On October 15th, the "China on the Mother River" network theme publicity activity interview group drove from Taiyuan to Yongle Palace in Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, to see the grand Tang Dynasty weather of the crown of all nations, and could not help but be admired by the wisdom of the working people on the Yellow River.
Travel through 800 years of dialogue art
In the late autumn evening, with a sense of awe, stroll through the long yongdao of Yongle Palace, through the lush cypress forests on both sides, and the spectacular ancient buildings come into view. It can be said that the Taoist temple is forested, the palace is majestic, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn. "This is the Sanqing Hall, the main hall of Yongle Palace, also known as the Hall of Wuji, which is majestic and magnificent, and is crowned in the whole palace." Xi Jiulong, president of the Yongle Palace Mural Protection Research Institute, said.
The main hall of Yongle Palace, the Sanqing Hall
Looking up, I saw that the appearance of the main hall was majestic and magnificent, the roof of the hall was inlaid with three-colored glass components, and the roof ridge was brilliant. Entering the temple, the front trough and shrine part are equipped with six algae wells, and the surrounding areas are supported by fine bucket arches, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. The inner eye wall and the flat chess painting, with dragons and phoenixes, flowers, etc., are colorful and elegant, which makes the reporters present marvel. The statue of the Heavenly Lord who was suspended on the back of the shrine still exists, and the level of production has always been praised, and at this moment, a kind of majesty rises in a silent atmosphere.
"Yongle Palace is the earliest, largest and most complete preserved ancestral court of the Quanzhen Sect in the Yuan Dynasty in China, and also the ancestral temple of the famous Taoist lu Dongbin in the late Tang Dynasty, with a history of 800 years, and is a large-scale Taoist garden integrating natural scenery, humanistic history, and leisure and health." Xi Jiulong, president of the institute, introduced that Yongle Palace preserves the five buildings of the Qing Dynasty Mountain Gate, Dragon and Tiger Hall, Wuji Hall, Pure Yang Hall and Chongyang Hall, which were announced by the State Council as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country, attracting teachers and students from major art academies to come to teach and practice all year round. ”
A glimpse of the stunning face of the Tang and Song dynasties
There are not only magnificent court-style buildings here, but also exquisite Yuan Dynasty murals. In order to better protect the frescoes, the light in the main hall is slightly dim, photography is prohibited, and reporters have leaned over to see as close as possible.
Murals of Yongle Palace
Only to see the figures in the murals are plump, vivid expressions, some lines as thin as hair, the most amazing thing is that a long line often does not see the place where the pen stops, as if in one breath, the scene of praise continues. Zhao Yun of the Central Broadcasting Network said excitedly: "The characters are all dressed in the same clothes, some are contemplative, some are dialogued, some are listening, some are looking forward to it, and each one of them is vivid and vivid, and his spirit is soaring." It is worthy of being a precious heritage in the history of world art. ”
"With a total area of more than 400 square meters, the Chaoyuan Tu depicts the grand ranks of 290 Taoist gods worshiping Yuan Shi Tianzun, and the mural author inherits the WuPai Taoist figure painting tradition left by Tang and Song Yan and creates various types of facial shapes." Xi Jiulong, president of the institute, said that the murals are both exaggerated and realistic, representing the highest achievements of traditional figure painting. Art historian Wang Bomin once said: "The murals of Yongle Palace are wonderful Taoist paintings of the Yuan Dynasty, an example of the development of ancient Taoist painting to a high level, and also a relatively important work in the religious paintings of the 14th century in the East. ”
The style of the Great Migration for more than fifty years is still the same
What is shocking is that the overall architecture and huge murals of Yongle Palace have experienced a "clean and tidy shift". Its original site is located in Yongle Town, near the Yellow River, which belongs to the submerged area of the Sanmenxia Reservoir Project, and was forced to "move" here. This was the first time in China, but the effect was unexpectedly good. Chinese art historian Yan Lichuan chanted a poem: "Twenty years in the past, I exclaimed that Lü Zu had moved away. Several times the gods three hundred and six, not mutilated and unscathed. ”
Xi Jiulong, president of the Yongle Palace Mural Conservation Research Institute, gave a lecture
The most difficult thing about relocating this huge project is how to uncover and restore thousands of square meters of murals. Xi Jiulong, president of the Yongle Palace Mural Protection research institute, said: "In August 1958, in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the condition of lack of funds, manpower and experience, the central government hired domestic skilled craftsmen to conduct many experiments, and finally adopted the method of cutting and restoration, and on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the founding of New China, successfully stripped more than 1,000 square meters of murals safely and relocated to the new site. Foreign experts exclaimed: No less than the relocation of ancient Egyptian sacred walls!
The relocation of Yongle Palace not only preserved the extremely precious Yuan Dynasty buildings and murals in good condition, but also accumulated and provided lessons for the protection and relocation of historical and cultural heritage in the subsequent construction of national key projects such as the Three Gorges Hydropower and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which can be described as immeasurable merit and far-reaching significance.
Recently, Shanxi was hit by heavy rainfall, and Yuncheng suffered the largest flood peak in 40 years, and Yongle Palace was not damaged. "Because our preventive protection work is in place, the daily maintenance efforts are increased, the roof is weededed, the two drainage channels inside and outside the Yongle Palace ensure that there is no water accumulation, and the prevention of water, fire, insect infestation and bird infestation is paid attention to." In June this year, all core areas were repaired. Yongle Palace will always maintain a unique appearance, and look forward to tourists from all over the world to come and see the appearance. Xi Jiulong, president of the Yongle Palace Mural Protection Research Institute, said that in the future, we must protect and inherit this cultural and artistic treasure and tell the story of the Yellow River.
Shanxi News Network reporter Lu Yiru
Source: Shanxi News Network