Lijia Long Palace (Li Family Ancestral Hall) was built in the early Tang Dynasty. It is a court-style ancient building complex in the Tang Dynasty. It is a ancestral hall where the Dunzongmu clans and worships ancestors of the Li clans in the world. It is famous at home and abroad for the personal writing of the "Li Family Long Palace" by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. It is an important carrier and landmark building for studying the ruins of the Li family cultural sites in Longxi. It is the only ancient building complex preserved in Longxi.
Li Family Dragon Palace has been a ancestral hall for tracing the origin of the Li family in the world for 1,400 years.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin wrote "tracing the origin"
For a while, posts about surnames totems emerged on the Internet. Everyone can find the totem pattern corresponding to their surnames in it.
"Zhao Qiansun Li" is the top four in " Hundred Family Names " compiled by the Song Dynasty. Until now, these are all large population surnames. Especially the surname "Li", which ranked second only to the Wang surname in the latest Chinese version of the 100 surnames ranking in 2014.
2016 new version of the 100 Family Names Ranking Li's surname ranks first. The population of the contemporary Li surname has reached more than 100 million, accounting for about 7.9% of the national population. The population growth rate of Li's surname is higher than the national population growth rate.
Everyone says "The Li family in the world comes from Longxi" , Longxi is the birthplace of the Li family. There is a Li Family Dragon Palace in the local area, which has been the ancestral temple for nearly 1,400 years to trace the origin of the Li family in the world. The ancestral temple is not called "sanctuary", but is called "Dragon Palace", which exudes a domineering spirit of looking down on the world.
Lijia Long Palace, also known as the Li family ancestral hall, was built in 627 AD in the early Tang Dynasty. It belongs to the ancient palace-style building complex of the Tang Dynasty. It is a ancestral hall where the Dunzongmu clans and worships ancestors are worshipped. It is located in Beiguan Miaoer Lane, Longxi County, and is famous at home and abroad for the personal writing of the "Li family Ching Palace" by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.
Tang Dynasty During the Zhenguan period, Longxi had become a famous city in the northwest. The Emperor of Tang attached great importance to the establishment of a ancestral temple in Longxi, where the Li family discovered, reproduced, and moved, with the intention of highlighting the ancestors and stunning the distance. Li Shimin approved local officials to build and build temples. After thousands of skilled craftsmen worked hard for three years and three months, they were finally completed. Lijia Long Palace faces north and south, 600 meters long from east to west and 440 meters wide from north to south, and has a construction area of 250,000 square meters, accounting for one-third of the entire county town. The tall palaces and red palace walls, on the towering southern gate, four golden words "Li Family Long Palace" written by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, hung high. Strong and solemn, with a spirit of thrivingness. The palace is not only large in scale, but also has higher specifications than temples. The buildings in the palace are divided into three groups: front, middle and back, with pavilions, towering halls, solemn environment, and quite spectacular. Chongtianlong Chongtianlong Chongtianlong brick carving with front paws stands on the roof, but it also has a little cuteness In the courtyard of the Dragon Palace, there are red walls and green plants, with a mellow ancient style, as if there is a unique world. Ziya Building These brick carvings are the finest products in the Li Family Long Palace architecture. Let’s look at the middle of the roof with a pavilion-like brick carving called Ziya Building. The statement about Ziya Tower is recorded in the ending of the book "The Investiture of Gods": Legend has it that Jiang Ziya When he was enthroned, each god got his own position. After all the gods were sealed, he found that he had no gods. Even so, he had the divine whip of the gods, so Jiang Ziya jumped to the top of the temple and was called the "Sculpture Tower God". On both sides of Ziya Building are the phoenix stepping on peony, the dragon playing with lotus, the dragon and the phoenix show auspiciousness, and the two sides are the dragon ascending the heaven and the dragon swimming. The so-called dragon ascends to the sky means that the dragon's claws are facing upwards, as if it is necessary to reach the sky in one step, and it is the highest-level dragon. Looking at the Tianlong with his front paws stretched in front of him, this was the first time the reporter saw such a brick carving, standing on the roof, but it also had a little cuteness. On the corner of the hall on the north side of the hall is the ridiculed by the dragon's three sons. It is very dangerous in life. It is usually at the most dangerous place in the corner of the hall. On the corner of the hall on the south side of the hall is the dragon's brother-in-law, it is easy to swallow. There are nine beasts (dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, sling, fish, sling, bullfighting and Yinshi) on the roof of the main hall of the Dragon Palace. You should know that under the feudal hierarchy, only the Imperial Palace and the Supreme Hall of the Supreme Hall placed ten beasts, but here, in the Li Family Dragon Palace, the nine beasts on the roof are regulated, and the status of the Li Family Dragon Palace can also be seen from this. Regarding the carvings on the roof, there are two most famous dynasties in Chinese history, one is the Qin Dynasty and the other is the Northern Song Dynasty. The brick carvings of the Li family Long Palace that are now displayed in front of the reporters are from the Northern Song Dynasty. There are two types of brick carving techniques, one is hollowing and the other is relief. The hollowing process is complex, and the embossing process is simple. The brick carvings on the roof of the Dragon Palace Main Hall are hollow brick carvings. From one side of the brick carving, you can clearly see the scene on the other side of the brick carving, which is transparent in front and back, and the shapes of the front and back are different. These thousand-year-old brick carvings are very exquisite under the blue sky. Retracted his gaze that looked up and focused his gaze on the interior of the main hall. The main hall is also called Xuanyuan Palace or Laozi Palace. A plaque "Tracing the Origin" hung in front of the hall gate, which was an imperial book by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin. To announce the world, the root of the Li Tang Dynasty is in Longxi. But after looking closely at the plaque, the reporter found that the inscription on the plaque seemed to be something wrong. It turns out that Li Shimin wrote the four words "tracking the origin" in " Clan ", which means that there is no basis and water has its source. These four characters on the plaque use the missing strokes, common strokes and additional strokes in calligraphy. The missing stroke means that there is a stroke on the character "未". The total stroke is three radicals of the character "未". The point above is shared with the right side. The additional stroke means that the character "未" signed by Li Shimin has an extra stroke on the character "未", just like a character that means to help the world and be at peace, and put the people first. The main hall is enshrined in the statue of Lao Tzu Li Er. Lao Tzu is one of the most influential philosophers and thinkers in Chinese history. Similarly, Lao Tzu is the tenth generation grandson of the Li family. Speaking of this, we need to trace the origin of the surname Li. A branch of the Li family in Longxi Li Yuan destroyed the Sui Dynasty, established the Tang Dynasty, and created a great era of cultural prosperity. The Li family in Longxi has had 8 large-scale migrations in history. The prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty was no longer there. Most of the Li family crossed the river and moved south, living in coastal provinces and cities such as Fujian. Then it gradually spread to Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan, and even Europe and the United States. The Li family, which is spread all over the world, still has a family tree that proves their clan origins. Every year, a large number of Li clan relatives come to the Li clan Long Palace in Longxi to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. Just like there are 1,899 carved dragons in large and small buildings on the Dragon Palace, symbolizing the deep roots and lush leaves of the eighteen sons. The Ancestor Hall enshrines the statue of Chunyang’s ancestor Li Qiong. Speaking of Li Qiong, it is one of the well-known Eight Immortals Lu Dongbin . According to legend, when Lu Dongbin celebrated the birthday of Queen Mother, Queen Mother asked about his life experience. Lu Dongbin said that I was originally a royal family member of the Tang Dynasty, with my surname Li and my courtesy name Boyu. I can meet immortals and become immortals, but I am not comparable to ordinary people. Huang Chao raised an army, the country suffered disaster, and the family was in misfortune, so he had to abandon his children and take his wife to live in a cave. The child was gone, and only my wife and I were left, so we changed our surname to Lu. Living in a cave, he is a guest of the stone cave, so he is Dongbin. On both sides of the front door of the Ancestor Hall, there is a giant mural on both sides. A scene of the construction of the Li family Long Palace in the Tang Dynasty and taking the lead. The government, monks and people were watching lively, and there were groups of yaks in the distance, bringing wood from the current Gannan and Dibu; one is the original appearance of the Dragon Palace built in the Ming Dynasty, which is the Li family Dragon Palace we see now, also known as the North Pole Palace. This is the Jiulong Hall, also known as the Li Shimin Hall. There are nine carved dragons placed on the ridge, with only dragon-shaped brick carvings. There are five dragons on the main ridge, and in the middle is a dragon, which is a symbol of power and status. The other four are dragons, which means "the dragon travels around the world, and the four seas rise to peace." There are four flying dragons on the ridge of the chevron in front and back, which means "the dragon travels around the world, and the country is peaceful and the people are at peace." The flying dragon is in the sky, and the human dragon is in the earth. The one who worships Emperor Taizong of Tang is Li Shimin. The side hall on both sides is also called Phoenix Hall. Above the roof, there are phoenixes.There is a natural dragon-shaped root carving inside, highlighting the style of the Royal Ancestral Hall. passes through the front courtyard and arrives at the back garden of the Dragon Palace. According to reports, there were five rockery in the courtyard named Samantabhadra Cliff, Manjushri Ridge, Baiyi Rock, Jieyin Mountain and Taiyi Peak. Each rockery has pavilions and towers of different styles, hidden in the shade of green. The Arctic Pond beside the rockery is rippling with ripples, fish swimming in the water, flowers and grass adorn it, this is called the "Five Mountains". Later, the Li family's Long Palace was demolished and razed to the ground. Some buildings were restored during the Song Dynasty, but were also destroyed due to war. Only one building in the Yuan Dynasty was preserved, called the Border Guard Tower. In the entire Lijia Long Palace, all the buildings are roofs in the shape of "people", but this border guard building adopts a roll-shed slanting top structure. From a distance, it looks like a dome yurt. The reason why this form of regulation is adopted to build the border guard building is because the border guard building is enshrined in the border guard building. The camp is essential for fighting on the battlefield. Another unique feature of this border guard building is that it adopts a "hidden head and exposed tail" top beam structure. The four corners of the circular yurt are the tiles of traditional Chinese ancient buildings, and the beams that support the tiles. At one end of the outdoors is the dragon's tail, the dragon's body is crossed, and at the other end of the interior of the pavilion is the dragon's head. Therefore, there is a saying that the flying dragon "hides its head and reveals its tail". At the back garden is the newly built Longxitang , which is donated by the Li family from all over the world. The main sacrificial hall is located on the eighteen steps, with a huge gold plaque hanging high on the "Longxi Hall". The hall enshrines tablets of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Gao Yao, Li Lizhen, Li Er, Li Tan, Li Si , Li Xin , Li Xin , Li Qing , Li Guang and other Li family ancestor tablets and portraits of Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty Li Yuan. The annual Li family ancestor worship ceremony is held here. Longxi Hall
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In the museum opposite the Dragon Palace, there are a large number of cultural relics and treasures of various eras unearthed in Longxi. Among them is a bronze mirror from the Song Dynasty, carved with the story of " Biography of Liu Yi " by Li Chaowei, a famous writer in Longxi in the Tang Dynasty, which illustrates the grand occasion of the Li clan in Longxi from a literary perspective.
In winter, the sun is short.
The entire Longxi city began to gradually be stained with the orange twilight. As the saying goes, there is an Weiyuan Tower in Longxi, and half of it penetrates into the sky. When the editor stood above Weiyuan Tower, he held the entire city in his eyes.
The whistling north wind blows, and the Weiyuan Tower, which once guards one side, echoes the Li family Long Palace not far away.
This ancient city by the Wei River has a profound historical heritage just like the Wei River water, and it continues. The Li family culture in Longxi is one of the most dazzling waves.
