Guanyue Palace

Guanyue Palace

Guanyue palace is located in the north of Tianwei Middle Road, Baoding City, Hebei Province, with a length of 220 meters. Guanyue palace, commonly known as "master Temple" and "Cao Kun grand stage", is the only temple in China dedicated to Guan Yu and Yue Fei at the same time. As early as the 13th year of Emperor Taizong of Yuan Dynasty (1241 A.D.), guanyue palace was built, which was called "King Wu'an Temple" at the beginning. After the reconstruction of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in the early years of the Republic of China, Cao Kun, the great president of Baoding, was the direct headquarters, and the construction of guanyue palace became larger and larger. The stele of "Buddha's light" written by Cao Kun in the palace is about 1.74 meters high and 0.75 meters wide. After years of dust, the grand hall and spacious theater are still preserved and become one of the famous historical sites in China.

history

Jin Dynasty poet, writer and historian Yuan Haowen, "Shun Tian Fu Ji Jian Ji" said: for the ancestral temple four, three emperors (temple in today's Baoding stadium, do not exist), Dai Zong (Dongyue Temple, in Baoding Fu old city east corner, do not exist), Chenghuang (Chenghuang Temple Street north end, this ancient city hotel, the main hall 5), Wuan (Guan Yumiao).

Wu'an temple is now guanyue palace. Guan Yu had many titles. Cao Cao was the Marquis of shouting of Han Dynasty in the name of Emperor Xian, and the Marquis of Zhuang Miao of Shu Dynasty after his death. In the early Song Dynasty, Emperor Xianling was granted the title of king, and Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was granted the title of king of Wu'an. During the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, he was granted the title of emperor Zhongyi, Emperor Sanjie, Emperor Guansheng, and Emperor Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty.

In 1241, Emperor Taizong of Mongolia presided over the reconstruction of Yuande in Baozhou city. According to Zhang Rou's intention, the temple of King Wu'an was built at the present site, with 5 rooms in width, a rolling shed in front of the corridor, a square and a theater in front of the temple. After reconstruction in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the shape of the top of the hall remained unchanged, and the wood structure also had Jin Yuan components. In 1920, Cao Kun was appointed as the tour envoy of Lu and Yu. Because he respected Guan Yu and Yue Fei, he imitated Yuan Shikai and changed Guandi temple into guanyue palace in Beijing. He also transformed the theater into a theater (occupying the square in front of the temple), which became an auditorium for worshiping Guan Yu and Yue Fei and holding large-scale meetings. The construction of guanyue Temple started in 1919, which was designed and supervised by Zhang, a member of Cao Kun's staff (from Tianjin), and was completed in June 1921. In front of the new guanyue temple, there is an east-west shadow wall, which is made of grey bricks and has a wooden single eaves and single hole thoroughfare on both sides. After the shadow wall, to the north is a three Bay Mountain Gate with an arch in the middle and a pair of stone lions on both sides. There is a flagpole in front of it. After the mountain gate, there is a two-story theater building with a rectangular shape facing north and south. In the theater building, there is a stage in the south, a pool seat in the middle, two floors above and below, and corridors in the East, West and North. Between the theater building and the mountain gate, the courtyard has a single eaves gallery wall with east-west walls. On the wall, there are color paintings of Guan Yu and Yue Fei's life. There is a gate on each side of the north side of the theater building to enter the front yard of the main hall. The main hall faces south in the form of a temple palace. The top is covered with grey tiles with dragon patterns, and the four corners of the tiles hang upward. The platform in front of the hall is large, surrounded by white marble guardrails on three sides, carved with Four Seasons flower patterns, connected with the pillar, and carved with crouching lion and lotus on the stigma. On the platform, there is a cauldron on the right and a bronze bell on the left. There is no ceiling above the main hall. You can look directly at the beam frame. On the lintel of the main door, there are four big red characters "Guan Yue Xing Gong", each of which is about 50 cm. Cao Kun believed in Buddhism in his old age. He set up a stone tablet of "Buddha's light" in the center of the North gable of the main hall, and wrote an article to explain what "Buddha's light" is. In the middle of the main hall, there is a clay statue of Guan Yu, with a red face and long beard. He wears an official hat and a green robe. He looks down with both eyes. His left hand holds the spring and Autumn Annals, and his right hand naturally droops under his knees. Xili Zhoucang holds the knife in his left hand and the waist in his right; Dongli Guanping holds the official seal in both hands. In front of the statue, there are a row of knives, guns and various weapons on each side, about 189 pieces.

On both sides of the main hall is the moon gate which leads to the backyard. To the north of the backyard is the newly-built back hall. It was originally a two-story building with five rooms of Chinese and Western style. There are two North Wing rooms on each side of the building, and three wing rooms on each side of the East and West. There is no bucket arch under the eaves of the building facade, the gable and back wall are straight to the top without eaves, and there is no window. The exterior wall can be seen brick but not column, the interior wall can be seen wood but not wall, decorated with flower board. The building is 8 to 9 meters high, with 5 rooms on the upper and lower floors and 3 rooms in depth. The roof is made of grey tube tile, dragon pattern tile, and the external wall is built by rubbing bricks and mortar. There are stone steps in the South Gate of the first floor, and the doors are open in the middle, East and West. There is no corridor inside the gate, and there are single-sided wooden screens as barriers. A portrait of Yue Fei is hung on the north wall of the hall. Yue Fei is sitting facing the front in a purple robe. He presses the jade sword with his left hand and holds it tightly with his right hand. He has a solemn manner. The second floor is the bedroom hall, which is Guan Yu's bedroom. There are lattice doors in front of the building, separated by corridors, and wooden barriers are erected in front of the corridors. There is a clay statue of Guan Yu lying in the room, with his head to the West and his right arm on the pillow. His left arm is exposed on the green quilt, and his eyes are slightly open.

