The famous town in the east of Luoyang City, known as Little Luoyang, has thousands of years of history and stories.
Author: Meng Jin Tourism
Pingle Town is named after Pingle Village.
Pingle Village is bounded by Xiangzhuang to the south and Sanshilipu to the north; it borders Mang Mountain to the north, faces Luohe River to the south, borders Han and Wei Luoyang City to the east, and borders the Hanhe Hui District to the southwest; Jiaozhi Railway, Erguang Expressway and Pingjin Avenue pass through the village, so the transportation is convenient. The village has a long history, rich cultural heritage, fertile land, prosperity and prosperity. It has always been a famous town in Luodong.
In the fifth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 62), Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty built Pingping Music Hall in order to welcome the "Fei Lian and Bronze Horses" who paid tribute from the Western Regions. Since then, the Pingle Hall has become a place where the emperor inspects the three armies, enjoys entertainment and various plays with the generals, and holds banquets to show the national prestige. Because the village is located near Pingyuan, it is called "Pingle", also known as "Hanyuan", and is known as the "Dongdu Heavy Fence" and the "Great Han Barrier". The Northern Wei Dynasty expanded the capital of Luoyang and built Ping Leli. Nowadays, this place is named Pingle Village because it follows the names of Pingguangtan and Pingleli.
Mr. Xu Jinxing, a scholar of literature and history in Luoyang City, once wrote a preface to the book "Jin Pingle, the Pearl of the Eastern Capital". The preface wrote: "Pingle Village, Xinzhuang Village, Liupo Village, etc. in Pingle Town have Neolithic artifacts. As a cultural relic of the times, there are imperial mausoleums of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the north of Pingle Village. "This shows that Pingle has a profound cultural and historical heritage since ancient times.
When the Zhongzhou Canal was built in 1957, the Qihou Baoyu was unearthed here. It is 43.5 centimeters high, 70.3 centimeters in diameter, and weighs 75 kilograms. It is an extremely precious historical cultural relic and is now in the Luoyang Museum.
Pingle Village is rooted in fertile soil with extremely profound cultural heritage. It is known as "Little Luoyang" and "Jin Pingle" by the world, and has been rated as "Top Ten Beautiful Villages in the Country" and "The First Peony Painting Village in China" ”, it is logical.
As early as the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Xiangzhuang was already a famous market and trading town east of Luoyang, where merchants from all over the world gathered. There is an east-west street in the village, which is less than one kilometer long. Almost all the facades on both sides of the street are businesses and shops, mainly grain shops, cotton shops, medicinal materials shops, cloth shops, dyeing shops, etc.
According to "Anecdotes of Xiangzhuang Ancient Town", during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the White Tiger Temple was built in the east of Luoyang City, and the Qinglong Temple was built in the west of the city. Xiangzhuang Village is where Qinglong Temple is located. Later, Qinglong Temple gradually collapsed, and a huge stone elephant nearby became a landmark here, and the village was renamed "Elephant Village".
To the east of Nantou Road in Xiangzhuang Village, there is an "open space" enclosed by a wall. This is where the stone elephant is located. Some villagers said that this place used to be a puddle, and the stone elephant stood on the edge of the pit, with its four legs and base sunk into the mud. It was exposed to wind and rain, which made people feel distressed. Later, in order to effectively protect precious historical relics, the village invested money to improve the environment here, built walls and ceilings, and "captive" the stone elephants.
According to expert research, this stone elephant should have been carved during the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,900 years. It is currently an extremely precious stone carving art treasure in the country.
In addition, there is also a theory that the stone elephant was originally the Shinto gate elephant of the Han Dynasty Tomb on Mang Mountain in the north of Xiangzhuang. On the way to Mang Mountain, the stone elephant "took root" here.
The ancient trees in the village are towering and surrounded by city walls, making it majestic. Yaodian Ban outside the village guards the gateway from Luoyang to the Yellow River ferry. It is a famous military center in Luoyang's history. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties for nearly 900 years, the imperial court established a martial arts arena and a beacon tower outside the south gate of Yaodian Ancient Village, where troops were often paraded.
Today, there are ruins such as the East Gate, Erxian Temple, Guandi Pavilion, Wangjing Gate, and South Gate in Yaodian Ancient Village. The two immortals are goddesses. In the fourth year of Song Chongning (1105 AD), the emperor gave them the title of "Zhenren", and in the early years of Xuanhe, they were given the title of "Chonghui and Chongshu two real people"
The Erxian Temple covers an area of about 500 square meters. Square meters, built on a 2-meter-high platform, oriented north-south, the main building regulations are basically complete. There is a large ridged hard-mounted main hall with a gray tile roof, a side hall on the left, and two Guangsheng Hall and Laojun Hall on the east and west. . According to the "Inscription on the Reconstruction of the Erxian Temple" in the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917 AD), the Erxian Temple was built in the Six Dynasties (Northern and Southern Dynasties). A dedication platform and a theater building were built.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yaodian Ancient Village had post stations, post shops, piers and platforms, and camps were stationed all year round. In the early years of the Republic of China, Zhang Fang donated money to rebuild the Erxian Temple. The south gate tower of Yaodian Ancient Village was originally built with a Guan Di Pavilion, in which was placed a sandalwood statue of Guan Sheng Dijun. The South Gate is located on a high ground. When the weather is fine, you can see some of the tall buildings in Luoyang City from the top of the South Gate.