Zhaizi City

Zhaizi city is located 30 kilometers north-west of Danling County, which is directly accessible by car. Pass by Duoyue Town, zhengshankou Township, and then go west for 5 km. There are different legends about Zhaizi City, but this ancient castle built in Qing Dynasty really attracts many tourists. Zhaizicheng is located in zhaizishan, which is an independent square. There are three deep streams in the East, West and south, and only a path in the north. There is a dragon temple in Zhaizi City, which is full of incense all the year round. Chaoshan temple and Douhua Zhaifan have become an interesting scenery in Zhaizi city. As a county-level cultural relic protection unit, the local government attaches great importance to the development of its tourism resources, and gradually improve the supporting facilities. It is very convenient for tourists to eat, board, lodging, leisure and entertainment here. Far away from the noise of the city and in the embrace of nature, Zhaizi city brings people local feelings and wild interests. Lianghekou reservoir near Zhaizi city is also a tourist attraction. 　　

Zhaizi City

Zhaizicheng, located in the northwest of Meishan City, Sichuan Province, originally belonged to Taiping Village, zhengshankou Township, Dongpo District (formerly Meishan County). On April 30, 2005, the administrative area of zhengshankou township was merged into Qinjia Town, and the location of zhaizicheng was changed into group 3, Songping village, Qinjia town. It is about 28 kilometers away from the urban area and borders Pujiang County of Chengdu City. Built in Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, the village is now a provincial forest park in Sichuan Province. The whole forest park has a forest area of more than 30000 Mu and more than 10 reservoirs. The core scenic spot of the forest park is still zhaizicheng site and wumiao building complex. Among them, zhaizicheng site covers an area of about 750 mu, and wumiao building complex covers an area of about 35 mu. In 2001, zhaizicheng and wumiao were listed as municipal key cultural relics protection units by Meishan City.

Ancient village history

It is said that during the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, the gentry and tycoons in Meishan, Danling, Pujiang and other counties were afraid of the peasant uprising army, so they gathered arms to build cities and fortresses for prevention. Zhaizi city is built in Zhaizi mountain, which is in the middle of Changluo mountain range. Its mountain is independent of clouds. There are deep streams in the East, South and West, and cliffs in the north. There is a path leading to the top of the mountain. The road is rugged and difficult to walk. The top of the mountain is relatively flat. The whole Zhaizi mountain moves from low to high, and the terrain is dangerous. It is really dangerous that "one man is in charge of the pass, ten thousand people are not allowed to open".

According to records, Zhaizi city is 2 kilometers long from north to south, 300 meters wide from east to west, and covers an area of about 30 hectares. As the saying goes: "Taiping Village, three li three through the city, nine Li three besieged.". There are 4800 meters long, 1.5 to 2.5 meters wide, 2.7 meters high and 3.6 meters thick city walls on the edge of the mountain. All the walls are made of hard yellow stones from Zhaizi mountain. The buildings in the city are well arranged, including the East, West, North and South Street heads, T-shaped entrances and crossroads, yamen hall, martial arts hall, garden, teahouse and salt well. It is said that Zhaizi city has been built for 7 years and 10 months, and more than 1700 migrant workers work on the mountain every day. After the completion of the village, people named it Taiping Village for its precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The whole plan of Zhaizi city is inverted gourd shape, the south gate is gourd mouth, and the north wall is gourd bottom. In addition to a small amount of arable land, most of the city is forest, especially the northern mountain forest is very primitive. More than 60 years ago, there were fairs in the village, which were divided into upper and lower streets. After the 1950s, the village gradually declined, and only a few villagers lived and worked in it.

Gate of ancient village

Zhaizi city was originally built with four gates in the southeast and northwest, and only three gates remained in the city. The south gate is Zhengzhai gate, also known as Xiazhai gate; the west gate is Fude gate; and the east gate is Shuidong gate. According to the investigation of cultural relics workers, there used to be a gate in the north, but it collapsed earlier and faced a deep stream. It was rarely visited at ordinary times, so its name was unknown.

The east gate of Zhaizi city is also called Shuidong gate because it is next to a deep stream. After textual research, people concerned believe that the gate is set up for the water intake of Zhaizi city. If the enemy wants to attack the city, he must first cross the wide pond and climb up the steep cliff. It can be seen that it is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Next to a piece of farmland stands the ancient gate, which is the west gate of Zhaizi city and the back gate of Zhaizi city. It is also called Ford gate. It is made of red stones and has an arched gate. It is about 2 meters wide and 2.5 meters high.

On the left and right sides of the west gate, there is a section of city wall. Although it is not tall and steep, it is thick and solid.

From the front line of fuldmen and shuidongmen to the south, they have basically been reclaimed into fields. To the north, there are mountains and forests with luxuriant trees.

Taoist Buildings

In Zhaizi City, the existing intact buildings are a group of Taoist buildings - Wu Temple, Sanqing hall, doulao hall, Chenghuang hall and lingzu hall. From xizhaimen to the south, there is a concrete road leading to wumiao complex.

