Zhang Gong Temple

Zhang Gong Temple

Located in Liantan Town, Yunnan county, Zhanggong temple is a well preserved ancient building of the Ming Dynasty in Yunfu City. It was built for the local people to worship Zhang Yuanxun, the chief soldier of Guangdong Province during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The temple has a distinctive architectural art features, poetry, color words, painting, pictures, cornices, Dragon Ridge and other decorations, all condense the folk culture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the overall layout reflects the unique style of the ancient temple architectural art.

geographical position

Zhanggong temple is located in Liantan Town, Yunan, Guangdong Province, 65 kilometers away from the county seat.

Summary of scenic spots

Zhanggong temple is a well preserved ancient building of Ming Dynasty in Yunfu City, offering sacrifices to Zhang Yuanxun, the commander of Guangdong Province in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. The temple was built in the first year of Wanli (1578) to commemorate Zhang Yuanxun, Guangdong General of Ming Dynasty. The poems, paintings, pictures, cornices and dragon ridges in the temple all embody the national culture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Spreading history

Zhanggong temple was first built in the year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1587). It has been 427 years since then. The temple has been rebuilt five times. The earliest one was built in the year of Wanli (1599). The Qing Dynasty also carried out construction and expansion to varying degrees.

The last reconstruction was in 1877.

Character history

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"Zhang Yuanxun, a native of yuluo village in Taiping (now Wenling county), Zhejiang Province, is a world minister. Zhang Yuanxun was promoted to General of Guangdong for his meritorious service in fighting against Japanese soldiers in coastal areas. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, there was an Aboriginal rebellion in the area of luopang Dashan, which lasted for decades. In the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yuanxun was ordered to lead the troops to fight against the rebellion. According to the inscription of Zhanggong temple, it is recorded that "the xingshifu conquered in April, and the land eroded over the years is known as the version < / I < I picture < / I", "the traveler's song, the inhabitant's peace < / I", and the officials and the people are grateful for his kindness. Because there were many rumors about Kaizhou's achievements among the people during his lifetime, he was honored as a God after his death, and has always enjoyed great popularity. At the same time, he was also granted the title of "protecting the country and protecting the people" by Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty.

Original document

Zhang Yuanxun, a world minister, was born in Taiping, Zhejiang Province. His successor was a hundred households in weixinhe, Haimen. Shen Yi has a plan. The Japanese police are under Qi Jiguang's command. Meritorious service, into a thousand households. From breaking the Hengyu Island, the thieves repeatedly entered the Department to command Jin affairs, and served as guerrilla generals in Fujian. At the beginning of Longqing, he broke the Japanese army and took the South Road as a general. From Li Xi to Zeng yiben, he became the deputy chief.

In the spring of five years, he was promoted to be the commander in chief of Guangdong Province. Tang Ya Liu, a thief from Heyuan of Huizhou, Wan Shangqin, a thief from Conghua of Guangzhou, and Zhang tingguang, a thief from Yingde of Shaozhou, plundered counties and counties. Next year, the Yuanxun campaign will be launched. Six hundred of them are strange, and the sixth class of Asia is the first, and the rest of the party is aware of the peace. Chen Jinying, a thief from the thirteen villages of Enping, Zhaoqing, and Luo Shaoqing, Lin Cuilan, Tan quanbo, Huang Feiying, Qiu Shengfu, Huang gaohui, Zhu feasible, and Huang Chaofu, thieves from the ten villages of Tengdong and Jiujing, incited chaos. Story: the two Guangdong provinces have achieved great success, but they are not willing to do so. Governor Yin Zhengmao and Yuan Xun's plan enabled the army to fight for success. Zheng Mao also sent his deputy generals Liang Shouyu and guerrilla Wang Rui to tunenping. If they were often garrisoned, they would kill Cuilan and capture Shaoqing and quanbo alive. He was killed by more than 300 children and gave birth to Orioles, but Gao Hui and others died. Yuan Xun went north to Teng Dong, where 80 people were born, including the rich, the feasible and the rich. Deng Zilong and others were also awarded Gao Hui and Feiying. The thieves in sanchao, Shizhai and shisancun were all calm, and I was pacified when I learned.

