Pengzu Temple

Pengzu Temple

Pengzu temple, located in Dapeng Town, Xuzhou City, has a courtyard of 300 square meters. On the front of the temple is an imitation Han style three open hall, 10 meters high, dedicated to the statue of Pengzu clay. Pengzu temple and Pengzu iron statue built in Ming Dynasty were destroyed in the cultural revolution. In 1992, villagers raised money to rebuild the old site.

brief introduction

Pengzu temple and Pengzu iron statue built in Ming Dynasty were destroyed in the cultural revolution. In 1992, villagers raised money to rebuild the old site.

inscription on a tablet

The rebuilt inscription in front of the hall said: "in the western suburb of Xuzhou, Dapeng mountain is overcast. In ancient times, there was water flowing to the East. Between the mountains and rivers, there is village Dapeng, the former capital of Tang Dynasty Dapeng. "

evolution

Four thousand years ago, Peng Zu was sealed in Xuzhou for offering pheasant soup to Emperor Yao to cure his disease, and the great Peng kingdom was founded. Dapeng village is located at the foot of Dapeng mountain, more than 10 kilometers west of Xuzhou. It is the center of ancient Dapeng Kingdom recorded in literature. Dapeng village, also known as dapengji, has existed since ancient times. In recent years, it used to be called Zhangjing village. Recently, the original name of Dapeng village was officially restored.

The original Pengzu temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was restored three times in the Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, including the main hall, East and west side halls. Inside the hall stands the statue of Pengzu, bareheaded and barefoot, about four meters high. In the 1950s, when the old statue was smashed, people found that it was an iron statue with a layer of mud on the outside, so they were terrified and knelt down. On the left and right sides of the statue of Pengzu are a male and a female peach blossom and Zhou Wu Station. There are four statues of Wen, Liu, Ma and Zhao on the East and West gables of the hall, and there are statues of Guanyin in the East and West halls.

Later, due to coal mining, it was difficult for the old temple site to survive. In 1993, the government decided to rebuild Pengzu Temple 500 meters southeast of the original site. The temple is ten meters high with three openings. It is built in the style of Han Dynasty. It imitates the original iron statue and models the statue of Pengzu. The temple yard is 300 square meters and costs hundreds of thousands of yuan.

temple fair

On April 2, 1995 (March 3 of the lunar calendar), 95 Xuzhou Pengzu temple fair was held in dapengji, where people from all walks of life and Peng's descendants at home and abroad came to seek their roots and worship their ancestors. The temple fair was grand and lively, with a variety of folk stunts, such as cockfighting, qigong, martial arts, hard Qigong, lion dance, dry boat, stilts, acrobatics, grand opera and so on. There are all kinds of stalls one by one. They have everything to eat, play and look good. They have successfully restored the temple fair which has been interrupted for decades. Its prosperous scene is no less than that of that year.

Since then, every year on the third day of the third lunar month, the temple fair has been full of people and attracted tourists from home and abroad.

Address: Dapeng Town, Xuzhou City

Longitude: 117.02675628662

Latitude: 34.268821716309

Chinese PinYin : Peng Zu Miao