Jade Palace in Wudang Mountain: Not only martial arts, but also the Taoist complex of emperors.

Shaolin and Wudang are topics that can never be avoided in martial arts novels, and I have an indissoluble bond with them. My hometown is in Henan, and now I live in Hubei. These two provinces happen to be the residences of these two sects. In this way, I am also full of Jianghu atmosphere.

Because of my work, I am very familiar with Wudang Mountain. At the foot of Wudang Mountain, there is a small town called Wudang Mountain Tourism Special Economic Zone, which is a county-level administrative institution. It used to be called Wudang Mountain Town, and the locals used to call it Laoying Town.

The word "eagle" comes from Yu Xiu Palace, a large Taoist temple in the town. In fact, Yu Xiu Palace has another name, Laoying Palace, which is why local people are used to calling this place Laoying. In the 11th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty, in A.D. 14 12, Emperor Judy of Yongle ordered an overhaul of Wudang Mountain, which finally lasted 12 years, and the main project ended. During the whole construction period, 300,000 migrant workers were used, and various building materials were countless. Such a huge project is not repaired casually, and there must be unified planning and unified command. At that time, the construction headquarters, that is, the base camp, was located in Yu Xiu Palace, so Yu Xiu Palace was renamed Laoying Palace.

Ancient architecture in China pays attention to symmetry, and Yuxu Palace is a very symmetrical palace. It is backed by Wudang Mountain, facing south and centered on Yu Xu Temple. The building structure of the whole palace spread northward in turn, with the main entrance of the main hall facing the road. This main road, journey to the south, leaves Yu Xiu Palace, passes through a three-hole tunnel with temple structures at both ends, enters Wudang Mountain Town, and then continues northward until Jianhe. The section from the tunnel to Jianhe is called Yu Xu Road, and Wudang Mountain government has built it into an antique pedestrian street. It can be said that not only the Jade Palace, but also the whole Wudang Mountain is based on Yu Xu Road.

Jade Palace has a three-story courtyard, which is on the first floor after entering through the gate. This is an open field, and there are no other buildings except two pavilions on both sides, so this yard is more like a square.

The two royal pavilions are tall and towering, built on huge bluestone pedestals, and the overall external walls are red, which is magnificent against the blue sky and white clouds. There are two upturned eaves on the top of the Imperial Monument Pavilion, with gray tiles on the top and yellow-green glazed tiles on the bottom. Eight upturned eaves are carved with roof animals, which are lifelike and lifelike.

From the inside, the four walls of the Imperial Monument Pavilion are seriously peeling off, and the blue bricks are neat in most places, and some walls still have dark red walls. The top is carved with beams and painted with buildings, and the colors are very bright, but it is said that these paintings are all modern restoration. In the center of the Imperial Monument Pavilion is a tall turtle carrying a monument. In fact, the animal carrying the monument is not a turtle, but a slender turtle. Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to nine children. He is the sixth child, and some people say that he is the boss. In the traditional culture of China, spindler seems to have only one function, that is, carrying a tablet computer. It is said that power is infinite. In ancient times, he often carried three mountains and five mountains on his back and made waves in rivers, lakes and seas. Later, he was tamed by Dayu and became his right-hand man in water control. After Dayu succeeded in water control, he built a huge stone tablet on his back, which made it impossible to move, so the tradition of carrying stone tablets was handed down. At present, this kind of tortoise tablet can be seen in many ancient buildings in China.

On the first floor of the courtyard, there is an inscription by Emperor Jiajing in two imperial tablet pavilions. The inscription in the Imperial Monument Pavilion on the right hand side of the door is still clearly visible. Roughly speaking, Wudang Mountain has been built for decades, and some places are dilapidated. Officials were ordered to evaluate the repair cost and report it to the Ministry of Industry. It was signed on February 19th, the 31st year of Jiajing. The surface of the stone tablet in the left-handed imperial tablet pavilion has been eroded badly, and the handwriting is blurred.

Go through a three-hole gate from the first floor yard and enter the second floor yard. In the three-story courtyard of Yu Xiu Palace, the second floor has the largest space. On the central axis is a wide road with nine rows of big stone slabs side by side. Most of these slates are antiques. Due to the sun and rain, they left a strong time trace, and a few of them were supplemented by modern cement slabs. Yuxiu Palace is a royal regulation, and nine columns of slates represent the Ninth Five-Year Plan. It is estimated that in the Ming dynasty, ordinary people in the middle of the slate could not walk, and they would commit trespassing and be beheaded.

On both sides of the stone road are two large lawns with many Chinese tallow trees planted on them. Every late autumn, Chinese tallow leaves turn red. After the autumn wind, red leaves roll all over the yard, which is really beautiful. At this time, it is more appropriate to invite my sister to sit on the lawn under the tree and talk about everything and feel the beauty of red leaves falling. The relationship between Chinese tallow tree and love has long been known by the ancients, so the love poem "Xizhou Qu" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties said: At dusk, Chinese tallow tree was blown by the wind.

