999, fly as you like~

It should be inherited from my father's temperament, I am a person who can't stay at home!

Spring and Autumn launched Nanchang 999 Fly with Heart on March 18, so I took my nearly 70-year-old father and started Fly with Heart~

The fifth stop, Shijiazhuang . Zhengding County ~

Zhengding Ancient City is located 15 kilometers north of Shijiazhuang City. It is famous for "three mountains are missing, nine bridges are not flowing, nine floors, four towers, eight temples, and twenty-four golden archways". In history, it was once called "Sanxiong Town in the North" together with Baoding and Beijing, and the stone forehead of "Sanguan Xiong Town" is still embedded in the south gate.

itinerary~~

Friday:

18:00, land at Shijiazhuang Airport, live in Zhengding Ancient City

ancient city night view

Saturday:

Longxing Temple, Four Pagodas, Hebei Museum

Sunday:

Guanghui Temple, Rongguo Mansion, Zhaoyun Temple, fly to Lanzhou at 14:25, transfer to Nanchang

Ancient City with New Rhythm, Free and Zhengding

Ancient City with New Rhyme, Free and Zhengding ~

This SLOGAN is really a perfect expression of the night view of the ancient city!

During the 3 days in the ancient city, I asked 3 Didi drivers: Where is the most beautiful place in Zhengding?

"Night view, the south city wall is the most beautiful at night, it must be seen"

After putting down my luggage, I chose to use a delicious meal to be a pioneer for Zhengding

Zhending Haojia Spare Ribs

I chose three items as local specialties: collapse liver, beef siu mai, hot meatballs

Beef Shaomai: The first one in the mouth has the smell of mutton, so I thought it was wrong. The second and third ones are irresistible, full of beef flavor.

Benggan: The first bite has a strong fishy smell. Chew the dry shredded pork, and the aroma of animal liver will come out. This is really a magic weapon for drinking. I fell in love with the second bite. It seems to be made of beef liver.

Eager meatballs: This dish broke my conventional understanding of the word "meatballs". It has a strong starchy taste and almost no meaty taste, which I don't like.

The portion of this store is not too much. We are 2 adults, 1 baby, and 2 elderly people. After eating the following piles, we are not very full.

At night, the city wall can overlook the night view of the entire Zhengding ancient city, and several towers will also be lit, which is another scene.

So we walked slowly along the main road to the South Gate~

The lights along the road decorate the new charm of the small town, and there is even a BGM on the street, which has been brainwashing and repeating Teresa Teng's "Story of a Small Town"

This road is Yanzhao South Street

After 7 p.m., the traffic police will close the road to prevent cars from leaving, and it will become a pedestrian street

Kaiyuan Temple is on Yanzhao South Street, and there is a protected site beside it.

There are delicious food on both sides of the street, and eating and drinking along the way is very lively.

However, it is a bit inconvenient that there are no shared bicycles and battery cars. Although the small town is not big, the scenic spots are separated by 1~2 kilometers.

Yanghe Tower spans Zhengding City South Gate Inner South Street

This building seems to be newly restored, a new one was built on the old site,

In order to accommodate the original base site, the city platform was enlarged, and it became a hot topic when it was repaired at that time, saying that it was completely different from the old one.

Liang Sicheng wrote in "Zhengding Investigation Chronicle": "Standing across the street to block the way is more solemn than Constantine's Arc de Triomphe in Rome."

I see that Yanghelou is very beautiful now~

There is also a Guandi Temple in the middle of the south, which is built on a platform.

Walk forward for about 5 minutes and you will see Huata of Guanghui Temple

The ancient city of Zhengding has a history of more than 1,600 years.

The city wall was built with earth in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and built with stone in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was expanded into an earthen city in the Tang Dynasty, and then changed into a brick city with a circumference of 24 li after expansion in the Ming Dynasty.

The existing Zhengding city wall is a relic of the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining 8,106 meters of the city wall remain.

Previously, the South City Gate Tower and the 50-meter city walls on both sides were repaired in 2001 by the Zhengding County Government calling on the people to donate old city bricks and investing 3.99 million yuan.

