Yingen gate

Yingenmen tower

synonym

Yingen gate tower generally refers to Yingen gate tower

Yingenmen tower is a landmark building in Dongguan. It is located in the center of the city. It was built in the 17th year of Hongwu (1384) of Ming Dynasty. It was one of the four towers in the southeast, northwest and central and western parts of Dongguan City at that time, so it is commonly known as the West Tower. There used to be a city wall connecting Taoism mountain, South City, Bomeng mountain, east gate and north gate, with a total length of 1299 Zhang, protecting Dongguan City, which is strong, tall and magnificent.

Dongguan

Today, yingenmen tower is still standing, with red walls, green tiles, cornices and Dougong. Its preserved Ming Dynasty base is particularly precious. Yingen Ximen has always been the symbol of the ancient city of Dongguan and an important coordinate of a famous historical and cultural city. The Cultural Square next to it is an exhibition of the new atmosphere of Dongguan in the new century. The green grass, the fountain, the dancing and the graceful singing constitute the grand scene of Dongguan in the new era. Yingenmen tower and cultural square show the new atmosphere of Dongguan, a famous historical and cultural city. Cultural relics and modern cultural facilities complement each other and have certain historical value and appreciation value.

Yingenmen tower it is said that during the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates often came here to plunder. At that time, there was no barrier around Dongguan. So a general named Chang ran led the army and people to build a city wall and four gates around Dongguan. The whole city wall was 1299 feet long, encircling the whole Dongguan City. When the city gate was closed, the pirates could not enter City. Moreover, the city wall has the function of flood control. When there is a flood in summer, the city gate is blocked with sandbags, so that the city will not be flooded. It's really making the people rich. Therefore, the people of Dongguan have great feelings for this building. Even though the urban area is changing, they are reluctant to demolish the old building. They have invested a lot of money to rebuild the surrounding area into the xichengmen Cultural Square, which has become an important place for citizens to have leisure and entertainment and hold large-scale festivals.

After hundreds of years of wind and rain baptism, Yingen tower is still standing, majestic, visible Yingen building solid. Set off by the cultural square of Xicheng building and the modern high-rise buildings nearby, it exudes its unique charm of long history and profound cultural connotation.

Shaoxing

Yingen gate of Shaoxing is located in the northwest corner of the ancient city, also known as Xiguo gate. It is a reconstruction gate designed by Yang Su, the Duke of Yue in the Sui Dynasty. It is a dual-purpose gate. In ancient times, all court officials and even emperors must pass through this gate, so it is called Yingen gate.

It is said that the king of Yue, Jujian, once built an archery tower outside Yingen gate, where he lay down his salary and tasted his courage. Visiting yingenmen can make people feel a strong historical atmosphere.

Shanhaiguan

Yingen gate is the west gate of Shanhaiguan city. Because the west gate is connected with the royal road to Beijing, especially the emperor of Qing Dynasty had been in and out for many times, it is named Yingen, which means that the emperor's heavenly grace is supreme, and it was always welcomed in the past.

An arrow tower was built on the Yingen gate, which is the same as the first pass. According to the local records, it is the same system as the East Gate Tower. It is said that xiangai Fusang was appointed as the imperial secretary in the ninth year of Qianlong, Chen Guan in the 37th year of Jiajing, yuan Kunhua in the 39th year of Wanli, Peng Yuwen in the 22nd year of Daoguang, Lu Weidi in the county, and Wang Rulin in the 20th year of Guangxu. According to the detailed records in the local records, every dynasty attaches great importance to the west gate tower. The climbing horse road of the west gate is located in the North inner side of the gate. The west gate tower is a big wooden structure with double eaves and a top of the hill. It is decorated with carved beams and painted columns. There are four regular script characters of "Xiang Ai Fu sang" on the plaque of Ximen. The gold characters on the blue background have the imperial seal of Emperor Qianlong. It is said that the first two words "xiangai" were written by Qianlong, and the last two words "Fusang" were written by Heshang, a favorite Minister of Qianlong. The four words match perfectly. Unfortunately, this plaque was destroyed during the cultural revolution.