On the second floor of the courtyard, there are two symmetrical royal stone pavilions with the inscription of Emperor Yongle. The handwriting on the right side of the entrance is blurred, and the handwriting on the left side of the Royal Monument Pavilion is illegible. The rest of the handwriting generally seems to stipulate some discipline for practicing Taoist priests and punish those who disturb the order with felony.

Counting the two courtyards on the first floor, there are four royal pavilions in the Jade Hall. These four pavilions are almost identical in appearance and internal structure, the only difference is the content engraved on the inscription. However, according to my observation, these two Yongle Royal Monument Pavilion seem to be slightly higher than Jiajing Royal Monument Pavilion. I don't know if my vision is wrong.

In fact, even if the tablet pavilion of Yongle Emperor is really high, it makes perfect sense, because after all, Yongle Emperor is the ancestor of Jiajing Emperor and Jiajing Emperor is still his fan. Of course, it is impossible to tell whether it is a true fan or a fake fan.

As we all know, the temple name of Emperor Yongle became the ancestor, but in the whole history of Ming Dynasty, there was no name of Ming Chengzu for about half the time, because the temple name of Emperor Yongle was Taizong from the beginning. During the Jiajing period, Emperor Zhu Houzong of Jiajing thought that the word Taizong could not express the historical achievements of Emperor Yongle, so he changed the name of the temple to Chengzu. Therefore, if someone sells you a cultural relic before Jiajing, with the word Zu written on it, you can get rid of this seller without historical literacy directly.

A dynasty had two ancestors, which set a historical precedent and set a bad example for the later Qing Dynasty. There were three ancestors in the Qing Dynasty, namely, Qing Taizu Nurhachi, Qing Taizu Shunzhi and Qing Taizu Kangxi. Qianlong, the most narcissistic emperor in history, told his sons and ministers not to use their ancestral temple names before he died. These formalistic emperors have an illusion that they can't show their greatness without ancestors in the temple number. But they forget that the temple name of Taizong also represents honor. The most perfect emperor in history is Taizong, whose name is Li Shimin, that is, Taizong.

Of course, some scholars believe that Emperor Jiajing's doing this has little to do with sacrifice, and the real purpose is to let his biological father Xing Shiyuan enter the ancestral temple.

Emperor Yongle and Emperor Jiajing have one thing in common, that is, if the handover of the throne is normal, there is no problem at all. Judy, the Yongle Emperor, became emperor after robbing his nephew Zhu Yunwen of the throne. After Judy's death, the Ming Dynasty experienced the Seven Emperors and the Eight Emperors, among which Ming Yingzong was the emperor twice, and the Second Emperor.

152 1, when Zhu Houzhao died, a big pie fell from the sky and hit Zhu Houzong, who was a vassal in Zhongxiang, Hubei. In the Ming dynasty, the system of succession to the throne was that the father died and the son succeeded, and the brothers and sisters lived together and made a difference. The emperor died and the queen's son succeeded to the throne. If the queen has no sons, let the oldest of the emperor's other sons inherit the throne. If the emperor has no son, let the emperor's younger brother inherit the throne.

During the period just after Zhu Houzhao's death, the imperial court was in an extremely embarrassing situation, that is, the emperor who was famous for his nonsense had neither a son nor a younger brother. Later, after the ministers consulted with the Empress Dowager, Zhu Houzhao's cousin, Zhu Houzong, who served as the captaincy in Anlu House, succeeded to the throne, which was later Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing wanted his biological father Xing Wang Xian Zhu Shiyuan to be emperor, but his ministers unanimously opposed it. Later, after several fierce struggles and a series of complicated operations, the goal was finally achieved, among which changing the temple name of Emperor Yongle was one of the operation schemes.

Emperor Yongle and Emperor Jiajing were lucky enough to inherit the throne, and they were also the main promoters of the prosperity of Wudang Mountain. Emperor Yongle is the pioneer of Wudang Mountain Complex. On the basis of Emperor Yongle, Emperor Jiajing carried out a large-scale repair and expansion of Wudang Mountain, and finally had today's grand scale.

The two emperors were so keen on building Taoist temples for different reasons.

Emperor Yongle seized the throne through armed rebellion, so the legitimacy of the throne was questioned. In order to prove that his throne was also given by heaven, he said that he was reincarnated as Zhenwu the Great. Wudang Mountain is the Dojo of Zhenwu Emperor, so it was overhauled. At that time, some sycophants were very good at trying to figure out the imperial edict, so they built an early statue of Emperor Zhenwu in the image of Emperor Yongle.

In Emperor Yongle's place, Taoism may be just a tool for him, but Emperor Jiajing was really superstitious about Taoism. The Anlu House, where he was the captaincy, is now Zhongxiang, Hubei Province, which is very close to Wudang Mountain. When Zhu Houzong was a child, he often came to Wudang Mountain to worship with his father. He thought he could catch the big pie of the throne because of the blessing of Wudang Mountain. In his later years, Zhu Houzong became more superstitious about Taoism, and the whole palace was often filled with cigarettes. He is also keen on writing green characters, which you can understand as letters written by mortals to fairies. It is difficult to write and understand green ci, but Yan Song's son Yan Shifan is particularly good at writing green ci, so Yan Song was favored by Emperor Jiajing and experienced a notorious career as a cabinet clerk.

