Guangwen Temple

Baishui temple in Zaoyang, located on the east side of lion, is a new temple built in memory of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. Construction started in September 1997. The whole building is a group building, covering an area of 3300 square meters and a construction area of 1250 square meters, with a total investment of more than 2.5 million yuan. It is composed of Guangwu hall, 28su exhibition hall, Mountain Gate, inverted seat, etc. Facing steep cliffs in the front and green mountains in the back, they are scattered high and low. Currently under construction, the temple will become another important cultural landscape after completion. It is a new temple built in memory of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu, whose name is Wenshu, was born on December 6 of the lunar calendar in 6 BC. He is the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. At the age of 9, he lost his father and was raised by his uncle Liu Liang. He was studious and diligent in farming. During the reign of Wang Mang Tianfeng, he studied in Chang'an and studied Shangshu under the guidance of Xu Ziwei, a Chinese doctor. Later, due to the lack of funds, he left school halfway and returned to his hometown to work as a farmer. He tried to sell grain between Zaoyang, Nanyang and Xinye. Wang Mang's tyranny caused great chaos. In 22 A.D., Liu Xiu brothers rose from time to time and launched the Chunling uprising. At that time, Liu Xiu was only 28 years old. Three years later, he became emperor in Hebei city in June 25. In October of the same year, Luoyang was established as the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to pacify the separatist forces, after 12 years of arduous civil war, the whole country was finally unified in AD 36. He loves his hometown and the people. After he became emperor, he went back to his hometown Chunling five times to build gardens, temples, ancestral halls and old houses, to watch the fields, to hold banquets, to change Chunling Township into Zhangling County, and to exempt him from corvee. He was diligent and honest in administration, to help the poor, to attach importance to agriculture and education, to lay down martial arts, to cultivate culture, and to govern the country by judo, which made a rapid recovery and development of the national economy and made a historic contribution to the prosperity and progress of the Chinese nation I'm glad. Liu Xiu was in power for 33 years and died in 57 A.D. at the age of 63. He was listed as one of the top ten Mingjun in ancient China by historians.

Guangwen Temple

Guangwen temple is located at the south foot of Beigu mountain in the beautiful coastal city, with its back on the famous wall of Taizhou Prefecture, also known as Zheng Guangwen temple, formerly known as Hu Cao temple. It is one of the first batch of patriotic education bases in Taizhou, a name card of the national historical and cultural city Linhai, and a symbol of Taizhou's Confucian culture. It enjoys a high reputation and popularity in the field of literature and history of Tang Dynasty at home and abroad.

Go back to history

The temple was built in 764, the second year of Guangde in Tang Dynasty, and it has been more than a thousand years. According to the records of Chicheng in Jiading, after the death of Dr. Zheng Qian (named Zheng Guangwen) in Zhoucheng, Taiwan set up a memorial temple in memory of his enlightenment. Since the Tang Dynasty, the temple has been destroyed and rebuilt for 13 times. In the Song Dynasty, the name of the lane where the temple is located is hucaoxiang. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, it was moved to the Bank of Baxianyan in Beigu mountain. The last time it was repaired was in 1888. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, local officials and scholars in Taizhou have praised Zheng Qian as "the ancestor of gentleness in Taiwan", offering sacrifices in spring and autumn every year. Before the entrance examination of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the children would go to Guangwen temple to burn incense; the scholars of Taizhou counties who won the official title in the examination would also go to Guangwen temple to burn incense and pay homage to the official school after Linhai (Taizhou government), so as to show their devotion to the public

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Renovation of ancient ancestral temple

In 1988, on the initiative of enthusiasts headed by Wang Wanxia and Ding Shixian, relying on the attention and support of the party committees and governments at Taizhou and Linhai levels, the government raised more than 600000 yuan in the form of private public assistance. On the basis of the architecture of the Qing Dynasty, it was renovated and expanded to Zheng Guangwen Memorial Hall. At the same time, the tomb of Zheng Qian in the east of the city was renovated. Zhao Puchu, then vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, wrote the name of the museum

