Confucian worship Temple

Confucian worship Temple

He worships Confucianism and worships Wang Gen, the founder of Taizhou School. After Wanli, it was repaired and expanded many times, and rebuilt again in Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty. There are three axes in the East, the West and the East. The central part is the ancestral hall with four entrances, the East and the West have three entrances respectively, and the back is the garden. After liberation, it was used as houses and factories. The person and unit who moved out in 1986. It is decided that chongru temple will be built into a memorial hall of Wanggen and Taizhou School, and the chongru temple will be overhauled to restore the original appearance of the central part. There are four existing buildings in the central part.

brief introduction

The first entrance gate was rebuilt, with the stone forehead of "chongru Temple" embedded on it. Stone drums were erected on both sides of the gate, and eight character walls were built on both sides. The second entrance is libentang, which is 3 rooms wide and of hard mountain structure. It has been overhauled.

The third entrance is yuexuetang, which was built in Ming Dynasty. It has a beam lifting frame, and a basin type stone foundation under the column. The column head has a roll. The width of the three columns is 10.5 meters, the depth is 7 meters, the purlin is 6.05 meters, and the height of the back purlin is 5.5 meters.

On the corridor wall of the east wall is embedded the stone tablet of "the ancestral hall of Mr. Xinzhai" in the seventh year of Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which was moved from the original second entrance to the west wall. On the corridor wall of the west wall is embedded the remnant tablet written by Li Chunfang of the Ming Dynasty, which was excavated during the reconstruction.

In the fourth Jin Xian Ren hall, Fengxin sculpts a bust of Wang Gen and carves a new marble stone "Yue Xue Ge" of Wang Gen, displaying historical materials of Wang Gen's cultural relics and paintings of celebrities.

In 1995, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level.

In 2001, chongru temple was restored again. Five houses in the West were demolished, the West axis of chongru temple was restored, and some scenic spots such as cloisters, rockeries, pools and inscriptions were added.

At the same time, the central axis is renovated. The second building displays Wang Gen's research materials. The third building has a plasticized bronze statue of Wang Gen, which is displayed according to the original sacrificial scene.

In addition, 16 important members of Taizhou School are also exhibited.

Repair the stele of Li Chunfang, the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty. Fourth, the exhibition "Wang Gen's life and Taizhou School" is added to introduce Wang Gen's life, philosophy and the members of Taizhou School in detail, with pictures, articles and materials.

In October 2001, chongru temple was officially opened to the public after the second restoration. First of all, we received hundreds of representatives of the "international academic seminar of Taizhou School". In the future, it will open to the outside world normally and receive guests from all sides.

history

As the name suggests, the ancestral hall of worshiping Confucianism is the ancestral hall of worshiping and offering sacrifices to the forefathers of Confucianism. Wang Gen, the founder of the ancient Taizhou School, is worshipped here. The word "Geng" means "static".

Wang Gen's original name was Wang Yin. It is said that when Wang Gen worshipped Wang Yangming as his teacher, the teacher thought he was arrogant and had a strong personality.

In order to make Wang Yin modest and prudent in the future, he changed its name "Yin" to a word "gen" with static meaning, which was called Wang Gen from then on.

Wang Gen was born in 1483, the 19th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty, and died in 1540, the 19th year of Jiajing. He was 58 years old. It has been 460 years since now. He was born in poverty. He burned salt with his father when he was a child. He only went to private school for three or four years. He studied hard in logistics and became a master of Confucianism and a leader of philosophy.

He put forward such propositions as "common people's daily use is Tao" and advocated seeking truth from daily life.

Wang Gen's disciples and retransmitters are as many as 487, including senior and middle-level officials, common people and peddlers. There are a large number of them in almost all social strata. Besides Jiangsu Province, there are Taizhou School's children in Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Shandong, Sichuan, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Guangdong and other provinces, covering more than 10 provinces in China; Because Taizhou School was first formed in Taizhou, Wang Gen was born in Taizhou, many of his students were from Taizhou, and he had a great influence in giving lectures in Taizhou, so this folk school was called "Taizhou School" in Chinese history.

Wang Gen became the founder of the school. After thousands of years, Wang Gen, a poor man like Wang Gen, only studied in a rural private school for a few years. After his own hard study, he became a philosopher. He was only Wang Gen in Taizhou.

