Weizhen Pavilion

Weizhen Pavilion

Weizhen Pavilion, commonly known as bagualou, is located on the left side of Zhangzhou war preparation bridge. It has been built for more than 400 years.

Historical frontier

According to the records of Zhangzhou Prefecture, "in 1578, the sixth year of Chengli reign of emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, Luo Qingxiao, the magistrate of Zhangzhou, built a low-lying building in Xunyu. He removed the old buildings in the city and built a storied Pavilion." At that time, the blueprint for the construction of Weizhen pavilion was made by Luo Gongchen, a Tongzhi of Zhangzhou. Weizhen Pavilion is three stories high, with Yin Yang and eight trigrams as the top surface. On the pavilion, rectangular boulders with the same length and width are paved into octagonal shape. Each boulder is engraved with square characters of "Qian, Kun, Zhen, gen, Kan, Dou, Xun and Li" according to its orientation, so it is commonly known as the eight trigrams tower. The building stands opposite the Weizhen Pavilion at the top of Zhishan mountain, which is called Weizhen Pavilion. Weizhen pavilion has eight windows on its eight sides. When you climb to the top of the pavilion, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery. Luo Gongchen, the designer of that year, went up to the building and looked at the scenery. He wrote a pair of Fu couplets: "five famous mountains and two beautiful waters, the wind and smoke outside the city connecting the sea and Qiao; seven true scholars and three, Zhangzhou literature Jiamin ou." Ingeniously incorporated the essence of Zhangzhou's cultural landscape into the joint.

Over the past 400 years, Weizhen pavilion has experienced many ups and downs. In the ninth year of Shunzhi (1652) in the early Qing Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong led the anti Qing army to fight against the Qing army in Zhangzhou City, and Weizhen pavilion was destroyed by fire. In the second year of Qianlong reign (1737), Liu Liangbi, the magistrate of Zhangzhou, continued to rebuild the system. Another 20 years later, the top of Weizhen pavilion was destroyed by lightning. Two years later, the magistrate Jiang Yunjun presided over the renovation. During the "Cultural Revolution" period in 1967, Weizhen pavilion was bombed and collapsed by gunfire. In 1970, due to the tension between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the Weizhen pavilion was completely demolished when the Zhangzhou war preparation bridge, one of the top ten strategic bridges along the coast, was built. For more than 20 years, Zhangzhou parents have always been concerned about Weizhen Pavilion. In 1997, the government complied with the public opinion and decided to raise huge funds to rebuild Weizhen Pavilion. With the efforts of all parties, Weizhen Pavilion reappeared the land of Zhangzhou in the Spring Festival of 1999 and became the landmark building of Zhangzhou.

Modern situation

Weizhen Pavilion is still a three story building with eight trigrams, but its scale is far larger than that of previous dynasties. The main building is nearly 52 meters high, tall and elegant, with extraordinary momentum and profound meaning. On the left and right sides of the pavilion in front of the main building, there are exquisite triangular pavilions and four corner pavilions. The flower stands are well arranged, in which famous flowers and different grasses compete for fragrance and vitality. The gallery is composed of exquisite relief and vividly shows the famous scenery in Zhangzhou. It is called the epitome of Zhangzhou's essence. The mountain gate is composed of two 7.35-meter-high, 1.2-meter-diameter and two 6.35-meter-high, 1.1-meter-diameter relief jade pillars from Hua'an, Kowloon. The three big characters of "Weizhen Pavilion" on the lintel of the mountain gate are iron and silver hooks. The strokes are strong and powerful. It is a masterpiece of a famous calligrapher. There is a stone lion on the left and right sides of the mountain gate, which is carved from a whole piece of Jiulongbi with a weight of 28 tons. It is exquisite and lifelike. In front of the mountain gate is a small square, and at the end of the square is an antique weizhenge commercial city which blends with the style of weizhenge.

In order to improve the cultural taste of Weizhen Pavilion, Xiangcheng District government moved Zhangzhou lantern riddle Art Museum, which is known as "the first museum of Chinese riddle history" at home and abroad, into the pavilion. The rich lantern riddle collection and various lantern riddle activities add a lot of color to Weizhen Pavilion. Today's Weizhen Pavilion integrates cultural landscape, tourism, sightseeing, riddles and shopping, becoming a beautiful scenic line in Zhangzhou city.

Address: Xinhua South Road

Longitude: 117.657143

Latitude: 24.501252

Ticket information: 20 yuan

Chinese PinYin : Wei Zhen Ge