Nanyan Palace

Nanyan Palace

Nanyan palace, a national key cultural relic protection unit, is located on Nanyan of Wudang Mountain in Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province. According to the records of Taihe mountain records, Taoists practiced here in the Tang and Song dynasties. In the Yuan Dynasty, Taoists established a Taoist temple here. In the first year of the great reign (1308), "Tianyi Zhenqing Wanshou Palace" was destroyed in the end of the Yuan Dynasty. In the 11th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1413), it was rebuilt. There were more than 6400 large and small temples, with the grant of "Dasheng Nanyan Palace". Most of the buildings were destroyed in the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Nanyan palace has only stone hall built in the Yuan Dynasty, Nantianmen gate built in the Ming Dynasty, stele Pavilion, Liangyi hall and other buildings; on the former site of Yuanjun palace, there is still a statue of jade emperor, which has a vivid appearance. Outside the palace, there is Laohukou in the north of the rock, and there are dressing tables, feishengtai and other historic sites on the south of the rock.

historical origin

In the first year of Yanyou reign (1314 AD), it was named "Zhenqing palace of ten thousand birthday of Datian". Nanyan palace is one of the nine palaces built in the Ming Dynasty. In 1412 ad, the Xuandi hall, the mountain gate, the corridor, the ancestral stone hall, the parents hall, the left and right Pavilion, the left and right imperial stele Pavilion in front of the palace, the Wushi hall, the Zhengong Temple, the Yuanguang hall, the divine kitchen, the divine storehouse, the abbot, the Zhaitang, the kitchen hall, the cloud hall, the Bo hall, the round hall, the guest hall, and the Liaoshi hall were built. A total of 155 rooms were awarded as "great saint Nanyan Palace" "Palace". By 1536, the palace had been expanded to 640 rooms.

Nanyan palace, with 21 existing temples and houses, covers an area of 3539 square meters. Ancient buildings and sites cover an area of 61187 square meters. In 1989, the Hubei provincial government allocated funds to repair some temples, pavilions and ancient Shinto. In 2003, the Hubei provincial government decided to rebuild and repair the Xuandi Hall of Nanyan hall, which was approved by the State Administration of cultural relics in 2004 and completed in 2006. At the same time, the top of the two stele pavilions and the silk burning furnace were repaired.

Prosperous period

Wudang Mountain, also known as Taihe mountain, is located in the southwest of Danjiangkou City, Hubei Province. In the Ming Dynasty, Wudang Mountain was granted the title of "great mountain" and "xuanyue" by the emperor, and its position was above the "Five Mountains". Wudang Mountain ancient building complex was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty (627-649 AD). Ming Dynasty is the heyday of its development. The ancient buildings in Wudang Mountain mainly include Taihe palace, Nanyan palace, Zixiao palace and Yuzhen palace, yuxu palace and Wulong palace, as well as all kinds of nunneries and ancestral temples. The construction area is 50000 square meters, covering a total area of more than 1 million square meters, and the scale is extremely large.

Nanyan palace was first built in the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty to the 3rd year of the Yuan Dynasty (1285-1310 A.D.) and expanded in the 10th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1412 A.D.). Nanyan palace is located at the foot of duyang rock. It is famous for its beautiful mountains. There are 2L existing buildings, with a construction area of 3505 square meters and an area of 90000 square meters. There are Tianyi Zhenqing palace stone hall, Liangyi hall, Huangjing hall, Bafeng Pavilion, Longhu hall, Dabei Pavilion and Nantianmen.

Layout structure

The overall layout of Nanyan palace is the most flexible of the nine palaces, which is rigorous and changeable. People ascend the gate of heaven with the illusion that they can only see the gate of heaven in the blue sky. After entering the South Tianmen gate, they suddenly follow the turning point of the mountain and rush down to the small Tianmen gate. Although the two large stele pavilions stand in front of them, they completely break through the symmetrical pattern. Then turn to chongfuyan to get to the palace gate, the dragon and tiger hall. After entering the door, the vision is slightly open, decorated with columns and platforms, stacked layer upon layer. After climbing Chongtai and passing through the ruins of the main hall, we just saw the stone Hall of Nanyan and related buildings.

