Cailun Memorial Garden

Cailun Memorial Garden

Cailun memorial garden was expanded in 2001 on the basis of the original "Caihou Temple" in Leiyang City. The whole memorial garden covers an area of more than 90000 square meters. The landscape in the garden is mainly composed of eight parts: the main gate, caizichi, huaishengtai, Beilang, handmade paper workshop, liujiaoting, Caihou temple and Cailun tomb. There are main and secondary parts, which complement each other. On the whole, it embodies the idea of "carrying forward Cailun culture and remembering Cailun" As a result, Cailun memorial garden has become an excellent place for tourists at home and abroad to "visit Cailun's hometown and appreciate the history and culture of paper". Leiyang, a famous county in the ancient city, is also glorified by the construction of Cailun memorial garden. Cailun memorial garden was rated as national 3A scenic spot on December 18, 2006.

Organization Profile

Cailun Memorial Garden

Located on the Bank of caizichi, Renmin Road, Leiyang City, covering an area of 116 mu, it is an important place to commemorate the great paper-making inventor Cai Lun. In order to better publicize Cai Lun's papermaking culture, stimulate people's creative enthusiasm, carry forward science and inherit civilization, Leiyang municipal Party committee and municipal government invested 140 million yuan in the expansion of Caihou temple, Cailun tomb, caizichi and other cultural relics around the occasion of China (Leiyang) Cailun science and technology invention Festival in 2001, according to the standard of national 4A tourist attractions, which was rebuilt on August 28, 2001 The new China is open to the outside world. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national patriotic education base for primary and secondary schools, one of the eight new Xiaoxiang scenic spots, and a national 3A tourist attraction. It receives more than 300000 tourists from home and abroad every year.

The predecessor of Cailun memorial garden is the temple of marquis Cai, which was the former residence of Cailun, also known as "Temple of marquis Cai". It's hard to know when the temple was built. However, it was recorded in the records of rebuilding the temple of Caihou in Longting by Chen Zongyi of Leiyang Prefecture in 1338. To commemorate Cai Lun's outstanding contribution to the spread of human culture and the progress of world civilization, later generations built a temple for Cai Lun's former residence, set up a statue of Cai Lun inside, and built a tomb of Cai Lun's clothes 100 meters behind the temple. The park is composed of the main gate, bronze statue of Cai Lun, Zhaobi, Cai zichi, huaishengtai, stele corridor, censer Baoding, Cai Lun paper mill, Sihou Pavilion, Cai Hou Temple, Cai Lun tomb, Gulang stele garden and other scenic spots. It embodies the theme of "carrying forward Cai Lun culture and remembering Cai Lun's merits" on the whole. It has the characteristics of classical and elegant gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, and is the "old story of Cai Lun" for tourists at home and abroad It is an important base for carrying forward science and inheriting civilization.

The main gate is 12 meters high and 15.6 meters wide. The front gate and the inner gate are inscribed by Zhou Guangzhao, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the China Association for science and technology, and Hu Sheng, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and a famous scholar. The statue is 12.5 meters high and the base is 1.2 meters high, with a total height of 3.7 meters. The statue sitting on the ground is based on Cai Lun's sitting habits at that time. Behind the statue is a screen wall of Cai Lun's copper sculpture. The screen wall is inlaid with a quotation from the book of the later Han Dynasty - Biography of Cai Lun written by Fan Ye, a historian of the Southern Dynasties, Liu and Song dynasties His life and his invention of papermaking are by far the most authoritative historical records of Cai Lun. Before entering the gate, there is Cai zichi, which is a square pond with more than ten mu. It is said that it was opened by Cai Lun at that time for the convenience of papermaking. It has a history of more than 1800 years. Now, on both sides of the pond, there are weeping willows and full of green. To the left is the relief wall on the platform. On the whole, it looks like a roll of open paper with an arc length of 55 meters and a radius of 15 meters. The wall relief is made of marble. The main content is the whole process of Cai Lun's invention of papermaking. Further on, this is the antique stele Gallery, 67 meters long, in the shape of "Zhi". The carved beams and painted buildings are antique. The contents on the gallery wall are the historical materials and characters about Cai Lun's papermaking at all times and in all countries. It is of great value for the study of Cai Lun and Cai Lun's papermaking. Next to the stele corridor is the "handmade papermaking workshop", which is based on historical materials and referring to the existing forms of handmade papermaking workshops in the countryside of our city. It is the best place for visitors to experience Cai Lun's papermaking at that time, and also an important material for studying Cai Lun and the history of papermaking technology. In 1956, the people's Government of Leiyang County renovated the temple. In 1981, the provincial people's government appropriated special funds to renovate it. Today, the temple is built in the style of Qing Dynasty, with three brick and wood structures and grey walls and green tiles. The statue of Cai Lun in the temple was rebuilt in 1985. There are seven exhibition rooms in the temple, mainly showing the important relics, historical materials and the influence of papermaking related to Cai Lun and his papermaking. The inscription "Tomb of Cai Lun" on the tombstone is written by Guo Moruo. Cai Lun's tomb was built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In fact, this tombstone is just Cai Lun's clothes tomb. Originally, there were many Cai Lun's relics, but in the Second World War, they were robbed by the Kuomintang and Japanese invaders, and precious cultural relics were all stolen. After liberation, the people's government attached great importance to the protection of Cai Lun's tomb. Under the earth sealing, there is a square stone platform, 10 meters long and 10 meters wide. The neutral circular earth sealing mound is 1.7 meters high and 6 meters in diameter. The tomb has a stone passage. The chamber is 2 meters high, 4 meters long and more than 2 meters wide. It has a small brick vault, and the bricks are decorated with geometric patterns.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, the Cailun memorial garden has attracted the attention of the central leadership and the wide attention of all walks of life. Guo Moruo, Zhou Gucheng, Hu Sheng, Zhou Guangzhao and Mao Zhiyong have successively inscribed the Cailun tomb, Cailun Memorial Hall and Cailun memorial garden. In 1959, Caihou temple and Cailun tomb were announced as key cultural relics protection units by Hunan provincial government. In 1996, six national ministries and commissions named Cailun Memorial as "national patriotic education base for primary and secondary schools". In 2006, Caihou temple was rated as "national key cultural relics protection units" by the state Council.

