Chaoxian Mazu Palace

Chaoxian Mazu Palace

Chaoxian Mazu palace is a palace in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, which is located on the coast of Shangting village, Jingfeng Town, Hui'an County, Quanzhou City.

geographical position

Chaoxian Mazu palace, the coastal half moon shaped embankment of huinu Bay, a piece of white sand. The coast is covered with trees and green. From time to time, there are groups of sand gulls and flying geese, just like natural scenery. When the sky is clear, the sky and the water are the same color, the distant view, the fishing sails, the waves are not happy, the water is as flat as a mirror. Such a beautiful day. It's refreshing and unforgettable. Dongjiao is a port connecting Shanghai, Macao and the sea, which has always been a safe haven for commercial fishing boats. With such a good and superior geographical location, Yujingfeng huinv Bay will be developed into a tourist attraction in the future.

Origin and legend

I don't know when. It's said that there were two brothers in houlou village who were engaged in throwing nets on the surface of the sea in Yuzai. They first threw the nets into the sea. When they took in the nets, they saw nothing but a piece of wood in the nets. The two brothers threw this piece of wood into the sea and continued to cast the net. When they collected the net again, they still got nothing. Only that piece of wood was floating in it. In a rage, the two brothers tried their best to throw the wood far away and threatened that "if you don't believe that you will come again, we will come to an end.". So he shook the boat away from the uncertain land, and then cast the fishing net into the sea. After a while, when he took in the net for the third time, it was still empty, and the wood was safe in it. How to lose the third, is still the case, brother shook his head relative, exclamation speechless. Discouraged, but will be the piece of wood back home, left in the corner of the kitchen. It was a time of continuous spring rain and haze. It didn't open for several days. Firewood was hard to dry and fuel was scarce. One day, the brothers discussed splitting the wood for the time being to solve the urgent problem. Then he raised his axe to cut down the wood, and a miracle appeared. When the axe fell, it split open, and the axe began to sew up. There was a little blood spot. The villagers told each other that they thought it was a foreign body. At night, the clan grew up with a dream, saying that "this wood is Mazu of Meizhou. She wants to divide it here to protect the fishing boat people and the peace of the whole country.". It is planned to build a palace on the Donghai Bank of houlou village. It began to take shape on a very small scale, only in a small area, so it was little known and not popular.

However, Mazu, the goddess of the sea, is still a saint to protect fishermen's production and navigation safety. After quite a long time, we often see protecting the people, which is more effective. The more incense, the more prosperous incense. There is a sense of narrow palace, Weike planning, choose to move. In 1832, the palace was built on the beach at the south end of Shangting village. It was called "donggongma" at that time. At the beginning of its construction, although the temple was larger than before, it was still narrow. As a result of the Holy Spirit's induction, the number of believers is increasing and the region is gradually expanding. In front of the village of Xiaoyi, the boatman of Liuwei came in droves to pray for protection. Thanks to his spirit, he generously donated money to prepare for the expansion of the temple. In addition, the villagers of Shangting, Chao Xianxiao and his brother, gave up their cultivated land, that is, the elders of five guarantees and eight townships formed a preparatory meeting, elected Kang Chunxing of Shangting village as the chairman of the board, and invited Kang naishen scholar of Shangting village to write a couplet on the front door: "the sound of the tide vibrates the earth, the sand dike is green, the trace is moving, the sky is sweet and the rain is shining", the lintel "Chao shows the ancient land", and the plaque says "Haiyu clarifies". So the origin of Mazu in Chaoxian palace.

Chaoxian Mazu Palace

Chaoxian palace Mazu palace is majestic, with a top hall, a deep well and a falling three-way structure. Shiqi is paved in front of the palace, and there is a black stone at the foot, which is called snake tongue. A few steps away from the palace, there is a piece of soil diagenesis on the bottom of the sea, like a clam, so it is called the land of Zhongling. The outer ring was built with cement mixed soil. It was very firm at that time. The palace is dedicated to the statue of Mother God and ancestor, the memorial tablet of "goddess of heaven" and the statues of sea protecting gods. Since then, it has flourished. At every temple fair on Mazu's birthday, the eight townships perform in turn; or on the 15th of every month, believers come to the temple to burn incense and worship. In particular, Mazu and Jinzun, who went to Meizhou ancestral temple to pay homage to their ancestors, were transported by sea at that time, and had to be carried by the "Qianzai" ship in Xiaoyi. It is said that if Mazu was carrying a fishing boat, it would have to "open a palm" to get the highest yield in that year's production. For this reason, there were different arguments, and then it was decided by drawing lots. When the fleet of yezu pilgrims set out, they went up by the south wind in the morning and returned by the north wind in the afternoon. If you encounter heavy fog in the middle of the journey and lose your way, you can save yourself from danger and return safely. It's night, pause somewhere. The next day, we organized banners, drums and horses to meet them. There were a lot of people, and they were very busy. They were commonly known as pilgrims. At that time, master Zhiyou, an eminent monk, was invited to preside over the affairs of the temple until his death. Then from Chongwu nunnery, the second elder and third younger caigu was invited to preside. After liberation, sanshaocaigu took part in the labor of Shangting agricultural production team and got rations according to the work points to support herself. During the "Cultural Revolution", caigu was demobilized, the temples were seriously damaged, the statues were looted, and the waste was piled up in the palace, which was filthy and smelly, but no one dared to interfere. It's almost in danger of falling.

In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held. The party carried out a wise policy to restore the freedom of religious belief, set things right and prosper all kinds of wastes. Mr. Huang Tianmu (late) of Tangtou village took up the post of chairman of the board of directors, remodeled Mazu Jinzun, reorganized the temple, strengthened the outer wall foundation with stone strips, expanded the wall railings, and resisted the invasion of the tide once and for all. In 1993, the temple was rebuilt again, and the appearance of the temple was completely new.

In the past few years since Mr. Yang Yonghe took over the post of chairman of the board of directors, he has successively constructed and received donations for the following projects: dressing house, Guanyin palace, rain praying Pavilion, paving concrete roads, and building a new temple 100 steps behind the old temple. In November 2002, it was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the county cultural department.

Chaoxian palace mother incense, Jingfeng huinv dress up

Every year on the birthday of Mazu, the faithful men and women from wubaoba Township, shangkeng street, houlou and Houyuan township of Jingfeng dongzhoupu welcome them from the big circle of Yangbian village. All the rural women dressed up and dressed beautifully, creating a feast of Huian women's clothing, which attracted photographers from all over the country to watch.

Address: seaside, Shangting village, Hui'an County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province (Jingfeng Town, Shangting Donggong Temple)

Longitude: 118.99428248405

Latitude: 25.003444609937

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