Liuzi Temple

Liuzi temple is located in southern Hunan, adjacent to Guangxi. This is a good place with a long history and beautiful scenery. It has many scenic spots and historic sites. Speaking of Yongzhou, people first think of Liu Zongyuan. Liu Zongyuan (773-819 AD), a famous writer in Tang Dynasty, is one of the eight great writers in Tang and Song dynasties. Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou for 10 years because he failed to take part in Wang Shuwen's reform. He wrote a lot of poems such as eight chapters of Yongzhou, Jiang Xue and the snake catcher. At the same time, he was widely loved by the people because he cared for the people.

Liuzi Temple

Liuzi temple, located in Liuzi street to the west of Xiaoshui in Yongzhou, was built in 1056, the third year of Renzong Zhihe in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was built by Yongzhou people to commemorate Liu Zongyuan, one of the eight great masters in the Tang and Song dynasties.

geographical position

Liuzi temple is located in southern Hunan, adjacent to Guangxi. This is a good place with a long history and beautiful scenery. There are many scenic spots and historic sites. Speaking of Yongzhou, people first think of Liu Zongyuan.

Historical evolution

Liu Zongyuan (773-819 AD), a famous writer in Tang Dynasty, is one of the eight great writers in Tang and Song dynasties. Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou for 10 years because he failed to take part in Wang Shuwen's reform. He wrote a lot of poems such as eight chapters of Yongzhou, Jiang Xue and the snake catcher. At the same time, he was widely loved by the people because he cared for the people.

Although Yongzhou is famous for its beautiful scenery, Liu Zongyuan wrote so many Chinese poems and Fu about Yongzhou, which contributed to the spread of Yongzhou.

Liuzi temple was built by Yongzhou people in memory of him.

It was founded in Song Dynasty

Liuzi temple is located on Liuzi street in the west of Xiaoshui in Yongzhou. It was built in 1056, the third year of Renzong Zhihe in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 1144 A.D. of the Southern Song Dynasty and 1877 A.D. of the Qing Dynasty. Liuzi temple covers an area of more than 2000 square meters, brick and wood structure, facing Yuxi, back against the Castle Peak. On the gate of the temple are three character stone carvings of Liuzi temple with couplets on both sides.

Layout structure

Entering the gate, you can see that the temple has three entrances and three openings. First, there is a double eaves and eight column stage. Later, it went to the second entrance hall, and then to the third entrance hall. There were statues of Liu Zongyuan in the main hall for sacrifice. There are many steles in the past dynasties, among which the stele of Lizi, the song of catching snakes, and visiting Liuzi temple in Yuxi can be regarded as cultural treasures.

The stone tablet on the back wall of the main hall is also the three unique steles. The inscription is written by Han Yu and written by Su Shi. The content is to praise Liu Zongyuan's deeds. The first sentence of this stele is "litchi Danxi Jiaohuang", so it is also called litchi stele.

Cultural relics protection

On June 25, 2001, Liuzi temple, as an ancient building of the Qing Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Allusions of Xiangmei

Liu Zongyuan (773-819), with a thick character, was known as "liuhedong" in the world, and was also known as "Liuzhou" because he was the official governor of Liuzhou. In Tang Dynasty, the writer, philosopher, essayist and thinker were called "Han Liu" together with Han Yu. Liu Yuxi is also called "Liu Liu".

Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Yingwu are called "Wang Meng Wei Liu". Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong in the Song Dynasty are among the eight great masters in the Tang and Song dynasties. His ancestral home is Hedong (now Yongji, Shanxi). Han nationality. Daizong Dali eight years (773) was born in Kyoto Chang'an (now Xi'an, Shaanxi). Together with Han Yu, he advocated the ancient prose movement in Tang Dynasty.

Liu Zongyuan was born in an official family. He had little talent and great ambition. In his early years, he was a Jinshi in the imperial examinations, and his works were based on his gorgeous diction. Zhenyuan nine years (793) Jinshi, 14 years ascended erudite Hongci branch, granted Jixian Dian Zhengzi. He was once a captain of Lantian and later an official of the court. He actively participated in the political reform of Wang Shuwen group and moved to wailang, a member of the Ministry of rites.

Experience

In September of the first year of Yongzhen (805), when the reform failed, he was demoted to Shaozhou governor. In November, he was demoted to Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan Province) Sima. During this period, he wrote the famous eight chapters of Yongzhou (the journey to the West Mountain banquet at the beginning of Yongzhou), the story of cobaltan, the story of the west hill of cobaltan, the story of xiaoshitan, the story of yuanjiake, the story of Shiqu, the story of Shijian and the story of xiaoshichengshan) ）。 In the spring of the 10th year of Yuanhe (815), he returned to the capital and became the governor of Liuzhou. On November 28, 819, Xianzong Yuanhe died in Liuzhou. Liu Yuxi and Bai Juyi are his good friends.

Liu Zongyuan left more than 600 poems in his life, and his achievements in writing were greater than those in poetry. There are nearly one hundred parallel prose, which are characterized by strong argumentation, sharp writing style, satire and acrimony, full of fighting spirit, travel notes and scenery. Philosophical works include Tian Shuo, Tian Shi, and on feudalism. Liu Zongyuan's works were preserved by Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty and compiled into a collection. There is a collection of liuhedong.

Online map

Address: Liu Zongyuan memorial hall, Lingling District, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.60870899475

Latitude: 26.217859270237

Ticket information: 25 RMB

Opening hours: 08:00 ~ 18:00

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