Tiansheng Palace

Tiansheng Palace

Tiansheng palace is located in Dawei village, Shuangzhao Town, Qindu District, Xianyang city. It was founded in the reign of emperor Shizong of Jin Dynasty. It was built in memory of Wang Chongyang, founder of Quanzhen religion. It was added when disciple Ma Danyang Guan Zhonghong taught. It is called "Tiansheng", implying that heaven comes to sage here. In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1269), Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, granted Wang Chongyang the title of "Quanzhen Kaihua Zhenjun of Chongyang".

From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty (1289), the Tiansheng palace was overhauled, and Liu Zuqian wrote "the immortal trace of the patriarch of Chongyang king" in the temple. In 1310, Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty granted Wang Chongyang the title of "emperor Fuji of Quanzhen Kaihua in Chongyang".

In the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1373), Zhao Chongqi, a Taoist, got up early with his devotion and began to rebuild himself with his wealth. In the fourth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty and the 56th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, after several generations, they were rebuilt and expanded. Unfortunately, because of the war in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, some temples were damaged. At the beginning of the Republic of China, there were only three ancestral hall, Qizhen hall, Yaowang temple and other buildings. At the beginning of the founding of the people's Republic of China in the last century, the temple house was used as a school. In 1963, the ground buildings were demolished and the original Palace site was restored to farmland.

About 100 steps to the southeast of Tiansheng palace is the tomb of Chongyang ancestors (parents' tomb). To the east of the tomb, there is a sacrificial road called "ancient road". Tiansheng palace has a high influence in the history of Taoism in China, second only to the three ancestral halls of Quanzhen sect.

Historical trace

Tiansheng palace, located in the east of Dawei village, was founded in the reign of emperor Shizong of Jin Dynasty. In the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1373), after several generations, it was damaged by wind and rain,

The tile was trapped in the rain, and the wood moth was in the wind, and it collapsed in the sun. Taoist Zhao Chongqi got up early and devoted himself to repairing three Sanqing halls, three zushi halls, one zulingguan hall, one Abbot's courtyard on the right, one underground palace and three zushi halls. Zhao Chongqi died before his work was finished. After that, the palace gradually decayed. In Zhengde (1506-1521), Li Gong, the magistrate of the county, sincerely invited Wang daoxuan and Tongtu Chongshu to the palace. Wang daoxuan raised money from all quarters and made concerted efforts to open up the light of his predecessors. 　　

Not three or four years later, he changed his wealth, renovated his old house, and built a Leizu hall. The palace was shaded by luxuriant forests and trees, and surrounded by a vegetable garden, covering an area of about 10 mu and 30 mu in other places. By the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1524), it was completed, and it was a great success. In the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1607), Qin fan Xin was an official of the Zhang Dynasty. He admired the fairyland and saw that the palace walls were still earthen. He was happy to transport materials, trade bricks and stones, and build and repair velvet. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the palace was decadent. At that time, Li Wenyi, a Taoist, was old and kind. He often traveled to and fro the cities in the middle of Qin Dynasty. Whenever he saw that the ancestral temple was damaged, he would raise money to repair it. In the 56th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty (1791), Duke Fu of Dazhong Cheng in Hubei Province, Fang Kaifan of Qinzhong, Li Wenyi told him about the affairs of Tiansheng palace. Duke Fu and governor grain road of Shaanxi Province were also in charge of water conservancy affairs. Wen Chenghui then donated money to build up his own materials and work, and those who were decadent and those who were destroyed were in good order. Unfortunately, during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1862-1873), part of the halls were destroyed in the war. At the beginning of the Republic of China, there were three ancestral halls in Tiansheng palace, one for the ancestral master of Chongyang king, and the other for the statues of the seven sons of Quanzhen. In front of the hall, there are three Yaowang temples and three Niangniang temples on both sides. The Sanqing hall, the paper burning building and the Jade Emperor building are the only remains in the temple. At the beginning of the founding of the people's Republic of China in the last century, the temple was used as a school. In 1963, the ground buildings were demolished and the original Palace site was restored to farmland. The stone tablets in the original temple were moved to Xianyang Museum for preservation. In the southeast of Tiansheng palace, there are about 100 steps to the tomb of Chongyang ancestors (parents' tomb), which is called "ancestors' tomb" by the old people. On the east side of the tomb, there is a royal way of offering sacrifices, saying: "ancient road". Ji Mingdao, a Taoist in the former Tiansheng palace, would send incense to the ancestral Tomb of Chongyang during the Qingming Festival, October 1st and lunar new year. After his death, Ji Zhenguo (his adopted son) was responsible for sweeping the tomb. In the 1970s, the tombstone of "Chongyang ancestor's first tomb" in the Qing Dynasty was unfortunately cut into two sections to tamp the earth wall. According to the old people in the village, there are four volumes of the original records of the temple, which record the historical origin of the temple and the situation of the tombs of Chongyang. In 1979, after the restoration of the religious policy, Shanxin Murakami built a temple in the old place, made a statue of Chongyang, worshiped with incense, and held a temple fair on February 15 of the lunar calendar every year.

Reconstruction of the past dynasties

First built by Jin Shizong

The Tiansheng palace in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province was built in memory of Wang Chongyang's ancestor. When disciple Ma Danyang Guanzhong Hongjiao (1172-1181), he added the name "Tian Sheng", which means that the heaven descends the sage here.

Overhaul in Yuan Dynasty

Yuan to yuan Jichou (1289) was overhauled in Tiansheng palace, written by Liu Zuqian, inscribed by Liu Fen, engraved by Wang Tianxi, and compiled by Yang Zhichun. Originally in Tiansheng palace, Dawei village, moved to Xianyang Museum in 1963.

