It's rare!There is one thing in the Jin Temple, which is a mystery!

▲ Drawing of Niu Li, the Mother Temple of the Jin Temple

When it comes to the Jin Temple, people are familiar with Difficulty Spring, Mother's Temple, Song Dynasty Caimo Daughter, Yuma Feiliang, etc., but there is a "small wooden work" in the Song Dynasty, but it is little known. For many years, no one knows its origin and has not found the slightest written record.

The "small wooden work" in ancient Chinese buildings refers to the production and installation of decorative components, which is a professional process. The "small wooden work" of the Jin Temple is very good, but it is hidden. It has always been in the Jin Temple before, but it is placed in a place not far from the Virgin Temple, which is rarely displayed to the world.

▲ "Little Muchu" positive map

"Little Muchu" double -layer three open rooms, heavy eaves and mountain top, tall appearance, complete components, exquisite craftsmanship. Between the pitch, it depicts the oriental characteristics of ancient Chinese architecture and the Chinese style. So how does it enter the public view?

At the beginning of 2018, the Taiyuan Cultural Relics Bureau planned to choose a few representative cultural relics containing Taiyuan historical and cultural information, and cooperated with Taiyuan TV to shoot a series of special films to dig and promote the historical culture of Taiyuan. When choosing cultural relics, some people suddenly thought that the Jin Temple also preserved a model model of the earlier age. After discussion, experts believe that the "small wooden work" has a long time and high value. It can dig out a lot of historical and cultural information and bring some fresh things to the audience, and determine it as one of the shooting objects.

▲ The "Little Muchu" recovery map drawn by Li Qianlang

In May of that year, Li Qianlang, an ancient architect and painter in Taiwan, came to the Shanxi Museum to host the "Through the wall" architectural painting art exhibition. Ji Xiaofeng, then deputy director of the Taiyuan Cultural Relics Bureau, specially invited him to go to the Jin Temple Museum to inspect the "small wooden work". After seeing the "small wooden work", Li Qianlang was very surprised. He believed that the main components of the "small wooden work" had significant characteristics of the Song Dynasty. They should have a direct connection with the Jin Temple. Bai Yan, trapezoidal arches like flowers, etc., are typical Song Dynasty shapes. There are many buildings such as ancient times. There were such lofts in front of the East Hall of Foguang Temple in Wutai Mountain, which is such a square. "

Among the painter's wisdom, "Jin Temple Xiaomu" revealed its gorgeous and complete appearance, thus entering the world's vision.

Qi Weicheng, the inheritor of ancient architectural model production techniques of national non -heritage projects, believes that the Simi base and beam pillar of the "small wooden work" are exactly the same as that of the Song Dynasty architecture of Zhengdingling Temple in Zhengding, Hebei; The practice of the East Hall of the Foguang Temple in Wutai Mountain, it is rarely used in the future; the same as the method of the Master of the Jin Temple is the standard practice of the Song Dynasty architecture described in the Song Dynasty; Cross interactive fighting is also the standard practice of architecture in the Song Dynasty; as well as its eaves and buckets ...

▲ "Little Muchu" side view

From the huge amount of ancient information contained in the Northern Song Dynasty's "The River Map of the Qing Dynasty", it can also find the evidence of the "small wooden work". In the painting, the second floor of the attic on the bustling market of the Song Dynasty in the painting was almost consistent with the Douhua regulation and shape on the "small wooden works". This detail also confirms the characteristics of the Song Dynasty of "Xiaomu".

After many years of research, the conclusions of experts have gradually become consistent: "Jin Temple's small wood work" is actually a sample of ancient architecture.

The cultural relics on the ground look at Shanxi, and 78%of the ancient buildings before the Yuan Dynasty in China are located in Shanxi.

According to ancient architectural habits, at the beginning of the construction, each building must first make a small sample of wooden models similar to the architectural body to determine the details of its scale, shape, and local structure. After the completion, it is stored in the building for repairs. Throughout the ancient buildings since the Tang Dynasty, the samples of existing buildings such as existing are really rare.

Today, this technique of building small sample production has been replaced by modern computer design. However, as an important part of the inheritance of Chinese culture, the production of ancient architectural model production has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage project, which can be protected and inherited.

If the production age of "Xiaomu" is the Song Dynasty, then it is the mother of the building, who will it appear by it, and where will it appear? By careful observation and measurement, experts began to trace the source for this rare architectural model, and tried to try this millennium for this mother and son.

▲ Details such as the bucket arches, fish suspension of "small wooden works"

"Xiaomu" appeared from the Jin Temple, maybe such a beautiful pavilion has really existed on the land of the Jin Temple. According to the characteristics of bucket arch and other main structures, the sub -body of the "small wooden work" may be the Virgin Temple, at least some of the components of the Virgin Hall, and the "small wooden work" to reach an incredible kiss. Essence According to its consistent appearance inference, maybe this is the sightseeing pavilion of that era, which is most likely to appear in the location of the Jin Temple water mirror table and the center of the crossroads of cross.

Ji Xiaofeng, then deputy director of the Taiyuan Cultural Relics Bureau, also talked about the reason why it existed in the Jin Temple: "Why does it appear in the Jin Temple in several claims. Some people say that it may be an alternative plan of the Virgin Temple; It is ready to build a pavilion -style building in the place where Yusuma Feiliang. Build a building -style building to decorate; others say that it may be the building of the ancient city of Jinyang ... In fact, there are many guessing. Every guess makes sense. We can imagine it as a very beautiful picture. "Perhaps maybe These speculations are not the truth, but "Jin Temple Xiaomu" is a sample of ancient architecture that can be preserved to the present. It contains the beauty of architectural art, the beauty of mechanics, and the beauty of architectural materials. Can perceive its ingenuity and artistic weather.

Now, although the sub -body is hard to find, the "small wood" has survived the war. At present, it has moved from the Jin Temple to the Taiyuan Museum, and will soon meet the audience. Its existence, like time shuttle, further confirmed the historical value of the ancient building museum of Jin Temple, and witnessed the brilliant weather of the historical and cultural city of Taiyuan.

Content source: Taiyuan Daily

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