China News Service, Beijing, February 7th Recently, Taiwan's "Economic Daily" published a report introducing Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, describing the precious history, art, science and appreciation value of Jinci Temple.
Jinci Temple. Image source: Taiwan's "Economic Daily"
The report pointed out that Jinci Temple is located at the foothills of Xuanweng Mountain in the southwest of Taiyuan City and at the origin of Jinshui River. It was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It is an ancestral hall to worship Ji Yu, the first prince of the Jin Dynasty in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. It is the earliest existing royal sacrificial garden in China and is a collection of ancient Chinese It integrates temple buildings, gardens, sculptures, murals and inscriptions, and is known as the "Museum of Ancient Chinese Architecture".
"The victory of the three Jins is Jinyang, and the victory of Jinyang is all in Jinci." There are existing palaces, halls, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, platforms, bridges, and pavilions from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. There are more than 100 buildings of various types, more than 100 sculptures since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, more than 30 cast works of art, more than 400 inscriptions from past dynasties, more than 200 poems and plaques, and 96 ancient and famous trees, including ancient trees that are thousands of years old. 30 plants.
There are "Three Treasures" and "Three Wonders" in Jinci Temple. The "Three Treasures of Jinci" include the Notre Dame Hall, the architectural masterpiece of the Song Dynasty, the rare ancient bridge Yunuma Flying Beam and the Jin Dynasty architectural dedication hall;
The Notre Dame Hall is the main hall of the whole temple. It was built in the ninth year of Taiping and Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is dedicated to Yijiang, the wife of King Zhou Wu, the mother of King Zhou Cheng and Tang Shuyu, and the daughter of Jiang Ziya. There are more than 40 exquisite painted maid statues from the Song Dynasty in the hall, with vivid shapes and different shapes. The corridor around the temple is the earliest example of "auxiliary steps around the perimeter" among the existing ancient buildings in the country. The main hall adopts the "rising columns" and "column side angles" from the Song Dynasty's "Building Methods" to enhance its curvaceous beauty and stability. It is an important physical material for studying ancient architectural art and architectural development.
Uonuma Feiliang. Image source: Taiwan's "Economic Daily"
Uonuma Feiliang is an ancient cross-shaped bridge, known as "the oldest overpass in the world". Regarding the fish marsh, the ancients regarded the square shape as a marsh, and there were many fish in the water, hence the name; the cross-shaped bridge on the marsh was called "Fei Liang". The construction method of the bridge is exquisite and unique. There are 34 stone pillars about 30 centimeters square built in the fish marsh square pond. They are small octagonal iron bluestone pillars in the shape of the Song Dynasty. The decorative lotus petals are in the style of Northern Wei Dynasty architecture.
Zhou Bai. Image source: Taiwan's "Economic Daily"
Zhou Bai and Tang Huai are both representatives of thousand-year-old trees in Jinci Temple. Zhoubai is a cypress planted in the Zhou Dynasty, which is still lush and lush with thick trunks; Tanghuai is a locust tree planted in the Tang Dynasty. Every spring and summer, the tree has dense green shade.
Nanlao Spring is the largest spring among the three springs at the source of Jinshui River, and it flows continuously. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, someone named it according to the sentence "It is difficult to grow old in Yongxi" in "The Book of Songs·Lu Song". Li Bai once praised: "Whenever I go out to the west of the city, the flowing water of Jin Temple is like jasper." (End)