You can go up the city wall for free, and there is a huge parking lot under the city wall, free of charge!

Zhengding is a very orderly one among the tourist cities I have visited so far.

Free parking anywhere in the city,

Also here, I saw the most traffic policemen.

The best angle on the city wall is the "four towers" in the same frame~

The night view of the ancient city can be regarded as the business card landscape of Zhengding~

After finally walking around the city wall of the South Gate, we thought about going back to the hotel with satisfaction.

Call a car and go back to the hotel where the North Gate is located, 8 yuan

In fact, the total length of the central axis of the small town is only 2.8 kilometers~

Longxing Temple~~National Treasure Six Most

Tickets are 50 yuan, free for seniors over 70.

Longxing Temple was first built in the sixth year of Emperor Kaihuang in Sui Dynasty (AD 586). It was conferred and expanded by Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of Song Dynasty. .

The door opened at 8:30 in the morning. We arrived at 8.40, and the tour group hadn't shown up yet, so we couldn't catch up with the tour guide.

There are 100 yuan, 140 yuan, and 160 yuan three kinds of guides at the door

We spent 100 yuan and hired a guide

In fact, I also did some homework online, and brought a stack of text explanations, but the text has to be read by myself, and the real person said it is still much more vivid.

If there are many people, I recommend that everyone ask for an explanation. There are few people who want to guide and also hope to guide in a civilized way.

After all, they spent money to hire a tour guide, not to organize a tour group for free.

Just be quiet and listen from a distance.

We have been listening to 2 strong men next to us, and asked questions, but the commentator yelled, "I am not your commentator, please leave"

The ticket office is the Hall of Heavenly Kings, inside which is a wooden Maitreya Buddha

Behind the Hall of Heavenly Kings is the site of the Hall of the Sixth Master of Dajue

The ruins turned out to be the largest Buddhist hall in the temple. There are colorful hanging mountains and golden statues inside, which are very spectacular.

In the early years of the Republic of China, it collapsed due to years of disrepair

Longxing Temple is built with the Dabei Pavilion as the main body and adopts the layout of the central axis. It is a large-scale Song Dynasty architectural complex with a north-south depth.

There are six cultural relics in Longxing Temple, which can be called the most in China

The first place in China is the most isolated example of Chinese architecture: Mani Temple.

The Mani Hall was first built in the fourth year of Huangyou in the Northern Song Dynasty, covering an area of ​​1,400 square meters, and the entire building plane formed a cross shape.

This kind of structure is similar to the Song "Zao Fa Shi", which was very common before the Tang and Song Dynasties, but gradually disappeared after the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

This is the only isolated example of ancient buildings in my country.

Mr. Liang Sicheng, an architectural expert, found the empress of the Mani Palace and praised it greatly, saying that this layout is usually seen in Song paintings except for the turrets of the Forbidden City of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

On the Buddhist altar in the center of the main hall, five golden and painted Buddha statues are enshrined. In the middle is a seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha.

However, the most striking thing is that the walls of the hall are covered with murals on the theme of Buddhist stories.

I don't understand Buddhist stories, but these paintings are really works of art, murals of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the light is dim, the content of the murals, especially the texture of the clothes, can still be seen clearly.

The murals have fine brushwork and smooth lines. Although the main color of turquoise is no longer bright, it still looks very harmonious and exquisite.

The light in the hall is really dark, and most of the murals are completely invisible.

There are Buddhist "twenty-four heavens" painted on the four buildings of the main hall, among which the fifteenth heaven painted in the middle building - "Ghost Mother Heaven" is particularly eye-catching.

The second most beautiful Longxing Temple, the most beautiful inverted Guanyin in China.

There are more than 30 existing statues in this clay sculpture colorful hanging mountain, but the most striking one is the colorful Guanyin Bodhisattva statue in the middle, commonly known as "Inverted Avalokitesvara".

This Avalokitesvara faces north, so it forms the image of Avalokitesvara sitting upside down.

The Guanyin statue is 3.4 meters high, with an elegant and dignified posture and a beautiful and peaceful face.

