Wude Palace

Wude Palace

Wude palace, located in Beigang Town, Yunlin County, Taiwan Province, was completed in 1980. It is a temple dedicated to Xuantan Zhenjun, one of the five gods of wealth. It is one of the largest temples in Taiwan.

Introduction to Wude Palace

The palace is mainly divided into eight halls and one archway,

The eight halls are the central hall of the main hall, Caishen hall, Sanguan hall on the left and Wenchang hall on the right. The left hall is shengjiaren hall on the second floor and sanxiangu hall on the first floor. The right hall is Taisui hall on the second floor and Fude hall on the first floor. The rear of the main hall is Yuhuang Hall (Guangtian Avenue courtyard).

The main blocks are as follows:

main hall

On the front steps of the main entrance of the hall are the sloping Yunlong stone of the traditional temple, which used to be the reason for the emperor and the gods to enter the temple. On both sides of the gate are two stone lions of the town hall, and on the gate are decorated with floating door gods, which are made of solid wood. The central hall is the main god worshipped in the palace, the hall of Wulu wucai God. In the huge shrine, there is the golden body of Wulu wucai God, which is as high as five feet eight. In front of it is the withered statue of Wulu wucai God, the first founder of the palace. On both sides are the Deputy statues of wucai God, and the cave under the shrine is dedicated to the black tiger general. On the top of the main hall is the net of dragon pattern, and on the left and right sides are the exquisite carving of dragon and Phoenix. The beams and columns in the hall are decorated with intricate and delicate beams and arches, which can be described as the essence of traditional construction methods. The style of Sanguan hall and Wenchang hall on the left and right sides is similar to that of the middle hall, but slightly simple.

Tianku

The construction of the tianku gold stove in this palace is based on the instruction of Wu Caishen and the design of its details by founder Chen. The overall shape takes the shape of a valley Pavilion and a dustpan. In the early rural areas, the barn and rice bin were used to store grain, implying the meaning of bumper harvest. The tianku of this palace is more than 40 feet high. It is the general treasury of Tianjie and the Treasury of the central bank.

The top of the furnace is hexagonal, with a swan guarding every corner. This is because the palace is located in the so-called Swan hatching cave. On the outside of the furnace, there are thirty-five heavenly officials, and with Zhao Gongming, the leading God, there are thirty-six heavenly officials. On the base of the stove, there is a five way chariot, which symbolizes holding the world's wealth and treasures. It can carry wealth and bless the good men and women of all sides!!!

Bian Dian, Lin Tang

The side hall of the palace was built with the land donated by Chen founder in 1982 as the scheduled land. It was completed in 2000. On the left side of the side hall are the hall of holy parents and the hall of three immortals. On the right side of the side hall are the hall of Taisui and the Hall of Ford. During the construction of the side hall, due to the good faith and competition from all walks of life, the incense of the palace has become increasingly prosperous. The construction of the side hall, in order to achieve the grand scale, can not live up to the bearing of Kaiji ancestral temple. Therefore, the height of the bell and Drum Tower of the side hall is slightly higher than that of the main hall. Between the side hall and the main hall, there is a Bagua gate on the first floor, which is connected with the hall. Next to the bell and Drum Tower on the second floor, there are nearly ten feet high fortune seeker and Lishi xianguan SHIXIE guarding. This is the whole intact qingdou SHIXIE, which is dedicated to the cherry blossom enterprise group.

Lin hall is located at the innermost side of the side hall. It is the main hall of merit and virtue of the palace. It is dedicated to the founder of the palace, Mr. Chen Maolin (Miao Tong Ju Shi), and his ancestors. The construction of Lin hall, as early as before Chen Chuang Ban's life, was due to the right way of building a temple and preaching the God of wealth. It was not only promoted by the old Wu Cai Gong to heaven, but also ordered to build a temple for Chen's founder in the side hall, so that he would return in the future There must be a place to continue to practice and receive incense from later generations. There is a huge stone tablet embedded on the wall in the hall. The inscription describes the life of Chen founder and his life experience of inheriting the incense of Wu Caigong. Because of Chen's philanthropy and dedication before his founding, many believers still remember him. In the past, on the 15th day of the first lunar new year, there were often anonymous letters asking florists to send flowers to Lin Tang, which never stopped for several years!!!

Guangtian Avenue courtyard (Yuhuang Hall)

