Huozhou ancient building

Wenchang Pavilion

synonym

Huozhou ancient building generally refers to Wenchang Pavilion (Wenchang Pavilion, Huozhou City, Shanxi Province)

Huozhou Drum Tower is located in the center of Huozhou City, Shanxi Province. It was built in 1583, also known as Wenchang Pavilion. It was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The platform base was high. It was built with a mixture of blue stone and brick to form a cross arched passage, which was connected in four directions. It has two floors of wooden pavilions, five in width and five in depth, two floors with three drops of water, and a cross mountain roof. The gallery around is carved with flowers, animals and other patterns. On the first floor of the attic, a gold plaque is hung above the roof lintel. On the second floor of the attic, a viewing platform and a wooden fence are set on the outer edge of the cloister. All kinds of patterns are carved with exquisite workmanship. Experts on cultural relics believe that it is a masterpiece of Ming Dynasty sculpture. On the top of the tile, there are two hundred and eighty glaze statues and three colored glass ridged beasts. The total height of the building is 29 meters. Despite the vicissitudes of history, its historical charm still exists.

survey

In the inner city center of Huozhou City, Shanxi Province, it was built in the 11th year of the Ming Dynasty (1583) and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The platform foundation is high and the cross arched channel is made of bluestone and brick, which runs through in four directions. It has two floors of wooden pavilions, five in width and five in depth, two floors with three drops of water, and a cross mountain roof. The surrounding corridors are carved with flowers, animals and other patterns. On the top of the tile, there are two hundred and eighty glaze statues and three colored glass ridged beasts. The total height of the drum tower is 29 meters. You can have a panoramic view of the mountain scenery and Huozhou city.

climate

The best tourism season of Huozhou Drum Tower

Huozhou Drum Tower is an ancient building in Huozhou city of Linfen City, which is suitable for all seasons of the year. But when the weather is fine, you can see the distance from the ancient building

Huoshan and Huancheng River,

Repair history

In the seventh year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty (1742), the local people donated money to repair the drum tower, set up fences, decorated niches and golden pillars. This is the first maintenance project in the history of the drum tower. In the cloister on the first floor of the attic, there is the inscription of repairing qiaolou in 1742. After liberation, the drum tower was rebuilt and painted. The drum tower is a three eaves cross Hill attic with eight trigrams covered with glass. The total area is 225 square meters and the height is 22 meters. The base is made of bluestone and brick, and the cross arch hole runs through the north, South, East and West.

architectural art

Huozhou Drum Tower with wood structure has three floors in the Ming Dynasty. The main advantages of Huozhou Drum Tower lie in its complex and novel structure, ingenious combination, long, square, triangular, multi-layered mortise and tenon connection, precise and meticulous, seamless, and exquisite craftsmanship. It is adjacent to Huoshan in the East, Fenshui in the west, Baibiguan in the South and Hanxinling in the north. Gongdong Dongmei's "Dui Huo" means to welcome Huoshan in the East; Nanmei's "Yingxun" means to welcome the southern fumigation; Ximei's "Zhenfen" means to flood the Fenhe River in Gulou and Weizhen; BEIMEI's "Gongchen" means to "serve the government with virtue, such as Beichen, which is provided by the stars" in the Analects of Confucius. It means that if the ruler can move people with virtue, he will be happy near and return to the world from afar. The plaque was written by Shen Peng, chairman of the national Calligrapher Association, Xu Wenda and Guo Boying, provincial calligraphers. The second and third floors of the building are made of wood structure with exquisite layout and unique style. The overall shape is magnificent and elegant. On each side, there is a large gold plaque, which is written in the East: protecting the country and the people; in the West: Lanxiu Xihe; in the South: Fuyuan Kaihua; in the North: protecting northern Hebei. Plaque ring Zhou Xianglong Ruiyun, carved clear. There are all kinds of flowers, birds and animals carved on the facade, which are vivid and lifelike. Together with the carefully carved wooden corridors and flower patterns around, it forms a group of exquisite art treasures, reaching the artistic conception of "although it is made by man, it is just like the sky". The roof of the building is covered with glazed tiles and drips water in triangle. Two hundred and eight glazed statues and three colored glazed ridged beasts are made at the end of the ridge. The technique is exquisite and vivid. Each layer of eaves angle up, and under the eaves arch overlap, like clouds, give people a sense of flying. Each wing horn and child horn beam is equipped with a dragon head cover beast, and the wind chime is hung at the lower part. When the wind blows, the sound is clear and pleasant. At both ends of the main ridge on the top of the drum tower, there are glass kisses, which are ferocious and vivid, and equipped with horsemen with different looks. In the center of the ridge is a glass gourd vase with a lightning protection device. Visitors climb the tower to look at the scenery of the mountains and rivers, competing to reflect each other, and have a panoramic view of the ancient city. Although the drum tower has experienced the vicissitudes of history, its exquisite artistic modeling and indelible charm will always be appreciated by people.

