Details of Qianlong Palace (Suqian Qianlong Palace)

Qianlong Palace is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction and a world cultural heritage. Formerly known as "An Lan Longwang Temple", it is located in Zaohe, a Millennium ancient town 20 kilometers northwest of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province.

Qianlong Palace in Suqian is the highest-specification, largest, only and most representative palace-style ancient building complex in China. The complex is located by the ancient Grand Canal, with Suqian Roman Lake in the north, the ancient Yellow River in the south, Maling Mountain and provincial forest park in the east. Its geographical location is adjacent to lakes and rivers, with convenient transportation, distinct seasons and pleasant climate.

Chinese Name: Qianlong Palace, formerly known as Longwang Temple in An Lan, Location: Zaohe Town, an ancient town 20 kilometers northwest of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province Area: Zaohe Town, suyu district City, Suqian City Attractions: Bell and Drum Tower, appellation: Yubeiting, etc. The National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit (200 1) was founded in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty. Its value: World cultural heritage, history and culture, layout, Imperial Monument Pavilion, Bell and Drum Tower, First Hall, Second Hospital, Third Hospital, Wang Yu Temple, East and West Hospital, folk activities, restoration and protection, history and culture were founded in Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in Kangxi. After the restoration and expansion of Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Qianlong and Emperor Jiaqing, there are now 36 acres of northern palace-style buildings surrounded by red walls, with three courtyards and nine enclosed courtyards. Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan six times and stayed here five times, and built pavilions and monuments, which were repaired with money, so it was also commonly known as "Qianlong Palace". 1983, in order to protect this precious cultural heritage, the people of Jiangsu Province announced it as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. In June, 200 1 year, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Qianlong Palace is the best-preserved royal palace along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with high artistic attainments and cultural value. 20 14 On June 22nd, at the 38th meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee held in Doha, Qatar, China applied for the important site of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Qianlong Palace, which was successfully selected into the World Heritage List. Longwangmiao Palace complex is neatly arranged, large in scale, clear in axis, symmetrical left and right, and magnificent. From south to north, the whole building complex is divided into six parts. At the southernmost tip is the ancient theater, which was used to watch plays when the Qing emperor came. After all, the ancient cultural life was not very rich, so the emperor enjoyed it when he went out to see a play. Where there are a kind of ancient buildings, there are usually ancient theatres. The ancient theater building faces north and is a wide square paved with blue bricks. There are corresponding "Heqing" and "Haiyan" archways on both sides. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty stayed in Longwang Temple five times, all through the "Heqing" and "Haiyan" archways. On the north side of the square is the mountain gate, also known as Zen Hall. On both sides of the gate of the Zen Hall, there are two royal stone lions in the middle and early Qing Dynasty. It is said that these two stone lions are unique to Jiangsu Province and few in China. After passing the Zen Gate, I entered the first courtyard, and in the center was the Imperial Monument Pavilion built by Emperor Qianlong. In the middle of the pavilion stands a 5-meter-high imperial tablet engraved with the imperial edict and poems of Emperor Qianlong, which is of high cultural value. The second courtyard is the central courtyard of the whole building. The Longwang Temple, where Emperor Qianlong stayed five times, was the place where he worked-discussing state affairs and offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors. The third entrance of the courtyard is the last entrance of Longwang Temple Palace, which is the living room of Emperor Qianlong. Longwangmiao Palace complex is exquisite in layout, grand in scale, clear in axis, symmetrical left and right, and magnificent. The whole is rectangular and double-walled. The primary and secondary buildings on the central axis are clear and patchy. From south to north, the whole building complex is divided into six parts. At the southernmost tip is the ancient theater, with the gold plaque of "Playing Pingcheng" hanging on the forehead and the gold plaque of "Yangchun" and "Snow White" hanging on the upper and lower doors. This theater is mainly used for the temple fair