Wa palace Scenic Area

Located in Zhonghuang mountain, Shexian County, Handan City, Hebei Province, WA palace covers an area of 5 square kilometers. It is composed of five parks: service area, bu Tian garden, bu Tian lake, WA palace and bu Tian valley. It is the place where Nu Wa "kneads earth to make man and refines stone to make heaven" in myth and legend. It is the largest architectural model in China and the earliest ancient architectural complex dedicated to Nu Wa, the ancestor of mankind. Wa palace was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was originally built by Gao Yang, the emperor of culture and propaganda of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Three stone chambers were opened and several statues were carved. After successive repair, WA palace now covers an area of 760000 square meters. Today, most of the buildings are built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, while the remains of the Northern Qi Dynasty only contain six grottoes and cliff carvings, which are the earliest and the largest number of existing cliff carvings in China. Every year from the first day of March to the 18th of March in the lunar calendar, it is the day of local temple fair and Nuwa Festival. It is the first time that people from many places in China and overseas Chinese came to worship the Chinese people. It is the largest, earliest and most influential historical and cultural heritage of worshiping Nu Wa in China. It is known as the "Chinese ancestral temple" and one of the sacred places of worshiping ancestors in China. In 1996, WA palace was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit. On October 15, 2015, WA palace was rated as a national AAAAA scenic spot. In 2012, WA palace was listed as a national scenic spot.

Nuwa Museum

Shexian County of Hebei Province will plan to build "China Nuwa Culture Museum" at the foot of Zhonghuang mountain, with high starting point design, high standard construction and all-round display, so that the museum and the palace complement each other and complement each other.

Wa Palace

The local figures vividly summarize the characteristics of Wa Palace: 1 tower, 2 religions, 3 grottoes, 4 groups of ancient buildings, 5 kinds of scriptures, 6 scriptures, 7 statues, 8 great achievements and 9 iron ropes. Among them, the religion refers to Buddhism and Taoism. The nine iron ropes mean that the wahuang pavilion built on the precipitous cliff is connected with the mountain by nine iron ropes. The temple was built in the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty.

Wa palace is the last and tallest group of main buildings. It is built on the precipitous cliff of Fenghuang mountain. Wa Palace (three lofts) is in the middle, the dressing room and yingshuang building are separated from each other, the second floor of the bell and drum is facing each other from the north to the South, and there are six corner Pavilion, Lingguan Pavilion and memorial archway with the title of "wa palace historic site". All the buildings are in a state of embellishment It fully embodies the unique style of ancient Chinese architecture.

Around the mountain on the eighteen plate, you will reach the highest wa Huang Pavilion. The architectural layout of Wa palace makes full use of the original terrain and is ingenious according to the mountain.

It is composed of four groups of buildings, each of which has its own charm and is in harmony with the overall pattern. The three buildings at the foot of the mountain, from bottom to top, are Chaoyuan, Tingjia and Guangsheng. Chaoyuan Palace (shifangyuan) is named Chaoyuan (burned by Japanese invaders in 1938) because it is the first temple in front of the mountain. Tinggu Palace (Xiema Palace) is a palace for holy drivers and pilgrims. Every year on the 18th birthday of emperor wa in March of the lunar calendar, people celebrate the birthday of the gods in this palace.

On the gable of this palace (Xiema Palace), there is a panoramic view of Wa palace and a mural: "the picture of waiting for chariots". It is a precious work of art to ride on a luxurious chariot with Nuwa, a dragon leading the chariot, a fairy accompanying, and a celestial escort. Guangsheng Palace (the hall of children and grandchildren) is a temple. It is a place for praying for children in myths and legends. There are two palaces, the main hall and the auxiliary hall, which are respectively the hanging mountain and the hard mountain buildings. After winding up from the foot of the mountain to the 18th pan, guoguangsheng palace is the place where "Grandma Ding" is located.

Wa Palace consists of four groups of buildings. Built in a group of cliffs, the main building is a three storey Pavilion - wahuang Pavilion. There are three groups of buildings at the foot of the mountain: Chaoyuan palace, Tinghe palace and Guangsheng palace. Wa palace is an ancient architectural complex on the earth. There are a lot of buildings, such as wahuangjia, dressing table, yingshuanglou, bell tower, Drum Tower, Mountain Gate, memorial archway, piyang temple, Gongde temple, pool room, etc. There are also such historic sites as grinding cliff and carving scriptures. The main building of the wa palace is located in the south facing north with its back against the broken wall. It is 23 meters high and has a four storey structure with glazed tile top. It is built according to the mountain situation. The structure is very wonderful. There are corridors on three sides of the second to fourth floors. There are eight iron ropes at the back of the cliff, which bind the pavilion to the precipice. On the cliff outside the pavilion, there are ten Buddhist classics, such as fahua Sutra, shenmi jiejie Sutra, miaofera Lotus Sutra, Yulan basin Sutra and Shidi Sutra.

Wa palace gate, sitting east to west, consists of three brick arches. The couplets on both sides read: Fengshan is famous for Longxian island; the immortals dominate ten continents. Horizontal is: Penghu fairyland. Enter the door is a wooden square, the amount of writing "wa Huang monuments.". On the west side of the archway is the piyang temple, with statues of King piyang and Luban. In the east of the archway, there is an ancient card, which reads "ancient Zhonghuang mountain". Walking through the memorial archway, there are carved sutras on the cliff in the east from the Northern Qi Dynasty. Further on is the stone gate with a drum tower on top. "Zhongzhou Shengjing" is engraved on the coupon.

