Pingyuan Ancient Town
Woven gold 12 sage sculptures collection view
Written on the front: Weaving Jinping Ancient Town, the foothills of the East Mountain, under the green ancient trees, there is a Ding Gong Ancestral Hall. On the central axis of the Ding Gong Ancestral Hall Square stands a statue of Ding Baozhen, a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty, followed by the list of "Famous Sages of Literature and Martial Arts" in weaving gold, which is 13 meters long and 2.6 meters high, and 195 famous sages who are carved in gold on both sides. The statue of Ding Gong is forward, and a relief wall is erected on the left and right sides, each wall is 9.6 meters long and 2.6 meters high, each carved with 7 reliefs and resumes of 7 famous gold weavers, a total of 14, and the left side is Yi Na, Bina, Apei, An Kun, Chen Xianmo, Qian Cheng, Huang Chengxuan, relatively early; on the right is Huang Qianchang, Huang Cheng'en, Huang Liqing, Wang Xizhong, Luo Bingcheng, Chen Zhidu, Zhu Houze, relatively late. At the north and south ends of the square, there are gardens and trails, among which there are 11 statues of famous gold weavers, and at the southern end are 4: geologist Ding Daoheng, anti-Japanese hero Wang Yongxi, social activist Chen Zhiyuan, and anti-Japanese commander Cheng Peng; at the north end are 7: The leader of the Gelao tribe, An Bangyan, the leader of the Yi tribe, Chen Houguang, the governor of Datong, Shanxi, Chen Huanmo, the scholar and master of the imperial "Doctor", Ding Tichang, the inspector of Guangxi, the famous poet Pan Chun, and the geologist Chen Zhanxi. Ding Baozhen and the above-mentioned 11 are combined into 12 statues of woven gold famous sages, including a total of 26 historical sages with relief figures, together with 195 famous sages, all of which are finely carved from granite, and built with heavy gold in Pinggu Ancient Town.
In fact, the history of weaving gold can be traced back to more than a thousand years, and the local famous sages are far more than this, and the 26 famous sages highlighted in Pingyuan Ancient Town are determined based on various considerations, but this is the first large-scale collective appearance of the famous gold weaving sages in history. There is no doubt that the history of weaving gold is the history created by the gold weavers; the historical weight of gold weaving is the cultural weight of gold weaving. The famous heroes of weaving gold are the backbone of creating the history and culture of weaving gold, their lives have entered history, but their spirit will always shine. Do not forget the history, reverence for the famous sages, inherit the future of the future, such as Si, the future of weaving gold will be more beautiful and moving, just so-called: Jia Hui Ying aroma is far away, the famous sage Hui Zhi mountain high water long. (Yang Hao)
Below are 12 sculptures of famous sages
(Approximately in historical order)
The year of Ruisheng's death is unknown, the leader of the most ancient indigenous Tribe in Guizhou, known as the Barbarian King, who established a powerful ancient Fang state, fixed the capital of the Weaving Jin Dongshan, and later moved to the west of the city to the small school field, unknown the founding date, died in the Middle and Tang Dynasties. Its tribe not only invented sandware, winemaking, and wool weaving, but also developed bronze, iron and other production techniques, creating a splendid ancient civilization for this land.
An Bangyan (1589-1629), leader of the Yi clan, Ming Dynasty Shuixinawei clan, Guizhou Xuanwei Tongzhi, leader of the anti-Ming uprising in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, titled The Great Elder of the Four Races, King of Luodian, led the anti-Ming war for eight years, and broke through dozens of prefectures and counties in the three provinces of Sichuan and Qiandian, and severely attacked the corrupt rule of the Ming Dynasty, and died in the battle of Wufeng Mountain in Sichuan in the second year of Chongzhen (1629).
