Pucheng County Museum

Pucheng County Museum

Pucheng County Museum is located in Guanzhong Plain with elegant environment and towering ancient cypresses. As a window of Pucheng history, it attracts visitors from all over the world with exquisite cultural relics and rich connotation. Every year in the spring and autumn, there are countless owls living in the ancient cypresses of Confucian temple, and thousands of fire swallows flying around the North Tower, which become a great wonder in Weibei.

Development history

Pucheng Confucian temple was founded in 630 A.D. in the fourth year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1300 years. It is a place where ancient people worship Confucius, the cultural sage.

architectural composition

It is a large-scale ancient building complex with four courtyards, which sit in the north and face the south. The main buildings are liulongbi, lingxingmen, Jimen, Dacheng hall, Minglun hall, zunjingge, donglangfang, xilangfang, zhangjiusi, diankusi, etc.; the subsidiary buildings are limen, Yimen, panchi, panshuiqiao, Xiangxian temple, Minghuan temple, Chongsheng temple, etc. The whole Confucian temple is dignified and elegant, resplendent, carved beams and painted buildings, towering and refreshing.

Collection

There is a well preserved six dragon wall in front of the Confucian temple in Pucheng County. It was built in 1616, about 6 meters high and 17 meters long. It is made of glazed tiles. After years of wind and rain, it seems a bit dilapidated, but it is still vivid and full of aura. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. On the front of the wall are six dragons swimming and dancing, and on the back are sculptures; on the other hand, six lions dancing, each with a stone plaque, written by fan Dongmo, a calligrapher and governor of Shanxi Province in the late Ming Dynasty; on the top are six characters. Below are two symbolic stone gates, each with nine square holes carved in the middle, known as "nine eyes of stone gate";. The archway is carved with patterns of Erlong Xizhu, Danfeng Chaoyang, peony and lotus to add color to the six dragon wall.

Upright and outspoken room is located in the Confucious'Temple halo gate, with eight pieces of precious plaque hanging from the halberd gate. Among them, the great calligrapher Wang Jinde of the Ming Dynasty, the "Town God's Temple" plaque, is bold and bold, of great momentum, and has nothing to do; the national hero Lin Zexu's regular script "observation first" is vigorous and upright; the calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty, the regular script of Zhang Yaoshan, "soft pill and painted painted", are gentle, and have a good mother's Godson. The "victory platform" written by legalist Kou Ya is magnificent, which embodies the joy of the victory of the Anti Japanese war.

The precious cultural relics room is located in the East Gallery of the Confucian temple, with 54 pieces of precious cultural relics on display. Six thousand years ago, the stone axe and stone knife showed the hard journey of the primitive ancestors to create the world, and the use of copper and iron turned the tide of history. The cultural relics of the Qin and Han Dynasties shine brilliantly; the painted pottery of the prosperous Tang Dynasty chews hooves and horses and is leisurely and complacent, reflecting the peaceful scene of going abroad without war and letting horses go to Nanshan; the cultural relics of Fengguan, Guanfu and yingmu Qilin Luohan are treasures, representing the upper class social features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The calligraphy studio is located in the west corridor of the Confucian temple, displaying 36 pieces of famous calligraphy and painting treasures. Among them, Dong Qichang, a great calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, is famous both at home and abroad. Li Dongyang, a great painter of the Ming Dynasty, has a fluent and delicate painting style, which vividly displays "tiger poison does not eat son". Dong Bangda, a great painter of the Qing Dynasty, has a painting of landscape pavilions 》In the Qing Dynasty, the great calligrapher Ke Huang's running script "leaving his melancholy behind" and the great calligrapher Zhang Dongbai's running script in the Republic of China "deceiving people whether they are heroes" pushed people's thoughts to a lofty level.

Located in the north of the East Gallery of the Confucian temple, the carving art room displays 76 precious cultural relics, including stone carvings, copper and iron carvings. Hongzhong of Ming Dynasty resounds through the time and space of the century; Guanyin, a lion, blesses the world's peace; silent iron ox, dominates the world's evil demons; old and young stone monkeys, recounts the past century; Hu people tame lions, reappears the customs of the western regions; peach shaped stone, which has survived for a hundred years.

Pucheng stele forest is located in the Minglun Hall of the Confucian temple, with a total collection of more than 200 famous steles. Su Xiaoci's epitaph of Sui Dynasty is a model of regular script; the national first-class cultural relic, the thousand character running script of the Tang Dynasty's gaolishi tablet, dispels the fog of history and fairly evaluates the achievements of gaolishi; the national first-class cultural relic, the huge Sutra building of Jingmu Temple of Tang Dynasty, is exquisitely constructed and magnificent; Han Yu, a writer of Tang Dynasty, is brilliant and writes the stele of huliang; the stele of Princess Yuzhen, the sister of Emperor Ming of Tang Dynasty, is dignified and elegant Extraordinary. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the great calligrapher Mi Fu wrote "the story of the Golden Hall of the day", which is unrestrained and unique; in the Qing Dynasty, the famous patriotic Prime Minister Wang Ding wrote "Du Fu lived in Li", which reviews Duke's brilliant poem "Zhu men stinks of wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death"; in the bamboo leaf tablet, the wind bamboo and rain bamboo eulogize Guan Gong's integrity and loyalty; in the calligraphy of General Yang Hucheng, a meritorious official through the ages, the stone tablet is powerful and breathless. This stone tablet is like a magnificent historical picture, beautiful.

The song tower of the North Temple, also known as the North Tower, is located at the north end of the Confucian temple. It is majestic and magnificent. It echoes with the Tang tower of the South Temple from afar. "Night shadow of two towers" is one of the eight famous scenic spots in Pucheng. The tower was built in 1096 A.D. in the third year of emperor zhezong of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was founded and repaired by Wang Xin, a giant businessman in Yanxing of Pucheng. The North Tower is about 46 meters high. It is a hollow square brick tower with dense eaves. It is equipped with wooden stairs. Visitors can directly reach the top of the tower and overlook the beauty of Pucheng. At the foot of the North Tower, there is a small temple with a built-in stone Buddha.

Social evaluation

With the strong support of governments at all levels and relevant departments, Pucheng Museum has taken on a new look through a series of ancient building maintenance and environmental beautification, especially the restoration of Dacheng hall. The museum has been built into a cultural relic garden style unit with flowers in three seasons and evergreen in four seasons. It is not only an important position for patriotism education of the broad masses of the people and young people, but also a good place for people to travel and cultivate their sentiment.

Visit information

Address: No.14, Hongqi Street, Pucheng County

Address: No.14, main street, middle section of Hongqi Road, Pucheng County, Weinan City

Longitude: 109.588314

Latitude: 34.955119

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

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