Building stories

Dougong

In those days, when the drum tower was built, there was a more intriguing story. It is said that Fu, the carpenter teacher, was meticulous and responsible. He designed and drew the drawings himself, chose materials everywhere, calculated the dimensions, drew the lines and set the rules. He was strict in management and processing. He worked hard to prepare for everything. When everything was ready, he fell ill. All the teachers and apprentices then put up the wooden frame, put up the big and small pillars, sandalwood beams, and all the linings together, but there was no mortise and tenon. To change the size, we had to rework the whole thing, and the old master prohibited it first. Everyone was stunned and helpless. They had no choice but to go to the sickbed for advice. The teacher Fu said with a smile: "it's not difficult, go back to a beam in the southeast direction, and pound it with a hammer." . I just came back to have a try, but I heard a crash It's all closed. Don't try to pry one. It's tighter than swim bladder glue! After the great success, he reported his happiness to his teacher Fu, and the old man was at peace. People miss him for a long time, and the story goes down. What's the secret of hammering? No one knows.

activity

In ancient times, at the turn of summer and autumn, many blind and old artists were invited to talk on the drum tower for three days. Many Sanxian, Yangqin, Sihu and dizi were paired together, accompanied by cymbals, bells and purlin boards. During the day, men and women, old and young, clamored upstairs and downstairs, enjoyed the cool in the middle of the street at night, and listened to books at one stroke Listen to the music, intermittent, hidden and obvious, like a lullaby, happy to sleep. Sometimes it's a three-day puppet show at the South Street tower.

get accommodation

Huozhou Drum Tower Hotel

Huozhou is a big county with few scenic spots. Generally speaking, it is not suitable for tourists to stay here.

Address of guest house of Finance Bureau: Gulou East Street, Huozhou City

traffic

Huozhou Drum Tower traffic

Linfen bus station -- Huozhou. 8 yuan. If it's a passing car, it will stop at the intersection of the first-class highway, 1500 meters away from the drum tower, and the tricycle is 2 yuan / person (I don't know how to charter a car). If it's a car to Huozhou, the car will stop at the intersection of the first grade road and then enter the city to tell the driver. Huozhou Drum Tower (inner city center of Huozhou city)

delicious food

Huozhou Gulou gourmet restaurant

Huozhou special snacks

Jimian: high quality wheat flour, pressed by a special tool - Jimian. It has tendons, bones and can be eaten all the time.

Wantuozi: after the tartary buckwheat flour is processed into pulp, it can be eaten in a bowl or basin after cooling. It is named for its shape, unique taste, heat clearing and detoxification.

Denggao steamed bun: the main food for the Spring Festival, wheat flour flour, with red dates refined from the common people as a gift to visit relatives and friends.

Lamb bun: it is given to the newly married girl on July 15. It is made of wheat flour into twelve zodiac and other animal shapes. It is small, exquisite and beautiful.

Shaobing: high quality flour, oil noodles with fennel, barbecue in a special oven, fine processing.

To the east of Huozhou Drum Tower is the commercial street of the county.

Address: Huoxian City Center

Longitude: 111.7554001133

Latitude: 36.56893157959

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