Stork Tower Scenic Spot

Stork tower, also known as stork magpie tower, is located on the Bank of the Yellow River outside the western suburb of Puzhou ancient city in Yongji, Shanxi Province at the junction of Shanxi, Qin and Henan provinces. In the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Zhihuan's poem "climbing the stork tower", the Yellow River flows into the sea. If you want to be poor for thousands of miles, you can go to a higher level. " It is a landmark building in the Yellow River Basin.

Stork Tower Scenic Spot

Stork Tower Scenic Area is a national AAAA tourist attraction, located in the East Bank of the Yellow River and the south of Puzhou ancient city.

The stork tower is a four eaves three story imitation Tang style building, 73.9 meters high. It faces north from the south. It is built on the water of the Yellow River, with Zhongtiaoshan in the south. You can see the shundu ruins from a distance and the water of the Yellow River from the sky from a near view. Stork tower is the symbol of Yellow River culture.

In February 2020, in honor of the majority of medical workers, from the end of the epidemic to December 31, 2020, the stork Tower Scenic Area will be open to medical workers all over the country for free.

The origin of the name

Because of its majestic momentum, tall eyes wide, climbing the upper floor will have the feeling of flying, so it is called "yunqi building".

The ancient city is close to the Yellow River. There is a kind of fish eating bird that often inhabits in groups on high buildings. This water bird is like a crane, but it has a sharp mouth, long legs and gray hair. People call it "stork", so "yunqilou" is also called "stork tower".

Stork tower, the ancient stork magpie tower, got its name because stork magpies lived on it at that time. Its former site is on the Bank of the Yellow River in the southwest of ancient Puzhou city in Yongji city. "Puzhou Fu Zhi" records: "the stork tower used to be in Gaofu of the Yellow River in the southwest of the county city. Sometimes storks perched on it, so it was named

History of ancient buildings

The stork tower was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty from 557 to 571. It was a military garrison building built by yuwenhu, a general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After the stork tower was built, it still stood as before from the Tang and Song Dynasties to the reign of emperor Zhangzong and Mingchang (1190-1196 AD). The plaque of "stork tower" written by Li Kui, a chronicler of the central government of the Tang River, still exists. It was destroyed in the war in the early Yuan Dynasty (1222 AD), and Yun dengstork, the king of the Yuan Dynasty Quelou records: "in March of Renshen in the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial censor came to the official Jin house. In October, Wuyin, according to this state, got the site of climbing a building. He only depended on it and stayed in the clouds. Although he was outstanding and looked at the great place, he was no longer a man in the past. And the greatness of rivers and mountains, the victory of wind and smoke, is not different from the past. It was when the building was destroyed at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. " At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the old foundation still existed. Later, because of the flood of the Yellow River, the old site was submerged, resulting in the destruction of the building and the loss of scenery. People simply regard the West Tower of Puzhou as "stork tower", and there are many people who make fu. Shang dengan, a poet in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote: "the rivers and mountains only love to travel, and the Long Xi wheel flows in the evening. It's a good poem for thousands of miles of poor people. So far, the shadow of the sun has reached the West Tower. Xicheng building is really "famous but difficult, in fact, difficult to match.". For hundreds of years, the stork tower has left countless visitors with infinite regret.

In September 1992, nearly 100 experts and scholars who participated in the Sixth National Symposium on tourist destinations came to Yongji for inspection, and jointly proposed "rebuilding the stork tower". In March 1993, General Secretary Jiang Zemin was invited to write a poem "climbing the stork tower" written by Tang Zhihuan for Yongji municipal Party committee and government. On January 31, 1994, General Secretary Jiang visited Yongji to inquire about the preparation of the stork tower during his inspection in Shanxi Province.

On December 3, 1997, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government held the foundation laying ceremony and the seventh work ceremony. The reconstruction project of stork tower was started on the Bank of the Yellow River. After several years of construction, the main building was completed on September 26, 2002 and opened to tourists. The new stork tower is modeled after the Tang Dynasty. It has four eaves and three floors, with a total height of 73.9 meters and a total construction area of 33206 square meters. It fully embodies the charm of the Tang Dynasty and the artistic conception of "want to be poor for thousands of miles, go to a higher level".

Introduction to scenic spots

The planning area of the stork tower scenic spot is 3300 mu, and the existing area is 1640 mu. The scenic spot is planned to be a spatial structure of "four districts and twelve spots". There are four tourist areas in the stork Tower Park. One is the famous building tourist area, including Yingbi, stork shadow Lake, TangYun square and stork tower; the other is the Yellow River tourist area. In the west of the main building area, there are Puzhou garden and Yellow River Garden In the south of the main building, there are Cangshan natural scenery garden, auspicious Ruyi lake, stork garden, etc.; in the fourth place, there are recreational areas, including Pujin amusement park, Tangfeng horse court, etc.

