Baihuajian Temple

Located on the seashore at the east foot of the Jinshi scenic spot, there is a big temple, baihuajian temple, also known as jiutianniangniang temple, which has the largest single area in the whole province. When it was completed in October 1993, 50000 people at home and abroad attended the Kaiguang ceremony, which is unprecedented. Since then, it has become a hot tourist spot in Shantou. Baihuajian temple was proposed by Hong Kong compatriot Chen xiqian and other overseas Chinese. It was built with a large amount of money. It was designed and constructed by ancient architectural engineer Ji Chuanying. With its grand scale, elegant and unique, full of folk culture and art landscape, it can be called "Chaoshan folk culture grand view Garden" and is highly appreciated by tourists at home and abroad. The main god of the temple, Jiutian Niangniang, also known as "Jiutian Xuannv", is said to be an ancient goddess with a human head and a bird's body. She is the disciple of the virgin emperor and the teacher of the Yellow Emperor. She helped the Yellow Emperor to defeat Chiyou and stabilize the world, and was granted the title of goddess. Mr. Liu Xiwang built baihuajian temple in Guantang District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. And because of the dream that the goddess asked: change "hundred" to "white", so it was renamed "white flower point Temple". When Mr. Chen xiqian came to Shantou to advocate the construction of the temple of heaven garden project, he moved the incense from jiulongniang temple to create jiutianniangniang temple, which is called "baihuajian Temple". The temple was founded on August 14, 1991 and opened on October 3, 1993. With a total construction area of 4000 square meters, it is located in the west to the East, close to the mountain and facing the sea, facing the Mayu island and the Bay Bridge, magnificent and majestic. The broad shibancheng in front of the gate of the temple is 40 meters wide and 40 meters deep. It is decorated with stone carving in the middle, Double Dragons and white stone railings for carving all kinds of dragons. It is carved with stone from Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, which is solemn and elegant. With all kinds of bonsai, Guangcheng has a unique scenery. In the middle of Dacheng, a pavilion called "parents of heaven and earth" was set up to cast a couplet saying: "Heaven's grace is universal, the world's people are exposed to the rain, the earth's spirit is outstanding, and the people are peaceful.". There is a pair of iron censers behind the pavilion. Close to the gate, there is a pair of stone lions with exquisite carving skills, two tripods, two towering kapok trees, and an ancient well called frog spring. In the gate tower of the temple, there are four Panlong pillars. On the south wall and the north wall, there is a large clay relief mural with a height of 2.6 meters and a width of 8.75 meters. In the north, there is "Nuwa mending the sky". The plaque on the left and right door of the temple is engraved with "the virgin of Lishan Mountain" and "the virgin of the queen of heaven", and the wooden inscription on the door couplet is: "the nine days are wide, the four seas are straight to the same day, and the rain and dew are applied to all living beings crossing the world.". Six color paintings of the gate of the great temple are painted to exorcise the evil spirits of the civil and military generals Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zheng, Xu MaoGong and Xie Yingdeng, giving visitors a sense of dignity.

Baihuajian Temple

Located on the seashore at the east foot of Jinshi scenic spot in Shantou, Guangdong Province, there is a big temple, baihuajian temple, also known as jiutianniangniang temple, which has the largest single area in the province. When it was completed in October 1993, as many as 50000 people at home and abroad participated in the Kaiguang ceremony, which is unprecedented. Since then, it has become a hot tourist spot in Shantou. Baihuajian temple was proposed by Hong Kong compatriot Chen xiqian and other overseas Chinese. It was built with a large amount of money. It was designed and constructed by ancient architectural engineer Ji Chuanying. With its grand scale, elegant and unique, full of folk culture and art landscape, it can be called "Chaoshan folk culture grand view Garden" and is highly appreciated by tourists at home and abroad.

origin

The main god of the temple, Jiutian Niangniang, also known as "Jiutian Xuannv", is said to be an ancient goddess with a human head and a bird's body. She is the disciple of the virgin emperor and the teacher of the Yellow Emperor. She helped the Yellow Emperor to defeat Chiyou and stabilize the world, and was granted the title of goddess. Mr. Liu Xiwang built baihuajian temple in Guantang District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. And because of the dream that the goddess asked: change "hundred" to "white", so it was renamed "white flower point Temple". When Mr. Chen xiqian came to Shantou to advocate the construction of the temple of heaven garden project, he moved the incense from jiulongniang temple to create jiutianniangniang temple, which is called "baihuajian Temple".

Foundation of the great temple

The temple was founded on August 14, 1991 and opened on October 3, 1993. With a total construction area of 4000 square meters, it is located in the west to the East, close to the mountain and facing the sea, facing the Mayu island and the Bay Bridge, magnificent and majestic.

