Qianlong Palace is a national AAAA level tourist attraction, world cultural heritage. Formerly known as the "Royal Edict of Anlan Longwang Temple", located in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, 20 kilometers northwest of the thousand-year-old town of Soap River.
Suqian Qianlong Palace is the highest specification, the largest scale, the only surviving, and the most representative of the palace-style ancient architectural complex. The complex is located in the ancient Grand Canal, north of Suqian Luoma Lake, south of the ancient Yellow River, east of Maling Mountain, and the provincial forest park into a line. Its geographic location along the lake and water, convenient transportation, four distinct seasons, pleasant climate.
Basic introduction Chinese name ：Qianlong Palace Original name ：敕建安澜龙王庙 Geographic location ：Suqian City, 20 kilometers northwest of the ancient town of Sohe Affiliated areas ：Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, Suyu District, Sohe Town Attractions ：Bell and Drum Towers, the Royal Monument Pavilion Titles ：National key cultural relics protection units (2001) Beginning of the time ：Qing Dynasty Shunzhi years Value ：World Cultural Heritage Historical and cultural, layout, the Royal Monument Pavilion, Bell and Drum Tower, Yidian Temple, Bell and Drum Towers, the Imperial Monument Pavilion, the World Cultural Heritage Yiyi Hall,Second Courtyard,Third Courtyard,Yuwang Hall,East-West Courtyard,Folklore Activities,Restoration and Protection, History and Culture It was first built in Shunzhi Dynasty of Qing Dynasty, and was reconstructed in 23rd year of Kangxi. After the Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing emperors' restoration and expansion, it has formed a northern palace-style complex covering 36 acres of land, surrounded by red walls, with three courtyards and nine closed compounds. Emperor Qianlong six times to Jiangnan, five stay in this, and build pavilions and monuments, money to repair, so it is also commonly known as "Qianlong Palace". 1983, the people of Jiangsu Province *** in order to protect this valuable cultural heritage, announced as a provincial-level cultural relics protection units. 2001 June was also announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection units. Qianlong Palace is one of the best-preserved royal palaces along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, with high artistic attainments and cultural value. On June 22, 2014, at the 38th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in Qatar, the Qianlong Palace was successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List as one of the important sites in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal for which China had applied for inscription. Layout layout Longwangmiao Palace complex, the layout is strict and neat, the scale is grand, the axis is clear, left and right symmetry, magnificent, majestic. From south to north, the whole complex is divided into six major parts. The southernmost for the ancient theater, the theater for the Qing emperor driving to see the play with, after all, the ancient cultural life is not very rich, the emperor went out to see the play is also very high enjoyment. Where there is a grade of ancient architectural complex, the ancient theater is generally indispensable. Ancient theater to the north, for the green brick paved wide square. On both sides of the corresponding "River Qing" "Haiyan" pagoda, the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong five times stayed at Longwang Temple, are from the "River Qing" "Haiyan "Pai Lou door in and out. The north side of the square is the gate, also known as the Zen Hall. Zen Hall on both sides of the door, placed two Qing dynasty in the early period of the royal stone lions, these two stone lions are said to be unique in Jiangsu Province, in the country is also only a handful. Through the Zen gate into the first courtyard, the center position is the Qianlong Emperor's decree to build the Royal Pavilion, the Pavilion is towering in the middle of a 5-meter-high Royal Tablet, the Royal Tablet engraved with the Qianlong Emperor's imperial edicts and poems, with high cultural relics value. The second courtyard is the overall architectural center courtyard. "Hall of the Dragon King", Emperor Qianlong stayed at the Dragon King Temple five times, and this is the place where he had his office ---- court proceedings and honored the gods and ancestors. The third courtyard, is the last courtyard of the Longwang Temple Palace, that is, the Qianlong Emperor's bedchamber. Longwang Temple Palace complex, the layout of the strict, grand scale, the axis is clear, left and right symmetry, magnificent, majestic. The whole is rectangular, double walls. The main buildings on the central axis is clear, staggered. From south to north, the whole complex is divided into six major parts. The southernmost part is the ancient theater building, with one gilt plaque of "Zao Pingcheng" hanging on the forehead square, and one gold plaque of "Yangchun" and "Baixue" hanging on the upper and lower doors. The playhouse is mainly used for the annual temple fair and the Qing emperor driving when the play, 1976 was demolished, now only 1.4 meters high stone base. Ancient theater