Jiutian YingYuan Mansion

Jiutian YingYuan Mansion

Jiutian YingYuan mansion is one of the ancient buildings left by Taoism in Ming Dynasty according to the layout of eight trigrams labyrinth in Sanqing palace scenic area of Sanqing mountain. It contains profound cultural implications. Its name and construction are unique, which is not found in other famous Taoist mountains.

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Jiutian YingYuan mansion is the residence of Thunder God, commonly known as thunder temple. It's taken from the Thunder God's road name: "nine days should be the thunder of Yuan Dynasty, and the heaven should be popularized.". According to Taoism, the thunder god fire is also located in the south. The South belongs to fire and electricity, so the thunder temple was built. In the early folk beliefs, the God of thunder was the incarnation of emperor Xuanyuan, who was revered by people since ancient times. He not only brought rain to people, but also punished evil in the world. The Zhengyi sect of Taoism often has the memorial tablet of Thunder God in some large-scale fasting rituals, and has the content of calling the heavenly kings of thunder department in the scientific ceremony. Stepping here, Chen Yunhe wrote a poem and said: "more than a dozen stone carved little Bodhisattvas are sitting and telling anecdotes about Jiutian YingYuan mansion, which is far away and far away. The dream of once being a subsidiary of Sanqing palace is very old. Standing here and looking at it, you will have endless ideas. Xiaoguan is a small poem of Taoist structure, which belongs to a building of Chinese culture.".

Location

Jiutianyingyuan mansion is located in the southeast of Sanqing palace scenic area, Sanqing mountain, a world natural heritage and national scenic spot of China, 710 meters above Sanqing palace, on the south side of Shijie road. Back toward the road, sit north, South, slightly east, 1560 meters above sea level. The number of hexagrams is nine. There is a spring beside it, named YingYuan spring.

Architectural features

Jiutianyingyuan mansion is a granite dry built small hall built in Ming Dynasty. It is 1.86 meters wide, 1.24 meters deep, 0.9 meters high, 3.15 meters high, and 2.3 square meters in area. It is surrounded by ventilation in the middle and has a mountain like structure on the top. There are five characters of "jiutianyingyuanfu" on the forehead square, and stone carvings of couplets on the pillars on both sides of the hall, but the handwriting is indistinct. Inside, there are three stone statues of gods. The main statue has a stone censer in front of it. The head of the statue was destroyed during the cultural revolution.

In October 2005, it was opened as the north end of the east coast.

Textual research on Culture

Why is this building called "nine days Ying yuan mansion" instead of "Lei Temple"? According to the textual research, it contains many hidden meanings

1. Nine is the extreme number of Yang. It's also big and heaven is the highest. There are five thunders in Lei's name. The name of the hall is "nine heaven Ying Yuan Fu". It can be implicitly referred to as "the Lord of nine and five, the son of heaven". He also lived in the south, with a number of nine. According to the natural mountain, it is at the highest place, which also contains the meaning of "nine to five" and "nine to one".

2. Jiutian: when it comes to the central government and the eight sides, it also refers to the imperial palace or the ten thousand states of Kyushu Island. It is said that heaven has nine weights, among which the upper heaven is the highest. It is the residence of the Jade Emperor. The emperor of heaven governs the nine gods, and the nine gods manage the world according to their duties. Here is the hidden nine heaven, and the house of the Yuan Dynasty has the honor of the emperor of heaven.

3. It is called "Jiufu" and extended to the palace, which is not a temple but a symbol of the government.

For example, "nine temples" refers to the places where the emperors of the past dynasties worshipped their ancestors for patriarchal rule, and also refers to the feudal dynasties.

4. Jiutian YingYuan mansion is read from left to right, that is, the inverted sentence is read as "Fu Yuan Yingtian Jiu". Yuan has the original meaning, and the number of yuan is one. It implies that Zhu Yuanzhang's name taboo "Yuan" and "Ying Tianfu", the capital of Nanjing in Ming Dynasty. Yingtian was called Songzhou in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It was promoted to yingtianfu in 1006 and Nanjing in 1014. In 1356 (the 16th year of Zhizheng), Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Jiqing and changed Jiqing road to yingtianfu. As a base, Zhu Yuanzhang called himself the Duke of Wu. On January 4, 1368, the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself Emperor in Yingtian and established the Daming Dynasty, which was called Ming Dynasty and was the Taizu of Ming Dynasty. With yingtianfu as Nanjing, the capital, Kaifeng as Beijing, the capital. In 1378, Beijing was destroyed and Nanjing became the capital. In 1421, Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing. In 1441, Yingzong Zhuqi town designated Yingtian as Nanjing. This is the place where thunder god lived, which symbolizes that Zhu Yuanzhang set the capital of Yingtian mansion in Nanjing in the early Ming Dynasty. He hoped to use the special symbols he had enjoyed and experienced as burial objects in order to continue to enjoy them in another world. Therefore, the name of the temple is not only simple but complicated. Therefore, Jiutian YingYuan mansion was set in the south of ligua to symbolize Nanjing.

5. The God of thunder has the authority of goodness and integrity, relieving calamities and punishing evils. "YingYuan" means to return to the original. It implies that by the power of the God of thunder, death is like life, inherited from Taizu, thunder is in the world.

Jiutianyingyuan mansion is connected with Tianyi pool and Longhu hall along the north-south axis, which forms the supreme King pattern of heaven, earth and man, that is, the unity of heaven and man. It is an indispensable part of the overall architectural layout of Taoism in Sanqing mountain in Ming Dynasty.

Address: Northeast of nanqingyuan scenic area, Sanqing mountain

Longitude: 118.06980133055

Latitude: 28.873498916627

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