Quyang Beiyue Temple

Beiyue temple is located in the west of Quyang County. It was built in the period of emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (500-512 years). It is a place to worship Hengshan. The main existing buildings are relics of the Yuan Dynasty, including Yuxiang Pavilion, Lingxiao gate, Sanshan gate, Feishi Hall (site) and Dening hall. There are also some stele pavilions on both sides.

Quyang Beiyue Temple

Beiyue temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit. Beiyue temple, formerly known as "the temple of emperor an Tianyuan of Beiyue", is located in the west of Quyang County, 83 kilometers southwest of Baoding city. It is the place where the feudal emperors of past dynasties worshiped Beiyue.

brief introduction

Beiyue temple, commonly known as "Dou Wang Dian" by common people, is located in Quyang County. It was formerly known as the temple of emperor Tianyuan of Beiyue, commonly known as Dou Wang Dian. From the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties worshipped Beiyue in this place.

The temple has a large scale. According to the county annals, the temple has three gates. The south gate is the God gate, which is the southwest gate of the county. The west gate is the west gate of the county.

There are memorial archways, Chaoxian gate, Yuxiang Pavilion, Lingxiao gate, Sanshan gate, bell tower, Feishi hall, Dening hall and Houzhai gate in Zishen gate. It is 542 meters long from north to south, 321 meters wide from east to west, and covers an area of 173982 square meters. Today, it is 300 meters long from north to South and 139 meters wide from east to west.

Historical evolution

Beiyue temple was first built in the reign of emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (500-512). It was a place for worshiping Beiyue. It was established in successive dynasties. In 1660 of the Qing Dynasty, it was a place for worshiping Hengshan.

During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty (627-649), Beiyue temple was rebuilt, and it was repaired and expanded to some extent in successive dynasties. The main buildings of Beiyue temple are arranged on the north-south axis. The existing buildings include Yuxiang Pavilion, Lingxiao gate, Sanshan gate, Feitai hall site and the hall of Dening.

There are also some stele pavilions on both sides. After the early Qing Dynasty, it was converted to Hunyuan, Shanxi Province. The existing Beiyue temple was built during the reign of emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (500-512).

Beiyue temple was built by the royal nobles to offer sacrifices to "the God of Hengshan Mountain", so it is called "Beiyue Temple".

Beiyue temple is located in the west of Quyang County.

With exquisite architecture, carved beams and painted buildings, the temple is majestic and magnificent, with stele Gallery, stone carving Museum, museum and so on. It is a key cultural relic protection unit of the state.

It was built during the reign of emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (500-512 A.D.), and then repaired repeatedly in the Tang, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Beiyue temple covers an area of 542 meters long and 321 meters wide from east to west, with a total area of 174000 square meters.

Its architectural pattern is based on the central axis, and the west chamber is symmetrical with the classical architectural form.

The main building of the temple, the hall of Dening, is located at the north end of the central axis. To the south, there are Feishi hall, Sanshan gate, Lingxiao gate, Yuxiang Pavilion, Chaoyue gate and Meridian Gate. On both sides of the main hall are the East and West Zhaofu gates. There are also eight other buildings, such as stele tower, which are scattered on the two sides of the central axis.

Features of scenic spots

Architecture

The majestic Dening hall is the main building of Beiyue temple. It faces south, nine rooms wide and six rooms deep. It is surrounded by cloisters, double eaves, glazed tile ridge, green tile top, 30 meters high, covering an area of 2009.8 square meters. It is a palace style building with double eaves, high cut, green tile roof and yellow glazed tile ridge.

The main hall is built on the stone platform. The columns in the hall are arranged by the method of sincere columns, and the beam frame is of the middle column type; the eaves and brackets of the hall are of one or two types. The hall is 9 rooms wide and 6 rooms deep. The lower floor is surrounded by corridors, and the ground is plastered with square bricks and strips of bricks.

There is a platform in front of the hall, stone railings around the pillar, stone lion statue on the head of the pillar, and the head of a horse at the four corners of the hall.

mural

The most spectacular mural in Beiyue temple is the "Temple of Dening". There are tall murals on the East and west walls of the temple, 6.5 meters high and 17.6 meters long. There is the "palace of heaven" painted by Wu Daozi, the painter of Tang Dynasty. Behind the wall is a huge color mural "the tour of Hengshan God of Beiyue". The murals are 8 meters high and 27 meters long. The murals on the East and west sides are 8 meters high and 18 meters long respectively. The total area of murals is 504 square meters Rice.

