首頁/ 最新消息/ Xinhua Shrine Torii Restoration Hutoupi Reconstruction Historical Space
Xinhua Shrine Torii Restoration Hutoupi Reconstruction Historical Space 2023/06/07
Xinhua Shrine Torii before restoration

message content

The Hutoupi Scenic Area in Xinhua District, Tainan City is rich in natural and ecological resources, and it is also located in the local precious cultural asset - the historical building of Xinhua Shrine. Mayor Huang Weizhe said that the Xinhua Shrine was officially announced as an important historical building in the city on June 26, 2013. In order to reproduce the historical significance of the space in the Xinhua area in the past, the Municipal Tourism Bureau was approved by the Cultural Assets Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. The subsidy fund for the restoration project is 15 million yuan. The project started in April 2012, and the construction period is expected to be one year. It is of great significance to local historical culture and tourism resources. After restoration, it will create a new highlight of Hutoupi cultural tourism.

The Xinhua Shrine was completed in September of Showa 18 (1943). The outer garden buildings include torii gates, the Misami Bridge, and dormitories for priests, while the inner garden buildings include a resting place, hand washing shrine, worship hall, main hall, sacrificial utensil storage, social affairs office, and underground After the war, due to changes in land use, most of the buildings were demolished, leaving only torii gates, Misami Bridge, underground relics, rest houses, and stepped ridges. However, its predecessor, Xinhua Society (1929), has only remnants of the stairs and stone lanterns in the main hall.

The project has started the restoration of the torii. In Japanese shrines, the torii represents the entrance to the shrine area. Its shape is two pillars with horizontal wood placed on it. It is an important symbol separating the human domain and the divine domain. Road entrance. The torii gate of the Xinhua Shrine is made of reinforced concrete. After careful detailed inspection by the craftsman, work items such as crack reinforcement, stone washing repair, and surface dirt cleaning are carried out. For the repair of the stone washing surface, samples need to be made first to confirm the stone washing ratio. , size and color, apply at the confirmed location, and make a record of the work results.

Lin Guohua, acting director of the Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau, said that the preservation and restoration of cultural assets is an important sustainable issue today, and the public can also understand the cultural meaning behind them through historical traces and space atmosphere. Get to know the relics of Xinhua Shrine. Hutoupi has a beautiful scenery, and it has recently entered the romantic golden rain Abel flower season. After the restoration project is completed, tourists may wish to visit the torii gates outside the park to take pictures before entering the park, and follow the cultural path of the Xinhua Shrine. A cultural sightseeing tour.

related photos