Yuewang building

Yuewang tower, built in the Xianqing period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty (656-661 A.D.), was built by Li Zhen, the eighth son of Emperor Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty, when he was the governor of mianzhou. Together with huanghe tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Yueyang Tower, it is known as the four famous buildings of Tang Dynasty.

The king of Yue building has been damaged several times. Today, the rebuilt king of Yue building is still located in the original site of Guishan, covering an area of 84.2 mu. It is 66 meters long from east to west, 88 meters wide from north to south, and 99 meters high. It has a total of 15 floors. It is the most antique single building today. Therefore, it is said that the king of Yue building is domineering, the Yellow Crane Tower is magnificent, the Tengwang Pavilion is talented, and the Yueyang Tower is elegant.

Yuewang building

Located at the top of Guishan mountain in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, Yue Wang building was built by Yue Wang Li Zhen, the eighth son of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, when he was the governor of mianzhou. It was first built in the Xianqing period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. It is grand and magnificent with a height of 10 Zhang (100 feet). After the restoration and reconstruction, the momentum of Yuewang building is no less than that of that year. The height of 99 meters is still the highest in China (Tengwang Pavilion is 57.2 meters high, Yellow Crane Tower is 52.6 meters high, stork magpie tower is 72 meters high, Yueyang Tower is 32 meters high), so it is said that "Yue Wang tower is domineering, Yellow Crane Tower is grand, Tengwang Pavilion is talented, Yueyang Tower is elegant".

Yuewang tower is the most abundant famous building in the world, including 154 poems written by Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Bo, Lu You and other great poets (112 poems by Yellow Crane Tower, 86 poems by Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower and stork magpie tower are famous poems, but not many), which can be described as "a Yuewang tower, half of the history of Chinese Literature"; the writers of poems are of the highest grade, except for Li Bai, the immortal poet and the poet Besides Sheng Du Fu, he is almost a famous poet after Tang Dynasty, and can be regarded as "the first floor of poetry in the world".

historical background

Yuewang tower, built in the Xianqing period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty (656-661 A.D.), has been more than 1350 years. It is one of the famous cultural buildings of Tang Dynasty, which is as famous as huanghe tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Yueyang Tower. Looking at fule (mountain) in the East, Bishui (Temple) in the west, Nanshan (mountain) tower in the south, Jiuyuan (Science City) in the north, Guishan mountain and Fushui River are better than mianzhou.

Li Zhen, king of Yue (627-688), was the eighth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. According to the history of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhen was known as the "king of talent" among all the kings of the royal family. She was "both civil and military" and "rich in officials". When he stabbed mianzhou, he took loyalty and filial piety as the foundation, benevolence and justice as the priority, promoted water conservancy, helped farmers and merchants, made it clear to the world, domesticated the common people, integrated all ethnic groups, and changed the social atmosphere.

In 656 ad, Li Zhen, who was crowned as the "three kings" (the king of Han, the former king, and the king of Yue), served as the governor of mianzhou as the elder brother of the ruling Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. She took on the important task of guarding against the invasion of Tubo to the East and ensuring the safety of one side. In the Tang Dynasty, the Treasury appropriated 500000 liang of silver to build the Yue King Building, and Li Zhen personally supervised the work. One of its original intentions is to strengthen defense, and more importantly, to establish Wutong to lead the Phoenix, to recruit talents from all over the world, and to promote the development of economic and cultural development in Mianyang City.

In the 14th year of Tang Tianbao (755 A.D.), an Shi rebellion took place. In the 15th year (756 A.D.), Tang Xuanzong was forced to flee to Western Shu. He led his princes and ministers to enter Shu under the protection of 20000 royal guards and stayed in the Yue palace in mianzhou. Fang was a little bit shocked and his mood improved. Xuanzong fled to Sichuan. He suffered a lot on his way. He couldn't eat well and sleep well. He was so sad that he didn't expect that in mianzhou, which is far away from Chang'an, there is a Yue palace comparable to the capital Chang'an palace. Everything is made according to the king's system, which is comfortable and safe. As a result, Emperor Xuanzong was no longer busy on his way, but took the Yuewang building as a temporary palace.

Since the completion of the Yuewang building in the Tang Dynasty, scholars and scholars from all over the world have come in droves and left behind countless classic poems. There are more than 150 poems about Yuewang building written by poets of all ages, especially the poem "Shanglou poem" written by Li Bai: "the dangerous building is a hundred feet high, you can pick the stars with your hands, you dare not speak aloud, you are afraid to frighten the people in the sky." Song of Yue Wang Lou by Du Fu: he Leiluo, the capital of mianzhou, was written by Yue Wang in the middle of the Qing Dynasty; tall buildings rise in the northwest of the lonely city, with Biwa and Zhuyu shining on the city. Downstairs, the Yangtze River is 100 Zhang clear, and the setting sun on the top of the mountain is half a wheel bright. The old traces of the king are appreciated by people today, and we can see the eternal love. " In the Song Dynasty, Lu You's "Dengyue Wang Lou" said: "you can go up to the baichi Lou by the river, lean on the fence and watch the autumn of the river. Before he was willing, he lived as a poor man, and his two feet were still worthy of stepping on Kyushu. Many painters in Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties also painted exquisite paintings of Yuewang building, so some scholars called Yuewang building "the first building of poetry and prose in the world".

