Structural characteristics of temple of poseidon.
When the Temple of the Sea was first built, the main hall was dedicated to SHEN WOO Qian Liu and Wu Gongzi Xu. The main hall has a building area of 546 square meters and a height of 20 meters. There are four floors and seven levels, and the colonnade, steps and stone railings are all white marble. The stone fence board is also engraved with lines of dragons, tigers, flowers and birds. Such a tall and exquisite temple, with so many white marble as building materials, can't be found in Zhejiang at least!
The Temple of the Sea is divided into nine courtyards, all of which are palace-style buildings in the Qing Dynasty. Among them, there are Song and Dance Building, Qingcheng Bridge, Shanmen Hall, Main Hall, Imperial Monument Pavilion and Bedroom on the central axis. There is Tianhou Palace in the east, Zhaitang in front, Daoyuan in the back, Leimiao in the west, and a pool in the back. There is a platform on the pool to cross the bridge. The Xuanxi is the residence of Taoist priests, and there are a stage, a narcissus pavilion, a hall and a wing. It is a rare palace-style building in Jiangnan. At present, there are Shanmen Hall, Main Hall, Stone Square, Shishi and Yubei Pavilion. , and began a comprehensive transformation from 1992.
On the stone square in front of the Temple of the Sea, Liang Shi, a river bear, has a pair of white marble lions and two flagpoles on each side, and there are two white marble squares (commonly known as archways) on the west side, which are 8.7 meters high and have four pillars, reaching the third floor. The east side of the square is called "Baoli Donghai" and "Zuozhen Nanbang"; On the west side of the stone workshop, the words "If the rain is sunny" and "Benevolence" are written on the forehead. Tidal and moire patterns are embossed on the forehead and pillars. Shishi and Shifang are exquisitely carved and beautifully shaped, and are called "the unique steps in the south of the Yangtze River". These buildings form a whole and are located in a corner of the city. They are magnificent and extraordinary.
According to local records, the tide situation in Haining increased after the Song and Yuan Dynasties. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the tidal disaster in Haining was rampant, the pond bank was washed away many times, and the fertile land houses were destroyed countless times. Yongzheng sent many courtiers, local governors and governors to Haining to supervise the pool work and repair the pool. During the period of 13, Emperor * * * built Haining Tang Palace 18 times, accounting for 54,080 feet of all kinds of Tang palaces, and used more than 342,000 yuan of silver, thus creating an annual maintenance system for seawalls in western Zhejiang for future generations. Yongzheng decreed to build the temple of the sea, which cost 65438+ 2 million yuan. At that time, it was the period when the national movement and national strength were still strong after Kangxi.