Pangu temple in Qingxian County

Pangu temple in Qingxian County

Qingxian Pangu Temple scenic spot is located in Cangzhou City Qingxian Pangu town. Pangu temple was first built in 905 A.D. in the second year of emperor AI's Tianyou reign in Tang Dynasty. It is said that Pangu's spiritual light was shining for many times, and the golden light was shining everywhere. The temple was built to worship. It was rebuilt in the 9th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1670 A.D.), destroyed by Japanese artillery fire in 1944, and rebuilt in 1983. After 1995, Peng Nanhe, a disciple of Sanbao, took over the development and built some scenic spots, such as Pangu front hall, Pangu middle hall, Tianwang hall, underground Dragon Palace, nianfo hall, etc. Standing at the foot of the mountain, Pangu mountain is like a compass, shining in the sun. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, four glass buildings are built according to the mountain, which are divided into Pangu front hall, Pangu middle hall, Tianwang hall, underground Dragon Palace, nianfo Hall, etc. The scenic area is 800 mu, of which the temple building area is 9200 square meters.

legend

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly there was a strong wind, lightning and thunder, and a huge stone fell from the sky. Shennong stepped forward and looked carefully. The huge stone looked like a human being, and the axe in his hand looked like an axe, just like Pangu's divine power. Shennong immediately felt that Pangu's father-in-law was coming! So he knelt down to the stone. After that, they called on the men, women and children of the tribe to cut down trees and cut stones, build temples to worship the huge stones, and personally wrote "Pangu Temple". The temple has been burning incense all the time

It is said that before the appearance of human beings, heaven and earth were not separated. There was darkness and chaos everywhere, like a big egg. Pangu, the ancestor of human beings, was born here. After 18000 years, the powerful Pangu suddenly woke up. He couldn't see anything. In a fit of anger, he grabbed a big axe and waved it forward. All he heard was a loud bang, and the big egg broke As a result, light and clear things float and rise, slowly forming the sky, heavy and turbid things gradually sink and condense, and finally become the earth. Pangu was afraid that they would close again. He stepped on the earth with his feet and stood in the middle with the sky above his head. The sky rises by one foot every day, and the earth thickens by one foot every day. Pangu's body also changes with the changes of heaven and earth, and always stays there. Until later, when the structure of heaven and earth had been consolidated, Pangu finally fell down and died. Before he died, Pangu turned his breath and clouds into thunder and lightning, his left eye into the sun, his right eye into the moon, his hair and beard into shining stars. His limbs and five bodies became the four poles and five mountains of the earth, his blood turned into rivers, his muscles into fields. Even the hairs on his body have turned into vegetation, making the earth green.

The myth of "Pangu opened the world" in Leiyang is as follows:

In ancient times, the sky is round, like a pot, the ground is flat, the pot cover to the ground, the earth together, like a knife cut an egg. Is it such a world again? At first, heaven and earth were together. It was an egg. Pangu was sleeping in the egg. I didn't know how long he had been sleeping. One day, Pangu woke up. It was dark all around him. Pangu was worried, so he beat around in the egg, stood upside down again, and shook his feet! The egg shakes open, the upper shell floats up and becomes the sky, and the lower half of the egg sinks down and becomes the ground. So the sky is round, like a pot, and the ground is flat. When the pot reaches the ground, Pangu opens the world and then changes everything. Similar myths and legends include "brother and sister get married", "tung tree and kapok" and so on, reflecting the primitive human understanding of the structure of the universe, the primitive civilization at the early stage of human reproduction and the desire to resist nature. Therefore, there are many Pangu temples built in Leiyang, such as Sangjia Pangu temple in Leiyang and Panwang temple in Shangbao street.

The gate couplet of Panwang temple in Shangbao Street:

The ancient temple of panhua saves the disaster and protects Sangzi;

In order to respect the gods, the princes subdued evil and protected the people.

