LUOQUAN ancient town

LUOQUAN ancient town

LUOQUAN ancient town, which is now Zizhong LUOQUAN Town, is located 50 kilometers north of Zizhong County, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, at the junction of Zizhong, Renshou and Weiyuan counties. LUOQUAN, also known as "luoquanjing", has been approved as one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in Sichuan Province as early as 1992, and listed as a national famous historical and cultural town by the State Council in 2008. LUOQUAN is also one of the 100 ancient towns with a history of more than 1700 years. It was built in the Qin Dynasty. According to Zizhong County annals, LUOQUAN ancient town has a history of more than 1700 years.

The origin of the name

During the Three Kingdoms period, Kong Ming, the Prime Minister of Shu, set up camp in Yingpan mountain of LUOQUAN town. Due to continuous drought and no rain, there was a great shortage of water on the mountain. Kong Ming sent troops to dig a well on the Bank of Zhuxi River to get water. Only a few days later, the well was successfully dug and the bottom of the well gushed out. Kongming was overjoyed by the soldier's report. He went to the well and saw that the spring water was clear and transparent. He ordered him to wait for Weigong to take water for trial use. He felt very good after Weigong drank water. He saw that the well was like a basket, so he named it LUOQUAN well. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, a government official surnamed Luo was dissatisfied with the fact that the official surnamed Zhu of Zizhou had more pressure on his head than other officials, so he removed the bamboo head from the bamboo basket, referred to as "Luo", and used "luoquanjing" as a place name. Later, the word "Jing" was removed, commonly known as "LUOQUAN". At that time, Kong Mingjun dug four big wells. Namely: Guihua well (opposite LUOQUAN primary school), Daba well (under Lianxin bridge), Huayuan well (on dwarf bridge), guanyinjing (opposite guanyintuo).

Kongming's division had been stationed in Yingpan mountain for more than two years, and needed to buy a lot of daily necessities instead of markets. Kong Ming once sent troops to help the people build markets in turn. At first, only about 50 households moved into the market. Later, more than 100 households lived in the prosperous period. People named the market "luoquanjing".

Longzhen people are hardworking, simple, honest and generous. Women like to chat while doing needlework. While drinking tea, the old people listen to the play. There are more than ten teahouses on Wuli long street alone, and the business is booming. The sound of beating clothes on the washing table by the river, the laughter of women, the sound of reading on the campus and the sound of running water on the Zhuxi River are interwoven, which constitute the unique life atmosphere of Longzhen people.

Longzhen people love life, but also love their homes, the town tens of thousands of square meters of Ming and Qing architectural charm still exist. Many wooden houses with one floor and one floor or two floors and one floor reflect the historical status of LUOQUAN ancient town. In particular, the temple of salt is a rare temple in the world today. It shares hardships with the sun and the moon, and has been weathered for generations. It is still so splendid. The rows of ancient buildings, the exquisite corners on the eaves, and the wood and stone carvings all show the exquisite skills of the builders of Longzhen. A building board, a door plaque, a window pattern, a cantaloupe and a diagonal brace are all delicate, and each of them is a valuable art treasure.

The ancient and narrow dragon town is like a dragon in the East China Sea, not far from the end of the street. It's hard to see the clear blue sky and clear clouds. With her unique location of half Yin and half Yang and clear and transparent LUOQUAN spring, Longzhen has nurtured generations of LUOQUAN people, creating a popular legend that LUOQUAN is a "beauty".

Historical heritage

Looking down from the road, the town looks like a dancing dragon in the first month. Walking in the lane of LUOQUAN, which is about 4 meters wide and 5 li long and paved with bluestone strips, you can see the elegant and simple ancient dwellings, which makes you feel the ancient and simple flavor of the town. In the heyday of LUOQUAN, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 13 restaurants, 32 noodle shops, dozens of theatres, more than 10 teahouses, more than 10 casinos, more than 20 brothels in a small town. There were also nine palaces and eighteen temples around the town. There are more than 1000 salt wells and more than 50 salt ovens on both sides of the Zhuxi River. At that time, boats were shuttling, horses were neighing and donkeys were singing, and LUOQUAN salt was transported to Western China by land and water. There are about 4000 people living on this dragon. Together with salt merchants, salt men, boatman, coal picker, rice picker and iron picker, they have written and witnessed the prosperous years of LUOQUAN history. After the early years of the Republic of China, LUOQUAN began to decline, large and small salt mines collapsed, and no better brine was produced. This magical land seems to turn into smoke overnight.

LUOQUAN, famous for its salt production, has a long history which can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty. The development of salt industry reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, LUOQUAN had more than 1500 salt wells. The well salt produced by LUOQUAN won the gold medal of Paris World Expo in 1925. At that time, LUOQUAN merchants gathered, horses hissed and mules barked, and the local salt temple was the best witness. The salt temple was built in 1868, the seventh year of Tongzhi reign in Qing Dynasty. It is an important symbol of the ancient town's glory. Guanzhong is the God of salt in the temple, while Guanyu and Huoshen are the assistant of Guanzhong. The whole temple has three eaves, high wings and horns, and the dragons playing and grabbing treasure on the roof of the main hall, which is still vivid after a hundred years of wind and rain.

