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Chapter 862: The Glazed Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple

Chinese opera art has a long history, mainly composed of three different art forms: folk song and dance, rap and comedy.

Among all kinds of opera works, there are many things that involve the emperor. For actors in the feudal era, playing the emperor is not a joke, and there are many rules, especially the emperors of this dynasty, who may even cause death.

First of all, you have to arrange the props of the dragon robe, and it cannot be surpassed. The quality of the dragon robe and the number of dragon claws are all strictly required, and the use of the dragon robe in the previous dynasty is slightly looser.

The "Tianwu Emperor" in front of Zhu Cilang's eyes actually wore a dragon robe similar to a four-clawed python robe, and the quality of the clothes was just ordinary clothes.

The styles are also slightly different. The costumes replace the emperor's yellow silk dragon robe with large sleeves and large waists.

When the "Emperor Tianwu" on the stage claimed to be himself, he did not call himself me, but used me.

Because since Qin Shihuang became emperor, the king did not need to be "wholes" and used for the prince. However, for acting, it is necessary to avoid the emperor's taboos, so the prince is not so big.

Before the Tianwu Dynasty, there was one of the most important taboos for actors to play the emperor, and they should not be involved in politics!

The actors cannot play the role of the emperor of this dynasty, nor can they involve the affairs of this dynasty and the affairs of the previous dynasty.

Even if you play the role of the emperor of the previous dynasty, you cannot mention the matters that have something to do with this dynasty, and you cannot have any involvement with the emperor of this dynasty!

In ancient times, the social status of actors was low and the same as that of prostitutes. The political discussion was equivalent to insulting the emperor and the court, which was to be sentenced to death.

After the Tianwu New Policy, Zhu Cixuan abolished this constraint for the development of the Ming Dynasty's cultural undertakings.

However, there are also some relative restrictions. For example, when playing the emperor of this dynasty, you cannot suggest irony, nor can you sing a counter-topic tune with the national policy, and you can only praise it.

The group of actors in front of Zhu Cilang are obviously praising the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty and promoting the scenes of the coming of the country.

Zhu Cilang could see that this big-name protagonist who plays himself was extremely cautious and cautious. He didn't have many lines, and the main manifestation was his expression.

The actor used strong artistic means to infinitely raise the image of "Emperor Tianwu" and attracted unanimous applause from the audience.

Zhu Cilang also smiled and applauded, shouted ok, and rewarded ten silver dollars.

His actions made Queen Xu giggle.

After the end of the "Treasures of All Nations", the "Emperor Tianwu" on the stage wiped the slight cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

No one knew that he was walking on thin ice and trembling. He played such a great emperor or the Emperor of Tianwu in the current dynasty. If he failed the show, it would not only cause the audience to scold him, but perhaps the government would also ask him to have tea.

Fortunately, the performance was quite successful, and a young man actually gave him ten silver dollars!

No wonder he was able to marry such a beautiful wife. There are not many rich and kind people in this world now. May God bless him!

The actor smiled slightly and nodded to Zhu Cilang in the audience to thank him. Even if he thanked him behind the scenes, he was not humble or arrogant, and did not insult the role of Emperor Tianwu.

But he didn't know that the original Emperor Tianwu, whom he played, was standing in the crowd, was the rich young man whom he had just thanked.

If he knew, he would probably be able to brag for eight lifetimes!

After watching this play, Prince Zhu and Bi were almost playing, so they ran over with a lantern.

He happily talked about how many new friends he had made, and said that a child said he was a rich second generation and expressed his willingness to make friends with him.

As he said that, Zhu Hebi pointed to the direction of the peddler and said, "It's him, the tallest one."

Zhu Cilang looked around and saw a child who was about teenager giggling at this side.

Xu Chenyun bent down, tidied up the prince's clothes lovingly, and asked with a smile: "Did you ask his name and have you had the chance to play together again in the future?"

The prince nodded and replied, "I asked, he said his name was Li Guangdi."

"Li Guangdi..."

Zhu Cilang murmured and couldn't help laughing.

Li Guangdi is indeed extraordinary. He has a heart that is good at observing at a young age and judges the extraordinaryness of Prince Zhu and Bi from his behavior.

No wonder he became a great celebrity in the Kangxi Dynasty in history, evergreen, standing in the officialdom as a Han minister for decades without falling. He was caught and impeached many times, but was repeatedly pardoned by Kangxi.

The family of three continued to play, and Zhu Cixuan took his wife and children to the world's No. 1 tower outside Jubao Gate (Zhonghua Gate).

"The First Pagoda" is the official title of the Ming Dynasty, and it is called the Glazed Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple by the people.

Today is the Lantern Festival Temple Fair. The commercial area, tea shops, wine shops and shops around the Glazed Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple are lined with each other, which is extremely lively. It is a lively commercial area in Nanjing.

The Glazed Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple was built by Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu, commemorating the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma. It used 100,000 troops and military service. It took 19 years and cost nearly 2.5 million taels of silver to be built.

The construction of Dabaoen Temple is extremely sophisticated and is built completely according to the standards of the palace. It is magnificent and bright in the day and night.

The entire temple is extremely large in scale, with more than 30 halls, hundreds of monasteries and corridors, and dozens of sutra rooms. It is the largest and highest-level temple in Chinese history and the first of hundreds of temples.

From afar, Zhu Cilang saw the towering glass tower of Dabaoen Temple, about 80 meters high, nine floors and eight sides, and a hundred meters around, which is equivalent to twenty-six floors.

There are nine floors of the Glazed Pagoda, and there are 166 eternal lamps inside and outside. Each core is about an inch thick, making it very dazzling under the night sky.

From its completion in the early Ming Dynasty to its destruction by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the late Qing Dynasty, the glazed pagoda of Dabaoen Temple has been the tallest building in southern China for more than 400 years and a miracle in the history of world architecture.

The Glazed Pagoda of the Dabaoen Temple, the Roman Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, etc., is known as the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, and is regarded by Westerners as one of the landmark buildings representing Chinese culture. It was a must-see place for Chinese and foreign people to visit Jinling at that time.

In 1839, Andersen mentioned in "The Garden of Heaven": "I (a boy named Dongfeng) just came from China. I danced a dance around the porcelain tower, making all the bells ring! "

The porcelain pagoda here is the glazed pagoda of Dabaoen Temple.

When Zhu Cixuan entered the gate of Dabaoen Temple, he saw that the temple was brightly lit and crowded, and the lively level was not worse than on the street.

A gust of wind and wind blew, blew dozens of wind chimes on the glazed pagoda, making a series of crisp sounds, making people feel refreshed and happy.

Zhu Cixuan and Xu Chenyun were tired of walking, so they sat in the corridor and chatted, while talking while watching the tourists coming and going.

In addition to the natives of the Ming Dynasty, there are also some Central Asians and Europeans, red, white, brown, black, and all kinds of hair.

In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, when Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao came to Nanjing, he also came here.

In history, when Kangxi and Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, they visited the glazed pagoda many times. Kang Mazi wrote poems and praised them, and Qianlong, the old thief, wrote plaques.

After the First Opium War, the British went to Nanjing to sign the Treaty of Nanjing with the Qing court. The British troops on the warships went ashore to visit this ancient oriental building that appeared many times in Western literary works.

Unfortunately, in the dynasty of the old thief, this national treasure-level building was blown up by the Taiping Army, and eventually the glazed tower turned into a pile of rubble, and the surrounding temples were burned.
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