Where is the God of Wealth Building?

The God of Wealth Building is a landmark building in the ancient town of Zhou Zi, which was built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. It was renovated in Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty and demolished in last century. The God of Wealth Building we see now was rebuilt on the original site in 2006 according to the principle of "repairing the new as the old". Covering an area of 276㎡, with a building area of 439㎡), it is a four-story rescue pavilion. The building is 24 meters high, which means four distinct seasons. The architecture of the god of wealth here has a considerable origin. China folk geomantic omen advocates "those who manage mountains, water and wealth". From the perspective of geomantic omen, the ancients believed that the geomantic omen in the ancient town of Zhou Zi lies in the Tai Chi map formed by Jialing River and floodplain wetland-Longjiao Mountain, with the back like Wolong drinking water and the front pillow like jade belt with Jialing River. But the fly in the ointment is that the left is low and the right is high, and the subject and object are different. The surging Jialing River washed away the financial resources of the ancient town. Therefore, the people of the ancient town-with the geomantic concept of "filling in the blanks", built this God of Wealth Building on the riverside, hoping that the gods would bless the people of the ancient town for promotion, fortune, good luck and peace.

The first floor of the God of Wealth Building is an open passage, with two bronze-like golden toads at the entrance and exit respectively. The golden toad is a three-legged toad. The ancients thought it was a spiritual thing that could make people rich. Shaping these four golden toads is to hope that "golden toads can make money in all directions." On the railing on the periphery of the second floor, there are carved patterns of Ssangyong sending treasures, symbolizing wealth from all directions. Fish-shaped wind chimes are hung on the cornices of each floor, indicating that there are abundant grains and more than one year. There is also a vase decorated with wishful branches on the top of the building, which means rich financial resources and good luck. These all reflect the culture of God of Wealth. The top floor is dedicated to Wu Caishen Zhao Gongming, who is in charge of all the treasures in the world, Wenchang Emperor, who is in charge of all the fame and fortune in the world, and Aoguang, the dragon king of the East China Sea who specializes in human storms. These three statues, each with a height of 1.6879 m, are homophonic. Several statues were made by monks. It is said that as long as you make a wish to worship here and then burn incense, your wish will come true.

These two couplets of the tower of the god of wealth: "Three hundred miles to ask where there is a painting saint in Jialing, and five thousand years of history to find out how many people don't love the god of wealth" and "Building a beautiful lake to nourish the feelings of the three saints" further enrich the cultural connotation of the tower of the god of wealth, not only praising the tower of the god of wealth to make the scenery of Jialing River more beautiful, but also expounding the profound historical origins of the painting saint Wu Daozi, the sage lover Sima Xiangru and Jialing River, and telling the folk stories of China.

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