What are the "Eight Scenes of Bianjing" in the Northern Song Dynasty? Can they still be seen in Kaifeng, Henan Province?

The Imperial River of the Great Song Dynasty, which passes through four piers of Baogong Ancestral Hall, Xisi, Qishengjiao, and Bianjing, and is the only bridge museum of the Song Dynasty in the country, where visitors can take a boat ride on the water system to enjoy the whole "Tokyo City". Experience the feeling of "dreaming back to Song Dynasty". Night tour of the Imperial River, lanterns reflecting the water, boat waves, oars and lights, people in the painting, the water and the moon cage yarn, hook rail tile shop, both sides of the stacked emerald green, bright lights, the corner of the building reflecting the show, the Qing song sheng up, the flow of the night peaks of love unlimited, are integrated into the Song Dynasty Imperial River in the rippling water.

University of the big, not in the city, not in the building high, not in the hustle and bustle; in the culture, in the heritage, in the precipitation. Such a university, called Henan University. Henan University has a hundred years of wind, four seasons of flowers, crystal snow, bright moon, she is based on the millennium Song dynasty tower in the north, east of the Ming dynasty ancient city wall, tall and elegant modern complex, after a hundred years of wind and rain, immortal face, ink and calligraphy rhyme into the sky, Plum Garden spring ginkgo flowers, into Henan University, read the modern complex reflected in the emerald green, into the vicissitudes of the years carved into a temple, into a school of rich fragrance of the books. The school is full of the fragrance of books. If you want to go to the place, all night long." Said is the Drum Tower. Stars in the sky, overhead lights, around the stove, surrounded by the sound of people, when night falls, pick the lights and fire, the whole night market has become a sea of lights, a sea of people, diners come in droves, yelling and shouting, all kinds of food, "windy incense thousands of miles, against the wind smells a hundred," even the bench is fat, even the silhouettes are fragrant, and even the wind is satiated, and even the stars are craving!

Yuwangtai in the pines and cypresses, ancient trees in the sky, strange trees and flowers, flowers, pavilions and pavilions, beautiful scenery, birds chirping, pleasant scenery. Climbing there, people will be happy with their eyes and mind. During the temple fair every year, tens of thousands of peonies and peonies in the Peony Garden are in bud. Peonies are as big as fists and fragrant, showing the elegant style of "national color and heavenly fragrance", while peonies are delicate and graceful, reflecting with 2,000 colorful cherry blossoms like clouds. Spring breeze, the shore of the blue trees and flowers," flower-appreciating tourists one after another, forming a magnificent landscape of the sea of flowers and people.

Silver snow on the red bricks, dreaming of Qifeng City, the eaves piled up snow, wooden windows knot flowers, red lanterns against the ebony, white snow, snowflakes sprinkled on the old tiles, wooden carts, crow-topped boats, green stone boards, the Juxian Lake, Scholar's Bridge, the lake island, Qifeng Inn, a building in this school of hazy snow-white world, out of the ordinary, return to the tranquil and quiet nature of the life of the modern water town, white, white, white, white, white, white. The modern water town, the snow set the red wall, a slice of falling agarwood.

Once a year, the autumn wind is strong and the yellow flowers are fragrant. Kaifeng Chrysanthemum Festival is like a big tree, y rooted in the Kaifeng land, y rooted in the hearts of Kaifeng people. The influence it has produced, in terms of its breadth, has far exceeded the boundaries of Kaifeng, famous at home and abroad, chrysanthemum meeting season, the city's chrysanthemum exhibition of up to 3 million pots, varieties of 1,300, chrysanthemum rhyme fragrance, the dark fragrance of the sleeve, the formation of a "city full of chrysanthemum yellow" of the spectacular scene, Kaifeng chrysanthemum + Song culture has become the golden business card of the city of Kaifeng, a sensation in the world. It has become the golden name card of Kaifeng City, which is a sensation in the world.

Iron Pagoda was originally a pagoda for storing Buddha's relics in Kaibao Temple of Northern Song Dynasty, with iron colored glazed bricks all over, and more than 50 bells with patterns of Buddha statues, Flying Sky, Leibao, Descending Dragon, Kirin, and flowers on the brick surface. Pagoda body upright, ornate decoration, like a pillar of the sky, uprooted from the ground, piercing the sky, the style is grim. At night, the tower light and shadow show colorful, brilliant, interpretation of the classics, brilliant, shocking audio-visual, enlightening the soul. In the light and shadow show, through the "listening to Zen, summer lotus, autumn dew, ten thousand Buddhas return to the clan" four chapters, sketched out the Tower spirit, wisdom, light of the Buddha's paradise color and dream Zen edge, people here "enlightenment, listening to the language, salute to the Buddha, cultivate the edge of the", industry experts are called Tower The light and shadow show is the first light and shadow show in China.

