What is there to see in Langzhong Ancient City?

Ancient Streets and Alleys

Huaguang Tower Historic District

Ancient Streets and Alleys: A physical treasure house of Bashu ancient buildings. Wandering in Langzhong Ancient City, the most surprising thing for tourists is Those ancient streets, ancient courtyards, ancient houses and ancient trees decorated with the meaning of vicissitudes of life, which are fat and thin, long and short, are connected vertically and horizontally. They are unique in complexity and exquisite in exquisiteness. They can be called the masterpieces of our country's architectural culture. A strange flower. Langzhong's mountains, water, and city complement each other like lips and teeth, and the living environment is naturally interesting and can be regarded as a model. Since the Ba Kingdom moved its capital to Langzhong in the middle of the Warring States Period, emperors of all dynasties have regarded it as an important town governing the southwest. They have competed to set up counties, prefectures, prefectures and roads here and worked hard to manage it. During the Three Kingdoms period, Langzhong was a famous "ancient city". Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, when Lu Wang Lingkui and Teng Wang Yuanying successively guarded Langzhong, they carried out large-scale construction and built palaces according to the palace and garden pattern, which made Langzhong's architectural style suddenly become high-grade and large-scale, and it was called Langyuan. Since then, princes, emperors, grandsons and court officials of all dynasties have hired skilled craftsmen to build mansions or select good places to build separate halls, gradually forming a unique Tang and Song Dynasty pattern in the ancient city. , Ming and Qing style. Today, there are 61 ancient streets and lanes preserved, and thousands of ancient courtyards, with a total area of ??2.1 square kilometers. With a long history of more than 2,300 years and the original style of the ancient city, it has become a rare and precious cultural heritage in the history of ancient Chinese architecture. Experts and scholars call it "the physical treasure house of Bashu ancient architecture". The names of the ancient streets and lanes in the ancient city also have historical and cultural heritage: there are Ginkgo Tree Street, Gulianchi Street, and Huaishu Street named after famous trees and beautiful flowers; there are Yingen Street, Zhuangyuan Street, and Zhuangyuan Street named after celebrities and major historical events. Sanchen Street and Liangmu Street; Guangdong Guild Hall, Zhejiang Guild Hall, and Shaanxi Guild Hall are named after business; there are Guanxing Street and Bixiang Street named after geographical Feng Shui; there are Jifang Street, Jiufang Street, and Jiufang Street named after the connotation of handicraft development. Steamed Bun Alley...each has its own unique features and long history.

Ancient courtyard

Begonias in the Zhangjia courtyard of the ancient city residence

The ancient residences in Langzhong integrate the characteristics of the courtyard houses in the north and the garden architecture in the south of the Yangtze River, forming a "beaded style", There are architectural groups with different styles such as "pin"-shaped, "duo"-shaped, and "inverted door type". These buildings live in harmony and complement each other, creating a rich and mysterious cultural atmosphere for the ancient city. Knock open the heavy double-leaf animal-ringed wooden doors in the ancient streets and alleys, whether it is the Zhang Family Courtyard, the Ma Family Courtyard, the Pu Family Courtyard, or the Confucius Family Courtyard of the seventy-sixth generation descendant of Confucius, you will feel the tranquility and elegance. The pavilions and pavilions, the sparse shadows in the window reflect a few branches of plain bamboo, the rockery peaks reflect a wall of reliefs, the exquisite flower beds, gardens and lush ancient and famous trees, as well as the cloisters and paintings. The caged thrush and the playful fish in the flower tank along the bluestone steps form a three-dimensional picture with beautiful sounds and colors, harmonious movement and stillness, giving people endless reverie and aesthetic pleasure. In such a living environment, people in Guyuan enjoy the tranquility of life and the nourishment of art and culture.

