Anhai white tower

Anhai white tower

The symbol of Anhai ancient town white tower, also known as "West Tower", "Ruiguang tower" and "civilization tower", is located in the northeast of the detached Pavilion at the end of Anping bridge on the West Bank of Anhai. The tower is 20.55 meters high. It is a five story hexagonal pavilion style brick stone imitation wood structure. It has a hollow inside and a spiral ladder for climbing. It is coated with lime soil outside, which is commonly known as "white tower". The base is made of stone, especially the hexagonal base. There is a stone relief at the corner of the base. Each warrior has different shapes, exaggerated movements and vivid expressions. There are stone railings under the tower.

The tower was built in 1152, the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Anping bridge was built. According to its white color, it may be built to respect and admire the five wise Tathagata of the Jin Gang Kingdom, or to suppress the water demons under the Wuli long bridge with the superb magic of the five wise Tathagata of the Jin Gang kingdom. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was rebuilt many times. In 1606, it was renamed "civilization tower".

In ancient times, there was a story that "the white tower lights the lamp, and the golden list is inscribed". Now, together with Wuli long bridge, she forms a magnificent picture of "white tower flying in the sky, Changhong crossing the sea".

Anhai white tower

Baita, connected with Anping ancient bridge in the West and Sanli long street in the East, stands out in an ancient residential area. It is the symbol of Anhai ancient town and the hometown in the eyes of overseas Chinese.

The setting sun shines in the west, and the white tower is simple and solemn,

stand proudly. Where is the East Tower, which used to be one of the eight sceneries of Anhai ancient town with the West Tower, and which is called "two tower Lingxiao"?

(the East Tower, also known as "Longxing tower", was also built in the Southern Song Dynasty. The site is at today's east bridgehead. Unfortunately, it was destroyed during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, with the rapid development of social economy, some local people proposed to rebuild the East Tower in order to restore the old landscape of "two tower Lingxiao".

Appearance white tower, red tile black, white wall mottled, weeds, add a little vicissitudes. On the fifth floor of the tower, there are six arches. On the other four floors, only one arch is built to the west of Anping bridge. On the other five sides, only arched niches are built.

The tower base is made of stone. There is a stone relief at the corner of the hexagonal base. Each strongman has a different shape. He is barefoot and bare chest, kneeling with his hands and his head against the half cylinder. His expression is very vivid.

legend

During the construction of Anping bridge, he got the help of a white haired, white browed and white bearded immortal in the sky. He retreated the Dragon King of Donghai, making the bridge pier builders walk on the ground. After the completion of the bridge, the Dragon King of Donghai sent six dwarf dragons to make waves under the bridge, which made the boats overturn and the stone bridge crumble. When Bai Da Xian saw this, he put down the demon rope and tied up the dwarf dragon spirits. Since then, the wind and waves have been calm, and the boats and boats have no resistance. In order to praise the merits of Bai Da Xian, people built this magnificent white pagoda, and put six dwarf dragon spirits on the bottom of the pagoda to make them never turn over.

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The white tower lights the Lantern

The white pagoda was once known as "Ruiguang pagoda". At the beginning of its construction, it was used to store Buddhist relics. However, in 1606, Huang Ru Liang, the Minister of rites of Zhuguo Taifu, proposed to build the pagoda and renamed it "civilization pagoda".

Since then, the white pagoda has led to the cultural prosperity of Anhai. In the Ming Dynasty, there were 21 scholars and 71 townships in Anhai. From 1530 to 1830, 14 imperial examiners boarded the White Pagoda and lit the red lanterns around it, which gradually contributed to the story of "the White Pagoda lights the lamp and the golden title". ——According to the relevant literature of Anhai, every time the white pagoda was rebuilt, it was listed in the imperial examination. Every time the white pagoda was rebuilt, it was listed in the imperial examination in the second year.

60 years of lighting

In ancient times, lights were lit in the year of Gengyin (every 60 years). In modern times, lights were also lit in some major festivals.

The origin of the custom of lighting in the white pagoda is beyond examination. In ancient times, the original intention of building pagodas was a kind of geomantic layout, which also reflected the cultural, educational, scientific and technological achievements of a place. In ancient times, the imperial examination was highly valued. The purpose of lighting the white tower might be to make the place more prosperous, hoping that more imperial examination talents could be produced in the local area.

According to the old people, in the 1950s, the white tower lit oil lamps, which may have something to do with the difficulties at that time. The oil lamp will be blown out by the wind, or it will go out when the oil is exhausted, and the house side will spontaneously climb up to add oil to continue the lamp. In the 1970s, the lighting was replaced by electric lights, and occasionally there were lanterns. Later, because the white tower was in disrepair for a long time, I was afraid that it would be dangerous to light up the tower, so I stopped for a period of time.

