Where is the Xuanwei Mansion ruins located?

The Xuanwei Mansion ruins are cultural tourist attractions.

Xuanwei Mansion Ruins

The Xuanwei Mansion Ruins are located in northwest Guizhou (Bijie area), located in Yangjiawan Village, Lezhi Town, northeast of Nayong County (ancient Yi language name Lying here) at the foot of Baipo Mountain in the middle section of Canqing Liangzi, it is an ancient Yi building with red buildings, green tiles, carved railings and jade. As a symbol of Shuixi culture, it stands on the Wumeng Plateau. The An family's Xuanwei Mansion, once known as "there are as many bamboo books and wooden slips as ox hair", was burned down by Wu Sangui in the third year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1664 AD). In the early years of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, the Angan Xinju tribe of Shuicheng raised funds to build a palace here. Xuanwei Temple, in 1985, the Xuanwei Mansion site in the west of Wothishui River was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

The Xuanwei Mansion is named after An Guirong, the Shuixi Xuanwei envoy during the Minghong period. Its building faces south and faces north. Its layout is a five-layered hall, four courtyards, left and right passages, and covers an area of ??about 1 square meter. Thousands of square meters, the courtyard is surrounded by stone walls. After Xuanwei Mansion was burned down by Wu Sangui, only the ruins were left. However, the tiles, stone steps, carvings, design layout, etc. on the existing site still record Shuixi culture, sparkle with the customs of the Yi people, and compose history. changes.

In front of the existing gate of Xuanwei Mansion, there is a screen wall in front of the yamen of Gonghou Mansion, which is 22 meters long, 2.5 meters high and 1.5 meters thick. There are two wind and fire brick walls on both sides of the gate, high 5 meters long, 22 meters long, with smooth walls. There are upper and lower horse stones on the left and right. The foundation stones and carved stone ridges of the past are still there. There is a scroll door on the east and west sides. The door has collapsed, but the foundation stone of the east wall is still there. After exiting the scroll door, there is a passage made of stone slabs. Inside the gate, the courtyard is spacious. After entering the courtyard, you will see the east side. What remains is a section of wall of varying heights, about 120 meters long and 2 meters high, with striped patterns engraved on the wall. Turning to the west side, there used to be an embroidery building, a kitchen, a gold and silver storehouse, and an armory. The stone ridge is 4 meters high and 30 meters long. The small stone bridge under the kitchen still exists, 4 meters high and 2.8 meters wide. The upper and lower horse stones of the single-hole bridge still exist; behind the courtyard is the rice washing ditch, which is built next to the small ditch. The river was used to wash rice, and there are still broken stone troughs. The supporting walls, interior walls and carved stone ridges of the site are all made of first-class stone, engraved with the straight and curved patterns of Yi culture. The longest stone is 2.73 meters, 0.62 meters wide and weighs more than a thousand kilograms.

The Xuanwei Mansion site was built with funds from the Xinju tribe in Angan in the early years of Daoguang. It was a courtyard with a tile-covered wooden structure. Walking into the hall, it is spacious and grand, with statues of the Tathagata gods, Master Guanyin and the leaders of the Yi family Ji Huo, Shexiang, An Guirong, An Wanquan and An Kun couple. The shrine is exquisite, the Buddha statue is solemn, there are drums in the evening and bells in the morning, and smoke is lingering. There are words on the top beam of the hall such as "In the ninth year of Daoguang, the emperor's picture was consolidated, and the emperor's path was prosperous", and there are inscriptions cast on the bell. There are also detailed inscriptions on the stone tablet in front of the temple.

Cultural archaeologists still don’t have enough evidence as to when Xuanwei Mansion was built. "Donghua Lu" mentions that "there are as many bamboo scrolls and wooden slips as ox hair", and the wooden slips were used in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and already existed in Xuanwei Mansion in Nayong. Yi script is one of the ancient scripts. There are still Yi script charms in nearby caves, and there are still cliff carvings from the Qianlong period in Chekaiqing. From the ancient coins, gold and silver utensils found in the ruins, it can be inferred that there has been economic operation here since the Han Dynasty. The tile discovered in 1985 is a rolled-up style imitating Han Dynasty tiles. The Xuanwei Mansion in Nayongwo has been recorded during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. From the fourteenth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1510 AD) to the third year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1508 AD), An Guirong, the Shuixi Xuanwei envoy, lived in Nayongwo to take care of his old age. An Guirong was excellent in both literature and martial arts. After conquering Xianglu Mountain, he recuperated here and did not give up on the construction of Shuixi. In addition to building the post road from Dafang to Nayongwo and the arrow path in front of Xuanwei Mansion in Shuixi, he also built Additional military facilities were built at Houerguan, Chaheying, Sanguozhuang and other places in Nayong. In the third year of Jiaqing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1523), brothers An Wanyi and An Wanquan also settled in Wozha Castle and traveled between Dafang, Qianxi, Shuicheng, Weining and Zhijin. This period was the heyday of the Shuixi Yi people. .

In the third year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming was relegated to Longchangyi. An Guirong was impressed by his patriotism, loyalty to the emperor, moral articles and conduct, so he gave Wang Yangming a large sum of money and invited Wang Yangming to give lectures in Shuixi. When the Xuanwei Temple was built during the Daoguang period, Wang Yangming's spiritual tablet was installed, which shows his profound influence on later generations. After Wang Yangming gave lectures in Shuixi, he returned to Longchangyi and established an academy in Fufengshan, Guiyang. Later, Mishima Yijun, the minister of the East Palace in Japan, admired Wang Yangming and his articles very much. Wang Yangming had a close relationship with An Guirong. When he was giving lectures in Shuixi, he discovered that An Guirong had behaved inappropriately behind Xianglu Mountain. "Guirong Shu", later generations praised the three books as more than a hundred thousand soldiers, and stopped the domineering behavior of Xuanwei Mansion. In the Shuixi War in the third year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1664), An Kun was the main leader. Nayongwo, a few dozen miles away, was the main battlefield at that time. The war involved Shuicheng, Zhijin, and Dafang, and the Shuixi army was defeated. The Yi soldiers suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, their houses were emptied, and Xuanwei Mansion was burned down by Wu Sangui.

The above is enough to show that the ancient castle of Xuanwei Prefecture in Nayongwo was an important political, military, economic and cultural town in Shuixi, and was the center of social activities of the Yi people at that time. Later generations wrote poems praising the brothers:

The clouds and mountains are surrounded by thousands of miles of water, and the ancient caves, high gorges and large caves are sealed.

Jihuo opened up frontiers and established great achievements, and luxury and fragrance made great achievements.

Guirong's incense burner shows military merit, and the water in Ankun is blue and blood red.

The ancient city of Xuanwei has a long lasting charm, and a generation of heroes has reached great heights.

There is ancient Shuixi Yi culture here, with real and precious historical traces.

Here, you can imagine the prosperity of the past, the smoke-filled and war-torn war years, and fully appreciate the vicissitudes of the history of the Nayong Yi people.