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.
On May 25, the reconstruction project of Chaozhou Zhenhai Tower (Former Fuya) began.
With a total height of 19 meters, 108 Fulou monkeys will be collected for design
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 by war and was not traced for a long time.
The picture shows the old photo of Chaozhou ZhenhaiLou displayed in the book "Old Shadow Chaozhou".
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.
The picture shows the renderings of zhenhai tower after the restoration.
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.
The picture shows the renderings of Zhenhai Tower and Fuya Square after the restoration.
Among them, the first floor is a stone brick concrete structure, a total of 7 bays, the appearance is the antique city wall and the city gate hole, the front door hole is equipped with a pair of stone lions on both sides, and the front square is built with a wall of eight characters; the second and third floors are pure mahogany wood structures, built in the form of traditional wooden structures, the inside is five bays, 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.
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.
The picture shows the fulou monkey on the original Zhenhai tower.
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 prefectural office, and the "monkey" was sculpted to "Hou", hoping to serve as an official, benefit one party, and be able to "seal the marquis and worship the minister".
The total construction period is 258 days, and the "house bell" will be reproduced.
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.
The bell of zhenhai tower is one of the eight scenic spots in chaozhou in the late Qing dynasty.
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.
The picture shows the excavated part of the original site of the Chaozhou Prefectural Office.
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.
For more than half a year, 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.
【Text/Photo】Xiao Yanjing, Su Shiri, Ye Tong, Dong Zhihao
【Author】 Xiao Yanjing; Su Shiri; Ye Tong
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client
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