Wahuang Pavilion

Wahuangge is the main building of wahuangguan building group. It is built on the cliff and is divided into four floors. The first floor is the hall of worship, on which three more pavilions are built, with a total height of 23 meters. The wahuang Pavilion is backed by a cliff and is built on the cliff with eight iron ropes. It is known as "Diao Temple" and "activity building". The bottom floor of the wahuang Pavilion is a grotto. It was built in the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-559 AD). It is one of the earliest buildings of the wahuang palace.

The wahuang Pavilion is built on the precipitous cliff of the mountain. It skillfully uses the semicircular ridge between the cliffs. The dressing building, yingshuang building, bell and Drum Tower, hexagonal pavilion and other buildings are also built on the stone platform.

It is said that when the heads of the seven counties under the jurisdiction of the former Zhangde Prefecture arrive at the temple fair on March 18 every year, the whole pavilion will shake and the eight iron ropes tied to the cliff will rattle. Therefore, people regard the wahuang Pavilion as a wonder in the history of architecture.

Wahuang Pavilion (three lofts), sitting in the East and West, is the main building of the wahuang palace. In ancient times, it was known as "leaning on the cliff to dig dangerous, outstanding structure to lingxu". It stands in the air, up to 23 meters high, and is the sulfur glazed tile top of Xieshan Dougong. The pavilion is built on the top of the great grottoes of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Based on the Tiaoshi arch, it has three storeys, named Qingxu, Zaohua and Butian respectively. Each floor is equipped with corridors on three sides, with its back against the cliff. The pavilion is connected with the eight "horse noses" carved on the cliff with iron ropes. If tourists fill the building, the iron ropes will stretch, stretch like bowstring, and the building body will lean forward. Therefore, it is also called "diaomiao" and "huolou". The idea is ingenious, and it is a masterpiece of the combination of dynamic and static in the history of architecture. Taking a panoramic view of the wahuang Pavilion, you can see that it is embedded in a precipice, carved beams and painted buildings, and you can see the mountains in Taihang and the water in zhangshui.

There are three floors in the pavilion of Wa Palace: the first floor is called "Qingxu Pavilion", the second floor is called "Zaohua Pavilion", and the third floor is called "Butian Pavilion". With a height of 23 meters, the building is connected to eight "horse noses" on the cliff by nine iron cables. Because the third attic is close to the cliff, there is no solid foundation at the foot. When the upper floor is full of people, the floor will lean forward, giving people the feeling of shaking. Therefore, it is known as "living building" and "hanging Temple". In a word, WA Huang Pavilion is a good place to "lean on the rock and dig danger, the structure is empty, the terrain is unique, and the craftsmanship is wonderful. For this reason, Professor Luo Zhewen, who has set the national cultural relics and ancient buildings, has such an evaluation of the building of the palace of the royal palace. "In the 80s of last century, I wrote an article on ten wonders of Hebei's ancient architecture". The buildings of Wa palace and the Great Wall, Zhao Zhou bridge, and the enemy tower are called the cream of China's ancient architecture, and the symbol of Chinese civilization. As a Taoist temple, WA palace is combined with Folk Buddhism and other things, which is a masterpiece in the pavilions of ancient buildings. As a national 4A scenic spot, its reputation has been spread all over the world. Therefore, every spring flowers bloom, four tourists, an endless stream, the daily flow sometimes reached nearly 10000 people.

Inscriptions on cliffs

On the cliff outside the wahuang Pavilion on the top of the mountain, there are six cliff inscriptions in the Northern Qi Dynasty, with a total of 130000 characters. It is known as "the first wall Scripture group in the world", and enjoys a high reputation in China's Buddhist culture.

Among the cultural relics of the ancient sites of Wa Huang, the most precious one is the cliff carving scriptures, which is the essence of the ancient sites here. There are five carved scriptures on the cliff, with a total area of 165 square meters, and more than 137400 words. The largest one, with an area of 54.18 square meters, has more than 41000 words. All the fonts are Wei stele calligraphy, "silver hook iron painting, the world is unique", which can be called art treasures. The contents of the Scriptures are all Mahayana Buddhist classics, which provide precious historical specimens and materials for the study of Buddhism and the culture of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and are also rare in China. Judging from the existing stone carvings of Northern Qi Dynasty in China, most of them are related to Buddhism. At that time, carving Buddha statues was popular. However, it is rare to use huge projects to carve scriptures on cliffs. It can be said that the cliff carvings of Wa palace have high historical and artistic value in terms of stone architecture, artistic value and Scripture content. It is also a miniature of Northern Qi culture. At the same time, it can be seen that the site of Wa Huang started from worshiping Buddha and carving scriptures, and then set up temples to worship gods, which also reflects the characteristics of the cultural psychology of the Han nationality, that is, the religious concept of worshiping both Buddha and God. Therefore, from cliff carving scriptures to wa Huang ancient buildings is also an image witness of the combination of Chinese local culture and foreign culture.

There are six scriptures: Si Yi Fan Tian Suo Wen Jing, Shi Di Jing, Buddha's nirvana slightly preaching Cheng Jing, Buddha's saying Meng LAN pen Jing, Shen Mi Jie Jing and Miao FA Lian Hua Jing. The total engraving area is 165 square meters, 1187 lines and 137400 words. It's our country

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