After Wang Gen's death, many ancestral halls were built in Hangzhou, Yingtian, Ningguo, Yangzhou, Jiangyan and Hai'an.

With the approval of the imperial court, Taizhou established a special ancestral hall for worshiping Wanggen, named chongru ancestral hall.

This ancient ancestral hall, which has been preserved for hundreds of years, belongs to the ancient architectural complex of Ming and Qing Dynasties. In Taizhou, this is the only ancestral hall with such a large scale. It has been declared as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Jiangsu provincial government.

Taizhou chongru temple was first built in April 1576, the fourth year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. It was proposed by Geng Dingxiang, the then governor of Taizhou, and presided over by Wu Daoli, the governor of Taizhou. After the completion, someone drew a complete picture of chongru temple.

This picture is included in the complete works of Mr. Wang Xinzhai. It can be seen from the picture of that year that the main building of chongru temple is almost the same as it is now.

The ancestral hall is arranged from south to north. The first entrance is the gate of the ancestral hall, with three small tile roofed houses, similar to ordinary dwellings.

The plaque of Taizhou School Memorial Hall in front of the door was written by contemporary philosopher Hou Wailu himself. The three characters of "chongru Temple" on the stone forehead on the door are the characters of Zhao Meng, a calligrapher of the University. On the same old black lacquer gate, there are two copper paving rings. On both sides of the high threshold, there is a white marble drum engraved with the pattern of a lion dribbling ball. On the East and west sides of the green water brick wall in front of the gate, there are eight character walls, simple and solemn. Open the front door, open the instrument door, look inside from the front door, it's quiet and far-reaching, even a bit mysterious.

Introduction to Wang Gen

Wang Gen, whose name is Ruzhi, is called Xinzhai. Born in June of the 19th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (July 1483 A.D.) and died in December of the 19th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (January 1541 A.D.), he was born in Anfeng Town, Taizhou (now Anfeng Town, Dongtai, Jiangsu Province). He was born in a common people's family as a kitchen family in Yanding, and eventually became a famous scholar and master in the world and the founder of Taizhou School in Ming Dynasty. It occupies an important position in the ideological history of Ming Dynasty.

Features of scenic spots

Chongru temple is close to Guangxiao temple, a thousand year old temple. It is made of green bricks and small tiles. Its structure is exquisite, reflecting the architectural characteristics of Central Jiangsu in Ming Dynasty. There are four seasons in its enclosure, and it has the artistic conception of "Taoyuan" in the garden. There is a poem in the old "Hailing Zhuzhi Ci" which says: "children weave fences, old people hoe the lotus, and worship Confucianism in the late Qing Dynasty. The cauliflower is all over the ground, the east wind is soft, the drunk is not as good as the wine. "

Some of the existing buildings were restored in 1986. It displays the academic monographs of Wang Gen's disciples and the research achievements of Taizhou School at home and abroad. Because of the pleasant environment, it has been selected as the shooting site for many films and TV plays, such as "the legend of buying an official" and "the story of the head gate". The ancestral hall for worshiping Confucianism is not very big. It is only built in front of and behind the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The first one displays some articles on Wang Gen's life and thoughts. If you go there, you will feel bored. In fact, it is. The second entrance is the sage hall. In the middle of the hall is a bronze statue of Wang Gen, surrounded by ancient sacrificial utensils imitated by Wang Gen according to Zhou Li. The third entrance is yuexuetang. There is an interesting thing here. It's Wang Gen's car for his lecture in the north, which is called puche. It's a little similar to the truck on the street, but it's smaller and more beautiful. There are wooden railings on the left and right and a pavilion like cover on it. In fact, these are not very attractive to you, but there is a small garden on the west side of the house, enjoying the beauty of Jiangnan garden. In this place, which is no more than 100 meters long and no more than 10 meters wide, there are corridors, winding paths, bamboo and grass cultivation, clear streams which are artificially dug but natural, and small red fish playing in fine stones. Here, because there are no unnecessary decorations, I feel very empty instead. I don't feel the general garden cumbersome. Maybe it's the effect of "flying white".

Address: No.114, Wuyi Road, Hailing District, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 119.90958222485

Latitude: 32.489694101426

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