Taibo Temple

Located at 250 Xiatang street, changmennei, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Suzhou City in 1982.

Taibo temple is located in Taohuawu Historical District, 250 Xiatang street, changmennei, Suzhou city. It was built in memory of Taibo, the eldest son of ancient father-in-law (King Tai of Zhou). Its history can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the first temple in Jiangnan to worship Taibo, the ancestor of Wu. At present, zhideqiao, zhidefang, three main halls and three eastern and Western verandas are still in existence.

In the temple, there are steles of Kangxi, Guangxu and the Republic of China. In the 44th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Emperor shengzuren (i.e. Emperor Kangxi) paid a visit to the south. He gave the four words "Zhide nameless" to the Taibo temple in Suzhou. Later, during his southern tour in February of Qianlong's 16th year, Qianlong wrote "San rang Gao trace" in Suzhou Taibo temple, and sent ministers to the south of the Yangtze River to sacrifice to Suzhou Taibo temple. This shows the status of Taibo temple in Suzhou. In 1982, Taibo temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou.

Taibo Temple

Taibo temple, also known as Zhide temple and rangwang temple, is on the Bank of bodu River in Meicun Town, Wuxi. It was built in memory of Taibo, the eldest son of Gu Gongfu (King Zhou). In 154, the second year of Yongxing, Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, MI Bao, the governor of Wu County, was ordered to set up a temple in Taibo's former residence. The temple of Taibo, built in the past dynasties, is a group of group buildings, solemn and brilliant. The existing Taibo temple is built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In front of the temple stands a pool with a single arch stone bridge, named Xianghua bridge. In the north of the bridge, there is a granite archway inscribed with the word "Zhide Mingbang". In the north of the stone altar is the Lingxing gate. There are six stone pillars, which are 6 meters high and decorated with Yunlong and Xianhe. Lingxing gate is the first entrance building of Taibo temple, with three rooms wide. There are nine rooms in the East and nine in the West. There are still one ancient cypress and one osmanthus tree in the hospital.

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Taibo hall is five rooms wide. When the temple of Taibo was renovated in 1983, a statue of Taibo, 4.5 meters tall, was made. There are 28 statues of the descendants of Taibo and Zhongyong. In 1987, Lu Dingyi and Zhao Puchu inscribed "Taibo Temple" and "Zhide Gaofeng" respectively. Next to the temple of Taibo, another archway named "the first ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River" has been erected, and "Taibo garden" is under construction.

Taibo, Confucius called him "Zhide", Sima Qian listed him as the first "aristocratic family" in historical records, and his deeds were recorded in the annals of history. Because of his abdication, he and his younger brother, Zhongyong, avoided living in the south of the Yangtze River and built the "Gouwu" state and "Taibo city" in Meili (now Meicun area), which became the birthplace of Wu culture.

On May 25, 2006, Taibo temple and tomb, as ancient buildings from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, were approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Historical evolution

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rise and fall of Meili Taibo temple before the northern and Southern Dynasties has been difficult to verify. The earliest literature we can see now is Wu Di Ji, which was written in Wei and Jin Dynasties. There is a record about the temple of Taibo in Meili: "the city of Taibo is built in the pingxu of Meili. It is two hundred steps on Wednesday and more than three hundred miles outside. Today, Meili Township, also known as Meili village, is the temple of Taibo. Five miles to the east of the city is called Huangshan, a Hongshan with a tomb of Taibo. According to the records of Wuxi County written by Wang Renfu in Yuan Dynasty, the temple of Wu Taibo is located in Jingyun Township, Wuli southeast of wuxizhou. "This county annals quoted the content of Taiping Huanyu Ji of the Northern Song Dynasty:" Taibo opened a temple to prepare for drought and flood, and the people benefited from it, so as to build a temple on the side of the temple. There are Taibo temples in Hongshan and Meili. "Wuxi County annals of Yuan Dynasty also records the repair of Taibo temple from Yuan Dynasty to shun Dynasty. After the war in Jiangnan area at the end of Yuan Dynasty, the temple of Meili temple was very old. In 1377, a new temple of Taibo was built in Xiaolou lane of Wuxi County to worship.

In 1500, Wuxi magistrate Jiang Wenkui took the lead in donating salaries and collecting money to build the temple, which was supported by local squires. Jiang Wenkui moved his position not far from the original temple. Taibo temple is still on the Bank of bodu river. After a year's efforts, the new temple was finally completed. "That is, beside the old ancestral temple, we should create a new one. We should regulate the grand development of the ancestral temple, and the hall should be decorated with wings. In the spring and Autumn period, we should enjoy the sacrifice, and set up Taoist officials to serve the incense. "Jiang Wenkui" reconstructed the bedroom hall, and the regulations were imposed in the past. "Set up a stone table, set up sacrificial utensils, and list them in the sacrificial ceremony. "Henceforth" Hall sleeps in the bright hall, Guijie is beautiful and deep, the stone table is opposite to e, the person who has passed is creepy, the spring and autumn offer enjoys, forever never idle. "This construction laid the foundation of Taibo temple for 500 years. Since then, Meili Taibo temple has become a center for sacrificing and commemorating Taibo. Nearly a hundred years after Hongzhi built the temple, the temple of Taibo in Meicun was once again "day after day Walls, eaves, Mo Zhi frost dew, court cypress, half for firewood su. "This time, the Taoists in the temple raised Ni Zan's donation and restored the temple in 1596. After this repair, the temple can be repaired and expanded every few decades.

