Sanqing Hall

The Sanqing hall was built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. It is dedicated to the highest god of Taoism, Sanqing, with a lot of incense. It's a quiet place off peak season.

Sanqing Hall

Sanqing hall is the hall where Taoism worships the Supreme God, the founder of Sanqing. Sanqing is the highest god of Taoism, so every Taoist temple must be dedicated. Sanqing hall is named "Sanqing hall" because it is honored as "the first heaven of Yuqing Dynasty", "the heaven of Lingbao of Shangqing Dynasty" and "the heaven of morality of Taiqing Dynasty".

Sanqing hall is widely used in places that believe in Taoism. Among them, Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiaoguan in Suzhou, Sanqing Hall of Xinghua in Fujian, Sanqing Hall of Putian, Sanqing Hall of Weibaoshan, Sanqing Hall of Wuyishan, Sanqing Hall of Qingyang palace in Chengdu and other famous buildings are Chinese cultural relics.

Sanqing Hall of changchunguan in Anyang, Henan Province

Sanqing Hall of changchunguan in Anyang

Built in Tang Dynasty, Anyang Changchun temple is a holy land of Taoist culture and tourism. The majestic Taoist temple has been standing for thousands of years and has passed through the time and space of history. The excellent Taoist culture of Changchun temple is inherited in this beautiful place for long-term admiration and sightseeing. From east to west, Anyang Changchun Temple consists of Mountain Gate, Daoguan theater, small square, Yuquan holy water, Lingguan hall, God of wealth hall, Guanyin hall, qiuzudong hall, Yuhuang hall, Sanxiao hall and Sanqing hall on both sides. In view of the forest of pines and cypresses and the garden of flowers, this is a perfect place to rest and enjoy the cool after worshiping the immortal families

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In the Sanqing Hall of the changchunguan temple in Anyang, the worshippers are Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and moral Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun: the highest god in "Sanqing", the incarnation of Taoism, is the God of Taoism. He lives in Yuqing, also known as Yuanshi Tianwang. It's called Dao Bao.

Lingbao Tianzun: living in Shangqing, he is the incarnation of Tao, also known as the supreme Daojun and the great emperor of Shangqing. He lived in Shangqing. It is called Jingbao.

Moral heaven: living in Taiqing, also known as taishanglaojun, Taiqing emperor. Living in taiqingjing. He is honored as Shibao. At the time of the disaster, he incarnated as Laozi and respected as the ancestor of Taoism.

Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiao temple in Suzhou

Especially the Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiao temple

Suzhou Xuanmiao temple was founded in the Western Jin Dynasty, with a history of more than 1700 years. Sanqing hall, built in the Southern Song Dynasty, is the largest ancient wooden building in the south of the Yangtze River. The 17 meter high statue of Sanqing (Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, namely Taishang Laojun) is one of the best sculptures in the Song Dynasty. There are some precious inscriptions in Xuanmiao temple, such as the portrait of Lao Jun painted by Wu Daozi of Tang Dynasty, the praise of Xuanzong and the calligraphy of Yan Zhenqing.

Sanqing Hall of Xuanmiaoguan was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in February 1982.

Sanqing hall is the main hall of Xuanmiao temple, which was rebuilt in 1179. The double eaves are made in Xieshan, with 9 faces wide, 45.64 meters wide, 6 depths deep, 25.25 meters deep and 27 meters high. The ratio of face width to depth is 9:5. There are 7 columns with 10 columns in each column. There is no "reduced column" or "moved column", commonly known as "full column". There are 30 octagonal stone columns around the eaves, and 36 round wooden columns in the hall, except for 4 in the middle of the inner trough and 4 in the back of the golden column. The base of the column is of the lip and basin type. The base of the eaves column is decorated with octagonal stone column base, and the wooden column in the hall is decorated with stone drum. Under the eaves of the Dougong for the four shop single ang, Ang's lower edge upward slightly curved. In fact, the column head is an extension of the inner eaves, which bears the moon beam. The head of the beam is stretched out to play with the head, and the tail is made into a song style Shaotou. The patching works are all made of zhenang, with the rear end raised to support the linggong, which is the "feiang" system in "Jianzao FA Shi". The structure of the upper eaves is exactly the same, but only for the front of the Chinese arch, there is no leverage. As for the inner groove Dougong, it is on the top of Chongchao, with "Shangang" on the front and back sides to become "Liupu as Chongchao shangangdou" structure, which is an isolated example in China. On both sides of the bucket, the structure is completely symmetrical, which is more simplified than the practice of shang'ang in Zao Zao FA Shi. In addition, it is made of inner groove and inner corner. It is used to insert arch on the back gold pillars. That is to say, the Ding head arch is inserted in the pillars, which is also an important feature of this temple arch. It is the oldest existing example in China. On the top of the inner trough and the bucket arch, pingqi was used. For the beam structure of the hall, the outer trough beam was first used to build a string of parallel trees, then the column head was used to lay the upper frame of the moon beam, and then the loop was used for intercropping. On the moon beam, a bucket was built, and a cross arch was set to support the upper moon beam and the lower column head. The structure is also in line with the construction method. In addition to the four seams in the center of the forehead, there are also Fang under it, and the loops are used between them. In the center of the inner trough of the hall, there are five gold pillars behind. The brick wall reaches the lower skin of the inner forehead. In front of the wall, there is a brick xumizuo, with a width of three rooms and a height of 1.75 meters. The style is a little like that of "Zao Zao FA Shi". The statue of Sanqing, sitting on a square seat, is about 6 meters high and about 10.5 meters above the ground. It has a dignified look and vivid pleats. It is the best of the ancient Taoist statues. There are many kinds of Steles embedded in the inner walls of the hall. The most precious one is the "statue of the Supreme Lord" carved in the first year of Baoqing (1225) of the Southern Song Dynasty. The statue was painted by Wu Daozi of the Tang Dynasty. It has a smooth appearance with dark folds. On the top of it is a four character and sixteen sentence "praise" written by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, written by Yan Zhenqing, and the engraver is Zhang Yundi. The base of Sanqing hall is 49.6 meters wide and 29.5 meters deep. It is about 1 meter above the surrounding ground. The front platform is 27.2 meters wide and 16.3 meters deep, with an iron tripod in the center. On the front, left and right, they stamp on each other, and on the Zhou Dynasty, they mark the fence with bluestones. In the south of the platform, there are stone railings between the East and West ends and between the two ends. They are connected with the stone railings of the platform. The Chinese engravings are very detailed, including characters, animals, birds, Shui nationality, mountains and rivers, cloud trees, pavilions and so on. They are quite simple and vivid. They are works of the Song Dynasty or before. Sanqing hall is the oldest wooden structure building in Jiangsu Province and the largest existing Song Dynasty hall in China.