Ancient window grilles

Ancient window grilles: a wonder of folk architecture. Exquisitely carved and ever-changing carvings are one of the main features of Langzhong’s ancient buildings. Most of the overhangs, hanging eaves, eaves, doors, windows and lintels on the houses are decorated with carvings. These carvings have simple patterns and fine workmanship. They are appropriately embellished on certain parts of the components and play a finishing touch in the overall structure. In particular, the strange hollow window grilles in the courtyards are the essence and soul of these ancient residences. They make the deep courtyards appear bright and transparent, and have the function of extending the architectural space and expanding the field of vision. The aesthetic principles and practical value are fully displayed here. There are more than 100 kinds of window decorations in the ancient houses in Langzhong, which are known as "one of the wonders of Chinese folk architecture". There are exotic flowers and beautiful flowers depicting natural scenery, there are music, chess, calligraphy and painting that reflect the life of the city, there are rare birds and animals that symbolize good luck, and there are patterns that express the "luck, wealth, longevity and joy" that the ancient people pursued unremittingly. Its techniques include relief, hollow, round carving and multi-layer carving. Various, vivid and spiritual, they form an "encyclopedia" that reproduces folk art since the Tang and Song Dynasties.

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Langzhong *** has 4 national key cultural relics protection units and 13 provincial-level cultural relics protection units, ranking first among county-level administrative regions in the province. head. The important historical sites scattered in the ancient city include Hanhuanhou Temple (Zhangfei Temple), Huaguang Tower, Gongyuan, Mosque, Confucian Temple, Jingsheng Temple, Catholic Church, Vulcan Tower, Liushujing, and the former site of the General Political Department of the Fourth Red Army. As well as Daotai Yamen, Academy, Wu Temple, Zhongtian Tower, etc., which are being restored or rebuilt. These historical relics are the concrete embodiment of Langzhong's long history and rich culture. If the ancient city of Langzhong is a painting, then these historical relics are the "points of light" in the painting. Without them, the ancient city will immediately become mediocre.

Hanhuanhou Temple

Hanhuanhou Temple, commonly known as Zhangfei Temple, also known as Xiongwei Temple in the Ming Dynasty, is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a shining pearl in the cultural tourism of the Three Kingdoms . Zhang Fei was one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. After Liu Bei captured Sichuan, he made Zhang Fei the chariot and cavalry general and the Sili Xiaowei, and he was appointed the governor of Brazil to guard Langzhong. During the seven years of guarding Langzhong, Zhang Fei protected the environment and the people and developed agriculture and mulberry. In the first year of Zhangwu (AD 221), Zhang Fei was killed by his subordinates Zhang Da and Fan Qiang. He was posthumously named Huanhou and was buried in Langzhong.

After Zhang Fei was killed, people respected his loyalty and bravery and built a tomb and a temple in his honor. The Han Huanhou Temple has a history of more than 1,700 years since it was first built. According to Cui Shan, the governor of Langzhou, in the "Record of the New Temple of Marquis Zhang Huan, Governor of Brazil", the Marquis Huan Temple was built immediately after Zhang Fei's death. Although it was destroyed by wars and fires, it was destroyed and rebuilt. "The earth and temples have changed several times, but the tomb field remains the same." In the Ming Dynasty, Dian Shan Li Zhong built an additional 47-foot wall around the tomb. There have been many renewals since then. The current Huanhou Temple is a Sihe courtyard-style ancient building complex rebuilt in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It covers an area of ??more than 5,000 square meters, is magnificent in scale, and beautifully constructed. It consists of a mountain gate, a diwan tower, left and right archways, east and west wing rooms, a main hall, an apse, and It consists of a tomb pavilion and a tomb with a construction area of ??2,200 square meters. It is a major cultural relic of the Three Kingdoms.

Tang Dynasty Buddhist Pagoda

A national cultural relic protection unit, located halfway up Yutai Mountain in the north of the city, in the current Tengwang Pavilion Scenic Area. The Tang Dynasty Buddhist Pagoda in Langzhong Tengwang Pavilion was guarded by Yuanying, king of Teng in the Tang Dynasty.

Built. The pagoda is 8.25 meters high, with a square base and a four-petal plum blossom-shaped Xumizuo. The body of the pagoda is in the shape of a bowl, with a boat-shaped niche in the middle. Inside, there is a carved Buddha sitting in knotted lotus on a lotus platform. It is equipped with a pagoda temple and a two-story base. On the lower level, there are stone carvings of eight powerful men holding up the body of the Buddha. The upper level is made of six square pillars. There is a Kunmen on each side. A Buddha is carved inside the door, and the temple is in the shape of a flame. The stone quality is exquisite, simple and beautiful. This pagoda is a seven-level pagoda. There were originally three pagodas, but only one remains. The visual effect is strange. No matter from any angle, the stone tower tilts sideways.

