Lord Zhou left with a satisfied smile, something good must have happened.
Zhang Shiyang sat in his room and meditated. Although he said that there was a slight loss of profits in this matter, it was not big. The most important thing was to be able to have a relationship with the governor of the state and to be involved with the army. That was definitely worth it.
The levy army is the most powerful army in the imperial court. Even monks and sects have to retreat when faced with the levy army. To put it bluntly, all heroes retreat wherever the levy army passes.
Chen Jiu looked at the scriptures in his hand, then touched his chin: "You should be able to sign up today."
Qingyang Academy is one of the thirteen most famous academies in the entire empire. It has a long history and can even be traced back to the previous dynasties.
Qingyang Academy is not far from Chen Jiu's restaurant, only a few streets away. In the morning, you can even hear the students of Qingyang Academy reading early.
Chen Jiu walked downstairs and after giving some instructions to the old shopkeeper, he walked slowly towards Qingyang Academy.
It is indeed a large academy with a long history. Looking at the weather-beaten gate from a distance, you can also feel the vicissitudes of history.
The academy has a gatekeeper. As a famous academy in the entire state capital, of course not everyone can enter if they want to.
"I'm here to sign up." Looking at the nurse with a fierce look on his face, Chen Jiu directly stated his intention without waiting for him to speak.
The nurse looked at Chen Jiu, looked at Chen Jiu's well-made clothes, and opened the door: "After entering, turn left."
What comes into view is not the imaginary bookstore, but a forest with trails in the woods.
Along the trail, you pass by a stream, and you can even see fish swimming in the water while standing on the bridge.
The academy is located at the mouth of Qingfeng Gorge in Yuelu Mountain, a scenic resort. It is surrounded on three sides by mountains and green mountains; in front is the Xiangjiang River with its rippling blue waves. With famous mountains and beautiful waters, the natural landscape and the cultural landscape are integrated and highly coordinated.
From the archway entrance on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River to the top of the mountain, ancient roads have long been connected, forming a central axis of the scenery. Yuelu Academy was built at the midpoint of this central axis. The academy is about 100 meters above sea level and currently covers an area of ??more than 25,000 square meters, including a construction area of ??more than 7,000 square meters.
In front of the courtyard, there are Tianma and Fenghuang Mountains standing on both sides, just like a natural gateway. In ancient times, there were Zhuzhangdu, Liudi, Meidi, Yonggui Bridge, Cuiwei Pavilion and other scenic spots in front and behind it;
Behind the courtyard, along the central axis, there are famous scenic spots such as Aiwan Pavilion, Relic Pagoda, Gulushan Temple, Baihe Spring, and the modern tombs of Cai E and Huang Xing. Other scenic spots are scattered on both sides of the central axis. The front gate, Hexitai, main gate, second gate, lecture hall and royal library of the academy are built on the central axis in sequence.
The Confucian Temple, the Special Temple and the Banxue Zhai are built on the north side of the central axis; the Teaching Zhai, Baiquan Pavilion, gardens, stele corridors, etc. are built on the south side of the central axis.
Throughout the courtyard, large and small courtyards intersect in an orderly manner; pavilions, pavilions and pavilions are simple and elegant; beautiful flowers and trees have different postures; and poems and couplets on the foreheads of tablets can be found everywhere.
This fully reflects the characteristics of ancient academies in studying classics and history, inquiring into questions, composing poems and couplets, and dancing and writing.
The existing buildings of Qingyang Academy include the Shanzhang's residence, teachers and students' residences, teaching lecture hall, library pavilion, temple, and garden monument gallery. In addition to the two pavilions in front of the courtyard (Fengyu Pavilion and Chuixiang Pavilion) and the two ponds (Drinking Horse Pond and Hongmen Pond) as well as the towering ancient trees and lush forests and bamboos behind the courtyard, it can be said to be the best-preserved and largest scale at home and abroad. Academy cultural relics.
If we take the eight scenic spots of the academy created by the Qing Dynasty (smoke in the willow pond, glowing clouds in Taowu, evening fragrance of wind lotus, tung shade path, singing spring in Qujian, watching fish in green marsh, sitting on the moon in flower mound, and green bamboo forest in winter). It will be even more beautiful if it is perfectly renovated and reflects its beautiful scenery.
The gate tower of Qingyang Academy consists of Lingxing Gate, Panchi, Lisheng Gate, Lisheng Temple and other main buildings.
The gate tower is about 6 meters high. Brick and wood structure, sloped two-story building. The top layer has four oblique ridges with raised tips. Under the eaves is a long brick wall decorated with toe-shaped petals and prismatic patterns. The second floor is the same as the upper floor, with square brick columns built under the eaves. Inlaid in the gate tower is a banner with the words "Bailudong Academy" written by Li Mengyang, deputy envoy of Jiangxi Province and writer in the Ming Dynasty.
"Lingxingmen" has an ancient legend that "Lingxing" is the "Wenxing". Its name is the gate, which means that talents come out in large numbers here to cultivate talents for the country.
The gate is in the form of an archway, with six columns and five bays, connected by stone beams on the second floor. The middle beam is engraved with entangled peonies, stone drums and pillars, decorated with sea ripples, and the sword technique is rough and concise.
Behind Lingxing Gate is Panchi. Historically, the pool in front of the Academy was called Panchi. "Pan means enlightenment." The pool is rectangular in shape, and there is an arched stone bridge built over the pool with granite railings and railings on both sides of the bridge. It was originally called Panqiao and is now called Zhuangyuan Bridge.
