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"Brother, where shall we go for a stroll today?"

Chen Chao came back to his senses from the past thoughts, but he didn't hear clearly what his junior brother Zhang Yingjun said, so he asked:

"What did you say?"

"Brother, what are you thinking about? You're so engrossed. The launching ceremony is tomorrow. Aren't we going to take a good look around Jianzhou City today?"

"Well, then I'll take you to see some ancient buildings inside and outside the city, and tell you about the history of Jianzhou City."

"I heard that the origin of the name Fujian is closely related to Jianzhou."

"Yes, yes, then let me tell you from here."

It turned out that during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court established Fujian Road in Fujian, which governed the five states of Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Tingzhou.The Fujian Observer commanded the military, civil affairs, finance, judiciary and other powers of Fujian Province and became the highest chief executive of Fujian.The name of Fujian is taken from the initials of Fuzhou and Jianzhou respectively.

The landscape and city construction of Jianzhou City can be summarized by "three mountains", "six rivers" and "seven bridges".The three mountains refer to Zhishan, Qishan and Fushan.Liushui refers to the six main rivers in the city.The seven bridges span the river in the city respectively, and they are all in the shape of a cross, called Yongze Bridge, Pingzheng Bridge, Zhen'an Bridge, Leihua Bridge, Enbo Bridge, Shunmu Bridge, and Desheng Bridge.

Jianzhou City has gone through the vicissitudes of time and the change of dynasties. This glorious city was destroyed by wars many times.When the city was first built, it was built at the bottom of the Shipwreck Mountain in the south of the stream, and it was Jian'an County City.The north-south span of Jian'an County is about 1000 meters, the east-west span is about 2000 meters, and the circumference is about 5000 meters.

In the early years of Liu, Song and Yuanjia in the Southern Dynasties, Hua Jinzhi, the prefect of Jian'an County, moved the county to the foot of Huanghua Mountain.In the last years of Xiaoliang in the Southern Dynasty, Jian'an County City at the foot of Huanghua Mountain was burned down by Changsha Hou Xiaoji.Later, Xie Ye, the prefect of Jian'an County, moved the county city to the west of Xixi, and set up a fence to rule it.At the end of the Southern Dynasties, Luo Wenguang, the governor of Chen, moved the county back to the foot of Fuchuan Mountain in Shuinan.In the first year of Tang Jianzhong, Lu Changyuan, the assassin of Jianzhou, moved the city again to the foot of Huanghua Mountain.

At that time, Wang Fan, the governor of Jian'an County, built eight city gates around the city. In the east, Dongping Gate and Dong'an Gate were built in the east of Pingshan Academy; in the south, Tonghai Gate was built between Fuchuan Mountain and Meixian Mountain. The south gate of the town was built between the Yunji Mountains; the Ning Gate was built in the west of the former residence of Lu Meng, a famous general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, and the De Gate was built in the west of the Wuzhuxing Temple of the former King of Minyue; Build the Wumen Gate and build the Chaojiang Gate in the north of Guangxiao Temple.

And Jianzhou stabbed the Jianzhou City built by Lu Changyuan. The city wall has a circumference of nine miles and 340 three steps, a height of two feet, and a width of two feet and one foot.There are nine city gates, Jianxi Gate in the south, Tongxian Gate in the southeast, Jian'an Gate in the southwest, Ningyuan Gate and Tong'an Gate in the east, Shuixi Gate in the west, Xijin Gate in the northwest of Shuixi Gate, Xijin Gate There is Linjiang Gate in the south and Chaotian Gate in the north.

The 36 streets and 72 alleys in the city are square and neat like cutting tofu.The main neighborhoods are "Xiange", "Dengjun", "Xuanhua", "Xingren", "Anding", "Chongru", "Heyi", "Pingli", "Shangshu", "Futong", " Xingxian", "Pingsi", "Guanglu" and so on. The intersection of "Heyifang", "Pingsifang", "Shangshufang" and "Futongfang" is the busiest market in Jianzhou City, hence the name "Dashi Street", where the famous shops in the city are concentrated .

