East Gate Tower of Liuzhou

East Gate Tower is located in the east of the city, close to the Tuojiang River, formerly known as "Shengheng gate", one of the four gates of Fenghuang ancient city. The East Gate Tower was built in 1715. The lower part of the gate is made of purple sandstone, while the upper part is made of ancient brick. The gate is 3.5 meters wide and 4 meters high, with a semicircular arch. The two gates are wrapped with iron sheet and tightly nailed with round headed iron nails. The construction of the city wall is all made of red sand strips and fine drills with the same specifications. The thickness of the city wall is 0.8 meters. The inner and outer sides of the lower part are built with strips and lime mortar, and the middle part is filled with gravel clay, which is compacted layer by layer. The middle filling material at the top is changed into lime, cobble and loess mixed soil, which is about 0.33 meters thick and paved with red sand blocks. The tower is 11 meters high, with 8 holes above the gate. Xieshan roof, covered with waist eaves, cornices angle, beautiful and spectacular. East Gate Tower is located in the east of the city, close to the Tuojiang River, formerly known as "Shengheng gate", one of the four gates of Fenghuang ancient city. The East Gate Tower was built in 1715. The lower part of the gate is made of purple sandstone, while the upper part is made of ancient brick. The gate is 3.5 meters wide and 4 meters high, with a semicircular arch. The two gates are wrapped with iron sheet and tightly nailed with round headed iron nails. The construction of the city wall is all made of red sand strips and fine drills with the same specifications. The thickness of the city wall is 0.8 meters. The inner and outer sides of the lower part are built with strips and lime mortar, and the middle part is filled with gravel clay, which is compacted layer by layer. The middle filling material at the top is changed into lime, cobble and loess mixed soil, which is about 0.33 meters thick and paved with red sand blocks. The tower is 11 meters high, with 8 holes above the gate. Xieshan roof, covered with waist eaves, cornices angle, beautiful and spectacular.

East Gate Tower of Liuzhou

Liuzhou East Gate Tower is located at the north end of Wenhui Bridge on Shuguang East Road, Chengzhong District, Liuzhou city. It was built in 1379 A.D. in the 12th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of more than 600 years. It is a well preserved Gate Tower of the Ming Dynasty in Guangxi. The East Gate Tower faces south, covers an area of 500 square meters, is about 17 meters high, 20 meters wide and 11 meters deep. It is composed of the gate and the qiaolou. The city gate is built on the base of large stone, with exposed brick walls. There are two stories above the gate. The column in the building has no bucket arch and directly supports the roof. The building is decorated with dragon and beast on the ridge, and the eaves are flying in the air.

brief introduction

The city building adopts the double eaves roof with the top of the hill and the wooden structure system with the bucket. The roof is flat and has no folding.

The style of this building is high and ancient, dignified and generous, which reflects the superb construction technology and unique design skills at that time. When the East Tower was first built, it was used to protect the city, and it was repaired many times in the past dynasties.

The new buildings include Liuzhou ancient city display, Mingcheng sand table model and ancient fort.

Because of its grand momentum, simple and generous, it is also near the Liujiang River and far away from Dengtai mountain. It is a good place to visit ancient China and enjoy the scenery of Liuzhou. The tower is open to tourists all the year round.

Climb the tower, you can see Liujiang such as belt, rippling blue waves, mountains upside down, bridge shadow Chuo Chuo, it is refreshing.

Detailed introduction

Key cultural relics protection units

After the founding of new China, the property was transferred to Longcheng middle school.

After liberation, the government paid five times for maintenance and restoration, making it a good place to visit and enjoy the scenery.

In 1961, it was listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit,

In 1994, the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region listed it as a key cultural relic protection unit. In 1998, the maintenance basically restored the city atmosphere of Liuzhou, the famous cultural relic County in the west of Guangdong Province in the Ming Dynasty, and added the display of Liuzhou ancient city.

The East Gate Tower is magnificent and simple. It faces the Liujiang River and Dengtai mountain far away. It is a good place to enjoy the scenery of Liuzhou.

When the brick city was first built in Liuzhou in Ming Dynasty, the original city was in an oval shape, which was different from the square shape commonly used in northern city building, and also different from the belt or block plane layout in Jiangnan. The East Tower was on the track of this oval city.

The existing brick wall of Dongmen city is more than 120 meters. The wall is 7 meters high and about 6 meters thick.