Sanqing Hall of yuanmiaoguan in Putian

Sanqing hall, located in the north of the east section of Meiyuan road in Licheng District, is the largest existing ancient Taoist building in Fujian Province. It is praised by experts as a wonderful ancient building in the south of the Yangtze River and is now a key cultural relic protection unit in China.

The hall was called Tianqing temple in Song Dynasty, Xuanmiao temple in Yuan and Ming Dynasty, and yuanmiao temple in Qing Dynasty. In Puyang Bishi, Li Junfu, a native of Yi in Song Dynasty, said that "the three halls of tianqingguan are magnificent, and the first one is in Bajun". A few strokes show that the three halls with Sanqing hall as the main part of the building complex stood out in the architecture of our province in Song Dynasty. The original building of the whole Taoist temple has a large scale, symmetrical and rigorous layout, and distinct primary and secondary. The original total area of 24 mu, the vertical axis is Shanmen, Sanqing hall, Yuhuang Hall (also known as Tongming Hall), jiuyu hall, Siguan hall, Wenchang hall, with Sanqing hall horizontally parallel to the East is Wudi temple, Dongyue hall, the west is Wuxian temple, Xiyue hall, Wenchang temple; with Yuhuang hall horizontally parallel to the East is Lin Zhonglie temple, the west is Guandi temple and Fushen temple. Today, there are still Shanmen, Sanqing hall, Dongyue hall, Xiyue hall, Wenchang temple, Wudi temple, Wuxian temple and gate of Guandi temple.

History can be seen from the ink books on the back purlin of the Sanqing hall. The Sanqing hall was first built in 628, the second year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, and rebuilt in 1015, the eighth year of Xiangfu in Song Dynasty. "Puyang Bishi" records: "in Yuanyou period, the hall was struck by lightning, the kiss fell, and the black board was inside. The text says:" in the next 80 years, di jueno came to guard the house of Chongyi hall. " When the LORD heard of it, the sheriff Di Ming sighed and said, "I'm a little bit old, but I'm not born yet. How can I prove it?" so he donated a new salary There is also a history of Sanqing hall rebuilt in 1408, the fifth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty; Yuhuang hall rebuilt by Fang rutiao and Li Zhisheng in 1556, the 35th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty; Xinghua Prefecture magistrate yidaotan rebuilt the Mountain Gate in 1564, the 43rd year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty after the Japanese invaders occupied the city; Yuhuang hall was damaged in 1581, and Lin Zhaoen, the next year, ordered people to raise money to rebuild it, and rebuilt Sanqing hall, Dongyue hall, Wenchang hall and Fushen Later, Taoist Shan Maoqiao raised money to build Wenchang palace and Wuxian temple. In 1640, the Sanqing hall was rebuilt again; in 1797, Weng tingzhang rebuilt the Dongyue Hall (including the middle hall, the worship Pavilion, the two verandahs and the Mountain Gate); in 1851-1861, the Fushen hall was rebuilt again; in 1875-1908, the Sanqing hall was rebuilt again; after the Republic of China, in addition to the jiuyu hall, other buildings of yuanmiaoguan were destroyed In October 1956, the Ministry of culture appropriated funds to rebuild the Sanqing hall; the State Administration of cultural relics again appropriated funds to overhaul the Sanqing hall and its ancillary buildings.

According to Ming Hongzhi's Xinghua Fu Zhi waiji, the Tianqing temple was granted by the imperial court to jinbaopai, zhicaoshan, Fengchan Ji, shifenyin Ji and Yifan in the first year of song Tianxi (1017). This is the eighth year after the Tianqing temple was named in the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1009). These are the products of song Zhenzong's false Tianqing temple, Taishan Fengchan and xifenyin worship From one side, it shows the important position of Tianqing temple in Putian at that time. Before liberation, a large celadon vase of Longquan kiln was preserved in the temple, with the word "Tianqing Temple" under the glaze of the shoulder. The existing Sanqing hall is built in the Song Dynasty, among which the careful room is a relic of the Song Dynasty, and its structural construction technique is basically consistent with the "eight rafters, four pillars passing on milk burden" recorded in Li Cheng's "zaozaozao FA Shi", which was rebuilt 80 years later in the reign of Dazhong Xiangfu. However, because the hall was founded in the early Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the reign of Dazhong Xiangfu earlier than the completion of the book "Zao Zao FA Shi", the style and remains of the hall reflect its rich cultural heritage

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