Wangjing tower

Wangjing tower

Wangjing building, also known as Chongben book building, is located in the ancient city of Weihui in the northeast of Weihui City, Henan Province. With its unique architectural art, Wangjing building has become one of the best preserved, largest and most valuable buildings in China.

In 1986, it was announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the people's Government of Ji county. In 2000, Henan Provincial People's Government approved and announced the third batch of provincial cultural relics protection units. On May 25, 2006, as the largest ancient stone structure without beams in China, it was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Construction began in the winter of 1591.

summary

The Wangjing building started construction in the winter of 1591, the 19th year of Wanli. The Luwang mansion recruited thousands of skilled workers from more than ten counties to construct it for two consecutive years. It was completed in the autumn of the 21st year. The building materials and stones are all from Taihang Mountain. Five hundred years ago, in the era of no lifting machinery and equipment, in order to transport the heavy stones to the height of tens of meters, the industrious and intelligent people used the method of "earth enclosure as a tire" to surround and store the building objects, and used the stupid method of raising the slope to pull the stones up to the roof one by one. Just imagine how heavy and hard the construction is!

According to the relevant books, Wangjing tower was originally built by King Ru and is the remains of Wei Hui, the vassal of King Ru.

Wangjinglou contains rich historical and cultural connotations. Many Wangjinglou have been buried in the long river of history from ancient times to the present, leaving only ruins and sad legends. Today, "Wangjing tower" no longer has the historical burden and fetters. We only hope that when we visit the ancient or modern "Wangjing tower", we will see bluer sky and more beautiful scenery.

There are many legends about Weihui Wangjing tower.

There is a local relic called Wangjing tower in our country.

scale

Wangjing tower is 33 meters high, 30 meters wide, 32 meters wide from east to west, 19 meters deep from north to south, with a rectangular plane. It is built of brick and stone. It is divided into two layers, the outer wall is built with green stone, the inner wall is built with white stone, and the middle of the outer wall has white stone eaves. There are four windows on the East, West and north sides of the first floor, which are the top of the ticket. The remains of the blue stone lattice are still there. In the East and southwest corner, there are two stone gates with bluestone frames. You can climb to the first floor by two bluestone steps. On the first floor, the East, West, South and North connected circular arch holes intersect to the center, forming a cross top. Standing in the center of the square landscape, tall and spacious, can accommodate hundreds of people together. In summer, the breeze is penetrating and cool, which makes people very comfortable. Each ticket door has two wooden railings and a stone railings (50 cm) groove. There are four doors in Beiquan, all of which are bluestone frames. From the East and West gates, you can climb to the second floor along the bluestone steps. The design of Wangjing building is scientific and reasonable. It not only has a unique shape, but also has the largest preserved scale in China. It has a typical official architectural style and is extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty.

The second floor of the original five intermittent mountain style hall, called "Chongben bookstore", is the palace where Lu Wang and his son collected books and learned calligraphy and painting. Unfortunately, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, it was demolished by the Qing soldiers, and the foundation of the main hall still exists. Still standing in front of the hall, the "sincerity square" composed of bluestones still shows its former prestige. There are corridors in front, left and right of the hall, and two small doors behind it.

audience hall

The main hall is located on the third floor, and there is a stone square in front of the hall, which is called "sincerity square". The plane of this square is in a shape of a line. It is a blue stone structure. It is composed of four columns, three floors and four roofs. The front and back of each column are surrounded by Ruyi shaped Baogu stone. Under the Baogu stone is xumizuo. There are folded flowers on it. On the top of it is carved a stone lion holding its head high and arrogant. The shape is realistic and the carving is exquisite, It is decorated with three pieces of stone with holes between them. The banner of "three dragons playing with pearls" is below. The line carving on the front banner shows the three characters of "sincerity square" in Yangwen. The picture of "boy's birthday" is below. The four pillars have the couplet of dragon holding Chinese watch style. Ming Dynasty couplet: "carved eaves meet Bihan wind and cloud, painted buildings towering green sky, depending on the sun and moon.". The second couplet: "the cloud tower will strengthen the Grand View of all nations, and the palace will be built for thousands of years.". On both sides is the picture of "sea beast figure", and on the bottom is the picture of "he Lu Tong Chun". On the back of the banner is the picture of "three dragons playing with pearls" and the picture of "Eight Immortals celebrating birthday" below. During the Ming Dynasty, the couplet of "Gaoge Duan Yan Mu Jiu Tian Yu Lu, Chongtai Zhen Su Zhan Wan Xiang Guang". The second couplet: "the southern part of the couplet is beautiful, while the northern part of the couplet is brilliant.". The banners between the two pillars are carved with the picture of "two dragons playing with pearls", the picture of "welcoming guests" on the left and the picture of "visiting friends with children" on the right. The left and right sides of the stone square are carved with bonsai peonies for decoration.

Second Hall

The second hall is on the second floor. From the first floor to the second floor, you can see the four symmetrical arched hall, facing east, West, North and south. Spacious and bright, very spectacular, the top is arched, this arched dome is very strong. It fully reflects the wisdom of ancient Chinese laborers. Zhu Changfu, the king of Xiaolu, once played the piano and studied here.

Folklore

Do you know how Wangjing building was built? Things have to start from the Ming Lu king.

King Lu was the younger brother of Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty. He bullied men and women in the court and was demoted to Weihui house. Once, King Lu went to the outskirts of Weihui to hunt and ran all morning. He was so hungry that he lay on the ground and didn't want to move any more. He said that he was ill. His entourage, from a nearby stall, took a new year cake for him. As soon as Lu Wang ate, he got well. This new year cake is very good. Back in the house, Lu Wang thought, I have to give this delicious new year cake to my mother. When his idea was settled, he asked his subordinates to write a notice, saying that each household would pay ten boats of New Year cake within three days. So King Lu sent a special envoy to transport the rice cakes from the ancient city of Weihui to Beijing by water through Tianjin. It was spring. It was nearly may when the rice cakes were transported from Weihui to Beijing. Lu Wang's mother looked at it and cried out that my son's life in Weihui was really hard. What he ate was all stinking things. She quickly opened the Treasury, carried out the gold and silver treasures, and loaded ten boats full of them to Weihui. After Lu Wang got the silver, his mother was even more anxious. He wanted to build a very high building, where Weihui could see Beijing. This is the Wangjing tower that we can still see today.

Three beggars talking about scenery

Legend has it that there are three beggars in Jixian (Weihui), Huaxian and Junxian who stay in a small shop at night and have no money to buy a shop, so they rent a quilt, a hard mat and a pillow. I can't lie down after sleeping for three nights, either without a cover or a pillow. So the three people discussed the competition to see who won the competition, so the reasonable distribution should be based on the high. Huaxian beggars think about it. First of all, there is a tower in Huaxian County, which is about ten feet away from the sky. Jun County said in a hurry. "There is a mountain in xunxian County, three feet from the sky." Unexpectedly, the beggars in Ji county said: "there is a Wangjing tower in Ji County, which suddenly reaches the sky.". As a result, the beggars in Ji county were given a quilt, the beggars in Jun county were given a hard mat, and the beggars in Hua county were given a pillow to sleep all night.

Address: Yizhong street, Weihui City, Xinxiang City

Longitude: 114.082462

Latitude: 35.409544

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