Congtai Park

Congtai Park

Congtai park is located in the west side of the middle section of Zhonghua street in Handan City, Hebei Province, covering an area of 369.6 mu. Congtai lake is located in the middle of the park, covering more than 42 mu.

Congtai, also known as "Wuling Congtai", is said to have been built in the period of King Wuling of Zhao state (325-299 BC), with a history of more than 2000 years.

The purpose of Zhao Wuling King's building a series of platforms is to watch song and dance and military exercises. According to historical records, Congtai was famous in many countries at that time for its unique structure and wonderful decoration, including overpass, snow cave, makeup Pavilion and garden.

geographical environment

Congtai park is located in the center of Handan City, Hebei Province. It is adjacent to Zhonghua street in the East, No.1 Middle School in the west, the former municipal government and hotel in the south, and Congtai road in the north. It is a large-scale garden with Wuling Congtai as the center. It covers an area of 360 mu. The pavilions and pavilions in the garden are hidden in the green pines and willows. The mountains and lakes reflect the light boats.

natural resources

Walking into Congtai park from the east gate, you are faced with a magnificent statue of workers, peasants and soldiers (built in October 1972), green and straight cedars growing luxuriantly on both sides of the main road.

Walking north, looking west, is a flowery garden. The southwest part of the park is the Ornamental Animal area. The three lakes in the Middle East, Middle East and west of the park are connected and integrated. Lotus root is planted in eastern Hunan. In summer, the lotus reflects the sun and the green leaves fill the pond. Other water surface rippling, can be fishing or boating across the bridge pan swim in the lake. In addition to the ancient Congtai and Wangzhu pavilions, the garden buildings have also successively added statues of workers, peasants and soldiers, spring song Pavilion, zuiyue Pavilion, long corridor, forest of Steles, two plum sculptures, etc., and rebuilt the dilapidated Qixian ancestral hall by the lake. The seven sages who made special contributions before and after the founding of the state of Zhao have been painted.

Climbing on the platform, you can see the towering Taihang Mountains in the West. The winding walls of the capital of the state of Zhao can be seen in the southwest, and the archery furnace, dressing house and arrow cutting ridge in the northwest. Overlooking the stage, clear water, lotus fragrance, weeping willow reflection.

Main attractions

Congtai

Congtai is 26 meters high and has doors in the north and south. Climbing up from the south gate, there are eight ancient characters on the east wall, which are "flowing eastward and Ziqi coming westward". Outside the main gate, there are inscriptions of poems written by Guo Moruo when he came to Congtai in the autumn of 1961. From the north gate, along the footpath paved with bricks and stones, the steles step by step up the threshold and stand facing the door. On the front, there is a metrical poem of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty "dengcongtai", and on the back, there is his ancient style "Handan line". The first floor of Congtai is a courtyard. The pavilion house facing south in the courtyard is called "wulingguan", Westinghouse is "ruyixuan", and there is "Huilan Pavilion" in the middle of the courtyard, which was added in 1931. There are stone tablets of "Mei" and "Lan" painted by Wang Yunquan and Li Shaoan respectively. On the lintel of the round arch gate on the second floor of Congtai, there are four ancient black characters of "Wuling Congtai". Inside the gate, there are big red characters of "husband and wife are from north to south, brother and sister are close to each other". This is where the long-standing story of "loyalty, filial piety, righteousness and second plum blossom" takes place. Into the round arch, there is a small pavilion with exquisite architecture, red pillars, green tiles, painted pillars, carved beams, double eaves and animal horns. Three more steps, open the red carved wooden door and enter a Square Pavilion about the size of a room. Facing the antique stone tables and stone piers, it's very like the emperor who has just left.

Look at the Pavilion

Congtai Park in the middle of the lake island, there is a hexagonal zanjian style building, known as "wangzhuxie", commonly known as Huxin Pavilion. It was rebuilt in November 1971 and completed in October 1972 with an investment of 25686 yuan. Designed by Liu Zhenfu, an old technician of the garden department, the pavilion is decorated with green glazed tiles. The pavilion is 10.2 meters high, with slightly raised hexagon and exquisite structure. The building area is 101.44m2. On the upper edge of the pavilion, the pillars are connected with terrazzo benches for visitors to have a rest and view. The wall between the inner columns is inlaid with translucent flower windows. North and South have their own doors. In the south of the pavilion, there are two concrete flower pools for planting seasonal flowers; in the north of the pavilion, there is a stone rockery in Taihu Lake; around the pavilion, there are weeping willows. The water, pavilions, mountains and trees make the island of 942m2 have elegant environment and pleasant scenery. Xiexi has a cement structure flat bridge connecting with the West Bank of the lake. There is a long dike in the north, which turns to the East and leads directly to Congtai. There is a pavilion at four corners on the dike, standing between the two arch bridges.

"Wangzhuxie" was originally called "wangzhujun Temple". It is said that there was a small mound in the lake long ago, on which there was Leyi temple. Wangzhujun temple was built by Zheng Fangkun, the county magistrate of Handan in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. According to Zheng in "looking at the ancestral hall of the kings", it is a pity for the people of Zhao that there was no temple in the old days, so he abandoned the garden in Wuling and planted three couplets in the house. In 1922, when sun Yuxing, commander of the Handan garrison, and Wang Wenshan, a local gentry, rebuilt Congtai, they changed "wangzhujun Temple" into "wangzhuxie". According to the Congtai Jixu stele, "there are islands in the lake. Because of the old hope, the ancestral hall of the kings will be built and the pavilions will be built on it.". The old "wangzhuxie" was a whole wood structure with a small scale on top of buwa. After liberation, the old wangzhuxie was rebuilt in November 1971 because of its vicissitudes, wind and rain erosion, dilapidated and difficult to repair.

