Wa Huang Temple

Located in Jia village, Huozhou City, Shanxi Province, WA Huang Temple is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. It is said that the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, later destroyed, and rebuilt in the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. There are hanging sculptures and murals in the temple, especially the murals in the main hall. The mural on the east side of the main hall is 4 meters high, 6.5 meters long, and covers an area of 26 square meters; the mural on the left side of the statue of emperor Wa is 4 meters high, 3 meters long, and covers an area of 12 square meters. The whole set of pictures shows the busy and lively scene in the palace when the Virgin Mary entertains the officials. On May 25, 2006, as an ancient building of the Qing Dynasty, WA Huang Temple was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Wa Huang Temple

Located in Jia village, Huozhou City, Shanxi Province, WA Huang Temple is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. It is said that the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, later destroyed, and rebuilt in the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. There are hanging sculptures and murals in the temple, especially the murals in the main hall. The mural on the east side of the main hall is 4 meters high, 6.5 meters long, and covers an area of 26 square meters; the mural on the left side of the statue of emperor Wa is 4 meters high, 3 meters long, and covers an area of 12 square meters. The whole set of pictures shows the busy and lively scene in the palace when the Virgin Mary entertains the officials. On May 25, 2006, as an ancient building of the Qing Dynasty, WA Huang Temple was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

brief introduction

Wa Huang Temple is located in Jia village, Dazhang Town, 5 km away from Huozhou City, Shanxi Province. Surrounded by green hills, there is a gurgling spring in the East. It is said that the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, later destroyed, and rebuilt in the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. There are hanging sculptures and murals in the temple, especially the murals in the main hall. The mural on the east side of the main hall is 4 meters high, 6.5 meters long, and covers an area of 26 square meters; the mural on the left side of the statue of emperor Wa is 4 meters high, 3 meters long, and covers an area of 12 square meters. The whole set of pictures shows the busy and lively scene in the palace when the Virgin Mary entertains the officials.

There are still a large number of ancient architectural heritages in the village, such as the Kuixing tower on the top of the suspended hill in the Qing Dynasty in the east of the wahuang temple, the Gaotai site of Wenchang Pavilion in the west of the temple, the Liujia ancestral hall in the Qing Dynasty in the north of the temple, the Wenfeng Pagoda with hexagonal six storey brick Pavilion in the Qing Dynasty, and the Xuandi temple in the northwest of the temple. It is a typical example of village customs in the Yellow River Valley in Qing Dynasty. Because of this special cultural atmosphere in the village, the villagers are simple, honest, literati come forth in large numbers, scholarly family can be seen everywhere. The local folk song "there are more scholars in Jia village than donkeys" is the most vivid portrayal.

ancient ruins

Wa Huang Temple is located in the north and south, covering an area of about 2347.5 square meters. At present, there are only six Qing Dynasty buildings, namely, the hanging peak stage, the second floor of bells and drums, the hanging peak Notre Dame hall and the Xieshan dongdongduo hall. There are no inscriptions in the temple, so the founding date of the temple can not be verified. According to the records in Shuowen: "WA, the ancient goddess, is the one who transforms all things.". It is said that man was born by Nuwa and Fuxi, brother and sister married, later they banned brother and sister intermarriage, and made a wedding. It reflects the progress from consanguineous marriage to extramarital marriage in the primitive times of China. It is also said that she made human beings out of loess, refined five colored stones to fill the sky, broke her feet to support the four poles, leveled the floods, killed the beasts, and made the people live in peace.

Notre Dame. The goddess murals in the temple of the goddess of the emperor's temple are the best part of the temple and the masterpiece of frescoes in the Qing Dynasty. The total area is 71.17 square meters. The picture adopts the general scene composition, using buildings and trees to organically combine the characters. The main colors are red, blue, green, white and yellow. Temples, hurdles, pavilions and pavilions are drawn with boundary rules. The whole picture is interwoven and combined with the social reality of the Qing Dynasty according to myths and legends.

