Former residence of Chen Jinggu

Former residence of Chen Jinggu

Chen Jinggu's former residence is located at No.76 Gongnong Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, which is the birthplace of Shuntian virgin Chen Jinggu. According to the records in the other records of Mindu, when the wife was in labor, the scenery covered the room, the purple air filled the court, and Lu Li called it auspicious omen. The existing former residence was renovated in 2016, covering an area of more than 300 square meters. It is small and elegant. The existing main hall, Longquan ancient well, memorial archway, Mountain Gate and other buildings are blooming all year round. The main hall is a wooden structure, which is dedicated to the saints of Shuntian, Yuantong Zitian, Shengfu and 36po. There are plaques in the hall, such as "Shun Yi Ying Tian", "Chong Fu you min", "living creatures in the mother land".

Chen Jinggu was born on the 15th of the first month of the second year of Dali (767) in Tang Dynasty. She went to Xiadu, Tengshan, Min County, Fuzhou (now Xiadu, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City)

Her husband is from Gutian County. Chen Jinggu once learned Dharma from master Xu of Lushan Mountain. On her way back, she killed demons and evils all the way, helped people in danger and difficulties, and recruited many disciples.

Introduction to former residence

The former residence of Shuntian virgin Chen Jinggu is located at 72 Gongnong Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City. It is the birthplace of Shuntian virgin Chen Jinggu. According to the records in the other records of Mindu, when the wife was in labor, the scenery covered the room, the purple air filled the court, and Lu Li called it auspicious omen. The existing former residence was renovated in 2004, covering an area of more than 300 square meters. It is small and elegant. The existing main hall, Longquan ancient well, memorial archway, release pool, flower garden and other buildings are blooming all year round. The main hall is a wooden structure, which is dedicated to the saints of Shuntian, Yuantong Zitian, Shengfu and 36po. There are plaques in the hall, such as "Shun Yi Ying Tian", "Chong Fu you min", "living creatures in the mother land". Longquan ancient well is a historic site in Tang Dynasty. Chen Jinggu, the virgin of Shuntian, grew up eating this well water when she was young. The ancient well is a karst cave type well. The bottom of the well is different. There is a rare huge culvert hidden in it. Moreover, the well water is connected with the rain praying place at Longtan corner of Minjiang River. There is abundant water all the year round, so it is clear and sweet up to now. The former residence is not only the birthplace of Linshui culture, but also the place where believers spread all over the world.

Every year in March of the Gregorian calendar, the former residence holds the "Linshui lady Chen Jinggu Folk Culture Festival", which is a rich and colorful cultural festival activities, such as distributing peace cakes, returning the world's mother's milk to her mother's home, sacrificial ceremony, artistic performance, and touring around the border. It further promotes and spreads the Linshui culture, the goddess of Hong'en. During the Cultural Festival, representatives of various temples on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and believers from all over the world gathered on the coast of Minjiang River and the island of Southern Taiwan to commemorate this goddess of peace who protects children and babies.

cultural heritage

The folk belief of Shuntian virgin Chen Jinggu is a goddess worship with the theme of protecting the safety of women and children, a national intangible cultural heritage, and a folk custom that spreads all over China's coastal cities, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as Chinese settlements all over the world. Among the Chinese folk beliefs, Chen Jinggu, Guanyin and Mazu are the three major goddess belief systems. This folk belief, which reposes the good wishes and hopes of the common people, was born in Cangshan District on the Bank of Minjiang River in Fuzhou.

Main attractions

Longquan ancient well is located next to a main hall in Chen Jinggu's old residence. The width of the well is 2.8 meters, the height of the well fence is 1.5 meters, and the vertical depth of the well is nearly 10 meters. According to folk legend, Chen Jinggu grew up drinking water from this well. There is another way of saying that according to the records of the Taiwan government in Mindu Bieji, it is said that before praying for rain, Chen Jinggu, in order to return to her mother's home conveniently, used her sword to cast her magic and went through the hole to Longtan corner. After Chen Jinggu got the right way, people built a well in front of her mother's house to commemorate her. This is now Longquan ancient well.

Biography

Chen Jinggu was very clever when she was young. She could recite the mantra of Guanyin Sutra at the age of three, attack Yizhuan at the age of seven, and read the Sutra with her mother at the age of eleven. When she was 13 years old, her parents betrothed her to Liu Qi, the son of Liu Xun, who was going to work as a teacher in Gutian County. However, Jinggu was devoted to the cultivation of Taoism. At the age of 15, she went to Lushan Grand Court alone to worship Xu Zhenjun as a teacher and sincerely learned the Dharma. Jinggu devoted herself to study hard and learned all kinds of Taoist skills, but she refused to learn the skills of helping the fetus and saving the child. Xu Zhenjun sighed and asked why she didn't learn? Jinggu said: "how can unmarried people enter the filthy room, so they don't study." Three years later, Jinggu returned home and used her magic and wisdom to help the people in the capital of Fujian cut off demons and demons, save the poor and the weak. He got married in Gutian at the age of 18. After marriage, I helped my husband to travel all over Fuzhou to handle all kinds of difficult cases. And with Li Sanniang, Lin Jiuniang knot for Jinlan, subdue demons, save people, famous. At the age of 24, Mindu was hit by a hundred year drought, and the people were in dire straits. At that time, Jinggu was pregnant and at home, so she was not allowed to use magic weapons according to her teacher's orders. Because his brother Chen Shouyuan failed to pray for rain, he should be beheaded, so he had to ask her for help. In order to save the people of Fujian, Jinggu did what she did for a just cause. After she was born, she went to Longtan corner to pray for rain and saved all the people. Unfortunately, she was killed by the "CHANGKENG ghost" for miscarriage. When Jinggu died, she swore: "after my death, I will not save people from childbirth or be a god!" So after her soul was reborn, she went to Lushan and begged her mentor Xu Zhenjun to pass on the method of saving childbirth and fetus, hoping to save women from childbirth. Xuecheng returned to save the baby and protect the child. Jinggu fled to the sky, and was thought to be everywhere, all the time, with boundless legal power.

