Tongquetai was built because Cao Cao defeated Yuan Jia in the north, stayed in Yecheng for one night and saw a golden light in the middle of the night. The next day, he sent a captain's troops to touch the gold and dug up a bronze sparrow terrace.
Counselor Xun You said to Cao Cao, "Sheng Junshun's mother dreamed that a jade sparrow flew into her arms and gave birth to Shun. Today, we dug this up, which is a sign of good luck! " So Cao Cao, who was ambitious, decided to build a bronze sparrow terrace on the bank of Zhangshui River to show his achievements in pacifying the four seas.
During the Three Kingdoms period, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he built Yedu, and built three sets of Tongquetai, Hujin and Bingjing, which are the "Wild Santai" in the history books. This is the birthplace of Jian 'an literature, with an altitude of 10 feet and more than 100 rooms, which is famous for its numerous inscriptions by celebrities in past dynasties. Linzhang was called Ye in ancient times. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Yecheng was the taboo emperor Sima Ye, renamed as "Linzhang" and named after Zhanghe in the north.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Yecheng, as the capital of Cao Wei, Hou Zhao, Wei Ran, Yan Qian, Eastern Wei and Northern Qi dynasties, lived in the political, economic, cultural and military center of northern China for four centuries, creating splendid history and culture, which made Linzhang enjoy the reputation of "the hometown of the Three Kingdoms and the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties".
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The development of history
In the fifth year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and built a bronze sparrow terrace on the banks of the Zhanghe River in the capital. It is ten feet high and divided into three groups, each group is 60 steps apart, and the flying bridge in the middle is connected. In the 18th year of Jian 'an (2 13), Cao Cao built Hu Station in the south of Tongquetai. The following year (2 14), another ice well platform was built in the north of Tongquetai, which was collectively called "Three Stations".
"Notes on Water Classics, Volume Five Turbid Zhang Shui" records: "The northwest corner of Yecheng is based on the wall, with a platform ten feet high and more than a hundred houses ... towering and towering, as high as mountains".
In the seventeenth year of Jian 'an (2 12), Cao Zhi wrote A Tong Quetai Fu, which said: "Since the Ming Dynasty, I have wandered around and entertained myself on stage. When you see the opening of Taifu, you can see the camp of Shengde. The building hall is steep and steep, but the floating double gap is too clear. View China from the sky, and even fly to the west. The water in Linzhang is flowing, and the fruit in Roy is brilliant. Look up at the harmony of the spring breeze and listen to the plaintive cries of birds. ……"
Cao Cao greatly appreciated this. At that time, Cao Pi also wrote "Ode to the Stage", whose famous sentence is: "Since Feiting's abdication, all levels have been strict in inheriting heaven." Cao Cao redeemed Cai Wenji, the daughter of Cai Yong at the end of Han Dynasty, from Xiongnu with a large sum of money, met her at Tongquetai and asked her to sing the famous "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia".
After the Sixteen Kingdoms, Hu added 20 feet, or 12 feet, and built five floors. According to "Nakano Ji", "(Shi Hu) crossed the second well in Tongquetai, built an iron beam tunnel to pass through the well, and called it Shoudong, and put more precious grain in the well to please the guests ...". In the ninth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (558), three sets of major renovations were carried out, with 300,000 craftsmen. After completion, the "Ice Well" was renamed as "sogou" and the Tongquetai was renamed as Jinfengtai.
In the Tang dynasty, the old name was restored. In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi wrote a poem "Tongquetai Poetry": "Blow out the dust of Xiling song and dance, and then the roof tiles will be called treasures; Tao Zhen often becomes the present hand, and it is still a hollow name. " Wang Anshi lamented that the world likes to spend a lot of money to collect bronze sparrow tiles, but most of them are fakes. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Tongquetai was partially destroyed by Zhangshui.
By the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of Tongquetai was washed away by Zhangshui. Existing buildings, except Hujin Terrace Site, Tongquetai, Bingjingtai and other buildings were destroyed by floods and wars and buried underground.
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Baidu encyclopedia-tongquetai