Not afraid of war, the thousand-year-old pagoda stands tall
Greeting the prosperity of the world, the ancient pagoda has reappeared in its glory for thousands of years
Songjiang District has a long history and culture, with the name of "the root of Shanghai", known as Huating in ancient times, also known as Yunjian, Rongcheng, Gushui, etc., is the famous fish and rice town in Jiangnan. In the tenth year of Tang Tianbao (751 AD), Huating County was established, later renamed Songjiang County, and this year marks the 1260th anniversary of the establishment of Songjiang County. Before the opening of Shanghai, Songjiang was the political, economic and cultural center of Shanghai. In history, there was a reputation of "Su (Suzhou Province) Song (Songjiang Province) Wealth Half the World".
Songjiang District was once the center of the weaving and dyeing industry in ancient times, with a developed economy and many existing monuments, of which the Songjiang TangJing Building and the Xingsheng Sect Temple Pagoda (Square Pagoda) are the national key cultural relics protection units. On Sheshan Mountain in the territory, there is also the Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of sheshan and the Sheshan Observatory, which was built in the Qing Dynasty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, from 1068 to 1094 AD, the famous Xingsheng Sect Pagoda in Jiangnan was built, and in 1978, with this pagoda as the main landscape, the Square Pagoda Garden was re-established, covering an area of more than 180 acres. According to the garden architectural style of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the whole garden, centered on the stone paving square, is surrounded by ancient buildings and ancient cultural relics, including the square pagoda of the Song Dynasty, the Wangxian Bridge, the Brick Carved Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanmu Hall, and the Tianfei Palace of the Qing Dynasty.
"Square Pagoda", the real name is xingshengjiao temple pagoda. Xingshengjiao Temple was built in the second year of the Han Dynasty (949 AD) after the fifth generation, and the Square Pagoda was built during the Northern Song Dynasty Xining and Yuan You (1068-1094 AD), about 900 years ago. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Shengjiao Temple was destroyed, leaving only a tower and a bell tower. The tower is slender, a total of 9 floors, 42.5 meters high, due to the Tang Dynasty brick tower shape system, it is square, so the custom is square. During the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the pagoda was repaired many times until the 35th year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1770 AD) for major repairs, and the original 7th, 8th and 9th floors were destroyed and rebuilt, and the tower core pillar and the tower brake were replaced. On the 8th floor slab, a wooden pillar with a height of 13 meters is erected, which is exposed 8 meters away through the top of the tower. Later, during the Daoguang period (182l-1850 AD), the pagoda was damaged again, and a monk used his finger to write buddhist scriptures to raise funds to build the pagoda. Before liberation, cracks appeared in the brick body of the tower, and the wooden structures of each layer of the tower were all destroyed, from 1974 to 1977, the Songjiang cultural relics department took measures to preserve the original components of the Song Dynasty, replacing the corroded components according to the original system, of which the bucket arch preserved 62% of the original Song Dynasty, as well as the moon beam on the ticket door and the Luo han fang of the outer eaves; The eaves visit and so on are also original objects of the Song Dynasty. It reproduces the simple and beautiful and exquisite shape of the Song Dynasty Square Pagoda, and restores its youth.
This is the third time I have visited Fonta Park, and the first two times I have been in a hurry and have not left any deep impression. On this revisit, I specifically surrounded the square tower, watching and touching at close range, and taking pictures around the distance.
"Pagoda" Buddhist architecture. Originating in India, the Han Dynasty was introduced to China with Buddhism. It is usually composed of three parts: tower seat, tower body and tower brake. Songjiang has the "Jewel light pagoda" (leaning tower) of Tianma Mountain and the "Xiu Dao Pagoda" built by Sheshan during the Taiping Revival period of the Northern Song Dynasty (976-984).
The Xingsheng Sect Temple Pagoda in the Fang Pagoda Garden is a "pavilion-style tower", which fully embodies the Style of the Tang Dynasty, the tower body is only four sides, clear and concise, and it was previously possible to climb to see the whole picture of Songjiang, but now due to the epidemic situation, the climbing is suspended.
Xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda in the old Songjiang is also a "pillar of the sky" landmark building, the four fields can see the golden color of the spire and hear the wind chimes that come with the wind, although today's high-rise buildings have covered the glory and bells of the former golden roof, but the nearly 1,000-year-old building can always let people read the vicissitudes of history and rebirth, always let people taste the wisdom of ancient Chinese craftsmen, and always let people arouse their love for the culture of the motherland.
