Tianjing Palace

Located in Zhengdian village, Wobei street, Woyang County, Tianjing palace is the birthplace of Laozi, a great Chinese thinker, philosopher and founder of Taoism.

The present Tianjing palace was built on the original site with donations from overseas Taoist believers. Laojun hall, the main hall, was restored according to the regulations of Song Dynasty, with nine eaves, 47 meters long from east to west, 28 meters deep from south to north, and 23 meters high. With a height of 75 meters and a height of 2 meters, Chongtai can be called the first Hall of Taoist temple in China. The three huge bronze statues in the hall are Laozi in the middle and Yinxi and Donghua emperor on both sides. The height of Laozi is 5. 5 meters, weighing 6 tons, is the largest bronze statue of Laozi in China. Taking Laojun hall as the center, the whole building is divided into three parts: middle, East and West. In the Middle Road, there are Mountain Gate, Huixian bridge, Lingguan hall, Laojun hall, Sanqing hall, etc., with a total length of 615 meters; in the East Road, there are Cihang hall, luzu hall, Tianshi hall, guest hall, Laozi Memorial Hall - daozhiyuan exhibition room and qiandaoshe; in the West Road, there are Caishen hall, Yuanchen hall, Laozu hall, Chongyang hall, Shien hall, Laozi Memorial Hall - dezhichu exhibition room and kundaoshe; in front of Lingguan hall, there are bell tower and Drum Tower It is 90 meters wide from east to west. The architecture adopts the style of Tang and Song Dynasties, and some of them adopt the style of yuan and Ming Dynasties. The whole building is grand, solemn, quiet and elegant.

Tianjing Palace

Tianjing palace, commonly known as Laozi temple, is also known as zhongtaiqing palace. It is a holy land in memory of Laozi, the great thinker, philosopher, founder of Taoist school and founder of Taoism. Tianjing palace is located in Zhengdian village, Wobei street, Woyang County, Bozhou City, Anhui Province.

Tianjing palace was first built in the eighth year of Yanxi (165) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was called Laozi temple at the beginning.

Because emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty dreamed that Laozi would come to the palace, he ordered Bian Shao, Prime Minister of the state of Chen, to write an inscription on Laozi.

This is recorded in Jia Shanxiang's biography of Youlong in the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Tao in the Southern Song Dynasty, Xie shouhao in the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhao Daoyi in the late Song and early Yuan Dynasties. Tianjing palace is a Taoist ancestral hall dedicated to Laozi, so it is called "Laozi Temple" today. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, once raised soldiers here. Before he made a wish to Laozi, he succeeded in becoming emperor and rebuilt Tianjing palace according to his wish. After his glory, he gradually declined. On January 6, 2015, Tianjing palace was rated as national AAAA scenic spot.

In February 2020, in order to pay homage to the benevolence of doctors and praise the great love of the world, the scenic spot will implement preferential treatment policy for all medical workers from the date of resumption of operation to December 31, 2020.

Historical evolution

Tianjing palace was first built in the eighth year of Yanxi (AD 165) of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because emperor Huan had a dream that Laozi would come down to the palace, it was awarded here to set up a temple for worship.

In 222, the Laozi temple was repaired on a large scale.

Sui kaihuang first year (581) Fengchi repair.

In February of the first year of Qianfeng (666), Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty came here from Mount Tai to pay homage. He was honored with the title of "emperor Xuanyuan" and granted the temple the title of "Taiqing Palace" and honored it as the ancestral temple.

In the first month of the seventh year of the Xiangfu reign (1014), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty came here and added the name "Taishang Laojun Hun yuan Shangde emperor" to write the "royal court visit Taiqing palace and preface".

In the second year of Tianxi (1018), it was rebuilt by imperial edict, and the Hanlin scholar Sheng Du wrote a monument.

In the first year of Yongle of Ming Dynasty (1403), Zhu Di, king of Yan, ascended the throne and sent people to rebuild the temple of Tianjing palace in Guoyang.

Fang Zhenru of Shouzhou in Ming Dynasty wrote the stele of Tianjing palace rebuilt.

From the late Qing Dynasty to the period of the Republic of China, Tianjing palace was looted by soldiers and bandits and destroyed in the war.

Before liberation, warlords scuffled, and Yin song's subordinates of Guobei division of the Kuomintang fled to the remaining temple. Zheng yuanxiu, a Taoist of the 19th generation of Quanzhen dragon sect, and Ma Mingde, a Taoist of the 20th generation, fought to protect the temple, but they were still destroyed.

In 1948, only Tianqi temple on the east side of Tianjing palace was preserved.

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, Tianjing palace was transformed into a school.

In 1991, Anhui Provincial Institute of archaeology excavated the tianjinggong site. According to the summary of archaeological excavation of Tianjing Palace site by Anhui Provincial Institute of archaeology, a complete base site of Laojun palace in Song Dynasty has been excavated.

On May 28, 1993, Ma Bingwen, Professor of Taiwan Taoist College, director of Hong Kong Taoist College, director of Hong Kong qingsongguan temple, and director of Baoyuan, President of Hong Kong tanzhao charitable foundation, raised funds to build Tianjing palace.

