Xiaoyaolou site

It is between Jiefang Bridge and Fubo mountain in the north section of Binjiang Road. Built in Tang Dynasty, it is the East Tower of Guizhou city in Tang Dynasty, on which is a stone tablet named "xiaoyaolou" written by Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a Qing Dynasty official, was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. He once served as a royal censor in the palace, and was also the prefect of Pingyuan (now Shandong Province). Later, he became the crown prince, Taishi, and Duke of Lu county. His calligraphy is solid, vigorous and original, which is called "Yan ti". Yan Zhenqing had never been to Guilin. It is said that this stele was re engraved according to the stone hook of Puzhou (now Yongji, Shanxi). Because it is located in Dongcheng building, it is called "Xiaoyao building". The first year of song Chongning (1102). Guangnan West Road was slightly pacified by Cheng Jie, who rebuilt the building and renamed "Xiangnan building". The existing "xiaoyaolou" tablet Yin "Xiangnan Lou Ji" records the process of building repair and the reason of renaming.

Xiaoyaolou site

The site of xiaoyaolou is located between Jiefang Bridge and Fubo mountain in the north section of Binjiang Road in Guilin. It is the East Tower of Guizhou city in Tang Dynasty, on which there is a stone tablet named "xiaoyaolou" written by Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a Qing Dynasty official, was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. He once served as a royal censor in the palace, and was also the prefect of Pingyuan (now Shandong Province). Later, he became the crown prince, Taishi, and Duke of Lu county. His calligraphy is solid, vigorous and original, which is called "Yan ti". Yan Zhenqing had never been to Guilin. It is said that this stele was re engraved according to the stone hook of Puzhou (now Yongji, Shanxi). Because it is located in Dongcheng building, it is called "Xiaoyao building".

Happy past

Once as famous as Yellow Crane Tower

The first year of song Chongning. Guangnan West Road was slightly pacified by Cheng Jie to rebuild the buildings. The existing "xiaoyaolou" tablet Yin "Xiangnan Lou Ji" records the process of building repair and the reason of renaming.

Under Duxiu Peak and on the West Bank of Lijiang River, Xiaoyao tower, which was built in the Tang Dynasty, was as famous as huanghe tower, Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower and other human geographical coordinates, witnessing the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. Although the city building that once attracted countless scholars has long disappeared in the storm of history, its memory has not disappeared in Guilin.

According to historical records, in 621, Li Jing, Ambassador of Lingnan road and general manager of Guizhou, built "Zicheng" with Duxiu Peak as the center. Xiaoyao building is located on the east wall of Zicheng, between dongjiangmen (now the west end of Jiefang Bridge) and xingchunmen (now the west entrance of Donghua Road). In the song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Xiaoyao building was rebuilt many times on the original site, which stood for thousands of years on the West Bank of Lijiang River, and finally disappeared in the storm of history.

The Xiaoyao building in history is a must for dignitaries and scholars to come to Guilin. You can enjoy the blue sky in the city. You can see the inverted cross flow of Lijiang River near the pavilions. You can also see the green peaks from afar. You can have a panoramic view of Zizhou's misty rain, eastward crossing of Chunlan and winter snow in Yaoshan.

From Song Zhiwen in Tang Dynasty to Fan Chengda, Liu Kezhuang, Fang furuo, Li Yanbi, Li zengbo, Zhang Lei in Song Dynasty, to boduludin and Wu boyin in Yuan Dynasty, and Yang Fang in Ming Dynasty, they all wrote poems for Xiaoyao Loushu.

The poet and statesman of the Yuan Dynasty, Benedict Rudin, once wrote in "xiaoyaolou": "on the clouds of life, I can't stop thinking. Jingshan row green broad, twilight Lin palace. The piccolo is beyond the clouds, and the fishing song is in the light. Penglai stares at her eyes and the sea is red It's enough to make people reverie what they saw when they stood on the Xiaoyao building.

With such a profound cultural heritage, Xiaoyao tower is as famous as huanghe tower, Yueyang Tower and other famous cultural and geographical coordinates. For historical reasons, many things about the Xiaoyao building itself can not be accurately researched at present, but there is a common view in the academic circles that the influence of Xiaoyao building on Guilin is not only reflected in the culture, but also has the historical value of Guilin city card.

Lin Zhijie, a cultural expert of Guangxi chamber of Commerce of enterprises in Beijing (online name "individual guest under the moon"), found that after the Tang Dynasty, the Xiaoyao buildings of song, yuan and Ming dynasties had been rebuilt many times. It was rebuilt in 1102, the first year of song Chongning. Because Guilin is located in the south of Xiangjiang River, it is an important town in the southwest of China, which "lives on the surface of Wuling mountains and controls the suburbs of liangyue". The existing "xiaoyaolou" tablet Yin "Xiangnan Lou Ji" records the building repair process. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, jingjiangfu city was built and rebuilt again. Li zengbo, who was in charge of the city building project, wrote the article "rebuilding the south of Hunan", which has seven characters of "Guilin mountains and rivers are the best in the world". Before the discovery of duxiufeng Wang Zhenggong's poem stele, it has long been regarded as the source of "Guilin mountains and rivers are the best in the world".