At the beginning of Beigang's manifestation, wucai God constantly emphasized enlightenment, believing that enlightenment can really change the way of the world. No matter from the routine practice of fuluan's teaching, to his own understanding of Vajra paramita Sutra, Wude Sutra is a way of persuading people to be good. In addition to these softwares, wucai God also indicated that there should be a place for preaching doctrines and recuperating the body and mind In his early years, there was a hardware plan of three halls and one courtyard, and Wude Guangtian Avenue courtyard was the general courtyard of these Xuanhua places. After seven years of construction, Guangtian Avenue courtyard was finally completed in 2007. The ceremony and opening ceremony of setting up a seat in the fire was held on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The main road courtyard is nearly 80 feet high, which is about the height of more than ten storeys of ordinary buildings. Its towering skyline and magnificent appearance are impressive, and the interior is even more magnificent and magnificent!! there are towering columns in the huge Taoist courtyard, and the top is a huge dome with amazing momentum. With the illumination of lights, it can be said that it is really full of golden light and thousands of auspicious lights. Standing under it, it will be like a fairy The Taoist temple worships some of the most ancient Taoist deities: Sanqing Daozu, jade emperor, Doumu and so on. With the spirit of Wu Cai Shen's respect for Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, Buddhism (Buddhism) and Confucianism in the future will eventually plan to worship one representative deity to achieve the same level of three religions. In addition to gradually restoring the hall of preaching the doctrines of the gods and promoting the right path of the gods, Daoyuan will also gradually be planned as a solemn meditation hall for practitioners.

History of Wude Palace

The belief of Wulu wucai God in Taiwan began in Beigang, and the legend began,

In the past, Beigang and most of Xingang were called Bengang. The opening of Beigang can be traced back to more than 400 years ago when Yan Siqi led his troops to open up wasteland. Later, because of the favorable location, it gradually evolved into a commercial port for cargo handling in Central China. Before Beigang river was seriously silted up, it can be said that merchants gathered together. In the past, there was a saying that one government had two Bengang. Zhongshan road is located in the most prosperous section of Beigang, and its development is also the earliest.

Mr. Chen Maolin, the founder of the palace, was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine in Shuilin. When he was young, he left home to develop in Beigang. In 1955, he bought the shop where the palace was once located on Zhongshan Road, and offered help to the world. Although the store is located in a bustling business district, the previous owners of Chen Ju Shi's house have not made any achievements in operation, or even have trouble living in peace. According to Mr. Huang, who lived there when he was a child, when he got up in the middle of the night, he saw a dark faced and extremely tall general walking in the hall, and soon moved his family.

After Chen took over and bought the place, his business was booming and his career was smooth. In a few years, he accumulated considerable assets. However, around 1960, Chen's wife's physical condition suddenly declined, and the cause could not be found by the diagnosis of Chinese and Western medicine. Chen was young and ambitious, and she did not have a fixed religious belief. Mrs. Chen came from a Christian family and had little contact with traditional beliefs. In 1963, when he was on a tour of Chifu, Dongxing palace in Xingang, he went through Beigang. According to his instructions, there was something in the house of Chen Jushi, and his wife would be safe if she was devoutly worshipped. In order to recover her health as soon as possible, Chen Jushi set up a censer on the ground of his home, and worshipped it devoutly sooner or later. Soon, his wife would recover without any medicine.

After seven years of worshiping Chen Jushi, he finally received a response from this man in 1970. Fu Chi told him that he was Zhao Gongming, marshal of Xuantan. During the reign of Daoguang, a believer surnamed Chen invited Jinshen to come to Taiwan from the mainland and built a simple thatched cottage for people to visit. After more than a hundred years, Jinshen and thatched cottage had been hidden under the Baroque buildings built during the Japanese rule Familiar, to show signs again, help people. According to the instructions of Fu Qi, Chen Jushi built a gold body for the God of wealth, and set up an altar for people to worship in his own house. Wude palace opened here, and the incense became increasingly prosperous. In 1978, in view of the narrow hinterland of the former site and the large number of believers, especially in the Spring Festival or Christmas ceremonies, the founder of Chen generously donated land and led his family to contribute to the construction of the new palace, which was completed in 1980.

In 1981, Wu Caigong's Luan Wen gradually revealed his hometown. It also predicted that he would return to his hometown Shandong to visit in a few years. At that time, it was still a period of martial law when there was no communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. It was really confusing to learn about this oracle. However, a few years later, domestic politics experienced drastic changes. In 1987, martial law was lifted, and in 1988, Chen founder led a team to arrive by relying on a Luan Wen. At that time, few Taiwanese stepped on it The land in Shandong Province has also come to Zhaoguan Town, Qihe County, which few Taiwanese have heard of. As the ancestral temple and the hometown of the gods had been destroyed for a long time, Wu Caigong went back to Taiwan to give instructions by Fu Luan. He took the Wude palace in Beigang, Taiwan, as the Kaiji ancestral temple worshipped by both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Chinese.

Since the opening of the palace, the palace has been ruled by God. All major decisions and processes, from couplets to poems, to grand temple architectural planning, have been instructed by the God fuluan. Therefore, no one dares to call it Kaiji ancestral temple without the approval of Kaiji laowucaigong. At this point, the base of wucaishen belief officially opened in Taiwan. After the completion of the new site, the power of wucaishen became more and more prominent, and countless blessings were given. Because of the good faith from all walks of life, the palace gradually donated money, and its scale became more and more magnificent. In addition to the main hall, the palace of Sanguan, shengjiaren, sanxiangu, Fude, Taisui and Wenchang was expanded, and then more than ten floors were built At present, the Guangtian Avenue courtyard occupies an area of 1.34 hectares. The towering appearance of the temple is not only equal to the atmospheric pattern of the ancestor of a clan, but also comes from its name

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