In 2007, Bozhou Municipal People's government and Anhui Provincial Department of culture successfully held the first Laozi Culture Festival in Woyang, China.

Scale pattern

Construction scale

Tianjing palace covers an area of more than 3000 mu. There are many halls as the main building group, and there are corridor, green land, Huixian bridge and so on around the hall. More than ten halls, including Laojun hall, Sanqing hall, spirit palace, Tianshi hall, Chongyang hall, God of wealth hall, Yuanchen hall, Laozu hall, Cihang hall, luzu hall and Dongyue Temple, have been launched and completed one after another.

Architectural pattern

The overall style of Tianjing palace is based on "Inaction", which is divided into middle road, East Road and West Road. Entering the Middle Road, Tianjing palace runs through with a central axis, on which the front and back are the mountain gate, Lingguan hall, Laojun hall and Sanqing hall. The west of Tianjing palace is Laozu hall, Yuanchen hall, God of wealth hall and Chongyang hall. From front to back, the east of Tianjing palace is the guest hall, luzu hall, Cihang hall and Tianshi hall. Between the mountain gate and Lingguan hall is Huixian bridge. Huixian bridge is 9 meters long and 2 meters wide. Under the bridge is the wishing pool, which is 18 meters long from east to west, 2 meters wide from north to South and 4 meters deep for pilgrims and tourists to make wishes. In the east of Laojun hall are Dongyue Temple, Notre Dame hall, meteor garden and jiulongjing. There are lecture hall and Sutra Pavilion in the West. The roads are intricate, from each road you can get to each palace. The gallery group in Tianjing palace is more than 1800 meters long, 3 meters high and 2.5 meters wide, with a herringbone shape on the top and covered with grey tiles. The corridor has hundreds of pairs of pillars, all red. The corridor rises from the ground and connects the halls in the palace.

Scenic spots

Laojun Temple

Laojun hall is the main hall of Tianjing palace. It is restored according to the scale of Taoist ancestral court and the regulations of Song Dynasty. It has nine ridges and double eaves. It is 47 meters long from east to west, 28 meters deep from south to north, and 23.75 meters high. Standing on a 2-meter high platform, it can be called the first Hall of Taoist temple. There are three bronze statues of Laozi, Yinxi and Donghua emperor standing in the hall. Among them, Laozi is 5.5 meters high and weighs 6000 kg, which is the largest bronze statue of Laozi in China.

Sanqing Hall

It is mainly dedicated to Sanqing, the highest god of Taoism. In the middle is Yuanshi Tianzun, whose left hand is empty and his right hand is empty, symbolizing the original state of the world. On the left is Lingbao Tianzun, whose hand is holding a yin-yang mirror, symbolizing the state of the world just coming out of chaos. On the right is moral Tianzun, whose hand is holding a fan with Yin-Yang mirror, symbolizing the original state of the world being created Status. Sanqing is the symbol of "Sany" theory in Taoist philosophy. Sanqing temple also further expounds the Taoist philosophy of "Tao generates one, life two, two generates three, and three generates all things".

Cultural relics

Meteor Garden

In February 1991, the ancient meteor garden site was discovered, and two stone plaques of "ancient meteor garden" and "Laozi's hometown" were unearthed. Many local records have records about the meteor garden, that is, "when a star suddenly flows into the garden, Laozi's birth" and so on. Jiulongjing is a witness of history. It is surrounded by meteor garden. These two landscapes closely related to Laozi's birthplace were found in Taiqing palace in Guoyang, which provides strong evidence for Laozi's birth here. It is a fact recorded in history that later generations call Laozi's birthplace "meteor garden". Guoyang County not only explored the old site of meteor garden, but also unearthed a stone plaque of "ancient meteor garden", and half of the remnant of "Laozi". The missing part is obviously the word "Hometown", which is not found in Luyi Taiqing palace. Because these two landscapes are not found in other places, they are called landmark landscapes.

Jiulongjing

In August 1992, jiulongjing was successively excavated around the ancient meteor garden site. One of them was a 17 story waquan well in the spring and Autumn period, and the other eight were repaired in the Han and Song Dynasties, which confirmed the ancient book record that "ten thousand crane flying in the sky, jiulongspitting water, bathing in the holy posture, and the place where the Dragon came out was the Jiujing well."

The origin of jiulongjing is also related to a myth. It is said in orthodox daozang: when Laozi was born, "ten thousand cranes soared in the sky, nine dragons spewed water and bathed in the holy posture. Where the Dragon came out, it became nine wells. In the original meteor garden site, a total of nine ancient wells have been found, one of which has been cleaned up, and one of them is a waquan well in the spring and Autumn period. The waquan well was determined as the spring and Autumn period by the Chinese Academy of Sciences with carbon 14. This well is called "the first well in the world",

Three of the other eight wells were repaired in Han Dynasty, and the other five wells were rebuilt in Song Dynasty, which are the cultural relics protection units of Bozhou City.

Confucius asked the ceremony stele

The monument is 1.5 meters high, 0.5 meters wide and 0.2 meters thick. The upper right corner is incomplete, but the image is still clear. The front image is three layers, in which the upper image is three people standing; the middle image is two masters, the left one is side, kneeling, hands forward

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