Wanning palace in Yuanfu

Wanning palace in Yuanfu

Maoshan is the first blessed place of Taoism. The south side of Jijin peak in Maoshan, where Yuan Fu Palace is located, has dense secluded caves, lots of strange rocks, beautiful landscapes and charming scenery.

At that time, the buildings were magnificent and grand in scale. The buildings were connected with each other. The front was the gate of seeing stars, and in the middle was the Wanfu Hall of Tianning. There were also Baozhen hall, Beiji Pavilion, Wanshou terrace, jiucengtai, zongtan temple, ququshan temple, Guangji Longwang Temple, Shenhu shenghou temple, Lingyou Linghu temple, Sansu temple, Jiuzhen temple, Zhongmiao temple, etc There are more than 400 qianshen nunneries built by Liu hunkang in his early years, including Dongxiu, Xizhai, Guanyun, Qiming, yeyin, mianzhai, Xibi, Dongzhai, Lequan, juexiu, Yunlin, Zhenyin and jianzhai. Gao Mingjie is big, and he does his best. Jinbi Dan chalkiness of the Yi, yinghuang Zhao rotten in the Suigang Xiu top.

history

Maoshan is the most blessed place for Taoism. At the South waist of Jijin peak of Maoshan, where Yuan Fu Palace is located, there are dense secluded caves, lots of strange rocks, beautiful landscapes and charming scenery. It is one of the most blessed places. During the reign of emperor Tianjian of Liang Dynasty (503-519 ad), Tao Hongjing, a famous Taoist of Maoshan, once settled down and practiced beside the "dragon pool"; during the reign of Zhide of Tang Dynasty (757-758 AD) Maoshan Taoist built huohuan palace here in 1911; Zhang mingzhenlu, a Taoist, lived here in the Jingde period of Song Dynasty (1004-1007 A.D.); Yanzhen nunnery was built in the third year of Tiansheng (1025 A.D.); Tiansheng temple was built in the fifth year (1027 A.D.); the king of Shu practiced here in the Jiayou period (1057-1063 A.D.); Renzong period (1023-1063 A.D.) Liu hunkang, the 25th generation master of Maoshan Shangqing school, built qianshen nunnery here to practice Shangqing Taoism Empress Meng of Zhao Xu, the emperor of zhe Zong, mistakenly swallowed the needle in her throat. When Liu hunkang heard of it, he floated into the capital and entered the palace. She vomited the needle with Fu Zhen and Dan Yao, the secret Taoist legend of Maoshan, which made empress Meng vomit the needle. The emperor of zhe Zong Longyan was very happy. Therefore, he gave Liu hunkang the title of "master Dongyuan tongmiao" and recruited Chuxiang palace of Shangqing in the capital. In the fourth year of Shaosheng (A.D. 1098) Jiangning Fu was built in the fifth year of Chongning (1106 AD) of Huizong for nine years. It was granted the title of "Wanning palace of Yuanfu". At that time, the buildings were magnificent and large-scale. The halls were built layer upon layer, and the houses and courtyard were connected. In front of them was the star gate. In the middle of them was Tianning Wanfu hall, which was dedicated to the emperor's image of Xingxiu. In the West was Feitian hall, which was used to collect the Taoist scriptures of Maoshan bestowed by the imperial court. There were Baozhen hall, Beiji Pavilion, Wanshou terrace, jiucengtai, zongtan temple, gouqushan temple, Guangji Longwang temple, and Ben temple There are more than 400 qianshen nunneries built by Liu hunkang in his early years, including gongshenhushenghou temple, lingyoulinghushou temple, Sansu, Jiuzhen, Zhongmiao, Dayou, Zhenling five shrines, Dongxiu, Xizhai, Guanyun, Qiming, yeyin, mianzhai, Xibi, Dongzhai, Lequan, juexiu, Yunlin, Zhenyin, jianzhai, etc. Gao Mingjie is big, and he does his best. Jinbi Dan chalkiness of the Yi, yinghuang Zhao rotten in the Suigang Xiu top. It's full of mist and lush vegetation. If you look at it like a God, you can't write about it. That is to say, it's as solemn as a cloud car. How can the wind travel between the open spaces? You can't know whether it's there or not. It can be said that it's prosperous! " At that time, Huizong sent 200 soldiers to Jiangning palace to patrol Yuan Fu Palace and other Taoist temples in Maoshan, and set up a barracks to guard Gongchen village. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1130), the palace was destroyed by stealing fire.

Soon after that, he was given the imperial edict of Emperor Gaozong to rebuild the palace. Ningzong Jiading five years (AD 1212), there are repair and expansion. During the reign of emperor LiZong (1225-1264 AD), Emperor LiZong personally granted the 38th generation master of Maoshan Taoist Shangqing sect, Jiang Zongying, to repair the "Shangqing zongtan" in the palace, and wrote the "Shangqing zongtan" stele and the three halls of Shengde, Renyou and Jingfu Wannian. In the Ming Dynasty, there were many renovations, and the chief and deputy Lingguan of Huayang cave were specially set up in the palace to strengthen the management of Taoist affairs in Maoshan Taoist temples. During the Hongzhi period (1488-1505 AD), Li Junhua of Jiangning and Chen Zhenfu of Maoshan Taoist had been restored, and then Li Shu, the son of Li Junhua, had been restored. So far, the original scale and pattern has been basically restored. Later, during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, most of the buildings in the palace were destroyed by fire. During the Anti Japanese War, some of the only buildings in the palace were destroyed by fire. During the period of the Republic of China (1912-1949), the buildings in the palace were destroyed by fire After liberation, the palace and the Taoist courtyard were repeatedly funded and repaired by the local people's government. During the ten-year great movement, the palace was demolished except for some Taoist houses in wanshoutai and mianzhai Taoist courtyard. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the party's policy of freedom of religious belief was re implemented, the Taoist activities of Maoshan Taoist temple were increasingly restored, the Yuan Fu Palace was gradually rebuilt, and officially opened to the outside world in November 1988. The main buildings that have been completed and repaired are jianxingmen, Lingguan hall, Beiting, wanshoutai, Santianmen, Cihang hall, mianzhai Taoist courtyard, huanghe tower, Dongyue tower, daoshe and Zhaitang, as well as the open-air statue of Laojun and its ancillary works.