to the north, for the green brick paved wide square. On both sides of the square there are two six-foot-high wooden god pole (commonly known as flagpole), god pole on both sides of the corresponding "River Qing" "Haiyan" pagoda, the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong five stayed at the temple of the Dragon King, are from the "River Qing" "Haiyan" pagoda door in and out of the. Stone lion shape for the front feet upright, back feet coiled, head high, strong and powerful, symbolizing the Qing Empire can not *** and the inviolability of the Chinese nation. The entire stone lion shape vivid, sophisticated materials, unique in the province, only a handful of domestic. Above the main door of the mountain gate, the blue brick is inlaid with seven gold-plated characters "Royal Decree to build the Dragon King Temple in Anlan" and one side of the "Qianlong Royal Pen" seal written in the royal pen of Emperor Qianlong. Zen door on both sides of the opposite two bright and two dark "foot door", is the emperor and civil and military officials in and out of the palace passage. Imperial Tablet Pavilion through the Zen door into the first courtyard, the center is the Qianlong emperor ordered the construction of the Imperial Tablet Pavilion, the plane was hexagonal, an area of 53 square meters, twelve vermilion pillars supporting the hexagonal heavy eaves save the tip of the umbrella-shaped yellow glazed tile roof. Because it is the royal "edict" built, yellow tile decoration, shaped like an umbrella, people also called "royal umbrella". Pavilion in the middle of a 5-meter-high imperial monument, the front of the monument cap engraved with the word "imperial decree", the front of the monument body is engraved with the full text of the imperial decree, the main content of the Kangxi, Yongzheng Emperor built the temple of the original cause and the construction of the process. On the back of the stele, there is a poem written by Qianlong in 22 years when he went to Jiangnan for the second time and stayed here for the first time: "The Emperor was diligent in the distress of the people, and the Dragon Shrine was built in Soap River, and the roof of the ridge was erected on the dam, and the building of the steep building was back in the whirlpool, and the biro-sacrifices were made with great sincerity, and the peace of the land was blessed for ever and ever, and the Pangcheng city would go to read the book and stayed in this place, and the defending of the party was a great deal of trouble, and the Pingcheng was how, and the God bestowed it with great splendor, and the sand brushes edited the flood wave." The two sides of the body and the cap of the stele are engraved with the poems written by the emperor in the 27th, 30th, 45th and 49th years of Qianlong's stay here. The beast of Gui Tuo (赑屃) on the pedestal of the stele is crouching and crouching, which is solid and powerful. On the upper edge of the cap and around the body of the stele, there is a huge five-clawed dragon in fine detail, with flowing clouds and auspicious energy, which is exquisite in shape. The whole piece of imperial monument engraved with the Qianlong emperor's imperial decree and poetry, elegant, elegant, domestic extremely rare, high cultural relics value. Especially the design of the Royal Pavilion, generous modeling, dignified, inside and outside the column, yellow tile red decoration, fully demonstrates the characteristics of the Royal building, style and unique noble temperament. In particular, the "imperial umbrella" save pointed top, the lower end of the inverted lotus basin, the middle hexagonal column engraved with different images of the eighteen luohan statue, the top placed on the symbol of the emperor's supremacy of the night pearl, so that the entire Royal Pavilion in the first courtyard dazzling, brilliant. Qianlong Palace Royal Tablet Pavilion Bell and Drum Tower On both sides of the Royal Tablet Pavilion, there are bells, drums, two buildings. East for the bell tower, west for the drum tower. The building's shape, layout, scale is the same, each with a floor area of 103 square meters, heavy eaves hermitage roof, roof thatched tile. The bell tower hanging in the Jiaqing 18 years Ma Shi Kui Jing cast octagonal iron bell, the bell weighs more than 2,000 pounds. Iron bell cast on each corner of the gossip graphic, the upper edge of the bell body cast "national prosperity and people's peace, the wind and rain" eight big words, the handwriting is dignified, strong and powerful. Inside the drum tower, placed 1.4 meters in diameter drums, dragon bells and tiger rings, drums sound thick. When Emperor Qianlong stayed at this temple, the bells and drums, the two sides of the music, to the highest etiquette to welcome the emperor's arrival. The wind chimes hanging from the eaves of the temples on weekdays emit a pleasant sound in the breeze, setting off the morning bells and evening drums in the temple, and the sound of birds chirping, echoing between the temples and spreading out beyond the clouds, making the Royal Decree of Anlan Longwang Temple even more majestic, majestic, solemn and sacred. Legend has it that whenever a flood comes, the Dragon King Temple bells and drums ringing, sound vibration for miles, in time to wake up