Five Dragon Temple

National key cultural relics protection unit. It is located at the foot of Wulong Mountain in Baihu Village, Helou Township, Langzhong. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the third year of Yuan Zhizheng (1343). It covers an area of ??4 acres and has a construction area of ??100 square meters. The original mountain gate, theater building, left and right wing rooms and Wenchang Pavilion were destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution". Now only the Wenchang Pavilion, a cultural relic of the Yuan Dynasty, is an all-wood structure. Its architectural style is a single eaves gable roof covered with cloth tiles. It is three rooms wide, with obvious side legs on the eaves and pillars. There are six brackets under the front eaves to create double arches: the first arch is carved with melon seeds in the shape of a wing, and the second arch has oblique arches on the left and right, which is extremely unique. The brackets are made of thick materials, the beams are small in lift and fold, and the roof is flat. The four eaves columns are made of larger materials. The entire building not only has some of the architectural features in the Song Dynasty's "Building French Style", but also has obvious local characteristics. The materials used for its "cross hands" are rare in buildings of the same period, and the "straw bags" and log rafters are still maintained on the left and right sides. The architectural shape is beautiful and the style is similar to the Wulong Temple in Shanxi. Although only the apse remains, it is one of the few preserved Yuan Dynasty buildings.

Yong'an Temple

The national cultural relics protection unit is located on Huangnigang surrounded by mountains, 5 kilometers northeast of Shuiguan Town, about 40 kilometers away from Langzhong City. It was built in the Tang Dynasty, during the Zhiping Period of the Song Dynasty, during the Zhizheng Period of the Yuan Dynasty, and during the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty. It was repaired many times. Covering an area of ??4,000 square meters. It covers an area of ??10,000 square meters and has a construction area of ??1,700 square meters. It is an ancient building complex composed of buildings from the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. It is a mountain-style building with double eaves. All the six techniques of architecture, algae decoration, stone carving, wood carving, clay sculpture and painting in the temple are of the highest quality and form a whole, superior to Yongle Palace in Shaanxi and Feilai Palace in Emei. Nowadays, ancient buildings such as the Guanyin Tower, the main hall, the west wing side hall, the Tianwang Hall, and the mountain gate of the ancient Yong'an Zen Temple still exist.

Sichuan Gongyuan in the Qing Dynasty

Provincial key cultural relics protection unit. The examination shed of the Qing Dynasty was rebuilt on Xuedao Street in the city during the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty. It originally consisted of a mountain gate, a corridor, an examination room, a main hall, a second hall, an apse and candidates' dormitories. There is an existing rolling shed-style corridor, which is more than 50 meters long vertically and horizontally. There are flying fairy chairs on the wooden railings on both sides of the corridor. There are two rows of examination rooms on the left and right, each room separated by each other and decorated with carvings. It is still well protected and is one of the only two remaining examination sheds in the country. The examination shed in the Qing Dynasty was the common name of Gongyuan in North Sichuan Province. The imperial examination system was a one-minute system for selecting civil and military officials' reserve talents through subject-specific examinations in the feudal dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Langzhong served as the temporary provincial capital of Sichuan for 17 years, and the four subjects of the provincial examination were held here. After the provincial capital was moved, the examination shed of Langzhong Gongyuan was used as a venue for county and government examinations, and the imperial examination system was abolished.

Huaguang Building

Provincial key cultural relics protection unit. Huaguang Tower, also known as South Tower and Zhenjiang Tower, is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It was repeatedly burned by fires and restored in the past dynasties. The current building was rebuilt in 1867, the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. It has a construction area of ??150 square meters and is a landmark building in the ancient city of Langzhong. The building is a cross-street building. It is built on a 5-meter-high stone platform with a total height of 36 meters. It has a triple eaves gable-style roof. It is tall and majestic, exquisite and elegant, with the charm of Tang Dynasty and unique characteristics. It has the title of "the first floor of Langyuan". "Reputation. Dengsi Tower "encloses the city with river light on three sides, and is surrounded by mountains surrounded by haze." You can have a panoramic view of the blue city outline and Jialing mountains and rivers.

