Xinmingtang is divided into 8 exhibition halls, which mainly display the archaeological excavation of Mingtang, the scale of Mingtang in the past dynasties, and the panoramic relief sculptures of the site.
1. Central ruins hall:
In 1986, the Mingtang foundation was archaeologically excavated. It was a six-circle octagonal rammed earth platform with a giant circular column in the center of the Mingtang ruins. The pit has a diameter of 9.8 meters at the mouth and is retracted layer by layer. The bottom of the pit has a diameter of 6.16 meters and a depth of 4.06 meters. The bottom of the pit is a giant pillar foundation composed of four large bluestones. There are two circles of scale lines around the pillars. The diameter of the outer circle is 4.17 meters and the inner circle is 3.87 meters. There are circular mortises on three of them, and there are bricks on the outside of the pillar foundation stone to form an octagon, and the outside is rammed earth. The entire site pit has varying degrees of damage and alkali. After repeated studies by experts, a light steel frame structure was used for protection, which basically did not change the appearance of the original post pit.
2. Zhengbei: Hall of History - Collecting the past through hooks and sinks, lasting for thousands of years
In front is "Mingtang Fu" written by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. Mingtang is an important ritual building built by ancient emperors. It is used as a place to receive ministers, issue government orders, and worship heaven. It is an extremely important part of the ancient ritual building system. Therefore, the Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty was one of the most magnificent buildings. Both Liu Yunji and Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty wrote Mingtang Fu praising this spectacular building.
The following is the appearance of the development of Mingtang architecture in the past dynasties.
During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, Wu Zetian built the Mingtang with the idea of ??"self-remembering the past and using things suitable for things". In terms of shape, structure and scale, Wu Zetian pushed the Mingtang, an important ancient ritual building, to an unreachable level. peak height. In the fourth year of Chui Gong (AD 688), Wu Zetian destroyed the Qianyuan Hall and built the Mingtang, which is 294 feet high and 300 feet wide on all sides. It has three floors. Through. The top is a round cover with a nine-dragon holding it. There is an iron phoenix on top, one foot high. Decorated with gold, it is called the "Wanxiang Temple". The lower layer represents the four seasons, each with a square color; the middle layer represents the twelve celestial beings, with a round cover, and the cover is held by a plate of nine dragons; the upper layer represents the twenty-four qi, also with a round cover. "The upper floor is a domed pavilion, with a gold-painted iron phoenix standing on it, and the roof is paved with wooden tires and lacquered tiles. The Mingtang has a huge wooden center stake that runs up and down, which serves as the backbone of the Dougong beam frame. The scale and complexity of the Mingtang exceed All the palaces in the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty reflected that their design and construction capabilities were close to or reaching the highest level of feudal society. During Wu Zetian's period, he used to entertain officials here, receive congratulations, and issue government orders.
3. Northwest. : Daxiang Hall - Ying Tianshunshi, under Ziming's order
What we are visiting now is Daxiang Hall, located on the northwest side of Mingtang. It mainly displays some major events that happened in Mingtang during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. . The Mingtang is Wu Zetian's administrative palace, a place of worship, and a symbol of Wu Zetian's imperial power.
In our grand hall, we first set up an experience area for the Emperor Wu's throne. , recreating the grand scene of a generation of empresses going to court.
Wu Zetian has been in power for half a century since he was in power with Emperor Gaozong, mainly living in Luoyang. It can be said that Wu Zetian's most exciting life. The chapters were all written in Luoyang, so they all took place in this Mingtang.
The miniature scene of Wu Zetian in the Mingtang before was reproduced as a generation of empress Wu Zetian, breaking the world and commanding the crowd. In 687 AD, Wu Zetian ordered Xue Huaiyi to demolish the Qianyuan Hall of the Li and Tang Dynasties and build the Mingtang Hall on the spot. It took only one year to build the Mingtang Hall. The construction was completed. According to historical records, the Mingtang was 294 feet high and 300 feet square.
But unfortunately, Wu Zetian spent a lot of money and energy on the Mingtang, which was destroyed in 695 AD. The Mingtang was rebuilt soon and was completed in March 696. Since the newly built Mingtang was dedicated to the Wu clan, it was also called Wuzhou Mingtang, also known as Tongtian Palace.
