Temple of Lady Meng Jiangnu

Jiangnu temple, also known as zhennu temple, is located on Fenghuang mountain, about 6 kilometers east of Shanhaiguan city. It is said that it was built before the Song Dynasty. The story of Meng Jiangnu is one of the four great Chinese folk legends. Later generations admired her loyalty and sighed her loyalty and built this temple.

The existing mengjiangnu Temple reflects the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. 108 stone stairs are built in front of the temple, symbolizing the hardships and twists of mengjiangnu's search for husband. When you go up the stairs and walk through the Mountain Gate with the plaque of "zhennu Temple", you come to the front hall. There are some unique couplets which are famous all over the country. The first couplet is "the sea falls in the morning"; the second couplet is "the floating clouds grow and disappear". There are many ways to read couplets. You can have a good drink here, and you will find it interesting. In the center of the hall, there is a clay statue of Meng Jiangnu. It is light and plain, with a sad face. The endless sadness in her eyes can make you imagine the desolate mood of Meng Jiangnu when she went all the way to find her husband.

In September 1992, the government of Shanhaiguan Customs District built a large-scale cultural garden named mengjiangnu garden in the north of mengjiangnu Temple according to the legend of mengjiangnu. With the legend of "Jiang Nu searching for her husband thousands of miles and crying down the Great Wall" as the main line, after watching 20 scenes, such as "making cold clothes at night", "building a city by thousands of people", "looking for a stone" and "crying down the Great Wall", people can have a deeper understanding of this touching love story.

Temple of Lady Meng Jiangnu

Mengjiangnu temple, also known as zhennu temple, is located on the back hill of wangfushi village, about 6 kilometers east of Shanhaiguan City, Hebei Province. The construction of Meng Jiangnu temple is the product of the folk story "Meng Jiangnu crying the Great Wall", in memory of Meng Jiangnu. The temple wall covers an area of 1.6 mu, and the protection area covers 31.8 mu. Along the 108 Mu group stone pedal, direct to the temple. There are two halls in the temple, one is Meng Jiangnu's statue in the front hall, the other is boy and girl in the left and right. There are inscriptions on the walls on both sides, including inscriptions of Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang. The back hall was originally for Guanyin. There is a "Wangfu stone" behind the hall. There is a pit on the stone, which is said to be the footprint of Meng Jiangnu. There is a stone platform beside the platform, and a Zhenyi Pavilion behind the platform, which is a dressing and changing place for Meng Jiangnu. Four kilometers southeast of the temple, there are two reefs in the Bohai Sea, which are said to be the tomb of Meng Jiangnu.

Temple of Lady Meng Jiangnu

Overview of scenic spots

Mengjiangnu Temple scenic area, located in Fenghuang mountain, 6.5 kilometers east of Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province, is composed of zhennu temple and mengjiangnu garden. Zhennu temple was built before the Song Dynasty. In 1594, it was rebuilt by Zhang Dong. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Hebei Province. In front of the temple, there are 108 steps leading to the mountain gate. Inside the red wall of the temple, there are two halls, bell tower, Zhenyi Pavilion, Wangfu stone, etc. In the back of the temple, there is a garden area of Jiangnan Water style, Meng Jiangnu garden and the East-West side hall, which reproduces the panoramic view of "Meng Jiangnu's story", the first of the four folklores in China. In 1956, mengjiangnu temple was announced as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Hebei Province.

Mengjiangnu temple is the product of folk culture derived from the Great Wall culture. People who visit mengjiangnu temple for the first time often lament the profound implication of the 108 level stone steps, and even lament the tenacious "vitality" of this small temple after thousands of years.

There is a statue of Meng Jiangnu in the front hall of the temple. The banner on the dragon is "eternal fragrance", and the couplets on both sides are: "Qin Huangan is here, and the Great Wall is full of resentment; Jiang NV is still alive, and the stone is engraved in the palace for thousands of years", which truly reflects people's love and hate for Meng Jiangnu and Qin Shihuang.

Known as the "world's first strange link", the "sea water falls; floating clouds grow and disappear" (H ǎ I Shu ǐ ch á o, zh ā o zh ā o ch á o, zh ā o ch á o zh ā o Lu; F ú y ú n zh ǎ ng, Ch á ng ch á ng, CH á ng zh á ng Xi ā o) On the surface, although it is a word game, it contains the philosophy of life, which makes future generations have unlimited reverie, from which we can see the profound foundation and connotation of Chinese culture.

In September 1992, Shanhaiguan district government built a large-scale cultural garden named mengjiangnu garden in the north of mengjiangnu Temple according to the legend of mengjiangnu. With the legend of "Jiang Nu searching for her husband and crying down the Great Wall" as the main line, you will have a deeper understanding of this touching love story after watching 20 scenes, such as "making cold clothes at night", "building a city by thousands of people", "looking for a stone" and "crying down the Great Wall".