According to the inscription, this image was rebuilt in the 42nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1563), and has a history of more than 400 years.

People who have faith in their hearts have great reverence for Bodhisattvas, so they cannot take photos of Buddha (the security guards will remind you)~

As a mortal, in front of this Bodhisattva, I spontaneously pay respect to the old masters. This clay sculpture is really a fine art.

In 1933, Mr. Liang Sicheng took a photo of this Guanyin and gave it to Mr. Lu Xun.

Mr. Lu Xun got the jade photo of Avalokitesvara sitting upside down, which he regards as a treasure and is known as the "Oriental God of Beauty".

He said that the other ones seem to "deify people", but this one seems to "deify people"!

This is a "milestone" statue in the history of shaping.

through the archway

After passing the gate of the archway, it is the altar of precepts.

The precept altar is the place where monks take precepts and hold ceremonies. Generally, monasteries do not have the qualifications for precepts.

Zhengding Longxing Temple is one of the three major mandala in the history of northern my country. The other two are Jietan Temple in Beijing and Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain. It can be seen that Longxing Temple has a high status among many temples.

Amitabha Buddha and Medicine Buddha are enshrined in the precept altar, which are double-faced Buddha statues cast in bronze. The two Buddha statues are connected with their backs and sit facing each other.

Passing the altar of precepts, you can see two typical two-story pavilion-style buildings in the Northern Song Dynasty distributed on both sides of the central axis. They are Zhuanlun Zang and Cishi Pavilion.

The third place is the best in China: Zhuanlun Zang.

The Zhuanlun Zang Pavilion was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty. The diameter of the Zhuanlun Zang inside is 7 meters, and a 10.8-meter wooden shaft runs through it up and down in the middle.

Although this wheel has gone through thousands of years, it only needs two or three people to turn it now.

There are very few extant objects in Zhuanlun Zang in China, and the Zhuanlun Zang in Longxing Temple is the oldest and largest one among them.

What we see now is the dilapidated version. There is a "Liang Sicheng Cultural Relics Protection Historical Site Exhibition" in the temple, which contains the photos taken by Mr. Liang at the time. After comparison, we found that there are still many coiled dragons on the pillars that Mr. Liang saw.

Cishi Court

Inside is a Maitreya Bodhisattva carved from single wood in the Song Dynasty.

The statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva has a stalwart body and stands on two green lotuses with its feet open, with a height of 7.3 meters.

I looked up and opened my mouth excitedly, and shouted out "how thick is this tree" without concealing it. The tour guide smiled

Stone monuments and ancient trees of different ages can be seen everywhere in the temple.

On the left and right sides are the Kangxi Stele Pavilion and the Qianlong Stele Pavilion. The grandfather and grandson really love inscriptions.

In the whole temple, there are only two places with yellow glazed tiles.

The fourth place is the most in China: Longzang Temple Monument.

In the history of calligraphy development in China, the Sui Dynasty was a transitional period from Han Li to Tang Kai.

The Longzang Temple Stele is the representative work of this period, and it is a precious material for studying the history of calligraphy development in our country.

Kang Youwei, a famous modern scholar, also praised this monument as "the first monument in the Sui Dynasty", and later generations even called it "the ancestor of regular script".

This ancestral stele is in the small pavilion in the picture below

Continuing to the back, there is the Dabei Pavilion, the main building of Longxing Temple

It is the tallest building in Longxing Temple, with a total of three floors and a height of 33m. It has railings, sits flat, and has a gable roof. Most of the hall was rebuilt in modern times.

Because the old trees block most of the building, there is a miniature model in the backyard, let us know its true appearance

It turned out to have a covered bridge~~

This is the first time I have seen a temple built into such a structure.

The fifth place is the best in China: Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes. (Treasure of the Temple)

Bronze cast iron Guanyin, which was cast in the fourth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty, is 21.3 meters high, has 42 arms in total, and weighs 76 tons.

It is the earliest and tallest bronze Bodhisattva in my country.

In addition to its own two hands and eyes, there are 20 hands on the left and right sides of the body, which hold different magic tools.

