Taifu view

Taifu temple is located in shangmiao village, 13 kilometers northeast of Fenyang county. It was first built in 1196, the fifth year of Cheng'an in Jin Dynasty. There are seven clay sculptures of jade emperor and his attendants in the main hall. They are tall and vivid. Judging from their modeling style, they may be works of Ming Dynasty. The left and right side halls are covered with plastic walls, showing the scene of the Virgin mother of Houtu touring under the protection of civil and military attendants. The plastic arts are amazing. The design of the side hall larger than the main hall breaks the Convention of temple construction, which is rare. There is a tombstone of laidiqing in the hall, which is well preserved. On June 25, 2001, as an ancient building from Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, taifuguan was approved by the State Council to be listed in the fifth batch.

Taifu view

Taifu temple, located in shangmiao village, 13 kilometers northeast of Fenyang City, was first built in the fifth year of Cheng'an (1196) of Jin Dynasty. There are seven clay sculptures of the Jade Emperor and his attendants in the main hall. They are tall and vivid. Judging from their modeling style, they may be works of Ming Dynasty.

In the Taifu temple, the left and right side halls are covered with plastic walls, showing the scene of the Virgin mother of Houtu touring under the protection of civil and military attendants. The plastic arts are amazing. The design of the side hall larger than the main hall breaks the Convention of temple construction, which is rare. There is a tombstone of laidiqing in the hall, which is well preserved.

Historical evolution

Shangmiao village, 15 kilometers northeast of Fenyang City, Shanxi Province. From 1115 to 1234 to 1644 to 1911. It is a Taoist temple with a large scale, sparse layout and wide scene. The three gates are like exquisite archways.

Tricolor glazed dragon group, inlaid in the two walls outside the door, winding bloated, strong and powerful. In the view, there are five East and five West halls, each with a suspended mountain roof and a special gallery with front eaves. In the East, there is the Virgin mother of the earth, and in the west, there is the great emperor of the five mountains.

The hall of emperor Haotian in the north is the main building with 3 rooms wide and single eaves. The design of three main halls and five auxiliary halls is quite rare. Haotian hall is simple in structure, thick in materials and simple in shape. It is like a building of Jin Dynasty. There are six waiters on the side of the hall serving the Jade Emperor. The style of the hall should be Ming sculpture.

Engrave a monument

The beginning of this view is unknown. In the fifth year of Jin Cheng'an (1200), he built a sacrificial altar and carved steles here. Later, he revised sentences in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The hall of emperor Haotian is the original structure of Jin Dynasty, and the rest are relics of Ming Dynasty. There are also three steles of the Sui Dynasty, one of the Tang steles and one of the Tang buildings.

On June 25, 2001, as an ancient building from Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, taifuguan was approved by the State Council to be listed in the fifth batch.

architectural composition

It was built in the fifth year of Jin Cheng'an (1200 A.D.) and repaired repeatedly in Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the Jade Emperor of Haotian

The Imperial Palace was originally built in the Jin Dynasty, and the rest were built in the Ming Dynasty.

Taifu Temple faces south, covering an area of 8875 square meters. The central axis of the courtyard is from south to north. There are Zhaobi, pailou, daozuo stage (the lower level is the Mountain Gate) and Haotian Jade Emperor God hall. From the archway to the stage, there are Guandi temple in the East and Erlang hall in the West; from the stage to the God Hall of Haotian Jade Emperor, there are Houtu Notre Dame hall in the East and Wuyue hall in the West. There are ten caves on the south side of Houtu Notre Dame hall and Wuyue hall, with Bell and Drum Tower on the top.

Interior murals

Haotian Jade Emperor God hall is located in the north end of the temple, commonly known as the main hall. The main hall is three in width and three in depth, and its plane is nearly square. The single eaves rest on the top of the mountain. In front of the hall, there is a platform, a slab gate in the Ming Dynasty, a straight lattice window in the two times, a column head under the eaves, and five Dougong pavilions for double reading. There is a bamboo and wood shrine on the altar in the hall. In the center of the shrine, there are seven statues of Haotian Jade Emperor, left and right maids and Tianguan, which are shaped in the Ming Dynasty. A total of 93 square meters of Taoist murals were painted on the gables and back walls of the hall in the Qing Dynasty.

Wuyue hall is the west side hall, with five rooms wide and three rooms deep, and a single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain. On the altar of the hall, there are statues of five mountains and four immortals. On the gables on both sides, there are hanging statues of "Five Mountains visiting" and "four immortals traveling".

Houtu Notre Dame hall is the east side hall, with five rooms in width and three rooms in depth. It has a four column front corridor structure and a single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain. There are 35 painted sculptures in the temple and under the two gables. On the back wall and the two mountain walls, there are murals depicting the scenes of life in Notre Dame palace. The walls of the two mountains are covered with sculptures, which are scenes of "going out" and "going back to the palace" for the virgin. The murals and colored sculptures in Wuyue hall and Houtu Notre Dame hall are works of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Cultural relics protection

There are also 1 stele of gold, 5 steles of Ming Dynasty and 3 steles of Qing Dynasty and Republic of China.

