Luoyang Capital Museum
Luoyang Capital Museum is a special museum based on The Zhongong Temple to carry forward Zhougong culture and lay out Yingtianmen relic culture of Sui & Tang dynasties. The Zhougong Temple is a ancestral temple built for the memory of Zhougong, named Ji Dan, a famous politician, ideologist and militarist. He is also the founder of ancient Luoyang City and China Confucianism.
The Zhougong Temple is the important site to sacrifice Zhougong in China. It was founded in year 618, the end of Sui dynasty and early of Tang dynasty. The existing one is rebuilt in year 1,525 of Ming dynasty, and got several times heavy repaired during Qing dynasty by emperor of Kangxi, Qianlong and Guangxu. Zhougong Temple is a well preserved and integrated ancient architecture of Ming-Qing dynasty. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province. West to the Zhougong Temple is the Yingtianmen Relic. Yingtianmen is the frontispiece of the palace of Luoyang during Sui-Tang dynasty. It was constructed in year 605 of Sui dynasty with a original name Zetianmen. It was reconstructed in early Tang dynasty. To taboo the name of Wu Ze Tian, Li Dan (Tang Rui Zong)'s mother, it was changed into Yingtianmen and followed up to present. At that time, Yingtianmen is the important locale for court to hold big national affairs ceremonies and diplomatic activities. By devolution, the ceremonies, of declaring Queen of Wu Ze Tian and Tang Xuan Zong's interview with the 8th dispatching messengers to Tang dynasty, were all celebrated at the gate tower of Yingtianmen. The architectural shape of Yingtianmen directly influenced the Danfeng Gate of Bianliang (capital of North Song dynasty) and Wu Gate of the Imperial Palace in Beijing (capitals of Ming and Qing dynasties). Yingtianmen Relic plays an allimportant consequence in China capital architecture. Yingtianmen was unearthed in 1990, and was regarded as one of the 10 grand archaeological discoveries in year 1990 by China Government. Yingtianmen Relic is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.
Source: luoyangsincere.com
Editor: Chen Yanqiu, Wang Moyan
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