Ding Baozhen (1820-1886), also known as Qiongxuan, zizhi Huang, a native of Pingyuan Prefecture, known as Haojieshi, was a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), he was a jinshi, and was awarded the title of Shujishi of Hanlin Yuan, with outstanding military merit, and successively served as the prefect of Yuezhou and Changsha. In the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866), he served as the governor of Shandong, and his wisdom to cut down Andehai, control the Yellow River, and found the Shandong Machinery Bureau was named after the government and the opposition. In the second year of Guangxu (1876), he was given the title of Head Offix and was transferred to the post of Governor of Sichuan with the titles of Guanglu Dafu, Prince Shaobao, Bingbu Shangshu, and Duchayuan Right Capital Yushi, and was a clean and honest official with outstanding political reputation. Guangxu died in the twelfth year (1886), with the courtesy name Wencheng, and was given to the Prince Taibao and the Ancestral Hall of The Ancestors.
Chen Houguang (1821-1850), Zi Yunshan, Baochu, Pingyuan Prefecture City, Jiaqing Eighteenth Year (1813) 癸酉科拔功, Chao Kao first class, with the seven pins of the Beijing official sign to divide the punishment department, promoted to alternate chief. In the sixth year of Daoguang (1826), he entered the Hanlin Academy and was commissioned as a reviewer. Later, he served as the prefect of Datong in Shanxi, where he was humble in virtue, cherished the people, and was appointed as the Grand Master of the Imperial Council. In his twilight years, he returned to his hometown and served as the main lecturer of Fengxi Academy, revising and writing a preface to the "Pingyuan Prefecture Chronicle", and his residence in Pingyuan Prefecture was called Datong Province, commonly known as Dafutou.
Chen Huanmo Was born and died in an unknown year, Yunshu, born in a family of scholars. In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang (1849), he was awarded tribute by the Unitary Branch, and in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), he was appointed as the Zhongshu of the Cabinet of Ministers, and was appointed as the Superintendent of the State Ofs and the Xian'an Palace to learn Chinese teaching, and to enjoy the flower plume and to elect Zhizhou. The first plaque of the Imperial Doctor was hung in his residence to show his honor; he was the chief lecturer of Fengxi Academy for many years, and he would try to rank among the top people under his door; he would compile the continuation of Qianxi Prefecture and make a preface; he was proficient in calligraphy, and he was a famous artist in the late Qing Dynasty, and there were many famous places in the territory; and his "Order of Festivals and Filial Piety and Ann Life" and "Xingxian Yishu Sequence" recorded the Continuation Of Pingyuan Prefecture.
Ding Tichang (1841-1909), zi shen wu, pingyuan prefecture cattle farmer, Baozhen eldest son. During the Guangxu period, he served as a Gongqin Jiedao, xingsheng and eliminating disadvantages, protecting the border and the people, and was widely loved, and later promoted to Gansu as an envoy; in the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), he was promoted to a political envoy in Guangxi, and later promoted to the inspector of Guangxi. In the following year of his death, the officials of the JingtianShui Nationality collectively wrote to the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, imploring that the construction of a special shrine in Tianshui be approved, and the Tianshui DingGong Ancestral Hall originated from this.
Pan Chun (潘淳) was born and died in an unknown year, and the character Yuanliang (元亮), the number Nantuo (南坨), is now a member of the Golden Bull Farm. A famous poet of the Qing Dynasty, in the fifty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1917), Yi Weike Jinshi, a Shujishi of the Hanlin Yuan, entered the Hanlin Academy in the sixtieth year (1721). Most of his works include "Oak Forest Poetry Collection", "Chunmingcao", "Qing Poetry Collection", and "Qing Shi Chen Bi" in the Qing History Manuscript (Chen Yijun was proud of his ancient language at that time, and Pan Chun was comparable to it with poetry, so it was called "Pan Shi Chen Pen").