Tour route

Drive 2.5km from Zixiao palace to wuyuling, the terminal station, and then reach Nanyan scenic spot through Nantianmen. Nanyan peak is the most beautiful of the 36 rocks in Wudang Mountain, with its steep ridge, green trees, Bixiao on the top and juejian on the bottom. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Taoists have practiced here. In the Yuan Dynasty, a Taoist temple was built here. In 1413, more than 640 temples were built here, which were destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty. Now there are only stone hall built in Yuan Dynasty, Nantianmen, Beiting, Liangyi hall built in Ming Dynasty, Yuanjun hall, Nanxun hall, Yuanguang hall and other relics. From the south gate into the small gate, through the pavilion, is commonly known as foot tiger rock Chongfu rock. Yuanguang hall, Nanxun Pavilion, 18 Qiping, taishangguan, Wushi hall, Abbot's room, Zhaitang and other relics are seen in the distance. Longhu hall is a famous scene in Nanyan. Out of the hall of dragon and tiger is the courtyard, in which there is a well decorated with hexagonal stone columns. Well water is pure and sweet, just like manna, so it is called manna well. It is one of the best springs in Wudang. Climbing from the courtyard to the upper layer, Danlong decorated column Chongyan is the site of Yuanjun hall, namely Dasheng Nanyan palace.

Main attractions

Nanyan stone hall, the amount of the book "Tianyi Zhenqing palace.". It's on the north, on the south, on the cliff. It is a stone architecture imitating wood structure. Its beams and columns, eaves and rafters, brackets, doors and windows, tile surfaces and plaques are all carved with blue stone and assembled with mortise and tenon. It is 11 meters wide, 6.6 meters deep and 6.8 meters high. It is the largest existing stone hall in Wudang Mountain. The hall is solid and strong, with big brackets. The decoration of doors and windows is exquisite and highly skilled. Because the stone component is quite heavy, and it is constructed on the cliff, so it is very difficult. Therefore, it can be said that the construction of Nanyan stone hall fully reflects the wisdom and superb skills of ancient Chinese craftsmen.

Liangyi hall, located on the right side of the stone hall, faces the gully. Xieshan style, brick and wood structure building, glazed tile roof. At the back of the hall is a shrine, and at the front is a lattice door, which is installed on the front gold pillars and forms an inner corridor with the eaves pillars, leading directly to the stone hall. It is 10.03 meters wide, 3.9 meters deep and 7.29 meters high. In front of the hall is the famous dragon head stone, commonly known as "longtouxiang". The dragon head stone overhanging outside the cliff, facing the abyss.

Cultural relics protection

The overall layout of Nanyan palace is a masterpiece of ingenious combination of man-made and nature. The artistic conception of "Xianshan qiongge" and "dantai Xiaoqing" in the works of ancient painters has been truly reflected in Nanyan. In 1996, Nanyan palace was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Among the thirty-six rocks in Wudang Mountain, the most beautiful one is Nanyan palace. Nanyan palace, also known as duyang rock and Zixiao rock, is the "holy land" of Zhenwu's ascent. Nanyan peak is very steep, with green trees. It is connected with Bixiao on the top and juejian on the bottom. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Dongbin, one of the eight immortals, once practiced Taoism in Nanyan, and there is still a poem written by him here. History books praise Nanyan as "a place with separate halls, morning bells and evening lights, mountains ringing and valleys shaking". Here, the "morning bell and evening drum" is used as the "morning bell and evening light", which shows that the architectural layout of Nanyan was well arranged at that time. At night, the lights here became a unique landscape.

From the 22nd year of Yuan Dynasty to the 5th year of TAIDING (1285-1328), Nanyan palace was built in the mountains.

Stone palace in the palace

There are only Stone Halls in the palace, with stone carvings and wood like structures. In the hall, there are group carvings of "emperor's sleeping dragon bed" and "Sanqing" statues, surrounded by 500 iron statues of Lingguan, which are vivid and lifelike. Outside the hall, there are many beautiful sceneries, such as reduplication peak, Jinding peak, Dishui cliff, Chongfu cliff, Bailongtan, etc., and there are also wonderful fairy mountain pavilions.

There is a carved dragon stone column in front of the cliff outside the hall. It is 2.9 meters out of the column and only more than 30 cm wide. It is carved with a pan dragon on it. The dragon head has a small censer, commonly known as the dragon head incense. A peak rises at the bottom right of the stone hall, on which a dressing table and flying rock are built. It is said that it is the place where Zhenwu gives up his life to become an immortal.

Address: Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province

Longitude: 111.020024

Latitude: 32.418217

Tour time: 10-20 minutes

Ticket information: included in Wudang Mountain ticket

Opening hours: 07:00 ~ 17:00

Chinese PinYin : Nan Yan Gong