Nowwecometotheflowertheater.Firstofall,letmegiveyouabriefintroduction.Huaxilouwasbuiltinthe13thyearofShunzhireignofQingDynasty.ItwasformerlyknownasShanshanguildhall,alsoknownasdaguanditemple.Intheolddays,thelocalpeoplecalleditGetai.ItwasthecontactanddistributioncenterforShanxiandShaanxipharmaciststomanagemedicinalmaterialsinBozhouatthattime.Thereasonwhyithastoday'snameisthatthereisagorgeousflowertheaterinthecourtyard.
Theentirebuildingareaoftheflowertheatreis3163squaremeters,buttheessenceofitisstillreflectedinthefascinatingthreewonders.Doyouwanttoknowwhichisthebest?Don'tworry,let'swalkandsee.
NowyoucanseethesetwoironflagpolesinfrontofthemainentranceareuniquetoHuaxitheater.Eachflagpoleweighs15tonsandismorethan16metershigh.Eachflagpoleisdividedintofivesections,eachofwhichismadeofeighttrigrams,flatdragonsandotherpatterns.Eachflagpoleisalsohungwith24exquisiteironwindbells.Wheneverthewindblows,itwillmakeapleasantDingDongsound.
Let'stakealookattheseconduniquefeatureofhuaxilou,whichisthethree-storyarchwaybuildingwithimitationwoodstructureinfrontofyou-Shanmen.Itisinlaidwithworld-famousthree-dimensionalwatermillbrickcarvings.Onthelessthan10cmthickwatermillbrickcarvings,thereare115characters,33birds,67animals,andmanybuildings,platforms,hallsandpavilions.Here,16characterstoriesarecreated,whicharepermeatedwiththeessenceoftheintegrationofConfucianism,BuddhismandTaoismintraditionalChineseculture.ItisBuddhism,TaoismandConfucianism.It'salmostomnipotent,showingtheworldineveryinch.
Inparticular,weshouldpayattentiontothethirdmasterpieceofhuaxilou-woodcarving,whichhas18playsoftheThreeKingdoms,hundredsofcharactersanddifferentexpressions.Lookattheoneabovethestageinthemiddle.IttellsusthestoryofCaoCao'scherishingoftalents.ThetreacherousheroesdescribedbySimaQianarestillhighlyrespectedinhishometown.
Huaxilou,acollectionofbrickcarvingart,isofgreatvaluetothestudyofancientarchitecturalcarvingartanddramainChina.Iwonderifhuaxilouhasleftadeepimpressiononyou?