There is one eye in each hand, which becomes 40 hands and 40 eyes. It is said that each hand eye has 25 kinds of mana, 40 hands and eyes X25=thousand hands and thousand eyes.

As early as more than 1,000 years ago, without mechanization, such a tall bronze Buddha was cast entirely by hand, creating a miracle in the history of metallurgical casting in the world, and it is precisely because of it that Longxing Temple is also known as the "Great Buddha Temple".

The big bronze Buddha is cast in 7 sections from bottom to top.

The first section casts a lotus pedestal,

The second section was cast to the knee,

The third section is cast to the navel,

The fourth section was cast to the chest,

The fifth section is cast to the armpit,

The sixth piece is cast to the shoulders,

The seventh section is cast to the top of the head.

There are actually stairs on the side to go up, but now the stairs are closed and not allowed to go up.

One ear of Light Bodhisattva is 1.65 meters tall, taller than me. . . .

Behind the Great Compassion Pavilion is the Amitabha Hall

In the middle of the hall is enshrined Amitabha Buddha in clay sculpture and gold decoration of Ming Dynasty. I forgot to turn back and take pictures. . .

The sixth place is the most in China: Pilu Buddha statue.

The last hall is Pilu Hall. The statue of Pilu Buddha enshrined in the center is 6.72 meters high, and a small Buddha is cast on the Qianye lotus petals of the three-story rosette, forming a pattern of "thousand Buddhas around Pilu".

There are also three layers of four-faced Buddha, a total of 12, each Pilu Buddha wears five Buddha crowns, a total of 1072 large and small Buddha statues on the whole Buddha statue, and a thousand small Buddhas with different faces, which are of high artistic value.

Cast in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it has a peculiar shape and can be called an isolated case at home and abroad.

I was very curious and asked the explainer, why doesn't every Bodhisattva dust off the dust?

Unfortunately, she doesn't know~

This is the end of the explanation, and I feel that the 100 flowers are worth it.

As soon as the narrator left, I started to turn back to pat and pat. If the narrator followed, this would not let me go.

In the eyes of believers, these are gods.

In my eyes, they are exquisite art, and they must be photographed to give them a lot of publicity.

There is also a courtyard at the back of the temple, and there are many carved statues in it.

Zhengding free tour battery car

After wandering around Longxing Temple for more than 2 hours, we just got on the free scenic bus in Zhengding Ancient City after we came out.

The taxi driver, the owner of the small shop, the security guard at the Nancheng Gate, and even the hotel receptionist didn't know that there was a free car.

There is a general introduction on the Internet, and I just got out of the car and hit my face. I saw a small note on the car saying it was free, so I dared to confirm it.

I only see this line:

Zhaoyun Temple, Rongguo Mansion, Longxing Temple, Tianning Temple, Yanghe Tower, Kaiyuan Temple, Linji Temple, Guanghui Temple in this order (and vice versa)

There are a lot of cars parked at the entrance of Zhaoyun Temple and Guanghui Temple, which are the starting point of both ends, and one car will be sent every 20 minutes.

There are no signs and signs at the entrances of the scenic spots, so just stand at the entrance of the scenic spots and wait, and beckon when you see the speed of the car.

According to the order of appeal, the car stops at the entrance of the scenic spot for a maximum of 20 seconds, and drives away when no one is seen.

Beckoning on the road. Free, mask must be worn.

The ancient city is not very big, but it is still a bit tiring to walk on your legs.

Before I came, I checked the strategy and said that the Four Towers did not require tickets, but it turned out. . . .

Look at the picture below.

Zhengding Ancient City "Four Towers"~

Tianning Temple. Lingxiao Pagoda

Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it was originally one of the eight major temples in Zhengding. Now there is only Lingxiao Pagoda in the temple.

The biggest feature of the Lingxiao Pagoda is that a wooden pillar reaching the top of the tower is erected in the center of the fourth floor of the tower, and it is connected with the outer wall by eight radial beams according to the floor level. This kind of structure is the only existing example in China

The tower can't go up, and tickets are required, so I took a look outside~

Kaiyuan Temple. Sumeru Pagoda

Also known as brick tower, square tower. It was built in the second year of Xinghe in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (540 A.D.).

