Chaozhou Zhenhai Building Restoration 108 Fulou Monkey Design Schemes were collected

On the morning of May 25, in the Chaozhou ancient city Changli Road Cultural Park, Li Yalin, secretary of the Chaozhou Municipal Party Committee, announced the start of the reconstruction project of Chaozhou Zhenhai Tower (old Fuya). This means that Chaozhou will basically rebuild the Zhenhai Tower on the original site. Chaozhou Fu once had a glorious history of "one government managing nine counties", and Zhenhai Lou, as a representative building of the old mansion, is a cultural landmark for Chaozhou people at home and abroad to pin nostalgia and cohesion. The project is a key project of the Chaozhou Ancient City Upgrading Plan, which will revitalize the cultural and tourism resources of the ancient city with points and areas, and promote the new charm of chaozhou ancient city.

The total height is 19 meters

The area is about 1090 square meters

Historically, Zhenhai Tower was the tower of the Chaozhou Prefectural Office, which was founded together with the Prefectural Office in the early years of Ming Hongwu (1368 AD) and played a role of observation and defense. Zhenhai Lou is a symbol of Chaozhou as a county, county, prefecture, road and prefectural government in successive dynasties, and is also a powerful witness to the glorious history of Chaozhou as the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Guangdong. During the Xinhai Revolution, the Chaozhou government office was destroyed in the war, and there was no trace for a long time.

At the beginning of this year, the revised edition of "Old Shadow Chaozhou" published by Nanfang Daily published the old photograph of ZhenhaiLou taken before the Xinhai Revolution, which is the only video material of Zhenhailou that can be found at present. Chaozhou will design and rebuild the Zhenhai Tower according to the traditional Ming Dynasty building, following the principles of the original form system, original structure, raw materials and original technology.

According to the plan, the rebuilt Zhenhai Tower sits north and faces south, with a total of three floors, with concrete, stone, wood, brick and tile as the main structural forms, with a total height of about 19 meters and a total area of about 1090 square meters. The roof is red tile, designed according to the ancient official form of gray ridge mountain top.

Among them, the first floor is a stone brick concrete structure, a total of 7 bays, the appearance is an antique city wall and a city gate hole, the front door opening is equipped with a pair of stone lions on both sides, and a walled eight-character fence around the front square; the second and third floors are pure mahogany structures, created in the form of traditional wooden structures, the inside is five-bay, with double wooden ladders, external cloisters, 108 columns of the outer porch railings, and the top of the columns is carved according to the original monkey pillar of the mansion building.

There are 18 or 108 monkeys in Fulou, and there are different theories. The reconstruction project will be designed and constructed with 108 Fulou monkeys, and the design plan of Fulou Monkeys will be solicited from the society.

Zeng Yandong, a Qing Dynasty author, wrote in the "Little Bean Shed" written in the sixtieth year of Qianlong (1795 AD) that "the large threshold pillars are carved and decorated with wooden monkeys". In the old days, a province was regarded as a princely state, as a symbol of the government office, and the "monkey" was sculpted to "Hou", hoping to serve as an official and benefit one party.

The total construction period was 258 days

Will reproduce the "House Bells"

The planned Fuya Square is 65 meters wide and 64 meters deep, covering an area of 4,160 square meters. The restoration project will be combined with the landscape design of Fuya Square, supporting the construction of the front square road and drainage, greening, monitoring and lighting.

Chen Xianwu, an expert in Teochew literature and history, said that the historical Zhenhai Tower also has many social functions, such as playing the role of morning, timekeeping, and vigil, or a place to receive edicts, which can report disasters and can also be viewed and visited.

According to Chen Xianwu, because there was no clock in the old days, people often reported according to the official government, and the "Zhenhai Evening Bell ( also known as the 'Fu ya Bell') of that year was still one of the eight scenic spots in Chaozhou. The building "four hanging bells and drums", that is, the four sides of the mansion tower hang bells and drums, when a major event occurs, the bells and drums sound in unison, which plays the role of alarm.

It is understood that after the reconstruction of the Zhenhai Tower, the scene of "the bells of the palace" will be reproduced.

The construction of the ZhenhaiLou scenic landscape is of great practical significance for optimizing the pattern of Chaozhou's ancient city, enriching the cultural connotation, highlighting the characteristics of the city, and creating a characteristic boutique city on the coastal economic belt and a spiritual home for the world's hipsters. Chaozhou will strive to build ZhenhaiLou into a collection of Chaopai architecture and a cultural landmark that maintains nostalgia.

According to reports, the construction period of the project is 258 days. Since the end of last year, the Zhenhai Building (Old Mansion) Rehabilitation Project has completed the preparations for project declaration, feasibility demonstration, bidding and construction, and groundbreaking ceremony. On May 14 this year, the bid for the project was opened, and the winning bidders were Chaozhou Construction and Installation Corporation and China Mobile System Integration Co., Ltd., and the project supervision unit was Guangdong Urban Planning Construction Supervision Co., Ltd.

Over the past six months, the Chaozhou Municipal Party Committee and the Chaozhou Municipal Government have systematically deepened the research on the inheritance and protection of Chaozhou culture, formulated and implemented the action plan for the upgrading of the ancient city, quickly launched the creation of "three districts and one capital", accelerated the promotion of the "Eight Ones" project of arts and crafts, and strived to build Chaozhou into an important display window for traditional Chinese culture.

Written/Photographed by Xiao Yanjing, reporter of Nanfang Daily

Su Shiri, Ye Tong, Dong Zhihao