Why did you build Panyu Baomo Garden?

According to legend, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a flood in the Xijiang River one year, and a piece of black wood floated to the village. People put it back into the river, but the water downstream was very big and the wood returned to the edge of the village. This kind of situation appears again and again, and people feel very strange, so they worship black wood.

Later, the corrupt official Xiao Shenyang was eliminated by the imperial court, and a wave of anti-corruption and honesty was set off in the society. As far as the influence is concerned, people naturally especially hope to get a fair and honest official "Bao Qingtian" like Bao Zheng, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty and a great scholar in Longtuge, to govern officials.

Bao Zheng was the magistrate of Kaifeng in his early years, and later he was an official to a Tang dynasty. Posthumous title was "filial" after his death. Among the people, Bao Zheng was called "Bao Qingtian" by the people because of his honesty, vindication of unjust imprisonment, punishment of corrupt officials and selflessness.

Bao Gong has been an official in Zhaoqing for three years, and Zhaoqing is on the edge of Xijiang River. In addition, it is said that Bao Zheng has a dark face and is called "Bao Heizi". In order to sacrifice to Bao Qingtian, this piece of black wood became the incarnation of Bao Gong, which was carved into Bao Gong's head by Shawan people and dedicated to the Baoxiang Building built by Shawan people to sacrifice to Bao Zheng.

At the end of Qing Dynasty, there was a man named Bao in Shawan. According to the rumors of Shawan people, he was especially clean as an official, and he was worthy of being reincarnated as Bao Zheng in the Northern Song Dynasty. So in the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to commemorate Bao Gong, people spontaneously raised funds to rebuild the Baby Elephant Mansion next to the original Treasure Elephant Mansion and named it "Mo Bao Hall".

Baomo Garden is located next to Baoxiang House, Zini Village, Shawan Town, Panyu. Later, because too many people went to Mo Bao Hall to worship Bao Zheng, the Qing court converted it into a garden, covering an area of 5 mu, and renamed it "Baomo Garden". As an open-air place for people to rest, it is the earliest public garden in ancient Panyu.

The buildings in Baomo Garden mainly include Baishi Paifang, Jiulong Bridge, Zongdi Hall, Mo Bao Hall, Longtu Pavilion, Qingxin Pavilion, Yang Lian Bridge, Zidong Boat and Thousand Elephants Cloister. In addition, thousands of trees such as Luohan Laosong, Murraya murraya, Zanthoxylum nitidum, Ginkgo biloba, Ficus macrophylla and Lagerstroemia indica are planted in the park, as well as a large number of Lingnan bonsai, including turtle pond, releasing pond, koi fish fish pond and lotus pond, which bring visitors beautiful enjoyment.

The white stone archway at the main entrance of Baomo Garden stands tall, magnificent and wonderful. It is about 14 meters high and 27 meters wide, with three arches. It is all made of more than 4,000 pieces of white and cyan granite, weighing more than 600 tons, of which the stone on the beam weighs 37 tons, engraved with the story of Di Qing and auspicious animals.

The white stone archway is in the middle of the book Baomo Garden. The couplets on both sides are:

The treasure colt touches the three rivers and receives a water;

Ink flows from the south to green and red.

The banner on the back of Baishi archway is "Yan Mo", and the whole archway is a large stone carving art treasure.

Entering the garden gate of Baishi archway, there is a Baishi arch bridge modeled after Beijing Jinshui Bridge, commonly known as "Jiulong Bridge", which consists of a main bridge and two auxiliary bridges, all of which are white granite, and carp with a span of 6 meters are spewing up.

According to legend, the word "Kowloon Bridge" comes from the fine gold font of Evonne, Song Huizong. In the center of the bridge is a large bluestone with a length of 7 meters and a width of 3 meters, on which nine lifelike dragons are carved. Smooth knife technique and hard force indicate that Kowloon will take off and be auspicious.

Behind the Kowloon Bridge, there is a blue brick hanging hill-like screen wall named "Tuyan and Mingbi", which is an affiliated building of the Baomo Garden gatehouse. Its real meaning is "concealment". Its purpose is to prevent the situation in the park from being directly exposed, thus creating a solemn atmosphere.

Tu Yan and Ming City Wall are 22.38 meters wide and 5.83 meters high. They are carved from more than 30,000 pieces of blue bricks. Shallow relief, high relief, round carving, through carving, through carving and other techniques are flexibly used to achieve multi-level and three-dimensional effects.