Bianjing Eight Scenic Spots is the essence of the ancient capital. As early as in the Ming Dynasty, the book "Ming Chenghua Henan General Records" has records of "Bianjing Eight Scenic Spots". That is: "Burgundy Liang Xingyun, Yishan Sunset, Jinliang Xiaoyue, Zisheng Kaifeng, Baigang Winter Snow, Dahe Spring Wave, Blowing Table Autumn Rain, Kai Bao Morning Bell."

With the change of history, Li Lian of Ming Dynasty rewrote the "Eight Scenes of Bianjing": "Spring Dawn of Fan Tai, Iron Pagoda, Golden Pond, Boat Bridge, Bright Moon, Waves of River, Autumn Wind of Bianshui, Smoke and Willow of Sui Embankment, and Frost Bell of Xiangguo".

In the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty, the "Eight Scenes of Bianjing" in the "sound of the river" deleted, added "Liangyuan snow clearing", and "Jinchi over the rain" was changed to ".... Jinchi Over Rain" to "Jinchi Night Rain", "Bianshui Autumn Breeze" to "Bianshui Autumn Sound", and "Spring Dawn on Fan Terrace" to "Spring Dawn on Fan Terrace". "The modified "Eight Scenes of Bianjing" have been passed down till now.

Now, most of the eight scenic spots in Bianjing are gone.

The spring color of Fan Tai, Fan Tai is no longer there, only the Fan Tower built during the Northern Song Dynasty remains, which is the oldest surviving building in Kaifeng.

Jinchi over the rain, Jinchi is Jinming Pond, the original Department of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the four major royal gardens, but in the Ming Chongzhen fifteen years after the flood, the pool garden annihilation. Now is in the Kaifeng Development Zone, Jinming Avenue Square, southwest of the re-establishment.

The state bridge, the state bridge is also the Bianhe River at the time of the 13 bridges in the most spectacular one, the end of the Ming Dynasty due to flooding bridge was buried in the current ground level below the 6 meters or so of the place.

Bianshui Autumn Sound, Bianshui is Bianhe River, a section of the Grand Canal excavated by the Sui Dynasty, was a major river running east-west across the city of Tokyo, which was later flooded by the Yellow River. The ruins of Bianhe River are now also buried under the streets and buildings in the city center.

Sui embankment and willow, Sui embankment, that is, the embankment of Bianhe River. Because of the opening of the canal when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the embankment along the river is called Sui Causeway. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the river was destroyed by floods and the embankment died. Now from Kaifeng to Suixian, Ningling, Shangqiu to Yongcheng to go to the highway roadbed is the Sui dike.

The eight scenic spots of Bianjing that can still be seen now include the Iron Pagoda in the clouds, located in the northeast corner of Kaifeng City, today's tourist attraction Iron Pagoda Park.

Liang Yuan snow clearing, Liang Yuan, also known as the Rabbit Garden, is the Western Han Dynasty in the early years of the Han emperor sealed his son Liu Wu in Daliang, in the blowing platform to build pavilions, the name is Liang Yuan, located in the southeast of Kaifeng City, the Ming Dynasty, when built the Yuwang Temple, has now been opened as a tourist attraction Yuwangtai Park.

Xiangguo Frost Bell, Xiangguo, that is, Kaifeng City, Daxiangguo Temple, Frost Bell refers to the bronze bells in the temple. The Daxiangguo Temple is located in the center of Kaifeng city and is one of the main tourist attractions in Kaifeng.

The Song Dynasty version of the eight scenic spots in Bianjing are: Burgundy Mountain, Yishan Sunset, Jinliang Xiaoyue, Zisheng Kaifeng, Baigang Winter Snow, Dahe Spring Wave, Blowing Terrace Autumn Rain, and Kaibao Morning Bell.

Burgundy is a famous palace in the Song Dynasty. Song Huizong political and seven years (1117) construction, Xuanhe four years (1122) completed, the initial name of the mountain, later renamed Burgundy, Shouyue, or even called Shoushan Burgundyue, also known as the Huayang Palace. 1127 Jin people captured Bianjing after the demolition.

