Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area

Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area is located in the east of Shanwei City, Guangdong Province. The total area is about 100000 square meters. The main building of the scenic spot is composed of Fengshan Park, Fengshan ancestral temple and fengyitai Mazu stone statue. This scenic spot is not only a famous scenic spot in Shanwei City, but also a place for people in eastern Guangdong, especially coastal fishermen, to worship Mazu.

Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area

Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area is located on the Bank of Pinqing Lake in the east of Shanwei City, Guangdong Province. It was built in 1636, with a total area of about 100000 square meters.

The main building of the scenic spot is composed of Fengshan Park, Fengshan ancestral temple and the stone statue of Mazu (goddess of heaven) in fengyitai. It is a famous scenic spot in Shanwei City and a place where people in eastern Guangdong, especially coastal fishermen, worship Mazu,

It integrates religious tourism, coastal scenery tourism and urban parks, integrates religious culture, folk culture and marine cultural landscape, and has typical coastal customs of South China.

On December 20, 2016, Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area passed the national AAAA level review.

Historical evolution

Fengshan ancestral temple was built in 1636, the ninth year of Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty. Because Fujian fishermen drifted to Fengshan and settled down, they created a foundation and brought Mazu, the God of protection in their hearts, and established Fengshan Mazu temple.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1662-1722), the ban on the sea was lifted, and Shanwei port developed greatly. There was a prosperous scene of "two episodes of business and travel, and boats like clouds". Therefore, Fengshan ancestral temple was expanded in the seventh year of Qianlong (1742).

In December 1994, Fengshan ancestral temple held a celebration of Chongguang and opened to tourists all over the world.

In May 1995, Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area was approved to be established.

geographical environment

Location context

Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area is located in the east of Shanwei City by Pinqing lake, with a total area of about 100000 square meters.

 

Climatic characteristics

Affected by the south subtropical climate, Fengshan zumiao tourist area is warm and humid all the year round. The annual average temperature is 22.1 ℃. It is not hot in summer and not cold in winter. It is suitable for tourism and holiday all the year round.

 

Topography

Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area includes Fengshan, dinggai mountain, Yuzi mountain and some waters of Pinqing lake around the three mountains. Fengshan is the highest point in Shanwei City, with an altitude of 31 meters. Pinqing lake is the largest semi closed lagoon in China. There are mountains and waters in the tourist area, and the mountains are not high.

 

Main attractions

Fengshan ancestral temple

overview

Fengshan Mazu temple, commonly known as Fengshan Mazu temple, is the Fenling palace of Mazu temple in Meizhou, Fujian Province. It is a famous Mazu Culture Communication Center in eastern Guangdong Province, and has enjoyed great popularity in the past dynasties.

 

Main hall of Mazu Temple

The main hall of Mazu temple in Fengshan is not only the main building in the tourist area, but also the evidence of the historical evolution of Shanwei port. It was built in the late Ming Dynasty and expanded in 1742. With a construction area of 840 square meters, the main hall is three in two courtyard layout, with three wide faces, wind fire gables and hard hilltop. It is called "double star holding seal, dragon and tiger protecting each other". It is a traditional temple building in zhengsanshan. The main hall integrates rich and colorful Lingnan architectural art, such as inlaid porcelain, stone carving, wood carving, clay sculpture, color painting, etc. In the limited scope of careful layout of complex scenes, eaves and curtains, beams plaque, painted murals, etc. are all exquisitely carved, unique.

 

Tin Hau Pavilion

Tianhou Pavilion of Fengshan ancestral temple was built in 1993. It is the back hall of Mazu temple. There are bell and drum towers on the left and right. In front of it is the worship town for worshiping and praying for good men and women. Thousands of Mazu believers come to worship on the 1st and 15th day of the lunar new year, and the incense is strong. Tianhou pavilion adopts the "double eaves inserted wing Xieshan type" stone wood structure with Chaoshan architectural style. It uses more than 600 cubic meters of wood and has a construction area of 782 square meters. Exquisite design, large scale, integration of classical architecture and modern architectural technology in one. It contains the plaque of "Tian Hou Ge" written by the contemporary calligrapher Mr. Qigong and the plaque of "bell tower" and "Drum Tower" written by the father of contemporary Chinese folklore Mr. Zhong Jingwen. In the pavilion, there are clay statues of Mazu, statues of gods and twenty-four ministers, and lanterns of Peace Tower.

 

Fengyi terrace

With a height of 16.83 meters, the stone statue of Mazu in fengyitai is carved from 468 pieces of high-quality granite from Mazu's hometown (Meizhou, Fujian). It is the largest art stone statue of Mazu in China. Bing Xin, a famous Chinese writer, inscribed the stone statue with the four characters "goddess of heaven". After the completion of the stone statue of Mazu in Fengshan, it has become a new symbol of Shanwei City.

