Wugong Town God's Temple

It was first built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and then repaired in the Tang and Song dynasties. It was rebuilt in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. It is a group of ancient buildings with complete history, characters, culture, geomantic omen and legends.

It faces south from the north and embraces Yin and Yang. There are the main hall on the top of grey tile, the main hall on the top of relief glass and the sleeping hall on the top of hysteria. It covers an area of 5700 square meters and a building area of 1656 square meters.

There are many original buildings. After renovation, the main hall in front of the gate, the west chamber and the second floor of the bell and drum were restored. Wugong County Cultural Management Association is located in it, which has the exhibition of famous martial arts celebrities, which is an important reference for studying the history and culture of Wugong area.

Wugong Town God's Temple

Town God's Temple, also known as capital city, is one of the most important gods in ancient China's ethnic and religious culture. It is mostly the hero of the local people, and is the God of China's religious belief and Taoism.

Town God's Temple is located 47 kilometers west of Xianyang City, Shaanxi. It is located in the middle section of the East Street of Wugong town with profound historical and cultural heritage in Guanzhong. Jishan in the West and Qishui in the south.

Town God's Temple was named the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units in May 2013.

The origin of history

Town God's Temple was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was renovated. It was rebuilt in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. It is a group of ancient buildings with complete history, characters, culture, geomantic omen and legends.

look south

Town God's Temple faces north and south, with Yin and Yang. There are the main hall on the top of grey tile, the main hall on the top of relief glass and the sleeping hall on the top of hysteria. It covers an area of 5700 square meters and a building area of 1656 square meters.

There are many original buildings. After renovation, the main hall in front of the gate, the west chamber and the second floor of the bell and drum were restored. Wugong County Cultural Management Association is located in it, which has the exhibition of famous martial arts celebrities, which is an important reference for studying the history and culture of Wugong area.

architectural style

Wugong City God is the only God in the country who was called "Fu De Wang" by Tang Taizong and Li Shimin. He was wearing a hat. So Town God's Temple was also known as the capital city of Town God's Temple.

. The structure of the temple is unique, magnificent and tall. It is a complete group of Ming Dynasty buildings. The whole layout is high platform building, with negative Yin embracing Yang. The axis is symmetrical, the center is respected, and there are many courtyards. It is a unique art in Guanzhong. It is a comprehensive art in a historical period.

The main buildings are: archway, Mountain Gate, Xiandian, Zhongdian, bedchamber, etc.

Layout structure

Town God's Temple, facing the South archway, is 12 meters high and 15 meters wide. It is the first archway in Guanzhong area. The central hall is a single eaves Xieshan peak, with five steps on the outer edge of the Dougong. The four corner eaves and columns have obvious side corners and rise. The whole decoration is made of glass components, colorful and magnificent. Xieshan is decorated with glass relief of "two dragons playing with pearls", the ball of pearls rolling and the dragon body leaping. It is rare for a temple. Only from the aspect of architecture, it embodies the aesthetic concept of the ancients, the pursuit of lighting and ventilation, the defense of the earthquake, the calculation of the load of beams and columns, and the re creation of the ecological environment such as heat preservation, heat dissipation, moisture-proof and drainage. It provides us with rich research materials, and is an architectural laboratory in itself. All visitors here admire the ancient people's superb craftsmanship, which shows the superb architectural skills and unparalleled artistic creativity of the ancient Chinese working people.

Cultural relics protection

Now the exhibition of martial arts celebrities is on display. On April 20, 1992, it was announced as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit by Shaanxi Provincial People's government and the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council in April 2013.

Changes in the past dynasties

Wu Gong Town God's Temple was built in the three year (574) of the Northern Zhou Emperor Wudi in Jiande (574), west of Jishan, and east of lacquer water, with a history of one thousand and five hundred years. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was expanded and later repaired. It was rebuilt in the song and Yuan Dynasties.

From the first year of Chenghua to the 23rd year (1465-1487) of the Ming Dynasty, Gaofeng county magistrate was rebuilt; from the first year of Zhengde to the 16th year (1506-1521), guzhongren county magistrate was rebuilt. In 1613, Li Shufang, magistrate of Wanli County, rebuilt it. It has the architectural style of Ming Dynasty. There are "five Ying in the main hall, such as Xianting, five Ying in the back hall, three Mountain Gate buildings, three gates, and five temples on both sides of the East and West in the front high room".