Guanglufang is outside Tong'an Gate, and the street is just outside the city. It stretches northward to the front of "Baiyun Temple", about three miles long.Half of this place is a store, and it is also one of the largest downtowns in Jianzhou City.Because it is located at the key point of water and land, it chokes the channels of business travel in the three counties and hundreds of townships.On the land side, there are villagers from "Dong'an", "Xiazhen", "Dongfeng", "Dongyou", "Shuibei" and other places; People from places such as Shan, Moxia, Dongbai, Xibai, Xiaoqiao and Yushan.On the waterway, there are civilian boats sailing down Songxi, Zhenghe and Dongxi. These boats berth by the stream near the Xiluan Ferry and Dongmen, and then land and enter the city.Therefore, the "Guanglufang" attached to Guoguo in the east gate is full of land and water, business travelers gather, the city is prosperous, and all kinds of industries are flourishing.There are three alleys above Guanglufang, called "Chengmenbian Alley", "Ersheng Alley" and "Sansheng Alley".

In front of the "Zushi Bridge" in the middle of Guanglufang, there used to be a "Zhenwu Temple" dedicated to "Xuanwu Emperor".At the Luan Ferry at the end of the street, there are "Baiyun Temple" and "Tiantang Temple". The two temples are only a few steps away from each other. "Baiyun Temple" was moved from the city during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It is commonly known as "Dongchan Temple". There are more than [-] monks on weekdays. "Tiantang Temple" was originally named "Tiantang Temple", but it was changed to "Zhenru Temple" in Hongwu period, but it is still called "Tiantang Temple" among the people.Because there is "Baihe Mountain" on the left and "Luan Ferry" on the right, it adds a lot of scenery to Guanglufang. On a good day in spring and autumn, the trees on the mountain are verdant, and the ferry is full of boats. The scenery is beautiful.Going north from "骖Luandu", there is also the old "Sheji Altar", with the "Wind and Rain Altar" on the right and the "Thunder Altar" on the left. Every year on the day before the beginning of spring, there is an example of encouraging farmers.The governor of Jianzhou personally presided over the ceremony of whipping the cattle to signify the beginning of spring plowing.

There is a tower on the "Tongxian Gate", which is the Taibao Tower. "Taibao Building" faces Shuinan, with the sound of the stream and the scenery of the mountains, and the scenery is picturesque. There are many inscriptions on this place.In the past, there were "Temples of Guandi" at the eight city gates of Dafan Fucheng. Why did the "Tongxian Gate" in Jianzhou City not have the "Temple of Guandi" but the "Taibao Building"? It turns out that the "Temple of Guandi" was built at Jianximen before "At that time, suddenly the world was dark and the wind and rain were raging. It seemed that there were magical soldiers fighting in the sky. After people were frightened, they remembered that there was a former residence of Lu Meng in the south of the opposite stream. Lu Meng and Guan Yu were life and death enemies. The two enemies did it. They moved the south gate "Guandi Temple" to "Dingjia Lane", and "Tongxianmen" also faced Shuinan, instead of building "Guandi Temple", they set up "Taibao Temple" .

The "Taibao Building" is the most popular temple in the city for incense. Usually, more than a hundred people come to the temple to burn incense and pray every day, especially on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Taibao's birthday, and it is extremely lively. People carry offerings: glutinous rice cakes, tail intestines, fish, and puppet shows are sung day and night on the tower.As soon as one candle is lit, another person pulls it out and replaces it with a new one; the incense sticks are simply stuffed into the stove as firewood.In addition to the income from incense, gold and pole poetry, the temple wishes, the candles did not know how much money they sold.In the old days, the common people jokingly said that being the congratulator of the Taibao Temple is far better than being the magistrate of a county.

Under the "Taibao Building" beside the city of "Tongxianmen", there is also a "Dingguang Temple", which is also known as "Zhunti Pavilion".Zhunti Bodhisattva is one of the six Avalokitesvara of Tantric Buddhism, so the temple is a place for old women to "go to the temple", and going to the temple is a ceremony for entering religion.Superstitious activities such as Zhaipo chanting scriptures and worshiping the ten kings are also held in this temple. The ten kings are the kings of Hades in the ten halls.There are a small number of nuns presiding over the temple.Its believers are different from the "Taibao Temple", and the incense is also very strong.The "White Horse Temple" separated from the "Dingguang Temple" is dedicated to the god of "Jiang Gong". I don't know what is sacred?Because it is adjacent to the above two temples, people don't like to favor one over the other, and they go to burn incense, but they get a lot of money from them.

