Chapter 82 The Ancient City of Weishan
Shaking for half a moon, Ouyang Fei'er and the others galloped all the way and finally came to the ancient city of Weishan located in the Red River. The ancient city of Weishan began to build the earth city by the general manager of Dali Duan, and it was officially built after a hundred years, and the whole city still maintains the chessboard pattern when the city was built more than 600 years ago. The streets and alleys in the ancient city are criss-crossed, and the standard tic-tac-toe structure is constructed, with a total of 25 streets, 18 alleys, and a total length of 14 kilometers. The houses in the city basically maintain the Chinese-style structure, with houses on both sides of the north and south main axes. Most of the dwellings in the ancient city are courtyard type, maintaining the characteristics of the civil structure of "three squares and one wall", "four in five patios", the two streets outside the north gate are the main residential areas, the street is paved and the gate, the width is generally 6-7 meters, and the back is the residence. Most of the houses sit north and face south, and the house orientation is about 15 degrees west-south, which is the best way to combine local lighting to make up for the poor light side of the "four-in-five patio". In the meantime, with the increase of population and economic development, several streets have been expanded accordingly, and the height of the wall of the ancient city is the same.
The ancient city of Weishan has a city wall, four city gates in the east, west, north and south, and the center of the city is built with a star arch tower, and the shape of the ancient city is like a seal. The interior of the city is a checkerboard street pattern. There are 25 streets, 18 lanes, and the streets are crisscrossed. The north city building of Weishan is called Gongchen Tower, which was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. On the tall city walls, there are five ancient buildings with heavy eaves and resting roofs. The south side of the city tower hangs "Kuixiong Six Edicts", and the north side hangs the horizontal plaque of "Ten Thousand Miles to the Sky". The ancient building is 23.5 meters high, and the lower tongue city wall is 8.3 meters high. The truss is supported by 28 large columns, and is ascended by two small gates on the east and west. Climb to the top of the building, look around, the four streets of east, west, north and south extend in all directions, and the houses are like houses. The whole Weishan Dam is in full view, and it is very spectacular.
The towering Gongchen Tower and the Star Arch Tower have become the landmark buildings of the ancient city. The dwellings in the ancient city basically retain the Chinese structure of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Some are "three squares and one wall", and some are "four in five patios", which are simple and elegant. Inside and outside the ancient city, there are many ancient buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as the Confucian Temple, Wenhua Academy, Jade Emperor Pavilion, Dongyue Palace, etc.
Weibao Mountain is like a big green lion, looking back at the ancient city and the Gua River, the reservoir and dam at the foot of the mountain are like its dresser, and the white clouds floating on the water surface are like its dressing mirror. The mountains are undulating and majestic, the pines and cypresses are upright, the winding paths are secluded, and the scenery is charming. The Taoist temples of Weibao Mountain are the most numerous, the most magnificent, and the architectural style is the most local ethnic characteristics. Among them, the longevity cave gossip architectural style, the eight immortals crossing the sea hollow relief on the door of the main hall, and the eight pairs of caisson hollow dragons on the top of the main hall are unique in the famous Taoist mountains. There are 22 Taoist temples built on Weibao Mountain, the scale is large, and the building technology is exquisite.
Yuanjue Temple is covered by trees and beautiful scenery. There are two couplets in the main hall, one is: "A water hugs the lonely city, there is no smoke, the monk with a cane returns to the vast outside; the peaks are towards the palace, the rain is sunny, and the people leaning on the railing are in the drawing." One is: "The high pavilion is high hanging, the low pavilion is low hanging, the monk is looking at the painting in the painting; the far peak is far away, the near peak is near the magazine, and people come to the mountain to watch the mountain." In the towering GΓΌbelin in front of the Yuanjue Temple, there are twin towers towering, about 15 meters high, there are nine floors, there is a treasure roof, it is a square dense eaves type brick tower. Yuanjue Temple back to the mountain face city, from the mountain gate to pick up the steps, one into the three courtyards, step by step ascending, there are four heavenly king hall, the hall of the great majesty, the apse. There are side halls on both sides of the Daxiong Treasure Hall. The whole temple building structure is rigorous and decently arranged. The forest here is deep and dense, the flowing water is murmuring, the environment is quiet, and the tourists are endless.
