Chaotian pass

Chaotian pass

Chaotianguan is located in the gentle slope valley area of tunshang, facing the deep ditch in front, and building two-stage corner terrace, sitting from west to East, connecting the lookout Pavilion downward and feifengguan upward. It was built in the Southern Song Dynasty and reinforced and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.

The residual height of the gate is 9.8 and the depth is 6 meters. The plaque is well preserved, and the word "chaotianguan" is inscribed by Yang Yinglong. There are collapses on both sides of the wall and cracks on the wall.

It is a single channel semi-circular arch roof, which is made of cross joint masonry of bluestone and lime glutinous rice slurry. It is the most spectacular group of stone buildings on hailongdun. It is well preserved. The stone city wall is as high as 14 meters, which is the throat of entering the hoard. The commanding point at the other end of the city wall is the large-scale feifengguan site. From the undamaged stone gate, we can see that the stepped urn is a closed independent castle, which should be the military command center in front of the village.

brief introduction

The magnificent Chaotian pass is the east gate of hailongdun, with Feilong pass in the north and feifeng pass in the south. The gate of Guancheng is open to the East, and there are mountains in the distance, which may be the reason why the word "Chaotian" got its name. This pass was built in the 23rd year of Wanli (1595) on April 13th of the lunar calendar. On the left side of the plaque, there is an inscription: "Sun Qin, the Grand Master of the Tang Dynasty, bestowed flying fish and clothing on the 30th generation of the people's Republic of China; Yang Yinglong, the general of the puma, wrote the inscription" Chaotian pass "in the middle of the inscription; on the right side of the plaque, there is the inscription" reconstruction of Lu yueyimao, the second year of Emperor Wanli ". It can be seen that when the castle was built, the relationship between the central government and the local chieftain was very normal. Yang Yinglong, the chieftain of Bozhou, was awarded "flying fish clothing" because he offered 70 big trees to the imperial court during the Wanli period, which was reverently inscribed on the pass. After the "Pingbo battle" in Wanli, the hailongdun castle, including chaotianguan, was in ruins. In the clear night, the river of stars flows. Facing the huge city wall, the mourners can deeply feel the magnificence of Guancheng.

relevant

There is no clear record about the time of the establishment of the pass. However, in the biography of Cao Youwen in the history of the Song Dynasty, it is recorded that Cao Youwen was controlled by the grand general of Xiaoqi in the Southern Song Dynasty and the troops stationed in Lizhou before the imperial court. After fighting against the death of the yuan army in Yangping pass, there is a saying: "the news of (the imperial court) was given to the Bachelor of LongTuge and the doctor of Dazhong, with the posthumous title of" Jieguan "; the second son (Feng) ）Cheng Wu Lang, son-in-law (Feng) Di Gong Lang Baozhong temple was built in front of chaotianguan, chaotianling. It is recorded in the local chronicles of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and remains today. Therefore, many scholars believe that chaotianguan was built in the Southern Song Dynasty when the imperial court and Yuan army fought for Sichuan (1236-1279). At the end of Ming Dynasty, the Daxi regime stationed troops in chaotianling to fight against Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong's "killing Shizi" in Chengdu directly originated from this. See "Daxi Jianguo and Zhang Xianzhong's killing Shizi" in the series of important historical events for details.

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