the common enemy of the state civil-military defeat, the fighting is intense, two-Wan walls and scattering the blood of soldiers. One day, enemy soldiers will be tied into the city of gunpowder shot. Rocket landing place, the flame scurry, the city state for a time filled with smoke, fire everywhere, while the city's military and civilian fire fighting machine, the enemy soldiers once again launched a storm, one of the ladders have been promoted to head the city, armed with razor gold soldiers shouting desperately to climb the city, the defenders soldiers bravely fighting the enemy, flesh and blood flying up and down walls, Shasheng skies. Hu Zhou took the lead in the battle each other in sudden left and right, between the rush. A general departure from the security, who dared to ask him to take shelter in a cutting edge, do not take the pro-Hu Shi Shi grappling with the enemy. Hu Zhou Pei waving the "Purple weak-kneed" sword shouted: "If the city break, I use this sword on committing suicide in the city, and never back half a step, loyal to their country, the minister part. The court to know I died for the country, the My mother can get pension classroom, if I step back, I had no Chunghsiao! "inspired him, all the soldiers courage doubled, desperate bloody, and finally repulsed the siege of the enemy soldiers once again, and chow Kuiran does not move, can be preserved.

From November to December, soldiers and civilians united state, has fourth defeat the enemy soldiers attack, the battle to kill enemy soldiers Qijun dozen generals, and even Marshal stone until the right of Kinbyo also died under the arrows . Kinbyo siege were defeated repeatedly, loss of soldiers off, greatly affected the morale, seeing difficult grams and state, had to retreat in December. Soon, Song, and proposed the two countries reached each other Bazhan, JAC area has finally been preserved.

Hu Zhou rival for the preservation of the state has achieved a great service not fall, but his mettle upright, not flattering flattery, and therefore not subject can be appreciated; and in those with the court regardless of national interests, only their own An Yifu expensive and reimbursing owners The bureaucratic politics capitulators more or not, so not reward merit, but by their hate. They transferred him to keep Hefei, in fact, deprived of his military power. Received the transfer order, and he was born dead, fought side by side on the battlefield, the soldiers are all devotion, and some even committing suicide soldiers to retain weeks tiger. Hu Zhou transferred to Hefei Soon, they had been falsely accused of Korea Bi Pi refers to the stomach of one party, be disgrace elsewhere. Because his heart for the country, not self-serving, and his suave, light money is still gas, so there is no interest build, unable to actually bring together the care of their mother. Hu Zhou noted that the mother died of bad news, distraught, swearing not official. Later, the court thought of using him, let him know the state of any state, he was seen through official corruption, faulty foot quibble that inconvenient to walk on the court decline with thanks the table, a row on the table before eighty-nine speech permitted.

State Government and the public gratitude Zhouhu Ying Yong chow preservation against the enemy, specifically the establishment of Shengci, dedicated mother tiger weeks. Shao set two years (1229) Hu Zhou's death. Court in commemoration of his active anti-gold, gifts overflow number "Zhong Hui", ordered the state to build the people of Hu Zhou Sheng Ci to "Valiant Temple", enshrined by generations of people and state.

Today, Hu Zhou's wax figure on display in Changshu name into the museum, Changshu people will always commemorate 700 years ago the anti-gold hero.