Han Wen Temple

Han Wen Temple

Hanwen temple is the earliest existing temple in China to commemorate Han Yu, a writer of Tang Dynasty. It is located on the East Bank of Hanjiang River in the east of the city, under the "shuangjingshi" of Bijia mountain. Bijiashan, or Dongshan, is also called Hanshan because of Han Yu. The main building of Han ancestral temple is divided into two parts, simple and elegant, solemn and dignified. There are 40 tablets inscribed by famous artists in the temple, among which there are many calligraphy treasures and precious materials for the study of literature and history. On May 25, 2006, as an ancient building from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Hanwen temple was approved by the State Council to be listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Traffic information

You can take bus No.104, No.110, Chaoan Fenghuang line, Chaoan Wenci line and get off at hanwengongci station.

Main attractions

Hanwen temple is close to the mountain and water, with a quiet environment. The ancestral hall has three storeys. The front door is a plaque inscribed by Hu Yaobang. When you enter the main hall, you can look up at the statue of Han Yu step by step, which is awe inspiring.

The statue is a confirmed Han Yu statue (in the past, Han Xizai of Tang Dynasty was mistaken for Han Yu), surrounded by inscriptions of Han ancestral temple and Han Yu's handwriting.

What's interesting is that the inscriptions of "preaching and writing" have many ways of reading because of their special characters. There are stele corridors in the garden, which preserve the calligraphy inscriptions of Han Yu.

On the stone square of Huizhu Sanmen, there are four words of "Korean ancestral hall", which enter from the right gate. On the right side of the corridor behind the arch, there is a stele corridor of nearly 100 meters.

From nearly 500 pieces of ink treasures given or inscribed by national leaders at all levels and well-known calligraphers and painters at home and abroad, 404 pieces were selected and engraved in stone, which complemented the ancient steles in the temple, making the Millennium ancient temple more solemn, elegant and elegant.

In the center of the main hall, there is a statue of Han Yu, and on both sides there are servants Zhang Qian and Li Wan.

The stone pillars in the temple are engraved with couplets and 40 inscriptions, which record the history of the temple, Han Yu's achievements in governing the tide and the poems praising the temple. On the left side of the main hall, there is a tablet inscribed "meritorious service is not under Yu". This sentence comes from Han Yu's article. Under the double repression of ancient theocracy and imperial power.

He thought that the thought of governing people was more difficult than the thought of governing water. He praised Mencius for his contribution of spreading Confucianism, which was no lower than Dayu's. later generations praised him by quoting his words.

Hanci oak

It is said that the oak planted by Han Yu in that year was in front of the temple. According to Han Muzan written by Wang Dabao, the Minister of rites of Song Dynasty, the shape of the oak is like a canopy, covering the eaves. The skin of the oak is fish scale shape, the leaves are thin and long, the veins are convex, and the edges are angular. It blooms at the turn of spring and summer, red and white, which is very beautiful.

But the flowers don't bloom often. Chaozhou people adore Han Yu so much that they benefit from the oak he planted. "The prosperity and decline of the family name can be predicted by the complexity of the flowers", and even there is a record in Chaozhou Fu Zhi that "in the ninth year of Qianlong reign, the family name of tiaotang oak flower was greatly prosperous". As a result, the ancestral temple hanging sages, Mubu family name, "Han Temple oak" has become one of the eight Chaozhou scenery.

Inscriptions of past dynasties

There are 36 inscriptions in the temple. The earliest one is Su Shi's stele of Chaozhou hanwengong temple, which was moved from the south of the city and placed under the south wall of the main hall. The front and back beams and columns of the ancestral hall are decorated with plaques inscribed by modern people for the restoration of the Korean ancestral hall.

Shilang Pavilion

In 1988, a new "Shilang Pavilion" was built on the former site of the former Shilang Pavilion (Han Yu used to be the Shilang of the Ministry of punishment, known as "Han Shilang"), covering an area of 328 square meters. It is a double-layer eaves building.

In front of the pavilion, there is a stone head statue of Han Yu. The lower floor is an exhibition hall, and the upper floor is a "Han Yu Memorial Hall". In the center of the stone platform in front of the pavilion, there is a flat stone statue of Han Yu more than 2 meters high.

General situation

Hanwen temple was built in the second year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty, 7 Li south of the city. Su Shi once wrote the famous stele of Chaozhou hanwengong temple.

Han temple in Yuan and Ming Dynasties

In the two generations, there were no less than 20 camps. The ancestral temple is located in a high and broad area with ancient and elegant structure. It is divided into front and back, with two corridors.

The latter is built on a platform several meters higher than the former, with a statue of Han Yu inside.

There is a couplet in the hall: "the Buddha has spoken a thousand words, the snow is cold and the blue pass is blue. From then on, the Confucian wind has been in the mountains; it was only in August when the officials were in charge, the tide was flat and the crocodiles were all over Yingzhou."

The original Han ancestral temple was built in the second year of Chengping, Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty (A.D. 999). Chen yaozuo, the general magistrate of Chaozhou, built the "Han Libu ancestral temple" in the East Chamber of the main chamber of Confucius Temple at the foot of Jinshan mountain. In the fifth year of Yuanyou (1090), King Zhizhou moved to Qili in the south of the city. Su Shi wrote the stele of Wengong temple in Changli, Chaozhou for him.