"Wangzhuxie" was built in memory of Leyi. Leyi was a general of Zhao. After the chaos of sand dunes, he left the state of Wei. Later, Wei sent an envoy to Yan. King Zhao of Yan appreciated Yue Yi's talent and worshipped him as Yaqing. Later, he became a general. He led the Allied forces of the five countries to attack Qi, and even went down to more than 70 cities, so he named Leyi king of Chang. After the death of King Zhao of Yan, Wang Li of Zihui. Because of the gap between Yue Yi and King Hui, and because of Tian Dan's rebellion, Yue Yi abandoned Yan and went to Zhao. King Huiwen of Zhao granted Leyi the title of King Wang to guanjin (now east of Yixian County, Hebei Province). Xie was named after his title. "Wangzhu Pavilion" was built to commemorate the achievements of this statesman and militarist. According to local records, yuejiabao, 30 miles southeast of Handan City, was the former residence of Leyi.

Qixian Temple

Qixian temple is located in the north of ancient Congtai, facing the south, with a total area of 524m2. The main gate is the Chuihua gate, on which is a plaque inscribed by Fang Yi, then director of the State Planning Commission and later state councilor, in 1983. On the left and right are the blue brick through flower wall. The ancestral hall is a rolling shed Xieshan style building with brick and wood structure. Five rooms wide and one deep. The top is covered with yellow glazed tiles, four vermilion columns stand under the corridor, and the front face is a wooden carved Pavilion fan. The building area is 131m2. It was designed by Hu Shaoying, the former deputy chief engineer of Handan urban and Rural Construction Bureau, and constructed by the infrastructure maintenance team of landscape management office. The foundation was laid in October 1980 and completed in October 1983.

In front of the temple, a pair of glass lions were under the control of the emperor, solemn and powerful; two white pines were planted, vigorous and straight. The courtyard is paved with green brick Yong Road, and the west side door is connected with the forest of steles. In the temple, there are seven statues of Gongsun Chujiu, Cheng Ying, Han Jue, Lianpo, Lin Xiangru, Zhao she and Li Mu. They have different looks and vivid images. It was made in 1983 by Yang Qingfeng, MI Jingkui, Li Menglin and Jia Weimin, art workers of Handan city.

Qixian temple, originally located on the North Bank of Congtai Zhonghu lake, is a small three room brick and wood building with rolling shed, without statue. The forehead of the temple is carved with three characters of "Qixian Temple". The temple was built by sun Yuxing, commander of Handan garrison, and Wang Wenshan, a gentry in 1922. According to Congtai Jixu stele, "there are Sanzhong temple and Sixian temple in the city Now it's all gone. The northwest corner of the lake has a gap, because it was built together as "Seven Sages Temple".

The old Sanzhong temple was founded in 1591 by Lu Longyun, the magistrate of Handan county. Gongsun Chujiu, Cheng Ying and Han Jue were sacrificed. During the Yongzheng reign of the late Qing Dynasty, Zheng Fangkun, magistrate of the county, had been rebuilt. When the Sanzhong temple was rebuilt, it was moved to the right of Dongming temple in the west of the city. Zheng thought that Gongsun was Zhao's disciple, Cheng was Zhao you, and Han Zetong was lieqing. The word "Zhong" seemed not to be firmly pasted, so it was renamed as Sanyi temple. But it didn't come down and was still named "San Zhong".

The old four sages temple was built outside the South Gate by Zheng Fangkun, the magistrate of Handan in the Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. According to Zheng in the new four sages Temple records, there are three sages temple in the city, on the right of Dongming temple in the west of the city. The three sages are Zhao Shangqing, Lin Xiangru, Lian Po and Li Mu, the king of Wu'an. According to the national policy, Zhao she, Ma Fu Jun, was no different from the three sages in saving Han and breaking the eyes and ears of the Qin army. And why does the historical records "Lian, Lin, Li and Zhao Tongchuan" not be luxurious? Therefore, Zhao she was worshipped and named "Si Xian Temple".

Sanzhong Gongsun, Cheng and Han were involved in Zhao because they rescued Zhao Wu, an orphan of the Zhao family, and protected Zhao Wu from Jin Sikou tu'an Jia. See the history of the Zhao family. Four Xianlian, Lin, Li and Zhao were all famous generals of Zhao state in the Warring States period except Xiangru. In the struggle against Qin, Wei and Zhao, he made great contributions. See the biography of Lin Xiangru in historical records.

Second Plum Garden

From the south of Congtai main gate to the arch bridge, there is a small garden with unique style and rich story plot, named "second plum garden". The park covers an area of 1173m2. East and west by the lake, South to the spring Pavilion, North and Congtai across the bridge. The garden is surrounded by a hedge of Euonymus japonicus. The main plants in the garden are Chimonanthus praecox, and there are myrtle, cherry blossom, red leaf plum, cedar and other flowers and trees. Rockery bonsai interspersed among them, landscape flowers and trees into fun. It enriches the landscape of the garden.

The main building of the garden is a double statue of white cement, which was created by Liu Jie in 1988 according to the story of Er Du Mei. This is a list of statues

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