Sanqing Palace

Sanqing palace lies on juxiantai in the East, Jiulongshan in the south, Yanjiao hall in the west, and turtle back stone in the north. It is the best geomantic treasure land for storing wind and water in Sanqing. The Sanqing palace scenic area named after Sanqing palace is a blessed place for Sanqing mountain's rich cultural landscape, as well as an "open-air museum" of the ancient Daojiao buildings in Sanqing mountain.

Sanqing Palace

Sanqing palace is located on the turtle back stone of Jiulong Mountain pass in the north of Sanqing mountain, Jiangxi Province, China. It is 1533 meters above sea level. It is a landmark of Taoism in Sanqing mountain. Sanqing palace lies on juxiantai in the East, Jiulongshan in the south, Yanjiao hall in the west, and turtle back stone in the north. It is the best geomantic treasure land for storing wind and water in Sanqing. The Sanqing palace scenic area named after Sanqing palace is a blessed place for Sanqing mountain's rich cultural landscape, as well as an "open-air museum" of the ancient Daojiao buildings in Sanqing mountain.

brief introduction

The average altitude of Sanqing palace scenic spot is about 1500 meters, ranging from jiutianyingyuan mansion in the south, Fengmen in the north, the north interface of east coast in the East and the west coast of Hanxing pond in the West. Sanqing mountain has a history of more than 1600 years since the opening of Gehong mountain in Jin Dynasty. Taoism has a long history. There are more than 260 ancient stone buildings and stone carvings in Sanqing mountain, including palaces, temples, palaces, squares, springs, pools, bridges, tombs, platforms and towers. These ancient buildings and stone carvings are based on the combination of "congenital Eight Diagrams" and "acquired Eight Diagrams", which is a unique model for studying the design and layout of ancient buildings in our country.

brief history

It is said that during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (326-334 ad, or 357-361 AD), Ge Hong and Li Shangshu "Jielu alchemy" in Sanqing mountain. In Tang Dynasty, the former site of laogongguan was located in the north of Danjing, facing south, which was called Sanqing blessed land; "in 1170, the sixth year of Qiandao of Song Dynasty, Wang Lin donated money to rebuild the temple of Sanqing temple to worship the gods of Sanqing, which was later destroyed due to the chaos of the world"; in Yuan Dynasty, Sanqing temple was built, with stone carvings of shixianjun, gexianjun, Li Shangshu, Jintong, Yunv and marshal pan, etc.; in the period from Jingtai to Tianshun of Ming Dynasty (1450-1464), Wang you Zhan Biyun went up the mountain to rebuild and expand it, and then renamed it Sanqing palace. In 1813, the palace was destroyed by fire, and the alchemists of Yushan and Dexing counties were rebuilt, but the scale was far less than before. Now Sanqing palace was built in Ming Dynasty. It faces north and south, with front hall and back Pavilion, left and right wing rooms, two floors and two entrances. The front hall is 5.38 meters high, the back Pavilion is 2.3 meters higher than the foundation of the front hall, the width of the hall is 10.4 meters, the depth is 19.82 meters, and the total area of the two halls is 206 square meters. Including ancillary buildings, covering a total area of 1750 square meters. The beams, columns, walls, pools and doors in the hall are mainly made of granite and inlaid tightly. It is one of the best ancient architectural arts. A plaque of "Sanqing blessed land" was erected in 1869.

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The front hall of Sanqing palace worships three Taoist deities, namely, Qingwei Tianyu Qingjing Yuanshi Tianzun (also known as tianbaojun, in the middle, holding hunyuanzhu in hand, symbolizing the infinity when heaven and earth are not in shape and everything is not in chaos); Yuyu Tianqing Lingbao Tianzun (also known as taishangdaojun, on the left side of Yuanshi Tianzun, holding Ruyi image in hand, or half black and half white "Yin Yang mirror", symbolizing just from infinity "Taiji" is derived from the state of Taiqing, which is also called "taishanglaojun" and "Daozu". They live on the right side of Yuanshi Tianzun, holding a feather fan, symbolizing the heaven and earth or yin and Yang "Liangyi" differentiated from Taiji.

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The back Pavilion of Sanqing palace is Guanyin hall, which worships the eighteen Arhats of Buddhism. The front hall and the back pavilion are connected by thirteen steps, symbolizing the thirteen provinces. There is a saying that "stepping on the thirteen steps, good luck, good fortune and longevity". In the pavilion, there is a couplet saying: "in the hall of Sanqing, there is a great exposition of the teaching of compassion, and in the miaoha hall, there is a wide open door to universal aid." The original left and right wing rooms have been destroyed, the top of the hall is no longer the old system, and the statues of Sanqing in the hall were molded in the 1990s. It was reopened on May 1, 2006. The stone pillars of the front and back halls are the original relics of the Ming Dynasty. A couplet is engraved on the granite pillars on both sides of the Sanqing God: "three days of boundless existence of Tao Qi in Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing, unify Daming, and wish the emperor's throne for all ages." The stone couplets carved on the main entrance of the palace: "when the hall is open, the wind sweeps in the daytime, and the door is sealed by the clouds at dusk", which shows the illusory and ethereal scene of the blessed land in the fairyland.