on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and the theater when the Qing emperor visited it. /kloc-0 was demolished in 976, and now only 1.4 meter high stone foundation remains. The ancient theater building faces north and is a wide square paved with blue bricks. There are two wooden poles (commonly known as flagpoles) on both sides of the square, and there are corresponding "Heqing" and "Haiyan" archways on both sides. In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong stayed in Longwang Temple five times, all from the "Heqing" and "Haiyan" archways. The shape of the stone lion stands upright with its hind legs bent and its head held high, symbolizing the inviolability of the Qing Empire and the Chinese nation. The whole stone lion is vivid in shape and exquisite in materials, which is unique in the province and few in the country. Just above the main entrance of the mountain gate, the blue brick is inlaid with seven gold-plated characters "Building the Longwang Temple in An Lan" and a seal of "Qianlong Imperial Pen". There are two opposite "foot gates" on both sides of the Zen Gate, which are the passages for the emperor and the officials of civil and military affairs to enter and leave the palace. The Imperial Monument Pavilion passed the Zen Gate and entered the First Hospital. At the center of the pavilion is the Royal Monument Pavilion built by Emperor Qianlong. Its plane is hexagonal and its area is 53 square meters. Twelve scarlet pillars support the umbrella-shaped yellow glazed tile roof of the pyramid roof with hexagonal double eaves. Because it was built for the royal family, decorated with yellow tiles and shaped like an umbrella, people also called it "imperial umbrella". A 5-meter-high imperial monument stands in the center of the exhibition hall. The word "imperial edict" is engraved on the front of the monument cap, and the full text of the imperial edict is engraved on the front of the monument body. The main content describes the reasons and construction process of the temple built by Emperor Kang Yong. On the back of the monument, when Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time in the 22nd year, he stayed here for the first time, and wrote a royal poem: "The emperor visited the people, the Dragon Palace built the Zaohe River, and the building was adjacent to the dam. In Jun Town, he returned to the vortex, and he was sincere, and Anlan Yong Ge You. Cheng Peng will read it and stay here, defend the empire and do many things. On both sides of the monument body and on the cover of the monument, there are royal poems carved by Qianlong who lived here for 27 years, 30 years, 45 years and 49 years respectively. The beast on the pedestal squatted and squatted, solid and powerful. There is a lifelike golden dragon with five claws carved on the upper edge of the monument cap and around the monument body, which is flowing, auspicious and smart, and beautifully shaped. The whole memorial tablet is engraved with the imperial edict and poems of Emperor Qianlong, which is elegant, free and easy, correct and delicate, extremely rare in China and of high cultural value. In particular, the design of the royal pavilion is generous, dignified and dignified, decorated with internal and external columns and yellow tiles, which fully shows the characteristics, style and unique noble temperament of the royal architecture. In particular, the pyramid-shaped roof, the "Imperial Umbrella", has an inverted lotus basin at the lower end, eighteen arhats carved on the hexagonal cylinder in the middle, and a luminous sphere symbolizing the emperor's supremacy at the top, which makes the whole Imperial Monument Pavilion dazzling and resplendent in the first courtyard. The bell and drum towers of the Imperial Monument Pavilion in Qianlong Palace are on both sides of the Imperial Monument Pavilion, and there are two layers of bells and drums. The bell tower is in the east and the drum tower is in the west. The shape, layout and scale of the buildings are the same, each building covers an area of 103 square meters, and the roof is covered with tiles. Hanging from the bell tower is an octagonal iron clock cast by Ma Shikui in Jiaqing 18, weighing more than 2,000 kilograms. Eight diagrams and pictures are cast on every corner of the iron bell, and the eight characters of "peaceful country and people, good weather" are cast on the upper edge of the bell body, which is dignified and vigorous. There is a drum in the drum tower, with a drum diameter of 1.4 meters, and a dragon bell and a tiger bell, and the drum sound is rich. When Emperor Qianlong stayed in this temple, he beat gongs and drums, played music in the hatchback, and greeted the emperor with the highest etiquette. On weekdays, the wind chimes hanging on the eaves of the temples make a pleasant sound under the breeze, which sets off the morning bells and evening drums in the temples, and the sound of birds is loud and clear, echoing among the temples and spreading beyond the clouds, making the Longwang Temple in An Lan more