Xujiang ancestral temple

Xujiang ancestral temple is located in the central urban area of Lubao Town, Sanshui District, Foshan City. It was founded in 1208. There are Beidi temple, Guanyin temple, Wenchang temple and Huashan temple in it. It integrates Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Together with Yuecheng Longmu temple and Foshan ancestral temple, Xujiang ancestral temple is one of the three most influential ancient temples in Guangdong Province. Xujiang ancestral temple is an ancient and simple deity with beautiful legends such as "taipo mountain" and "immortal footprints". It is well-known overseas, with pilgrims and cigarettes.

Ancestral temple

synonym

Xujiang ancestral temple generally refers to ancestral temple (Xujiang ancestral temple)

Lubao ancestral temple, also known as Xujiang ancestral temple, is located in the northern suburb of Lubao Town, Sanshui. Built in 1268, it is the oldest temple building in Sanshui. After many repairs in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in 1808-1809 and 1888, the temple became a palace of art. The ancestral temple consists of Guanyin Temple in the north, Wudang palace in the middle and Wenchang palace in the south. The present building is in Qing Dynasty style. Xujiang ancestral temple experienced five dynasties: yuan, Ming, Qing and the Republic of China. It has a history of more than 800 years and was designated as "key cultural relics protection unit of Guangdong Province" by Guangdong Province in 1989.

Historical evolution

Xujiang ancestral temple is located in the northern suburb of Lubao Town, Sanshui. Built in 1268, it is the oldest temple building in Sanshui. After many repairs in yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in 1808-1809 and 1888, the temple became a palace of art.

style

The ancestral temple consists of Guanyin Temple in the north, Wudang palace in the middle and Wenchang palace in the south. The present building is in Qing Dynasty style.

area covered

It covers an area of 965 square meters.

Structure and layout

Each temple has a courtyard layout. The gate and main hall are hard, and the three flower wind fire gable on the top of the mountain. The gate is three rooms wide, the main hall is three rooms wide, and the depth is three rooms. The three temples are connected by a horizontal gate. The passage is separated by a lane, and the Southern Lane is titled "Kui Guang". The title of Beinong is "douyao". The six ridges of the three temples are decorated with ceramic flower ridges.

