Sanmao Palace

Sanmao Palace

On August 15, 1995, located in Sanmao palace, the holy land of Taoism in hengshan'ao, Xinfeng Town, more than 10 Taoists wore Taoist costumes and chanted scriptures with music. The euphemistic and profound Taoist music and cadenced chanting of the Scriptures reverberated among the mountain valleys with winding peaks, deep trees, thousands of bamboo and flowing springs, adding a lot of magic color to hengshan'ao Color.

brief introduction

It turns out that this is the ceremony of "commemorating the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the world anti fascist war" held by the Taoists of Sanmao palace, initiated by the Chinese Taoist Association, at the same time to commemorate the 36 Anti Japanese martyrs of Dantu and all revolutionaries who died for their country and pray for world peace. More than 2000 Taoist believers and masses attended the grand ceremony. So far, Sanmao palace in hengshanao has held Taoist chanting and fasting ceremony, which has become more and more famous, and the number of pilgrims has increased greatly.

The main peak of Hengshan Mountain is 139.8 meters high and stretches like a black dragon. The mountain forms a concave shape, so it is called Hengshan concave, also known as "Crouching cow land" and "Yuanbao land". It is said that when a nobleman was buried here in the Song Dynasty, a white rabbit leaped out and was also called "white rabbit mountain".

legend

When it comes to the Sanmao palace in Hengshan, there is still a history.

It is said that during the reign of emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhong, three brothers from Nanguan, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, were gifted, intelligent and ambitious. Maoying, the eldest, left home at the age of 18 to live in seclusion in Hengshan, the northern mountain. He studied Laozi's Tao Te Ching and Zhouyi, collected herbs and alchemy, and learned Taoism for several years. The second and third, however, studied and became an official. Once the eldest brother Mao Ying came home to visit his parents. He was ridiculed by his two younger brothers. He said that he was a man of cloth and empty hands. Those who called himself an official had endless delicacies, silk and satin, and wealth. However, Mao Ying enlightens his two younger brothers: sinister officialdom, intrigue, fame and fortune, and passing away. Later, the two younger brothers really experienced the hardships of officialdom and realized the flavor of life. They decided to go to Qushan together to cultivate their character, study medicine and benefit the people together with their elder brother. In order to save the life and heal the wounded, the three brothers were not afraid of severe cold and heat, wind, frost, rain and snow. They went up to the mountain to collect herbs, refine pills, and paste pills. They would come to the patients day and night, and would not accept any money until they recovered.

After the death of Mao's three brothers, the people nearby did not forget their virtue. They set up a plaque of "if you are invited, you must answer" and changed Qushan into Sanmao mountain, which is called Maoshan for short, to express their nostalgia. During the Qi and Liang dynasties, Tao Hongjing, a famous hermit, founded the Sanmao sect of Taoism in Maoshan. He respected the three brothers of Mao family as the founder of the Sanmao sect and regarded them as Sanmao Zhenjun. From then on, Sanmao Zhenjun was supreme in the eyes of believers.

Because hengshanao is not far from Maoshan mountain, it is said that the three brothers of Mao family often came here to collect herbs and left some relics. In 1667, they built a palace to offer sacrifices and named it "Sanmao Palace". During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, when Wenzhi, the king of Dantu, returned to his hometown, he wrote three big characters "Sanmao Palace" on the lintel of the spirit palace. The white marble inscriptions are still hanging on the lintel, which can be called the treasure of the town palace.

After more than 300 years of vicissitudes, Sanmao palace has been destroyed and built repeatedly, but it has never been abandoned. After the renovation in 1929, the Yuhuang Pavilion finally restored the complete structure of Sanmao palace. Climbing up from the mountain gate, there is a spirit palace with carved beams and painted buildings in the front, magnificent and magnificent; in the middle, there is the hall of Sanmao Zhenjun, with its cornices and corners, magnificent; in the back, there is the Jade Emperor Pavilion, with yellow walls and red pillars, built close to the mountain. There is a stage in the front, a plum garden in the back, a peach garden on the left, a flower pool on the right, and paths on both sides to reach the top of the mountain. Overlooking from afar, the magnificent river flows eastward, thousands of sails race to the south, villages are scattered, and the fields are crisscross. It's a good place for self-cultivation. During the "Cultural Revolution", Sanmao palace was seriously damaged. After 1992, the main buildings have been restored to the old pattern. The main hall of Sanmao Zhenjun after reconstruction is dedicated to three statues. Mao Ying is in the middle, embracing Ruyi, with a kind and solemn manner. Mao Gu and Mao Zhong hold jade GUIs and guard both sides. The bells, drums, pans and tripods should be complete. On the southeast side of the main hall, the new Sanlang hall was built. Taoism calls Sanlang God a Dharma protector, "patrolling the world with a sword in hand and showing his power in a yellow robe", which can protect the local grain harvest and the safety of people and animals. In 1994, Sanmao palace was listed as one of the holy places of the three major religions in Jiangsu Province.

It's really amazing to mention the famous site of Sanmao palace in Hengshan.

After climbing the steps, entering the main hall, and turning back to the flat ground, there is an ancient spring well, which was once filled with bricks. After being dredged, the water quality is still clean and sweet, but the original well fence is nowhere to be found. According to the Qing Dynasty's stele for the renewal of the Jade Emperor's pavilion in the rear building of Sanmao Palace: "there was a well in the old time, and the spring could cure diseases, which is quite different. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, there was a god vegetable growing on the altar. It was evergreen in four seasons and could cure all kinds of diseases. Nearby villagers came here to treat diseases and offer incense. At that time, the incense was very popular, so it was called "xiaomaoshan". From the ancient well to the slope platform, through the stele Pavilion and looking up, there was an old plum tree on the high platform in front of the Jade Emperor Pavilion. It was said that it had a history of more than 200 years. It was difficult to build the Jade Emperor pavilion a few years ago. Qi Gen cut it down and thought it was dead. Strange to say, in recent years, many branches have grown around the root again, which is 3 meters high, and the branches are blooming, the fragrance is striking, very lovely. Along both sides of the palace wall, there is a path to the top of the mountain. There are two famous places to see. One is the "immortal basin" on the hillside. It is a natural stone trough formed by rocks. It is similar to a basin. It has a large mouth and a small bottom. It is U-shaped. Its four sides are 40 cm long and 35 cm deep. It accumulates water all the year round and does not dry up. Second, there is a "fairy bed" on the top of the mountain, which is also a natural rock. It looks like a bed. The stone surface is smooth, high in the north and low in the south. It's very comfortable for people to lie on it. Tourists will always be surprised here.

In August 2001, Sanmao palace was designated as the key Taoist temple in Zhenjiang City, and it will soon be developed into a suburban scenic spot integrating tourism, religion and leisure. In October 2001, the Jinzhen Dafa meeting was held at Sanmao palace in Hengshan, with the theme of celebrating the success of bidding for the Olympic Games and surpassing Wang Wei, the guardian of the sea and the sky. It lasted seven days and nights and was unprecedented. It has become another place in our province to hold such large-scale activities after Maoshan Taoist temple since the founding of the people's Republic of China.

Spring outing in hengshanao, sunny and windy, with birds singing and flowers blooming; summer mountaineering, morning sunrise and evening haze; mid autumn, thin mountains and thin forests, red leaves smiling and pine waves rolling, make people daydream; in the middle of winter, snow scenery, silver makeup, especially demon burning, make people feel like "flowers fly three thousand miles in Buddha's land, people are on the 18th floor of qiongfeng".

Address: hengshanao, Xinfeng Town, Zhenjiang City

Longitude: 119.53324127197

Latitude: 32.156833648682

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