LUOQUAN landscape

Salt Temple

Salt temple is the only temple in China to commemorate and worship the God of salt. As early as the Qin Dynasty, there were many derricks and salt stoves at the bottom of the mountain stream in LUOQUAN Town, which became one of the bases of salt production in the "land of abundance". The history of salt production in LUOQUAN town is more than 500 years earlier than that in Zigong, the salt capital. The development of salt industry in LUOQUAN town went through the Han, the Three Kingdoms, the northern and Southern Dynasties, and through the Tang, song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, the development of salt industry in LUOQUAN town reached its peak. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, there were 1515 salt wells in LUOQUAN town. The salt produced in LUOQUAN town won the gold medal of Paris World Expo in 1925, and its quality was known as the best in the world.

Salt temple covers an area of more than 2700 square meters. It was first built in the seventh year of Yongzheng reign in Qing Dynasty. The main hall was built in Taoist style. The stage was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty in accordance with the Buddhist style. The box house was built in Confucian style. Salt Temple integrates three architectural styles. It is the most well protected temple. In the middle of the salt temple is a play dam with an area of more than 600 square meters, all of which are paved with bluestone slabs. It can accommodate thousands of people to watch the play. There are 13 stone ladders from the big play dam to the main hall, and the former glory of the salt temple is also recorded on the stone ladder. In the main hall of the temple, Guan Zhong was regarded as the salt God, while Guan Yu and fire god were regarded as Guan Zhong's assistants. The three-level double eaves of the whole salt temple are carved and painted, with high wings and horns, or double dragons playing with pearls, or Golden Phoenix playing with Phoenix; the temple hall, wooden buildings, flower windows, or vertical and horizontal beams are all superb. The main hall of the main hall is the essence of the whole temple, which has the "finishing touch". On the main ridge, there are four colorful dragons, each ten meters long. In the middle, the two colored dragons stretch their whiskers, their eyes are wide open, and their mouths are like pots running towards the gourd. On the front of the main ridge, there are many angles. There is a bell hanging on each angle. When the wind blows all night, the sound of the bell is melodious, just like a melodious music. It attracts many birds and animals on the ridge, such as dragons, phoenixes, tigers and leopards, to stop and listen. The top of the temple is like a paradise for good animals and birds, just like a paradise for birds and animals in spring.

The salt temple, the world's most famous temple, has been designated as a "provincial cultural relic protection unit" by the people's Government of Sichuan Province. It has experienced more than 100 years of ups and downs, and has important historical and artistic value. As a product of artistic appreciation, social development and the rise and fall of salt industry, it is of great significance to study well salt technology, art and culture. The unique artistic style of the world of salt temple is dazzling and moving everywhere. Its unique social and historical value of the world always makes people think about it and urge people to make progress. With the passage of time. She will shine more brilliantly.

LUOQUAN conference site

In 1911, the revolution of 1911, which shocked China and foreign countries, took place in Chinese history. A revolutionary army led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen overthrew the feudal autocratic monarchy that had ruled China for two thousand years.

Wu Yuzhang, one of the important leaders of the revolution of 1911, was born in Rongxian County, Sichuan Province. His friend long Mingjian, who was teaching in Chengdu at that time, was his fellow townsman. Influenced by Wu Yuzhang's revolutionary thoughts, long Mingjian deeply hated the rule of the Qing government. When the Qing government sold the rights of Sichuan Han and Guangdong Han railway to the imperialists, long Mingjian stood at the forefront of the movement and played an important role in the development of the movement.

Long Mingjian returned from Chengdu to his hometown in Rongxian County, and went to LUOQUAN town by Changshun road. At that time, he was a student of the Youth League defense Bureau and lived in Zhong Yueling's home. Although Zhong Yueling was an official of the Qing Dynasty, he was progressive and patriotic. Under the influence of long Mingjian, he secretly joined the ranks of road protection. The road protection sports meeting was held in the name of "save hall meeting". The preparatory meeting was held in the hufanqu Library of luoquanjing on time. The formal meeting was held in the Gospel Hall on the other side of the street late that night. During the meeting, Zhong Yueling was responsible for receiving and sending out sentries 20 miles away; Zhang Yishan was responsible for investigating the trend of military and police in Zizhou and guarding the outside line along Naidong road. Long Mingjian, Wang Tianjie and Chen Kongbai, alliance members and elder brother leaders Qin Zaigen, Luo Zizhou, Zhang Dashan, elder brother leaders Hu Langhe, sun Ze and Hou Guozhi attended the meeting; some comrades' associations and elder brother leaders sent representatives or administrators to attend. Zizhou Zhang Yishan, Zhou Xingwu, Zhong Yueling and Hu Fanqu attended the meeting.

At the meeting, it was agreed to reorganize the comrades' Association into a comrades' army. At the end of July of the lunar calendar, all localities revolted at the same time or in a few days before and after. It was presumed that Qin Zaigen and Hou Baozhai were in charge of the uprising in Southeast Sichuan, and Zhang Dasan and Hou Guozhi were in charge of the uprising in Northwest Sichuan. At the meeting, it was decided to train and enrich the local youth league

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