The tower has 9 levels and is 53 meters high. The plane of the tower is square and hollow;

The body of the pagoda is basically intact, with a simple and simple shape, which has the characteristics of a Tang pagoda, much like the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an.

The bell tower is more famous because it is the only example of the Tang Dynasty bell tower in China.

There is a huge bronze bell inside.

It's really hot at noon, and you need tickets, so you don't get off the battery car, and the car looks at the four towers

The whole picture of Yanghe Building during the day

Linji Temple. Chengling Pagoda

Linji Temple is the birthplace of Linji School of Zen Buddhism in China and the ancestral home of Linji Buddhism in Japan.

Also known as the Qing Pagoda, it is 33 meters high and has nine levels. The body of the pagoda is made of bricks and is octagonal.

It is currently closed and not open to the public. I saw monks coming out of it, and it is estimated that the temple is still in use.

Guanghui Temple. Huata

Also known as the flower tower, the only tower that can go up, so I paid 15 yuan for the ticket to go in.

It was built in the first year of Tang Zhenyuan (785-805 A.D.), and has a history of more than 1,100 years.

The tower is 40.5 meters high, with unique shape and structure.

The body of the tower is conical, and there are colorful sculptures such as tigers, leopards, lions, dragons and Buddha statues in relief.

The layered structure is rich in changes, reflecting the superb architectural techniques of the Tang Dynasty in my country.

The inside is very steep and quite difficult to climb. You can climb to the third floor and there is an outer viewing platform.

Last night, we were looking at this side on the opposite south gate wall

My dad has been flying with me for more than 2 months, and his face is tanned enough, hahahahaha

The old man has already started shouting that he is exhausted~ I will not play anymore and fly freely

Hebei Museum~~

Around 11:30, we got on the bus at the gate of Guanghui Temple, 2 yuan, and went into the city~

Come to visit the famous Hebei Museum in the National Treasure, if it is at the level of the hospital, you must come.

Make an appointment for free in the WeChat public account, and you can enter with your ID card.

The main exhibition halls are all in the South District, and there are free explanations in the official account. Be sure to bring your own headphones and listen to them one by one.

Hebei Museum Permanent Exhibition:

"Hebei in the Stone Age": most of the stones, fossils, site introduction

"Hebei Shang Dynasty Civilization": Bronze Civilization, Iron Wares, Pottery Pots, the Earliest Distiller's Qu, etc.

"Elegy of Generosity - Stories of Yanzhao": Bronze Ware, Jade Ware and Pottery Ware, etc.

"Warring States Heroes - Ancient Zhongshan Kingdom": occupies two exhibition halls. The upper hall is the folk customs of Zhongshan

Bronze wares, pottery wares, and jade wares in the lower hall (here is the scheme of gold, silver, four dragons and four phoenixes)

"Sweet Songs of the Great Han Dynasty - Man City Han Tombs": Occupies two exhibition halls. The upper hall focuses on the jade clothes with golden strands, and the lower hall focuses on the Changxin Palace Lantern.

"Northern Dynasties Murals": Murals Unearthed from Tombs

"Quyang Stone Carvings": Quyang stone carvings are exquisite, most of which are Buddha statues (painted stone sanle reliefs are here)

"Famous Kiln and Famous Porcelain": Fine Porcelain on Display

In the South District, the correct way to open is to walk down from the third floor, to see contemporary Hebei from ancient times

"Hebei in the Stone Age"

As soon as you enter, it is a fossil replica of a mammoth, huge and huge

Other exhibits do not copy and paste text, and listen to the explanation while seeing the truth,

I just picked my favorite exhibits to take pictures.

"Hebei Shang Dynasty Civilization"

The carved silver shop head with dragon and phoenix patterns on Liu Sheng's coffin

Two symmetrical panlongs are attached to both sides of the head of the Yinpu. The dragon's head leads its neck outward, and the middle is a ring with a beast face. The ring is composed of symmetrical double phoenixes and double dragons.

