Brief introduction and detailed information of Dashige

Location: Dashige, also known as Sipailou, is located in Yongan Village, Shankou Town, 85km southeast of Hepu County.

Dashige is named after Guanyin Bodhisattva once worshipped in the attic. This pavilion was built in the early Ming Dynasty and rebuilt once in the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the ancient buildings closest to the sea in China.

Dashige, the whole building layout is reasonable and coordinated, forming a beautiful and stable unity. National key cultural relics protection units. It is located in Yong 'an Village, Shankou Town, Hepu County, and is 108km away from Beihai City. Heshan Expressway is accessible. This pavilion is one of the ancient buildings closest to the sea in China, and it is a cultural relic tourist attraction with a long history and strong national characteristics in Hepu County.

Traffic conditions Dashige has a cement-hardened road with a bus tour, and the entrance is located 9.5km from Shankou Town to shatian town. There is also a bus to shatian town in Beihai. You can get off at 8.5 km and walk 1 km. Opening hours: 06:00- 18:00. Tickets are free and you can visit the second floor.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the large pavilion for cultural relics protection was hit by storms and shaken by earthquakes many times in Hepu area, and the houses in the nearby land collapsed for several miles, but the large pavilion stood alone. Dashige has great scientific and artistic research value in architecture. Dashige is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Dashige, also known as Sipailou, is located in Yongan Village, Shankou Town, 85 kilometers southeast of Hepu County. Dashige was built together with Yong 'an ancient city, which has four gates and Dashige is located in the center. It was named after Guanyin Bodhisattva, once worshipped in the attic.

During the renovation, Dashige was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1398), and was rebuilt once in the Qing Dynasty. The latest renovation was 20 16. It is one of the ancient buildings closest to the sea (one kilometer) in China and the oldest preserved one in Hepu County.

Dashige covers an area of 397 square meters and faces south. 3 rooms wide and 6 rooms deep, divided into front and rear pavilions and upper and lower floors. The two pavilions are connected and integrated. The wooden beam frame combined with bucket-penetrating and platform-beam is made of hard lattice and connected by tenon and mortise.

The two pavilions are centered on the four-poster hall, the upper floor is surrounded by wooden boards, and the lower floor is open without enclosure. The ridge on the top of Xieshan Mountain with double eaves is decorated with exquisite gray carvings, and there are various lifelike bird and animal flower reliefs on both sides. In terms of architectural technology, the legacy of Song and Yuan Dynasties has been retained, and the whole building layout is reasonable and coordinated, forming a beautiful and stable unity. It is an important material for studying ancient buildings in the south.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Hepu area suffered many storms and earthquakes, and land houses collapsed within a few miles nearby, but Dashige stood still. This pavilion is of great scientific and artistic research value in architecture. Dashige is now listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The main structure covers an area of 167.5 m2 on the ground floor and 8 1 m2 on the second floor, with a total construction area of 248.5 m2. The building is basically well preserved. According to historical records, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Japanese invaders often invaded the southeast coast of China. In order to resist the enemy, the imperial court built a "thousand-door garrison" in Yong 'an city, and built a magnificent pavilion in the center of the city to defend the lookout. The main load-bearing structure is 36 wooden columns, forming a rectangle. The foot of the column is not buried, but supported on the lotus stone pad.

The stone pad is only buried from 10 to 15 cm, and there is no foundation below. The pillars are connected by 72 wooden beams (pulling wood). There are three layers of cantilever beams on the roof, and each layer is supported by wooden mats. There are also wooden mats between the beams in the pavilion. The beams and columns of the whole pavilion are connected by tenons and mortises, without a nail or an iron. All the roofs, cornices and cornices are carved or painted with lifelike mythical figures, dragons and phoenixes, birds and animals, exotic flowers and plants, which are extremely spectacular and gorgeous.

Dashige, the whole building layout is reasonable and coordinated, forming a beautiful and stable unity, retaining the legacy of Song and Yuan dynasties in architectural techniques, and is an important physical material for studying ancient buildings in the south. According to historical records, from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Hepu area suffered many storms and earthquakes, and land houses collapsed within a few miles nearby, except Dashige.

The relief art pavilion is connected by two open pavilions, with the back four-poster hall as the center, three wide rooms and six deep rooms, without corridors and patios. The facade of the pavilion consists of two floors, the upper floor is attic-style, surrounded by boards, doors and windows, and boards are laid on the ground; The lower floor is open without enclosure, the whole frame is connected by tenon and mortise, and the stigma is inclined upward to make a three-jump arch to support the pavilion eaves. The pavilion has a double eaves and a roof built on the mountain, and each roof has nine ridges. The roof is decorated with exquisite patterns, such as phoenix, dragon playing with beads, birds, trees, exotic flowers and grasses, which have a strong flavor of life.

Rebuilt once in Qing Dynasty, it is one of the ancient buildings closest to the sea in China and the oldest preserved one in Hepu County.