On the front, there is a pattern of flowers blooming and birds singing, and there are more than 600 birds of various shapes, such as phoenix, peacock, pheasant, grasshopper and dragonfly, as well as more than 0/00 kinds of flowers and plants such as pine, cypress, bamboo, willow and peony. The whole picture is centered on the phoenix, which means "a hundred birds pay homage to the phoenix". It is full of vitality and symbolizes the prosperity of the motherland.

On the back of the screen is the calligraphy sculpture of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, including Preface to Lanting Collection, Sunny Post of Fast Snow, Post of Walking, Post of Close Reading and the inscription and postscript of Zhao, a painter and calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty. The carved fonts are smooth and natural, maintaining the essence of ancient great calligraphers, and the brushwork is free and easy, such as vertical hanging lines, so Guangdong brick carving has the reputation of "hanging line brick carving".

The treatment hall is located directly behind the screen wall. It was originally the Baogong Concert Hall where Bao Gong worked, and was built in memory of Bao Gong. Bao Gong once wrote a five-character poem "Training on the Wall", in which the first two sentences are:

Pure heart is the foundation, and the right path is the plan.

The permanent governance of the church is named after this, which means that honesty and integrity are the foundation of governing the country. In the courtyard in front of the permanent governance hall, there is a rosewood woodcarving, with welcoming pine and crane engraved on the front, indicating that life is rich, and Confucius, a famous educator and founder of Confucianism, is engraved on the back:

The trip to the Avenue is also an open matter. ...

There is a lotus picture hanging in the center of the hall, which is used to treat diseases, symbolizing the integrity of Bao Zheng and people's admiration for Bao Gong's incorruptibility. Its left and right couplets are:

The more thousands of years of governance, the more virtues will be left to future generations;

The source comes down in one continuous line, clear as water.

This couplet expresses the reverence of later generations for Bao Gong's pleading for the people. There is also a 2,000-year-old wooden plaque unearthed from the ancient tombs of the Western Han Dynasty on the left side of the hall. The wood texture is delicate, and the calligraphy is round and smooth.

On the right side of the Permanent Hall, there is a giant mahogany woodcarving painting tube made by collectors during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, which is exquisite in shape and fine in carving, and is worthy of being a treasure of the study.

In the Mo Bao Hall behind the Permanent Governance Hall, there is a granite stone tablet with the name of Baomo Garden written on it, which is the treasure of Baomo Garden. Mo Bao Hall is a brick-wood building built on the top of the mountain to commemorate Bao Gong, and it is Bao Gong's study and bedroom. It is surrounded by water on three sides, facing Jianqing Bridge, which is a brick and wood structure building, built near Lake Mo Bao, and shaped like a wind and rain bridge.

Bao Gong's portrait hangs in the center of Mo Bao Hall. He is wearing a red official uniform, upright and upright, and his face is not the legendary black. Legend has it that Bao Gong's black-faced image is just that people use black to express his seriousness, integrity and justice. The couplets on both sides of Bao Gong's portrait are:

History is aboveboard;

Yang's legacy.

This couplet is the crowning touch of Mo Bao Hall. There are exquisite grape patterns in front of the portrait, and golden wood carvings hang down, which looks solemn and elegant.

In the center of Mo Bao Hall, there is a huge Guangdong inkstone with a length of 2.36m, a width of 1 .6m, a weight of1more tons, and an inscription of 108 longevity cranes, named "Bai Shou Tu". On both sides are the 300-year-old "Ruyi Gu Mo" and the mahogany woodcarving painting cylinder, which are exquisite in attainments and elegant in style.

The lake in front of Mo Bao Hall is carved with turtles, snakes and cranes, and the lake is full of lotus flowers and water lilies. There are two old elm bonsai trees in front of the main hall, which are vigorous and tall, just like two generals who enforce the law for Bao Gong, commonly known as "tree generals", defending the justice of the country.

Next to General Shu, there are a pair of big goldfish bowls, painted with hundreds of chrysanthemums and peonies, which compete for each other and add luster to the temple.

In addition, there are eight groups of exquisite ceramic sculptures on the roof of Mo Bao Hall, which were created by ceramic masters according to Bao Gong's story. The characters are vivid and vivid, among which the story of "Bao Yan casts himself into the river" is the most famous.

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