The fourth year of Jiajing

The fourth year of Jiajing (1525), The inscription on the restoration of Chongyang Tiansheng palace, written by Wang Jiusi, Zhang Wei, zhuane, Wang Xianshu and Zhao Yingxiang, records that Zhao Chongqi, the founder of the Tiansheng palace, raised money to rebuild the Tiansheng palace in the sixth year of Hongzhi (1493), but died before his success. The county magistrate Li Gong invited Wang daoxuan, the abbot of Xianyang Taiqing Taoist temple, to visit the palace The heart is a matter of inspiration. Originally in Tiansheng palace, Dawei village, moved to Xianyang Museum in 1963.

Thirty five years of Wanli

In the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, pan Xinguan of the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Chao, presided over the renovation of the walls of Tiansheng palace. Feng Congwu wrote an article, Li Tingxin zhuane, Gao Xue Shi Shu, Zhao Jian and Yang Fusong carved stone. The inscription on the wall of Tiansheng palace was originally in the Tiansheng palace of Dawei village and moved to Xianyang Museum in 1963.

Rebuilding in Qing Dynasty

In the 56th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, Li Wenyi, a famous gentry, proposed that Fu Ning and Wen Chenghui, Manchu ministers, donate money to rebuild it again. Wen Chenghui wrote an article in person. Funing Shudan's inscription on rebuilding the Taoist temple of Tiansheng palace was originally in Tiansheng palace of Dawei village and moved to Xianyang Museum in 1963.

Early liberation

Ji Mingdao, a Taoist of Tiansheng palace, organized people from five villages and four communities to renovate the courtyard walls of Tiansheng palace.

Other references:

Jin Yuantao wrote "Zhongnan Mountain immortal chongyangzi Wang Zhenren Quanzhen religion ancestral tablet.",

Jin Dading was established in 1225

Wanli of Ming Dynasty new records of Xianyang County

Yin Zhiping's quotations of Qinghe immortal's journey to the north, Volume 2, page 10

Ma Danyang's Jian Wu Ji, Vol.1, P.18

Qin Zhian's Jinlian zhengzongji, the 13th year of Taizong (1241)

Wang Chongyang's Quan Zhen Ji, Vol. 9, pp. 11-12

Daozang, Vol.25, p.739

New records of Xianyang in Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty Volume 5 monuments page 66

Wang Chongyang and his family

Wang Chongyang, formerly known as Zhongfu, was named Yunqing. The 22nd December of the second year of the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty

Born in Dawei village, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province on January 11, 1112, and died in 1172, the 10th year of jindading, four sons, Ma Danyang, Tan chuduan, Liu chuxuan and Qiu Chuji, went to Daliang to collect the remains of the master and buried in Liu Jiang (now Zuan Town, Huxian county), who was the founder of Quanzhen Taoism in Jin Dynasty,

There are more than 1000 poems, divided into "Quanzhen" before and after the collection handed down to the world.

For his early family situation, we can see that Wang Chongyang's Quanzhen Ji (Volume 9, pages 11-12), daozang (Volume 25, page 739) and wuzhenge (wuzhenge) said: "Yu Dang is nine years old. His grandfather is 82 years old, and he is in glory on the 23rd. His uncle is 77 years old, and he is 33 years old. His father is 73 years old." According to the poem, Wang Chongyang is the third son in his family, and there are two elder brothers. From his poem "yujiaao" in Volume 6 of Quanzhen collection, we can know that when Wang Chongyang was 53 years old, the two elder brothers had already died in his hometown,

Wang Chongyang's poem "you Xiong goes to present his nephew Yuanbi YuanZuo" refers to his nephew Wang Yuanbi, Wang YuanZuo and Ma Danyang's "Han Lang Lang" under the volume of "Jian Wu Ji" and "Hang Jin Deng" also refers to Wang Chongyang's nephew Wang Zhouchen and other family descendants.

Why does Dawei village not have the surnames of Wei and Wang?

Dawei village is located in the western suburb of shuangzhaoban, adjacent to Mao Village in the East, Xiaoyi village in the west, Xicheng village in the north and Bailiang village on No.1 road in the south. Formerly known as Dayi village. According to legend, in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, there were two villages, one big and the other small. The big village had Wei and Wang surnames, while the small village had only Chen surnames. Because the two villages lived close to each other, about five or six hundred meters, they were later renamed Dayi village and Xiaoyi village. Among the two surnames of Wei and Wang in Dayi village, Wei developed rapidly, accounting for a large proportion of the population in the village. Later, it was changed to Dawei village, which also got its name because of the large family name of Wei. But in the last hundred years

There is no Wei surname in Dawei village, but most of them are Gao.

We should start from the last years of Kangxi. Gao Jianzhang, who was under the Sophora tree in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, came to Xianyang to be the magistrate. He learned that there was an immortal Wang Chongyang in Dawei village. He thought that this place was a treasure of geomantic omen. So he moved his five sons from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Dawei Village. They were Cong, Ji, Guang, he and Tong, which were the five families in the village. In the face of officials with high surname, Wei people wisely choose to bully officials. It's better to let the officials move out of Dawei village, where people live. The people of Wei family let the village to the people of Gao family, which shows the openness of the people of Wei family. In the early days of liberation, people of the Wei family came to Dawei village to worship their ancestors. The protection of village names by Gao family members shows respect for Wei family, facts and history, which is the answer to the fact that the village names of Dawei have not had Wei family name for a hundred years. And Wang

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