Longxi Li's Dragon Palace

Longxi

Longxi Li's Dragon Palace

Located in Miaoer lane, Yixin village, Nan'an Township, Longxi County, Gansu Province, Li's Dragon Palace was built in the middle of Tang Dynasty and is said to be the settlement of Li's family. After several times of destruction and repair, it has basically met the conditions for Li's ancestor worship at home and abroad.

Today, miao'er lane, Yixin village, Nan'an Township, Longxi County, Gansu Province, is said to be Li's settlement. There used to be a magnificent building called Li's Dragon Palace. The people who call it the palace are not only large in scale, but also higher in specification than the temple. They are three groups of buildings: upper, middle and lower. There are numerous halls, towering buildings, dense ancient cypresses, solemn environment, and quite spectacular. The Dragon Palace faces south, 600 meters long from east to west and 440 meters wide from north to south, with a construction area of 25000 square meters. Nine beasts are placed on the roof of the West Main Hall (only ten beasts are placed in the Imperial Palace and Taihe Hall). Nine carved dragons are lifelike, and 1899 small and large carved dragons are placed on the buildings of the Dragon Palace. It symbolizes the deep roots and luxuriant leaves of "Eighteen plum". On the towering south gate, the four golden characters of "Li's Dragon Palace" written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty are hanging high. A huge plaque of "Longyou hall" was hung on the main Memorial Hall. Since ancient times, people surnamed Li have offered sacrifices to their ancestors in the Dragon Palace of the Li family.

Development history

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, with social unrest and ethnic integration, the Li family in Longxi moved across the river to the South on a large scale and spread all over the country. The Li family's Dragon Palace was destroyed several times and turned into ruins. Up to now, Miaoer Lane in Yixin village has a radius of more than 100 mu, and there is a piece of rubble underground. In some places, it is more than ten meters thick, and the local people call it "tile slag slope".

In 1577 A.D., Li Ruxiang, a descendant of the Li family, who was then the magistrate of Longxi County in Shandong Province, advocated to raise funds to rebuild the Longguan of the Li family. To the north of the former site of the Longgong of the Li family, part of the building of the Longgong, also known as the "Arctic Palace", was restored. During the reign of Shunzhi, Kangxi and Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, many buildings were built and destroyed, and new buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. Since 1993, Duoliang road in Longxi County has raised funds to restore the original appearance of the west main hall, North and south side halls, North Hall, Guoting, Juxian building, Jungong building, shubian building, lotus pond and the first gate of Beitian. It has also built a dragon palace wall, completed the hardening, greening and beautification of the environment of the Dragon Palace, and displayed the "Li's culture exhibition in Longxi", which basically has the characteristics of domestic culture The conditions of Li's ancestor worship.

Features of scenic spots

After the addition of the Lijia Dragon Palace, the peripheral buildings include the first gate of Beitian (commonly known as toutian gate), the second gate of Beitian and the third gate of Beida. In the front of the palace, there is a stage and five buildings. In the courtyard, the pines and cypresses are green, solemn and quiet, which is called "the first five buildings". In the rear, there are the main Memorial Hall buildings and five rockeries. On the two sides of the main memorial hall, the dragons on the roof pitch and look different. In the hall, Li's ancestors, such as Li Er, the founder of Taoism, Li Qiong (Lu Dongbin), are worshipped. The five rockeries are named Puxian cliff, Wenshu ridge and Baiyi rock, connecting Yinshan and Taiyi peak. Each rockery has pavilions of different styles, hidden in the shade. There are microwave ripples in the Arctic pool beside the rockery, fish playing in the water, qihuayaocao, dotted among them, which is called the "back five mountains". Later, the Dragon Palace of Li family was demolished again. The first five floors, the second gate of Beitian, the third gate of Beitian and the main memorial hall were destroyed, and the three rockeries were razed to the ground.

The top of the restored Beitian first gate is a Jingshan style roof composed of five six Dou arches. It is east-west, three Bay, 3.50 meters wide in the middle, 6.60 meters wide, 4.50 meters deep, and 9 meters high. It is painted and painted. It takes on a new look and dominates Beiguan. On the walls of the north and south sides of the west main hall are painted large murals of Li's ancestor Li Zhengong "eating Li Weisheng" and Li ERGONG "going out to Sanguan in the west"; on the top of the doors of the west main hall and the north and south sides of the hall are painted "hometown of Boyang", "posthumous title laodan", "lidanishan", "history of the collection room", "greeting guests in Hangu", "Guan yincongfeng", etc "Deep valley herding cattle", "Zhongnan apprentice", "zhudaodejing" and other sketching figure paintings. The main hall is dedicated to Li Zhengong, Li ERGONG, Li Chonggong and Li qionggong, Li's ancestors, for sacrifice. There are more than 60 carved dragon ridges on ancient buildings, which are majestic and lifelike. Maybe it's a coincidence of time, maybe it's the condensation of the "real dragon spirit" of Li's Dragon Palace. A hundred year old Salix tree in the dragon palace courtyard is like the hidden fog of the Yangtze River. It looks like a black dragon near the stream. The local people call it "Dragon tree". It's a pleasure to meet the reconstruction and repair of Li's Dragon Palace, and make it public. The old dragon trees sprout a little green from their withered branches, which is full of vigor and vitality. They welcome batch after batch of visitors to Li's Dragon Palace and Li's children. People caress the dragon tree and look at the renovated Li's Dragon Palace. They have a lot of thoughts.

Address: Longxi County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province

Longitude: 104.642029

Latitude: 35.015376

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