Stork house

Stork house

Stork tower, also known as stork magpie tower, is located on the East Bank of the Yellow River to the west of Puzhou ancient city, Yongji City, Shanxi Province. It was first built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Due to its magnificent structure and beautiful surrounding scenery, scholars visited the stork tower during the Tang and Song Dynasties, leaving many immortal poems. Wang Zhihuan's "climbing the stork tower" is the most famous.

In December 1997, the reconstruction of the building began. On September 26, 2002, the new stork building was completed and began to receive visitors. The newly-built stork building is modeled after the Tang Dynasty, with four eaves and three floors.

Historical evolution

The stork tower was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (about 557-580 years). After more than 700 years of Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, song and Jin Dynasties, Genghis Khan's jingo TieMa attacked the Central Plains in the early Yuan Dynasty and was destroyed by soldiers, leaving only the former site. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the former site still existed. Later, because of the flood of the Yellow River, the river swayed frequently, so it was difficult to find the former site. People have to take the West Tower of Puzhou as the "stork tower", and there are many people who make fu.

Li Han of the Qing Dynasty wrote a preface to the collection of stork towers in the river: "Yuwen protects the place beyond the river. It is built as a story building, with blue sky in the sky and shadow flowing across the river. For more than 200 years, it has been independent of Zhongzhou. With its good spirit, it has won the victory. In Tang Dynasty, there were many poems about it. From the Song Dynasty to the Jin Mingchang period, it is fashionable. He Zhongfu recorded Li Kui's books

In the story of climbing stork tower written by Wang Yun of the Yuan Dynasty, it is said: "in March of 1272, when Yuan Renshen (1272), he came to the official Jin mansion from yushili. In October, he went to this state according to his duty and got the chance to ascend Guji. Although he was outstanding in observing the place, he was not the same person in the past Old Zhiyun: "in the early Ming Dynasty, the site was still available, but later it disappeared, or if you want to preserve it, you can send it to Xicheng tower and call it stork.".

Shang dengan, a poet in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote: "the rivers and mountains only love to travel, and the Long Xi wheel flows in the evening. It's a good poem for thousands of miles of poor people. So far, the shadow of the sun has reached the West Tower. According to the records of Puzhou Prefecture, "the stork tower used to be built on the West Bank of the city. It was built by Yuwen in the Zhou Dynasty (557-571)

Since the reform and opening up, the voice of rebuilding the stork tower has become increasingly strong. In September 1992, nearly 100 experts and scholars jointly proposed "rebuilding the stork house". Yongji city broke ground on the Bank of the Yellow River in December 1997, which opened the prelude of the stork building reconstruction project. It is the first reconstruction of the stork building after 700 years of destruction in the early Yuan Dynasty. On September 26, 2002, the new stork tower was completed and began to receive tourists.

About 557-571, the stork tower was first built in Puzhou, a place outside the river, where Yuwen was the protector of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Around 704, Wang Zhihuan, a talented scholar of the Tang Dynasty, visited Puzhou, boarded the stork tower, and wrote "the Yellow River flows into the sea at the end of the day. If you want to be poor for thousands of miles, you can go to a higher level. " It's a poem of immortality.

In 1222, in the first year of the reign of emperor Yuanguang of Jin Dynasty, the Jin soldiers and the yuan soldiers fought for Puzhou, "burning buildings and oars, and lighting the city with fire." From then on, the stork tower was destroyed by the fire of war, leaving only Guji.

In the winter of 1272, Wang Yun of Yuan Dynasty visited Puzhou, ascended the old site of stork tower, and wrote the story of ascending stork tower.

In July 1992, Yongji County held a demonstration meeting on the reconstruction plan of stork house. The meeting was presided over by Zheng Xiaoxie, a famous national architect, and Luo Zhewen, head of the expert group of the Bureau of cultural relics. The demonstration meeting confirmed the planning scheme and initially selected the building site. In September, the Shanxi Provincial Planning Commission and the Tourism Administration submitted the "report on the proposal for the restoration of stork tower, one of the four famous buildings in China", to the State Planning Commission and the tourism administration.

In March 1993, the general office of the CPC Central Committee entrusted the Shanxi provincial Party committee with the original poem "climbing the stork tower" inscribed by Jiang Zemin and transferred it to the Yongji County Party committee. In June, the Yuncheng administrative office's "request for instructions on rebuilding the stork tower" was reviewed by Hu Fuguo, governor of Yuncheng: "project approval first, agree to report." In August, Sun Gang, director of the National Tourism Administration, visited the new site of the stork tower in Yongji and proposed amendments to the "restoration plan".

In January 1994, Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the people's Republic of China, visited Yongji to inquire about the reconstruction of the stork tower and inspect its site. In July, Liu Zemin, executive vice governor of Shanxi Province, and Liu Yi, deputy director of the National Tourism Administration, inspected the stork tower project and put forward the opinion that the state, the province and the local government should take one third of each to invest in the construction.

