Baiyun Building

Baiyun Building

Baiyunlou is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. Located at the West foot of Qinglong in Jingmen City, it is high in the East and low in the West. It takes up an area of nearly 20000 square meters. On the central axis, there are Shanmen, woyun cave, Sitai, Baiyun tower, Sanhuang hall and Chunyang hall in turn. On the north and South sides, there are auxiliary hall, Zhaohe Pavilion, stele Gallery, bell and Drum Tower, etc. The buildings with flying eaves, unique brackets, fine stone carving technology and rich connotation are rare treasures of ancient buildings in Jingchu area. In 1995, the Provincial Department of culture and the Municipal People's government allocated funds for maintenance and renovation, and officially opened to the public in June 1998.

brief introduction

Baiyun Building is located in the West foot of Qinglong in Jingmen City. It faces west in the East, connects Baiyun Avenue in the west, and sleeps Jiaozhi railway in the East. It is a religious building. It is said that Lu Dongbin, a famous Taoist in Tang Dynasty, once practiced here. Its architectural group is magnificent and its style is unique. The preserved stone carvings and stone carvings have important historical and artistic value. In 1992, the provincial people's Government awarded them as the key cultural relics protection units at the provincial level.

structure

Baiyun Building Group is composed of reading platform, Baiyun Building, Sanhuang hall, crane carrying Pavilion, Xianren road hall and siheyuan. It is a trinity of cave, platform and building, which has lasted for a long time. Baiyun cave, also known as Taiping cave. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao founded Taiping Taoism, and Taoists learned to recite Taiping Scriptures. Therefore, the beginning of its construction can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty from the name of Taiping cave. According to the inscriptions, Baiyun Building was shaped in the Jiaqing period (1796-1820). There are three caves with arched roof. The front room is open. There is a "xieyue" cave on the north side of the middle room. The back room is dedicated to the statue of LV Dongbin. A niche is set on the west wall of the back room to carve the picture of green dragon sword, pine and crane. The "xieyue" cave is tortuous and quiet. On the top of the Baiyun cave, the regular script stone inscription "lying cloud" is carved, and the two sides of the word are embossed with dragons. On both sides of the entrance, four stone pillars are engraved with three-dimensional patterns of flowers, gods, trees, rare birds and animals.

History and culture

It is said that Lu Dongbin, a famous Taoist figure in the Tang Dynasty, once drove a white crane here to practice and eliminate harm for the people. Up to now, there are still stories of "Lv Dongbin subduing the Dragon according to the order" and "Lv Dongbin exploring the flying tiger cave three times". Since the Ming Dynasty, the Dragon bed (cold jade bed) where LV Dongbin stayed has been stored in the cave, where the statue of LV Dongbin was worshipped. Baiyun tower has experienced vicissitudes for hundreds of years. The only surviving buildings are Taiping cave, Sitai and Baiyun tower. Since 1995, the Baiyun building complex has been rebuilt, and some of the buildings have been restored.

There is a poem praising: "the white cloud tower and the white cloud are the same, and the cloud shadow is increasingly blurred in the West. Raise your hand to climb up the cold group, danghuai overlooking the low mountains. "

Address: Panshi village, Dahu Town, Heyuan City

Longitude: 114.82728

Latitude: 24.259209

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