Lu'an Prefecture, Town God's Temple

Lu'an Prefecture, Town God's Temple

Lu an Fu Town God's Temple, located in Changzhi, Shanxi, North Street, temple road. The City God is one of the most important deities in Chinese religious culture. Most of them are heroes who have made contributions to the local people. They are the deities that Chinese folk and Taoism believe in guarding the city. It was founded in 1285 and rebuilt in 1492 and 1834 respectively.

In the Lu'an Prefecture of Town God's Temple, the existing central hall and corner Hall of Town God's Temple were built in the Yuan Dynasty, and the buildings such as bedroom, opera house, Xuan Jian Lou were built in the Ming Dynasty. Town God's Temple is built for sacrificing the God of the City God. The City God is the God guarding the city in ancient myths and legends.

Lu'an Town God's Temple covers an area of 12229 square meters with a floor area of 5175.03 square meters.

Historical origin

Lu an Fu Town God's Temple is located in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, North Street, Temple Road Lane, north to south, one into three courtyards, there are Shinto, north to central axis 408 meters long, the third courtyard covers an area of 6850 square meters. The central axis mainly includes Mountain Gate, Chonglou (xuanjianlou), theater, Xianting, Zhongda hall, bedroom and other buildings. Every year, April 15 of the lunar calendar is the traditional temple fair day, which mainly sacrifices to the City God.

artistic value

Lu'an house in Town God's Temple, the building area of the bedroom is 181.7 square meters, and the open three dim five. It is the place where the God of the city and his wife rest. The existing structure is the original structure of the Ming Dynasty. The black glazed dragon on the main ridge of the back hall is also the original object of the Ming Dynasty. It has latent claws and teeth and is ready to move. It is rare in China and has high artistic value.

Traffic information

Public transportation: it can take bus 6, 9, and 21 roads to Town God's Temple, Lu'an.

Layout structure

The central hall is the original structure of the Yuan Dynasty. It was built in the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty (1285). It is five rooms wide and six rafters deep. The method of reducing columns is adopted in the hall, and only four inner columns are used. The beam frame is simple and the material is huge. The front eaves and bucket arches are paved six times to make heavy arches. The eaves column and the inner gold column are small octagonal square columns made of stone. The style of the whole building is very strong in the Yuan Dynasty.

Changzhi Lu'an Prefecture, Town God's Temple, has a large scale and magnificent buildings. It has many magnificent buildings, such as Shan men, ear hall, Xuan Jian Lou, opera house, offering Pavilion, central hall, bedroom, hall, Gallery House, etc. all the roofs of the palace are decorated with multicolored glaze and gorgeous glaze. The Guang Yingxia table is the largest and best preserved in the existing temple of the city.

Lu'an Prefecture, Town God's Temple, is located in Changzhi East Street. Large scale and peculiar layout. It is a better one in Town God's Temple. According to inscriptions, the temple was built in the early Yuan Dynasty and has a history of more than 780 years. It was expanded and rebuilt many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Research value

It has become a complete ancient architectural complex with important historical value and scientific research value.

All the temples in the temple are arranged along the central axis, with clear axis and vertical and horizontal symmetry. On the central axis, starting from the nine dragon wall (glazed screen wall), there are suspension bridges, street gates, buildings, archways, mountain gates, theatrical buildings, pavilions, central halls, main halls and dormitories. There are three courtyards on both sides, such as ear hall and Kupang. The whole layout is dense and magnificent. The eaves of each hall are flying in the air, the brackets are crisscross, and the glass on the top of the hall is magnificent.

Superb architectural skills and immortal artistic value fully show the industrious wisdom and outstanding ability of the ancient Chinese working people. The broad front courtyard of the temple is now converted into a garden. There are two ancient locust trees in the central courtyard, with luxuriant branches and leaves and a dragon like shape; one fossil tree is more than 30 meters high; the East and west sides are now the museum exhibition hall.

Throughout the year, famous painters and calligraphers are constantly on display; two large copper censers are presented in the pavilion. The main hall of the central courtyard is tall and spacious, and the four walls are painted beautifully and vividly. In the middle is the new sitting statue of Emperor Yan, which is vivid, tall and powerful. The back yard of the temple is Chenglong's palace. In the main hall, there are colorful statues of the City God, as well as the statues of his grandmother and his subordinates. The statue is tall and has a rational layout. It is not found in the two level of Town God's Temple existing in the country or county. Town God's Temple has now become a sight of Changzhi. Every time domestic and foreign distinguished guests come here, you should have a tour to satisfy your eyes.

Cultural relics protection

On 06 2001, 25, Lu'an Prefecture, Town God's Temple, was approved by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units as an ancient building from Yuan Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.

Address: Miaodao lane, Dabei street, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 113.11649439865

Latitude: 36.182802534704

Tel: 0355-3033159

Ticket information: 5 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-18:30 in summer, 9:00-17:30 in winter

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