people to evacuate the danger, so that the people from the disaster of the flood. Qianlong Palace Bell Tower Yi Hall The north side of the Royal Tablet Pavilion is Yi Hall. Located in the axis of the first courtyard and the intersection of the second courtyard, covers an area of 66 square meters, the face of the four, three deep, Yi Hall front door hanging "rain CiYun" plaque, the temple enshrined Yang, Liu, Du, Meng, the four great King Kong sitting statue, respectively, holding a sword, umbrella, pipa, python, symbolizing the "wind and rain," the statue of Buddha modeling realism, different demeanor, mighty and strong. The second courtyard The second courtyard is the center courtyard of the whole building. The main building on the Royal Road is the "Hall of the Dragon King", also known as the "Green Tile Hall". On both sides of the Hall of the Dragon King are the East and West Halls. The East Hall is dedicated to the "God of the Five Lakes" and the West Hall is dedicated to the "God of the Four Seas and Wells". The ten gods are holding wutai boards in their hands, waiting to worship the Dragon King in turn. Dragon King Hall is one of the temple's most distinctive main building, the temple heavy eaves hiatus, Qing-style dragon kiss. Yellow, green, blue-based six-color glazed tile cover, face seven, four deep, covers an area of 435 square meters. White stone platform in front of the temple, jade railing. The hall frontal square hanging "Fuyou Ronghe" gold-plated plaque, platform around each a treasure trove, used to burn paper in the past. Platform in the middle of the dragon platform, the platform has more than tons of heavy iron tripod. The entire Dragon King Hall, carved beams and painted buildings, arches and eaves, structural rigor, decorative splendor, gold and blue, endless charm. The main hall is enshrined in the East China Sea Dragon King, for the gold sitting statue, dignified and majestic demeanor, people are in awe. Around the eight water gods (commonly known as the eight warlords). Behind the Dragon King elephant, painted with colorful murals, painted with an elephant, elephant body standing a child, holding a pot of Nianqing, the meaning of the symbol of "evergreen". All the buildings in this compound is the temple monks daily Buddhist activities, the main place, the Qianlong emperor five times stayed at the Dragon King Temple, is also here in the political deliberations, God and ancestor worship. Qianlong Palace Wind Chimes Third courtyard The third courtyard, the last courtyard of the Longwang Temple Palace, is also the bedchamber of Emperor Qianlong. The buildings on the horizontal axis at the intersection of the second and third courtyards are the Spirit Palace and the East and West Hipped Halls respectively. The hipped halls were used by the monks in the temple to read and compose poems and study Buddhism, and also used by civil and military officials to deal with political affairs and take a rest for entertainment when the emperor was visiting. In the east wall of the Ling Palace, Wang Lingguan is holding a seven-section whip, and in the west wall, the god Weisang is holding a pestle and mortar. Hanging above the main door, "Fuk Jing Lingbo" horizontal plaque, the Emperor Qianlong driving, this hall is also called "divided Palace Hall". After the Emperor and Consort entered the Harem, all other civil and military officials were forbidden to enter. Yuwang Hall At the north end of the central axis is the Yuwang Hall, also known as the Hall of the Goddess of Mercy. Yuwang Hall belongs to the Palace-style Dazu, heavy eaves hard mountain, roof decorated with yellow glazed tiles and dragon kisses, the Hall is divided into upper and lower two floors, covers an area of 360 square meters, face seven, five deep, located in the green stone slabs built on the 1-meter-high Shumai platform, the height of the Hall is more than 20 meters, is the highest temple in the "Dragon King Temple Palace". On the ground floor square hanging on the "Gong Chong Li Thin" gold-plated characters of a red plaque. Hall of the bright South China Sea Goddess of Mercy sitting on the lotus seat. The second floor of the floor is composed of 304 vertical and horizontal combination of painted with the dragon wind to present the kind of colorful picture of the wooden board hanging system, the dragon wind dance, multi-style, each different. The dark rooms at the east and west ends belong to the abbot's room and the scripture room, and the top floor can be accessed by climbing the escalator from the dark rooms. The statue of King Dayu is placed in the center of the top floor. Qianlong six times in Jiangnan, five times in this honor are night in this temple upstairs, people called "the main palace". With the Palace corresponds to the Palace is located on both sides of the East Palace and the West Palace, which is accompanied by the Princesses of the South to live in the place. The compound is planted with cypress, persimmons, tung, tsubaki, acacia, poplar six trees, meaning "a hundred cities with the spring," "a hundred generations of Huai Yang," symbolizing the Qing dynasty and the Chinese nation for generations to come and flourish. Although nearly three hundred years of wind and rain erosion, cypress, persimmon, acacia, poplar tree is