In January 1996, the Provincial Planning Commission issued the "reply to the feasibility study report on rebuilding the stork building in Yongji city", and made specific provisions on the building site, construction area, total investment, tripartite financing amount, shape, etc. In May, "Shanxi Yongji stork tower reconstruction project steering committee" was established. In June, Yongji municipal government began to allocate and exchange the beach land occupied by stork house, and compensate the attached objects. In July, the stork tower reconstruction headquarters entrusted Shanxi ancient construction engineering Co., Ltd. to modify and improve the preliminary reconstruction design scheme, and prepare drawings, design instructions, engineering practices, engineering budget, etc. according to the design. In August, Yongji city held a review meeting to revise the reconstruction plan of stork house, and the third plan was selected from the four Tang imitations and three Ming imitations.

In April 1997, Shanxi Provincial Planning Commission approved the preliminary design of Yongji stork building project. In May, Yongji municipal government established "Yongji stork Tower Scenic Spot Management Office". In December, the Planning Commission of Shanxi Province approved the report on the commencement of the stork tower reconstruction project. On December 31, Yongji city held a "foundation laying and commencement ceremony" at the stork tower reconstruction site. Vice governor Xue Jun and other leaders laid the foundation and cut the ribbon for the project.

In March 1998, the restoration of stork house was listed as a key construction project in Yuncheng area. In November, "the bidding for the main building of stork tower" was held in Pujiu temple.

In May 2000, the stork tower reconstruction project was included in the provincial key construction project. On October 31, Mr. Ma Ruitian, President of the Chinese Yuanmingyuan Research Association of the State Administration of cultural relics, undertook the design of the Tang Dynasty color paintings of the stork tower on the basis of the investigation and demonstration of the Tang Dynasty color paintings. On December 31, the main building structure of stork tower reconstruction project was capped, and a grand ceremony was held in Yongji city.

In January 2001, the detailed planning of Yongji stork tower scenic spot was evaluated by experts in Taiyuan. In March, the stork tower scenic spot was listed as one of the "top ten tourist attractions" in Shanxi Province during the "Tenth Five Year Plan" period. In August, during his inspection in Taiyuan, Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the people's Republic of China, inscribed a plaque on the name of the stork tower at the request of the Shanxi provincial Party committee and the provincial government. On the 29th, Tian Chengping, Secretary of the provincial Party committee, came to the site of the stork tower to work. On September 14, Governor Liu Zhenhua came to the stork building site to work.

On April 11, 2002, Buhe, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the stork tower; on April 29, Ren Jianxin, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, visited the stork tower; on May 23, Chen Muhua, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited the stork tower; on July 3, Zhang Siqing, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, visited the stork tower. In June, Shanxi Yongji stork tower Tourism Co., Ltd. was established with a registered capital of 53.03 million yuan. On July 5, Wang Zhaoguo, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, visited the stork tower. On September 19, the opening ceremony of stork tower was held at the same time as the 2002 world lovers month in Yongji, Shanxi Province. On October 1, the stork tower was officially opened to domestic and foreign tourists.

geographical environment

Location context

Stork tower covers an area of 2.064 square kilometers. Yongji City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southwest of Shanxi Province and the southwest corner of Yuncheng Basin. It is located in the regional center of the "Golden Triangle of the Yellow River" of Shanxi, Qin and Henan. It is the South Gate of Shanxi Province. Its geographical coordinates are between 110 ° 15 ′ 00 ″ - 110 ° 45 ′ 33 ″ E and 34 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ - 35 ° 04 ′ 50 ″ n. On the west of Yongji, the Yellow River faces Dali County and Heyang County across the river; on the south, it borders Ruicheng County by Zhongtiao Mountain; on the East, it borders Yuncheng City; on the north, it borders Linyi County.

climate

The stork tower has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 14.1 ℃, the average temperature in the coldest month is - 0.4 ℃, and the average temperature in the hottest month is 27.1 ℃.

Scenic spot landscape

The stork tower is surrounded by classical gardens, showing a layout structure of "four districts and twelve points".

1. Famous building browsing area. Including: Gate hall, stork shadow lake, TangYun square and minglou center browsing area.

2. Yellow River scenery browsing area. Including: Puzhou style garden, Yellow River style Museum and Liuyuan.

3. Landscape browsing area. Including: Cangshan Canglin natural landscape area, auspicious Ruyi lake and stork bird Wan.

4. Leisure browsing area. Including: pujinkang paradise, Tang Dynasty polo field and Ritan water park.

building structure

The stork tower is the largest extant building imitating Tang Dynasty. It has four eaves and three floors on the outside and six floors on the inside. The total height is 73.9 meters, the total construction area is 33206 square meters, and the total weight is 58000 tons. The architectural form fully reflects the style of Tang Dynasty. The theme of the first layer is the eternal masterpiece and the Grand View of Puzhou in the Tang Dynasty, the second layer is the ancient Chinese culture, the third layer is the ancient civilization, the fourth layer is the charm of loess, the fifth layer is the grand glory, and the sixth layer is the extreme vision, which fully demonstrates the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the Chinese civilization. Famous stories such as "Yu Wen protecting Xu's side building", "Wang Zhihuan's painting poems on the wall of flag Pavilion", "Chairman Mao Zedong's hand written climbing poems", "General Secretary Jiang Zemin's three topics of stork tower" all add luster to the stork tower.

The painting of stork tower is a Tang Dynasty painting lost in China

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