The Xizi River in the west of the ancient city of Weishan is the source of the Red River, which was called Yanggua River in ancient times. Climb to the top of Weibao Mountain, look at the ancient city, the zigzag Yanggua River flows slowly southward, like a "melon vine", and the villages on both sides of the bank are like the "melon fruit" on the "melon vine", constituting a beautiful scenery of "melon map". On both sides of the Yanggua River, there was a tradition of planting melon plants such as winter melon and pumpkin in ancient times. When ripe, there are melons everywhere, under the illumination of the sun, like jade flashing, known as the scenery of "Gua River Lei Jade". "A river hugging a lonely city" refers to the Yanggua River that flows through the west of the ancient city of Weishan to the ancient city here just around a bend, like the arm of a big hand, the ancient Weishan City is surrounded by the Yanggua River in the arm bend, very vivid.
The ancient city of Weishan is very lively at this time, people come and go, all kinds of shouting and shouting continue to sound, Ouyang Fei'er and others came here to find the signal of the master to come to the Hongchuan guest village located in the center of the ancient city, this guest village is the largest guest village in the ancient city of Weishan, when a few people entered the guest village, they found that several disciples of their master were chatting and drinking tea in the guest village, and a few people hurriedly stepped forward: "Hello junior brothers, I don't know who led the team this time?"
"Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Sister Ouyang, Senior Sister Sun, is polite, this time it is the head of the sect Jin Xin who led all the disciples to participate in the three factions competition, and Master Jin Xin is resting upstairs, just waiting for your arrival to go to the top of the mountain together. A disciple of Houtu Peak said to a few people.
"I don't know if I can bother my junior brother to lead me to meet my uncle?" Zhao Mingjian asked with a salute.
"Senior brother and sister, please come with me. Everyone walked upstairs with this disciple, went up to the third floor and came to the door of Tianzi No. 3, knocked lightly on the door, and there was a voice from inside the door: "Come in." The disciple pushed open the door and entered the room, saluted Jin Xin, and said, "Senior Uncle Ouyang, they are here." β
Jin Xin opened his eyes and looked at the people in front of him: "I didn't expect you to come so soon." β
"The disciple participates in the teacher's uncle. Zhao Mingjian and the three of them saluted Jin Xin and said at the same time.
"No need to be polite, since you are here, stay in this guest village today, and we will set off for the top of the mountain early tomorrow morning. Jin Xin said to the three of them.
"Yes. β
"Okay, Ming Jian and Fei Fei, you two go out first, Fei Er left something I want to say to you. β
The disciple retired. β
Jin Xin watched Zhao Mingjian and Sun Feifei walk out of the room and asked Ouyang Fei'er, "Fei'er will introduce me to the two little friends around you?"
"This is Xiaoyun, this is Feng'er, this is Lan'er, they are my sister, and this is the head of the family. Ouyang Fei'er introduced everyone to each other.
"Fei'er, do you know Yang Yi's whereabouts?"
"Back to Senior Uncle, where is Senior Brother Yang Yi now" I don't know, I just said that if you want to find him, you just need to go to the barren mountain. β
"Barren mountains?" Jin Xin lowered his head and pondered.
"By the way, Uncle Shi, I don't know how the news brought back by the elder a few months ago was handled by the master?" asked Ouyang Fei'er.
"This matter is still under investigation, don't worry, the master will give Yang Yi an explanation. Alright, you can take them to rest too. β
"Yes, the disciple retired. Ouyang Fei'er saw Jin Xin close her eyes again, and she didn't have a chance to say what she wanted to say, so she could only take the three of them out of the room. Jin Xin looked at the closed door and sighed secretly: "Hey, the mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of buildings!