What scenes in Xi 'an have legends, hurry! ! !
This temple was built in memory of his mother, Empress Wende, when Tang Gaozong Li Zhi was a prince. At first, there was no tower in the temple. The monks living in the temple practiced hard with the morning bell and the dusk drum every day. They haven't tasted the three kinds of meat for a long time. Some monks who don't follow the precepts are drooling. One morning, the northwest wind was blowing, and the leaves of Rehmannia glutinosa were turned over with the wind, making the temple seem particularly deserted. A young monk filled the oil lamp in front of Manjusri Bodhisattva, just wrapped up his robe and walked out of the temple door, when a cold wind came on his face. The young monk was black at the moment, staggered and almost fell on the stone steps. Since he became a monk, the young monk has never been involved in meat and meat, and even a simple meal is a hungry meal. These days, the temple is short of firewood, and the young monk's hungry limbs are weak and faint. When this cold wind blows again, it is natural that he is freezing cold and stars. If he hadn't taken advantage of the situation to hold the Bodhi tree beside him, he would have fallen head over heels! In the face of this austere temple life, I remembered my mother's kindness when I was young, and two lines of tears could not help but flow down the young monk.
at this moment, suddenly there was a cry of geese in the sky. The young monk looked up and saw two rows of geese in a "human" shape, flying towards the southeast. The young monk stared at the geese and said to himself, "Today, my brothers and sisters have no food to satisfy their hunger. If the Buddha has a spirit, he should know." As soon as the voice fell, a miracle happened: I saw a wild goose quit the flying team, moaning several times, as if to say goodbye to his companion, and then fell straight from the sky and died in front of the young monk. The young monk was suddenly shocked. He flew to the front of the temple, listened to the young monk's story, looked at the geese that were dying in the sky, and looked at the falling geese that were still warm under his feet. Some monks were booed and some were in tears. Later, a tower was built to bury geese as a memorial, and it was named Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda has a history of more than 1,3 years. Although it has been eroded by wind and rain, its style remains the same. The story of this wild goose dying with her life has been passed down to this day.
second, the agarwood pavilion-the imperial concubine grinds ink, and the lux takes off his boots
It is said that the agarwood pavilion in Xingqing Palace was built in thymelaeaceae at that time, so it was called "the agarwood pavilion". All kinds of peonies and peonies are planted around the pavilion, which is very beautiful. When we came to the Aquilaria Pavilion, we had to talk about Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Because this is the place where he and Yang Guijie enjoy peony once a year.
the agarwood pavilion is built on the top of an artificially piled earthen hill, all of which are made of thymelaeaceae structure. At that time, the emperor often took his favorite concubines, ministers and eunuchs to have fun and feasts here, which was the most convenient place to watch the best peony. Sitting in the pavilion, four Hong Zhou, purple, pink and pure white peony flowers compete for beauty, especially the rare variety that can change color, which is called "pure red in the morning, thick green in the afternoon and yellow in the evening", and ordinary people may never see it. There are also special places in the palace to feast foreign guests, watch and train animals and perform acrobatics.
the famous agarwood pavilion has something to do with a legendary story. During the Kaiyuan period, the Ming emperor was having a good time and summoned Li Bai, a great poet known as "Poet Fairy", into the palace. Once, the emperor exulted and sent a letter to Li Bai, a bachelor of Hanlin, to compose the lyrics "Qing Ping Diao". Li Bai put on his music and got as drunk as a fiddler. Actually, the emperor personally brought him soup to sober up. Li Bai tried to bully the eunuch Gao Lishi into taking off his boots for him. Li Bai sang and wrote three chapters of a new poem. So the musician Li Guinian sang, accompanied by the disciples of Liyuan; Even Yang Guifei ordered someone to bring the Qibao Cup, fill it with Portuguese wine from the Western Regions, and give it to Li Bai. Xuanzong couldn't help playing the flute. Li Bai's poem immediately fluttered around Xingqing Palace and Chenxiang Pavilion:
Clouds want clothes and flowers, and spring breeze blows the threshold to reveal the richness.
if we don't meet in the head of the Jade Mountain, we will meet in the moonlight at Yaotai.