This piece of the wall in front of the square pagoda was built in front of the gate of the City God Temple in Songjiang Province in the third year of Ming Hongwu (1370). The City God Temple was destroyed by artillery fire during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and now only the Zhao wall remains, which is close to the (square tower), and is now relocated in front of the square tower as a whole. With a height of 4.75 meters, a width of 6.1 meters and a wall thickness of 3 meters, the huge brick carvings made of nearly 100 fine clay green bricks are one of the oldest, most exquisite and most perfect large-scale brick carving works of art in China.
The brick carving takes a monster as the main body, antlers, lion tails, ox hooves, dragon scales, foot stepping yuanbao, ruyi, coral, jade cup, next to the cash cow, ganoderma lucidum, etc., all of which are treasures in the world. Legend has it that the beast's name is "greedy", greedy, and everything must be swallowed, and later when he saw the rising sun on the seashore, he tried to swallow it, and drowned in the sea.
Standing in front of the brick carving, stop and watch, can't help but be impressed by the exquisite conception of China's ancient artists and the hardcover skills of skilled craftsmen, the brick carving is a three-dimensional painting, the picture is complex and not chaotic, lifelike, and the traditional crafts are best played; I can't help but be grateful for the careful protection and daily maintenance of the park by the Songjiang government, allowing us to appreciate the ancient artworks of more than 700 years ago.
Today we are here, and we will come to see this beautiful treasure of the motherland in the future!
This is the plaque with two inscriptions in the Square Pagoda Garden.
The 5 photos here are of the "Chen Hua Cheng Ancestral Hall" relocated here
Chen Huacheng, a native of Tong'an, Fujian, was the admiral of jiangnan in the 20th year of the Qing Dynasty (1840), stationed in Songjiang Province. In the 22nd year (1842), he led his troops to fight against the British army that invaded Wu Songkou and was killed in battle. In the same year, the Yi people built the ancestral hall and rebuilt it in the 24th year of Guangxu (1898). Facing north and south, it covers an area of 270 square meters. The existing foyer and basilica. The entrance hall has a construction area of 79.35 square meters, seven beams in three bays, a hard hilltop, a tween on the south forehead, and an elephant trunk. The main hall has a construction area of 115 square meters, nine beams in three bays, a front turnaround, a tween on the eaves, and a hard hilltop. In 1912, the Matsue League branch was established here. In the same year, Mr. Nakayama came to Matsu to inspect and stayed in the ancestral hall. Originally located in Xiujia Garden, the western section of Zhongshan 2nd Road, it was moved to Fangta Park in 1999. It is listed as the eighth batch of municipal cultural relics protection units.
Chinese heroes and martyrs will live forever!
Deep at the foot of Tushan Mountain, where the cedar forest meets the bamboo forest, there is a stone road, which is about 2 meters wide and about 20 meters long, and on both sides of the road stand 14 tomb stone statues of six different images, from east to west, guizhu, stone sheep, stone tiger, stone horse, wenchen and warrior.
The 14 Ming Dynasty stone statues and stele seats on both sides of this Shinto were excavated from all over Songjiang. Stone statue of Wu General II, Wen Chen II, Ma Yi, Hu Yi, for April 2004, excavated at the construction site of Rongjiang Community on Songhui West Road, was originally a stone statue on both sides of the tomb of Lady Xu Jie Yipin of wuyingdian University in the Ming Dynasty, Ma San, Hu Yi, originally a Ming Dynasty Libu Shangshu Zhang Jun Tomb Stone Statue Sheng, Ma Yi, formerly Songjiang Ming Tomb Stone Statue Sheng, Yang Er, in 1998, Chedun Town Xinyu Third Team unearthed, for Zhang Jun's tomb stone statue sheng, the original Tibetan Songjiang Museum; Gui ZhaoYi, formerly Zhang Jun's tombstone block; Gui Zhaoyi, September 2003, September 2003, Excavated at the construction site of Yexie Town Auto Parts City, it was originally a tombstone for Yang Yunsheng, a young secretary of the Guanglu Temple in the Ming Dynasty.
Although the stone statues that have experienced hundreds of years cannot speak, they have traces of history on them, and you can taste the life of their masters from their looks, and I salute the loyalty of these who cannot speak but silently guard around their masters.
The three photos here take a stone bridge from different angles is a "Wangxian Bridge" born in the Southern Song Dynasty, more than 700 years of history, through the wind and rain without falling, you can see from the third photo on both sides of the slightly raised edges can see how frequent people and cars and horses on this river across the songjiang ancient city.
The four photos here are of the Lan Rui Hall in the garden. Located on the west side of its ChangLang in the park, it is a Ming Dynasty building with a simple style. Located in the east of Baojia Bridge on Zhongshan West Road, a plaque of "Lanrui Hall" was hung in the hall, which was written by the Qing Dynasty calligrapher Zhang Xianghe, and the plaque has been destroyed. In the early Qing Dynasty, Zhu Chun, a native of Lou County (Songjiang), bought a mansion after returning to his hometown after serving as the inspector of Jiangxi.