Scenery

Entering the memorial archway of Maoshan scenic spot, there is a wide and flat black road leading to Yingong. Turning to the left, the car suddenly opens up. From a distance, you can see the Standing Statue of Laozi shining in the sun, with a kind, solemn and wise look.

When we arrived at Yingong, the first thing that caught our eyes was the archway of the mountain gate. The archway column was connected to the East. It wrote a book for Taoist min zhiting, the current chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association: "the star should be the bullfight mountain, the Kunlun Mountain, the Taihu Lake, the Yangtze River, and the natural bell should show the earth's lungs; the immortal liang of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, should lay down the science and religion, and make the Shangqing scriptures come out.". The flat forehead of the mountain gate is Kang Youwei's "gate of wonders"; on the west side is Ren Farong, the current Vice President of China Taoist Association, who wrote: "the origin of Taoism is like clouds hanging on the mountain head, and the journey to the mountain head is far away from the clouds; the mystery of Xuanmen is like the moon reflecting on the water surface, and the moon is still deep when the water surface is opened.". The plaque on the front door is "Ziqi Donglai".

The palace has four floors. The first floor is jianxingmen square. The gate of seeing stars, also known as the stone tablet square, was originally the place where Taoists in the palace watched the stars and Qi. Built in the Song Dynasty, rebuilt in the late Yuan Dynasty and destroyed in the Qing Dynasty, the existing building was rebuilt in 1987 with a height of 7.5 meters and a width of 21.8 meters It is made of stone. It is divided into three gates: left, middle and right. The banner of the main gate is engraved with three big red characters of "see star gate". There are four blue stone cloud headed dragon pillars in the gate, two of which are original sculptures of Song Dynasty and two of which are stone sculptures of Yuan Dynasty. On the left and right stone walls of the gate are eight big blue characters of "the eighth cave and the first blessed land". Each character is about one meter square, vigorous, dignified and elegant. It is the king of calligraphers in Qing Dynasty Shu shuoden's calligraphy, written in May 1828, is of great calligraphy value and stone carving art. It is a historical relic of Maoshan Taoism.

There is a stone lion on both sides of the gate, left female and right male. Although it is incomplete, it is very simple and natural. The hall is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The statue of Wang Lingguan is worshipped in the middle. The statue of Wang Lingguan is worshipped in the East and the West, respectively. The statue of Nandou Xingjun and Beidou Xingjun is worshipped in the left and right near the gate There are two statues of tiger gods. Around the hall, there are statues of 60 stars gods worshipped by Taoism, with a height of 2 All of them are seated. They are literate, martial, joyful, angry, observant, hopeful, thoughtful and imaginative. They have different forms of respect. They all have different expressions. They are all lively and lifelike. Each statue holds an object in his hand, either a knife, or a gun, or a sword, or a piano, or a mirror, or a treasure, or a pen These fates are the symbols of the historical status and mana of each Benming Xingxiu God.

From the back door of Lingguan hall, you can climb more than 20 steps to the stele Pavilion. Behind the stele Pavilion is Wanshou terrace, which was called zhangtai in ancient times. The platform is made of bluestone, which is divided into upper, middle and lower layers. There are no upper and lower steps in the Middle Road, but the steps go up from the southeast corner to the northwest corner. Because it was originally the holy land for the emperor and Empress Dowager to build "Jinzhen Daochang" in the song and Yuan Dynasties, there are no steps in the Middle Road, which means that only the emperor can walk in the Middle Road, and other subjects can only walk from both sides. In the middle of the stage, a stone square is built, which is called "Santianmen". The gate is more than 6 meters high and 2 meters wide. There are four layers of stone carvings above the gate head. One layer is relief carvings of Erlong Xizhu, the second layer is stone carvings of Santianmen banners, the third layer is relief carvings of five cranes with different shapes, and the fourth layer is the top of stone carvings with complete beams, edges and ridges. The ancient pillars on both sides are 6.5 meters high, which are divided into five levels, and the first level is 3.4 meters high It is composed of three levels: 1.5 meters high, two-level three-dimensional Panlong pillars, 0.4 meters high, three-level three-dimensional eight section stone piers, 0.4 meters high, four level lotus stone pedestal, 0.4 meters high, and five levels: a pair of male and female stone sculptures with a height of 0.8 meters on the top of two stone pillars and a view from left to right. The front banner of the gate is engraved with the word "three heavenly gates" and the couplet is carved on the stone pillars on both sides, which says: "the celestial music is all over the sky, and I wish one person a happy life; the heavenly fragrance attracts five cranes, and I pray for the spring of the four seas.". "Longevity platform" is engraved on the banner on the back of the gate, and couplets are carved on the left and right stone pillars, saying: "Cuiyue holds the true Qi of Huayang in Xiantai, and Danya flies

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