Baolun Pavilion

Baolunge is located in Chengkan Village, Huizhou District, 26 kilometers away from Tunxi. It is the most complete group of family temple buildings in Anhui province that have preserved the Ming Dynasty's color paintings and ancestral halls so far. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), Luo Yinghe, a native of Chengkan, once served as the censor, Dalisi Cheng, Baoding governor and so on. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was often granted by the emperor. Luo's outstanding achievements were often granted by the emperor.

Baolun Pavilion

Baolunge is located in Chengkan Village, Huizhou District, 26 kilometers away from Tunxi. It is the most complete group of family temple buildings in Anhui province that have preserved the Ming Dynasty's color paintings and ancestral halls so far. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), Luo Yinghe, a native of Chengkan, once served as the censor, Dalisi Cheng, Baoding governor and so on. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was often granted by the emperor. Luo's outstanding achievements were often granted by the emperor.

Brief introduction of baolunge

Baolun Pavilion is the back bedroom of Luo Dongshu temple. It is the most complete group of family temple buildings in Anhui province that have preserved the Ming Dynasty's color paintings and ancestral halls so far.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), Luo Yinghe, a native of Chengkan, once served as the censor, the Prime Minister of Dali temple, and the governor of Baoding. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was often granted by the emperor. In order to honor the imperial edict and collect the treasures, Luo built this pavilion and named it Baolun.

Baolun Pavilion, formerly known as the ancestral hall of Mr. Luo Dongshu in Zhenjing, was first built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (about 1542). The back hall was almost completed. It was dropped out because of the accident and was rebuilt 70 years later.

geographical position

Located in Chengkan Village, Huizhou District, 26 kilometers away from Tunxi.

Introduction to scenic spots

The ancestral temple covers an area of more than five mu. It is divided into three parts: front, middle and back. It has five Gables, which rise layer by layer. It looks magnificent and powerful. The first entrance is the instrument gate. Inside the instrument gate is a square patio with veranda on both sides of the patio. The second entrance is the hall. Six square stone pillars stand towering in front of the patio. Behind the stone pillars are 24 log pillars. It is difficult for one person to hold the four pillars in the hall.

The purlins and beams are overlapped and crisscross. The white gourd beam in the middle is thick and solemn. Now there is a plaque on the hall, which is written by Dong Qichang, a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty.

There is another patio behind the tall board door of the hall, and the third one is Baolun Pavilion.

Bao Lun Ge is the essence of the whole ancestral hall. According to legend, Luo Yinghe, who chaired the ancestral temple, once served as the supervisor of imperial imperial palace and Dali temple, and became the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Luo "built a pavilion to replace enlun with Tibetan calendar", so it was called "Baolun Pavilion". Later, it was conventionally called "Baolun Pavilion".

Baolun Pavilion is composed of three three rooms and two staircases, with a total of 11 rooms. The plaque of "Baolun Pavilion" written by Wu Shihong is hung on the eaves of the building.

The patio and the building are separated by Yi County bluestone railings, which are decorated with flowers and geometric patterns. The pillar heads of the three steps are decorated with relief stone lions.

On the steps, ten stone columns facing inward concave arc stand at the front, and dozens of columns arch behind to set up crisscross moon beams.

The dome shaped roof and flying eaves, the cloud carving between beams and columns, the hollowed out wood carving at the head of beams, the children's pillars and the lotus support are dazzling and beautiful. The painted patterns on the beams are beautiful and colorful. Although they have lasted for more than 400 years, they are still bright and dazzling.

On the left and right sides of Baolun pavilion are stairs. When you climb up 30 wooden steps, you can see the orderly arrangement of log columns on the upper floor. The roof grid is exposed and decorated with water polished green bricks.

In addition, it is the highest point of Chengkan Village, overlooking the clouds of Tiandu and Lianhua peaks in Huangshan.

Baolun Pavilion, with its ingenious structure, exquisite carving and gorgeous painting, integrates antiquity, elegance, grandeur and beauty. It is a unique ancient architecture in Ming Dynasty.

Architectural experts and professors from the Ministry of construction, the Ministry of culture and many colleges and universities think that Chengkan Village has the unique style of the ancient cultural village of the Ming and Qing Dynasties no matter from the skyline of the whole village or from the outline of individual buildings, which is of great value to the study of ancient architectural history, architectural design, clan system, folk customs, culture and art.

Building group

Luo Dongshu ancestral hall, located in Chengkan Village, Chengkan Town, Huizhou District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China (formerly Shexian county), is one of the ancestral halls of the Luo family in Huangshan City. It belongs to a kind of clan ancestral hall and commemorates Luo Dongshu, the 13th ancestor of the Luo family. It is considered to be the largest existing ancestral hall with excellent design and sculpture. It was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 1996.

Human history

Luodongshu temple is a family temple built by Chengkan Luo family to offer sacrifices to Luo Dongshu, the 13th ancestor of Chengkan. It is recorded in the genealogy of Luo family of Chengkan and the stele of luodongshu temple built by Luo Yinghe, the 22nd ancestor of Chengkan.

