Traditional Chinese colors are taken from all things in nature, and they are the form we use to record the world, even in winter, Dongxi Ancient Town, located in Qijiang District, is also colorful and dazzling!
Crimson color
The red color is bright red and red, which is the traditional Chinese red. The Longhua Temple in Dongxi is red as a whole, which is particularly conspicuous in the green trees.
Longhua Temple was founded in the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng four years, the temple was formerly known as the Guanyin Temple, located on the cliff of Yankou Bay on the field of Dongxi, surrounded by cloisters, flying eaves and corners, carved wooden windows, there is the stone carving coiling dragon of the head of the temple behind the temple. According to "Chongqing History and Culture", this dragon was engraved in the first year of Jingde of Song Zhenzong (1004), 1017 years ago, which can be described as a long history.
Yellow
Yellow represents prosperity and splendor. The lanterns hanging on the streets of Dongxi Ancient Town gather little by little to form a sea of golden lights, symbolizing the prosperity of Dongxi Ancient Town.
Dongxi is named after "purple gas comes from the east and the stream flows for a long time", and it is an ancient town of Chinese historical civilization. At night, the lanterns hanging on the streets of Dongxi Ancient Town are lit up at the same time, and the golden sea of lights is worth checking in and commemorating by tourists!
White
White symbolizes dignity, integrity, and purity. The wall of Wantian Palace in Dongxi is pure white, which was built in the second year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1663), 360 years ago.
Wantian Palace is a civil engineering structure, covering an area of 11877 square meters, adjacent to Nanhua Palace, is the hall built by Sichuan people to worship Sichuan ancestors at that time, and it is also the place where people live, leisure and entertainment now. The stage of the front hall of the Wantian Palace has exquisite hollow woodcut reliefs, and vivid and vivid pictures show ancient historical stories such as "going to the meeting with a single knife" and "empty city plan".
Green
Green symbolizes life, calm, comfort, nature. The Taiping Bridge in Dongxi Ancient Town is built along the water, and at the lowest point of the ancient town, it used to be the water wharf on which local residents depended, and it is also the most lively place in the ancient town.
Taiping Bridge was built in Ming Taizu three years (1370), 653 years ago, there was a dragon sword of 83 pounds that can rotate naturally with the size of the wind under the bridge, both ends of the bridge are planted with yellow kudzu trees, the two form a tree entanglement bridge, the bridge love tree, the wonder of the bridge tree complementing each other, and the flowing water form the scenery of a small bridge flowing water.
It's better to travel to the east and west than to come to Dongxi, and come to Qijiang Dongxi Ancient Town on weekends!More colors of Dongxi - waiting for you to roam and discover.
*:Qijiang Tourist Resort|Wentu|Sun Zhibo.