Guandi temple in Fucheng

Guandi temple in Fucheng

Fucheng Guandi temple is located in Fucheng village, Jincun Town, 10 kilometers north of Zezhou county. It is a huge building composed of upper, lower, outer, middle and front courtyard, covering an area of tens of mu. On the central axis, there are Mountain Gate, stage, Guandi hall and Sanyi hall. On the west side, there are veranda, bell and Drum Tower and monk tower. The main hall is the Guandi hall, with three rooms wide, eight rafters deep and single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain.

building structure

Guandi temple in Fucheng, facing south, has four courtyards. On the central axis, there are Mountain Gate, stage, Guandi hall and Sanyi hall. On the west side, there are veranda, bell and Drum Tower and monk tower, covering a total area of 400 square meters. The main hall is the Guandi hall, with three rooms wide, eight rafters deep, single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain, nine front porch buildings, Dougong five steps, 1.3 meters high platform, 125.8 square meters building area, and four rolling dragon pillars in the front porch are exquisitely carved. There is a pine tree in the hospital with luxuriant branches and leaves. Sanyi hall is three rooms wide, six rafters deep, with single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. It has seven front porch buildings, five steps and two warped arches. There are murals painted on the two hills of the inner eaves. The story of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism is carved on the four pillars of the front porch.

Architectural landscape

Guandi Temple of Fucheng village is located in Fucheng village, Jincun Town, north of Zezhou county. It is located on Qinggang in the east of the village. It is a group of huge buildings composed of upper, lower, outer, middle and front courtyard, covering an area of tens of mu. On the central axis, there are Mountain Gate, stage, Guandi hall and Sanyi hall. On the west side, there are veranda, bell and Drum Tower and monk tower. The main hall is the Guandi hall, with three rooms wide, eight rafters deep and single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain.

Guandi temple has a history of at least 800 years, the most famous of which is stone carving. The stone carvings of Guandi temple are different in each courtyard.

The stone carvings in the second entrance courtyard are the most childlike, with goats and horses carved on the pillars of the North Pavilion. The suckling lambs and the foot gnawing lambs are especially attractive to the children who come here to play. There are three lion families on both sides of the gate. The lion parents play on the stone drums in front of the gate with a group of baby lions.

Sanjinyuan is Guandi Shengjun hall. In order to show respect for Guandi, local people invite opera troupe to sing grand opera every year. The people also supported the old and the young, burned incense and bowed to pray for the protection of emperor Guan.

Each stone dragon pillar of Guandi Shengjun hall is entwined with two giant Dragons: stone dragon, wood dragon, brick dragon and glass dragon. Dozens of dragons, large and small, cling to the porch pillars, turning the whole hall into a water dragon palace.

The main hall of sijinyuan is the holy Hall of Sanyi, which worships the leading characters of "Taoyuan sanjieyi". The stone carving stone pillar of the front porch, the stone carving art collection area of Guan Yu Temple.

Looking from the East, the first character column is carved with the familiar scene of "Guo Ziyi's son-in-law's birthday worship": on the column, "seven sons and eight sons-in-law are all dignitaries". Guo Ziyi sat in the hall, happy, comfortable to enjoy the children's heart. Officials, women's family members, soldiers, servants, boys, musicians and so on, all have different and lifelike gestures.

The second pillar has more characters and more stories. From bottom to top, the characters standing inside the city wall are Cheng Yaojin, the leader of Wagang village, who holds a crescent axe, Qin Qiong, who is used to Assassin's mace, and Luo Cheng, who holds a plum spear.

On the third pillar, you can see Jiang Taigong fishing, Nezha on the wheel of wind and fire, leitingzi flying and tuxingsun swimming underground.

On the westernmost column is carved the story of Zhang Gongyi, a centenarian in Shouzhang County of Shandong Province, who lived in the same family and managed his family well in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Zhang Gongyi is kind to people and strict in family education. In the late Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Shimin went to the enemy's barracks to spy on the military situation. Unexpectedly, he was exposed and seriously injured. When he fled to Zhangjiazhuang, a big river blocked his way. When he was tired, he fell into the river. Zhang Gongyi rescued Li Shimin and settled in his own home to heal his wounds. At that time, Li Shimin did not show his identity. Later, when he became emperor, he did not forget Zhang Gongyi's saving grace. In the ninth year of Zhenguan, he granted a gold plaque to "yiguanghetang". The content on the column describes the harmonious life of the extended family that the emperor and his wife saw during their visit. Zhang Gongyi presented the picture of Bai Ren. Most of the four characters show the ethical culture of Ministers serving the country and the people running the family harmoniously in the Tang Dynasty.

Address: Qinggang, east of Fucheng village, Jincun Town, Zezhou County, Jincheng City

Longitude: 112.94850475913

Latitude: 35.542055808402

Ticket information: market price: 5.0 yuan

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