 

Mazu Memorial Hall

Located in fengyitai scenic area, with an area of more than 1500 square meters, Mazu Memorial Museum is the first art museum in China to introduce Mazu's life, legend and holy trace. The museum focuses on 15 stories and legends of Mazu, and uses modern sound, light and electricity automatic control system to interpret Mazu's miracles with 15 stories and 15 groups of scenic spots.

 

Development and construction

In 1934, Fengshan ancestral temple was rebuilt according to its original style.

In June 1991, Fengshan ancestral temple was listed as a cultural relic at the county level by the people's Government of Shanwei City. With the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Council for cultural administration, it was rebuilt in February of the next year according to its original style.

 

Since the 1980s, Fengshan ancestral temple tourist area has been expanded on a large scale with donations from the society and overseas Chinese. It has been built into Tianhou Pavilion, bell and Drum Tower, Mazu stone statue, Mazu Memorial Hall in Fengshan Park, hailufeng drama mask garden, fisherman's style hall and Mazu Culture Square.

 

History and culture

Legend allusion

The legend of Mazu holy spring

Fengshan ancestral temple is backed by Fengshan, and a spring seeps out from the stone crevice at the foot of the mountain all the year round. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a Fujian businessman opened a firewood shop beside Qingquan. He surrounded Qingquan with stones and built a simple Mazu Temple shed nearby. It was convenient for fishermen to worship Mazu and use water in Pinqing lake, as well as attracting firewood and charcoal business. Therefore, people call this well "chaipu well". This ancient well is the drinking well of the early residents in Shanwei. Even in the event of severe drought, the wells elsewhere have dried up, but the water here is still sweet and cool.

In the early 1970s, there was a nationwide movement of "learning from Daqing in industry and Dazhai in agriculture". At that time, Shanwei town Revolutionary Committee set up small factories around Fengshan and opened up wasteland to expand planting. It chose to build a brick kiln on the hillside above chaipu well. The quality of the bricks fired was poor and the success rate was very low. In the past, chaipu well, the only domestic water for the masses, was built and put into operation soon after the brick kiln was built The water level dropped, the water quality became salty and bitter, the sweet and clear spring water became dry well, the domestic water for residents was not guaranteed, and the masses complained. Soon, the brick kiln was closed due to poor efficiency. Before long, the spring water of this well returned to its former sweetness. People say that this well is the holy spring of Mazu. It is not salty in the coastal area, but not thirsty in the severe drought. So the holy spring of the holy well spread.

 

Mazu Temple Fair

overview

Every year, March 20 of the lunar calendar is Mazu's birthday. People in Shanwei City, fishermen of the day nationality, and rural believers all come to Mazu temple to participate in temple fairs. During the temple fairs, traditional folk activities include Mazu's going out on a tour, fighting for cannon heads, acting and worshiping incense.

 

Mazu temple fair in Fengshan originated in the heyday of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, which is the crystallization of traditional folk culture. The main contents of Mazu temple fair include: Folk sacrifice activities; new year (the fifth day of the first month) greeting God and praying activities; Lantern Festival (the fifteenth day of the first month) Mazu Lantern Festival gathering activities; Mazu birthday folk art parade, Fengshan Mazu artillery festival activities; major festivals performing drama; Zhongyuan Festival Daojiao Pudu (Yulan Shenghui) and other folk activities.

 

The Mazu temple fair in Fengshan, Shanwei, Guangdong Province was approved as a provincial intangible cultural heritage by the people's Government of Guangdong Province after Mazu belief and custom was listed as the world intangible cultural heritage.

 

Folk sacrificial activities

Most of the ancestors of Shanwei were from Fujian Province. The fishermen believed in Mazu in business and travel in the past dynasties. Fengshan ancestral temple has been expanded to the present scale since 1742, and the sacrificial rites have been standardized. It has formed four kinds of rituals with local characteristics, namely, ritual rites, public rites, folk rites and official rites.

1. Ceremony, namely Temple expansion or renovation completed, every tenth anniversary of Chongguang held in Daqing ceremony, commonly known as three offerings.

2. Public sacrifices are two major festivals: the fifth day of the first month of the Spring Festival to greet the gods and pray for blessings, and the 23rd day of March to celebrate Mazu's birthday.

3. People's sacrifice refers to people's usual sacrificial activities.

4. Official sacrifice is the sacrificial activity of Mazu Culture Festival hosted by the government. Sponsored by the government, after the ceremony of folk worship, the Council organized a team of thousands of people to support Mazu Luan with a bridge, and then put the statue of Mazu in the middle of the square stage. First of all, the firecrackers will be lit by the head of the government

Chinese PinYin : Feng Shan Zu Miao Lv You Qu