Documentation

In the Qing Kangxi edition of Baoding city map, the location of Wanshou Palace, Fu Xue palace, Confucian temple, Wenchang palace and Guandi temple, which were built from the South Street to the East, were clearly depicted. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the construction pattern of Fu Xue palace, Confucian temple and Wenchang Palace was arranged in detail on the axis from south to north, For example, Zhaobi, gate, archway, Yimen, Minglun hall, professor's house, Zunjing Pavilion, Jingyi Pavilion of Fu Xue Gong, panchi, archway, Dacheng gate and Dacheng Hall of Confucian temple, Chongsheng temple, Zhaobi, Kuixing Pavilion, gate, Wenchang hall and back hall of Wenchang palace, Zhongyi temple and Jiexiao temple on both sides. The walls of the three groups of buildings are adjacent to each other, and the front of each door is connected by a "Yi Road" in the east-west direction. In front of the gate of the Confucian temple, which is in the middle position and relatively large-scale, this road must pass through two square gates on the left and right. In front of each square gate, there are tall stone tablets that "civil and military officials get off here". At the same time, in front of the Zhaobi in front of the school, temple and palace, there is a clear water from the ancient lotus pond across the South Street. For this magnificent ancient buildings constitute a beautiful water environment.

Before the July 7th incident, Guan Yuemiao had a school and a battalion of the 53rd army of the Kuomintang. After the Japanese invaders occupied Baoding, it was a Japanese puppet repair facility. After the surrender of Japan, there was a salt Police Brigade. The sitting and lying statues of Guan Yu were destroyed at some time, but the theater building, the main hall and the second floor of the back hall were basically the same at the beginning of the liberation of Baoding. After the founding of new China, the theater building was renamed Xinhua auditorium, and became the venue for large-scale meetings and major performances held by the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and the provincial government. In the early 1970s, Baoding Cultural Bureau transferred it to Baoding machine tool factory.

nowadays

In 2003, Baoding machine tool factory was transferred to Hongkong Ligao Construction Group for real estate development (guanyue palace is within the machine tool factory site). Mr. Huang Ruohong and Mr. Huang ruoqing, the chairman of LEGO Group, revered Guan Yu in their ordinary life. Now, their temples are in such decline that they are almost abandoned. So he began to repair guanyue palace. Today, the Yuewang temple is a five room hall with a front porch and six columns. The platform in front of the hall is surrounded by white marble columns. There is a horizontal plaque on the top of the middle of the hall door, which reads "Yuewang Temple", the upper money is donated by Huang Ruohong and Huang ruoqing, and the lower money is the fifth month of the year of Jiashen. The couplet on the left and right is as follows: Teng long works hard to set a good example, full of rage and red. There is a rectangular altar in the center of the hall, behind which stands a shadow wall, on which is painted a standing statue of Yue Fei in military uniform. There are four big characters "return to me" hanging above the statue, and the couplets on the left and right are as follows: the bloody battle in Zhuxian Town, the loss of enemy's courage, and the everlasting regret in the storm Pavilion. In front of the palace of the king of Yue, the palace of the emperor was built, which was also a five room hall. The platform in front of the palace was surrounded by white marble columns, but the terrain was slightly lower than that of the palace of the king of Yue. In front of the hall, there is a rolling shed extending forward. On the beam above the rolling shed, there is the word "guanyue Palace". There is a horizontal plaque in the middle of the hall, which says "Guandi Temple". The couplet on the left and right is: what's the benefit of deceitful and treacherous to the temple? It's fair and just to start without worship. In the middle of the hall, there is a statue of Guan Yu holding the spring and Autumn Annals. On the top of the statue, there is a horizontal plaque with the words "awe inspiring China". The couplets on the left and right are as follows: the ambition is in the spring and Autumn Annals, the achievement is in the Han Dynasty, the heart is the same as the sun and the moon, and the righteousness is the same as the heaven. There are paintings on the walls of the hall, such as interpreting Cao mengde, going to the party alone, loyalty for thousands of years, chopping Huaxiong with warm wine, making friends in Taoyuan and riding alone for thousands of miles. Guanyue palace does not sell tickets or refuse visitors. From the small gate on the northwest side, there are Yuewang temple, Guandi temple and theater. However, railings have been used outside the theater area for other purposes. When the Hebei provincial Party committee and the provincial government were in Baoding, the theater used to be a venue for large-scale meetings and performances. After guanyue temple, a new rockery and pavilion were built.

Now guanyue palace is the office of Baoding Buddhist Association. In addition, the square in front of Cao Kun's theater was expanded, and a new stone archway was built in front of the square, with the words "guanyue Palace" written on the archway. On both sides of the square and guanyue temple are all antique shops. On Saturdays and Sundays, vendors of antiques and antiques gather here to set up stalls. There is a lot of buying and selling. It is similar to the antique market of Liulichang in Beijing.

Address: North of Tianwei Middle Road, Lianchi District, Baoding City, north to Fuxue back street

Longitude: 115.5014613411

Latitude: 38.852918477802

Ticket information: free.

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