Taifu temple is located in shangmiao village, Xinghua Town, 17 kilometers northeast of Fenyang City, next to the famous Fen distillery in Xinghua village of Shanxi Province in the West and national highway 307 in the south. According to the record of the creation of Jiaotan in Taifu temple, it was founded in the fifth year of Jin Chengan (1200), and is a key cultural relic protection unit in China and Shanxi Province.

Taifu temple is located in the north and south. The main hall stands on a high platform with a platform in front, which highlights the position of the main hall. The main hall faces south to the mountain gate, and the auxiliary hall is divided into East and west sides, covering an area of 6420 square meters. The main hall is the hall of God of the Jade Emperor of Haotian, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. It is five rooms wide and six rafters deep. Under the front and rear eaves and under the eaves of the two mountains, there are five brackets. The brackets are made of five complements, which are made by double copying and counting.

architectural art

Inside the hall, there is a clear view. The four edges of the beam frame are covered with wood, and the front is covered with milk wood. The two eaves, the column heads, the brackets and the five auxiliary parts are used to support the Ding wood beams, and the wing corner arches and the five auxiliary parts are used to support the upper construction and the angle beams are used to support the lower horizontal rotation. Each ridge of the roof is covered with glazed eaves, which are curved and far-reaching. It is a model of ancient architectural art for its grand, elegant and aesthetic appearance.

Inside the hall, there are 7 statues of the Jade Emperor, courtiers and maids. The statues have different expressions, especially the maids, which are very vivid and seem to be shaped by real people. The three walls of the hall are covered with frescoes of the God King on duty on 365 days.

The building structure of the East and west side halls is basically the same, hanging on the top of the mountain, five rooms wide and six rafters deep. The west side hall is the Wuyue hall, with statues of Wudu and his courtiers. The two mountains hold the statues of Wuyue going out for inspection and descending an. In the east side hall, there are various statues of the virgin, her courtiers and maids. The murals are painted on the back wall, showing the scene of the virgin's swallow music. The two mountains are hung with the virgin to visit the heaven, and the gods overlook the sculptures on the earth.

A large number of murals, clay sculptures and hanging sculptures in these three temples contain rich Taoist contents and are also outstanding works of art in ancient China. As a place where Taoism worships gods, Taifu temple has preserved so many cultural relics despite its vicissitudes. It is an important part of Shanxi ancient cultural heritage and plays an important role in many religious buildings in Shanxi.

Main features

Fenyang, as the capital of ancient Fenzhou, indeed has many cultural relics, one of which is Xinghua's "Taifu view". Taifu temple is located in shangmiao village, Xinghua Town, 15 kilometers northeast of Fenyang City, Shanxi Province. In the fifth year of Jin Cheng'an's reign, the temple was built and engraved with steles. Later, it was repaired in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Taifuguan was successively declared as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level by Shanxi provincial government in 1965 and a key cultural relic protection unit in China by the State Council in June 2001.

The main feature of Taifu temple is that it has high-grade architectural groups and beautiful lines of painted sculptures, hanging sculptures and murals. Over the years, it has attracted many experts and scholars of architecture, fine arts, cultural relics, culture and art to visit and investigate here. The murals, painted sculptures, hanging sculptures and steles of Taifu Temple contain rich Taoist contents, and they are also outstanding works of art in ancient China. Although they have gone through wind and rain, they still glow with brilliant brilliance and occupy an important position in Shanxi religious buildings. Taifu temple covers a total area of 8600 square meters. There is no research on its founding date. According to the architectural style of the main hall and the records of Jiaotan in the fifth year of Jin Cheng'an (1200 A.D.), the construction of Taifu temple should not be later than the middle of Jin Dynasty. It has a history of at least 800 years.

Taifu concept is a model of ancient architectural art with its grand and elegant appearance and rich aesthetic feeling. Its whole building is the main hall and the East and west side halls. The main hall "Haotian Yuhuang God hall" is the architectural structure of Jin Dynasty. The hall is magnificent in architecture, simple in structure, thick in materials, and of song and Jin Dynasties in shape, technique and style. The main hall is nearly square in plane, with front platform, 3 rooms in width and 3 rooms in depth. Single eaves at the top of the hill, front eaves and under the eaves of the two mountains are set Dou Gong, which is made of five pavilions for double reading. The eaves of the main hall are far-reaching, and the wing angle rises obviously, which makes the eaves form a beautiful curve and makes the building more unique and elegant. Its front eaves are shaped like grasshopper heads, giving people a vivid feeling. The windows are straight lattice windows, and the hall doors are plate doors. Each leaf is nailed with five rows of gold claw shaped iron rivets, with 10 for each sliding, a total of 100. It is said that the Song Dynasty architecture is simple in structure and thick in materials, mainly in the aspects of Dou Gong and Liang Zhu. The architecture of the Song Dynasty is bulky and clumsy, which is more practical than the architecture of the Qing Dynasty. Its eaves column has obvious side feet, and the eaves column and gold column do not have column foundation stone, which makes the architecture more stable. These are the characteristics of the architecture of the song and Jin dynasties. The bricks on the wall are different from ours. The bricks here are flat and wide. The most important thing is that the bricks are not built together with mud, but with the method of grinding the joints. You can't step on the threshold of entering the hall. Because in religion, the threshold is God's shoulder. The floating wood on the top right of the hall is herringbone. It mainly plays the role of decomposition force. There is no column foundation under the column and beam, which is mainly for earthquake protection, and the knot

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