Park Tour

The main gate is composed of parapet, archway, screen wall and small square outside. The gate is 12 meters high and 15.6 meters wide. It is a three hole arched gate with a sloping top and a green wall. The eaves of Liuwa are antique. The "Cai Lun Memorial Garden" at the front gate and the inner gate was inscribed by Zhou Guangzhao, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the China Association for science and technology, and Hu Sheng, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and a famous scholar. There are two couplets written on the pier column of the arch. The main couplet is "knot rope to record events, oracle bone knife to engrave bamboo slips is popular, silk to boast paper is light and suitable for civil use; waste pulping, heti, thin paper, color, beautiful jade, the heart of Chengsong Marquis to invent the world style".

The side couplet is

"Tiangong won the legend of the paper sage, and a generation of meritorious deeds was famous in the universe;

Leishui Zhongling Ming Zhaorui Kyushu Longqing Dian Qianqiu Yue color Zhuangshan river.

The main and side couplets are self-evident in their meaning. They praise Cai Lun's contributions to papermaking all over the world, and convey the world's feelings of cherishing Cai Lun's merits and virtues.

You may have noticed the words "heart" and "caution" right above the two ear doors. The four words "conscientiousness" and "dunshen" are taken from the biography of Cai Lun in the later Han Dynasty written by Fan Ye, a historian in the Southern Dynasty Liu and Song Dynasties, which means praising Cai Lun as a man with the ability to handle affairs, study problems, do his best, be honest and honest.

Stepping up to the memorial archway, the striking thing is the "bronze statue of Cai Lun". Cai Lun, who sits on the ground, seems to be shaped according to his sitting habits at that time. The height of the image is 2.5 meters, the height of the base is 1.2 meters, and the total height is 3.7 meters. We might as well take a closer look. You can see that he has a long sword eyebrow, a full sky and a big and powerful bank. The left hand folds paper on the knee, the right sleeve falls over the right knee, sitting upright like a clock, falling and generous, natural and free and easy, gazing at distant vision, as if in meditation.

The wall of the bronze statue of Cai Lun is 6 meters high and 12 meters long. It is inlaid with a black marble floor. On it is the post Han Dynasty biography of Cai Lun written by Fan Ye, a historian of the Southern Dynasties and the Liu and Song dynasties. The full text is 282 words, which describes Cai Lun's life and his invention of papermaking. So far, there are few detailed historical materials about Cai Lun. The biography of Cai Lun in the book of the later Han Dynasty is the most authoritative literature and history material. If people want to understand Cai Lun and the invention of papermaking, they can read this article carefully. You may have noticed that "Cai Lun's character is Jingzhong, and so are the people of Guiyang.". This sentence naturally means that Cai Lun's native place is "Guiyang". So, does this "Guiyang" refer to Guiyang County in Chenzhou? Absolutely not. There is no doubt that Cai Lun is from Leiyang. Fan Ye said that Cai Lun was a "person of Guiyang" in his book "biography of Cai Lun in the later Han Dynasty" because at that time (Eastern Han Dynasty), the government of Guiyang was in Leiyang. At that time, Leiyang was known as "Guiyang County". Now, Guiyang County in Chenzhou was established in the early years of the Republic of China.

This Wang Bishui we see is Cai zichi, about ten mu, in a rectangular shape. It is said that it was opened by Cai Lun when he came back from the palace to spread papermaking. It has been used to wash plant fibers for more than 1800 years. Now look at this pool, wave flat mirror, a clear pool, shore willow whirling, yiyichusi, reflecting the water, with endless green, full of vitality. In the middle of the pool, a scene called "Sihou Pavilion" is added. If you walk on the stone bridge on a moonlit night, you can see that the two moons vie for glory. In the rippling pool, there is also a chant of "only Cai Chi has the beauty of two moons".

The relief wall on the platform looks like a roll of open paper. It has an arc length of 55 meters and a radius of 15 meters. The wall relief is made of marble. The content of the relief is the whole process of Cai Lun's invention of papermaking. The picture is divided into three parts. The first part depicts Cai Lun's book before he invented papermaking

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