Recently, in Hubei, my country,
there is a mysterious ancient building that is completely popular!
It is the only temple on the Yangtze River.
After more than 700 years of history,
In the Yangtze River with rapid currents and constant floods,
it still stands.
It is very shocking!
It is the Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion
known as
"The First Pavilion on the Yangtze River"
(Photo by Reporter: Wei Ru)
Not only that,
this "Strong Pavilion" is also becoming popular around the world!
The
Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion
filmed by Great Big Story (GBS), a
short video platform owned by CNN, has attracted the attention of netizens from all over the world.
This video, which lasts just over a minute,
has received 160,000 clicks and more than
more than 4,000 "likes" shortly after it was released on overseas social media.
A few days ago, Chu Tianjun posted
an article introducing Guanyin Pavilion
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This ancient temple in Hubei is popular! It has stood in the middle of the Yangtze River for more than 700 years. What’s the secret?
For a time,
caused heated discussions among many netizens!
Many netizens said that is "incredible and magical"
And more netizens are eager to
"can go up and have a look and find out what it is"
Why is an ancient building so popular among Chinese and foreign netizens?
There is no other reason, it is so amazing!
Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion is located on a large rock in the Yangtze River.
During the rainy season, its foundations are submerged in the water.
This ancient building looks like it is floating on the water.
Over the past 700 years,
it has experienced countless floods. ,
is still "standing" in the water of the Yangtze River, is
super domineering?
It fully reflects the exquisite skills and wisdom of ancient Chinese
in architecture.
Unfortunately,
after Guanyin Pavilion became a national key cultural relic protection unit,
the local government closed the public login to visit to ensure that Guanyin Pavilion was not damaged.
On the 25th, the reporter boarded the Guanyin Pavilion,
lifted its mysterious veil for everyone,
unveiled the secret that has remained standing for more than 700 years
Come and take a look together
The ancients Yangtze River Zhongjian Attic may be for navigation
Ezhou City Xiaodong In the Yangtze River outside the door, there is a huge reef, which is winding like a dragon. It is called "Longpanji".
There is a building on Longpanji called Guanyin Pavilion.
In fact, as early as the Qing Dynasty,
Guanyin Pavilion had already become famous.
Qing Dynasty poet Jiang Dan wrote this in the poem "Dragon Pan Xiao Ferry"
:
"The cliffs rise from the center of the river, and the water surface floats on each level. How can it be said that the dragon has been lying down for a long time, but the stones have remained. Where the clouds shadow the light sail, the radial Shengyedutou. Asking where it is, one column is in the middle. "
Yan Yong, director of the Cultural Relics Management Office of Ezhou City Museum, told reporters that the current appearance of Guanyin Pavilion is what it looked like in the Yuan Dynasty. history, but the foundation and main building are still left over from the Yuan Dynasty.
The ancients built temples,
usually in beautiful mountains.
Why build a temple on the Yangtze River?
Aerial photography of Guanyin Pavilion
Yan Yong said that Ezhou has a long history of more than 5,000 years. In Huarong, Futon, Yanji, Taihe, Tujianao and other places, 10 Neolithic Age ruins and more than 20 Xia and Shang Dynasty ruins have been discovered. . In the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Xiong Hong, the king of E, built the city of Ewang in the southwest of the territory (now part of Daye City). During the reign of King Zhou Yi, Ezhou was an important fiefdom, military town and economic center of Chu State.
In the Yuan Dynasty, commerce was prosperous here and shipping on the Yangtze River was developed. However, there was a reef in the river, and ships might run aground at night.In order to ensure the safety of sailing, the ancients built a temple here to warn passing ships.
The indoor drainage system embodies the wisdom of the ancients
Guanyin Pavilion faces east to west and stands against the water.
Follow the bluestone steps to the viewing platform of Guanyin Pavilion.
It is at the west gate.
There is a "U" shaped wall,
integrated with Guanyin Pavilion.
"This is a water retaining wall to protect the main body of Guanyin Pavilion from flood impact." Zhang Yu, an interpreter of Ezhou Museum, said that Guanyin Pavilion is 24 meters long, 10 meters wide and 14 meters high. The base is more than 1 meter thick. It is made of stone strips 60 cm long, 20 cm wide and 25 cm high, with a total area of 419 square meters.