In 1189, Ding Yunyuan, the governor of Junzhou, thought that Han Gong often swam here and planted oak trees. Han Gong's ancestral hall should be built here, so he moved Han Wen's ancestral hall seven Li south of the city to its present site.

Historical evolution

Hanwen temple, or Hanyu memorial hall, is located at the foot of Bijia mountain in the east of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. In 819 ad, Hanyu, a famous statesman, thinker and writer, was demoted to Chaozhou governor because he proposed to stop welcoming the Buddha bones of Famen Temple to Chang'an.

For more than seven months in Chaozhou, Han Yu brought the advanced culture of Central Plains to Lingnan, organized education, drove away crocodiles, and did many good things for the people. He was worshipped as a God by Chaozhou people. Chaozhou people changed Bijia mountain to Hanshan, and the Crocodile River at the foot of the mountain to Hanjiang.

In the second year of Xianping of Song Dynasty (999 AD), Han ancestral temple was established under the advocacy of Chen yaozuo.

Su Shi wrote the famous stele of Chaozhou hanwengong temple for this purpose, saying that Han Yu was "the decline of eight generations of literature, the drowning of the way to help the world." Then it became the final conclusion of the world.

Han Yu, a famous litterateur in Tang Dynasty, with "Changli" as his Prefecture, was posthumously named "Wen", also known as "hanchangli", or "hanwengong".

In history, there are three places to offer sacrifices and commemorate Hanyu temples in China. One is Hanyu's hometown, Mengzhou, Henan Province; the other is Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, where Hanyu once served as a governor; the other is Changli, Hebei Province, which has the same name but different place as Hanyu's governor. In the Ming Dynasty, there were two Korean ancestral halls in Changli, one in Changli County and the other on Wufeng mountain in the north of Changli city.

Today's Changli is named "Changli" in the 29th year of Jin Dading (1189 A.D.), because it has the same name as the ancient Changli. In the fourth year of Hongwu (1371 A.D.), a Korean ancestral hall was built in the county seat.

In 1641, fan Zhiwan, who was stationed at shanshidao customs, visited the Korean ancestral temple in Changli. When he visited the mysterious and ancient Jieshi mountain in the north of the city, he found the Wufeng mountain "tianshengwenbi peak" to the east of the main peak of Sendai peak. So he urged to build another Korean ancestral temple on the hillside of Wufeng mountain.

Wufengshan Hanwen ancestral hall, with its elegant environment and beautiful scenery, has become another tourist attraction in Jieshi mountain.

In his heroic life, Li Dazhao, a pioneer of communism, visited and lived here many times, and wrote many famous poems here.

After Li Dazhao died bravely in Beijing, Wufengshan Korean ancestral hall became famous for its close connection with Li Dazhao's heroic name.

As time goes by, two Korean ancestral halls in houchangli have been demolished one after another. The Korean ancestral hall in the city has not been rebuilt. The Wufengshan Korean ancestral hall in the north of the city was restored in 1987.

A new Hanwen temple in Wufeng mountain is located in the Qifeng dangerous ridge, 10 Li West by north of Changli County. It has beautiful mountains, beautiful waters and beautiful scenery. Wufeng mountain is one of the ten sceneries of Jieshi mountain, named "Xizhang paiqing". The five peaks are towering, juxtaposed and arranged like chairs; from afar, you can see them arm in arm; from near, you can see them stretching your fingers to the sky.

Hanwen temple is built on the "chair" seat in front of the north peak, with a huge cliff on its back and a deep stream of trees and springs in front. The main hall of Hanwen temple is located in a spacious and important part of the dam. There are three living rooms in the East, two ear rooms in the west, and stone walls and mountain gates built on the hillside.

At the root of the cliff behind the living room, there is a "jade liquid spring". Although the spring well is not deep enough, it is full of jade liquid all the year round. Han Yu's whole body is reconstructed on the main hall. On the top of the niche is a plaque of "Bai Dai Wen Zong" written by Ye Shengtao, a famous contemporary writer. On the east wall is a rubbings of "Yuan Fei Yu Yue", which is said to be written by Han Yu.

The living room, where revolutionary pioneer Li Dazhao spent many sleepless nights, is basically the same as the original one. On the walls are inlaid with stone tablets engraved with "Changli mountain scenery" and "you Shui Yan Ge" by fan Zhiwan, who majored in Han Wen Temple of Wufeng mountain in the late Ming Dynasty, and "Su Wufeng mountain" by Song Wan, a famous poet in the early Qing Dynasty.

Wufengshan Hanwen Temple reappears in the depths of the ancient Jieshi mountains, and quickly becomes one of the unique scenic spots in Qinhuangdao, a famous tourist city in northern China. In the past ten years, it has received 100000 tourists from all over the world.

Wufengshan Hanwen ancestral hall, the former site of Li Dazhao's revolutionary activities and an important building commemorating Han Yu, is determined as the patriotic education base of Hebei Province. On March 5, 2001, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit of Hebei Province. Now, after further renovation inside and outside the ancestral hall, it looks more beautiful and elegant.

History and culture

Hanwen ancestral hall is called Hanci for short. Han temple was built in about 999 ad, more than a thousand years ago. It is an existing memorial to Han Yu, a great writer of Tang Dynasty

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