Why did it take Geng yinnian to light the lamp in ancient times? It may be the ancient geomantic warlock, according to the geomantic position of the white tower, the location and time of building the tower. Of course, it may also be that lighting in ancient times was expensive, and for economic reasons, it was impossible to light every year.

Renovation of white tower

Since the collapse of some eaves in 2014, Anhai white tower, which is over 860 years old, has attracted the attention of the general public. After more than four months of repair, the repair work of the white tower was completed on July 5. After the acceptance of the project, the construction scaffolding can be removed. The construction party said that it was improving the engineering technical data according to the requirements of the supervision party, and the project entered the stage of rectification and acceptance. The day before yesterday, the reporter boarded the scaffold to learn about the repair details.

Many old Anhai people came to see the excitement after hearing the news. The 84 year old Anhai resident was very excited. "I'm 84 years old this year. It's the first time I've seen the white tower repaired on such a large scale. Now it's like a young man again.".

The renovation of the "national protection" unit took two years. "As an important cultural relic of Anping bridge, the white tower is also a national cultural protection unit. Only after the approval of the State Administration of cultural relics, can we apply for the renovation plan of the white tower to the province." Wu Jinpeng, director of Jinjiang cultural protection center and director of Jinjiang Museum, said that the repair process of the white tower was complicated.

It is understood that the repair process took two years. In June 2014, the eaves of the fourth floor of the white tower collapsed, smashing the eaves of the lower three floors. In August 2014, relevant departments organized experts to "consult" Baita for many times.

In September 2014, Jinjiang cultural protection department submitted an application report to the State Administration of cultural relics for the renovation of the white tower, and invited the architectural design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University to prepare the renovation plan for the white tower at the same time. In January 2015, the State Administration of cultural relics officially approved the project for the maintenance of the White Pagoda, which was approved by Fujian Provincial Bureau of cultural relics in March. After more than a year, the bid winner of the white tower repair project was determined, marking that the white tower repair will enter the substantive construction stage.

In March 2016, Anhai white pagoda began to be repaired, adopting the method of repairing the old as before, and the construction period is expected to be 4 months.

The morning before yesterday, the reporter visited the site of the white tower repair project. "The renovation of the white tower has been completed so far." Zhang Ming, the person in charge of the construction party, said that the construction had been completed on July 5.

The reporter boarded the scaffold to see that the original more obvious collapse of the eaves on the third and fourth floors of the tower, as well as the more serious problem of wall ash spalling, have been repaired. According to Zhang Ming, during the renovation, the construction party completely replaced and repaired the corrosion of the tower core wood, the collapse of the tower eaves and tile surface, and the falling off of the wall. At the same time, the tower brake was rebuilt, and the nail holes left by the installation of lamps and lanterns in the tower body were also repaired. At the top of the tower, where grass grows, the root system grows to the inside of the tower, causing water seepage. The construction party also dealt with it when resurfacing the roof tile.

Zhang Ming said that the biggest risk of the whole project lies in the reconstruction of the collapsed eaves on the third and fourth floors. When rebuilding, it is necessary to take out the damaged bricks and build new ones. The original 76 cm long, 14 cm wide and 8 cm thick clay bricks could not be fired. He said that if there is a slight carelessness in rebuilding, the tower will collapse, so it is necessary to make temporary support first, and then carry out the construction carefully.

In addition, due to the serious flooding of the core wood of the white tower, the construction personnel hollowed out the center of the old core wood, and then filled it with a new fir of the same material, and the gap in the middle was filled with epoxy resin. Due to the replacement of the tower core wood, the original damaged tower brake was also removed and rebuilt according to the original size and style.

It is understood that the white tower construction party is Suzhou Sicheng ancient garden Engineering Co., Ltd. Zhang Ming said that there are many typhoons in recent years, so the scaffold must be reinforced frequently, otherwise it will pose a threat to the tower. "I hope the scaffold can be removed as soon as possible, with less hidden danger." Zhang Ming said that the construction party is modifying the engineering data according to the requirements of the supervision party, and the latest data has been submitted.

Mr. Chen, the supervisor of the white tower repair project, said that according to the acceptance procedure, the construction party should first provide complete and detailed technical data of the repair project, and then organize the competent department to carry out professional acceptance of the project after the approval of the supervision department. "Only after the acceptance of the project can the scaffold be removed." Mr. Chen said that if the scaffold is removed at will, the later project acceptance and rectification can not be carried out. In order to reduce the hidden danger, the supervision party has asked the construction party to remove the safety protection net and reinforce the scaffold with steel wire rope.

Anhai Baita, the symbol of Anhai ancient town, is also called "West Tower", "Ruiguang tower" and "civilization tower". Anhai West Tower was built in Renshen (1152) in the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was built in the year of the completion of Anping bridge. Because the whole body is gray white, the local people call it "white tower".

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