Ten dragons gathering turtle

Ten dragons gathering turtle

The inauguration ceremony of Ganzhou City's landmark sculpture "ten dragons gathering turtles" was held in Zhangjiang New District of Ganzhou City. Located at the intersection of Changzheng Avenue and Ganjiangyuan Avenue in Zhangjiang new area, the "ten dragons gathering turtles" sculpture has a total weight of 53 tons, a total height of 17.8 meters and a pool diameter of 38 meters. The design of the sculpture deeply excavates the landscape and historical culture of Ganzhou. The bronze giant turtle at the bottom symbolizes the ancient city of Ganzhou. The three giant dragons at the top symbolize the convergence of Zhangjiang River, Gongjiang River and Ganjiang River. The seven little dragons on the turtle's back symbolize the seven tributaries upstream. The sculpture of "ten dragons gathering turtles" was completed in Zhangjiang new area, implying the flourishing age of dragons, carrying the inheritance of the city's humanistic spirit and enriching the urban landscape. The newly completed "ten dragon turtle" is a landmark city sculpture in Ganzhou. It has captured the essence of the landscape and ecological environment around Ganzhou, and has drawn the profound historical and cultural elements of Ganzhou. It is a classic work integrating landscape ecology, history and culture.

Cultural details

In an interview with reporters on the morning of July 3, Han Zhenfei, director of Ganzhou Museum, talked about his feelings

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Han Zhenfei said that a masterpiece of urban sculpture can make the finishing point of the city's history and culture. As a national historical and cultural city, Ganzhou needs to launch a number of landmark sculptures with far-reaching ideas, profound cultural heritage and time-honored experience. In recent years, with the rapid development of Ganzhou's economy, especially with the rapid expansion of Ganzhou's urban area, the number of urban nodes is increasing. By using these urban nodes to place urban sculptures, Ganzhou's history and culture can be displayed, the new and old urban areas can be integrated, and the pace of Ganzhou to a mega city can be accelerated.

"Ganzhou has a beautiful ecological environment. In the south, there are peaks starting from the Nanling Mountains, in the northwest, there are Sanyang mountains originating from the Luoxiao mountains, and in the East, there are Chu mountains originating from the Wuyi Mountains. All the three mountains in Southeast China gather in Ganzhou. The mountains are undulating, just like a gathering of dragons. There are three rivers around the city, namely, Zhangjiang, Gongjiang and Ganjiang. The landscape situation of Ganzhou City constitutes the unique image of Ganzhou City as "three dragons meet three pools, three waters surround three mountains." Han Zhenfei said.

Special significance

In the year of Renchen dragon in the lunar calendar, taking dragon and turtle as the theme of urban sculpture is of special significance to Ganzhou, a famous city with mountains and rivers and famous historical and cultural city.

"Tortoise is one of the four spirits in ancient times. Because the outline of Ganzhou ancient city is like a big tortoise, the saying of" tortoise city "in Ganzhou has a long history and goes deep into the hearts of every citizen. The head of the giant turtle is located at the south gate, and the tail of the giant turtle is located at the turtle's horn tail under the Bajing stage. The shape of the giant turtle is "Shangshui turtle", reflecting the vitality and enterprising spirit. Therefore, the bottom of the sculpture is a bronze giant turtle symbolizing the ancient city of Ganzhou. " Han Zhenfei said, "the ancients believed that every river had a dragon king as its manager, and there were just ten rivers in the upper reaches of Ganjiang River, which originated from Zhangjiang in Dayu, Youjiang in Shangyou, Taojiang in Longnan Xinfeng, Pingjiang in Xingguo, Gongjiang in Yudu, Meijiang in Ningdu, Qinjiang in Shicheng, Lianjiang in Anyuan, Xiangjiang in Huichang and Mianjiang in Ruijin. These ten rivers, without abandoning the trickle, are all converging under Ganzhou City and converging into Ganjiang River. Therefore, the shape of Ganzhou City has long been called "ten dragons gathering turtles". Therefore, on the turtle back of the sculpture, in addition to the three soaring dragons, there are also seven little dragons on the turtle back, forming the whole sculpture of "ten dragons gathering turtles."

"Ten dragons gathering turtles" urban sculpture not only shows the beautiful ecological environment and profound historical and cultural accumulation of Ganzhou, but also implies the spirit of the people of Gannan, implying that various undertakings in Gannan will take off like a giant dragon with the opening of the road of revitalization!

Address: Ganjiangyuan Avenue (near Changzheng Avenue), Ganzhou City

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