Tiangongyuan

Provincial key cultural relics protection unit. Tiangongyuan is located in Tiangong Township, 20 kilometers south of Langzhong City. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the third year of Tomorrow Shun. Tiangongyuan

Due to the profound astronomical culture in Langzhong, astronomers Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng of the Tang Dynasty came to Langzhong to settle in their later years. They chose a place to observe the sky here and wrote books and theories. They were buried here after their deaths. Tiangongyuan Built in memory of them both. There are original Wanniantai, Niuwang Pavilion, main hall, Guanyin Hall and other buildings. The main hall has a gable-shaped roof with double eaves and a platform-beam roof truss, made of thick materials. The Guanyin Hall is three rooms wide and three rooms deep, with stacked beams and through-beams. A building that combines bucket structure. Both temples are now well preserved, covering an area of ??6 acres and a construction area of ??684 square meters. The terrain here is like a crown, surrounded by nine mountain ranges, which is called "Nine Dragons Holding the Saint".

Guanjia Mountain, where Yuan Tiangang's tomb is located, is said to be like a unicorn. The round hill in front is the sun, which is called "Qilin Running to the Sun". The place where Li Chunfeng's tomb is located is a round hill, like a pearl, with mountains on both sides. It looks like two flying dragons, which is called "two dragons playing with pearls".

Tengwang Pavilion

The first scenic spot in Jialing---Tengwang Pavilion is located in Yutai Mountain in the north of Langzhong City. Tengwang Pavilion (11 photos), like Nanchang Tengwang Pavilion, is the 22nd son of Tang Emperor Li Yuan, Tengwang Yuanying put up. In 679 AD, King Teng was transferred from Shouzhou to Longzhou (Langzhong). He felt that the "yamen servants were humble", so he built "Longyuan" in the city (renamed "Langyuan" during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong). He also built the Yutaiguan and Tengwang Pavilion on Yutai Mountain to provide services to the emperor. Regarding his entertainment, Du Fu wrote "Two Poems on Prince Teng's Pavilion". There is a Buddha from the Tang Dynasty on the platform of His Excellency Prince Teng. The body of the pagoda is an oblong sphere with a large upper part and a small lower part. There is a niche in the middle, in which is carved a Buddha sitting in knotted lotus position on a lotus platform. There is a pagoda brake on top, and there are stone sculptures of eight strong men lifting the brake body. The body of the temple is made up of six square pillars, with a Buddha on each side. The top of the temple is a flame-shaped round stone. The stone pagoda is 8.25 meters high.

Jinping Mountain

The first river and mountain scenic spot in Jialing---Langzhong Jinping Mountain is a national AAAA-level scenic spot. It is located in the southern suburbs of Langzhong Ancient City. "Like a screen", so people usually call it Jinping Mountain. Wu Daozi once used Jinping Mountain as the axis to draw a three-hundred-mile "Jialing River and Mountain Map". Du Fu's poem said, "The south of Langzhou City is rare in the world." After more than a thousand years of decoration and retouching, the Jinping screen has become more gorgeous and colorful, and is known as "Langyuan Wonderland" and "The No. 1 Country in Jialing". Its altitude is 480 meters above Baba Temple

and covers an area of ??more than 20 square kilometers. It has Zhuangyuan Mountain in the east, Majia Mountain in the west, and Niujia Mountain in the north. The mountains are connected to form a natural barrier for the ancient city of Langzhong. Before the Tang Dynasty, the Agate Temple, Duling Temple, and Jinping Academy were built here; in the Ming Dynasty, 7 more pavilions including Wangjiang Tower, as well as temple monks' residences such as Lu Zu Hall, Guanyin Hall, Wuhou Temple, Feixian Cave, etc. were built here to gather Confucianism. , Buddhism, and Taoism on a mountain. Poets and painters such as Du Fu, Li Shangyin, Wu Daozi, and Lu You came to Jinping to write poems and paintings to express their feelings.