The Yuewang building was damaged several times and rebuilt several times. At the end of Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Song Dynasty, most of the Yuewang building was destroyed by a fire. The Yuan Dynasty carried out a large-scale restoration, and the Ming Dynasty also rebuilt it once. However, a fire in the Ming Dynasty completely destroyed it, leaving only the Yuewang terrace.

The restored Yuewang building is still built in Guishan site, covering an area of 84.2 mu. It is a Tang style pavilion with flying eaves. The ground floor is 66 meters long from east to west and 88 meters wide from north to south. The main building is 99 meters high, with a total of 15 floors. The building area is 22207 square meters. It integrates pavilions, buildings, pavilions, halls, corridors and towers. The first to fifth floors are pavilions, the tenth to thirteenth floors are pavilions, the fifteenth floor is pavilions, and the top is like a pagoda North and south direction is the hall, each layer has an outline, is today's most antique single building. The three famous building owners and experts came to Mianyang for investigation, praising the "domineering" of Yuewang building. Therefore, there is a saying that "Yuewang building is domineering, huanghe tower is grand, Tengwang Pavilion is talented and Yueyang Tower is elegant".

geographical environment

Yuewang building in Tang Dynasty is grand and magnificent, which can be called the first of the four famous buildings in Tang Dynasty.

The magnificent Yuewang building has attracted more than one thousand years of famous scholars and poets, leaving more than 150 famous poems. As a rare building in the world, it is known as "the first building of poetry in the world". Among the poems sung by celebrities in the past dynasties, Du Fu, Lu You and Li Diaoyuan are the most famous. Du Fu, a poet, went to mianzhou in the first year of Baoying (762 A.D.) and wrote the Yuewang Lou Ge, which was written by he Leiluo, the capital of mianzhou, during the reign of Xianqing. In the northwest of the isolated city, there are tall buildings, Biwa and Zhuzhou shining on the city. Downstairs, the Yangtze River is 100 Zhang clear, and the setting sun on the top of the mountain is half round bright. The old traces of the monarch are appreciated by people today, and we can see the eternal love.

According to the investigation, there are more than 20 poems in the past dynasties about the grand and beautiful Yuewang building and its ruins. In Mianyang City, 15 famous poets eulogized the Yuewang building. Therefore, it has the reputation of "a Yuewang building, half of literature history".

At the same time, because of its outstanding style and scale, the painting elites of the past dynasties competed to depict it. Zhao Boju in the Song Dynasty, Li Rongjin in the Yuan Dynasty and Zhang Yanyan in the Qing Dynasty made the Yuewang building famous all over the world.

After reconstruction, the main building of Yuewang building has 15 floors inside and outside. The bottom is 66 meters wide from east to west, 88 meters long from north to south, and 99 meters high. The main project is an antique reinforced concrete frame structure, and the exterior is Tang style angdou cornice Xieshan style. The supporting buildings include corridors, pavilions, pavilions, platforms, squares, shopping malls, parking lots, gardens, etc. The project plans to use 84 mu of land with a total construction area of 27700 square meters. After the completion of the Yuewang building in height, shape and area are the most antique buildings in China.

Reconstruction project

On October 24, 2001, the Yuewang building began to be rebuilt. Later, due to various factors, the reconstruction project of Yuewang building was stopped on March 28, 2005.

On April 12, 2007, the 48th Standing Committee of the municipal Party committee decided that the municipal investment holding group (hereinafter referred to as miantou holding) should be responsible for the renewal and operation. After miantou took over, it quickly established a project department to deal with the problems left over in the early stage, and started the project scheme revision, construction bidding and other work at the same time. Based on the business model of famous towers, famous buildings and famous squares in Xi'an Dayan Pagoda, Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower and Ningbo Tianyi Square, the original plan is adjusted and optimized.

In order to study the specific location of Yuewang building, experts and scholars in our city have carried out large-scale data access to the libraries of major famous universities in China, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University, as well as large museums at home and abroad. In order to cooperate with the reconstruction of Yuewang building, the Department of cultural relics protection of Mianyang City organized an expert archaeological team to carry out rescue archaeological excavation of Yuewang building site in May 2001. Through the excavation, a rectangular, 12 m × 14 m square building site of the middle and late Ming Dynasty was excavated. More than 100 blue and white porcelain pieces belonging to the middle and late Ming Dynasty were unearthed. It is worth mentioning that the word "Yue Tai Chang Zai" was clearly engraved on a piece of porcelain. More than 30 important and complete artifacts have been excavated and collected. Among them, bronze arrows, colored glazed tiles, white glazed pottery, blue and white porcelain, celadon, large-scale tiles, Zhenshan beasts and circles are the main features. The cultural connotation is very rich and has high artistic appreciation value. Through chronological analysis, the chronological sequence is established, which provides an important basis for the study of the architectural historical evolution of yuewanglou site.

The newly designed antique building complex of Yuewang building is integrated with many scenic spots around. The main building is cast-in-place reinforced concrete with full frame, which can prevent the earthquake of magnitude 7. The project covers an area of 82.2 mu (including urban roads), with a total land area of 33500 square meters, a total construction area of 30175 square meters, a greening land area of 14408 square meters, and a parking lot area of 3000 square meters. It is planned to invest 90 million yuan in the continuation project.

The whole process took 10 years.

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