Zhenghe Temple

Zhenghe Temple

Zhenghe temple, located in the east of sanzhuang Township, is the center of sanzhuang Han Tombs in Sishui mausoleum tourist area, with a grand scale, attracting the world's attention. It is the only Confucian temple in China with a statue of Confucius except Dacheng hall in Qufu, Shandong Province.

Historical evolution

Zhenghe temple was first built in 1530, the ninth year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty. Zhang Cong, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, wrote that "the statues of Confucius in the Confucian temples in the world are very irregular, and due to poor management, they are often damaged, unglazed and sacrilegious. It is suggested that all the statues in the world be replaced with wooden tablets.

At that time, Siyang was known as Taoyuan County. The magistrate Guangze was a Confucian scholar. He respected Confucius very much. The emperor ordered that the statue of Confucius should be removed. He couldn't bear it, but it was hard to disobey his holy order. In the meantime, Zhu Xun, an old scholar who lived in yanjiagang, 40 miles north of Taoyuan County, braved the crime of deceiving the emperor and asked Guangze to offer the statue of Confucius in the county home.

When the magistrate Guangze heard this, he thought it was a very good method, and he agreed to it without offending Confucius. Zhu Xun went home, prepared an ox cart, and the next morning he took people to the county town to pull the statue. The county town was 40 miles away from his home, and the ox cart walked slowly. In the evening, he arrived at longgangling (Group 3, fumiao village, Sanzhuang township). He wanted to take the statue home, but when he arrived at Gangding, the cart stopped, the driver yelled again and again, and three old buffaloes tried their best; the wheels did not move. Old Xiucai Zhu asked people to borrow two buffaloes from nearby villages to help.

As a result, he still couldn't move. He sent someone to borrow another cow and borrowed six. Plus the original three cattle, a total of nine Buffalo, also failed to pull the cart. At this time, it was dark, so Zhu laoxiucai had to set up a incense table, burn incense and pray, and ask the sage to show his spirit. If the old man wants to live here, please turn the car around, or help him pull the car home. After the ceremony, he sleeps out on the spot. When he woke up the next morning, the car turned to the south, and the statue of Confucius on the car turned to the north and the south.

Zhu laoxiucai thought about it. By the way, Confucius had long thought about "living in Jiuyi" (Siyang belonged to Jiuyi tribe). In those days, he went from Qufu to Wu and Chu to lobby. Now, there are daqingdun, pudadun, lingdun, Qiaodun, chendun, jinniudun and Fenghuang Dun near Longgang mountain. Sophomore in five, there is a "five-star pearl, the sun and the moon" trend, there are "77 49" pier around, like the "stars arch the moon" Oh! Confucius had long been interested in this geomantic treasure land. ------All right! Since the sages show their spirits, we should build the Confucius temple here. Zhu Xiucai's family has money, so we can build it. In a few months, a grand Confucius Temple will be built.

The statue of Confucius was installed in the Dacheng hall, and then it was decorated with gold. It was upright, sitting upright and enjoying incense.

Folklore

According to geographer, sanzhuang Confucius Temple was built on the waist of Tulong, and two wells were dug in front of the temple gate. The west well was red water, which was said to have been chiseled on Tulong Yan. It was filled up at that time. The east well was salt water, and the well was deep and never dried up.

After the Confucius Temple was built, when pilgrims went to the temple to worship and burn incense, they found that a strange tree had grown in the northwest corner of Dacheng hall. People didn't know its name. This tree had to be planted or moved, but it came from the ground. Visitors dare not climb and fold, if there is a random climb and shake, go home will feel uneasy spirit, to show its punishment. Every time in early summer, the fragrance is far away. Every few years, dozens of years, the fruit is nearly Chi Xu, the shape of Gleditsia sinensis. It is said that there must be a good omen for this tree to bear pods. The number of pods, the number of scholars in Zhu's descendants.

Experience for a long time, one by one unhappy. According to the records of Siyang County annals, in the 50th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (Yisi year), "since spring and autumn, there was no rain, the crops dried up, in June, the local people gathered in the temple to cool down, and in the middle of the day, the holy image suddenly sweated like beads, which shocked everyone. The tree is still lush and its color remains unchanged. In the spring of the fifth year of the third lunar month, the millet was as precious as gold, and the grass roots and bark were stripped away. It's the tree soldiers who dare not commit crimes, but when their years are exhausted, people begin to feel that there are signs of perspiration from the holy image. It's hard to understand why the trees withered. There are two young trees beside the roots of the dead tree, which are relatively vigorous. Five years later, the old trunk is hollow, and the skin is covered with emerald branches. People think that the breeding has not stopped, but they don't know that the trees are special, the spirit in heaven is cool, the spirit is bright, and the shade of sincerity is full.

historical significance

This tree is so strange that it has something to do with the Fengshui people here. It withers and dies in advance, and then comes back to life after the disaster. With its auspicious and strange image, it shows the world that this tree is a spiritual tree. Otherwise, how can it wither in the strange famine and prosper after withering?

In August 1916, the statue of Confucius Temple was sweating again. Natural and man-made disasters, the society has entered a turbulent era. In the 21st year of the Republic of China, the spirit trees of Confucius Temple withered. In the 25th year of the Republic of China (1936), the ancient trees withered, rotted and fell to the ground. It ended its nearly 500 year history. When the dead tree fell to the ground, the villagers repeatedly told their descendants that they could not touch it.

In the spring of 1942, the statue of Confucius Temple was sweating again, and Yan Hui's admonition fell to the ground. In the same year, this 500 year old temple was destroyed in the Anti Japanese war.

Address: 107 County Road

Longitude: 118.64003399992

Latitude: 33.841532000067

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