Kui Xing Lou
Hot River Chengde Kui Xing Lou was built in 1828 (Daoguang 8 years of the Qing Dynasty), by the then governor of Chengde, Hai Zhong, in order to bless a side of the cultural prosperity of the building, for the main worship of the Taoist god "open literacy point Scholar" Kui Xing God and so named, is the country's largest worship Kui Xing Taoist temple. 1998 restored to the largest place of Taoist activities. In 1998, it was restored as the largest Taoist activity place in Chengde. Regularly held large-scale Taoist and temple fairs, the people and students in the vicinity of thousands of miles of pilgrimage, the Kuixing building shade blessing in all directions, incense flourishing. The original building is located on the top of the half wall of the mountain, is a three hard mountain cloth mud tile hall, when the incense was in full bloom, in order to incense to and from the convenience, but also in the half wall of the mountain under the establishment of wharf, teepee. Later, Kui Xing Building was destroyed due to lack of maintenance. The newly-built Kuixinglou is located on the original site of the half walled mountain, covering an area of more than one hundred acres, and its architectural scale is much larger than the original building, and added many new contents with cultural connotations. The whole group of buildings is colorful, magnificent, and staggered according to the situation of the mountain.
The main building of the Kuixing Building is located on the mountain, the Dragon Gate, the Doo Palace, Rongshi Hall, Lejin Hall, Hongwen Hall, Kuixing Building and other buildings and halls are magnificent, Huishi famous springs are hidden in between, the iron locks stacks set up on the cliffs, and on the top of the mountain at the half-wall, set up an altar of the seven-star stone lamps and the handle of the spoon is still there. At night, the Kuixing building ten thousand lamps are bright, the building reflects, has become the only one night open tourist attractions in Chengde City, hanging around the scenic area can pray for God into the incense, to understand the ancient culture of Kuixing, to experience the mysterious Taoist activities, to enjoy the unique Chengde cultural programs and Kuixing thematic songs and dances, to watch the Xianxian monumental carvings, you can also climb to the top of the half-wall, the wind in the distance, a panoramic view of the whole of the city of Chengde.
The main ornamental attractions of Kui Xing Building are distributed in three districts, such as Plaza Court District, Palace District, and Gardening District: Dragon Gate, Zhongdou Palace, Seventy-two Blessed Places, Rongshi Lezhen Hall, Hongwen Hall, Kui Xing Main Building, Chengtian Terrace, Clever Springs, and Mountain Rim Stacks, etc. Among them, Rongshi Lezhen Hall is the east-west and west-west side of Chengde. Among them, Rongshi Lezhen Hall for the East and West Hall, were enshrined "life, happiness, joy, cooperation" and "fortune, wealth, wealth, security" eight idols, painted images, beautifully carved, unique. Hongwen Hall for the scene of a group of important buildings, by the front of the monument gallery and both sides of the climbing corridor cleverly connected. Selected from the Hall of Chinese history, influential thinkers, writers, artists, scientists and other celebrities 68, choose the essence of their lives a little bit, with images and brief achievements engraved on the monument, monument engraving above the large-scale scenario of imitation mahogany wood carving paintings, records of ancient China, "Hanging beams of painstakingly read," "chiseling wall to borrow light There are also 11 examples of hard studying in ancient China, such as "Hanging the beam to study hard" and "Chiseling the wall to borrow light". Inside the hall, there are also 16 monuments featuring Kuixing culture. The whole set of carvings constitute an enlightening, inspiring, glorious historical scroll.