Lishengmen, the main entrance of the academy, was originally called the Xianshi Temple Gate, or Dacheng Gate. DoorTen doors, wooden porch style, with a hollow geometric pattern, a skirt with flat wooden boards, attics on both sides, a hard top, and pottery dragons on the east and west ends of the ridge. The main entrance has four pillars and five bays. The total length is 22.10 meters and the height is 7.30 meters. There is a plaque with the words "Gate of Zhengxue" hanging on the lintel.
Zhuzi Temple is a brick and wood structure with a hard top and a white temple with gray tiles. It is rectangular in plan, with four columns and five bays. In the temple, there is a stone carving of Zhu Zi's self-portrait. On the left side of the statue is the "Inscription of the Temple of Wen Gong Zhu Zi" and on the right side is the "Study of Qingyang Academy". Regulations", with a plaque with gold characters "Xue Da Xing Tian" written by Tang Xi on it. When you step into the temple, you will feel that he is the first person in the Confucian tradition of traveling south to the south.
The Bao Gong Temple is located to the west of Zhu Zi Temple, "for scholars who have contributed to the cave". It was originally called the Pantheon and the Temple of the Three Sages.
Dangui Pavilion, in the middle of the courtyard, is built on a rectangular platform. It has a wooden structure, a resting top, four slopes, four slopes, bricks on the main ridge, four overhangs, four wooden pillars, brackets and granite. Round drum type column foundation, plain surface. Neutral "Ziyang holding Dangui" monument.
The east side of the academy gate tower is Qingyang Academy.
This group of buildings is the main body of the academy, and each building reflects its practicality from different angles. Its main buildings include Yushu Pavilion, Minglun Hall, Bailu Cave, Sixian Terrace, etc.
The pavilion is a wooden building with two floors, square in plan and surrounded by corridors. In the middle of the second floor is the "Yu Shu Pavilion".
The pavilion on the top of the veranda is a wooden building with two floors, square in plan and surrounded by corridors. In the middle of the second floor is the "Yu Shu Pavilion". The top of the verandah has a majestic angle. There is a couplet on the outer pillar of the pavilion: "The spring is clear enough to wash inkstones, and the mountains are beautiful enough to store books."
Minglun Hall, also known as Yilun Hall. It has a brick and wood structure, white temple gray tiles, a herringbone hard top, four bays, and a corridor in front. Minglun Hall is the place where the academy teaches, so there is a couplet hanging outside, "Deer and wandering, a place where things and I forget each other; springs and peaks meet each other, a place where benevolence and wisdom are unique" to encourage students to study hard and gain "benevolence and wisdom". Wisdom is the only way to get it."
The cave is made of granite and is in the shape of an arch, 4 meters high, 4.15 meters wide and 6.35 meters deep. There are stone steps on the right side of the cave. Climb up the steps to reach the Sixian Terrace.
The Si Xian Terrace was built in the Ming Dynasty. It means "Seeing the Terrace and thinking of the virtuous people", hence the name Si Xian Terrace.
The platform is square in plan, the pavilion is a wooden structure, the plan is square, the top of the hill is resting on the top, the double-layer bucket arch supports the eaves, a door is opened in the middle, there are wooden flower windows on the four sides, and the front is protected by a granite fence.
Someone once said: "There are castles in the air, but the universe is still and quiet."
To the east of Qingyang Academy is the Yan Hotel. Its main building is called Chunfeng Tower. It has a wooden structure, a hilltop, tilted corners, fragrant eaves, and an outstretched lower floor. It is supported by four round columns to form an outer corridor. It is 15 meters wide and 8 meters deep, with two floors. It looks solemn and peaceful. It means entertaining guests at a banquet. There are two rows of wing rooms built on both sides of the building.
In the ancient building complex of Feige Liudan, hundreds of steles with inscriptions from past dynasties are placed in the east and west stele corridors, adding a bit of quaint atmosphere to the academy.
The main buildings of the academy's building complex are all symmetrically arranged on the central axis. If this building is compared to a "solidified movement", then the platforms, halls, pavilions and halls are the cadenza in this movement. , fully expressing a theme that lasts for hundreds of years. Gaze at the colorful plaques and couplets in the academy, the hundreds of ideal ancient steles, and the dense and dense trees and flowers in the academy, all of which reveal a rich cultural atmosphere.
There is a crystal clear creek in front of the hospital, Shiguandao Creek. There is an ancient bridge over the stream, called Zhenliu Bridge. The bridge is a stone structure with guardrails on both sides. It spans the Guandao River. The stream rushes under the bridge, with a large stone pillow on it. There is a stone carving of "Pillow Current" in Zhu Xi's calligraphy, hence its name. The bridge is 12.5 meters long, 3.2 meters wide and about 10 meters high.
The poem goes: "How can you be careful when the gorge is in a hurry? The rocks on the bridge are touching each other; when you listen to the sudden surprise on the bridge, the sunset makes people independent." It describes the danger of this bridge. On the cliffs in the Guandao River, there are inscriptions such as "White Deer Cave", "Hidden Place", "Diaotai", "Rose Stone", "Liu Beipike", etc. The stone carvings create a profound cultural atmosphere and make this place truly embody the The charm of "the sound of the spring and the rhyme of the pines is a little bit literary, and the cold clouds of the white stone are clear and clear".
"Don't ask about the external affairs of Wukong Temple, this is the same thing as this mountain." It is Qingyang's independent spirit and transcendent feelings that shape her immortality.