Chaoyuan Pavilion

Chaoyuan Pavilion

Chaoyuan Pavilion is located in Lishan, Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It is a part of Huaqing Palace in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and also the family temple of the emperor of Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty worships Taoism. In the seventh year of Tianbao reign of Xuanzong, it is said that emperor Xuanyuan (Laozi) was found in Chaoyuan Pavilion, which was renamed Jiangsheng Pavilion. Li Shangyin's collection of Li Yishan's poems in the Tang Dynasty, Volume 6 Huaqing Palace, said: "the court of the Yuan Dynasty is full of new feathers, and the first one is shaori." Refer to volume 4 of Yonglu (Yonglu) by Cheng Dachang of Song Dynasty, hot spring · Chaoyuan Pavilion.

In October 2019, a new archaeological discovery was made at the Chaoyuan Pavilion site of tanghuaqing palace in Xi'an. It is preliminarily determined that the Chaoyuan Pavilion is a group of large buildings with complex structure, and the whole building should have at least three eaves.

historical origin

Chaoyuan Pavilion is a famous Taoist temple in China, also known as Laojun hall or descending temple. It is located in the suburb of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Chaoyuan pavilion was founded in 666 ad with a history of more than 1300 years. At that time, the emperor had the same surname as Lao Tzu (LI), the founder of Taoism, so he named Lao Tzu (Laojun) as "Saint" and "great saint emperor Xuanyuan". Later, he set up a Taoist place near the capital Chang'an, which is called "Chaoyuan Pavilion" to offer sacrifices to him. Soon after, the imperial court ordered to hang the portraits of the emperors Gaozu, Taizong, Gaozong, Zhongzong and Ruizong. In the 8th century, it is said that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty once dreamt that the emperor was coming to Chaoyuan Pavilion one night, so he renamed it "descending sage Temple" and made a white jade statue of the emperor. In history, the architecture of Chaoyuan pavilion was quite grand. Later, due to various reasons, the architecture here suffered great damage. After many efforts, the Xiandian hall, the main hall, the mountain gate and the wing room of Chaoyuan Pavilion were rebuilt on the original site. The existing chaoyuange building is the same scale after demolishing some houses again in the early 1950s. As a famous Taoist temple, Chaoyuan pavilion has never stopped religious activities.

Modern influence

In 2019, in order to cooperate with the maintenance and protection project of Chaoyuan Pavilion in Huaqing Palace of Tang Dynasty, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of archaeology began to excavate the well preserved royal building site of Tang Dynasty, Chaoyuan Pavilion site, which provides valuable information for the study of the structure, layout and influence of large-scale buildings in China.

According to reports, the chaoyuange site has been excavated with an area of 850 square meters. A large rammed earth building site in Tang Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty has been cleared up, and the ground burden, column, stone column foundation, lotus pattern tile, tile with character, floor tile and handprint pattern brick after burning have been unearthed.

The rammed earth foundation of Chaoyuan Pavilion in Tang Dynasty is relatively intact, and the orderly arrangement of column base stones is of great value to the study of the architectural structure of Chaoyuan Pavilion. Through the excavation, it is preliminarily judged that the Tang Dynasty yuange is a group of large buildings with complex structure. The main components include high rammed earth platform, stepped corridors on both sides, Northern Corridor, rammed earth on the west side, top building, rammed earth platform inside the building, etc. the structure is relatively complete. The whole building should have at least three eaves.

According to the excavation, at the latest in the Song Dynasty, the stepped corridors on the East and west sides of Chaoyuan Pavilion and the Northern Corridor were abandoned and gradually buried.

Chaoyuan Pavilion is located at the third peak of Xiuling mountain, Lishan Town, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It was built in 743, the second year of Tianbao. After the Anshi rebellion, the court of the Yuan Dynasty was gradually abandoned, and it was destroyed in the Northern Song Dynasty. Chaoyuan Pavilion is one of the main buildings of Huaqing Palace in Tang Dynasty. It is a large-scale building built by the royal family in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is also the largest building on Lishan Mountain. It is dedicated to the portraits of emperor Xuanyuan (Laozi), Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong. In fact, it is similar to the family temple of Tang Dynasty. During the Xuanzong period, apart from offering sacrifices, it was also used as a place for climbing and outing Where to rest. Many scholars left many poems and Fu related to the court of the Yuan Dynasty. The architectural style and structure of Chaoyuan Pavilion will have an important influence on the pavilion or hall style buildings of later generations.

The site of chaoyuange in Huaqing Palace of Tang Dynasty is a rare and well preserved royal building site. Its excavation undoubtedly provides valuable information for the study of the structure, layout and influence on later generations of Chinese large-scale buildings.

Address: Mudan Road

Longitude: 109.21508700024

Latitude: 34.356963000012

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