As for the death of xiaoyaolou, it is often said that it was bombed by Japanese aircraft during the Anti Japanese war. The remaining stone tablet inscribed by Yan Zhenqing in front of the building had to be moved to Mount Putuo in the Seven Star scenic area for protection. Since then, Xiaoyao building has gradually faded out of people's vision.

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The voice of reconstruction attracts attention from the people to the government

The long-term expectation of rebuilding Xiaoyao building is now becoming a reality. On January 21, the main leaders of the municipal Party committee held a meeting to speed up the reconstruction of the historical landscape Xiaoyao building and create a new landmark in the old urban area of Guilin.

The reconstruction site of Xiaoyao building has been determined to be on the northwest corner of Jiefang Bridge and the second floor platform of waterfront ecological Plaza, which is not far from the original site of Xiaoyao building. At present, the reconstruction project has started, and the public can enjoy Xiaoyao building as soon as this year.

Xiaoyao building is an important cultural symbol of Guilin City in the past dynasties. Reconstruction of Xiaoyao building is of great significance to awaken people's historical memory of Xiaoyao building, excavate and carry forward Guilin's history and culture, enhance the cultural quality of Guilin as a famous historical and cultural city, further boost Guilin people's cultural confidence and pride, and enrich and develop Guilin's tourism and cultural industry.

At the beginning of 2013, Lin Zhijie posted "proposal for the reconstruction of Xiaoyao building in Guilin" on the forum of Guilin life.com, proposing to rebuild Xiaoyao building near the original site. Lin Zhijie wrote in his post: "the Xiaoyao building in history is a landmark building witnessed by people from the Central Plains entering Lingnan through the Hunan Guangxi corridor. With such a building, the natural landscape is no longer a wild land. It can be said that the Xiaoyao building was once a historic and cultural building of extraordinary significance in the urban type system of Lingnan. The reconstruction of Xiaoyao building has seven values: landscape value, business card value, artistic value, literary value, philosophical value, landmark value and architectural value. "

Lin Zhijie's proposal aroused a thousand waves and soon aroused heated discussion. The voices of reappearing Guilin's historical and cultural landmark buildings, upgrading Guilin's historical and cultural tourism grade, and Guilin's need for historical and cultural blocks have been transmitted one after another.

It is understood that in 2014, the reconstruction of Xiaoyao building was officially put on the agenda of the municipal Party committee and the municipal government. The city's main leaders attached great importance to this issue, held many meetings to study the reconstruction issues, and listed the project as an important content of "looking for the strength of Guilin culture and excavating the value of Guilin culture". "At that time, the main leaders of the city gave instructions on the reconstruction of Xiaoyao building, asking for" rebuilding Xiaoyao building, promoting history and culture ". We also absorbed the suggestions put forward by many enthusiastic netizens, and started to carry out site selection planning and design from the beginning of 2014." City architectural design and Research Institute, said the relevant person in charge.

The person in charge said that in order to do a good job in the reconstruction of Xiaoyao building, the designers consulted a large number of historical materials, and combined with the information provided by enthusiastic netizens, they basically located the original site of Xiaoyao building. Due to urban planning and other reasons, the final reconstruction site is located in the northwest corner of Jiefang Bridge and the second floor platform of waterfront Ecological Square, which is the closest to the original site of Xiaoyao building and has the least impact on the natural ecological environment of Lijiang River and the best dynamic and static traffic conditions.

On the new year's eve of February 7, 2016, this loft style building of Tang and Song Dynasties was resplendent in the night. During the Spring Festival, the rebuilt Xiaoyao building in Guilin officially lights up. This famous building with a history of more than 1300 years reappears in front of the world with a new attitude.

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The new building is expected to be completed and opened within this year

At present, the reconstruction project of Xiaoyao building has entered the substantive construction stage, and the foundation reinforcement construction has begun. The reporter learned from Xiufeng District that according to the construction plan, the new Xiaoyao building will be completed and open to the public this year.

It is reported that the new Xiaoyao building will maintain the "charm" of the original Xiaoyao building. According to the relevant person in charge of the municipal architectural design and Research Institute, because the Xiaoyao building has been rebuilt many times in history, its specific shape is difficult to check through historical data, so the new Xiaoyao building will be constructed according to the architectural style of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and strive to be similar.

The proposed Xiaoyao building covers an area of 630 square meters, and the project is positioned as a historical landscape building with moderate historical and cultural display and tourism. The architectural style is Tang Song style. The main body of the project is reinforced concrete structure, and the exterior decoration will be made of hardwood to restore the characteristics of ancient buildings. The total height of the whole building is 23.6m, which is a two-story three eaves loft building built on a 1.5m platform. The side wall between the first floor and the second floor of the waterfront Ecological Square will be decorated as the Tang and Song Dynasty city wall to restore the scene of Xiaoyao building based on the city wall.

"After the completion of the new Xiaoyao building, there will be some historical and cultural exhibition areas inside. There will also be a landscape corridor on the second floor. Standing on the corridor, you can see the Lijiang River, the Seven Star scenic spot and Zizhou in the distance. It will bring a new vision for the citizens and tourists." The person in charge said.

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