Main attractions of Kaiyuan ancient town

The shooting time of this film is about: 1900 (Guangxu 26th year) to 1905. Russian troops entered Kaiyuan City on 1900 and withdrew from Kaiyuan City on 1905.

Above the south gate, there was originally a slate inlaid with the words "Yinmen" written in Manchu and Chinese.

Now hang a flag above the city gate. Although the handwriting is scrawled, it can be generally recognized, which is probably: "Great Russia opens the same city as Geyuan". According to research, the earliest bell and drum tower was built in the early Ming Dynasty, when it was a brick city. In the 20th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1484), it collapsed due to Liaodong earthquake.

In the forty-seventh year of Qing Qianlong (1782), when the reconstruction of the brick city of Kaiyuan Town was about to be completed, merchants in the city donated money to rebuild the Bell and Drum Tower. The wooden structure of the bell and drum tower is two feet high and the attic has two floors. It has four doors and can lead to four streets. And hung the bronze bell of Chongshou Temple on the bell and drum tower. At that time, he was in Guangming, Renzhi County, and once praised in "The New Bell Tower": "The round window arches the moon, and before the Milky Way falls, the drums shake the ground. Beautiful, it can be described as a cautious view. "

Unfortunately, in the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), the bell tower was destroyed by thunder and fire, and the bronze bell was also burnt out. Tongzhi eight years, the city's businessmen once again donated money to rebuild the Bell and Drum Tower. The newly-built brick and wood structure of the Bell and Drum Tower is seven feet high and has three floors. On the top floor, there is a newly cast iron bell, which weighs more than 4,000 kilograms and has a loud voice. Under the eaves of the bell tower of Kaiyuan Ancient City, plaques are hung on all sides. The southern book Enlighten Civilization, the northern book Hearing Passion, the eastern book Police and People, and the western book Soaring into the Sky. These four inscriptions were written by county magistrate Zhang Qihuai (1914-1921year in office). At that time, there were bellmen in Gulou School. In the evening, ring the bell for the first time on duty; Second watch, ring the bell twice until the fifth watch. When a fire breaks out in a city, the four streets in the east, west, north and south shall prevail, and the bell shall ring according to the provisions of "three in the east and four in the west, five in the south and six in the north". According to textual research, the night watchman rang the bell and stopped at the beginning of 1934. In more than 600 years, this bell tower was destroyed several times. The last time was man-made demolition. 1970, the revolutionary Committee of the old city completely demolished the bell and drum tower built in Tongzhi eight years ago, and the big clock hanging upstairs was also smashed and sold. The existing Bell and Drum Tower was rebuilt in July of 199 1, with a height of only four and a half feet, which is more than twenty feet shorter than the bell tower built eight years ago in Tongzhi.

The existing Bell and Drum Tower was rebuilt in July of 199 1, with a height of only four and a half feet, which is more than twenty feet shorter than the bell tower built eight years ago in Tongzhi.

Chongshou Temple is located in Kaiyuan Old Town Street, 9 kilometers away from the center of kaiyuan city. There is a thousand-year-old pagoda in the temple, named Chongshou Temple Tower, which was built during the period of Long Yuan in Jin Dynasty (1 156). It is an octagonal 13 solid brick tower with dense eaves. The tower is 45.82 meters high. There are eight Buddhist niches on the tower, and eight Buddhas are seated. There is a group of flying reliefs on the niche cover, and the lines are smooth. Hundreds of bronze mirrors are hung on each floor of the tower, and a bronze drum is hung on the west side. This pagoda is magnificent and heavy in shape. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Kaiyuan, which was called "Sunrise at the Ancient Pagoda". Although this pagoda has undergone historical changes in Cang Sang, it is basically intact except that the bronze drums and mirrors were looted during the Japanese puppet regime. Chongshou Temple Tower is an important building reflecting the ancient Jurchen national culture, which fully demonstrates the outstanding creative ability of the ancient working people in China and the profoundness of the ancient architecture in China. Chongshou Temple has been rebuilt several times, and the incense is flourishing every year. Now it has become a famous temple in northern Liaoning.