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Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

Zhangbi Ancient Castle, the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, is a relatively intact military, residence, production, astrology, religious activities in China, a rare ancient pocket "castle", it concentrates the Xia Shang ancient cultural sites, The Northern Dynasty Tunnels, Jin Dynasty Tombs, Yuan Dynasty Opera Stage, Ming and Qing Dynasty Residences and many other cultural relics and monuments, especially the Northern Dynasty Ancient Tunnels, Khan Temples, Glass Monuments and so on are rare in the country.

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

Zhangbi Ancient Castle and Zhangbi New Village

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

Primitive ancient village

The praying rain building of Zhangbi Ancient Castle in Jiexiu, Shanxi, is a small wooden work of the Song and Jin dynasties, dating back more than 800 years, and is one of the few remaining Song and Jin small wooden works in China, which are basically preserved in Shanxi.

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain
Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

The building was reduced to a scale of physical buildings at that time, about 2 meters high, and was made of hundreds of pieces of wood, which was also very time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain
Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain
Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain
Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

The two eaves are fenced, and the top is the peak of the cross-stop mountain popular in the Song and Jin dynasties, which is rich and beautiful in shape, and is a rare national treasure-level cultural relic.

Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain
Shanxi Ancient Construction: Song and Jin Dynasty small wooden masterpieces - Zhangbi Ancient Castle Praying For Rain

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