scenery

With a variety of classical operas and ancient legends as the theme, it has created many characters, landscapes, flowers, birds and animals, jewelry, etc. with bright glaze color, vivid image, various forms and colorful colors, it is an artistic treasure carefully made by Wen Rubi when it was rebuilt in the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. In particular, the two dragons fighting for pearls on the ridge of the gate of Wudang Palace are vivid. The ridge also retains part of the ceramic decoration of Shiwan shaped in the third year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, which is the earliest existing ceramic sculpture of Shiwan. The colorful flower ridges make these ancient temples elegant and magnificent. There is a pair of stone lions in front of the gate of Wudang palace, which is 2 meters high. It is a stone carving in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is elegant and concise, powerful and vivid. A couplet written in neat regular script is engraved on the stone eaves column in front of the Mountain Gate: "five horses ring back, jade mirror water connects with holy well water; three peaks stand opposite each other, and longpo mountain connects with Wudang Mountain.". In the second time, a small stone lion was placed on the shrimp bow climbing beam. Between the eaves column and the gable wall, there are two groups of wood carvings with three beams in each group, with a total length of 3 meters. They are all high relief figures. One is the story of "Wagang village" and the other is the story of "Western Liao state". The carving is extremely fine. On the back, there are flowers, trees, birds and animals, and the words "made in Guangzhou at that time" are printed. It was made in the 14th year of Guangxu. The structure of the eaves and porches of Guanyin temple is similar to that of Wudang palace. Its eaves and pillars are connected as follows: "Fayu with longpo looks like the weather of Putuo; liantai jade mirror looks like the scale of Xizhu.". There are many murals on the wall of Sanmiao Mountain Gate. Mountains and rivers, lifelike. "Seven Sages in the bamboo grove" is amazing. Art decoration all over the world. It makes the appearance of ancestral temple more colorful, elegant and luxurious. On the front gate of Wudang palace, there is a precious nanmu engraved vertical plaque, which is engraved with four official script and gold pasted characters of "Wudang Palace". The font is dignified and thick. On both sides of the door, there is a woodcut couplet transcribed from Su Dongpo's works: "if you show off your hair and hold your sword, the immortal and the Buddha will listen to you; if you have the means to subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger, will the tortoise and the snake cloud?" the tone is humorous. There is a huge plaque hanging on the golden pillar of the mountain gate. Regular script: "Tianshu Xinggong". Xianfeng years for Shunde Hanlin you Xianting title. The interior walls are full of pictures. On the top wall of the gate is a painting of Double Dragons in ink and wash. The picture only shows the dragon head, dragon tail and part of the body waist, whistling in the vast clouds and water. The "parapets" on both sides of the courtyard of the three temples are decorated with exquisite and lifelike pottery sculptures and gray carvings each 6 meters long. The contents include "the story of the Three Kingdoms", "Liangshan characters", "Han Xizai's banquet picture", "Guo Ziyi's birthday" and so on. Among them, the decoration technique in Wudang palace is more ingenious: behind the gray carving, the glass mirror is used to cushion the bottom, and under the sunlight or rain, it glitters, making the story of landscape characters in the gray carving more gorgeous. The patios of the three temples are all paved with stone. There are stone reliefs with auspicious pictures such as "Sanyang Qitai", "lintuyushu" and "Shuangfeng Chaoyang" in Ming Dynasty on the patio, court fence and stone level guardrail of the upper hall. The carving is exquisite, skillful and elegant. The courtyard of Wudang palace is close to the stone steps of the main hall, and there is a well at the bottom left. The stone well column is engraved with the word "Jinsha Holy Well". It is said that the well water is not dry. Most pilgrims here would like to drink a cup to eliminate disasters and diseases and prolong life. There is a couplet on the stone column, which says: "the water is flowing, the Jinsha is flowing, the stars are arched, and the jade mirror is shining.". The courtyard couplet of Guanyin Temple says: "the painted buildings add luster, the golden lotus seat changes into the Jinsha well; the Ciyun is far away, the jade armpit is fat, and the jade mirror platform is flowing.". The three main halls of the ancestral temple are solemn and solemn, but their buildings have their own characteristics. All kinds of auspicious pictures are carved on three sides of the wooden beams and sparrows on the two stone eaves of Wudang palace. Twelve large lotus brackets are set from the beams to the eaves. It makes the main hall look very magnificent. A couplet is carved on the eaves and pillars: "Yang Ma Na Qian Guang, Xianzhang yuan Yue Xiu; Lingdi pan Kan Shui, stars ring arch emperor Chen Zun.". In front of the main hall of Guanyin temple, a large hump pier with a length of 2.3 meters, a height of 0.98 meters and a width of 0.16 meters is set on the beam. Liang Fang and tuodun are also carved with auspicious pictures. This makes the hall delicate. Its shape, structure and technique have local characteristics. The column couplet is: "the hills are rugged, the immortal stones are rolled in several volumes, and it looks like a place in Putuo rock; the Cloud Bridge is vast and boundless, with a leaf of Cihang, crossing the sky in the mirror of water and moon.". The regular script couplet in front of the main hall of Wenchang palace was made up in 1985 by Qin Jisheng. On the right is: "the water flows gently, the learning is boundless, and the waves are blue"; on the left is "Yuheng department, a Guiji toad palace, has a way to walk in green clouds". The ancestral temple also has several stone tablets. Among them, the record of rebuilding Huashan temple and rebuilding dizang temple was engraved in 1791. It provides detailed historical facts for the changing process of dizang nunnery in Huashan temple and the customs and customs at that time, which is of great historical value. The ancestral temple has been built for more than 700 years. Since Guangxu, it has been in disrepair for many years. In front of the temple, the screen wall, the memorial archway and the "Jingfu" stage beside the temple have been destroyed. There are no shrines, statues and sacrificial utensils in the original temple. In view of its important value in architecture, art and history, it was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit by Sanshui county and Guangdong Province in 1983 and 1989 respectively.

Address: Lubao Town, Sanshui District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.89583468008

Latitude: 23.350254318588

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