Of the various dynasties in China, the decorations of the Han Dynasty are the favorite, with various complicated curves interspersed

Liu Sheng's Jade Clothes

The jade pieces are two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight pieces, and each jade piece is threaded with one thousand one hundred strands of gold thread.

It is estimated that Liu Sheng has a relatively large beer belly, so the clothes also made the abdomen

Dou Wan's jade dress is slightly different, the corset part is made of silk fabric instead of gold thread

Openwork Shuanglong White Jade Bi

Unearthed from the tomb of Liu Sheng. Both sides of the bi are carved with grain patterns, and a pair of vigorous and majestic Kui dragons are carved openly on the top.

Changxin Palace Lantern

Unearthed from Dou Wan's tomb. Made of gilt copper, it consists of six parts: head, body, right arm, lamp holder, lamp panel, and lampshade.

Soot is inhaled through the right arm to keep the chamber clean.

The lamp panel and lampshade can be rotated and opened at will to adjust the irradiation direction. There are 9 inscriptions on the body of the lamp, with a total of 65 characters, which respectively record the weight, capacity and owner of the lamp. From the inscriptions, it can be inferred that the user has changed several times to Dou Wan.

Bronze sheep lamp

Wrong gold and copper Boshan furnace

Bronze Suzaku Ring Cup

Stitched Gold, Silver and Bronze Leopards

Dragon shape, Han Dynasty style can be seen at a glance

Gold cakes were also unearthed from Liu Sheng's tomb, but compared with the gold cakes from Liu He's tomb in Nanchang, this can only be regarded as golden beans

Copper pot with panlong pattern

Wrong gold and silver bird seal script copper pot

The whole body is inlaid with slender gold and silver threads to inlay bird seal characters and animal pattern belts.

Bird seal script is a variant of seal script. It is composed of characters in the shape of birds and insects, which looks like calligraphy and painting, vivid and gorgeous.

The translated text on the body of the pot means: "This is a beautiful pot."

Painted Stone Sanle Relief

This stone carving shows the loose band of the owner of the tomb. The person in the front of the man's clothes may be the conductor of the band, and there are two dancers under it, and twelve female musicians. Five people in the front row play harp, zither, pipa, clapper, and big drum; The stone carvings are carved and colored with white marble, and are inlaid with another relief of the same scale under the west and east walls of the back chamber of the tomb respectively. This is the relief on the west wall.

Painted Stone Service Relief

This is a relief on the east wall. Except for a dwarf in front of the team, there are thirteen maids, each holding different utensils and utensils in daily life, which is a portrayal of the life of the tomb owner during his lifetime.

I went back to Zhengding at night and chose another internet celebrity

Chen Hezi

Stir-fried 饸饹 is particularly amazing, the taste is similar to noodles, but stronger

You can put meat in the biscuits, and the biscuits are very crispy

Maoxuewang is hard to eat. . . Not recommended

Wander around the ancient city~~

I left all the main scenic spots in Zhengding yesterday, and there are still some sporadic spots left. Check in today

For breakfast, I found homemade Hu spicy soup, and the steamed buns with scallions are delicious

The ruins of the north gate of the ancient city have begun to be closed for renovation

From here, you can see the original wall pier

Free battery cars only have fixed lines, and such unpopular attractions can only be walked by legs

From the north gate, walk slowly to Rongguo Mansion

The 87 edition filmed the place where Dream of Red Mansions was filmed. Tickets are needed. I took a look~

Not far from Rongguo Mansion is Zhaoyun Temple, walk there for 5 minutes

There are also tickets here. . . Just look it up

This is not included in the package, it needs to be purchased separately, 20 yuan

Fortunately, Zhao Yunmiao is the starting station of the tourist battery car. I got on the car from here and planned to travel around Zhengding again.

I bought a box of pea yellow on Yanzhao South Street, and comforted me after traveling for 2 days. Very tasty, recommended.

The return flight was canceled unexpectedly, so I just flew to Lanzhou Airport to eat a bowl of Lanzhou Ramen, and spent 9 hours connecting to Nanchang.

Our trip to Shijiazhuang officially ended here.