Contents of the mural: the East mural is yunxingyushi, which depicts the images of numerous gods and earthly gods, who make clouds and rain and bring rain to the people. The largest figure is as high as 3.3 meters; the West mural is wanguoxianning, which depicts the scene of the gods returning to the palace after they finish the task of making clouds and rain.

The God of the west wall (Zhong Kui) is the essence of the whole frescoes. The muscles are rough, the looks are grim, the guns are crossed, and the sky is flying.

There are 73 characters in the two frescoes, all of which are lifelike.

The wall painting of Beishan Mountain is the painting of the God of Hengshan Mountain. It is said that the characters in the murals of Beiyue temple in Quyang and the water in the murals of Bolin temple in Zhaoxian were all painted by Wu Daozi, a great painter of the Tang Dynasty, so there is a legend of "Quyang ghost, Zhaozhou water".

Quyang's "flying God" and the "water" on the mural of the main hall of Bolin temple in Zhaozhou (Zhaoxian county) were both painted by Wu Daozi in Tang Dynasty, so it is said.

inscriptions on a tablet

Beiyue temple has more than 200 steles, steles and scriptures, as well as stele corridors and stele towers. It is one of the largest stele groups in Hebei Province. In terms of time, the inscriptions of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China are complete, spanning more than 1500 years.

The contents of the inscriptions are mostly the records of the rebuilding of Beiyue temple and the sacrificial rites for the God of Beiyue in the past dynasties, and some of them are recorded in poems, CI, songs and Fu. In terms of the art of calligraphy, Zhen, Cao, Li, Zhuan and Xingshu are all available.

The earliest inscriptions in the third year of peace in the Northern Wei Dynasty (462 AD) are rare and precious among the existing inscriptions in China. There are "the stele of Hengshan spirit temple in Dingzhou, Tang Dynasty", "the stele of Beiyue temple in Tang Dynasty", "the stele of Beiyue God in Tang Dynasty", "the stele of anwang temple in Beiyue rebuilt in Song Dynasty", "the stele of Beiyue Temple rebuilt in Song Dynasty", "the stele of Sushi's poetry", "the stele of dayuanfeng plus Beiyue Shouzhao" and so on, which can be called the treasure house of calligraphy art, and provide us with the research on the politics, economy, culture and calligraphy art of our times The evolution of art provides precious material materials.

There is a sculpture art museum in Beiyue temple, which preserves more than 100 ancient sculptures. His works include figures, animals, statues of Buddha and scriptures, among which "stone tiger of the Western Han Dynasty", "stone lion of the Northern Wei Dynasty", "Thousand Buddha with backlight of the Northern Wei Dynasty", "stone lamp of the Tang Dynasty", "Big Buddha of the Tang Dynasty", "stone Buddha laughing monk" and "scriptures of the Jin Dynasty" are the best. The work has a beautiful shape, delicate knife work and clear and smooth lines, which fully demonstrates the different styles and characteristics of northern stone carving art in different historical periods

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museum

There is a museum in Beiyue temple. The architectural style is classical quadrangle. There are three exhibition rooms including bronze pottery, Ding kiln porcelain and stone sculptures. More than 200 pieces of cultural relics are on display. Couplets inscribed by famous calligraphers are engraved on the door pillars of the museum.

In a word, Beiyue temple is not only a beautiful place to worship the God of Hengshan, but also a cultural and artistic palace with rich connotation. It is a collection of ancient architecture, painting, calligraphy, stone carving, Ding porcelain and other art flowers in one, dazzling, brilliant, to show the world the diligence, wisdom and wisdom of our great ancestors. When you walk in the hall, you will feel relaxed and happy, full of emotion, appreciate the true meaning of "truth, goodness and beauty", and appreciate the extensive and profound traditional culture of our Chinese nation.

Address: Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 114.69752006348

Latitude: 38.619908860623

Tel: 0312-4212155

Tour time: 2 hours

Ticket information: 30

Opening hours: 8:00-17:30

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