According to the Ming Dynasty Li 濓 compiled by the Bianjing Relics Zhi Volume IV "mountains" records, Kaifeng since ancient times, there is a natural formation of non-artificial accumulation of false mountains - Yi Mountain. The text reads: "Yishan is east of Anyuan Gate in Richeng City, which is named after the flatness of the mountain, also known as Yimen Mountain. Ancient Yimen, is the Hou Ying supervision place." Another Qing dynasty "xiangfu county" volume of five "geography - mountain" section records: "razor mountain in the county northeast of the Anyuan door in ...... and Anyuan door is the north door of Bian, the north door terrain is quite high, seems to be razor mountain (remains)." "Kaifeng Fu Zhi" (Kangxi thirty-four years this) also has the same record. Kaifeng City, compiled by the Office of local history compilation committee, "Kaifeng scenery" in the "garden scenery - mountain" section of the Yi Mountain has this description: "Yi Mountain in the Song Dynasty, the potential is still notable, there is a 'steep ridge' 'Gonfou' said that, after the After the gradual leveling, so there is to the leveling of the mountain and the name of the cloud."

Now the eight scenic spots of Bianjing in Kaifeng City:

I. Spring Colors of Fan Terrace

Fan (read: pó) Terrace is located in the south-east of Kaifeng City, on the west side of Yuwantai Park. There was originally a natural formation of about 100 meters long wide platform,

Because of the original residents living in the vicinity of the family name of Fan, so it is called Fan Taiwan. As early as in the fifth generation, the second year of the Zhou Dynasty's Xiande? In 955 AD, a temple was built here. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, it was destroyed by fire. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt and called Guoxiang Temple, which was destroyed in 1927, and now there is only one temple built in the Kaibao period of the Northern Song Dynasty. 968-976 A.D.? The traditional tower is the oldest surviving building in Kaifeng.

Second, the iron tower traveling clouds

The iron tower was built in the Northern Song Dynasty Huangyouyuan years? 1049 AD? An iron-colored glazed brick tower, commonly known as the Iron Tower. Located in the northeast corner of Kaifeng City, today's tourist attraction Tieta Park.

Iron Pagoda original Department of the Northern Song Dynasty Kaibao Temple to store the Buddha's relics of the pagoda, the tower body for the equilateral octagonal thirteen layers, 55.88 meters high, the body is covered with iron-colored glazed bricks, brick pattern with Buddha, Flying Sky, Leibei, descending dragons, unicorns, flowers and so on, more than 50 bells. Pagoda body upright, ornate decoration, like a pillar of the sky, uprooted from the ground, piercing the sky, the style is grim. White clouds gently rubbing the top, hanging bells tinkling in the air, standing under the tower to look up at the top of the tower, the tower can be seen on top of the blue sky, waist entangled in white clouds, the scenery is spectacular. Pagoda body built within the spiral staircase landing, you can pick up the steps circling up, straight to the top of the tower.

Third, Jinchi night rain

Jinchi that is Jinming Pond, the original Department of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the four major royal gardens, is the water games, the place of military maneuvers, is located in the western suburbs of Kaifeng City, the area of the Maneu Zhuang, due to the Yellow River inundation, no longer exists, and now the Kaifeng Development Zone, the southwest side of the Jinming Avenue Square to re-establish.

Every year in March, the Jinming Pond spring, peach red like brocade, willow green as smoke, pink butterflies among the flowers, oriole on the tree, the capital residents come out of the city to the Jinming Pond excursions. Jinming Pond is also planted throughout the lotus root, every rainy night, people love to go here to listen to the sound of rain hitting the lotus leaves. After the rain cleared everything is fresh, there is a new atmosphere, so there is a "Jinchi night rain," as it is called.

Fourth, the state bridge moon

The state bridge is the Northern Song Dynasty in Tokyo across the Bianhe River, through the Imperial City of a stone bridge, the site in Kaifeng City, Zhongshan Road in the middle of the present day, the east mouth of the large paper Square Street to the east mouth of the small paper Square Street between the end of the Ming Dynasty due to flooding bridge was buried in the current ground level below 6 meters or so.

The State Bridge is a beautifully engraved, solidly constructed stone flat bridge, which is a major transportation route. Bianbian water flows under the bridge, people come and go on the bridge, very lively. The stores and restaurants on both sides of the bridge are prosperous, and the music and songs are in a row. Standing on the bridge, looking south at the Vermilion Bird Gate, looking north at the palace Xuan De Building, the center is the sky street. The story of Yang Zhi selling knives in "Water Margin" happened here. The State Bridge was also the most spectacular one among the 13 bridges on the Bian River at that time. Whenever the moon is bright, "the two banks of the river are interspersed with song buildings, and the light of the moon shoots at each other", the clear sky and the moon are right, and the crowds of people who climbed the bridge to watch the moon are coming and coming, bustling. People overlooking the river, the silver moon wave flooding, bright moon sinking to the bottom. Therefore, it is known as the "state bridge moon".