Zhang Bi's ancient mansion was found in the third national cultural relics census, originally located at No. 2, Lane 61, Collapse Arch Building, with only one hall remaining. According to the local chronicle records, it should be related to the famous calligrapher Zhang Biqingyuntang in Songjiang in the Ming Dynasty, and has a relatively important cultural relics and ancient architectural value and historical and cultural heritage. In order to better protect and utilize the cultural relics and social value of Zhang's residence, the Songjiang District Government decided to relocate and restore the front hall of Zhang's residence according to its original historical appearance, and relocated it to Fangta Park for overall relocation and restoration.
Zhang Bi (1425_1487) character Ru Bi, home near the East Sea, so the name of the East Sea, later known as the East Sea Weng. A native of Huating County, Songjiang Province (present-day Songjiang, Shanghai). Emperor Mingxian became a second-year soldier and had long been a soldier, and had no scruples in discussion, and became the prefect of Nan'an (present-day Dayu, Jiangxi), who loved things and won peace with the people. Longer than poetry, cursive is very good, and is rated as 'upside down'. I tasted that my book was not as good as poetry, poetry was not as good as literature, and he wrote "East Sea Collection".
Its ChangLang is an antique promenade located on the west side of the Square Pagoda Park. It is built along the undulating terrain, connecting attractions such as Nanmu Hall, Water Pavilion and Wulao Peak. The whole promenade not only presents the natural slope of the north high and the south low, but also perfectly blends with the plain and thick of the whole park and the exquisite beauty of the square tower.
The name of its Changlang comes from a famous cultural relics and monument on the west wall in the middle of the corridor, that is, Dong Qichang's handwritten "Huaisu < Self-Narration >". Dong Qichang was a famous calligrapher during the Ming Dynasty, and also served as a rebbe Shangshu of the imperial court. Dong Qichang's calligraphy can be said to be eclectic, and the famous calligraphers in Chinese history, Such as Yan Zhenqing, Wang Xizhi, Su Shi, etc., have a great influence on him. Therefore, Dong Qichang's calligraphy achievements are very great. The Yunjian school represented by him is an important genre in the field of Chinese calligraphy.
Jiangnan gardens are mostly paved with gravel to form winding paths, and are built with the undulating terrain. However, the Square Pagoda Garden Barrier is like a sharp blade dividing the hillside into two, using the granite of The Zhangxu neat as the material, using the ancient trench Yongdao shape system, building between the hillsides, straight and curved, convex and concave, straight and measured, rich in changes, which is not seen in other parks in the country.
Fangta Garden is known as the Shanghai Open-air Museum, this trip to Fangta Garden deeply felt the history of Shanghai, there is also a brilliant page in China's 5,000 years of civilization, but also for the Shanghai Municipal Government and people's love for history and culture and are happy.
Looking at the rather old moss in front of these boulders, I wondered: Isn't that boulder the foundation on which our country, nation and people depend for their survival and development? It is a witness to Chinese history and culture and the cornerstone of historical progress. Today we have to do our best to maintain it so that the moss can live forever and be evergreen forever.
Songjiang Fangta Garden is a garden in the ancient city of Songjiang to view historical relics as the main body, the whole park covers an area of 182 acres. The site of the garden was originally the downtown area of the ancient Huating Pavilion in the Tang and Song dynasties, which is both the old shadow of the gathering of ancient literati and the epitome of the Songjiang ruins, which was built in 1978 with the main square pagoda in the park as the center. Walking into the Fang Pagoda Garden, this magical ancient building, ancient cultural relics are gathered, and the ancient trees are also the characteristics of the park, which will make you naturally produce a nostalgic feeling (the Tianfei Temple is under renovation, no photos are taken).
Today's Fangta Garden is also a good place for nearby residents to gather for fitness, and the quiet environment, dense woods, large lawns, and numerous pavilions are all good places for residents to move their bones.
Today's Fangta Garden is also an open-air museum of well-known ancient cultural relics, attracting the attention of historical and cultural travelers in Shanghai and other places, who touch history, feel history, enhance themselves and leave a deep imprint from wooden pagodas, zhaobi, ancestral halls, temples and stone statues.
I came once 20 years ago, that time was a hurried visit, only the impression of the square tower and no other impressions, this tour to see and go home to find information, so that I have a new understanding of the other tower garden, it is a living fossil in the treasure house of the motherland's culture, we can get close to the history and present of Shanghai here, and will revisit it later.