Famous flowers pour into the country and enjoy each other, which is often seen with a smile from the king.
Explain that the spring breeze is infinitely hateful, and the agarwood pavilion leans against the railing in the north.
Shortly after writing Qing Ping Diao, Li Bai was framed by the powerful people in the palace, and was driven out of the capital in 744 AD, with the laudatory name of "returning the gold to the mountain". The original pavilion has long been destroyed (sound pi). The agarwood pavilion we see now was rebuilt by later generations according to the original style, with double eaves and four corners of pyramidal roof and red eaves and blue tiles. It is simple, elegant, luxurious and rich, and obviously has the style of prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is lined with colorful peony around, so far, the Aquilaria Pavilion is also a good place to watch and linger, and it is also one of the most representative buildings in Xingqing Palace Park.
III. Xi 'an City Wall
Xi 'an City Wall Scenic Area is located in the central area of Xi 'an, and it is rectangular. The wall is 12m high, 18m wide at the bottom and 15m wide at the top, with a total circumference of 13.74km.. There are four city gates: East Changle Gate, Xi 'an Dingmen, South Yongning Gate and North An Yuanmen. The city wall of Xi 'an was built on the basis of the imperial city of Tang Dynasty. Completely around the "defense" strategic system, the thickness of the city wall is greater than the height, and it is as solid as a mountain, and the top of the wall can be used for sports cars and drills. The existing city wall was built in the seventh to eleventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1374-1378), and it has a history of more than 6 years. It is one of the most famous city wall buildings in the history of China in the late Middle Ages and the most complete existing ancient city wall building in China.
Long before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Huizhou, a hermit named Zhu Sheng told him that he should "build a high wall, accumulate plenty of grain, and be king slowly". Zhu Yuanzhang adopted these suggestions. When the whole country was unified, he ordered all prefectures and counties to build cities generally. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that "the mountains and rivers in the world, only the Qin Zhong number is dangerous." The ancient city wall of Xi 'an was built in this upsurge, presided over by Pu Ying, the governor, and expanded on the basis of the old city of Tang Dynasty.
the Xi' an city wall expanded in the Ming dynasty is 12m high, 12-14m wide at the top and 15-18m wide at the bottom. An enemy platform is built every 12 meters on the city wall, protruding outside the city wall, with the top level with the city wall. This is specially designed for shooting enemies who climb the city. Half of the distance between enemy platforms is just within the effective range of bows and arrows, which is convenient for shooting the enemy attacking the city from the side. There are 98 enemy towers on the city wall, all of which have enemy towers stationed on them.
IV. Southwest Corner
The towers at the four corners of Xi 'an City Wall are called "turret". If you can walk around the city wall completely, you will find that only the southwest corner of the city wall is round and the other three corners are square. A considerable number of "Old Xi 'an" don't know the reason for this. Some people even associate this with Feng Shui, speculating that this architectural structure is intentional, perhaps to pray for heaven and protect the country for generations to come.
These city corners with different shapes are actually solid platforms protruding from the wall at the corner of the city wall. The exact name should be "Corner Platform", and the buildings on it are turrets. Different shapes of city corners appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and the circular southwest corner was the "new city" corner platform site of Han Jianxiu in the Tang Dynasty. When repairing the walls of the Tang Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the corner platform to expand outward by 1/3, but did not rebuild the southwest corner, retaining the original appearance of the corner platform of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, many readers will ask why only the southwest corner has not been repaired, but there are two legends in it.
It is said that the southwest corner is located in the earthquake zone. As long as the corner platform is square, there will be a problem once it is repaired. In the end, there is no choice but to keep the circle. Another legend is that before the Ming Dynasty wall was built, an old lady from wang xing in Xi 'an was tortured by her son and daughter-in-law and eventually starved to death in the street. After the local parents learned of this incident, they questioned the old lady's son and daughter-in-law near the southwest corner of Xi' an city wall. Everyone thinks that the two are immoral and unfilial, and the square represents an upright person, so the turret has not been changed in shape.