2 Dongshan mural. Dongshan wall painting covers a total area of 24.33 square meters. It provides a panoramic picture of the palace handling state affairs. Under the eaves of the hall, a plaque of "mother of all ages" is hung in the middle. In the middle is the seated statue of the virgin goddess Nu Wa, half to the left. It seems to be asking about the matter of mending the sky. There is a maid and two clerks standing on the left and right. Under the platform of the main hall, there are five emperors on the left and right, wearing crowns and crowns, Emperor's clothes and jade guises, Standing on both sides, waiting for orders; under the steps on the right side, an official wearing a black hat seems to be preaching; some palace maids are whispering, some are shuttling between the temples; the four gods of Nian Zhi, Yue Zhi, RI Zhi and Shi Zhi are also running away; the whole picture is full of rhythm and suspense. There are 43 people in Dongshan wall paintings, including 10 women (including Virgin Mary and maid), 4 boys and 29 men (including emperors, officials, warriors and male servants). There are four gods in the upper left corner (from left to right): Shizhi and Rizhi, and in the upper right corner (from left to right): Nianzhi and Yuezhi. 3 Xishan mural. Xishan wall painting covers a total area of 26.02 square meters. The central hall is inscribed with a plaque of "opening the sky and setting the pole". The whole picture is unfolded on this theme. The goddess of Wa Huang stood in the center, wearing a phoenix crown and a Xiahe. The two palace maids stood on both sides with feather brooms and palace fans. The gods and emperors congratulated each other. In the upper left and right corner, there is a phoenix flying downward; in the lower right corner, there are two jailers and three prisoners who have just been pardoned. The prisoner came to pay homage with his hands folded, his upper body naked, a square scarf on his shoulder, and his trousers on his back. In the upper part of the middle, from left to right, there are four gods, Nianzhi, Yuezhi, Rizhi and Shizhi. Compared with the four gods in dongshanqiang, except for the same characters, the four gods got together in gorgeous costumes and even lost their magic weapons because of their success. Especially in the center of the platform of the main hall, there is a boy playing beside the warrior, which makes the whole scene more peaceful and festive. There are 41 people in Xishan wall paintings, including 14 women, 3 boys, 3 girls and 21 men (including emperors, officials, warriors, servants and common people). On the top left of the west wall is a group of life scenes of boy and girl. Three girls and two boys are playing and tasting food. Two clerks on the right side of the hall are writing down what they are recording.

4. Murals on the back eaves. The frescoes on the East and west sides of the back eaves wall cover an area of 10.48 square meters and 10.34 square meters respectively, mainly describing the work of the maids in the imperial dining room of the inner court. There are 10 characters in the two groups, 5 in each group, and all of them are maids. They are busy delivering all kinds of food. Some are putting a helmet shaped cover on the food tray; some seem to be putting the food in a beautiful pattern, or embellishing it with something.

5. Dress characters. From the perspective of the costumes of the characters in the picture, especially the official costumes and hats of the officials are similar to those of the Tang Dynasty; they are the same as the official costumes in Yuan zaju (Yuan Dynasty) and chess (Yuan Dynasty) in Mingying King Hall of Guangsheng temple in Hongdong, Shanxi Province. Because Huozhou is connected with Hongdong, it is not difficult to understand its influence. Even the square bricks on the platform floor were laid in the early Tang Dynasty. The empress of the goddess wa has a deep and implicit appeal; the piety of the maid condenses wisdom and self-restraint; the martial arts of the warrior are powerful, which contains kindness and dignity in the ferocity.

The architectural scenes in the paintings of Dongshan wall and Xishan wall have the same architectural structure and form. Apart from the goddess of Wa, there are also the same gods and figures (such as Sizhi and samurai). Among the 102 characters or gods, 37 are women (including children). Their hair ornaments are colorful and different in design. However, in order to reflect their respective themes, there are great differences in the facial expression, headdress, clothing color and clothing pattern curve of the two groups of murals (especially women's clothing), the number of female characters (female characters are obviously more than those in Dongshan wall paintings), and even the pattern color of architectural color paintings on buildings. It can be seen that the painters of Dongshan wall painting focus on depicting the transmission of facial expressions among the characters, with different facial expressions; while the painters of Xishan wall painting focus on the transmission of information and the expression of the joy of the characters with the elegant figure shape and clothing curve, which is a rare material for the study of ancient Chinese women's hair accessories and clothing.

Address: Huozhou, Linfen City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 111.764768

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