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building structure

It covers an area of 1500 square meters, including the gate, main hall, stele wall, Mountain Gate, management room and other parts, followed by the famous Baxianyan cliff stone carvings group in the Qing Dynasty. In 2004, the municipal government invested another 1.8 million yuan for expansion and maintenance, and renovated both inside and outside. The main hall has a building area of 260 square meters, one floor cornice, 9 meters high, five rooms wide (including cloisters), carved beams and painted buildings, decorated with celebrity allusions, flowers, birds and animals, Dunhuang Flying sky and other patterns, with green tiles on the top; the Baxianyan Mountain Gate is rebuilt as it was in the 12th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, with a building area of 300 square meters. There are three bungalows with a construction area of 190 square meters. There are three stone platforms outside the gate, across the mountain road and directly to the highway

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Exhibition of ancestral hall

In the main hall, there is a couplet written by Sha Menghai, a famous calligrapher, when he was 91 years old: "jiaohai taught Qihua for seven years, and Cangzhou three unique paintings of poetry and calligraphy." There are treasures presented by celebrities of calligraphy and painting from 23 provinces, cities and autonomous regions in China, including Qigong, Wang Bomin, Cheng Qianfan and sun Wang.

On the right side of the hall, there are the original tablets of Zheng Renying's epitaph (copied) written by Zheng Qian in the 15th year of Kaiyuan (727), Zheng guangwengong's tablet in the Tang Dynasty (1870) written by Taizhou magistrate Liu Ao in the 9th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870), the stele of Guangwen Temple rebuilt in the 18th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, as well as the calligraphy and stone carvings of Qigong, Sha Menghai, Wang Bomin, Cheng Qianfan and Ren Zheng. At the back of the hall is a cliff carving of Baxianyan built in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Under the wall, there is a clear water, which is called "Yuye pool". The spring water is sweet and does not dry up all the year round. It is surrounded by stone railings, and on the shelf is flakes. Beside it, there are lots of stalagmites and green vines. Behind it, there are two 500 year old ancient camphors, which are quiet and elegant. The museum is close to the mountain in the north. The mountain is high and the forest is dense. It can keep out the cold wind. Looking at the East Lake in front, you often come to Ziqi. Looking at the napkin mountain in the south, you can get a panoramic view of the scenery. Since the Qing Dynasty, it has become a popular place for scholars and gentry in Taizhou

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Carrier function

In 1990, the memorial hall was announced as a municipal key cultural relics protection unit, and Zheng Qian's tomb was announced as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit in 1997. In 1995, it was named the first batch of patriotic education bases in Taizhou, and in 2001, it became a state-owned cultural institution. Zheng Qian academic research association is attached here.

In the past 10 years, we have given full play to the carrier role of the base, strengthened the function of education and research, and worked hard to practice the Central Committee's decision on strengthening the ideological and moral construction of minors. In order to carry forward the excellent national culture and cultivate a new generation, we have deeply explored the connotation of Taizhou regional culture and the advanced culture of the Tang Dynasty. We have compiled and published five academic monographs, totaling more than 1 million words. As well as a series of pamphlets for primary and secondary school students, such as selected poems of friendship between Du Fu and Zheng Qian, Zheng Qian and Taizhou, comic strips and brief introduction. In simple terms, the exhibition of historical materials and objects with the themes of "Taizhou Cultural and educational enlightener", "three wonders of poetry, calligraphy and painting" and "poet Du Fu, Zheng Qian" has been used by young people all the year round for observation and inspiration, which has exerted a subtle influence on them, arousing their sense of responsibility and mission to love the motherland and the people, pursue noble character, and carry forward the spirit of respecting teachers and valuing education. Today, the memorial hall is open to the public free of charge throughout the year, with an average annual reception of more than 10000 Chinese and foreign tourists, and more than 15000 in most years, mainly for primary and middle school students. And adhere to the school, unit groups to give lectures on special topics

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