still strong and upright, branch green, which the yellow poplar tree (also known as the Millennium short), into the "world of flowers and plants". Qianlong Palace Yu Wang Hall East and West Contour Courtyard and Qianlong Bedchamber with the "East Corridor" and "West Contour Courtyard", is the East and West Palace of the ancillary compounds. Located on the horizontal axis of the bedchamber. East corridor courtyard has a monk and fasting room (also known as the imperial dining room) more than 20 rooms, west corridor courtyard has a study and living room (also known as the imperial study) more than 20 rooms. The structure is symmetrical; the shape is the same. The two corridor courtyard to the south are set up "imperial garden", there are pavilions, platforms, buildings, salons, bridges and rivers; peonies, peony, peony, plum blossoms, orchids, flowers, exotic flowers, fragrance in all seasons. It shows the elegant charm of "the winding path leads to a quiet place, and the Zen room is deep in flowers and trees". Folk activities Since the Qing Dynasty, every year on the eighth, ninth and tenth days of the first month of the lunar calendar, for the Soap River Anlan Longwang Temple Temple Fair. At that time, many men and women come to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying for blessings and good luck. Nearby Shandong, Henan, Anhui provinces of the merchants and businessmen, folk artists also came in droves, gathered Soap River. A time to visit the temple, God's honor, see the scene, shopping, "wooden knife and wooden sword red tasseled gun, peach monkey rabbit green bamboo python, paper-cutting and carving rattlesnake drums, sugar man mud whistle small flower stick" have everything. This is the most glamorous soap river town of three major incense will parade around the street, towards the mountain sacrifice. Boats, floats, dragon dances, lion dances, all the temple people together to worship the Dragon King, a sea of people, unprecedented, was listed as the first of the 36 Northern Jiangsu incense event. For hundreds of years, year after year, even 10 years of the "Cultural Revolution", but also only interrupted the content of religious customs, other folk activities have never been interrupted, can be called a major spectacle in the history of Chinese folklore. Repair and Protection Longwangmiao Palace, a precious ancient architectural complex, was once destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, causing incalculable losses. In the early eighties, after hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, as well as war and man-made destruction of the "Royal Decree of Anlan Longwang Temple", still with its rich historical and cultural heritage and superb ancient architectural skills, caused the party committees at all levels and the attention of the ***. Provincial *** and provincial cultural relics protection department experts have repeatedly on the Longwang Temple for investigation and demonstration, that "Royal Decree of Anlan Longwang Temple" is the country's many Qianlong Palace in the highest specifications, the largest, the only one to maintain a relatively intact, and the most valuable Qing dynasty northern palace-style ancient architectural complex. Protect the cultural heritage of the Qing Dynasty, for the study of ancient architectural art and the development of Qing Dynasty history and culture is of great significance. 1982, the people of Jiangsu Province *** announced its provincial cultural relics protection units. Since 1982, the province, city, county people *** and relevant departments to seriously implement the "Chinese people *** and the State Cultural Relics Protection Law", in line with the "protection-oriented, rescue first". Protection first, salvage the first" policy, strengthen the protection measures, increase protection. 1982, 1988, 1992, 1993, the province, city and county *** *** spent 1 million yuan respectively on the Longwang Hall, Pavilion of the Royal Tablet, bells, drums and other large-scale repair. 2001 July, "Longwang Temple Palace" was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection units after the provincial, city and county people *** and county people *** and county people *** and relevant departments to seriously implement the "Chinese People's *** and State Cultural Relics Protection Law", in line with the "protection of the main, rescue first" approach, strengthen protection measures, increase protection efforts. After July 2001, "Longwang Temple Palace" was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit, the provincial, municipal and county people *** and cultural relics management department, and then re-established a systematic and detailed rescue program and maintenance measures, the first phase of the project cost 2.5 million yuan, the second phase of the project cost 1.45 million yuan, so that this ancient architectural complex has been effectively protected. At the same time, people at all levels *** in a spirit of responsibility for history, determined to restore the "Royal Decree of Anlan Longwang Temple" of the original historical appearance, to give full play to its due historical and cultural value and socio-economic benefits, and to promote the healthy development of the "two civilizations" construction.