Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower is expected to open next year to visit the "horizontal stone label" a hundred years ago

Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower is not only a magnificent building, but there is no lack of unique stone carved cultural relics around it. In addition to the vicissitudes of stone lions, there is also a well -known "horizontal stone label". The local altitude is expected to meet the public with the opening of the arrow building in 2023.

The Zhengyangmen on the south side of Tiananmen Square is located in the middle of Nanyuanzhong, Beijing's inner city. In the nineteenth year of Yongle, Ming Yongle was completed and named Li Zhengmen. In the first year of the orthodox year (1436), the city building was rebuilt, the city, arrow tower, and gate building were added, and it was completed in the four years of orthodox (1439), and was renamed Zhengyangmen. Due to historical reasons, the city and Zhalou are gone. Affected by fire, war, earthquake, etc. on the south side of the arrow tower and the north side of the city, it has been repaired many times in history. It was announced in 1988 as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

On July 15th, Guan Zhanxiu, director of the Beijing Central Heritage Protection Center, introduced that the maintenance and protection project of Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower was launched in October 2020, and passed the acceptance of the expert group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in November 2021. It is expected to open to the public in 2023. During the repair process, the construction party adopted traditional materials and craftsmanship to completely solve the hidden dangers such as water seepage, ground collapse, relief and falling off. At the same time Re -layer the ground and redo the indoor oil.

"There is a word in the repairs of ancient construction called" Mo -Wo -Workers', which is easy to affect the quality, so we would rather be slower. "Guan Zhanxiu emphasized that the renovation of cultural relics is based on the principle of minimal intervention. Some city bricks are old bricks 600 years ago, as long as there is no safety problem, it will be used. When repairing the arrow building, a research group was established to study and organize the historical information obtained to retain more historical files for cultural heritage. Tell.

The reporter found that there were no lack of exquisite stone carved cultural relics around the Arrow Tower, and the stone lions on three sides of the east, west, and south were masterpieces of artisans during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Under the south wall of the arrow tower, there is also a bucket of little -known "horizontal stone labels". The color of this square column body is white, exposing about 20 cm to the ground, mostly buried in the ground. The south side is engraved with the Arabic numeral "43.219". There are English letters M at the decimal point. The word "Beijing". The traces of the monument are obvious, but the lettering is clear and sharp. Unfortunately, the text of the buried part cannot be known.

Guan Zhanxiu told reporters that this monument was the "horizontal stone label" of the Republic of China during the Republic of China, and the local altitude was calibrated. The height of the monument was 50-60 cm. Due to the continuous increase in the terrain, most of them were buried. During the repair of the arrow building, they carried out the original site protection.

What kind of story does this monument have? Guan Zhanxiu said that this monument was set around 1917, when the seas level of Dagukou was surveyed at the time, and in a list printed by the Kyoto Municipal Office, there were 81 horizontal stone labels, distributed in all parts of Beijing, and while, while in Beijing, and all parts of Beijing, and all parts of Beijing, it was distributed in all parts of Beijing. After more than a hundred years, a few can be found. According to records, the horizontal stone label downstairs in Zhengyangmen Arrow is No. 1, which is a unique element on the central axis.

According to the reporter's understanding, there is a horizontal stone label outside the Western West Wall of the Emperor Shi Shi, which is the same as the regulation of Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower. The difference is that the bidding number is 44.751. In Nanluoguxiang, there were also citizens who found the level of stone labels, engraved the altitude height on the front, and the left and right sides were engraved with the words "Kyoto Municipal Grand Gong, measured Beijing level".

In addition to the non -moving cultural relics, Zhengyangmen also has a living culture -Beijing Swift. The Zhengyangmen Tower on the north side of the Arrow Tower is an important habitat for Swift in Beijing. They built nests in the gaps of ancient buildings. Most of them have left Beijing in July, flying to South Africa, 16,000 kilometers. The migratory bird named after Beijing is one of the representatives of the "living culture" on the central axis. Guan Zhanxiu revealed that it will be a "big issue" to launch the repair of Zhengyangmen City Tower this year to protect the ancient construction while protecting the ancient construction. (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)

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