Where is Gaoling? What places of interest are there?

Gaoling Tower is located in Gaoling Middle School, southeast of Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province 1.5km away. It was built in the Middle Ages of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty (847-859) and located in the Zhao Hui Courtyard of Buddhist Temple, hence the name Zhao Hui Courtyard Tower. Because it is close to Jingyang and Xianyang, it is located in the Yang of Wei River, so it is also called "Sanyang Building".

The tower is an octagonal 13-story hollow brick tower with dense eaves. The ground floor is 9 meters high and the total height is 53 meters. There are two rolling doors on the ground floor, and there are four doors on other floors, namely, east, west, north and south. The tower ladder twists and turns until it reaches the top of the tower. The roof is a round vase, and the eaves of each floor are astringent, and two bricks are staggered to the eighth brick to make fake eaves. The eaves are slightly tilted, and the structure is exquisite and firm. There are almost no points in the lower layer of the tower, and the upper layer gradually decreases. Strong structure, towering straight, straight at Han Yun. There are four arches on each floor of the tower, and the eaves overlap from the first floor to the seventh floor, and the eaves on the eighth floor protrude from the rafters. The eaves are slightly upturned, and the tower is covered with small holes or ventilated. Generally speaking, Gaoling Pagoda has a beautiful shape, especially the 108 wind chime hanging on the eaves. The breeze is coming, and the bells are jingling, which is very poetic.

According to the Records of Gaoling County in Ming Dynasty, there were two earthquakes in Guanzhong in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing (1555) and the sixth year of Qin Long (1572) in Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Hui Courtyard and Gaoling Pagoda were also damaged. At that time, the abbot of the temple led the residents near the temple to donate money and materials, and called craftsmen to rebuild it. 198 1 year, Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau allocated a special fund of 90,000 yuan to contract the people's government of Gaoling County to carry out large-scale maintenance of Gaoling Tower. The maintenance leading group is headed by Zhang Yongnian, the county magistrate of Gaoling County, and Comrade Yang Zhiming, the deputy magistrate, and the Hancheng Ancient Construction Team is responsible for the construction. Construction started in May, and major maintenance ended in September. On September 17, the People's Government of Gaoling County held an acceptance meeting for the main maintenance project of Gaoling Tower, and relevant leaders from National Cultural Heritage Administration, Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Chengyang District Cultural Management Association attended the meeting. According to the principle of "maintaining the status quo and restoring to the original state", the restored Gaoling Building maintains the artistic characteristics of the original building. At the same time, the 108 iron clock was restored and installed at each cornice, showing the tall and straight posture of the ancient pagoda.

Gaoling Pagoda has exquisite architecture and rigorous structure. After thousands of years, it still stands tall and is known as the first ancient pagoda in Weibei in history. It provides extremely valuable material data for the study of ancient building technology, building materials, earthquake resistance and earthquake prevention in China.

1On August 6th, 956, Shaanxi Provincial People's Government listed it as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province.

In June, 2006, Gaoling Pagoda was announced by the State Council as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units to be protected.

Li Sheng tablet computer

Also known as "Three Monuments". Why is it called three unique skills? Li Sheng's voice shocked China and foreign countries. He was a famous soldier in the middle Tang Dynasty. At that time, the inscription by Prime Minister Pei Du was also unique; Liu Gongquan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, wrote Dan himself (so that craftsmen could engrave it on the tablet), which is also a must. Therefore, epigraphy scholars later called this monument "Three Wonders Monument".

The full name of the monument is "Preface of Inscription for Taigong Tombstone by King of Xiping County and Zhong Shuling". Yamato was established in Gaoling for three years. The monument is 10 feet high, 4 feet 2 inches wide and 5 feet 8 inches high, with 34 lines of Chinese characters * * * on it, totaling 6 1 word. Key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province. Originally located in Ma Bei Village, Yuchu Township, Gaoling County, northeast of Xi City, 200 meters northwest of Li Sheng Tomb of Dongwei Bridge. Now it stands on the playground of Gaoling No.1 Middle School.