Luo Dongshu, a famous scholar and hermit in the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty, has not only the same noble character as Tao Yuanming, but also the same talents as Huang Tingjian and Ouyang Xiu, who has made great contributions to Cheng kanluo.

Therefore, his posterity treated him as highly as Confucius.

Therefore, the "luodongshu ancestral hall" is like the "Confucius Temple" with the lattice gate, the worship platform, the two verandas, the worship platform and the exquisite stone carving fence outside the two verandas, and the exquisite openwork and color painting of the back bedroom, which are not found in the general ancestral halls in Huizhou.

The "Baolun Pavilion" is just a pavilion on the top of the "luodongshu Temple" built by Luo Yinghe, the 22nd generation ancestor, who led the whole family to gather human, material and financial resources for five years.

Its purpose is only to achieve the "luodongshu Temple" four into four courtyard, one into a higher visual effect and used to store items.

Construction process

Luo Dongshu's ancestral hall was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (about 1539). It was built by Luo jiezong, the 21st generation ancestor. According to the qianluo genealogy of Chengkan, it is recorded that "after nearly 10% of the ancestral hall, I stopped when I was in trouble, and I followed it for 70 years.". In the year of Renzi of Wanli (1612), "the people of all clans thought of their ancestors' merits because of visiting temples, but regretted that it was not easy to create them when they saw the rules left behind." therefore, the construction was continued for five years under the leadership of Luo Yinghe (1540-1630), the 22nd ancestor of Longqing Jinshi and Youjin Duyu envoys who returned to their hometown. The total project took nearly ten years and cost 45 million taels of silver. The overall layout of the temple is in accordance with the format of the Confucius Temple in Shandong Province. The scale, momentum and exquisite construction technology of the temple have made the Chinese and foreign experts and tourists marvel. It is unanimously recognized as "the first temple in the south of the Yangtze River". The wall outside the ancestral hall is called Zhaobi, because there is Zhongchuan River in front of the ancestral hall. In ancient times, people paid attention to geography and geomantic omen when building houses. The descendants of the Luo family didn't want their wealth to be washed away by the river, so they built this wall.

After the completion of Dongshu temple, the back bedroom has only one floor, which is too low to match the whole group of buildings. Therefore, Luo Renzhong (1572-1638), the 23rd ancestor, built a loft on the grass frame of the back bedroom in 1617. All the wooden frames are placed on the purlin of the back bedroom. The floor is 9 meters higher than the ground. At the same time, two staircases are added. The width of the back bedroom is increased from 26 meters to 30 meters, and the number of rooms is increased from 9 to 11. Between the bottom floor and the floor, there is a straw frame partition layer (the skill is high, which can be seen). The roof is an ordinary sloping roof, with a ridge of 16 meters high, which pushes the whole group of buildings to the climax. Standing in the hall, looking up at the back bed, I feel more majestic and beautiful. A sense of solemnity, solemnity, holiness and loftiness arises spontaneously. In the old days, Baolun pavilion was used to collect treasures. Lun refers to imperial gifts, including imperial edicts, clothes and other items, such as ancestral images, genealogy, classics, calligraphy and painting, literature and so on, so it is called Baolun Pavilion. The huge plaque of "Baolun Pavilion" hanging in the middle of the eaves was written by Wu Shihong, a filial son of Ming Dynasty. In order to reflect the imperial power thought of "the king is superior and the minister is inferior", and avoid the trouble of the imperial court.

With Luo Dongshu Temple

It can be said that "Baolun Pavilion" is the component of the whole family temple building of "luodongshu Temple", which has the finest materials, no carving and decoration, the latest age and the lowest cultural relic value. But the cultural relic department should falsely call "luodongshu Temple" Baolun Pavilion. This is not only a great disrespect to the "Luo" ancestors, but also obliterates the architectural characteristics of "Luo Dongshu Temple" and the significance and extremely rich cultural connotation of why the descendants of kanluo built such a special temple as "Confucius Temple", which leads to many fallacies. For example, many publicity materials in Huizhou area used to draw "Luo Dongshu Temple" as a "small pavilion" and thought it was a "garden architecture sketch" such as "Pavilions". Another example is that "Huizhou regional records" categorizes "Luo Dongshu Temple" with "Cheng's three houses" in Tunxi and "old houses" in xixinan as "folk houses", but there is no introduction of "Luo Dongshu Temple" in the column of "Huizhou ancestral hall". Some people have written in Huangshan daily that "luodongshu Temple" and "Baolun Pavilion" are juxtaposed as two "national security units" and become "one temple and two national security units". Isn't that ridiculous?! Even after the "luodongshu Temple" was announced as a "national protection unit" in 1996, the cultural relics department and some local officials still insist that the name "baolunge" is louder than "luodongshu Temple". The reason is that there are many "Huizhou ancestral halls", while "Baolun Pavilion" is only my family, "no one has my own", and I think "Baolun Pavilion" is great. As we all know, "luodongshu Temple" is not only a "national security unit", but also by many experts

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