The Taibo temple will be renovated and expanded in 1623, 1692, 1718, 1738, 1818 and 1849, which makes it a large-scale temple, adds many buildings and enriches its cultural connotation. After generations of construction, along the central axis of Taibo temple, there are Jinshuihe, Xianghuaqiao, Shifang, lingxingmen, Jimen, Zhide hall, zushi hall, Guandi hall from south to north; to the east of the central axis is the east courtyard, which has sanrang hall, Zunde hall, cangting hall, XIAORANG Wang Hall, Daxia hall, cijian hall, Shengtang, Huanshan building; to the west of the central axis are the jewelry hall, Yuncheng hall Deep in the mountain, deqiaotang, caizhitang, gefanlou, dashutang. Taibo hall has become a famous historic site in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1860, Wuxi fell into the Taiping army. Except for the main hall and two verandas, all the other buildings of Taibo temple were demolished and burned. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the two verandahs were also destroyed by fire. Although the main hall was majestic, it was dilapidated. During the period of the Republic of China, the Wu people rebuilt some buildings. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, grand ancestor worship activities were held. After liberation, Taibo temple was once again ravaged by the extreme left line. In the early 1950s, the statue of Taibo was destroyed by the students of Meicun Normal University, and all the plaques and couplets were lost. Soon after, the buildings in the temple were occupied and used for other purposes. During the cultural revolution, the damage was even more serious, and no one dared to mention Taibo. Under the dogma of class struggle, Taber's spirit of "three let" has been abandoned. In December 1978, the sunshine of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also shone on the ancient temple of Taibo. In 1984, the people's government appropriated funds to rebuild the temple. After major repairs in the 1990s, many buildings have been rebuilt.

The statue of Talbot

The statue was made by Liu jiakui, director of Wuxi clay figurine Research Institute and master of clay sculpture. With a height of 4.5 meters, she wears a crown, a jade GUI in her hand, and a Xuan robe. She is the clothing of the ancient emperors of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. She has twelve patterns on her clothes, including sun, moon, stars, mountain, dragon, Huachong, Zongyi, Zao, Huo, powder, Fu and Fu. She wears Chixi on her feet. The statue of Taibo is simple, solemn, noble and elegant, which is completely in line with the characteristics of the times of historical figures. There are 13 inscriptions in the hall, including the records of rebuilding Taibo Temple by Wang Wei of Ming Dynasty and the records of supporting farmland by Taibo Temple by Qian Rong. These are the first two Ming steles in Taibo temple. On the hall hangs the plaque of "Zhide Gaofeng" written by Zhao Puchu. A new vertical forehead was made in front of Zhide hall. On the hall is a couplet written by the descendants of Taibo in Taiwan and the chairman of the Wu clan association in Taichung: "the most virtuous is not known, and the foundation of the eight hundred is vast and the world is rich; the heavenly relationship is faithful and beautiful, and the legacy of the thousand years is in the world. "The two sides of Zhide hall are the East and West verandahs, with nine rooms each. According to the time sequence, there are 28 statues of Zhong Yong, Ji Jian, Shu Da, Zhou Zhang, Xiong Sui, Ke Xiang, Qiang Jiu Yi, Yu Qiao you Wu, Ke Lu, Zhou Yao, Qu Yu, Yi Wu, Qin Chu, Zhuan, Po Gao, Ju Bei, Qu Qi, Shou Meng, Zhu fan, Yu Ji, Yu Mei, Liao, he Lu, Fu Chai, Ji Zha, Zi Xu, Zhuan Zhu, Sun Wu, etc. To the east of Zhide hall, the descendants of South Korea's Taibo Temple donated money to restore the old well of Taibo temple. Beside it, there are four steles imitating Ming style. A series of original buildings behind Zhide hall have been basically restored. Today, when you walk into Taibo temple, you can feel its solemn appearance, deep palace, shade of pines and cypresses, pure and clear, which reflects Taibo's pioneering and humble spirit, and becomes an excellent base of Wu Culture Education in Jiangnan.

Scenery

History large scale repair

The temple of Taibo presents itself in front of people with a brand new look. The first part of the temple, Jinshuihe, Xianghuaqiao and Zhide Mingbang Shifang, has been transferred from Meicun middle school to Taibo temple. Fangbei is a Lingxing gate composed of six bluestone pillars and bluestone walls. Entering the Lingxing gate, the solemn halberd gate stands face to face. It was rebuilt in the 1980s. After the halberd gate is the second courtyard. Zhide hall, the main building of Taibo temple, stands majestically. During the restoration of Zhide Hall of Taibo temple, it was found that although the building of Zhide hall was on the central axis, it was slightly 15 ° to the southwest, and Taibo tomb also had this feature. It shows that a special ritual system was adopted in the construction of Taibo Temple tomb. This is a problem to be solved by the research topic of the relationship between ancient architecture and ritual system. When it was rebuilt, the style of Ming Dynasty was restored. The Liang Fang of Zhide hall is painted with Ming style brocade, which gives people an ancient feeling and has the characteristics of the south.

Address: Taohuawu Historic District, 250 Xiatang street, changmennei, Suzhou

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