Hui and Chaodi are connected, and the mountains are dangerous and the trees are deep. LAN Yiqing, Lai Yuanjue and his party Mazu Mao, Huang Mintai, Zeng Tingfeng, Huang Mingshi, Zeng wanzhang, Li Zhongshan, zhuoziwang, ye Jingqing, Zeng Shilong and so on all took the dangerous positions. They were more than 800 Li in length and had tens of thousands of Party members. Zheng Mao is discussing the great march. The warbler has been destroyed, and the thieves are afraid. Tingfeng and wanzhang sent their children to school, and Zuchang and Jingqing pretended to surrender. Zheng Mao knew his deceit and recruited 40000 soldiers. He ordered the generals Li Chengli, Shen Sixue, Wang Zhao, and guerrilla Wang Rui to divide them into three groups. The yuan Xun was in the middle and controlled. The supervisors Chen Kui, Tang Jiude, Gu Yangqian, and Wu Yijie supervised his troops and advanced several ways at the same time. If a thief fails, he will defend himself against danger. The officers and soldiers searched the deep valley. Yuan Xun and his nine virtues led him to Nanling. One day and night, he rushed to Yangqian's house, broke Li Keng and gave birth to ZIWANG. Next year, wuqinzhang will be broken. Shi Long blocked the high mountains, while yuan Xun pretended to drink high, and suddenly attacked and captured him. He has won 61 big thieves, more than 600 second thieves, broken more than 700 big and small nests, and captured 12000. Emperor xuanjie, Jiaomiao, into the Yuanxun Department governor Tongzhi, world hundred households. It is strange for the yuan Xun to ask for more than 300 thieves and pacify those who have fallen. All the great bandits are in peace.

Zhuliangbao, the Party of Lin Daoqian, a thief in Chaozhou, revived the rebellion, attacked and killed the officers and soldiers, and plundered 600 people into the sea. Break Yangjiang again and lose. But according to the tide, so nest, high mountain top, do not fight. In the mud of the barracks. Li Chengli, deputy general, fell from his horse and injured his feet, killing 200 people. When a thief comes out, he is defeated. Yuan Xun laid grass and earth to level with thieves, attacked them with fire, and beheaded them more than a thousand and one hundred levels. In March of the second year of Wanli. Jiewen, the first level of China's accession to the WTO. The four nests of the Wei Dynasty also came down. Look for and Hu Zongren to make peace with Lin Feng. Hui and Chao have no thieves. In the winter, the Japanese fell into tonggushi and shuangyucheng. Yuan Xun broke through the Confucian cave and captured more than 800 people. The rank is true. In five years, the governor Ling Yunyi made a great expedition against the bandits in luopang, beheading more than 6000 people. Into the governor, change the royal guards. He died at home.

A small school was set up by a meritocracy. The great and small hundred and ten battles are famous in Lingnan. He is a good general together with Li Xi of Guangxi. Praise said: Shizong Dynasty, Veteran General Yu Dayou as the first, and several strange repeatedly. The officials inside and outside of the country were busy with the birth, and many of them concealed their achievements. Qi Jiguang is famous all over the world. However, when Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun were in charge of state affairs, it was successful, and later Zhang Dingsi and Zhang Xigao were abandoned. The way to be a general is also known. Liu Xianping was very ill, but he used the words of "obstruction" and "husband"! Li Xi and Zhang Yuanxun made great achievements in the first place, but they were not given special rewards.

Architectural form

Zhanggong temple is located in the west to the northeast. It was originally a building group composed of internal and external buildings. The main buildings are front hall, main hall, quadrangle Pavilion, side hall and cloister. The front and rear theaters have ancillary buildings such as stage, battery, hexagonal pavilion, grey brick lion and enclosure. After liberation, the fort and other ancillary buildings in the backyard were demolished, and a granary was built. The theater, gatehouse, wall, double lions and other buildings in the front yard were demolished during the ten-year Holocaust. Only 1900 square meters of main building area remained.

The existing buildings in Zhanggong temple include front hall, main hall, auxiliary hall, four corner Pavilion, roof Gallery, moon gate, wing room, east-west gate, etc. the main hall is equipped with six lattice wooden columns, and the column base is stone drum shaped. The columns are vertical and horizontal, forming three deep and two bays. The walls of the whole building are painted with various figures, bird paintings and poems, and many couplets are carved on the stone pillars.

Architectural features

The front hall is the front hall, the middle is the quadrangle Pavilion, the back is the main hall, and the side halls and corridors are on both sides. The layout is balanced and symmetrical, and the plane is square. In front of the gate of the temple, there are two granite stone columns supporting the flying head, and the green glazed tile is covered on the top. In the main hall, there are six lattice wooden columns supporting the weight, and there are column foundations and bucket arches under them. The columns are vertically and horizontally arranged in regular rows, forming a bright room and a secondary room. Painted pillars and carved beams are magnificent. What's more worth appreciating is that the walls of the hall are engraved with various poems and colorful paintings, inlaid with all kinds of exquisite carving plans, with vivid ancient tasks and exquisite birds All the decorations retain the characteristics of Southern architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and have certain artistic and historical research value.

Research on cultural relics

The shape of components such as Tuofeng, Dougong and cornice of the whole building has strong local characteristics and style in western Guangdong, which is of great scientific value to the study of national culture (especially the history of Yao nationality) and local folk customs.

It was announced as a county-level cultural relics protection unit in 1985.

Address: Yunnan county, Liantan Town, Yunfu City

Longitude: 111.73727416992

Latitude: 22.933465957642

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