On July 30th, the 16th year of Shunzhi, a strong wind blew. From beginning to end, the bad building, Aofeng Pavilion, Kaiyuan Temple Hall, Tiefo Hall, Zunjing Hall, Shifang Tower and Seven Pagodas are all floating, while the other government offices, civil affairs departments and houses are all floating. Its wind power is stronger than that of the new four years, and it is much more curved.
In the early years of Kangxi, zhenhai tower was built again. But it was destroyed and rebuilt three times during the Kangxi period. According to the Yongzheng period of Fujian Tongzhi records:
Kangxi was rebuilt and destroyed at the beginning. After Governor Yao Qisheng, Guo Shilong was built one after another.
From 1678 to 1684, Yao Qisheng was the governor of Fujian. Later, six other governors were appointed. Then, Guo Shilong served as governor from 1695 to 1703. Among them, zhenhai tower, which was rebuilt twice, existed for a short time, only about 20 years. It has been a long time since Governor Guo Shilong rebuilt zhenhai tower.
About 50 years, but it was destroyed by lightning in the autumn of 1760.
Regarding this destruction, the records in Fuzhou Zhibu during the Qianlong period are more detailed:
On the evening of August 15th, the 25th year of Qianlong, there was thunder and lightning on the mountain, and the buildings around were like lights and green. People thought it was thunder and fire, which was what people wanted. Reporter: It has been destroyed several times since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Commentators used the words of a metaphysical scholar:' Those with sharp peaks are Mars, and those with round and beautiful features are satellites. The shape of Wang Yueshan is as sharp as fire, so it is not suitable for building with corners. There is no harm in rolling the roof into a shed for cultivation. "Or have opinions.
Zhenhai Tower experienced the fire, so someone gave it "life", saying that the sharp shape of Wang Yueshan belongs to the phase of Mars, and the building should no longer use an angular roof, but it should be changed into a shed-like circle to prevent fire, but Zhenhai Tower was not spared from the fire.
1785, zhenhai tower was burned again by thunder. But not long after, zhenhai tower, which was jointly established by officials and craftsmen, was destroyed by thunder and fire again in 1792. At that time, the construction of Zhenhai Tower was mainly initiated by the government and raised funds with the people. Zhenhai tower is still divided into two floors, rebuilt in Ming Dynasty. Although it has been destroyed many times, the basic dimension has not changed much.
Sixty-eight years later, 1860, zhenhai tower was burned by thunder and fire. Three months later, zhenhai tower was rebuilt. Qing dynasty scholar Lin Feng said to me:
Xianfeng ten years Geng Shen ... There was a slight thunderstorm in September, and zhenhai tower was rebuilt several months after the disaster, and the materials were stolen, which made the system look down on the past. The stylist said that he lost the meaning of his predecessors' creation, which was hindered by Feng Shui, but unknown was not.
Due to the shortage of funds, the width of this reconstruction has been reduced by three feet. According to Guangxu years "Huien Zhai Anthology" records said:
Xianfeng and Xianfeng changed, and the regulations were simple, less than 40 feet, and then collapsed.
Sure enough, in less than 40 years, Zhenhai Tower collapsed again at 1892. According to Xie's "Rebuilding zhenhai tower Monument", which gave lectures in the Academy, Bailudong Academy and Zhiyong Academy during the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that:
And my husband's building is named after Zhenhai, which means building and sea. Howling, the sea breeze whistling and the sea water flying are also the mainstay.
Regarding the reconstruction of zhenhai tower, Xie wrote in the Inscription on Rebuilding zhenhai tower:
It is six feet high, seven feet deep and thirteen feet wide, and the surrounding walls are five feet three inches thick.
1892, donated by Yuan, the general of Fujian and Zhejiang, Tan, the governor, and the official gentry, which took one year to complete and was completed the next year. The building was built according to the old system, and its size is not less than one foot. Rebuilding the Inscription of zhenhai tower, written by Fuzhou scholar Xie, was inscribed by imperial academy Chen in the late Qing Dynasty.