The story of the two emperors has been told a little too much. You may be a little tired if you love to travel. Don't worry, we'll talk about the Jade Palace later.

In the Second Hospital of Yuxu Palace, besides the stone road, lawn, Chinese tallow tree and Yongle Imperial Monument Pavilion, there is also a moat that other palaces in Wudang Mountain can't see. Yes, it's a moat, just like the moat of the Forbidden City. The moat runs all the way to the yard on the third floor in front of the gate, dividing the yard on the second floor in two. The river inside comes from the mountain spring, and there are many goldfish swimming in the river. There are many persimmon trees planted on the river bank. In autumn, the trees are full of fruits, but when I write this article, most of the persimmons have fallen. There is an arched stone bridge on the moat. After crossing the stone bridge, you can walk about 20 meters to the outer wall of the courtyard on the third floor, climb a flight of stone steps, cross the gate and enter the courtyard on the third floor, which is also the last floor of Yu Xiu Palace.

Entering the yard on the third floor, the first building you pass is two silk burners symmetrically distributed on both sides of the yard. As the name implies, they are a kind of incense burner, but they are not ordinary incense burners. There are only eight silk burners in China in the Ming Dynasty, including five in Wudang Mountain and two in Yuxu Palace, which are national key protected cultural relics and are very precious. This silk burner is made of yellow and green glazed tiles, which looks very beautiful and exquisite. But now there is no incense burner in it.

After the silk burning furnace, we have to climb a stone step and board a platform, on which are pitted stone slabs eroded by wind and rain. It has a sense of historical vicissitudes, and looks like the foundation of a destroyed temple, but this is just my guess. I don't know what it is.

When you get off the platform, you can find the Jade Palace, the main hall of the Jade Palace. Yu Xu Temple, backed by Wudang Mountain and facing Jianhe River, should be what people call a treasure trove of geomantic omen. The whole temple is a double eaves structure, built on a very high foundation.

In ancient China, buildings with specifications always liked to drive the foundation very high. Whether people look up from the bottom or climb long steps into the building, they will have a sense of awe in their hearts, thus increasing the dignity of the building owner.

The front of Yu Xu Temple is gray, with gray tiles, gray doors and gray colonnades. The beams under the eaves of each floor are painted with complex patterns, adding some lively elements to the whole palace. The two sides and the back wall of the palace are dark red, which is very common in palace buildings and is consistent with the color of the outer walls of the four royal pavilions.

After reading these, it is the Yu Xu Temple. Sorry, I don't have any related videos and photos, because shooting is not allowed in the temple. You can only imagine from my description. Some people say that cultural relics unearthed in religious sites and tombs can't be photographed and are prone to paranormal phenomena. In my opinion, this statement can be described as a two-part allegorical saying of a group of eunuchs chatting-nonsense. The real reason is that the exposure when taking pictures easily destroys the color of the surface of cultural relics.

The interior of Yu Xu Temple is divided into three rooms, with tall red pillars supporting the roof. The Jade Temple seems to have been rebuilt later, so the pillars are not imaginary Jin Sinan or pine trees, but sound like cement pillars. Column * * * Six rows and four columns, * * * 24. The three rooms are connected, and there is no wall or screen in the middle. In the middle is the worship of the mysterious god, and on both sides is the Zhenwu Emperor. In fact, Tian Xuan and Zhenwu Emperor are the same immortal. The statue of Tian Xuan is about three meters high, and the Zhenwu Emperor on both sides is a little shorter. These three statues are solemn and solemn, and when faced with them, tourists and worshippers will be in awe. There are sacrificial tables in front of the three statues, with bronze incense burners and candlesticks on them. However, it seems that burning incense is not allowed in Yu Xiu Palace now. If you want to burn incense and make a wish, you can only go to Zixiao Palace and Jinding on the mountain. In this way, these incense burners and candlesticks became decorations. However, these things are simple in shape, such as antiques, and may have certain cultural relics value.

There is also a parents' hall behind Yu Xu Temple, which is the general pattern of Wudang Mountain Palace. There are usually parents' halls behind the main hall in other temples. However, the parents' temple in Yuxu Palace is now being repaired. Standing behind it, you can only see the scaffolding on the outer wall of the palace.

At this point, the Jade Palace was completed. Yuxu Palace has experienced 600 years of wind and rain since its establishment. Six hundred years is very short, and the history of Yu Xiu Palace can be clearly written in a short page; 600 years is a long time, long enough to bear the memory of dozens of generations. In Yuxu Palace, you can walk on a row of stone slabs in the middle of the central axis at the risk of "decapitation". You can also stroll along the winding path in the lawn. You can also stand on the steps of tall palaces and imperial pavilions and look up and feel the vicissitudes of 600 years of history.

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This article was originally a comment on the first video, which was written earlier than the comment on the last video of Zhengong. I have also filmed most of the videos of the Jade Palace. I want to do an experiment in the Zhengong Palace first to see what the effect is. Judging from the effect, my upcoming video of Yu Xiu Palace is likely to jump into the street (there should be a wry smile here). Send an article first, and then make a video when you have time.