Wutu Temple

Wutu Temple

Wutu temple is located in the second street of prime minister Yanguan's residence. In 1892, the gate was rebuilt. It was built to worship the God of earth and grain. Hard top, three Bay, 19 wide. 20 meters. Tongjinshen 43. 40 meters. In 2003, it was fully restored and opened to the outside world. The main hall is dedicated to all the Yellow Emperor, green emperor, Red Emperor, white Emperor and black emperor. It is one of the Taoist activities in Haining.

Basic introduction

"Five soil" refers to the five colors of green, red, white, black and yellow soil, which symbolizes my extensive China. "Green soil" represents the vast ocean in the East; "red soil" represents the red soil in the South; "white soil" represents the vast desert in the west of China; "black soil" represents the black land in the northeast of China; "loess" implies the Loess Plateau, the birthplace of the Chinese nation. On the other hand, the "Emperors" representing all kinds of land are: Taihao (East Qingdi), Yandi (South CHIDI), SHAOHAO (West Baidi), Zhuanxu (North Heidi) and Huangdi (the legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation). He was in the middle because of the rule of the Yellow Emperor. The five gods of gold, wood, water, fire and earth are the guardians of the five emperors. The wood God protects the green emperor, the fire god protects the Red Emperor, the gold God protects the White Emperor, the water god protects the black emperor and the earth God protects the Yellow Emperor.

In ancient times, there was a system of sacrificial rites in China, which lasted until the Qing Dynasty. "Earth" is the society, and "Valley" is Ji. The rulers of the country called the place where the "earth God" and "grain God" were sacrificed "the country". Sacrifice to the country is a national ceremony presided over by the emperor, which is usually attended by the Emperor himself. "Land" and "Valley" are the foundation of the country, and "country" has become the pronoun of the country. Therefore, "sacrifice to the country" is not something that the people can do at will. In Zhongshan Park of Beijing, there is a altar of "country" built in Ming Dynasty, which is the place where the Ming emperor presided over the sacrifice of "country". The top layer of the altar covers an area of 15.8 meters and is covered with five colors of soil: loess in the middle, green, red, white and black soil around the loess.

Two legends of Wutu Temple

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was a famous Xiangshi named Bei Guoqi in Guodian of Haining. The establishment of Wutu Temple of Yanguan was related to Zhu Yuanzhang and Bei Guoqi. After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, he was ready to ascend the throne. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang went out in a suit and met the prime minister Bei Guoqi.

Bei Guoqi suddenly said to himself: "the emperor's star is near the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked by the speech and asked, "Sir, where are you from? Why did you say that?"

"The poor prime minister is from Haining, Zhejiang Province. Don't you see that the emperor is only one step away from the throne? " He pointed to the sky and pointed to the stars for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Bei Guoqi where he lived in the Inn and then left. That night, Zhu Yuanzhang was so sleepy that there was such a God in the world that he had to consult him for the great plan of Dingguo. The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to find Bei's utensils and exchanged greetings with them.

Q: "the Yuan Dynasty is now extinct, and the new dynasty will be built. What do you think will be the name of the new dynasty?"

He said, "the state will set Daming." Zhu Yuanzhang was sweating at the tip of his nose.

Then he asked, "what year do you think the new dynasty will take?"

"The emperor should be called Hongwu if he can defeat the Yuan Dynasty with martial arts." Zhu Yuanzhang was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time.

It turned out that the name of the new dynasty was Ming Dynasty and the name of emperor Hongwu was a national event that Zhu Yuanzhang had determined but not yet announced. After Bei Guoqi left, Zhu Yuanzhang even called "Shenxiang, Shenxiang." After all the preparations for Jianchao were completed, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne immediately. After that, a hundred wastes were waiting to be revived, and Zhu Yuanzhang recruited all the sages in the world. Of course, he couldn't forget the "divine appearance" of Bei Guoqi. But I can't imagine that Bei Guoqi has been living in seclusion far away from the world of mortals. When the envoys of the imperial court arrived at Haining, the Bei family was empty, so they had to give up. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that in order to ensure the peace of the country and the inheritance of the country from generation to generation, he needed the help of God and man. Why not set up a festival in Haining, so he prayed to God and man of Haining to protect the river and mountain of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, expressed his respect and nostalgia for the national utensils of Haining? Thus, in the first year of Hongwu, the Wutu Temple of Haining was established in the salt officer. That's why the place where emperors worship the country is based on the legend of Haining. And it is unique in China (except Beijing). This is the first legend.

Legend two is also related to the imperial family, that is, Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. Wutu temple was built in the first year of Hongwu. At first, several emperors of Ming Dynasty paid great attention to Haining, but gradually they didn't take Haining seriously, and the temple was gradually neglected. In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne. In order to ascend the throne, Emperor Yongzheng did a lot of bad things that both gods and men were angry at, especially the two "elder brothers", which also made him worried all day long. He didn't know how to eat and couldn't sleep at night. In my dream, two elder brothers often make trouble with him. Therefore, in order to seek peace of mind, he built a unique "Temple" in the world. The "temple palace" was built in the style of the Imperial Palace in Beijing. The palace was also decorated with royal ornaments, such as dragons and phoenixes. The construction of the main hall is more like the Jinluan hall. Only the "emperor" has seats, while others only have places to stand, without any seats. Two elder brothers listen to Chaozhou twice a day. At first, the two elder brothers were also very satisfied and would not disturb Yongzheng any more. But gradually, the two elder brothers always feel that something is wrong: being the "emperor" still lacks one of the rules set by the ancestors every year - sacrificing to the country. Is it right that Yongzheng is "fooled"? So he found Yongzheng again. Fearing that the two elder brothers would be harassed again, Yongzheng used his brain to "do good things to the end and cheat people to death". When he learned that there was a Wutu temple built by the previous dynasty near the "temple palace", he was very happy. Isn't it a ready-made place to sacrifice the country. So he ordered the Wutu temple to be renovated, so that the two elder brothers could have a royal ceremony to sacrifice to the country once a year. In this way, the salt official, the only five soil temple in the country, continues to this day.

Address: Prime Minister street, Yanguan Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.54913220735

Latitude: 30.406229914152

Chinese PinYin : Wu Tu Miao