It is said that at the end of Qing Dynasty, you can still see the sea when you board zhenhai tower. Wei Jie, an idyllic poet in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote Looking at Wang Lou;
But you're alone in the Wang Yue Building, and you've broadened your horizons by 300 miles.
Sanshan Town, Fuzhou, with twin towers and rows of cities.
People look from the platform and the sea enters their eyes.
Di Jie Wang Zhongqi, former glory.
Therefore, one of the eight new sights of Fuzhou West Lake is "looking at the sea like a building". It was included in the newly-built "records of the west lake" together with the "Dragon Tongue Pinquan" in Fuzhou.
Later, zhenhai tower, which was rebuilt during Guangxu period, was destroyed by a fire. After that, the rebuilt Zhenhai Tower basically maintained the standards of the Ming Dynasty. The appearance of the tower is a double eaves resting on the top of the mountain and a two-story castle with a gatehouse-style high platform. Using bucket arch, the roof is made of simple ceramic tiles and slab tiles, and the eaves are decorated with tiles and dripping water, and some supporting projects are appropriately added.
In order to highlight the building, the viaduct platform of about 1 1 m was specially raised during reconstruction to make it more magnificent. The main body is reinforced concrete structure, the abutment is wall brick, the ground of the first abutment is paved with gold bricks, the railings are carved with white marble, and the wooden materials for the external decoration of exposed beams and columns are all solid wood from Joinery Work. The height, depth and width of the reconstructed building are strictly in accordance with the dimensions and regulations of the ancient buildings.
Zhenhai Tower is 22.3m high, and the abutment is10m high. It consists of a base floor and a base, and an underground palace is arranged in the base floor. It is 43.5 meters wide and 24.5 meters deep. Doors and windows, cow arches, etc. All of them are solid wood, and the ceiling is flat and dark, which is a typical traditional architectural style in Fuzhou, with curved beams and three liters of buckets.
In front of zhenhai tower, near the Seven-Star Pillar, there is a three-story frustum of a cone, with four clusters of small carved stone pillars outside, and yin and yang fish embedded in the center, with ***60 pillars representing the time period. There are 60 pillars here, which symbolizes the endless happiness of Fuzhou people.
In addition, there is a bluestone road for mountain climbing in front of zhenhai tower. There are three groups of nine steps in the middle of the road. The waves rolled and the dragons went out to sea, which was comparable to the royal "Imperial Road" specification.
In the center of the lobby on the first floor of zhenhai tower, there is a carved screen of mumeihua in Jin Sinan, which reads "Diners come back to my couch". Accompanied by this picture is the amethyst cave in Brazil, which is 70-80 cm high and splits in two.
The "Seven Treasures of Buddhism" and corals on the west side of the hall and the right side of the Zhenhai Tower building model were all purchased by enthusiastic people from Hainan. Crystals, dragonflies and corals are all things to ward off evil spirits. With them, Fuzhou's unique zhenhai tower is even more powerful.
The vertical screen in the middle of the case on the east side of the hall is the handwriting of Wang Renkan, a scholar in Guangxu for three years. This person is not only "good at picking flowers and calligraphy is known to the times", but also an excellent official. Teach him to write, go straight into the study, go out of Zhenjiang to be a magistrate, and die in Suzhou. The official voice is good.
On the second floor, there is a plaque with the word "zhenhai tower" hanging at the main entrance. There are all kinds of mahogany furniture, antiques, corals, and couplets inscribed by the famous patriotic general Lin Zexu:
All rivers are great;
There is a great wall, and you are just without desire.
The whole zhenhai tower is located at the top of Pingshan Mountain at the end of the central axis of Fuzhou ancient city, and it is still a high-altitude scenic spot overlooking the surrounding scenery of Fuzhou city, Fuzhou Sanshan and West Lake. Its architecture is soaring to the sky, keeping pace with the Han Dynasty, and restoring the relationship between the three mountains and the two towers to a certain extent.