Baba Temple

Baba Temple is a holy place for Muslims of the Gadeye sect of Islam. It is located at the southern foot of Panlong Mountain in the northeastern suburbs of Langzhong City. Baba Temple, also known as "Jiuzhao Pavilion", Baba means "ancestor" in Arabic. During the Kangxi period, Huazhe Abdullahi, a Muslim from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, died while teaching Islam in Langzhong and was buried here and built a temple. It has a history of more than 300 years. Baba Temple consists of the mountain gate, Zhaobi Baba Temple (7 photos), archway, main hall, flower hall, well pavilion and garden. It is a rare Islamic architectural complex in China. The temple gate is brilliant and solemn, the corners of the pavilion are raised, and the ocher pillars are green. Entering the temple gate, you will see the brick-carved and water-milled screen wall built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is about 10 meters long and 6 meters high. It has a gable-style roof on the top and brick imitation wood brackets under the eaves. The wall is decorated with reliefs, round carvings and hollow carvings. The flowers, trees, bamboos, chrysanthemums and landscape pavilions created with other techniques are truly unique and remain intact despite more than 300 years of ups and downs. The main hall is the main building in the temple and is the tomb of Abdullahi. The tomb chamber is very special. The tomb coffin is suspended above the indoor well (spring). The top of the temple is a helmet-shaped dome building with four ridges and pointed peaks, like the sky. The doors, windows, walls and lintels are exquisitely carved, painted and gilded. Behind the main hall is a flower hall with a painting hall, which is simple, bright and clean. It houses many steles, plaques, calligraphy and paintings, most of which are paintings and calligraphy by Ming and Qing dynasties. The temple is surrounded by green trees inside and outside, with towering ancient trees. Bamboo, cypress, couplets and osmanthus cover the temple in the green. Every year, many Muslims from Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places come to perform pilgrimage carrying sheep. Baba Temple attracts tourists from all over with its quiet, elegant, small and exquisite architectural art.

Dongshan Garden

The first scenic spot in Jialing - Dongshan Garden. Dongshan Garden is located in the Qili Economic Development Zone of Langzhong, just across the river from the main urban area of ??Langzhong. The scenic area covers an area of ??more than 200 acres, and currently has two provincial-level cultural relics units (the Giant Buddha of the Tang Dynasty and the Zhuangyuan Cave of the Northern Song Dynasty) and one municipal-level cultural relics unit (the White Pagoda of the Ming Dynasty). There are deep forests, high mountains and waterfalls, small bridges and flowing water, making it a good place for people to visit and rest. The Great Buddha Temple of the Tang Dynasty is located on the hillside of Dongshan Garden and is a provincial cultural relic protection unit. Its Moyan Buddha is a seated Maitreya statue, about 10 meters high, and is one of the ten largest statues in Sichuan. The Moyan Buddha is protected by a triple eaves tower and is called the Big Buddha Temple, also known as the Daxiang Temple. Behind the big Buddha are more than 4,700 small Buddhas 10 centimeters high, arranged neatly and with fine carvings, which are rare in the country. In addition, Moyan has more than 30 inscriptions from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, 5 stone statues and 1 stone sutra pillar. According to the "Record of He Jingshe of Dongshan Great Statue Jingshe" engraved on the inner wall of the cliff niche: The giant Buddha statue was carved by a layman named He Shousong in the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years. It was carved during the Yuan and Fourth Periods of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty. year (809).

The former residence of Luo Xiahong (Xingxing Garden)

The former residence of Luo Xiahong (Xingxing Garden) is located in Sichuan, a national historical and cultural city, an outstanding tourist city in China, and the hometown of Chinese Spring Festival culture. In the core protection area of ??the ancient city of Langzhong City, a beaded two-entry residential courtyard was rebuilt to commemorate the world's outstanding ancient astronomer and almanacist and the Chinese Spring Festival old man Luo Xiahong. It faces south, covers an area of ??about 400 square meters, and has 16 houses. It has a wooden truss structure, carved doors and windows, and a blue tile roof. It was officially opened to the public on January 29, 2006 (the first day of the first lunar month of the Bingxu year) for tourists to visit and pay their respects.

Mosque

The Langzhong City Mosque was first built in the eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1669). It was designed and built by civil engineering experts from Shaanxi and Gansu after imitating the Huajue Temple in Xi'an. It covers an area of ??more than 3 acres. The gate tower of the temple is in the style of a pavilion. The courtyard inside the temple covers an area of ??2.4 acres. There are three stone paths leading directly to the worship hall. The main hall is in the traditional palace style, with five bright and three dark patterns and no middle beam. It is commonly known as "Erlang Danshan", with an area of ??628 square meters and a height of 30 meters. One of the mosques, it is listed as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit.