Where is Kaifeng Iron Rhino?
Iron Rhino
It was built by Yu Qian in the 11th year of Ming Dynasty (1446) in Huilongguan, Xinzhuang, 2 kilometers outside the north gate of Kaifeng. Because the Yellow River flooded again and again at that time, it was put into use to save water. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the flood destroyed the temple and submerged the iron rhinoceros. It was not until the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty that people dug it up. In the 30th year of Kangxi (169 1), this temple was rebuilt and named Tiexi and Zhensi, where Tiexi was placed. The iron rhinoceros is about 2 meters high, and there are words cast on its back, inscribed "Orthodox eleven-year-old Bing Yin was born in May, and Zhejiang people are modest."
Iron Rhino, 2 meters high and 2.5 meters long, is black all over, with horns on his head and bright eyes. At that time, Yu Qian put it in a position facing south, hoping to try it on to protect Kaifeng City. On his back, Yu Qian's book "He Zhen Tie Xi Ming" is engraved. The full text of the iron rhinoceros inscription is: 100% refined black gold, dissolved into a straight liquid. Change, the male Weah game. Beware of embankment filling, the waves will never stop, and Mount Tai in An Ruo is rock solid. The monster slipped away and Feng Yi disappeared. When talents are strong, people will drown without cushions. Rain floats with the wind, and men plow and women weave. The four seasons are orderly, and the gods are at work. Hundreds of millions of music and silver entertainment. Only the numbness of the sky, only the power of the emperor. I am also mediocre and endless. In the eleventh year of orthodoxy, Bing Yin in May, Zhejiang people were modest.
Iron Rhino can't control the flood of the Yellow River. When the Yellow River flooded, Iron Rhino was buried in the soil. Later, during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Kaifeng people dug it up again. In the 30th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, Yan Bangxing, the governor of Henan Province, rebuilt Hezhen Tiexi Temple on the site of Huilong Temple and turned Iron Rhino to the south, hoping to contain the Yellow River flood, but it was still in vain. After the Yellow River burst again, Iron Rhino was buried again. During the Japanese occupation of Kaifeng in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Iron Rhino was plundered into the city in an attempt to cast ammunition, which was taken back by villagers and placed in Tieniu Village in Kaifeng. When developing tourism in Kaifeng, I wanted to move Iron Rhino to the Yellow River Beach, but the villagers refused. Kaifeng Tiexi was included in the first batch of cultural relics protection units in Henan Province. The Liuyuankou levee in Kaifeng, the Yellow River levee in Zhengzhou Huayuankou, the Kaifeng Museum and the Iron Rhino in Yuqian Hangzhou Ancestral Temple are all replicas.