Zhaozhong Temple

The Majiang Naval Battle Museum, also known as Zhaozhong temple, is an architectural style temple of the Qing Dynasty. It was built to commemorate the martyrs who died in the Sino French naval battle of Majiang in Jiashen. After reconstruction, it became the Majiang Naval Battle Memorial Hall. The martyrs' cemetery on the west side of the memorial hall is home to nearly 800 iron men who died for their country. The ancient fort on the top of Maji mountain is a historical relic of the Sino French Majiang war.

Zhaozhong Temple

Zhaozhong temple is a temple or ancestral hall built in ancient China to commemorate the soldiers who died in the war of defending the country. It is named after the meaning of the loyal and good soldiers.

The known Zhaozhong ancestral temples are: Zhaozhong ancestral temple in the capital, Zhaozhong ancestral temple in Fuzhou, Fujian, Zhaozhong ancestral temple in Chaohu, Anhui, and Zhaozhong ancestral temple in Yingkou, Liaoning.

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Baoguo temple is located in the north of guanganmennei street in Beijing, covering an area of 17000 square meters.

It was first built in Liao Dynasty. Because there are two strange pine trees in the courtyard, it was once called shuangsong temple.

After the unification of the Central Plains by Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian emperor, who advocated martial arts, continued to build a new temple in order to highlight the founding fathers of the country.

In the early Ming Dynasty, it was destroyed and rebuilt in 1466. It was renamed as Ceren temple, but it is still commonly known as Baoguo temple. There are temple fairs and flower markets on the 5th, 15th and 25th day of the lunar new year. In 1754, it was rebuilt and renamed as the great Baoguo Ceren temple.

Baoguo temple has seven courtyards and seven storey halls, behind which is the 36 level Pilu Pavilion.

You have a porcelain statue of Guanyin, more than feet high, with a green crown and a Sanskrit wheel in your hand. It was contributed by Jingdezhen porcelain kiln during Shenzong period. It is one of the eight treasures in the old capital, which is called kiln transformed Guanyin. One axis of "the wonderful cause of victory" was once hung between the beams.

In the temple, there is also one axis of "five colored celestial fairies" in the sixth year of Jiaqing (1801).

The stele made by the emperor in the second year of Chenghua (1466) and the stele made by the emperor in the 21st year of Qianlong (1756) are still preserved in the temple. When you ascended Pilu Pavilion, you can enjoy the scenery of the capital. The temple is the largest temple in Nancheng.

Gu Yanwu, a thinker, lived in the West Temple of the temple when he was in Beijing. In 1843, the West Temple was rebuilt as Gu Tinglin temple. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was changed into Zhaozhong temple, which was dedicated to the loyal souls of the Qing Dynasty. Baoguo Temple rose and fell with the national movement.

After the Opium War in 1840, it went from bad to worse. In 1900, during the gengzi incident, the main hall was destroyed by the gunfire of the eight countries. Although famous temples declined, temple markets remained the same from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The bannermen entered the pass from the northeast and established the Qing Dynasty after conquering Beijing.

In Shunzhi period, Zhaozhong temple was built in Dongjiaominxiang taijichang, which was dedicated to the founding officials of the Qing Dynasty headed by Prince Heshuo Jingjin nikan.

He was destroyed in the gengzi incident. After the gengzi incident, dongjiaomin lane was reduced to a foreign concession. It was an embassy area, and it was impossible for Zhaozhong temple to be rebuilt at the original site. Therefore, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, the last famous minister, suggested that the Baoguo temple in Guang'anmen, which was destroyed by gunfire, be renamed Zhaozhong temple, so as to give it the function of commemorating the loyal souls of the Qing Dynasty and comforting the heroes.

With the approval of the imperial court, Lu Chuanlin, Minister of military aircraft and crown prince, was in charge of the construction. The construction started in 1907, the 22nd year of Guangxu.

At that time, the National Treasury was empty and the financial resources were scarce. The Ministry of internal affairs allocated 20000 taels of silver, which was far from enough. Then, officials such as Zhang Zhidong, Lu Chuanlin, Yuan Shikai, and Liang Kui, the son of Rong Lu, raised 160000 taels of silver for the project, which was completed in the 34th year of Guangxu.

The new Zhaozhong temple is much smaller than the original one.

After the completion of the project, the founding ministers of the Qing Dynasty headed by Prince nikan of Heshuo Jingjin and more important ministers who have been passed down in the history of the country.

Address: No.1, Zhaozhong Road, Mawei District, Fuzhou City

Longitude: 119.45234099388

Latitude: 25.984669790518

Tel: 0591-83984103

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus 73, 116, 131, 139, 180, Liangma regular bus, get off at Gangkou Road station and walk about 130 meters

Ticket information: free, collect ticket with ID card

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