In front of the Sanqing palace is a platform paved with granite. On the north side of the platform, there are stone censers and stone incense pavilions. The base of the censer is a four legged stone carving head. On the east side of the hall, there is a pavilion of Xi characters. There are three doors in the hall, and five steps are set outside the main gate. A rectangular pool is built at the dripping place of the eaves of the hall below the steps, which hinders the front gate. It is called "Longquan pool" in ancient times. The pool is 2.8m long, 1.3m wide and 0.25m deep. A Shixiang basin is built in the pool, with the word "Qingjing" engraved on the front, the word "taste" engraved on the West and the word "Yi" engraved on the East. In the southwest corner of the pool, there is a hidden dragon head carved on the ground. A picture of "Dragon Ball" is carved on the base of the stone incense basin in front of the dragon head. Close to the south of the dragon head, the bottom of the pool is the drain of the sewer. In rainy days, water overflows from the pool, flooding the dragon head. Today, it is called the "dragon pool under the stairs". In the North Center of the platform is the stone archway of Sanqing palace. In front of the archway are Lingguan hall and Kuixing hall. The above cultural relics are simple in shape, beautiful in lines and exquisite in carving.

The architecture and layout of Sanqing Palace are full of mystery and magic. The main hall is dedicated to the three gods of Sanqing, while the back hall is dedicated to Guanyin and the eighteen Arhats. Taoism and Buddhism coexist harmoniously in the same hall, which is different from the incompatibility of Buddhism and Taoism in other famous Taoist mountains. It reflects the broad mind of Sanqing mountain to accept all rivers and all things.

The stone couplets carved on the pillars in the front hall: "in three days, Tao Qi can exist in Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing, unify Daming, and wish huangzuo a hundred and thousands generations." It is said that it was written by Emperor Jianwen of Ming Dynasty when he was the abbot of Sanqing palace. From the seemingly contradictory couplet, it can be seen that although Jianwen emperor fled to the door of quietness and emptiness, he was still unable to completely break away from the worldly thoughts of the red world, hoping that the Sanqing God would bless the emperor of Ming Dynasty and pass on the throne forever. The couplet at the main entrance of the palace "the wind sweeps in the daytime when the hall is open, and the clouds seal the door at dusk". It is synonymous with a couplet in Fengyang Longxing Temple, the place where Zhu Yuanzhang Longxing lived: "no monk sweeps the floor in the temple, and there are few lights in the temple". It inherits the wonderful experience of inheritance, leaving a meaningful annotation and support for the helpless experience of the two people, one before and one after, entering the Buddha and Taoism Evidence.

Chen Yunhe, a contemporary poet, left a good sentence in Sanqing Palace: "an ancient building was invited to Sanqing blessed land. Sanqing blessed land was invited to Taoist mystery. Tianzun is located on the turtle's back stone and can't leave the main hall to rest. Guanyin, who is willing to be silent for many years, makes the elegant and quiet environment on both sides of the eighteen Arhats support many couplets The distant years have bid farewell to the profound mystery here.

Sanqing palace archway

There is a memorial archway in front of the gate of Sanqing palace in Sanqing mountain, which is called Sanqing palace memorial archway. Sanqing palace archway is located 15 meters in front of the north of Sanqing palace and about 2 meters south of Lingguan hall and Kuixing hall. It is named Sanqing palace memorial archway because the two sides of the horizontal plaques inlaid with blue stone plates on the upper part of the memorial archway are engraved with three block letters "Sanqing Palace" written by sun Yuanzhen (1388-1474), the Minister of the Ministry of war in the reign of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty.

All the archways of Sanqing Palace are made of granite. The top cover of the memorial archway is composed of two whole stones, which are suspended on the top of the mountain. There is a symbolic tile ridge chiseled on the top, and there is no water dripping at the end of the ditch. On the top, there is a carved fish dragon big kiss, and a treasure gourd placed in the middle. The whole shape is small and exquisite, solemn and beautiful. It is built by Taoism in imitation of Confucianism and Confucius' mansion. The archway in front of the gate is a strong and powerful system. The base of the square stone pillars on both sides of the archway is 1.25 meters wide, the width between the stone pillars is 2.74 meters, and the height is 4.04 meters. On the inner side of the two square stone pillars, a couplet is engraved: "the face of heaven is very close to the altar, and everyone bows to the altar; on the north side of the stone pillars, a couplet is engraved:" the right and left spirit officials supervise the Dharma mercilessly, and the upper and lower believers worship sincerely "; on the south side of the stone pillars, a couplet is engraved:" climb the hall, step up the void, ascend the void, and strive for the truth, and the Tao is mysterious and mysterious ". On the two ends of the blue stone horizontal plaque above are engraved with several lines of small characters: "the letter of sun Yuanzhen, Minister of the Ministry of military affairs of the senior government official" and "the letter of Wang Youxuan Zhengli" respectively. According to the stone inscriptions, the reconstruction of Sanqing palace began in September 1456, the seventh year of Jingtai in Ming Dynasty, and was completed in 1459, the third year of Tianshun.

(Note: Sun Yuanzhen returned to Dexing after the restoration of Yingzong in 1457)

Address: Sanqinggong Sanqingshan scenic spot, Yushan County, Shangrao, Jiangxi Province

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