From the first year of Qianlong to the 60th year of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), it was repaired again. From the outside to the inside, it was arranged as follows: memorial archway (stele tower style), Mountain Gate and theater building. On both sides of the theater building, there were five bell and drum towers and five East and West chapel halls. In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), Zhu Shijiao, the county magistrate, made a great renovation. It was rebuilt during the reign of Daoguang.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, there were three exquisite wooden archways in front of the temple gate, with a pair of iron and stone lions on each side. Inside the gate, there are three East and West Corridor halls, three xieshanxiang theater buildings with double eaves in the center, and one bell tower and one drum tower on each side. In the west, there were two corridors, five in each hall, and then there were Xian hall, main hall and bedroom hall, five in each. Around the 27th year of the Republic of China, it was occupied by Kuomintang rear hospitals and wounded soldiers. Later, it was used as a theater venue. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was used as a grain depot again in the 1950s. In 1973, pailou, Shanmen, Xilou, Fangfang, Zhonggulou were demolished. Only the upper hall, the middle hall, the back hall and the East chamber were left in disrepair.

When it was handed over to the Department of cultural relics administration in 1979, only the main hall, the bedroom hall, the cracked walls and ridges, and the overturned roof tiles were left decaying.

Donation for restoration

In 1983 and 1987, Baoji City and Shaanxi Provincial Department of cultural relics respectively allocated special funds to restore the main hall and the bedroom hall according to the principle of "repairing the old as before". The masses spontaneously raised money to build the mountain gate, painted it, and set up a pair of stone lions to squat on both sides of the gate.

In 1992, Town God's Temple was declared the provincial key cultural relic protection unit. In April 2013, it was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council,

In May 28, 2015, Wugong County held the seventh batch of key cultural relics protection units in Town God's Temple before the unveiling ceremony.

From July 12 to 13, 2018, the first Wugong capital Huangfu folk culture festival was held in Wugong town. Guests and tourists from all walks of life gathered here to wish the prosperity of the Chinese nation and the happiness of the people.

Town God's Temple, Gucheng East Street in Wugong County, also called capital city. It was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, expanded in the early Tang Dynasty, and repaired in later generations. It is not only unique in the west of Guanzhong because of its exquisite architecture, but also famous all over the world as "the city gods wear hats, only the martial arts City gods wear crowns". Why is the crown of the city god hanging here. What about being a king? This is also related to Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Folklore

Zhenguan two years, Shaanxi drought. Li Shimin's light car was simple. After inspecting the distribution of relief food and grain in Qidu Prefecture and the military and civilian maintenance works, he returned to the county of Wugong County. He saw that the villagers in Town God's Temple had a sad look, fired a gun, burned their watches, burned incense and kowtow, and prayed for rain.

Then he came to the front of the statue of the City God to worship and make a vow in silence. "The City God has a spirit. If you can bring rain in time and save the lives of all living beings, you will be regarded as the first to assist me in carrying out the new policy. I will grant you the title of king of virtue.". I don't know whether it was Li Shimin's true feelings that moved the City God, or the long drought and long rain.

That afternoon, the clear sky was shrouded by dark clouds. At night, it rained, and the more it rained, the more it rained. The rain of this long drought continued for five days, which made the crops get a bumper harvest that year. In order to fulfill his promise, Li Shimin aims to summon the world. In Town God's Temple, Wu Gong county is changed into capital city, and Cheng Huang is promoted to three levels, and it is a product of Fu De Wang.

In the fourth year of Zhenguan period, the great rule of the world began to bear fruit. Li Shimin appropriated more than 100 liang of Treasury silver to expand the capital city god's house, to reward the crown of the City God, to give court clothes, to shape the body of gold, and to promote virtue. In the process of construction, skilled craftsmen, in order to express their boundless respect for the real dragon emperor in their hometown, skillfully depict thousands of flying dragons, wandering dragons, crouching dragons, walking dragons and Panlong on the roof, ridge, wall, beam square and column of the archway of the hall with painting, carving, firing and other techniques, and also depict all the external eaves and all the ridges, dripping water, hanging water, etc The tiles were replaced with glazed dragon kisses and ridged beasts to show the dignity and wealth of the imperial capital Huangfu.

In the sixth year of Zhenguan period, the repair of the capital Huang mansion was completed. Li Shimin led all the civil and military officials to return to the martial arts and participated in the completion ceremony. He was very happy to see the magnificent temple. After attending the ceremony of worshiping the City God, he prepared thin wine in the courtyard and entertained his old friends. At the harmonious banquet, he finally wrote a famous saying to the officials at all levels, that is, "the three meals of the solar eclipse often think of the farmer's hard work, and the woman in a thread of thinking is diligent.". Officials at all levels are required to show solicitude for the common people and be thrifty. Later, it issued a decree to exempt Wugong County from taxes for two years, and to pardon prisoners under the death penalty of Wugong County.

Taizong sleepwalking in hell, the City God, the local official of the divine world. The highest official of the divine world in the city is the "City God". City God was favored by ancient officials

. The original meaning of "City God" is the moat to protect the city, and the City God is the God to protect the city. Because of the feudal monarchs' respect for the City God, the City God's land was changed

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