The whole scenic area is packaged with the unique cultural heritage of stork tower and the heavy Yellow River culture, with the regional history and culture as its characteristics, with the theme of carrying forward patriotism, and with the majestic momentum of "looking up and down for five thousand years, looking at the world" as its main melody, forming a lofty artistic conception and becoming a national tourist attraction. The development and construction of stork Tower Scenic Area is divided into two phases. On September 26, 2002, the first phase of the famous building tourist area with stork tower as the center was completed.

Old stork house

The newly-built stork building is the largest imitation of the Tang Dynasty building in China. It has four eaves and three floors, with a total height of 73.9 meters, a total construction area of 33206 square meters and a total weight of 58000 tons. It fully reflects the style of the Tang Dynasty in terms of architectural form. This is because the stork building was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. This restoration is guided by the reappearance of the style and features of the Tang Dynasty. The whole painting of the stork tower is also the lost painting art of the Tang Dynasty in China. Experts from the State Administration of cultural relics have made a lot of investigation and rescue and re created the design. Therefore, the stork tower is the only Tang Dynasty building restored by the painting art of the Tang Dynasty in China. After the surface is polished, the building is painted, which immediately makes the building classical and elegant, and fully achieves the artistic effect of "repairing the old as before".

The interior furnishings of stork house were completed at the end of July 2004, in order to enhance the cultural connotation of cultural building and increase the participation and appreciation of tourists. The interior furnishings of the stork tower focus on Hedong culture and the Yellow River culture, which fully shows that the Yellow River is the earliest birthplace of human civilization. The ancestors of the Chinese nation have written a glorious history here, and their times span five thousand years of China. Among them, the painting of Zhongdu Puban prosperity, which is made of hardwood colored sculptures, reproduces the prosperous scene of Puzhou city in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The stories of Yu Wenhu's Zhulou Garrison and Wang Zhihuan's Qiting Huabi are expressed in the form of European sculpture, which is noble and elegant. There are also stories and legends of Emperor Shun, Emperor Yu, Guan Gong, Liu Zongyuan, Sima Guang and other figures represented in Chinese history in the form of reliefs, murals and sculptures. At the same time, there are also salt making, iron smelting, silkworm rearing, paper cutting, New Year pictures, social fire and other folk crafts reflecting the industrious wisdom and rich folk crafts of Hedong people, which fully represent the long Chinese civilization.

Surrounding scenic spots

Pujiu Temple

Pujiu temple is a Buddhist monastery. As the moving story of the famous Chinese classical drama "Romance of the West Chamber" takes place here, this millennium old temple has become a tourist attraction and is well-known. The newly restored Pujiu temple has temples and gardens, the simple and strict temples in the front, and the lively classical gardens in the back.

Yingying pagoda, which stands in the temple, was rebuilt in 1764. It is 36.76 meters high. Yingying pagoda is not only simple and magnificent, but also famous for its peculiar structure and echo. According to records, it is one of the four existing echo buildings in China's ancient garden. When visitors hit the frog platform under the tower and hit each other with stones, they can hear the sound of the frog. Nowadays, visitors here not only have to look for the place where Zhang Sheng plays Yingying, but also have to bow down under Yingying tower to hit the stone and listen to the sound of frogs.

In 1990, the Pujiu temple was officially opened to the outside world. It has gradually formed a comprehensive service scenic spot integrating sightseeing, shopping, catering, accommodation and entertainment. Last year alone, there were 120000 tourists and 25000 during the May Day holiday this year.

Pujindu site

Pujindu site is located on the Bank of the Yellow River in the west of Yongji city and on the west side of Puzhou ancient city.

Pujin bridge was built in 741 BC (in the year of Lu Zhao), which is "the first floating bridge on the Yellow River". According to the records of Puzhou Prefecture and Yongji County, Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, strengthened and built Pujin bridge in 724 A.D. There are four cast iron cattle on both sides of the river to build the river bridge. Under the cow, there is a column to connect the abdomen, and it enters the earth for more than Zhang. There is an iron man beside the ox, with four iron mountains and 36 pillars.

The Tang Kaiyuan iron ox unearthed from pujindu site is rare in the world for its large number, large volume (3-3.3 meters in length), heavy weight (45 tons in columns and seats, and 70 tons in weight), excellent iron quality, beautiful shape, exquisite workmanship, and great practical value.

WANGU Temple

Wangu temple is located at the north foot of Zhongtiao Mountain, 15 Li southwest of Yongji City, opposite to Pujiu temple. It was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. During the Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, Shifo temple, Zhuxi temple and Dumen temple in chendi village of Pinglu county were merged into Wangu temple to form a forest, which was called the first Zen forest in Zhongtiao.

The temple is built on the hillside of Zhongtiao Mountain. It spirals up from the foot of the mountain, that is, the entrance to the mountain. There is a stone gate house of the first Buddhist temple. In the Sui Dynasty, there is a "Great Hall" with a height of five Zhang. There is a "pharmacist cave" at the back of the hall. In front of the cave, there is a green forest. The pagoda has a green brick structure. From the spiral brick ladder inside the gate of the pagoda, it can reach eight floors. From the perspective, you can see the morning glow and evening gold, the three peaks of Huayue and the river. There is no beam hall behind the tower, up and down

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