bestwishes

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【Stone,Images,Convey,Best,Wishes】

BestWishes品牌中文名

“BestViewPavilion”inthenorthwestcornerof

downtownShengzhouCityisakeyculturalheritage

itisonlyan

additionalpartoftheTownGodTempleofShengzhou

City,culturallyitismoreimportantthanthetemple.

Itisnowunlikelytofindwhenthetown-godsanctuary

cameintobeing,buttheearliestrecordofa

refurbishmentprojectonthetemplegoesbackto1341

intheYuanDynasty(1279-1368).Theprent-day

pavilion,erectedin1804,wasanafterthoughttothe

templeintheQingDynasty(1644-1911).Thenameof

thepavilioncomesfromaremarkmadebyZhuXi(1130-

1200),apreeminentConfucianscholaroftheSong

Dynasty(960-1279).Thefounderofneo-Confucianism

visitedthehillandhadacommandingviewofthe

entedthatthepanoramafromthe

hillwasthebestviewofthispartofZhejiang

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450yearsafterthattheancient

refurbishmentoftheoriginaltemple,craftsmeninthe

QingDynastyhadachancetoaddauniquetouchtothe

-storiedadd-onisdefinitelymore

kesthe

200-year-oldpavilionuniqueisneitherthe

magnificentdouble-eavenorthebestviewitonce

esculpturesinreliefcarvedon

eightfoundationstonesthatmakethepavilionrare

ndationiscompodof

eightcarvedstonencirclethefoundationhalfway

upthegroundasifitwereasasharoundthewaist.

Thesculptedimagesaresituatedwithineight184cmx

72cmhorizontalrectangularframes;eachframehas

fiveimagesandaltogethereightframesprent40

gesaredividedintwodistinct

groups,onecalled“Bogu”andtheother“Auspicious

Animals”.ThenameBoguorillustratedimagesof

valuableantiquescamefromanillustratedcollection

rHuizongoftheSong

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Dynastyorderedtohavehiscollectionofantiquesin

XuanheHallallmadeintodrawingsandputtogether

intoanalbumsothathecouldenjoylookingathis

ustratedbookiscalled

30-volume

collectionfeaturesawiderangeofartifactsinthe

royalcollectionmadeofbronze,porcelain,jade,

ntiqueslookgoodin

illustrationandgivethereaderauniqueopportunity

uniqueimageswerelaterwidelyadoptedtodecorate

hous,lptorswho

carvedtheBoguimagesmusthavecopiesofthe30

uimagesincludeawiderangeof

utensilsudinwininganddininginancientroyal

imagesonthefoundationstonesare

notexactreplicasfromtheillustratedcollection.

Theyaresurroundedbyotherminorimagessuchas

eightdiagrams,coins,corals,ed

withtheBoguimages,“AuspiciousAnimals”play

thecentralpartintheeighthorizontalframes.

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Thearefinesculpturesinrelief6centimetersdeep

iccreatures

includethedragon,thephoenix,theunicorn,the

whitedeer,thesix-ivoryelephant,thecrane,the

bull,thetoadandthebat,allwithmagicpowerin

gicanimal

magicanimalsandBoguimagesandotherornamental

imagesformindependentimagexpressingblessings,

mple,UnicornorQilinis

themagicanimalofpeaceinChinetradition.

Accordingtolegends,itsappearanceintheworld

therhand,eightdiagrams

reprentmajorelementsofnaturesuchasheaven,

earth,thunder,wind,rain,fire,mountain,and

eferstotheoriginofnatureand

ndeight

diagramsformapicturethatekspeaceand

imagesoffortuneand

blessingsaresurroundedbylightpurplestoneframes.

Outsidetheframesarerectangularpatterns

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magesofBogu

antiquesandauspiciousanimalsarebotharchitectural

why

theyasawholeareofgreatculturalsignificance.□