In history, Jinggu was granted many times for her merits, such as "Shunyi lady" by the king of Fujian for her snake cutting skill, "Chongfu Linshui lady" by her national protection skill, "Chongfu Zhaohui lady" by her rain praying skill, and "Tiandu Zhenguo Xianying Chongfu Dame", "Tianxian Dame", "Shuntian Dame" and "Linshui empress dowager" by emperors. The people of the past dynasties built palaces, established temples, worshiped and provided for each other.

Profile

Chen Jinggu (AD 767-791) was born in Xiadu, Tengshan, Min County, Fuzhou (today's Xiadu, Cangshan District, Fuzhou). According to historical records such as "other records of Min capital" and "Fuzhou Fu Zhi", her father Chen Chang was a doctor in the household Department of the imperial court. Influenced by her family, Chen Jinggu went to Lushan, Jiangxi Province to study law at the age of 13, and came back at the age of 15.

Cultural connotation

Chen Jinggu is one of the two great goddesses in Fujian Province. She is honored as "Lady of Shuntian and Linshui" and is as famous as "goddess of the sea" Mazu. Chen Jinggu, as a "land goddess" who punishes the evil and promotes the good and protects the country and the people, not only connects the hearts of believers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with the traditional virtues and lofty personality of the Chinese nation, but also builds a bridge between the two sides of the Strait.

Folk show

Flowers, please

It is said that the Baihua bridge in front of the Linshui lady temple is full of red flowers and white flowers. In the old days, people thought that all the world came from Baihua bridge. The reincarnation of red flowers was a woman, and the reincarnation of white flowers was a man. The Baihua bridge became a place for the reproduction of masters. Every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month (the birthday of Shuntian virgin), the newly married and unborn women go to Shuntian virgin temple to pick a flower for the incense table, which is called "please flower", meaning "take home" or pray for "blossom and fruit". If you want a boy, please white flower, if you want a girl, please red flower. If you are infertile, please come back next year. If you are infertile for a long time, some women will take off all kinds of embroidered shoes in front of the hall and take them home to worship, commonly known as "please shoes". If they are granted, they have to go to the temple to fulfill their vows. Those who ask for flowers should pay for two flowers, and those who ask for shoes should embroider a pair of small shoes in front of the temple.

Fetal protection

Pregnant women often go to the temple of Mrs. Linshui to ask for a talisman to pray for Mrs. Linshui to protect the fetus.

Midwifery

When a pregnant woman is in labor, her husband or family members will go to the Linshui lady temple or ask for ashes or statues to be worshipped in the delivery room, so as to ask the Linshui lady to take care of her baby. When the baby was born safely, it was necessary to hold a banquet to thank Mrs. Linshui for her kindness, and send the statue back to the palace, which was called "huiluan". Since then, the newborn has the title of "baby of nanny", in order to get the blessing of Mrs. Linshui. This relationship was maintained until the child was 16 years old, and it was broken through the initiation ceremony.

Pass the test

In the old days, due to the backward living and medical conditions, the infant mortality rate was high. The villagers thought that it was caused by evil spirits, so they had to pass through the Customs by Taoist methods to avoid disease and death. Therefore, on the 15th day of the first month of the year, people all over the country hold the activity of "asking for milk to pass the customs". According to the local chronicles of Fuzhou, "the gate is made of bamboo scaffolding and paper paste. The Taoist priest wears a" Niang Nai "robe and blows a horn to guide the child through the customs, which means that the child can easily grow up until the age of 16."

Xi San Dan

The third day of a baby's birth is called "San Dan". The midwife or the elderly woman takes the first bath for the newborn, which is called "San Dan". On this day, we need glutinous rice to worship Mrs. Linshui.

Open punch

On the 14th day, I will go to the Linshui lady temple to burn a kind of paper money with "no flushing" printed on it, which is called "kaichong".

Folk activities

The launching ceremony of the 9th Fujian Taiwan Chen Jinggu folk culture tourism festival was held in the former residence of Chen Jinggu in Fuzhou.

The Fujian Taiwan Chen Jinggu folk culture tourism festival, held by Cangshan District of Fuzhou, is a series of activities focusing on Chen Jinggu's folk culture and highlighting the cultural exchange elements between Fujian and Taiwan. Since it was held in 2008, it has been held continuously until the ninth session. For nine years, this cultural event has played an important role in enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the two sides of the Strait.

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