Xizi pagoda

Xizi pagoda

Xizi tower is also known as Xizi building, burning character library and burning paper building. In Taiwan, it is often called Shengji Pavilion; in Sichuan, it is called Ziku, Wenfeng tower and Wenfeng tower; in Hakka area, it is called Jingzi Pavilion. Different from the gold stove used to burn gold and silver paper, Xizi pagoda is used to burn the paper with characters in books, which is one of the embodiment of the ancients' concept of "respecting and cherishing calligraphy and paper".

origin

In the Song Dynasty, Wang Yigong's father cherished the writing paper. When he saw that there was something abandoned on the ground, he picked it up and burned it. It fell into the feces. After all, he managed to take it up and wash it with water, or put it into the long running water, or wait for it to dry and burn it with fire. After many years of doing this, I don't know how to clean up thousands of words. One day, when his wife was pregnant, he had a dream that sage Kong would share the money and said, "your family cherishes the writing paper. It's a great Yin Gong. I have already played God's role in sending his disciples to your family in the coming life, which makes your family very rich. " After a dream, he had a son. Because he felt the words in his dream, he named him Wang Zeng. Later, Lianzhong Sanyuan was officially granted the Duke of Yi. In the Song Dynasty, there are only three people: Song Xiang, Feng Jing and Wang Zeng. They are not the most rare names! Who knows that this one inside is just a blessing accumulated by cherishing words and paper. Isn't it something everyone can do? Now that people in the world have seen those who enjoy the name of the Department, is it rare to be envious? It's such an easy thing to do, but I miss it. I don't know why.

Causes

Influenced by the imperial examination system, the ancients believed that the characters were sacred and sublime, and the characters written on paper could not be profaned at will.

Even if it's a waste word

Paper, too, must be burned with sincere respect. The poem at the beginning of Volume I of erkepai case says, "in the world, there are the same scriptures in calligraphy and paper, and those who see them should be in the fire. Or set long Liuqing

Pure place, natural fortune forever. According to historical records, Xizi pagoda was built in Song Dynasty, and it was quite popular in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Xizi pagoda is usually built at the entrance of the town, inside the academy and temple, beside the road and bridge. Some large families also built the Xizi Pagoda in their own courtyard. Written by Li's clan Council in the north of Wuping city in March 2004

It is recorded in Li's genealogy that in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Li's ancestors had a fashion of respecting words and cherishing paper,

He often goes to the county examination room to pick up the writing paper. "Every time he is on the county examination, he will send his children to the school, and then carry the basket to each size of the writing paper and burn it in the warehouse

In this way, we can see that it is the same with the paper. Some pagoda niches are dedicated to Cangjie, Wenchang, Kongsheng and other deities, with corresponding couplets and auspicious patterns.

Xizi Pagoda in Hunan

Xizi pagoda, Jiufengshan village, chating Town, Hunan Province

Xizi Pagoda in Jiufengshan village, chating Town, Hunan Province is located in Dongting formation, Jiufengshan village, chating Town, Wangcheng District, Changsha City. It is a stone pagoda of Qing Dynasty. It is famous for its trees growing on the tower and its symbiosis. It is highly respected by the local people and is regarded as a sacred tower, a sacred tree and a local treasure. According to research: the tower was built in 1838. The tower is 12 meters high, five stories, hexagonal, granite masonry, the diameter of the tower base is 4.23 meters, the tower body is empty, the bottom layer is set with an arched door, the lintel is engraved with regular script "Xizi tower", the second to fifth floors are set with two doors open, each layer has different directions, the first and second floors have stone steps rotating to the third floor, the second floor is inscribed with "Daoguang 18 years"

In 1900, the top of the tower was destroyed by lightning, and then a simple tree grew up. Now the tree is about 6 meters high, shaped like a canopy. The root system goes through the body of the tower to the base of the tower. It grows luxuriantly, becoming a unique symbiotic precious landscape of tower and tree. On August 30, 2005, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Changsha. In 2011, it was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province. The tower has a high historical and artistic value for the study of the architectural form of the Qing Dynasty stone tower. Xizi pagoda has complete layout, stable structure and good surrounding natural environment. There are serious weathering traces on the surface of the tower body. The original tree roots in the West and northwest of the tower cracked and were repaired in 2008.

Xizi pagoda is located in low mountains and hills, with low mountains in South, North and west directions. The mountains are relatively gentle. There is a fault ridge with a drop of about 1-2 meters in the northeast. Under the fault ridge is a mountain plain, and dashikan stream flows from northeast to southwest about 50 meters in the north. The tower is located in shanzui of xianguling. The geological structure is composed of quartz sandstone, tuff and slate in the late stage of the far ancient Sinian, and the stratum is Quaternary. The surrounding water system is developed. The vegetation is subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, mainly Cinnamomum camphora, Ficus and Cunninghamia lanceolata. The soil is red soil, and the climate belongs to the continental monsoon humid climate of the transition from the middle subtropical zone to the north subtropical zone. There are four distinct seasons in a year, with significant characteristics. The annual average temperature is 17 ℃, and the annual rainfall is 1370 mm.

The eaves of Xizi Pagoda in the tea pavilion are short, the eaves are slightly tilted, and the slope is gentle. Each eaves is decorated with bird shaped stone carvings, which is similar to the ornaments of the eaves of Zhiji pagoda and Gaoling pagoda. The body of the tower is empty, and there are simple stone ladders for climbing, on the wall of the second floor

It is also inlaid with a stone tablet "built in the autumn of 1898, the 18th year of Daoguang.". In the tower, there is a self-made "profile of Xizi tower", which is said to be: it is said that in April of the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), the top of the tower was destroyed by thunder and lightning, and then because of the birds' habitat, the remaining tree species in the bird droppings left at the top of the tower, a simple tree (which is said to be a wild pepper tree on the Internet) grew. Over the years, the root of the tree kept falling through the cracks of the tower, and had penetrated into the deep soil at the bottom of the tower The little tree became the big one. Today, the tree is seven meters high, 0.8 meters in diameter at breast height, with luxuriant branches and leaves. Whenever the sun sets in the west, the top of the tower reflects, there is a saying that "nine peaks shine at sunset".

Looking at this ancient tree on the ancient pagoda, it should be much more difficult to grow than any tree around it, but it should have its own luck or happiness, because it can stand on the top of the ancient pagoda, look at the mountains and villages, overlook the rice fields and fields, hear the frogs in the distant ponds, and even hear the noise on the road farther away. The whole ancient pagoda has been repaired in the past two years, because with the continuous growth of the ancient trees on the top of the pagoda, it is said that the roots of the trees have expanded the granite of the pagoda body to crack everywhere, which is close to the state of a dangerous pagoda. However, the stones of the pagoda body in front of us are tightly jointed, and the structure is very good. It seems that the ancient pagoda and ancient tree, a strange and peaceful beauty created by man and nature, can still tolerate each other and continue to coexist.

Address: Jiufeng village, chating Town, Wangcheng County, Hunan Province

Longitude: 112.97079219037

Latitude: 28.093495199469

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