The west gate is an important gateway of Shanhaiguan. There is an urn outside the main gate, a moat outside the city, and the west gate opens to the south. In the past, Xiguan was a royal road leading to the capital. All the people who passed through the gate had to pass through the gate. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were heavy guards inside and outside the gate to check the passers-by. In Shanhaiguan, there was a legend that Kangxi was beaten when he passed the gate. It was said that Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty paid a private visit. Because it was late, the gate had been closed. Kangxi insisted on breaking through the gate and was guarded by the imperial power After Kangxi was beaten, he thought of the soldiers guarding the gate for him. He not only didn't incriminate them, but also praised them. Although this is a legend, it also shows how an enlightened monarch dealt with the problem. It also shows that there was a certain system to open the gate of Shanhaiguan in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

In the west gate urn, a temple for the emperor was built, which was not large enough for the soldiers to worship. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ximen urn was still the execution ground for death row prisoners. Every year, the dead prisoners were beheaded in the urn. It lasted until the Republic of China. After the revolution of 1911, beheading was banned by criminal law and executed by gunshot instead. The execution place was moved to the area of climbing temple. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the last executioner was called Dadao Zhangsan. He chopped down countless prisoners in his life. After banning the criminal law of beheading, he sent the sword to a martial arts teacher named Yang Shaoyun in Shanhaiguan.

Qiqihar

Yingenmen in Qiqihar is a gate on bukui North Street in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, China.

Yingenmen of Qiqihar was built in 1691, the 30th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. In 1882, Qiqihar city was renovated on the basis of the original city wall, and four gates were named: Yingen in the south, Huaiyuan in the north, Chenghui in the East and Pingding in the West. This is where yingenmen comes from. In the early days of liberation, "yingenmen" was renamed "jiefangmen" to commemorate the liberation of Qiqihar city.

Lanzhou

The yingenmen in Lanzhou, commonly known as dongshaomen, is the Dongguo exhibition building of Qingyang Road, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.

Qingyang Road is the most important commercial street in Lanzhou city. It was formed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is surrounded by the East, the South and the West. Looking from a high place, it looks like a thousand year old turtle. The west is the head of the turtle, the main city is the back of the turtle, and the East is the tail of the turtle. Yingenmen has become the east entrance of Dongfanghong square in Lanzhou

the republic of korea

The former gate style building outside the west gate of Hanyang city in South Korea, formerly known as "yingenmen", was built by the Korean Dynasty to meet the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. When Chinese envoys come to North Korea, they must pass through this door. In 1539, Xue tingchong, an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, wrote "yingenmen", which was later called yingenmen. Next to "yingenmen", there is a state guesthouse for the Central Plains envoys, with the title of "Mu Hua Guan" (meaning admiring China).

The Manchu government was defeated in the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, and signed the humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan (1895). It was forced to cede Taiwan and Penghu to Japan, and gave up its suzerainty over the Korean kingdom. The Korean dynasty became independent in 1896 and changed its name to the Korean empire. As a symbol of humiliating vassal state, yingenmen was set on fire on the day of declaring independence (only stone pillars were left), and an independent gate was built on the original site (completed in 1898). On the east side of the gate was written "independent gate" in Korean, on the west side was written "independent gate" in Chinese, and "muhuaguan" was renamed independent hall.

The picture on the top right is the original "Yingen gate".

Wuping County

In the Ming Dynasty, Wusuo Zhongshan had built three cities: the old city, the moon city and the new city, so people called Wusuo city "three cities" for short. There are three cities in a small area, which is rare in the world. This is because of Zhongshan

It is an important military town on the border of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. It has been a must for military strategists since ancient times. In the Ming Dynasty, there were qianhusuo. The official rank of zhengqianhu was one level higher than that of Taishou. It is not under the jurisdiction of the county office. It is like an independent kingdom, so it has such a scale. After the "great leap forward" and "Cultural Revolution", Zhongshan City was destroyed, and now there is only one "Yingen gate", which stands tall and tells the world of its glory and historical vicissitudes. According to textual research, Yu Dayou, a famous Anti Japanese general in the Ming Dynasty, built a "Du Yi Xuan" on the gate of Yingen City, and the Japanese priest Zi studied fencing. It's a pity that "reading Yixuan" was destroyed in the war, leaving only such a large site on the city gate.

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