The pavilion is built of blue bricks and is a typical pavilion-style building with a wooden frame structure. It is perfectly integrated with your Longpanji and is ingenious.
Guanyin Pavilion is divided into one pavilion and three halls on the second floor.
It is on the side of the waterproof wall next to the observation deck.
is the Guanlan Pavilion.
From the pavilion, you can overlook the roaring river.
Entering the Guanyin Pavilion is the Dongfang Shuo Hall. Legend has it that when the Yangtze River flooded, Dongfang Shuo used his magical power to prevent the sacred turtles and dragons in the river from causing trouble. Therefore, the people worshiped the statue of Dongfang Shuo to suppress the horizontal demons, which is a kind of good public opinion to promote good and punish evil and hope for peace. In the corner on the left side of the entrance, there is a rectangular opening, about 30 cm long and 20 cm wide, in the shape of an "L".
"This is the drainage system of Guanyin Pavilion," Zhang Yu said. This is the lowest point of the entire attic. Once flooded, this hole can quickly drain the flood when the tide goes out.
The main hall in the middle is the Guanyin Hall, where a portrait of Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined. As early as the 1980s, folk legend said that the 19th day of the second lunar month, the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, and the 19th day of the ninth lunar month were the birthdays, enlightenment days, and nirvana days of Guanyin Bodhisattva. People came from far and wide to offer incense to the pavilion. .
The last major hall is Laojun Hall. There is a patio next to Guanyin. There is an ancient well next to the patio. When you open the manhole cover, it is cold and deep. This ancient well is very magical. During the dry season of the Yangtze River, the water in the well is often several feet above the water surface. But in recent years, the ancient well has suddenly dried up for unknown reasons.
Once the flood season is over, it threatens the heart of Zhenjiang again!
Why does the Guanyin Pavilion enshrine the Buddhist statue of Guanyin, as well as the Taoist statues of Taishang Laojun and the Eight Immortals? This is why Guanyin Pavilion is different from other temples. In the Song Dynasty, only the Buddhist Guanyin was worshiped here. As time went by, later generations believed that Taoism could ward off evil spirits, so they invited Taishang Laojun and the Eight Immortals into the Guanyin Pavilion. Later, Dongfang Shuo was also invited into the pavilion.
The entire Guanyin Pavilion is built on stone with a solid foundation.
In addition, the building itself is made of red stone and blue bricks,
It is not afraid of blisters,
So for more than 700 years,
It has experienced floods, but it has not collapsed.
Yan Yong told reporters that the water level of Guanyin Pavilion is 23.5 meters, the warning water level is 25.3 meters, and the guaranteed water level is 28.2 meters. However, in the past hundred years, Guanyin Pavilion has never exceeded the guaranteed water level. In the 1998 flood, Guanyin Pavilion exceeded the warning water level and reached 27.23 meters. All three major halls on the first floor were flooded. The floods soaked the windows of Chunyang Building on the second floor into the river. This flood caused the wooden structure on the back of Laojun Hall to collapse. Walls damaged.
The most serious flooding of Guanyin Pavilion was in 1954. The water level was only 0.55 meters away from the guaranteed water level, and Guanyin Pavilion was almost destroyed. Before the Three Gorges Dam was built, Guanyin Pavilion was flooded every year. Since the dam was built, the flooding has been alleviated. However, the three main halls are still flooded every year. Last year, the main hall was flooded by about 1 meter.
Every flood tide floods the pavilion,
only high-rise windows are left,
and even only
the eaves teeth, dragon kiss, and middle pavilion
are left in the vast water of the Yangtze River.
After the flood season, the truth came to light,
it turned out to be a powerful thing in the heart of Zhenjiang.
Attached are the major events of Guanyin Pavilion:
Song Dynasty: "Guanyin Pavilion" was named after the Song Dynasty, and there was originally a small temple built there.
Yuan Dynasty: In the fifth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1341) Wuchang County Dalu Gar Qi Tieshan (Mongolian) built a stone platform and built Panlongji Temple. This is the predecessor of Guanyin Pavilion seen today.
Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the first year of Hongzhi (1488), monk Jueshou raised money to repair Guanyin Pavilion.
Qing Dynasty:
In the spring of the sixth year of Jiajing (1527), the Wuchang magistrate Xu Jingqing led his staff to Panlongji and said, "Wuchang's wonders are indispensable without this." He told monk Jueshou's disciple Zong Hong and Hubei officials Yuan Xi, Chen Luan and others raised funds to rebuild it, and added Chunyang Tower and Guanlan Pavilion.
In the winter of the tenth year of Jiajing (1531), the newly appointed magistrate Li Zongyang led his staff to repair it.
In August of the third year of Tongzhi (1864), the Governor of Huguang, Guanwen (a Manchu), a scholar of the Cultural Palace, was stationed in Huangzhou. He happened to see a small island called Panlongji in the middle of the Wuchang River, and learned that it was one of the eight scenic spots in Wuchang. 1. After landing on the island, he wrote the four words "Dragon Pan Xiaodu", donated a large sum of money, and asked the doctor Wang Jiabi to rebuild the stone on the lintel.
The flood in the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901) was more serious than that in the first year of Daoguang (1849). There was a strange wind for three days and nights, and the waves flew several feet high, damaging the walls of the pavilion, and the side rooms of the Liangdong Palace disappeared with the waves. After the water receded, in the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), the temple abbot Li Yuanke and Zheng Luzhong, a layman from Hubei, worked together to raise funds from the people, gentry and merchants for reconstruction.
Republic of China: In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), the flood was three feet smaller than the water in the first year of Daoguang. Buildings collapsed and rafters collapsed, and not even an inch of wood or tiles remained. It happened that the wood merchant Chen Zhisheng was going eastward on a raft and was stranded. In Jitou, he could not push forward or retreat, so he donated thousands of foreign fir trees and 60 fir trees, and presided over Zhang Qingyi and local gentry to renovate it.
After the founding of New China:
In 1954, another flood occurred for a century, and the pavilion was washed away into ruins. It was later rebuilt under the leadership of the Echeng County People's Government.
From 1982 to 1985, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Ezhou Municipal Government allocated funds to rebuild the Guanyin Pavilion, and it was reopened to the people in 1985.
In 1992, Guanyin Pavilion was praised as a cultural relic protection unit in Hubei Province by the Hubei Provincial Government.
In July 1996, when the summer news arrived, the floods surged, exceeding the flood of 1954. Half of the southeast platform of the pavilion collapsed, and some doors and windows were swept away by huge waves. After the water receded, the Ezhou City Museum was repaired and rebuilt. Purchase ferries and implement strict management.
In September 1998, Guanyin Pavilion suffered a flood and some facilities were destroyed. The Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau allocated funds for repairs.
In 2001, Ezhou City established the Guanyin Pavilion Management Office, which is affiliated with the Ezhou Museum to implement effective management of the Guanyin Pavilion.
In 2002, the Ezhou Museum raised funds to repair the Guanyin Pavilion.
On June 12, 2006, Guanyin Pavilion was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relic protection unit.
On December 10, 2008, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued the "Reply on the Survey and Design Plan for the Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion Cultural Relics Protection Project", agreeing in principle with the plan submitted by Ezhou City, and the provincial Cultural Relics Bureau approved and implemented it.
From March 18 to May 18, 2015, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage allocated special protection funds to carry out scientific and standardized overhaul of the Guanyin Pavilion building body for the first time.
In July 2016, Guanyin Pavilion was damaged by floods. In December of the same year, the Ezhou Municipal Museum completed the repair work.
On March 7, 2017, the main building maintenance and post-disaster maintenance of the Guanyin Pavilion cultural relics protection and restoration project passed the acceptance of the Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, and the trial voyage and handover of the ship "Longpan" were completed. The personnel were in place and started working with certificates.
In 2019, the Ezhou Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau installed dozens of cameras around and indoors the Guanyin Pavilion to monitor the place in real time.
It turns out that "the first pavilion on the Yangtze River" is so majestic and magnificent.
I am really amazed by the imagination and craftsmanship of the ancients!
Would you like to go to Ezhou Guanyin Pavilion like this?
Source: Chutian Metropolis Daily
Editor: Gui Gui
