China Yellow River altar

China Yellow River altar

The Yellow River altar, also known as the "China Yellow River altar", is a landmark building on the golden bank of the Yellow River. It is located in Qingtongxia City, Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. In order to honor, worship and appreciate the Yellow River, the Yellow River altar started construction in May 2010 and was completed at the end of April 2011. The general design is Professor Feng qinduo. The Yellow River altar is 999 meters long and 200 meters wide, with a construction area of 65000 square meters. It is backed by the Helan mountain range, and stands on Niushou mountain across the river, with the Yellow River Bend on the left and Qingtongxia gorge on the right. Standing at the altar of the Yellow River, looking down, the Yellow River and the beach just form a picture of the eight trigrams of Taiji. On May 8, 2011, in the third China (Ningxia) International Cultural and Art Tourism Expo - Thanksgiving mother river activity, the Chinese Yellow River altar appeared for the first time.

geographical position

China Yellow River altar is located at 1314 National Highway 109, Xiaoba Town, Qingtongxia City, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

Overall structure

The Chinese Yellow River altar is creatively made of bronze to express the Chinese people's Thoughts on the origin of the Yellow River after drinking water, their gratitude and admiration for the mother of the Yellow River. Feng qinduo, chief designer and project director of China Yellow River altar, said: "China Yellow River altar abides by three tenets in the planning concept: the Yellow River is the cradle of the Chinese nation, the Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation, and the Yellow River altar should build a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation; six lines are adopted in the planning layout: the first line is the Chinese sacrificial culture, and the second line is the Yellow River altar The third line is a bronze art exhibition line, the fourth line is a royal sacrificial garden line, the fifth line is a Chinese traditional culture counting line, and the sixth line is a Chinese traditional culture symbol line. In terms of architectural layout, according to "three districts, five archways, three avenues, three main halls, one square, one altar and one courtyard", the three districts are "si'en district and li'en district" The five archways are "China Yellow River altar, si'en archway, li'en archway, Thanksgiving archway and Wenyuan archway", the three main roads are "Beilin Avenue, Nonggeng Avenue and Wenhua Avenue", the three main halls are "Chinese cultural Ancestor Hall, cixiaoyifan hall and Baijiaxing ancestral hall", the first square is Yellow River square, the first altar is China Yellow River altar, and the first Academy is Yellow River Culture Research Institute ”。

Si'en District

——Drinking water and thinking of the source

Running for 5464 kilometers, the Yellow River loves Ningxia alone. With her unique tenderness, she irrigated and nurtured generations of Ningxia people. As the saying goes, drinking water is the source of thinking. Ningxia, as the new Tianfu of China, gets too much from the mother of the Yellow River In Tan si'en District of the Yellow River in China, Ningxia tells the world about the deep accumulation of the Yellow River mother and the sincere wish of the Yellow River children to thank the great mother with its magnificent Yellow River building, the forest of Steles and the large-scale copper reliefs, which gather the ancient and modern literati and poets to praise the Yellow River, and the 5000 year Chinese historical classics.

China Yellow River altar archway

The archway of the Chinese Yellow River altar is the main gate of the Yellow River altar. The 15.8-meter-high, 45 meter span, 10 column and 9-door super large archway is the largest bronze archway in China at present, unheard of in history, showing the broad and profound grandeur of the Yellow River culture.

In the design of the Chinese Yellow River altar archway, the pillars are in the shape of "jade cong"; the horizontal square is in the shape of bronze Taotie pattern; on the top of the main square are Sunbird and dragon and Phoenix presenting auspiciousness; on the top of the two auxiliary doors are decorated with sun and moon respectively to show heaven and earth; on the horizontal plaque of the main door are five big characters of "Chinese Yellow River altar"; on the horizontal plaque of the sun gate are "respect to heaven"; on the horizontal plaque of the moon gate are "Fa Di"; on the back are two horizontal plaques Corresponding to the writing of "self-improvement" and "virtue carrying things"; the top of the column is square, corresponding to the four images of "green dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, Xuanwu"; the top of the column is "wangtianhou", also known as "looking forward to the return of the emperor", indicating that the mother of the Yellow River is looking forward to the return of the sons and daughters of the Yellow River at home and abroad.

Beilin Avenue

Entering the archway of the Yellow River altar in China, you can see the first avenue of the three main avenues of the Yellow River altar, the Beilin Avenue 63 meters long and 54 meters wide. There are 18 bronze steles on both sides of the Beilin Avenue, on which there are selected famous poems chanting the Yellow River. Here, you can see the selected sentences of the Yellow River in the book of songs · Weifeng · Heguang and the book of mountains and seas · Xici three classics, the chapters and sentences of Chuang Tzu's autumn water, the poems and sentences of Qu Yuan's nine songs · Hebo, and the masterpieces of praising the yellow River, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Su Shi, which you have learned since childhood, are all included.

