Dejimen site

Dejimen site

Dejimen site,

It is located in Tianhou Road, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, facing Tianhou palace in the south,

In the north, it is adjacent to the temple of heaven after heaven and the Museum of the history of Fujian Taiwan relations,

Wenzhou City and across the river, the river across the name of Oujiang, far away from the Taiwan Strait.

The dejimen site was first built in the Southern Song Dynasty (1230 AD),

It was called zhennanmen at that time. It was renamed dejimen in the 12th year of yuanzhizheng (1352 AD). The architectural plane of the remaining gate is polygonal, 36.5 meters long from north to south, 49.1 meters wide from east to west, 171.2 meters long. The site covers an area of 2000 square meters. It is composed of the gate wall, gate pier, internal and external trenches, arch bridge, urn city and gate. The remains include Hindu, Christian and Islamic Buddhas from the 13th century to the 14th century The stone carvings of the religion and the iron cannons of the 14th and 19th centuries (Ming and Qing Dynasties). Dejimen site is the only ancient city gate site preserved in Quanzhou and cleaned up by scientific archaeology. It is the symbol of ancient citronella city in song and Yuan Dynasties. The architectural remains of each period in the site are clearly stacked and rich in content, which completely preserve the historical traces of the expansion, development and evolution of the ancient citronella city and QUANNAN area since the 11th century, and have important cultural value. In addition, it provides important material materials for the research of overseas transportation, urban architecture, religious art and other aspects.

In 2004, dejimen site was declared as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Quanzhou Municipal People's government,

In May 2006, it was approved as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council

. From June 2001 to March 2002, the Cultural Department of Quanzhou City, in cooperation with the renovation work of the southern area of the municipal government, invited the provincial archaeological team to carry out archaeological excavation and data collation of the dejimen site. It has important scientific, historical and artistic value in the history of maritime communication, urban architecture and Quanzhou religion.

Historical evolution

Deji gate is the South Gate of Quanzhou ancient city. It was built in 1230, the third year of shaoding in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was changed to stone in the Yuan Dynasty. It was repaired and added to the moon city (urn) in the early Hongwu of Ming Dynasty. It was also repaired in the Qing Dynasty and damaged in 1948. In the 13th century (Southern Song Dynasty), when you Jiugong, the prefect, built a new Wing City, which was covered by stones along the river. The commerce inside and outside the city was prosperous, with "80 painting workshops" and "500 thousand people without worry". In the 13th century, the city gate became more prosperous, and people praised that "all the merchants from all over the world made contributions to the city.". In the 12th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1352), Zhuoyu, the governor of the county, extended the original wall of Luocheng from 20 Li to 30 Li, and changed the South Gate of the town to Deji gate. In the 14th century (Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty), the wall of dejimen was thickened and increased, and the moon city was built. After that, it was rebuilt repeatedly, and was destroyed in 1948. It is recorded in the annals of Jinjiang County, which is completely consistent with the archaeological data.

From June 2001 to March 2002, the Cultural Department of Quanzhou City, in cooperation with the renovation work of the southern area of the municipal government, invited the Fujian Provincial archaeological team to carry out archaeological excavation and data collation on the dejimen site.

Site features

The dejimen site is divided into two parts,

The pavement of the gate road is paved with long strip, square and irregular stone slabs, and anti-skid grooves are chiseled.

Large stone strips were laid at the moat crossing the gate, and the remains of the gate buildings were found. Inside and outside the city wall are masonry, the urn is half moon shaped, outside the moat around the city.

The gate of the urn is on the west side, with two gateways

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The ruins of the early city wall are located in the northern part of the site, extending from east to West in an arc shape. The length of excavation and clearing is 31.0 meters, and the width is 7.2 to 7.6 meters. The outer side of the city wall is cut with stone strips, the middle part is filled with soil, and a small amount of rock is filled with stone and slightly rammed. The inner moat is located on the south side of the ruins of the early city wall. It is 47.2 meters long, 1.93-2.88 meters wide and 2.5-2.75 meters deep. The two sides of the trench are built with stone strips, and the bottom of the trench is paved with neat waste stone columns. An arch bridge is built at the East and West ends of the trench. The length of the wall of dejimen is 43.1 meters, the residual height is half to one meter, and the base width is 4.8 to 5.45 meters. The gate road of Deji gate is located at the west end of the city wall, with a "convex" shape on the plane. It crosses the inner trench with five stone slabs. The depth of the gate is 4.25m, and the width is 2.62M to 4.08m. The pavement of the gate road is paved with long, square and irregular stone slabs, with anti-skid grooves. Large stone slabs are laid at the place where the gate road crosses the trench, and stones are laid inside and outside the city wall.

Moon City, also known as the urn City, the gate of the urn city is opened on the west side. The plane is half moon shaped, 41 meters to 43.6 meters long from east to west, and 22.4 meters wide from north to south.

Cultural relics

The dejimen site is not a relic. Dejimen site is the only one preserved among the seven gates of Quanzhou ancient city in song and Yuan Dynasties, which has been cleaned up by scientific archaeology. The remains include stone carvings of Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism from the 13th to the 14th century and iron cannons from the 14th to the 19th century (Ming and Qing Dynasties).

Research value

A large number of religious stone carvings unearthed from the site witnessed the prosperity of Quanzhou's "maritime Silk Road" trade and the prosperity of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. From these carvings, we can learn about the social economy, humanities and religion, and the situation of overseas transportation in the song and Yuan Dynasties

.

History and culture

Dejimen site culture dejimen site culture is an archeological culture of song and Yuan Dynasties. It is named after dejimen site in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. It is a relic represented by dejimen site and is named "dejimen site culture". Dejimen site culture is mainly distributed in dejimen, Quanzhou.

protective measures

In 2004, dejimen site was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Quanzhou Municipal People's government. In May 2006, dejimen site was approved as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relic protection units by the State Council of the people's Republic of China.

Dejimen site and Tianhou Palace are separated on both sides of Tianhou Road, and are listed as the heritage sites of "ancient Quanzhou (Erythrina) historical relics". In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the protection and exhibition project of dejimen site, traffic control will be implemented on the section of Tianhou Palace on Tianhou road until April 30.

Tourism information

geographical position

Dejimen site is located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

30 Tin Hau Road.

Traffic information

Dejimen site is located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, next to the first people's Hospital of Quanzhou City. Get off the train from Quanzhou railway station and walk to dejimen site. The whole distance is about 10 km. Get out of the railway station, walk due south, walk 240 meters, then turn left to enter the East-West Road, turn right to enter the North-South Road, walk 2.4 km, and turn left to 860 meters Turn, go 140 meters, cross the road into S307 auxiliary road, go 270 meters, turn right, continue to go 3.2 kilometers, turn right into Jiangbin North Road, go 2.3 kilometers, turn left to cross the road, then turn right, continue to go 150 meters, turn right into tihou Road, go 60 meters, go straight into Tudi Road, go 140 meters into Zhongshan South Road, go 40 meters, enter Tianhou Road, and go 30 meters is dejimen site.

Address: Tianhou Road, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.588483

Latitude: 24.894546

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