The poem "Yellow Crane Tower" by Cui Hao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, made the buildings with only military observation function famous in the world at first. However, this peerless building, which has been praised by generations, has been repeatedly attacked by soldiers and suffered a lot.
The former site of the Yellow Crane Tower is located in the Yellow Crane Tower at the western end of Sheshan Mountain, Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and is now located on the west side of the southern end of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. According to the Records of Yuanhe County in Tang Dynasty, Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms began to build the old city of Xiakou. "There is a big river in the west of the city, and the corner of the south of the Yangtze River is a building because of its rocky terrain, named Yellow Crane Tower."
The Yellow Crane Tower in history is a wooden structure, which has been repeatedly built and abandoned. It was destroyed seven times, rebuilt and maintained ten times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone. In the 10th year of Guangxu reign (1884), after a big fire, only a bronze roof was left on the Yellow Crane Tower.
In the 1980s, everything was in ruins, and the Yellow Crane Tower was rebuilt. When Wuchang of Yangtze River Bridge was built at 1957, the approach bridge occupied the former site of Yellow Crane Tower. Considering the historical position and reality of the Yellow Crane Tower, it is decided to take Sheshanfengling, which is about 1 km away from the old site, as the new site of the Yellow Crane Tower.
In June 198 1, the Yellow Crane Tower reconstruction project broke ground and was completed in June 1985. Because it is a reinforced concrete imitation wood structure, the newly-built Yellow Crane Tower is bigger than the Yellow Crane Tower in previous dynasties. The majestic Yellow Crane Tower, with unprecedented pomp, is in line with the old saying that "the country is rich and powerful, and the building is prosperous".
Yellow Crane Tower
The Yellow Crane Tower, which bears the heavy history and culture of Wuhan, has been visited by many people since it was completed at the top of Snake Mountain.
When you board the Yellow Crane Tower, you can see the rivers and boats coming and going. "A bridge flies north and south, and the natural barrier becomes a thoroughfare"; Overlooking the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River, the waves are rough. Qingchuan Pavilion stands on Gong Yuyan across the river, known as "two flying buildings on the E-E River", and the Wuhan TV Tower, which stands high on the top of Guishan Mountain, is even more imposing. Looking back at the starry night, the two sides of the strait are brightly lit, and what an intoxicating scene the Yellow Crane Tower will be at that time.
Night view of Yellow Crane Tower Park
Some people say that the Yellow Crane Tower, a modern building, has no history and culture, although it is antique. Is that really the case?
1983 When the Yellow Crane Tower was rebuilt, the ancient Yunzhou city wall was excavated, and the section of the city wall is clearly visible. The masonry used in the construction of the ancient city wall was verified by experts to be rope-patterned brick before the Tang Dynasty (a rectangular brick used in ancient buildings in China, named after the pattern similar to rope on the surface), which was also mixed with a certain number of Han bricks.
Guyunzhou, an ancient city which was founded in Han Dynasty and lasted for five dynasties, lasted for more than 500 years. Now, it stands quietly in the form of "the ruins of the city wall", looking up at the modern Yellow Crane Tower, which is bigger than the Yellow Crane Tower in previous dynasties. As the oldest existing city wall relic in the center of Wuhan, Jiangcheng, it shows the world that the Yellow Crane Tower, a prosperous building, stands near the "Ancient Yingzhou City Wall" just like the Yellow Crane Tower in previous dynasties. The walls are broken, and yellow cranes fly around, with a long history and stretching for thousands of years.
Yunzhou city wall relics
At the top of the Snake Mountain, the "Ancient Yingzhou City Wall" witnessed the gunfire that overthrew the "first shot of feudal dynasty" at the foot of the Snake Mountain; Also witnessed War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's "Wuhan Defence War", the young air force fought bloody battles and fought bravely against the Japanese aggressors; It also witnessed the glory of the Yellow Crane Tower and the take-off of Wuhan.
"Ancient Yunzhou City Wall Ruins" and Sheng Xiang Pagoda are protected along the Snake Mountain, and the protection scope is: 365,438+00 meters east of the Yellow Crane Tower; South and north are Tainan and North 10 meters of Yellow Crane Tower Bridge respectively; West to 30 meters west of Sheng Xiang Pagoda. Construction control zone: the east coincides with the protection scope; Road planning red line from south to Yangtze River Bridge; North to Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. 1983 was listed as the second batch of cultural relics protection units in Wuhan on April 7.