majestic, solemn and sacred. Legend has it that whenever the flood comes, the bells and drums in Longwang Temple ring and the sound vibrates for several miles, so as to wake people up in time to evacuate the danger and save the people in the flood. To the north of the Imperial Monument Pavilion in the Bell Tower of Qianlong Palace is Yi Hall. Located at the intersection of the first hospital and the second hospital on the central axis, it covers an area of 66 square meters, with four rooms wide and three rooms deep. A large plaque of "Fayu Ciyun" hangs at the main entrance of Yitang. There are four statues of donkey kong, Yang, Liu, Du and Meng, holding swords, umbrellas, pipa and pythons respectively, symbolizing "good weather". The Buddha statues are lifelike in shape, different in expression and magnificent. The second courtyard is the central courtyard of the whole building. The main building on the Imperial Road is the Dragon King Hall, also known as the Qingwa Hall. The two sides of the Dragon King Hall correspond to the East Hall and the West Hall respectively. The East Hall is dedicated to the "Five Lakes God" and the West Hall is dedicated to the "Four Seas-Well God". The ten gods are all holding water boards and serving the Dragon King in turn. Longwang Temple is one of the most distinctive main buildings in the temple. It rested on the mountain with double eaves and kissed the dragon in Qing style. Six-color glazed tiles, mainly yellow, green and blue, are seven rooms wide and four rooms deep, covering an area of 435 square meters. White stone platform in front of the temple, jade railing. There is a gold-plated plaque of "Fu You Ronghe River" hanging on the forehead of the main hall, and there is a treasure house on the left and right sides of the platform for burning paper. In the middle of the platform is the dragon boat platform, in which there is a big iron tripod weighing more than tons. The whole Dragon King Hall, with carved beams and painted buildings and arched cornices, is well-structured, luxuriously decorated, resplendent and charming. In the center of the hall, the Dragon King of the East China Sea is enshrined. It is a golden statue, dignified and awe-inspiring. The left and right sides are divided into eight water gods (commonly known as generals of the Eighth World War). Behind the statue of the Dragon King is a colorful mural. There is an elephant in the picture, and a boy stands with a pot of evergreen in his hand, which means "evergreen". All the buildings in this courtyard are the main places for daily Buddhist activities of monks in this temple. Emperor Qianlong stayed in Longwang Temple five times, where he also discussed politics and offered sacrifices to his ancestors. The wind chimes of Qianlong Palace entered the Third Hospital and the Third Hospital, which was the last courtyard of Longwangmiao Palace and the living room of Qianlong Emperor. The buildings on the horizontal axis where the second and third courtyards cross are the Palace Bell and the East and West Hall. The Temple of Heaven is a place where monks in the temple study, write poems and learn Buddhism. It is also a place where the emperor comes, civil and military officials handle government affairs and have fun. Wang Lingguan on the east wall of Gong Ling Palace holds seven whips, and Wei Tuo on the west wall holds a magic pestle. Above the main entrance hangs the horizontal plaque of "Fukui Lingbo". When Emperor Qianlong came, this hall was also called "Gongfen Hall". After the imperial concubine entered the harem, all other civil and military officials were forbidden to enter. At the northern end of the central axis of Wang Yudian is Wang Yudian, also called Guanyin Hall. Wang Yu Temple is a masterpiece of a palace, with double eaves and hard mountains. The roof is decorated with yellow glazed tiles and dragon kisses. The main hall is divided into two floors, covering an area of 360 square meters, with seven rooms wide and five rooms deep. It is located on a 1 meter-high platform made of green slate, and the hall is more than 20 meters high. It is the highest hall in the Longwang Temple Palace. On the forehead of the ground floor, there is a scarlet plaque with gold-plated characters of "merits and small profits". Nanhai Guanyin in the bright room of the main hall sits on the lotus seat. The floor on the second floor is composed of 304 wooden boards with colorful pictures of the dragon wind, which dance with the dragon wind in various ways. The darkrooms at the east and west ends belong to the abbot's room and the sutra storage building respectively. You can climb the stairs in the darkroom to enter the top floor. The statue of King Dayu is placed in the center of the top floor. I went to Jiangnan six times and had the honor to spend the night here. It is called the "main palace". Corresponding to the main palace are the East Palace and the West Palace on both sides of the main palace, which were the places where the concubines who accompanied the south stayed. There are six kinds of trees planted in