Tong Yuan Church

Tongyuanfang is a Catholic center in northwest China. In the past, foreign missionaries came to Shaanxi and lived in Tong Yuan. Their mailing address is "China is far away". It can be seen that Tong Yuan Square is well-known among the religious countries in the world. However, it was not Catholicism that came to Shaanxi before Tong Yuan, but bishops of all previous dynasties came to Shaanxi to live in Tong Yuan, and the church institution was located in Tong Yuan.

There is no historical record of the introduction of Catholicism into Tong Yuan. According to the tombstone of the main church, the fifty years of Kangxi (17 1 1), this church has churches and believers in Tong Yuan, and it is the missionary base of Catholicism in Shaanxi. The existing ancient church was built in 1844 and completed in 1848. This church is a brick-wood structure in ancient Rome, with a blue tile roof, red painted columns and beautiful doors. According to volume 198 of Continued Shaanxi Tongzhi, "the church building in Gaoling County is the longest and largest". The square church referred to here. For political reasons, church activities were once terminated and the church was used for other purposes. Existing religious activities were carried out normally after the opening of the policy of 1984.

At present, there are only four ancient buildings of Qing Dynasty in Tongyuanfang Hall:

First of all, the Catholic Church:

The present Catholic Church was built in 1844 and completed in 1948. The hall is 14m wide and 46.2m long. Covers an area of 650 square meters. Information and photos of facilities and buildings in the museum.

Second, the Red Protection Association (orphanages, foundries):

About 150 meters northwest of the cathedral, it is a castle-like square building. It was built around 1896. The original appearance remained basically until 2000. The free time is about 10 years. On the evening of April 26th, 2004. Because of the unknown fire, the first and second floors of the wooden building were all burned down and turned into ruins. The only existing brick vertical wall can present the scale at that time.

According to the field investigation, the castle-like square building has 13 bay on all sides, and there are four doors in the middle of each side, which lead to the courtyard and cross in the courtyard. The south wall is 45.6 meters long from east to west, and the east wall is 4 1.7 meters long from north to south. The hospital is 28.5 meters long from east to west and 28.5 meters long from north to south. This two-story building is 8 meters high. (Photos with information)

Three. Notre Dame building:

Notre Dame building is located 30 meters east of the main church. The architectural pattern is "pin" architecture, with brick and wood structure and European style. It is two and a half stories high and basically maintains its original style. The main building is 22 meters long from east to west, 22 meters wide from north to south 14 meters high 10 meters. (Photos with information)

Fourth, the School of Theology and Philosophy:

The existing main church of Shenzhe College150m, west and south. Now it is a European-style single-family building with two floors, and its original appearance is basically intact. Due to disrepair, it is still in an empty building, and no one lives there. The main body is 8.3m wide from north to south, 200m long from east to west and about10m high. Covering area166m2. (Photos with information)

The well-defined Jinghe River originated from the old Longtan at the eastern foot of Liupanshan Mountain in Jingyuan County, Gansu Province. The basin passes through Jingchuan, Binxian, Liquan and Jingyang counties. Its sediment content is 1040 kg/m3. Weihe River originated from Bird and Mouse Mountain in Weiyuan County, Gansu Province. Passing through Tianshui, Longxian, Baoji, Wugong, Zhouzhi, Xingping, Huxian and Chengyang. Sediment content is l58kg/m3. Along the way from Bay Bay, the two rivers came to the east of Jingwei Fort in Jingwei Town, Gaoling County, and to the south of Madu Village in Yuchu Township, and joined together to form a world-famous landscape.

The Book of Songs? 6? 1 hurricane? 6? 1 Gu Feng: "Jing and Wei Turbidity". Lu Deming's classic interpretation in the Tang Dynasty said: "Jing, turbid water; Hey, Qingshui. " There are two rivers with a long history. Throughout the ages, people often use metaphors that distinguish between right and wrong.