Five thousand years of the Yellow River

Walking through the 63 meter long Beilin Avenue, you can see the 5000 year old screen wall of the Yellow River, which is 7.2 meters long and 7.2 meters high. In terms of content, it covers the main historical events, representatives and traditional culture of ancient China and feudal dynasties. "Three Emperors and five emperors, Xia, Zhou and Shang Dynasties, five tyrants and seven heroes make trouble in the spring and Autumn period. The Qin Dynasty sweeps six harmonies, cherishes the lost deer, the Chu forgets the country and returns to the burning Liu. The Three Kingdoms, the two Jin Dynasties, the southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties are still in dispute. Song, Liao, Jin, yuan and Ming Dynasties were established, and the feudal dynasty ended in Qing Dynasty. " A clear historical line leaps to the copper wall. The back of the bronze relief is a 5000 year long large text version of the Yellow River. It is divided into 4 chapters: "the Yellow River's water", "the Yellow River's history", "the Yellow River's son" and "the Yellow River's altar". According to the traditional thinking of Jing, Shi, Zi and Ji, the essence of the Yellow River's 5000 year history and culture is condensed to eighteen thousand words, which is displayed in front of the world.

Sien archway

The bronze si'en archway stands in front of you. The left and right sides of si'en archway are respectively engraved with the theme of "drinking water to think of the source" and "gratitude to repay virtue", which is the theme of "si'en district" - showing the traditional Chinese filial piety culture and expressing the filial piety of the mother river. The unicorn beasts on both sides of the archway are really eye-catching. The ancients said that "the unicorn is clear and the Yellow River is clear and the sage comes out". The unicorn, which originated from the auspicious beast of the Yellow River, could not be more suitable to stand on both sides of the archway as a guardian spirit beast.

Three bridges

Through the memorial archway of si'en, we can see a water surface like a map of the nine provinces in the Yellow River field. Its moral is that the nine provinces should drink water and think of the source, and jointly recite the grace of "Mother River". There are three large-scale nine hole jade belt arch bridges on the water, collectively known as "Sancai bridge".

According to the Chinese Yellow River culture, the three bridges are called "Tianjian bridge", "Renhe bridge" and "dikun bridge" from left to right, respectively.

On the two sides of Tianjian bridge, we can see dragon shaped patterns of different shapes, which express the meaning of "flying dragon in the sky"; on the two sides of Renhe bridge, we can see "twelve zodiac animals" - rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig, which symbolize the life and reproduction of human connections in the world On the stone pillars, there are various Phoenix shaped patterns. The earth is Kun and the female. The Phoenix is the highest representative of the female world. Therefore, the Phoenix is used to express the earth's virtue and kindness.

Heaven's gift and earth's motion

There are Tianci Pavilion and difi Pavilion in si'en District, which means that the Yellow River's grace is "the gift of heaven" and "the gift of earth", that is, to inherit the grace of nature. Tianci Pavilion and difi pavilion are respectively equipped with armillary sphere and seismograph. As a result, heaven's gift and the earth's motion echo each other from afar.

Nonggeng Avenue

Out of si'en District, we are going to the Second District of the third district of Huanghe Tan, which is also the district where Huanghe Tan is located - li'en district. Connecting the two districts is a 99 meter long and 36 meter wide agricultural Avenue. China is a big agricultural country with a long history of farming culture. Our ancestors were born, grew, cultivated and lived by the Yellow River. On the road of farming, the 24 solar terms totem pole and the agricultural seal of the dynasty take us to the footprints of our ancestors.

24 solar terms totem pole

The 24 solar terms totem pole is 9 meters high, which is arranged on both sides of the road according to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The totem pole is made of bronze, and the top of each pole has a flower trade wind to show the solar term; the pole is equipped with a relief of farming corresponding to the solar term; the bottom of the pole is illustrated with bamboo slips. As the agricultural relief on the totem pole has never been seen before in history, the expert group has carefully organized a group of experts on folk custom, history, sculpture and New Year pictures. It is the first time in history that the vivid folk relief is displayed in front of the audience.

Eighteen face white marble drum

In the center of Nonggeng Avenue stands 18 Han white jade drums. From ancient times, they have passed through Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei and Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, song, Liao, Jin, yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China, agrarian revolution and people's Republic of China. It is engraved with the agricultural policies and taxes of the past dynasties, namely "agricultural policies of the Dynasties". If you browse them one by one, you can know the evolution process of China's agricultural taxes and corvee.

Lein District

——Annotate the Yellow River and leave a name for history

As a big agricultural country, for 5000 years, China's dynasties have focused on farming. The Yellow River is an important birthplace of farming culture in China and even in the world. When we talk about the Yellow River, we have to talk about farming, especially the history of farming culture of the Yellow River. In li'en District, we can see the totem pole of 24 solar terms, which shows the 24 solar terms of China's ancient farming calendar in folk relief; we can see the changes of farming policies in the past 5000 years; we can also see the Yellow River altar, which guards 60 Jiazi for the first time. All of these are annotations for the Yellow River mother and the Chinese calendar

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