4. Directly west: Hall of Political Achievements - Emei’s majestic spirit and broad mind
The location we are currently in is the Hall of Political Achievements. In 690 AD, Wu Zetian proclaimed herself emperor and ascended the throne. With her great political talent, she summarized the experience of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. and experience and lessons learned from assisting Emperor Gaozong for 20 years. Comparing the previous dynasty with the present, he formulated a twelve-point policy outline, which is what we see before us - twelve suggestions that stabilized society and benefited the people. , which provided a good reference for some later rulers.
During Wu Zetian's reign, Wu Zetian personally presided over the examination and gathered elites from all over the country in Luoyang. There were tens of thousands of candidates and they took the examination for several days. After he came to power, martial arts examinations were also established. During the 15 years of Wu Zetian's reign, she was able to basically maintain the unity of the empire, the vastness of the territory, and the strength of the country. In the interactive experience area here, visitors can return to the Tang Dynasty and feel the majesty of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.
5. Southwest: Cultural Hall - Weiran Tang Style
When we came to the Cultural Hall, the first thing we saw was this wall decorated with twenty Chinese characters - Made by Emperor Wu As the only orthodox female emperor in history, she made bold reforms in writing, adding and subtracting strokes from her predecessors. From her original but widely used twenty Chinese characters, it is not difficult to get a glimpse of her talent and extraordinary wisdom! Among them, the word sun and moon is in the sky, pronounced zhao, which was used by Wu Zetian to name herself. Because the sun and moon are in the sky, it shines on the earth, so it is called zhao.
After more than 1,300 years of vicissitudes, the Monument of Prince Shengxian still stands on the top of Nanfeng Mountain in Fudi Town, Yanshi City, Henan Province. On the fourth day of February in the second year of the Holy Calendar of Wuzhou (AD 699), Wu Zetian left Luoyang He went to Songshan Mountain to enshrine Zen, and when he returned, he stayed at the Shengxian Prince Temple in Goushan Mountain. He was inspired by the scene and wrote an inscription and personally wrote the elixir.
The Tang Dynasty was at the heyday of my country's feudal society. Both ideological and material production reached a historical peak. In the Tang Dynasty, wavy continuous patterns combined with flowers and plants were popular. Flower patterns were commonly used in craft jewelry. , the structure diagram is lively and free, plump and round! The clothing of women in the Tang Dynasty was indeed rich, bold, luxurious, graceful and unconventional.
6. Zhengnan: City Construction Hall - like the sky and the earth, brilliant and brilliant
The city of Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was built in 605 AD, the first year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty. It has been used in the Tang, Five Dynasties and Northern Song Dynasties. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song and Jin Dynasties fought for Luoyang, and the city was destroyed in the war. Luoyang City was in use for more than 500 years during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It consists of the palace city, the imperial city, the east city, and the outer city.
The tallest wooden buildings in the world - Mingtang and Heaven - were built on the Tianzi axis. It formed the most glorious and magnificent landscape of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
When we entered the first floor, when we saw the ruins pit, we mentioned the ten circumferences of the giant wood, which refers to the size of the central pillar of the Mingtang. Now we have virtually designed the Tongtian Pillar here. Profile device. The column is made up of multiple layers of giant wood wrapped around it, connected with tenon wood and surrounded by iron hoops. In this way, we can show the magnificent Tongtian Pillar and let us once again appreciate the luxury of the Tang Dynasty.
7. Southeast: rest area (bathroom)
8. Zhengdong: cinema
The east hall on the first floor of Mingtang - the film and television hall: is currently the largest in the world One of the largest curved screen cinemas, the curved screen is 28 meters long and 4 meters wide, bringing you a super shocking, wide-format, wide-viewing new experience.
9. Northeast: Planning Department
1. L display screen:
The ruins of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were listed as national treasures in the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Major cultural heritage sites and comprehensive protection and science and technology demonstration areas for large sites have also been included in the Silk Road World Heritage List. The Wuzhou Mingtang ruins are located on the central axis of the core area of ??the Luoyang City ruins in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Based on the "one area, one axis" planning of the Luoyang City ruins in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the protection concept of the Wuzhou Mingtang ruins in Luoyang is spread and comprehensively displayed and publicized. The cultural value of the palace city of Luoyang during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This L-shaped display screen shows the development process from ancient times to the present.