Architectural landscape

Before the destruction, Pangu temple looks like the three main halls of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is made of stone, brick and wood, and capped with yellow glazed tiles. It is resplendent and magnificent, and can be seen clearly 20 miles away.

The front hall is Pangu hall, also known as the main hall. It is built on a high platform made of bluestone and surrounded by white marble railings. It covers an area of one-third of a field and has 18 steps. It is said to be an 18 story hell. The hall is three Zhang and six feet high, symbolizing 360 days. There are 108 rafters on the eaves. They are distributed according to 36 Tiangang and 72 Disha. Each rafter is hung with a bronze bell, which is set according to the five tones of Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng and Yu. It has the reputation of "the breeze rings the bell and the heaven moves happily". The yellow tile on the top of the hall is known as "light sprinkles on the top of the hall and the ground produces brightness". The four oblique ridges contain colorful dragons, phoenixes, lions, hippos and other animals with different shapes and spirits. The four corner arched bucket is overhanging. If the young swallow is in the air, it is like the heaven palace Pavilion falling into the world. It often shows the opposite trend.

Inside the hall, a sitting statue of Pangu, one Zhang and eight inches high, is painted with iron and gold, with the forehead covered with leaves (ten of the nape leaves are heavenly stems and twelve of the waist are earthly branches) and the hand holding the sun and the moon. Long eyebrows and tiger eyes, clear-cut, longzhun Haikou, big ears have wheels, look like, look carefully, not only spread the divine power of pioneers, but also show the kindness of Shu Qi. Broad chest can accommodate heaven and earth, milk plump breeding, can be described as the perfect form and spirit, wonderful world.

In addition, according to the general annals of the imperial dynasty, a stele was erected for Pangu temple in the 36th year of Kangxi. Note: the Ming Dynasty iron cast bronze plate statue was made in hongzhinian. It has a history of 470 years. Its shape and appearance are undamaged, and there is no rust inside.

The central hall is also called the reception hall. Blue brick and blue tile, simple and solemn. The front of the hall is dedicated to the "Sakyamuni" gilded clay statue, with 18 Arhats on both sides. The spirit is full of wit, and the wall is painted with jade Pavilion, which is as cloudy as if it were in the clouds. Behind the Buddha, a wall was erected, and the hall was divided into two palaces. The back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of the back of.

Back hall, also known as "three religions hall". Green brick and grey tile, simple and elegant. In the hall, Yu was changed to the Dragon King, Confucius and Laozi were added, Lao Jun was in the middle, left Dragon King and right Confucius saint.

The arrangement of offering sacrifices in the three halls not only integrates religious culture and national culture, but also reflects the original innocence.

In front of the hall of the three religions, there are two Albizzia trees with thick trunk and full circumference. During the flowering period, the cherry blossoms reflect the sun, the new leaves are like green onions, and the day unfolds and the night gathers. There is a bell hanging behind the hall, and the ancient locust trees are luxuriant. On both sides of the three halls are towering pines and cypresses, which are occupied by uneven forest of steles. Zen room, sutra room and storehouse are also in the East.

Pangu Temple group covers an area of 18 mu, surrounded by red walls, nine feet high. Shanmen couplet:

(Part 1) he has established himself as one of the top three talents.

(2) cultivate the world and grow the people, and make everything the king.

The gate of the mountain shines on the wall, one foot high and eight feet high. The picture of Eight Immortals crossing the sea is drawn on the colored porcelain, which is lifelike.

Pangu temple fair is held twice a year, on the third day of March and the ninth day of September. (it began in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms). The regular period of the temple fair is postponed for four days or ten or half a month, and there are opera singers, storytellers, circus jugglers and so on. During this period, believers, monks and Taoists, merchants, coaches, horses and boats gathered here.

In recent years, Pangu temple has undergone a major renovation, the Kaiguang ceremony held in November 2012

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Address: dapangu village, Qingxian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 116.80563086

Latitude: 38.52623347052

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