Luancheng Town is the seat of LaoYongchun County Government. Yongchun was called Yongding, Chunzhou and Luancheng in ancient times. In the sixth year of Song Kaibao (AD 937), Yongchun County was established. More than 900 years later,1after Yongchun County was revoked in August, 952, Luancheng Town was subordinate to Hengxian County.
In the forty-second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 14), Tong Shiming, the prefect of Yongchun County, built a tower on the Yujiang River at the border of Wuligao Village in the west of the city. Relevant information records: "Wenta was built in the right hill of Zhenwu Temple during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and it was very pleasant." According to the data, at that time, Luta only "built five floors" and soon "cracked" after it was built. How long did the five-story tower survive in the world? The author has no historical data at hand.
1637, that is, 23 years after the completion of the Lucheng Iron Tower, the traveler Xu Xiake went up the Yujiang River, and on August 19, he passed through Sanzhou and Gaocun and "arrived at the South Gate of Yongchun". He stayed in Yongchun County for one night and left on the morning of 20th. Xu Xiake's Travels gives priority to human landscape, and vividly describes the terrain of Yongchun, such as "the city is surrounded by mountains" and "surrounded by rivers", but makes no mention of Lucheng Tower. What is this? Lu Chengta is a pillar of the sky, standing on the bank of the river, and Xu Xiake's boat is over the village, and the tower is towering. How can you not see it? He visited the local cultural landscape, and the pagoda is a scenic spot. Is it unheard of? Presumably, the dew tower had collapsed by then.
In Qing Dynasty, Yang Huaizhen, the champion of Tongzhi JOE Branch and a native of Nanning Village in Yongchun, prefaced the rebuilding of the Dew Tower Monument, saying that he had studied for more than 200 years. In the 26th year of Daoguang (1846), the Yi people "abandoned the old for the new" and rebuilt the dew tower, only to be "destroyed". Later, because of the "cold world", the building of the tower was suppressed. The so-called "world change" refers to the anti-Qing struggle of Li Wencai Uprising. In the 30th year of Daoguang (1850), Li Wencai, a Zhuang nationality from Nanshitang Village, Yongchun, revolted in Pinglangwei, Yongchun. Later, he joined Dacheng Army led by Chen Kai and Li, and was awarded the position of "Field Marshal". In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), Li Wencai captured Yongchun County, led 30,000 troops, pulled out Ling Ke Hengzhou and captured Nanning City. In the tenth year of Xianfeng, Li Wencai joined the Shi Dakai Department of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and became a "pro-Tian Yan faction", which galloped in six provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan. In the 11th year of Tongzhi (1872), Li Wencai disappeared after the defeat in eastern Guizhou.
After disappearing, Lingjiang of Yongchun County inherited the tower in the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873) with the idea that "the people of the whole city seek reconstruction". Because of the "terrain benefit", the tower site moved back to Guishan. Legend has it that Guishan is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, and there is a saying that "the beetle moves and makes people noisy". The tower is built in Guishan, which means "the town turtle is safe". So the following year/kloc-started in October/February and was completed in September. This reconstruction used 349,000 pieces of blue bricks,113,000 kilograms of lime, and the cost was "5,000 yuan".
The pagoda is 39 meters high, seven-story octagonal, with a bottom width of 24 people and a wall thickness of 24 corners of blue bricks. The Yujiang River on the south side of the Tamen Gate is inlaid with granite couplets inscribed by Tong Shiming, which were reprinted in the 26th year of Daoguang. The words "Yaotai in the sky reveals the dew, Jin Ao rises in the clouds" and "Tiannan is blessed with the earth" were approved horizontally. The value of the setting sun, the clouds are moving, and the tower shadows in the water are like hanging pens to write Jiang Tian. Predecessors named this scene "Sunset in the West of the City", ranking first among the eight scenic spots in Yongchun.
In addition to the ground floor, there are two round window arches on each floor of the tower. Windows allow people to overlook the scenery outside the tower, and doors serve as entrances and exits of the tower. Enter the wall from the ground floor, climb the stairs around half a circle to the second floor, enter the tower and walk through the hall, then enter the wall, or go around half a circle ... Because the floor is an aisle, you can walk up a flight of stairs.
Chenglu Pagoda, with its heroic spirit of "taking gloomy water as a jade dragon plate, making it a prosperous state of Ling", competes with the nearby Bangshan, Luling and Leifeng for superiority over the north and south of the great river, attracting literati of all ages to "make poems with wine, and linger forever" and appreciate the beauty of "four walls outside the faint water, gathering stars in one window"; Taste the connotation of "trying to save Lan Ao from losing stability and overlooking wild birds flying low"; Enjoy the fun of "Yin Cheng will be late, the shadows will be clear, and the hooves will be sent all the way". How comfortable! How cozy it is! It's beautiful, Chengluta!