Aotouji

Aotouji

Aotouji is located in Linqing City, Shandong Province, where the canal of the Yuan Dynasty and the canal of the Ming Dynasty diverge. There is a group of traditional ancient buildings of the Ming Dynasty. Its layout is rigorous, exquisite and quiet. The bamboo shadow in the courtyard is dancing, and the stone carvings on the wall reflect each other. It reflects the superb architectural skills and immortal artistic value.

The existing buildings in aotouji, built in the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), are the site of Linqing Museum. In 1938, Li Bao, the organ newspaper of Linqing County Working Committee of CPC, was founded here. Aotouji is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Historical evolution

Aotouji is located at the fork of Wei canal in Linqing City. It was built in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Linqing administrative center was moved from the old county village to kaopeng street in Shizhong District. The surrounding area was called "Zhongzhou" for several miles. According to Linqing county annals, "in the southwest of Aobei bridge, dozens of steps from the east of Zhongzhou, stone is built, such as Aotou protruding. Guanyin Pavilion is built on it. The old gate and the new gate have two parts. They are divided into two parts, one is aozu, the other is behind Guangji Bridge. "Knowing that the title of Malan in Zhouzhou is" aotouji ", the name of aotouji comes from this. There is a group of ancient buildings, surrounded by pavilions. There are three North halls, which are called "Gan Tang Temple" (commonly known as "Li Gong Temple"), three South halls, which are called "Deng Ying Lou" (commonly known as "Wang He Lou"), three West halls, which are called "Lu Zu Tang", and three East halls, which are called "Guanyin Pavilion". The pavilion is built on the upper floor, square in shape, with cornices and wooden partitions. At the bottom of the terrace is a square platform made of brick. In the middle of the terrace, there is a door opening in the east-west direction. The word "exclusive" is written on the lintel. The attic on the terrace has a double eaves on the hill. It comes out of the building in front and falls to the first base in the back. The main body is composed of three, five and seven beams. It is covered with tubular tiles. On the ridge, there are ceramic animal shaped decorations and four rows of cornices. The whole building, with rigorous structure, proper layout, exquisite and antique, is a typical brick and wood structure building complex in the northern region of Ming Dynasty, known as "Aoji ningxiu", the crystallization of wisdom of ancient working people and the concentrated embodiment of national art. "Aoji ningxiu" is one of the 16 scenes of Linqing in ancient times, which is the most prosperous place in the city. On the top of it, it is expected that "grain boats and Milu gatherings, sails and masts are like forests", with rippling blue waves and beautiful scenery. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Jinpu railway was opened to traffic, and the river transportation was suspended.

Aotouji is also an important revolutionary memorial, experiencing the ups and downs from the great revolution to the war of resistance against Japan and the war of liberation. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, Ding Haochuan, heiruoxian, Wang Biyi, Qin Hezhen and other Communists came to Chuangli newspaper to publish the organ newspaper of Linqing County Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, Li Bao. This place became a place to publicize the Anti Japanese War, spread Marxism Leninism, and organize the masses to join the revolution. In January 1939, General Chen Geng of the Eighth Route Army held an important military conference here. Many scholars, poets, calligraphers and painters, such as Ji Xianlin, Zang Kejia, Gao Qiyun, Li Yuang and Xia Yuchang, have successively inscribed Masterpieces for aotouji. At the age of 81, Li kuchan, a master of traditional Chinese painting, inscribed plaques for aotouji, adding new cultural connotations to the ancient architecture.

In 1978, aotouji was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the region and renovated according to its original appearance. In 1984, the painting was further renovated and the Linqing museum was set up here. In the exhibition hall of ancient bricks in aotouji courtyard, there are tribute bricks fired by Linqing in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Linqing tribute bricks are famous for their "no alkali, no erosion, sound, no hole". They have become special tribute for the royal family. Most of the important building materials for the construction of Beijing Imperial City are from Linqing, so historians have the saying of "floating Beijing city". In June 2001, it was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Name source

The name of aotouji is due to the specific geographical environment. In the north of this place, the canal of the Yuan Dynasty originally entered the Wei River from Jinqiao. In the Ming Dynasty, it excavated the South Branch of the canal and entered the Wei River from touzhakou through Dazhong park. In this way, a place surrounded by water was formed to the west of aotouji, which was called "Zhongzhou" at that time. Aotouji is located in the prominent area of Zhongzhou. In the Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, it was built as a dam in the shape of Aotou. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Linqing and Huitong gates of the canal, as well as the Henan and Xinkai gates of the Ming Dynasty, were separated as Aotou. After that, Guangji Bridge was built as Aowei. The title of Zhizhou Malan was "aotouji". In the whole group of buildings, the East building is called "Guanyin Pavilion", the West Hall is called "luzutang", and the North veranda is called "Gantang Temple". There is a wooden bridge outside the gate, and the Fangmei "aotouji" is written by Fang Yuanhuan, a calligrapher of Ming Dynasty.

Address: Linqing City

Longitude: 115.70487976074

Latitude: 36.84285736084

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