Chen Zhanxi (1882-1958), mingli, character Zuen, number Zhanxi, Pingyuan Prefecture City Dashuigou people. Famous scholar, professor, geologist. Young and pleasant, ten years old can poetry, Guangxu Jia Wu (1894) Xiucai, rarely known as a child prodigy. After that, he studied at Guishan Academy, was admitted to the Beijing Normal University Hall, and in the second year of Xuanun (1910), the second batch of Gengfu stayed in the United States, and he received a doctorate from Columbia University. After returning to China, he successively served as an engineer, a professor at many universities, and the director of the Guizhou Construction Department. There are "Bai Yu Collection" and "University Vacancy Filling" passed down.
Ding Daoheng (1899-1955), zi Zhongliang, weaver of the golden bull, famous geologist, paleontologist. In 1919, he was admitted to Peking University, in 1927 he discovered baiyun Obo iron ore, in 1930 he taught at Peking University and Beijing Normal University, in 1934 he entered the University of Berlin and Marburg University for further study, in 1937 he received a doctorate and became a member of the Royal Society, in 1940 he taught at Wuhan University, and in 1942 he taught at Guizhou University. In 1951, he was elected as a deputy to the First National People's Congress, and in 1952 he taught at Chongqing University, where he was a deputy to the First People's Congress of Chongqing and a member of the People's Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Central Committee of the Jiusan Society, and was transferred to the Ministry of Geology of the People's Republic of China in 1955.
Wang Yongxi (1901-1939), a Jinhua Dongren, was an anti-Japanese hero. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), after graduating from studying in the county seat, he entered the Guizhou Provincial Middle School, and then entered the Guizhou Army Martial Arts School. After graduation, he served as a second lieutenant platoon leader, a lieutenant platoon leader, and a captain company commander in the Qian Army. In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), three days after marriage, he rushed to the anti-Japanese front, participated in the Shanghai Defense War, the Nanjing Defense War, the Wuhan Defense War, the Changsha Defense War, etc. During the Xuzhou Battle, he led the special agent company to kill and break through the siege, and successively served as the commander, deputy battalion commander and battalion commander of the special agent company in the battle, and died heroically in the Battle of Nanchang in the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1939).
Chen Zhiyuan (1904-1987), a native of Dadongmen, Pingyuan Prefecture, was a famous scholar, professor and social activist. In 1914, he was admitted to Guiyang Model Middle School, in 1921 he was admitted to Beijing Tsinghua Middle School, and in 1928 he went to the United States to study, with a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University and a master's degree in international relations from Columbia University. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he served as dean of law and provost of Daxia University. In 1945, he was appointed as a major general and interpreter of the General Headquarters of the Chinese Army, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Army, and participated in the surrender ceremony of the Japanese army in Zhijiang. Later, he served as a professor at the National Pharmaceutical College, the Political Research Institute of the Revolutionary University of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Chongqing University, and Sichuan Normal University.
Cheng Peng (1906-1967), also known as Xun, also known as Honghu, was a native of Santang Town, Zhijin. In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), he was admitted to the Anshun Chongwu School, and after graduation, he served as a platoon leader of a company in the Zhou Xicheng Department. In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China (1928), he served as a company commander and deputy battalion commander in the Qian Army; in the twenty-first year of the Republic of China (1932), he was the squadron commander and battalion commander of the Anshun Military Instruction Team; in the thirty-third year of the Republic of China (1944), he participated in the Battle of Songshan and served as a deputy division commander and was awarded the Fifth Class Yunli Medal; in the thirty-eighth year of the Republic of China (1949), he was promoted to deputy commander and commander of the Thirty-ninth Army, and commander of the Shaoguan Garrison Command. Died in Taipei.
Author's close-up
Yang Hao, over the age of destiny, cultural seeker. He is a member of the China Democratic League, a member of the Guizhou Writers Association, a member of the Guizhou Critics Association, a member of the Guizhou Poetry Association, a member of the Bijie Writers Association, a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Zhijin County, the chairman of the Zhijin County Writers Association, the deputy editor-in-chief of Zhijin Literature and Art, and a member of the Zhijin County Poetry Association and the Artists Association.
Source: Culture Weaving Gold