The Lijingmen in Luoyang is a local landmark and antique building. It is said that it has a long history and cultural precipitation, but it still looks very grand and firm as a whole. It doesn't look like it has been weathered for more than 1,111 years. Here is a detailed historical introduction of the Lijingmen in Luoyang.

song Sima guang once said: if you ask about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang city.

To visit Luoyang, the Lijingmen Tower, which was built in Sui and Tang Dynasties, is a must-see for tourists. The history of the destruction and construction of this ancient city gate has also highlighted the disasters of this ancient city, which is a battleground for military strategists in history.

The Lijing Gate, which existed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, was rebuilt in the ruins after the battle between military strategists in past dynasties, and then destroyed and rebuilt.

Due to the limited power of weapons in the cold weapon era, every destruction on it has not completely destroyed it, and it has always left some foundation, and it can still maintain the vicissitudes of the past.

until modern times, the destructive power of hot weapons made Lijingmen not as lucky as the peaceful liberation of Beiping, and did not escape the serious damage in the war of blood and fire.

During the Anti-Japanese War, it was bombed by Japanese artillery several times; During the war of liberation, it became the focus of stalemate between the two sides in the battle to liberate Luoyang.

It is conceivable that after the liberation of Lijingmen, after the baptism of cruel war, only one site was left for future generations.

in p>2112, the Luoyang municipal government invested more than 31 million yuan to rebuild this once magnificent ancient city building on the site of Lijingmen, which was a debt to the ancient city for its historical features.

Lijingmen is known as the first floor in the Central Plains and the first gate in the ancient capital, which is by no means what some people say.

The ancient buildings such as the gate tower, the urn, the embrasured watchtower, the city wall, the Lijing Bridge and the moat, which were restored in the original site of Lijingmen, are shocking whether viewed from a distance or from a distance.

Especially when we enter Weng City from the Gate Tower, we are amazed and awed by this exquisitely designed gate of the ancients.

Although historians have yet to verify the earliest time of Wengcheng, the establishment of Wengcheng at Lijingmen should be a natural design of ancient Luoyang from Xia, Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties, and finally in Sui and Tang dynasties more than two thousand years later.

Lijingmen originated from the Sui Dynasty. It can be said that it was the earliest imperial city designed by the ancients in accordance with the integration of attack and defense. The design achievements of Wengcheng made our descendants marvel at the ingenuity and wisdom of the ancient architects at that time.

As for Wengcheng in Lijingmen, I'm afraid few people know that the idiom "Please enter the urn" originated here.

The explanation of the idiom "Please enter the urn" in Zi Zhi Tong Jian is as follows:

During the period of Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, two cruel officials, Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing, were appointed, and some people reported Zhou Xing's rebellion to Emperor Zetian, so they sent them to investigate. Lai Junchen was afraid that Zhou Xing would not plead guilty, so he designed to invite Zhou Xing to drink, so that Zhou Xing could proudly say that he would treat those who refused to plead guilty, put them into a big urn, and barbecue them around with charcoal fire, not afraid that the prisoners would not confess.

When Lai Junchen heard this, he explained the emperor's instructions and invited Zhou Xing into the urn. Zhou Xing fell to his knees in fear and confessed. It can be said that he dealt with a man as he deals with him.

This idiom "Please enter the urn" happened in the "Magistrate's Court" in Lijingmen at that time, which shows that this Weng city in Lijingmen is extraordinary.

But this is just a glimpse of the function of Lijingmen Wengcheng. Its offensive and defensive function is its "proper business".

Wengcheng in Lijingmen is attached to the city gate, and it is a semi-circular auxiliary building connected with the city wall.

If the enemy forces his way into the Lijing Gate from the moat suspension bridge and enters the urn, he will close the main gate and the urn gate by himself, and the defenders will be able to catch turtles in a jar.

When we entered it and saw this tall and solid Wengcheng, people could not help but admire the elaborate design of the ancients.

The Lijingmen Tower, which has a long history, has been restored to its old shape, and its history is still going on, which will leave a magnificent impression on every visitor who sees it.

according to the historical records, there are two gates to the west of Dongdu Imperial City, namely Lijingmen in the south and Xuanhuimen in the west. Lijingmen, the main west gate of Luoyang, is the facade of Luoyang.

Sima Guang of Song Dynasty said:

If you ask about the rise and fall of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang City. What is the "matter of prosperity and abolition"? In fact, it is the replacement of dynasties. In vernacular, it is the war of dynasty replacement. Luoyang is a "nail" to control the Central Plains and shelter Chang 'an in the west. If you want to attack Hangu Pass (old and new pass), Luoyang must be pulled out! To gain a firm foothold in the middle of China, Luoyang must also be controlled! Therefore, it has become a battleground for military strategists since ancient times! That is, a veritable "ancient battlefield", just like China and the United States fought on Korean soil during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Therefore, the battles between dynasties or different military forces often took place in Luoyang.

So, under the repeated destruction of "the thing of making things useless", Lijingmen, a magnificent tower full of humanities and stories and a war bunker, was destroyed, rebuilt, built and destroyed. In ancient times, swords and guns had limited damage, but now it is different. Between China and Japan, the tower was completely destroyed by gunfire, leaving a broken site.

in p>2112, with the development of China's tourism industry, the Luoyang government raised 31 million yuan to rebuild the tower.

It's often said that "it's a waste to come to Luoyang City without going to the scenic gate". The author went there once a few years ago and felt very disappointed! The reasons are as follows:

1. Failure to repair the old as the old! Treating historical relics, we have not done a rigorous reconstruction! Very hasty, if nothing else, the earliest bridge outside Lijingmen was a wooden suspension bridge. What is it now? Reinforced concrete, this seam is not necessarily carefully wiped. Look at the modern doors and windows

2. Management is very impetuous! Please look inside, billboards, shops everywhere, red and green, things painted by advertisements, carved by engraving machines, and cars parked on the ground at random

Lijing Gate. In the author's view, it is a building deliberately built by a city just to change the urban appearance of high-rise buildings or show its cultural connotation. When we spent tens of yuan on the tickets, we lamented the ancient power of the motherland, but felt sad for the modern people who regretted this site and its name.