the courtyard: cypress, persimmon, tung tree, Chinese toon, locust tree and poplar, which means "all cities are in the same spring" and "all generations are in love with the sun", symbolizing the prosperity of the Manchu dynasty and the Chinese nation from generation to generation. Despite nearly 300 years of wind and rain erosion, cypress, persimmon, locust and poplar are still vigorous and tall, with lush foliage, among which boxwood (also known as Millennium Dwarf) has entered the collection of world famous flowers and grasses. The East Gallery and West Gallery of Wang Yu Palace in Qianlong Palace are the affiliated courtyards of East Palace and West Palace. Located on the horizontal axis of the bedroom. There are more than 20 monk's rooms and den rooms (also called imperial kitchens) in the East Corridor, and more than 20 study rooms and living rooms (also called imperial study rooms) in the West Corridor. Structural symmetry; Same shape. To the south of the two corridors, there are "Royal Gardens", pavilions, pavilions and bridges. There are peony, peony, plum blossom, orchid and exotic flowers and herbs, which are fragrant all year round. Show the elegant charm of "My road twists and turns, through a sheltered valley, branches and flowers, to a Buddhist retreat". Folk Activities Since the Qing Dynasty, the eighth, ninth and tenth days of the first lunar month are the days of the Longwang Temple Fair in An Lan, Zaohe. At that time, many good men and women came to burn incense and worship Buddha and pray for good luck. Businessmen and folk artists from nearby Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces also flocked to Zaohe. For a time, people visited the temple, worshipped God, watched the scenery and went shopping, which was very lively. " Wood blade red tassel gun with wooden knife, green bamboo python with peach monkey and jade rabbit, paper-cut carved rattle, sugar man mud whistle and small flower stick are all available. Among them, the most dazzling is the parade around the street and the worship of the Sanxianghui in Zaohe Town. Upright, the float, the dragon dance and the lion dance, all the people who visited the temple fair worshipped the Dragon King together, and there was a sea of people, which was unprecedented and was listed as the first of the 36 th Fragrant Festival in northern Jiangsu. It has been like this every year for hundreds of years. Even during the Cultural Revolution in 10, only the content of religious customs was interrupted, and other folk activities never stopped, which is a great spectacle in the folk history of China. The restoration and protection of Longwang Temple Palace, a precious ancient architectural complex, was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, causing incalculable losses. In the early 1980s, after hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, war and man-made destruction, the Longwang Temple in An Lan was built, and it still attracts the attention of party committees at all levels and * * * with its rich historical and cultural heritage and superb ancient architecture skills. Experts from the provincial * * and provincial cultural relics protection departments have visited Longwang Temple for many times. They think that "Building Longwang Temple in An Lan" is the highest-specification, largest, only well-preserved and most valuable ancient palace complex in northern Qing Dynasty among many Qianlong palaces in China. Protecting this cultural heritage of the Qing Dynasty is of great significance for studying ancient architectural art and developing the history and culture of the Qing Dynasty. 1982 Jiangsu province * * * people announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. Since 1982, people in provinces, cities and counties and relevant departments have conscientiously implemented the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics in People's Republic of China (PRC), and strengthened protection measures and intensified protection in line with the principle of "protection first, rescue first". 1982, 1988, 1992 and 1993, the provincial, municipal and county levels respectively invested1000000 yuan to carry out large-scale renovation of Longwang Hall, Yubei Pavilion and Bell and Drum Tower. In July, 20001year, Longwangmiao Palace was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council, and the provincial, municipal and county people and cultural relics management departments re-formulated systematic and meticulous rescue plans and maintenance measures. The cost of the first phase project is 2.5 million yuan, and the cost of the second phase project is 1.45 million yuan, which effectively protects this ancient architectural complex. At the same time, people at all levels, in the spirit of being responsible for history, are determined to restore the original historical appearance of "An Lan built the Dragon King Temple", give full play to its due historical and cultural values and social and economic benefits, and promote the healthy development of the construction of "two civilizations".