Features of scenic spots

Jiangnu temple, also known as zhennu temple, is located on Fenghuang mountain, about 6 kilometers east of Shanhaiguan city. It is said that it was built before the Song Dynasty. The story of Meng Jiangnu is one of the four great Chinese folk legends. Later generations admired her loyalty and sighed her loyalty and built this temple. The existing mengjiangnu Temple reflects the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty. 108 stone stairs are built in front of the temple, symbolizing the hardships and twists of mengjiangnu's search for husband. When you go up the stairs and walk through the Mountain Gate with the plaque of "zhennu Temple", you come to the front hall. There are some unique couplets which are famous all over the country. The first couplet is "the sea falls in the morning"; the second couplet is "the floating clouds grow and disappear". There are many ways to read couplets. You can have a good drink here, and you will find it interesting. In the center of the hall, there is a clay statue of Meng Jiangnu. It is light and plain, with a sad face. The endless sadness in her eyes can make you imagine the desolate mood of Meng Jiangnu when she went all the way to find her husband.

Location structure

Located in Shanhaiguan 6.5km east of wangfushi Village North Hills. The temple was built before the Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt three times in Wanli, Chongzhen and the 17th year of the Republic of China. Mengjiangnu temple is a small temple with grey brick, green tile and brick wood structure. In front of the temple, there are 108 steps leading to the mountain gate. There is a red wall around the temple, which includes the gate, bell tower, front hall, back hall, Zhenyi Pavilion, etc. The bell tower is located on the right side of the mountain gate, with an ancient bell hanging inside. The bell body is engraved with inscriptions, the donor's name and eight diagrams. The front and back halls are suspended on the top of the mountain, with three couplets and four windows.

In the front hall, there is a statue of Meng Jiangnu, with two children and a backpack. There is a painted mural of "Jiang Fen Yan Zhen" behind the statue. On the east wall, there are five characters of "the first pass in the world", which are consistent with the plaque of Shanhaiguan city. The stone inscriptions on the west wall contain poems written by the emperor of Qing Dynasty. On the east side of the hall is the statue of Weituo, and on the west is the statue of Lijing. The mural "journey to the west" is painted on the wall. There is a "Wangfu stone" at the back of the hall, which is said to be the place where Meng Jiangnu ascended the stone to Wangfu. Beside the stone is a poem written by Emperor Qianlong. After "Wangfu stone", there are many small stone platforms and hexagonal pavilions, named "dressing table" and "Zhenyi Pavilion". It is said that it is the place where Meng Jiangnu combs her clothes before her husband.

Practical information

Tickets of mengjiangnu Temple:

25 yuan

(5.19 free)

Opening Hours:

8：00——16：00

Traffic information

Take bus No.25 at sidaoqiao bus station to Shanhaiguan railway station, and then transfer to bus No.302 to mengjiangnu temple.

Source legend

legend

It is said that a long time ago, there was a mengjiazhuang in Songjiang Prefecture of Jiangsu Province. There was an old man in mengjiazhuang who was good at planting gourds. This year, the gourds he planted grew very prosperous, and one of them stretched out to his neighbor Jiang's yard. Meng and Jiang were very friendly, so they made an appointment with each other in autumn and married half of the gourd family. In autumn, it turned out to be a big gourd. Meng and Jiang were very happy. They picked the gourd and prepared to share it. Suddenly, there were bursts of children's crying in the gourd. Old man Meng was very strange, so he cut the gourd with a knife and had a look! There is a little girl sitting in the gourd, red face, round mouth, is very popular. Jiang's mother-in-law saw that she liked it so much that she picked it up and said, "give me the baby!"

However, old man Meng had no children and had to fight with each other for a while. In the end, we had to ask the elders of the village to cut off. The elder said, "your two families have agreed to raise half of the gourd family, so the children in the gourd should be raised by your two families." So the little girl became the apple of the eye of the two families. Because the old man had no children, she lived in the Meng family and was named Meng Jiangnu.

Meng Jiangnu grows up day by day. She is clever, smart and beautiful. She weaves cloth and sings songs to compete with Huang Ying. Meng old man loves her as a treasure.

On this day, Meng Jiangnu finished her sewing and went to the back garden to relax. In the garden, the lotus is in full bloom, and the water is as blue as blue. Suddenly, a pair of big butterflies are falling on the lotus leaves by the side of the pool, which attracts her attention. She walks over and pours with a fan. She doesn't want to use too much force, and the fan falls into the water. Meng Jiangnu was very angry, so she rolled up her sleeves and explored yunlao. Suddenly she heard something behind her. She looked back and saw that it was a young man standing under a tree, full of wind and dust, tired of spirit. Meng Jiangnu rushed to find her parents.

Old man Meng was very angry with the young man for entering the back garden privately. He asked, "who are you and how dare you enter my back garden privately?" The young man pleaded guilty and told the story.

It turned out that the young man's name was Wan Xiliang. He was born in Suzhou. He had studied since childhood and was full of articles. He didn't want the first emperor of Qin to build the Great Wall, so he would catch a lot of people everywhere. Wan Xiliang quickly disguised himself and escaped. Just now, I went to the garden to have a rest because I was hungry and thirsty. I didn't want to disturb Meng Jiangnu. I told her that I was guilty again and again.

Meng Jiangnu saw that Wan Xi's conscience was well written and polite, and that she was honest and honest. Meng old man sympathizes with Wan Xiliang, so he stays with him. Meng Jiangnu expresses her heart to her father

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