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As a national historical and cultural city, it is also an important ancient city within the scope of Hebei Province. Zhengding County has a profound historical and cultural heritage and a large number of cultural relics and ancient buildings. Naturally, the Kaiyuan Temple in the city is one example.
Today's Kaiyuan Temple
The Kaiyuan Temple in Zhengding was founded in the second year of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (540 AD), originally named Xiehui Temple, and was renamed Kaiyuan Temple in the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (738 AD). The main building in the existing Kaiyuan Temple is The Sumire Pagoda, which is a relic of the Ming Dynasty reconstruction and maintains the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the temple also contains precious cultural relics such as the ruins of the Tang Dynasty Sanmen Tower, the Late Tang Bell Tower, the Tang Dynasty Bronze Bell, and the stone gantu of the Jin warlord An Chongrong after the Five Dynasties Period.
In 2017, archaeologists carried out large-scale archaeological excavations in the Kaiyuan Temple in Zhengding, unearthing more than 2,000 cultural relics in the cultural relics layer from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties. These cultural relics cover daily necessities, religious articles, from porcelain, pottery to architectural components.
In addition, in the large-scale archaeological excavation of Kaiyuan Temple, the ruins of ancient houses and handicraft workshops and shops were found. This shows the prosperity of the hundred industries in Zhengding City at that time. In 2018, CCTV's "Exploration and Discovery" column also made a special report on the archaeology of Zhengding Kaiyuan Temple. Some precious cultural relics have reappeared in the light of day and have been in close contact with today's people.
What is more interesting is that these excavated porcelain relics cover the four ancient porcelain kilns in the traditional sense of Hebei Province. In addition, the Kaiyuan Temple also unearthed some Jiangxi Jingdezhen porcelain.
The four famous kilns in Hebei tradition refer to the Dingyao kiln in Dingzhou, the kiln site in Shijiazhuang Jingxing, the Xing kiln in Xingtai Neiqiu County, and the Cizhou kiln in Handan. This shows from one side that Zhengding had an important economic and political position in ancient North China. Because of the convenient transportation and large population, it is enough to form the circulation of goods in different regions, and more precious porcelain will be preserved and unearthed.
At one site, porcelain from four famous kilns in Hebei can be unearthed, which is rare in the archaeological community in Hebei. And this phenomenon occurred in the ancient city of Zhengding, which is not accidental. From the perspective of reasons, the author believes that there are the following two points.
The first is that Zhengding has been an important city in the central and western regions of the North China Plain during the historical period from the Northern Qi to the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for more than 1300 years, and was also the political, economic and cultural center of the central and western regions of Hebei. It is the confluence of many avenues, which is densely populated and prosperous, so it has a large consumer market and enough purchasing power. This is also the reason why these famous kiln porcelain appear in Zhengding.
Dawn version of Tang Xuanzong
The second is the special situation of Kaiyuan Temple itself. Kaiyuan Temple flourished since the Sui and Tang dynasties and has been preserved to this day. This temple and the surrounding area were once important residential areas in Zhengding City. Therefore, there are layers of cultural relics from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the Qing Dynasty underground. Therefore, it is not surprising that the cultural relics of the dynasties will be gathered in such an area, and it is not surprising that more types of porcelain have been unearthed.
All in all, the cultural relics excavated from the archaeology of Kaiyuan Temple are part of the rich history and culture of Zhengding. It will surely add a dazzling color to this thousand-year-old city.
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