Shougong Temple

Shougong Temple

Shougong temple is the ancestral hall of Shoushan general. Built in 1926, it is located in tugangbu on the South Bank of Laodong Lake in Longsha park. In memory of Yuan Shoushan, a general of the Qing Dynasty.

The reason of building ancestral temple

Yuan Shoushan (1860-1900), Ning Meifeng, is a descendant of yuan Chonghuan, Minister of the Ministry of war in the late Ming Dynasty. In the Sino Japanese War, Shoushan killed the enemy bravely and made many achievements. In 1900, he was promoted to general heilongting and stationed in Qiqihar. In August of the same year, the Tsarist Russian army approached Qiqihar, tore up the peace city agreement and launched a surprise attack. Shoushan refused to be lured to surrender, and adhered to the promise of "if the army was overpowered, it would die". He lay in the coffin, ordered people to shoot him, and died for his country.

After Shoushan's death, the Qing court on August 19 (September 12, 1900) gave him the punishment of "opening a vacancy and waiting for investigation" on the charge of "recklessly opening a border quarrel". In the first month of the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Cheng Dequan, general of Heilongjiang Province, the Deputy capital of Qiqihar, told the imperial court about Shoushan's achievements and asked for his posthumous title, temple and biography. In the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, he was exempted from investigation and punishment, and he was given a pension according to the general's regulations. This year, the imperial court granted.

This ancestral hall was once listed as a class III historic site by the government. However, due to its disrepair, it has lost its original appearance although it was renovated with donations from local people.

architectural style

Shougong temple is a blue brick and gray tile two-way ancestral hall building, which consists of 12 halls including Mountain Gate, front hall, back hall and east-west hall. The front hall (also known as the general Hall) and the back hall (commonly known as the three generations Hall) have the same architectural form, which are three single eaves hard peak buildings. In the front hall, there is a portrait of Shoushan, some relics and life stories; in the back hall, there was a portrait of Fu ming'a (general Jilin), the father of Shoushan (now lost), and now there is a 2.4-meter-high clay statue of general Shoushan.

The existing Shougong temple was rebuilt on the original site in 1987. After reconstruction, Shougong Temple basically retains the original architectural style. It covers an area of 1650.6 square meters.

The gate hall is a hard mountain building with single eaves. There is one deep room and three wide rooms. There is a gatehouse at both ends. There is a door opening in the center. There are three open columns on the left and right of the door opening. There is no bucket arch on the head of the column, which directly supports the eaves column. The drum shaped granite foundation stone is placed under the column. There is a pair of red door in the middle of the door. There are four windows in each room. The long ends of the gable are inlaid with relief tiles. The top of the hall is a square ridge, the main ridge and the vertical ridge, and the end of the ridge is a kiss and the animal head is strong. The top of the hall is decorated with small blue gray tiles, and the tile head is decorated with animal face tiles and the word "Shou" dripping water. In front of the animal, there are three ridged beasts, namely dragon, Phoenix and lion. On the lintel there is a plaque with three gold characters of "Shougong Temple" and the inscription of Zhang Di. Beams, columns, purlins and rafters are painted.

The front hall is a hard mountain building with single eaves. It has one deep room and three wide rooms. Under the eaves, four symmetrical columns are used to directly support the cantilever beam, eaves, purlin and roof truss. Half of the four pillars near the two Gables are built in the walls. There is no bucket arch at the head of the column, and the drum shaped granite foundation stone is under the column. Under the eaves of the front hall is a hall gallery with a depth of two meters. The front eaves wall is decorated with wood structure in imitation of Qing Dynasty. At the two ends of the eaves wall are four lattice windows and at the center are four gates. The door, the center of the window pane and the door of the skirt are still four door with the same pattern as the front door. The top of the hall is built with square brick ridge, and the main ridge and the vertical ridge end are the crow's kiss and the vertical beast. In front of the vertical beast, there are five ridge beasts: dragon, Phoenix, lion, seahorse and Tianma. In front of the animal, there is an immortal. The top of the hall is decorated with small green gray tiles, and the tile head is decorated with animal tile and longevity tile. The long ends of the gables are inlaid with relief tiles. The beams, columns, purlins, eaves and rafters shall be painted. There were two stone tablets in front of the hall. Now the memorial tablet on the right only has a pedestal, while the martyrdom tablet on the left still has a body and pedestal.

The shape of the back hall is basically the same as that of the front hall, which is also a single eaves hard mountain architecture. One room deep, three rooms wide. There are four eaves pillars under the front eaves of the hall. The two pillars near the two Gables are half exposed and half built in the wall. The column head has no bucket arch, and directly supports the square purlin of overhanging eaves column and roof truss. The foundation stone is made of granite into a drum shape. Under the eaves of the back hall is a hall corridor with a depth of two meters. The front eaves wall is the imitation Qing decoration of wood structure. The two ends of the window are four wipe grid, and the center is four wipe grid door. The door, window pane and skirt board are painted with Ruyi cloud pattern. The back eaves wall is a brick wall with back eaves. Under the eaves of the hall, there is a brick arch. The top of the hall is built with a square brick ridge. In the center of the ridge, there is a vase with a cirrus pattern. Under the vase is a Xumi throne, and the vase is decorated with an iron Trident ridge. There are two junipers planted in front of the hall. North of the center of the hall is a 2.4-meter-high statue of Shoushan general in armor and sword.

The East and West Wing rooms are located on both sides of the central axis of the gate hall and the front hall. The architectural style of the East and West Wing rooms is the same, and they all belong to the single eaves hard mountain rolling shed architecture. One room deep, three rooms wide. The decoration of the hatchback is slightly different. There are four eaves columns on the front, half of which are built in the wall and half are exposed outside the wall. The foundation stone is drum shaped and the texture is granite. The two ends are provided with a hook window on the top wall of the sill. The upper fan is I-shaped and the lower one is lantern frame. In the center is a door with four checkers. The patterns of checkers and skirts on the door are basically the same as those on the front and back hall doors. The middle part of the gable is built with the masonry method of five out and five in, and the back wall is built with green bricks to seal the back eaves. The gables are made of cement, and the patterns are bat, magpie, carp, dragonfly, plum blossom, lotus, bergamot and gourd. The head of the long under the eaves at both ends of the wall is inlaid with carved bricks.

Around the main building of Shougong temple, there are green brick walls. The top of the wall is a large tile top wall cap. Due to the local conditions, the north part of the west side of the wall is slightly curved. In the northeast corner of the wall, there are opposite wooden doors, quiet and detached.

In 1986, Shougong temple was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit by Heilongjiang Provincial People's government. In November 1983, Shougong temple in Longsha Park was included in the dictionary of Chinese fame published in Shanghai dictionary.

Address: Longsha Park, 32 Gongyuan Road, Qiqihar

Longitude: 123.94980621338

Latitude: 47.345191955566

Tel: 0452-2472925

Ticket information: free.

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