Temple structure

The broad shibancheng in front of the gate of the temple is 40 meters wide and 40 meters deep. It is decorated with stone carving in the middle, Double Dragons and white stone railings for carving all kinds of dragons. It is carved with stone from Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, which is solemn and elegant. With all kinds of bonsai, Guangcheng has a unique scenery. In the middle of Dacheng, a pavilion called "parents of heaven and earth" was set up to cast a couplet saying: "Heaven's grace is universal, the world's people are exposed to the rain, the earth's spirit is outstanding, and the people are peaceful.". There is a pair of iron censers behind the pavilion. Close to the gate, there is a pair of stone lions with exquisite carving skills, two tripods, two towering kapok trees, and an ancient well called frog spring.

In the gate tower of the temple, there are four Panlong pillars. On the south wall and the north wall, there is a large clay relief mural with a height of 2.6 meters and a width of 8.75 meters. In the north, there is "Nuwa mending the sky". The plaque on the left and right door of the temple is engraved with "the virgin of Lishan Mountain" and "the virgin of the queen of heaven", and the wooden inscription on the door couplet is: "the nine days are wide, the four seas are straight to the same day, and the rain and dew are applied to all living beings crossing the world.". Six color paintings of the gate of the great temple are painted to exorcise the evil spirits of the civil and military generals Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zheng, Xu MaoGong and Xie Yingdeng, giving visitors a sense of dignity.

The temple is divided into three entrances and one patio, with a total depth of 60 meters, a width of 40 meters and a maximum height of 22 meters. The ground is paved with smooth stone slabs, covered with orange glazed tiles and decorated with ceramic Double Dragons. It is in sharp contrast to the blue glazed tiles of the temples under the pagoda in the south.

On the north and south sides of the gate building, there are three.6-meter-high statues of the four heavenly kings, majestic. In the main gate building, there is a long wooden couplet written by Cai Qixian, vice president of Linghai poetry society, and Su bojiong, vice chairman of the Municipal Association of calligraphers: "the beautiful scenery of the nine days is wonderful, the southern Guangdong can be like a stone, the Virgin Mary's grace is far away, and the white flowers shine all over the city." In the north and South Corridor, there are two meters high and 16 meters wide large clay reliefs "Lishan Yide" and "Tian Hou Xiansheng". On the wall of the North corridor is the inscription of the temple, which was written by Mr. Chen xiqian.

The second entrance is baiting. The two beams above are painted with two large-scale color traditional Chinese paintings, which are "a myriad of colors is always spring" and "a beautiful landscape left behind". On the ground, the color stone is skillfully used to pave a "Fu" character, which is unique.

The third entrance is the main hall. The couplet written by Mr. Cai Qixian said: "nine days of rain in southern Guangdong, the goddess of mercy clouds shade my tide." Mr. Yang Kai, chairman of the municipal Book Association, wrote a couplet: "the nine palaces are empty in the fog, and disasters bless all the people, and heaven will be wise and powerful to drive away evil spirits.". On both sides of the main hall, there are wooden plates for "Silence" and "evasion", as well as tools such as knives, spears, halberds and hammers. There are big bells and drums at both ends. In the main hall, there is a statue of the goddess of heaven, the mother of Lishan, the Jade Emperor, Jiang Taigong, the great sage Buddha, the Seven Saints, Huatuo immortal master and dadebogong. In the middle of the courtyard on the top of the hall, there is a large wooden eight diagrams with a diameter of 5 meters. The animals of the zodiac with gold stickers are carved in Hezhou. Four floating dragons surround the eight diagrams. There are also murals with painted cranes, which make the whole gallery colorful.

artistic value

Throughout the temple, carved beams, painted buildings, resplendent, Shan painting, murals, glass painting, inlaid porcelain, clay sculpture, stone carving, wood carving, palace lantern, beautiful. In particular, there are hundreds of dragons with different postures, which are full of the charm that the Chinese nation is the descendant of the dragon. The construction of the temple involves mud, wood, stone, oil, lacquer, inlay, sculpture, carving, and so on. It is a collection of skilled craftsmen from Chaoshan folk. It shows the wisdom of designers, craftsmen and constructors, so as to create a large-scale tourism landscape in southern China, let tourists enjoy the scenery of the Cape alone, worship the gods of "those who have made great contributions to the people", and be influenced by virtue.

Yishi Temple of heaven garden is really a scenic spot in the tourist area of eastern Guangdong.

Address: Haibin, east foot of Heshi scenic spot, Haojiang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, 518073

Longitude: 116.69191032035

Latitude: 23.333254730352

Tel: 0754-87490175

Tour time: half a day

Traffic information: take No.37 bus to Shantou City

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

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