Wu Temple

Wu Temple, Sanqing hall and Taiyi hall are a row building, which can be described as one temple and three halls. On the left is Wu Temple, also known as Guandi temple. The establishment of the martial arts Temple started from emperor suzong of the Tang Dynasty (756-763 A.D.) who set up martial arts to worship Taigong. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Duke of Guan was worshipped instead of the Duke of Tai. In the Yongzheng, Qianlong, Xianfeng and Guangxu years, the posthumous title was given to the Duke of Guan, which further improved the status and honor of the Duke of Guan. In the Republic of China, Yue Fei was also worshipped in the martial temple and the Duke of Guan.

This temple was first built in Meishan City. The main hall was rebuilt in 1788 and 1849, respectively. In the early days of liberation, it was used as the school building of Meishan middle school. In 1962, it was used as the staff dormitory of Hongxing Machinery Factory. In 1993, due to the transformation of the old city, Meishan County Government decided to move to Zhaizi city. The main hall of wumiao temple is basically well preserved. It is a wood structure Xieshan roof, with a width of three rooms of 15 meters, a depth of three rooms of 10.75 meters, and a height of 9.65 meters. The room is covered with tubular tiles, cornices and crowns. There are 16 columns around it. It is magnificent and solemn. The statue of Guan Gong reading the spring and Autumn Annals is shaped in the middle, and Guan Ping and Zhou Cang stand on both sides.

Sanqing Hall

In the middle of the Sanqing hall, there are the Jade Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the Lingbao emperor of the Shangqing Dynasty and the moral emperor of the Taiqing Dynasty in the middle. On the left and right sides are the statues of the twelve golden immortals of Taoism. The twelve golden immortals of Taoism are the twelve disciples of Tianzun sect at the beginning of the yuxu palace in Kunlun Mountain: guangchengzi, Chishui, Yuding, Taiyi, Huanglong, Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun (Manjusri Bodhisattva), Puxian (Puxian Bodhisattva), Cihang Taoist (Guanyin Bodhisattva), Lingbao master, liusun fearing, Daoxing Tianzun, Qingxu Daojun.

From left to right, the six on the left are: Immortal Yuding, immortal Taiyi, immortal Huanglong, immortal Manjusri (Manjusri Bodhisattva), immortal Puxian (Puxian Bodhisattva) and Taoist Cihang (Guanyin Bodhisattva).

From left to right, the six people on the right are: fearing to leave a real person (fearing to leave a grandson), lighting a real person, Daoxing a real person, Qingxu a real person, Guangcheng a real person, and chijing a real person.

Taiyi Hall

On the right side of Sanqing hall, there is Taiyi hall. There are many understandings about "Taiyi". One is that "Taiyi" is another name for "Tao". In Taoism, "Tai" is the first and the highest, and "one" is the only one that has no right and no division. Chuang Tzu · Tian Xia calls Lao Tzu's theory "the etheric one of the Lord" and "Tai Yi" is Lao Tzu's so-called "Tao"; the second understanding is that "Tai Yi" is an ancient god, also known as "Tai Yi", which is the most respected one of the gods; the third understanding is that "Tai Yi" is Taiyi real person.

In the hall of Taiyi, on the right side of the Sanqing statue, there is a statue of Taiyi, one of the twelve golden immortals. It is said that Taiyi immortal lives in Yuqing fairyland, and orders the group of immortal. Taoism is also known as Taiyi salvation God. According to the Taoist Scripture, Tianzun is the God of heaven who specially saves the souls who unfortunately fall into hell. As long as the sufferers pray and call the holy name of Tianzun, they can get help and relieve their misfortunes. From the statues in the hall, maybe Taiyi hall is Taiyi hall, that is, the hall dedicated to Taiyi immortal. But because it is connected with Sanqing hall, it may also contain the meaning of "Tao".

Around the statue of Taiyi, there are Nezha and Yang Jian. Nezha is Taiyi's apprentice and should stand beside him, but Yang Jian is Yuding's Apprentice. I don't know why he is allowed to stand beside Taiyi.

Doulao Hall

On the lower side is the doulao hall, which is in the middle of the hall. It's for doulao Yuanjun, Dilao Niangniang and Xihua Wangmu Niangniang. Daoism believes in "doulao", also known as Doumu. Dou refers to the stars of the Big Dipper. Mu is the mother, and Dou Mu is the mother of the stars of the Big Dipper. It is said that she was the concubine of the king of Zhou Yu in the Longhan period. Her name was lady Ziguang. One spring, when she was playing in the garden, she had nine sons. The eldest son later became the emperor, also known as the emperor of gouchen palace; the second son grew up to become the emperor of Ziwei. When the other seven were born, they were not fetuses, but seven stars. When they were born, they were automatically arranged in the shape of dippers, with the handle pointing to one side. After the formation of the arrangement, they just turned into fetuses. King Yu of Zhou named them greedy wolf, jumen, Lucun, Wenqu, Lianzhen, Wuqu and broken army. When they grew up, they achieved the right results and returned to the star position and became the king of the Big Dipper.

In Taoism, the worship of matador is very common. Many Taoist temples have built "Matador hall" and "Matador Pavilion" dedicated to the worship of matador. Her image is three eyes, four heads, eight hands, holding the sun, moon, bell, gold seal, bow, spear, halberd and other weapons or magic weapons. The mother of earth is also called mother of earth, Empress of earth, emperor of earth, supreme mother of void and Lady of earth. After the Tang Dynasty (618 AD), due to the concept of Chinese people, they believed in the heaven and the earth, the male being Yang, the female being Yin, and the later being Yin

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