Firstofall,I'dliketobrieflyintroducehuaxilou.Itwasbuiltinthe13thyearofShunzhireignofQingDynasty.ItwasformerlyknownasShanshanguildhall,alsoknownasdaguanditemple.Intheolddays,thelocalpeoplecalleditGetai.ItwasthecontactanddistributioncenterforShanxiandShaanxipharmaceuticalmerchantstomanagemedicinalmaterialsinBozhouatthattime.Thereasonwhyithastoday'snameisthatthereisabeautifulhuaxilouinthecourtyard
Theentirebuildingareaoftheflowertheatreis3163squaremeters,buttheessenceofitisstillreflectedintheenchanting"threewonders".Doyouwanttoknowwhichthreeofthemare?Noneedtoworry,let'swalkandsee.
NowyoucanseethesetwoironflagpolesinfrontofthemainentranceareuniquetoHuaxitheater.Eachflagpoleweighs15tonsandismorethan16metershigh.Eachflagpoleisdividedintofivesections,eachsectionismadeofeighttrigrams,flatdragonsandotherpatterns.Eachflagpoleisalsohungwith24exquisiteironwindbells.Wheneverthewindblows,itwillmakeapleasantsound
Let'stakealookattheseconduniquefeatureofHuaxitheater,whichisthethree-storyarchwaystylebuildinginfrontofyou.Itisinlaidwithworld-famousthree-dimensionalwatermillbrickcarvings.Onthewatermillbrickcarvingslessthan10cmthick,thereare115characters,33birds,67animals,andmanybuildings,platforms,hallsandpavilions.16characterstoriesarecreatedhere,ItispermeatedwiththeessenceoftheintegrationofConfucianism,BuddhismandTaoismintraditionalChineseculture.<DharmacrossingtheriveristheBuddha,<LaojunalchemyistheTao,<KuixingDianyuanistheConfucianism.Itisalmostomnipotent,showingthevastworld
Inparticular,weshouldpayattentiontothewoodcarving,thefifthmasterpieceofhuaxilou.Thereare18playsoftheThreeKingdoms,hundredsofcharactersanddifferentexpressions.Pleaseseetheoneabovethestageandinthemiddleis"Changbanpo".IttellsusthestoryofCaoCaocherishinghistalents.Inthisway,thegenerationoftreacherousheroesdescribedbySimaQianisstillhighlyrespectedinhishometown
Huaxilou,acollectionofbrickcarvingart,isofgreatvaluetothestudyofancientarchitecturalcarvingartanddrama