Today's city walls, crenels and women's walls are mostly restored in the 1990s.

The East Gate Tower faces south, covers an area of 500 square meters, is about 17 meters high, 20 meters wide and 11 meters deep. It is composed of the gate and the qiaolou. The city gate is built on the base of large stone, with exposed brick walls.

On the top of the door, there is a large plaque of Ming Dynasty with the word "East Gate", which says "it was established in April of the 14th year of Hongwu".

The gate hole is a brick gate. On the south side of the city wall, the gate hole on the outside side is 3.43 meters high and 3.36 meters wide. On the back side, the gate hole on one side of the city is 4.62 meters high and 4.02 meters wide. The two openings are connected to form a passage, forming a round hole. It's cool in summer. The residents all like to come here to enjoy the cool. Peddlers are also concentrated here, which is quite lively.

The gate of the city is a wooden shed with thick plates and iron plates nailed on it. It can prevent guns and has iron chains. Before the 10th year of the Republic of China, it was closed at night.

Complete Gate Tower of Ming Dynasty

Dongmen tower in Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, commonly known as "Donglou" and "dongmenlou", is located in the middle of Shuguang East Road, Chengzhong district. It is adjacent to Dongyi lane of Luochi road in the north and Liujiang River in the south. It was built in 1379 A.D. in the 12th year of Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years.

As a well preserved Gate Tower of Ming Dynasty in Guangxi, the East Tower has been repaired many times. When it was first built, it was used to protect the city. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875), it was rebuilt by a famous architect named Guo in Liuzhou.

The folk got it as a place to worship Guandi, which is called "Wudi Pavilion". There are statues of gods and temple wishes. Every new year's day, residents inside and outside the East Gate go upstairs to offer incense.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Xie Youfu, a philanthropist in Dongmen street, invited local gentry and businessmen to gather money to set up a single sword fair. He set may 13 as the fair time to hold temple fairs, perform and drink, and purchase several real estate for rent collection. After the war of resistance against Japan, single sword will be suspended.

There is a stage under the city. In 1928, it was demolished and rebuilt into a telephone office building. In the 36th year of the Republic of China, Guangxi underground Party of the Communist Party of China took it as the place to print the Liuzhou edition of Guangxi daily.

Ancient architecture in South China

There are two stories above the gate. The circular column in the building has no bucket arch and directly supports the top of the floor. The beam frame structure is a hybrid structure of lifting beam type and crossing bucket type. The main beam is "nine frame beam". The eaves column supports the overhanging eaves purlin, and there is no ridge melon column. The flower plate is used to carry the load to the "three frame beam". The beam frame is decorated with flowers, insects, birds and animals, which is antique.

The top floor uses cantilever beam column as balance support, and its structure is ingenious and abnormal. On the ridge of the building, the Dragon kisses the beast, and the eaves fly in the corner.

Under the eaves of the main building, there was a horizontal tablet with black characters on a green background (destroyed during the Cultural Revolution) written by Qin Shengzu (named Qiwu), a Gongsheng in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. It is the same as the quotation of "lizeidui" in Ximen. The whole building is painted blue, implying that the East is green.

In the middle of the main hall, there is a long statue of Guan Yun. On both sides of the shrine, there is a seal of Guan Ping. Zhou Cang holds a standing statue of a knife. On the niche, there is a gold plaque with "Dao Mou Bi". There are two statues of Buddha on both sides of the shrine. On the top floor, there are twenty-eight wooden statues of gods. In the thirties of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the statues were used by the telegraph office upstairs. The statues were moved to the front door downstairs. The front door is a Lema style gatehouse, and the clay figurines beside the incense table lead horses, which is quite a god horse.

Because the east gate tower adopts the double eaves roof with the top of the hill, the wooden structure system with the bucket, and the cornice with the angle. The shape of the angle is exquisite and heavy, so it has the characteristics of shallow eaves, simple and practical, simple and generous, and the stable and rigorous style of the architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which reflects the superb construction technology and unique design skills at that time.

The style of this building is high and ancient, solemn and generous. It is the top of the five city buildings, rich in the characteristics of ancient buildings in the south. In 1991, the sand table model and the ancient fort of Mingcheng were added.

Address: north end of Wenhui Bridge, Shuguang East Road, Chengzhong District, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Longitude: 109.41732274697

Latitude: 24.311169488223

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