Tell the rooftop

Tell the rooftop

Tianfu mountain is the highest ancient city in Lanxi City. On the South top of Tianfu mountain, there is a temple facing the west to the south, namely gaotiantai, also known as Wangqu Pavilion. It was built by the descendants of Zhao family in Longqing period of Ming Dynasty to commemorate Zhao, their distant ancestor.

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Zhao Jia, a famous writer in Northern Song Dynasty, is a native of Quzhou. During the reign of Jingyou, he served as the imperial censor in the official palace. He was upright and upright. He was modest and upright. He did not choose cloth clothes when he was elected. He was not afraid of impeachment. He was known as the "iron faced imperial censor" and moved to know political affairs. What he did every day, he would be well dressed and burn incense at night. Therefore, when his descendants were in charge of Lanxi County in the Ming Dynasty, they built a temple in Tianfu mountain, named "gaotiantai". Because it faces Quzhou, it is also called "Wangqu Pavilion". The pavilion was destroyed in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in the ninth year of the Republic of China.

Temple structure

Gaotiantai is 9 meters high. It is surrounded by red stone. It is surrounded by corridors on three sides and has 44 steps. There are reliefs and hollowed out flower patterns on the stone bridge and pillar. A three Bay hall, with an area of 100 square meters, is built on the platform. It is one of the typical buildings of Ming Dynasty in South China, with cornices, Dougong, Xieshan and internal beam structure.

Singing Poetry

In front of the gate of the gaotiantai Pavilion, there is a column couplet headed by the word Qin and he written by Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty in 1449

The sound of the piano is cold, the sun and the moon, leaving the innocence in the world forever.

The crane is far away from the sky, often making the red heart pass the throne. This couplet enlightens the posterity and corresponds to the interpretation of "a zither and a crane" in Cihai, so that posterity can enjoy it.

Significance of inheritance

"A Qin and a crane" refers to "a horse enters Shu with a Qin and a crane, which is often used to describe the incorruptness of officials". Zhao he is also known as the official residence in the palace of impeachment. After his death, Su Shi called him "the Qing of Guo Shenzi, the virtuous of Meng Xianzi, the benefit of Zheng Zichan, and the straightness of Jin Shuxiang" in his shendaobei. Han Qi, the prime minister, praised him as the "yardstick of the world". The promotion of gaotiantai Park in Lanxi City can not only provide a better leisure place for the citizens, but also let future generations come close to the millennium old Zhao he and feel a clean and honest education class.

Address: Lanxi City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province

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