When will Luxi Shengwu Tower open?

Luxi Shengwu Tower opening hours: open all day

Luxi Shengwu Tower attraction introduction:

Shengwu Tower is located in Luxi, northwest of Pinghe Zhenjiaolu Village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has beautiful scenery. It is a round earth building with superb sculpture art style. It is listed as a national cultural relic protection unit. Shengwu Tower was built during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty by Ye Chuhou (real name Ye Zhenqing), the 18th generation student of the Ye family in Luxi. The diameter of the building is 43.8 meters, with 24 rooms and 1 hall. There is a patio with a radius of more than ten meters in the building. There is a well in the middle of the patio, with plenty of sunshine and fresh air. The building is three stories high. The first floor is the living room, kitchen and a bedroom. Each room has stairs leading to the second floor. The second floor is the private rooms of each household. The third floor is for relatives and friends of each household to come and stay. Yes, there is no direct staircase connecting the second and third floors. Instead, you have to use the public stairs next to the building door to go up. The third floor is equipped with an open space that can lead to the entire building, allowing guests from all over the house to chat and talk.

Whenever there is a bright moon in the sky and a good breeze blows, visitors from all over the world gather on the railing to look at the moon and talk about the past and the present. This can also be called one of the sights of the round building. The culture of Shengwu Tower is extensive and profound. Its exquisite carving art is breathtaking. The carvings have different styles, beautiful shapes and extraordinary tastes. The carvings are divided into stone carvings, wood carvings and clay sculptures, which fully demonstrate the exquisite architectural art of ancient my country. , it is said that Ye Chuhou, the owner of the building, invited more than ten stone, wood and clay carving masters from various places to personally participate in the overall design of the round building decoration.

The stone carvings on the gate of the round building are quite distinctive, with smooth carving lines and thick and full objects, showing unique artistic attainments. Among them, they are famous for carvings of flowers, plants and trees, and they are mainly relief carvings. These flowers, trees and grasses Move in the wind. Lifelike. It is worth mentioning that there are three large characters "Shengwu Tower" on the big stone cabinet in the center of the main entrance. It was inscribed by the original poster Ye Chuhou himself. It is powerful, deep and powerful, and integrated, which shows his calligraphy skills.

The carvings on small doors of houses, living room screens, stair handrails, wall cabinets, roof beams and pillars are of great value in plastic arts. According to Chen Zhaoshan, a provincial archaeological expert and others, after an inspection, the carvings on the first and second floors of the He Building alone are extremely rare and precious. They are priceless and are a museum among wood carvings. These wood carvings combine the art of ancient Chinese carving, reflecting the splendid splendor of ancient Chinese carving art. You see, the living room screen is engraved with patterns composed of bats, swallows, carps and copper wires, each of which is lifelike and touching. At first glance, there seems to be nothing special, but upon closer inspection, filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, trust, happiness, wealth, longevity, and integrity are miraculously revealed in these animal and plant carvings. and other words with different shapes, and on the horizontal wooden surface on the right side of the screen, there are also small regular scripts such as "wuhuatianbao", "outstanding people", "flowing light and colorfulness", "the falling clouds and solitary ambitions fly together", "autumn water and long sky are one color", etc. Together with the inlaid plum blossom reliefs, Wat panel carvings and fairy gourd carvings with these religious and cultural characteristics, the whole screen has a pure charm, antique color, simplicity and charm, calmness and vitality, which makes people appreciate There is stillness in movement, and movement in stillness; there is poetry in painting, and the artistic charm of painting in poetry.

Moreover, the outer edges of these carvings are painted with pure gold, which can last for hundreds of years without changing color. As long as they are washed with clean water, these plaques will be vivid and dazzling. The flowers, figures, characters, birds and animals, decorative paintings, and patterns on window panes, railings, and door foreheads in wood carvings are all different. Especially the floor carvings are the most skillful, and the three-dimensional carvings also have different shapes, and none of them are the same, which is wonderful. The only one, the most expressive. These artistic masterpieces can be heard in the earth buildings in southwestern Fujian. Archaeological experts call it the most complete and exquisite earth building. Clay sculptures are scattered on the eaves, thresholds and walls, which can also be regarded as a large landscape. These clay sculptures have different shapes such as lions, cranes, phoenixes and bats. Look: the clay lion has a tiger head and a tiger head.

The huge mouth is slightly open, teeth are bared and claws are dancing, showing the angry look of a little lion, ready to fly, mighty and solemn; the crane is independent on one foot, and is combing its wings with its long beak, which is vivid. It is vivid and lifelike; the phoenix is ??magnificent, with red and Taiwanese colors mostly seen in it, and is complemented by green, red, blue, black and other colors, giving it a subtle aura of elegance; the bat's head protrudes from the wall, and its wings Embedded in the wall, it looks like it is about to fly out. Very subtle and expressive. Among them, there is a picture of dragon and phoenix in auspicious shape, with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing. Surrounded by auspicious clouds, each person shows his heroic spirit, mysterious and detached, and has a unique charm of appreciation. It reminds people of Lu Zhaolin's "The Ancient Meaning of Chang'an" in the Tang Dynasty. The dragon holds the treasure and covers the morning tree, and the wind spits tassels and illuminates the sunset. the image.

The murals of Shengwulu are also a beautiful landscape. After entering through the gate of the building, you can see murals on both sides of the wall surrounding the round building, forming a beautiful picture with rich content and superb imagination. Tourists with the beautiful architectural design of Shengwu Tower say that it is worthwhile to climb mountains and ridges to reach Shengwu Tower and receive the influence of superb art! It would be a pity in life not to visit Shengwu Tower! The earth building culture created by the owner of Shengwu Building and the master of architectural art is fascinating. The unique charm of earth building culture attracts more and more tourists, because there is a profound culture and art hidden behind Shengwu Building, which is the core of Chinese national culture. of treasures.