"Zhouxue" means "Confucius Temple in Jianzhou City", also known as "Holy Temple" or "Confucian Temple".The Confucian Temple faces south, and there are schools on both sides.There are huge steles in front of the gates on both sides, which read "Civil and military officials dismount here".Entering the temple, the four characters "Wanren Palace Wall" are written on the south wall.In the east gate is "Wenchang Pavilion", dedicated to "Wenqu Xingjun"; in the west gate is "Xiangxian Temple", dedicated to local "sages".There is a bridge in the middle, and a half-moon-shaped "Panchi" is cut on the left and right sides of the bridge.Other buildings include "Yimen", "Halberd Gate", "Lingxing Gate", "Minglun Hall", "Jixian Hall", "Wooden Hall", "Shepu" and so on. In the middle is "Dacheng Hall".

Confucius was revered as the "teacher of all ages" in the feudal era, and he had an extremely lofty status in the minds of Confucians. "Dacheng Hall" worships Confucius in the middle, with "Fusheng" Yan Yuan and "Shusheng" Kong Ji in the east; "Zongsheng" Zeng Shen and "Yasheng" Meng Ke in the west.Every spring and autumn, sacrifices are made, and the ceremony is grand. The highest local official must serve as a "official official" and perform four prostrations. The halls and halls of the "Confucius Temple" are exquisitely constructed and resplendent in gold and jade.

The water source of the Haochi in the city comes from the "Olive Pit" behind the "Huanghua Mountain", and it flows to the "Water Street" and is divided into two branches.The eastbound one goes from Shanghaodong to "Ningyuan Gate" and goes around the "Cangqiao" to the "Pingzheng Bridge" in front of the mansion, the "Luohun Bridge" in front of the ancient building, and then traces back to the "Enbo Bridge" through the "Shenghua Bridge". bridge".The westbound one turns from Xiahaodong to the southwest "Desheng Bridge", and also flows to "Enbo Bridge".After the second stream converges at "Enbo Bridge", it passes through "Shunmu Bridge" in the north, exits from the water cave of "Siping Garden" and merges into "Xiaosongxi".Because "Enbo Bridge" is where the East and West Haodong double streams meet, people come here to watch the water potential during the flood season every year.If the water flows down, there will be no flood; if it is found that the top is flowing backwards, it is a sign that the stream will rise.

Jianximen has a pontoon bridge across Songxi, leading to the south of the stream, named "Seven Star Bridge".Go down the road by the stream, walk about 1000 meters, and you will come to "Guangxiao Temple".Guangxiao Temple has a long history and is unparalleled among Buddhist temples in Fujian.It was built in the second year of Yongding, Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty. Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple was more than 100 years later than Guangxiao Temple, Fuzhou Gushan Yongquan Temple was more than 200 years later than that, and other Zen temples were even later.

Guangxiao Temple has a large scale, and its halls are built with huge nanmu.The main building of the temple is the Daxiong Hall, which houses the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni as high as nine meters.The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in Guangxiao Temple is Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands, which is sculpted with precious yew and is more than two meters tall. "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Arms" is also known as Avalokitesvara with Thousand Arms and Eyes, Avalokitesvara with Thousand Eyes and Arms, etc.The thousand hands of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva means to protect all living beings, and the thousand eyes means to observe the world.There is a Ksitigarbha Hall in Guangxiao Temple, but ordinary small temples do not have a Ksitigarbha Hall. The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva enshrined in Guangxiao Temple is made of [-] tons of pure copper.

To the west of Guangxiao Temple, there is a walking temple of Wuzhu, the king of Minyue of Han Dynasty.At the foot of Yunji Mountain, there is a well-known temple——Kaiyuan Temple. Kaiyuan Temple was originally the former residence of Lu Meng, a famous Sun Wu general of the Three Kingdoms.After Lu Meng's death, his descendants still lived here scattered.During the Jin Taikang period, Lu Meng’s descendants donated this homestead to build a temple, originally named Linquan Temple, which was built in the Taikang period of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, and renamed Kaiyuan Temple during the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.

There is a seven-character verse poem chanting Kaiyuan Temple, which is written in a whirlwind manner: "The tide of the stream brings rain, waves and flowers, and the westerly wind falls on the broken bank and the trees are cold; the shadow of the tower is in the green and Han Dynasty, and the bells are far and near, and the white clouds are remnant. In the sea, bottles of wine are facing the blue beach; recalling the early spring in the south of the Yangtze River, the post plums look at the horses' heads one after another."

And there is another seven-character poem that reads: "Going south of the county is Cangzhou, and the golden sands of the precious land reflect the blue stream. The sound of cicadas first entered the temple in May, and the two colors of the day turned into autumn. Lu Meng's former residence buried grass, and Lu Yu came here that year. Qiu, and there is a heavy pavilion above, where Vimo can relax in a room."