Fifth, Liang Garden snow clearing

Liang Garden, also known as Rabbit Garden, the Western Han Dynasty in the early years of the Han Emperor sealed his son Liu Wu in Daliang, in the Blow Terrace Pavilion Court, the name Liang Garden, located in the southeast of Kaifeng City, the Ming Dynasty, when the construction of the Yuwang Temple, has now been opened as a tourist attraction Yuwangtai Park.

Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiaowang, liked to recruit literati and strategists, such as Sima Xiangru, a great writer of the Western Han Dynasty, and Meixian, a rhetorician, who often recited poems and fugues with the king of Liang Xiaowang, playing songs and dances. In order to satisfy these literati and scholars' love of playing, the Liang Garden was built. The newly built Liang Garden, halls and pavilions, staggered, rare birds and strange stones, elegant architecture, valuable flowers and trees, composed a beautiful natural picture. People use the proverb of "Show nothing more than show in Liangyuan, strange nothing more than strange in the blowing platform" to describe Liangyuan. Especially in winter, snow covers the trees with silver and jade. When the wind and snow stops, the clouds scatter, the sun rises, Liangyuan silver, enchanting, the scenery is more charming. Therefore, there is a "Liangyuan snow clearing" said.

Six, Bianshui Autumn Sound

Bianshui, or Bianhe River, is a section of the Grand Canal excavated by the Sui Dynasty, which is a major river crossing the east and west of the city of Tokyo, and then flooded by the Yellow River. The ruins of Bianhe River are now buried under the streets and buildings in the city center.

The painting "Qingming Riverside" by Zhang Zeduan of Song Dynasty vividly depicts the magnificent and fascinating scene of the Bianhe River in those years. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Bian River was a transportation lifeline for the capital city with boats weaving day and night. The land on both sides of Bianhe River was fertile, rich in products and towns. Whenever the season of late autumn, the water in Bianliang rises sharply, the blue wave is like a silver chain, the gust of autumn wind blows, the wave surges and rolls, the reed is like snow, the wave strikes the wind, and the sound of the water is clear. The ripples on the water surface are like floating flowers on the silver mirror, which is very nice and gives people the enjoyment of beauty. Therefore, it is called "Bianshui Autumn Sound".

Seventh, Sui embankment

Sui embankment, that is, the embankment of Bianhe River. Because the canal was opened by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, the embankment was built along the river, so it was named Sui Causeway. At the end of Ming Dynasty, the river was destroyed by floods and the embankment died. Now the highway from Kaifeng to Suixian, Ningling, Shangqiu to Yongcheng to the roadbed is the Sui embankment at that time.

The Bianhe River Sui embankment is not only the main artery of transportation between the north and south of the country, but also a beautiful sightseeing spot. Bai Juyi, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Sui Embankment Willow", "From the west to the Yellow River and east to Huaihuai, the green shadow is 1,300 miles, and at the end of Daye, in the twilight month of spring, the willow color is like smoke and flocculation like snow." It praises the scenic beauty of the Sui Embankment in Bianhe River. In those days, the willow was planted on the embankment, and the wind blew the willow flakes and made them look like smoke. Whenever early in the morning, climbed the embankment and looked far away, but saw the dawn mist, the willow was covered in light smoke, verdant, as if half containing smoke and half containing sadness, the scenery is particularly charming, is a wonderful willow color disorientation of the landscape. Therefore, it is known as "Sui embankment willow".

Eight, Xiangguo Frost Bell

Xiangguo, that is, Kaifeng City, Daxiangguo Temple, Frost Bell refers to the temple's bronze bell. Daxiangguo Temple is located in the center of Kaifeng, is one of the main tourist attractions in Kaifeng.

The Daxiangguo Temple is the Northern Song Dynasty Royal Temple, the temple has two bell towers, after the destruction of the military fire and flooding, has now been rebuilt, now hanging in the bell tower copper casting a large bell for the Qing dynasty Qianlong thirty-three years? In 1768 AD? Cast. 8 feet high, weighing more than 5000 kilograms. The bell is cast with "consolidation of the imperial map, the emperor's way of life, the Buddha's day to increase the light, the wheel of law is always turning" 16 words of inscriptions. At that time, the daily four temple bell that is sounded, people heard the sound of the bell have to get up on the court into the city, into a new day of life. Although the wind, rain, frost, snow never stop. Especially in the late fall, chrysanthemum yellow frost season, knocking on the copper bell, bell tower will come out of a burst of loud bells, the sound of the whole city. Therefore, it is called "Xiangguo frost bell".