In the south of the Yellow Crane Tower, one step away from the "Ancient Yunzhou City Wall Site", stands a copper casting treasure top: based on lotus leaves, three copper balls on it are stacked together. This Tongbaoding is the only physical building left by the ancient Yellow Crane Tower in the world after the Yellow Crane Tower fire in the 10th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1884). After more than a hundred years of vicissitudes, when 1985 Yellow Crane Tower was completed, the copper roof ended its wandering and was placed on the foundation of the Yellow Crane Tower after restoration. Watching the bustling crowd come here every day to learn about the history and culture of the yellow crane.
The only physical object of the Yellow Crane Tower after the ten-year fire in Guangxu, Qing Dynasty: Tongbaoding, looking up at the modern Yellow Crane Tower.
There is a beautiful white pagoda in the square in front of the Yellow Crane Tower, which looks like a pagoda (commonly known as "Kongming Lantern"). According to historical records, the White Pagoda originally stood at the oriole base in front of the former site of the Yellow Crane Tower. It was founded in the third year of Yuan Dynasty (1343) in the early years of Wei Wangshun. Shengli stupa is a big Bodhi stupa dedicated to Buddhist relics and utensils, which belongs to the tantric stupa and is also the original pagoda type of Buddhism introduced into China from India. The tower is a simple and clean bowl cover. The tower is hollow and sealed, with no underground palace. Because the whole body is painted white, it is commonly known as "White Pagoda".
Pagoda is divided into five wheels: fire, water, wind and air, also known as five-wheel pagoda. The tower is 9.36 meters high and the base is 5.86 meters in diameter. Mount Sumi is cruciform, surrounded by exquisite decorations such as cloud gods, water beasts, lotus petals, diamonds and Sanskrit. The base of the tower gate is sumptuous, and the gate body has thirteen layers of wheels. Carved lotus petals above to support the stone carving treasure cover, and carved eight treasures below. The brake top is an iron vase.
1955, due to the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge, the pagoda was moved to the west of Sheshan. During the excavation, a stone building and a sealed copper vase were found in the tower core. Stone building, also called Buddha building, is used to engrave Buddha's name or mantra. It is1.03m high, with a round base and an octagonal shape. It is beautifully carved and decorated with various lotus flowers at the top. The bottom of Bao Tong bottle is concave, engraved with two lines of double hooks: "Hongwu is 27 years old, and he will dedicate his life in September." The belly of the bottle is engraved with the words "Tathagata, Feng 'an Relic, Guotai Min 'an, Forever Buddha Cover" 16.
In the north of Shengxiang Tower, there are two stone tablets dating back to the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. On the left is the Guanyin statue of Zizhu, and on the right is the Guanyin statue of fish basket and Guandi statue. Among them, the fish basket Guanyin map is one of the only two in China, which is quite precious.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Shengxiang Tower was carefully restored, which enabled the tower to be preserved to this day. The pagoda and the Yellow Crane Tower set each other off in an interesting way, which provided important material for studying the history and religion of Wuhan, a famous historical and cultural city in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. 1956 10, Shengxiang Tower was listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Hubei Province. In 20 13, it was listed as the seventh batch of cultural relics protection units in China.
An ivory tower with a history of nearly a thousand years.
Changshe Mountain has not only the "Ancient Yingzhou City Wall" with a history of nearly 2,000 years, but also the ivory tower with a history of nearly 1000 years, the bronze dome with a history of1000 years, and more legends and stories about history and religion. Climbing to the top of the Yellow Crane Tower, overlooking the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a national key protected cultural relic, I saw the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, a north-south traffic corridor, extending at the foot of the snake mountain. This is exactly the case: the turtle and snake lock the river, and the Yellow Crane Tower on the snake mountain is far away from the Guishan TV Tower.
It is called "Shape Victory" in ancient and modern times. Since the Han Dynasty, thousands of years of Wang Qi's latent elimination and the chaos of its rise and fall have all been paid to the river of no return; Xiongxiu righteousness, foresight, 80,000 miles of mountains, is a hero. When there are buildings in common, they are equally famous.