Chapter 1457 Shibaozhai
"It is said that when Xuanzong ascended the throne, the first person he thought of as prime minister was Bai Juyi. However, when he issued the edict, he learned that Bai Juyi had died eight months ago. He wrote this poem in sadness."
"White How big of an official did Ju Yi become?" Li Laosan was trying to remember: "Isn't he a small official in Jiangzhou Sima wearing a green robe?"
"Hahaha..." Zhou Zhi replied. Said: "That's because he was the emperor's secretary at the time, and because Prime Minister Wu Yuan Heng was assassinated, and he went to court to demand a strict investigation of the murderer. He offended the powerful and was demoted to a small green-robed official."
"In the end, he returned to the capital and became a red-robed official after only four years. Zhizhigao is the fifth-grade pen that represents the emperor; after seven years, he will wear a purple robe and become the emperor. He was appointed Secretary Superintendent, the director of the Emperor's Archives Administration. A year later, he was transferred to the Minister of Justice and was granted the title of Baron. A few years later, he was made the Prince's Young Master, assigned to the Eastern Capital and granted the title of County Marquis. Finally, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, with the highest title. It can be regarded as a real and second-class product.”
Zhou Zhi told the story of Bai Juyi as he walked along. After entering the gate, he saw a semi-circular lotus pond, full of green water and full of vitality, which contrasted with the flowers and plants in the garden.
"This was Longchang Temple first. Bai Juyi visited here and wrote "Longchang Temple Lotus Pond": 'Cold blue new autumn water, red and half-broken lotus. It has always been lonely and lonely, unlike this pool' . That was the darkest time in his heart."
"Isn't it when Jiangzhou Sima Qingshan is wet?" Wei Fei said he didn't understand.
"After all, this is the first time I have been demoted." Zhou Zhi explained: "After that, there were ups and downs, and I got used to it..."
"Haha Haha..." This explanation was very reasonable, and everyone felt happy.
At the west end of Baigong Temple is a rare magnolia forest. The locals call it the Yellow Heart Tree.
The largest yellow heart tree is five feet high. It survives the winter and does not wither. Its body is like a green poplar, with white leaves. Its leaves are like osmanthus. It is thick and spineless. Its flowers are like lotus. It blooms at the beginning of April and has withered since then. It is only twenty years old. Sun, it is said to be Bai Juyi's favorite tree species when he was an official in Zhongzhou.
In addition to these, there is an ink-washing pool and a bronze statue of Bai Gong in the park. The east and west sides are separated by flower walls. The terrain is higher in the east and lower in the west. The houses in the south are built along the slope, which is a showroom for ship buildings. .
There is also a pavilion Zuiyin Tower with a complex structure. Sixteen columns support a main building and four gate towers. Visitors can enter and exit from all directions and climb up to a four-column and three-story high pavilion. overlook.
The whole Baigong Temple is very quiet, with few tourists, and the building does not have the "spicy smell" of newly built buildings. It is antique because it was built to a very high standard in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Everyone here Playing inside, I feel like I have truly come into contact with the "nostalgia of ancient times".
"This is actually the first 'Dongpo' in the history of Chinese literature." Zhou Zhi said: "When Bai Juyi was demoted here, the reason used by those who attacked him was that Bai Juyi's mother fell into a well while admiring flowers, but he Made "Hanami" and "Arai" Poems."
"In fact, if you really study the time of writing of the two poems, you will know that the attackers are slandering, and the main purpose is to demand a strict investigation of the assassination of the prime minister to offend the powerful."
"After coming here, Bai Ju Yi planted a large area of flowers on the slope outside Yongchang Temple in Chungju as a place of interest and named it 'Dongpo'."
"It's interesting." Zhang Lu. Qingqing thinking: "Bai Juyi had a Dongpo, Su Shi also had a There is a Dongpo; Bai Juyi has a Bai Di, and Su Dongpo also has a Su Di. Are these two people involved? "
"Hahahaha..." Zhou Zhi himself had never thought of this problem. When Zhang Lu said this, he couldn't help laughing.
The Baigong Temple itself is not big, but with Zhou Zhi there, he walked around this small place for a long time, and everyone still enjoyed it. It was already noon after we came out. We all had a meal of the famous Chungju Tofu Fish in the best restaurant in the county, and then headed to the next stop, Shibaozhai, which is also an important cultural relic site that urgently needs to be inspected and rescued.
Shibaozhai is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Zhongxian County, 45 kilometers away from Zhongxian County, and is known as the "Pearl on the River".
Here near the river is a huge stone with a height of more than ten feet and a steep cliff. It is said to be a multicolored stone left by Nuwa to mend the sky, so it is called "Shibao".
Because this stone is shaped like a jade seal, the mountain where it is located is also called "Jade Seal Mountain".
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Tan Hong revolted and called himself "King Wuling". He built a stronghold based on it, and "Shibaozhai" came from this.
Shibaozhai was built during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and was completed during the Kangxi and Qianlong years.
The earliest Shibaozhai only had a temple on top of the jade seal stone. It was climbed up by iron chains, which was extremely steep and dangerous.
Later, in order to make it easier for people to go up the mountain, they built towers leaning on Yuyin Mountain. They towered against the mountain, with flying eaves and wings, and a strange shape.
The final Shibaozhai became a building built against the mountain consisting of the village gate, the village body, and the stone temple on the top of the village. It was originally nine stories, and later expanded to 12 stories. It is entirely made of wood and reaches a height of fifty-six meters.
The gate of the village is a masonry structure, more than six meters high, with the three characters "Xiao Penglai" inlaid in porcelain. This is the origin of the name Shibaozhai "Linjiang Xiao Penglai".
On the front and back of the village gate, there are reliefs such as "Five Dragons Holding the Saint" and "Nezha Making the Sea", which are exquisite, detailed and lifelike.
The reason why Shibaozhai is important is that in addition to its long history, exquisite structure, majestic and beautiful architecture, and exquisite sculpture decoration, there is another important reason - it is the largest and most layered tunnel in my country. style wooden building.
Nowadays, Shibaozhai is still a famous tourist attraction in the Three Gorges. It is full of tourists, traveling up and down, and it is very lively.
But in the cultural protection office on the side, Zhou Zhi and others learned that the project that was about to start here was also very urgent and expensive.
"After the Three Gorges impounds water to generate electricity, the water level of the Yangtze River will rise to the entrance of Shibaozhai, and a lake of more than 120 acres will be formed around the village. Shibaozhai will turn from a mountain village into a 'water village', seriously threatening the safety of cultural relics. "The leader of the Shibaozhai cultural protection project team is also a An old man in his fifties or sixties, elegant and bookish, but he was only wearing a white vest and a straw hat hanging on the back of his head. He seemed to have just returned from an inspection of the construction site. He was drinking herbal tea from a large tea jar in his hand. , while introducing the progress of the project to everyone.
Shibaozhai is an immovable cultural relic and is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Of course, even if it is an immovable cultural relic, it will have to be relocated as a whole when there is no other way. This does not need to be considered.
However, Shibaozhai is very special. The highest top floor is actually built on the jade seal stone, which is directly above the mountain, while the eleven floors below are built sideways along the mountain. On the mountain, although it looks integrated from the outside, it is actually two parts.
If you want to move it intact and restore it to its original condition, you have to move the jade seal stone together.
(End of this chapter)