Gaogu building

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Gaogu building: the spirit of thousands of years

On February 24, 2005, Yuxi, Central Yunnan, held a grand ceremony for the completion of the high ancient building.

Known as "crown Nanzhou", the famous Chinese building "Gaogu building" was built in 1522 in the middle of Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years since it was built. With the change of time, the number of Gaogu buildings suffered from natural disasters and human suffering. Through the vicissitudes of human life, it has been repeatedly destroyed and repaired in successive dynasties. Each repair has maintained a certain historical continuity. According to the investigation, more than ten repairs have been recorded, the latest of which was overhauled in 1948 due to the tilt of the pavilion. By 1970, the Yuxi earthquake had seriously damaged the building. The foundation of the building was cracked, the body of the building was decayed, the building was deserted, and the building was crumbling. The cultural relics department identified it as a dangerous building. In 1993, the precarious Gaogu building was finally demolished.

In the golden age, gaogulou ushered in a great opportunity for it to regain its life. In 2000, the Beicheng town government and the Beicheng neighborhood committee allocated more than 5.5 million yuan to rebuild the ancient high-rise building on the old site, which was a great victory for minyunchang. On the basis of strictly following the old appearance, the reconstruction of Gaogu building also draws lessons from the architectural style of huanghe tower, the first building in the world. After more than four years of engineering construction, it revives the style of Gaogu building in Yuxi people's mind. The building has three floors and is 36 meters high. It maintains the historical and artistic value of Yuxi Gaogu building and fully shows the unique national style of Chinese ancient buildings. The whole building has its own unique style and achievements in aesthetics, mechanics, architecture and so on.

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Time flies. For hundreds of years, although time has been mercilessly eroded and the world is unpredictable, tall and ancient buildings have been standing in people's hearts. Why did Gaogu building get the attention and admiration of Yuxi's father and fellow villagers from generation to generation?

To get rid of the confusion of history, a very local and cordial high ancient building stood in front of the reporter.

Ancient buildings in Central Yunnan witness the prosperity of new culture

Ancient Chinese architecture is inseparable from China's long national culture. The rise and fall of Gaogu building for hundreds of years also witnessed the change of soil and water. What kind of complex is the relationship between Gaogu building and Yuxi regional culture?

According to the records of Yunnan Tongzhi, Diannan Zhilue, Yicheng and other historical documents, Yuxi was known as Xinxing Prefecture in ancient times. It was "Pingfan of Huicheng (Kunming)," Cangli in Central Yunnan "and" the center of goods distribution in Central Yunnan "and" Xinxing Prefecture, where merchants gather and goods gather and disperse, is prosperous forever ". Beicheng, where gaogulou is located, was pushe County under the jurisdiction of Xinxing Prefecture in the Yuan Dynasty. It is the northern gateway and transportation hub of Yuxi, and also the economic and cultural center of the northern region. As early as the first year of Wude of Tang Dynasty (618), the post "Guansuo post" was set up in Guansuo Temple of guansuoling, which became an important post road from south to north.

With the great migration of Ming Dynasty, the Central Plains culture sowed the seeds of traditional culture in the north city. From then on, the deep-rooted Chinese civilization made the town people begin to brew the event of the prosperity of the town's literary style. It is the eternal expectation of the Chinese nation to cultivate literature in Yanwu. The imperial examination since Sui and Tang Dynasties is a great feat for the prosperity of culture and education. Gaogu building also embodies Beicheng people's strong desire for cultural prosperity.

Before the Ming Dynasty, Xinxing Prefecture had never had any Jinshi. The gentry of Beicheng, who were looking forward to a large number of talents, raised money and inspected Fengshui. Finally, they built ancient buildings in the center of Beicheng, facing south. Going up the stairs makes people open-minded and relaxed. At that time, it was called "gaogulou", which was intended to have a long-term vision, high aspirations and a mind of the past and the present. Although people can't find the relevant words about the style and features of the earliest ancient buildings, Chen Biao, a senior high school Jinshi, became the first Jinshi in the history of Yuxi in the second year of Jiajing (1523 A.D.) of the Ming Dynasty, which played a role in promoting the historical development of Yuxi. Chen Biao makes Yuxi people proud.

Let's talk about Chen Biao. Yuxi folk believe that the construction of high ancient buildings, Chen Biao won the Jinshi.

Chen Biao (1490-1573) was ambitious and knowledgeable. He once served as an official in Zhejiang Province to supervise the censor, and later transferred to the post of imperial envoy. Where he went, he acted impartially, did not show partiality, encouraged the bad and promoted the clean, was clean and honest, did not advocate the harsh, promoted the advantages and eliminated the disadvantages, and was known as the "iron faced censor". Chen Biao was upright and upright in his "hunting on behalf of heaven". Later, he was dismissed because of his "loyalty and uprightness" and was determined to "return to Yunnan from Chu" because he missed his hometown. After returning to Yuxi, he repaired and managed the high ancient buildings, founded "caochi academy" and gave lectures in person. At that time, although there was a Confucian temple in Yuxi, there was no state school. Students had to go to Jinning, Eshan and other places. Chen Biao went up to the imperial court and applied for the establishment of the school. "The people of Zhou presented their forms, became Jinshi, and became the official censor. The culture and education were booming, and the talents were gradually coming out. The school order should be set up.". In 1567, the court approved Chen Biao's petition, and Xinxing state had its own state school. Chen Biao, a famous writer who was demoted to Yunnan at that time, became a close friend. Chen Biao and Gao Gu Lou had a difficult relationship, which made Gao Gu Lou and Confucian temple become the symbol of Xinxing culture and the temple in the hearts of the common people.

After Chen Biao, Guan Hao, Guo Wei, Ma Chunling and other six people from Beicheng of the Qing Dynasty won the imperial examinations one after another. Xinxing Prefecture was once famous in Central Yunnan, and Gaogu building was even more famous.

Jukui building Fuyuan Pavilion Gaogu building: witness of cultural continuity

In history, Gaogu building was once known as Jukui building and Fuyuan Pavilion. Now there is a statue of "Kuixing diandou" in Gaogu building. Its meaning is self-evident: pray that Gaogu building can bring prosperity and prosperity of culture and education to Yuxi North City.

According to the ancient books, "Kuixing" is one of the 28 places in the sky. At first, there was a saying of "Kuixing article" in the Weishu of the Han Dynasty's filial piety scriptures and Shenqi. In the Eastern Han Dynasty and Song Dynasty, it was noted that "Kuixing buckles and hooks, like the drawing of words." Therefore, later generations evolved "Kuixing" into the head of civil servants in the sky, and became the God of dominating the literary movement and the rise and fall of articles. Later, he changed "Kui" into "Kui". In the past, there was a ghost shaped statue in Kuixing Pavilion, with one foot sticking backward, like a big hook of the word "Kui"; one hand holding a fight, symbolizing the small Dou in the word "Kui"; the other hand holding a pen, like a dot, to show that it had hit the middle lift taxi. This is the legendary "Kuixing point fight". In the era of imperial examination, it is said that "Kuixing diandou" was a sign of prosperity of literary movement. Therefore, with the understanding of the character "Kuixing", a statue like ghost and God was created in the pavilion.

Represented by Chen Biao and Guan Hao, the Jinshi Group in Beicheng has won a dazzling aura for the high ancient buildings. It's understandable that people are more devout about it. At the same time, as a commercial wharf, Beicheng had handicraft production such as weaving and tanning as early as Ming Dynasty. In 1846, Ma Youling of the Hui nationality in Daying changed yarn for cloth, and founded the "xingtaihe" shop to deal in cotton yarn and native cloth. Later, in the period of the Republic of China, there were "Tongxing" and "Daosheng" weaving factories, and there were six or seven large shops on Beicheng street. In 1943, dadaosheng produced more than 700000 pieces of native cloth and sold them to Sanyi, Yunnan Province. Therefore, it is called "new clothing and quilt half complete Yunnan" in history. The prosperity of Commerce made the northern city famous in Central Yunnan. After that, with the introduction of foreign yarn and woven fabric, local cloth gradually declined. The recession of economy and the backwardness of production technology have stimulated people's desire to cultivate capable people. In the late Ming Dynasty, Gaogu building was destroyed by fire; in the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1833), Gaogu building was destroyed again. In the next 60 years, no one repaired the collapsed buildings, and no one listed them. In 1893, at the initiative of Liu Liangqing, a local gentry, the Gaogu building was rebuilt and named Fuyuan Pavilion, also known as Jukui tower. However, all of them placed the local people's urgent feelings for talent cultivation. Yuan Jiagu, the top economic scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote "Fuyuan Pavilion" for the Gaogu building in Yuxi, which stimulated the development of Gaogu building culture.

The reconstruction of Gaogu building several times, especially the reconstruction of the original site, is also a product of economic development. A place, the development of local economy, is bound to give birth to active culture. Cultural and economic interaction, there is a very typical regional culture - high ancient building culture. The visible high ancient buildings were built by the common people and the literati of the past dynasties. In fact, the invisible high ancient buildings have never been damaged and have always stood in the hearts of Yuxi people. No wonder everyone in Yuxi recites the folk song "my Yuxi high ancient building, half standing in the sky. Looking up at the high ancient building, the hat fell into the ditch. I went to burn incense on the first day of junior high school, and I didn't go downstairs until the 15th. "

As the north gate of Yuxi, Beicheng has also become a place for all kinds of new ideas and cultural exchanges, absorbing foreign advanced culture with an open consciousness. In the hundreds of years after the completion of Gaogu building, Beicheng gradually became an important cultural town in Central Yunnan. After Chen Biao, there are many talented people. There are Guan Hao who built Confucian temples in the Qing Dynasty to cultivate talents, Ma Lianyuan, a famous master of Islamic classics at home and abroad, Li Hongxiang, governor of Yunnan civil affairs in the Republic of China, Xie Ruyi, general of the Republic of China and other people with lofty ideals. There are also she Yongning, Xiong Jiechen, Xue Guoxing and other Yuxi lantern artists who used lantern art to fight against Japan and save the country. They innovated and developed lantern art and formed a new Yuxi lantern.

The prosperity of talents, culture and education is the simple desire of the local people to build high ancient buildings. Talents bring Yuxi's fame, fame brings popularity, popularity brings wealth, wealth promotes development. According to local records, gaogulou is a bustling business street in Beicheng, where businessmen from all over the world trade with each other; famous snacks of Beicheng are scattered in the city, and Folk Lantern Art takes gaogulou as the center to sing Lantern Festival. During the Spring Festival, Beicheng is the most prosperous and popular place in Xinxing state.

New face of Gaogu building: a continuation of the style of central Yunnan

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