Shihuang Temple

Shihuang Temple

The temple of the first emperor is located on the top of Chengshan mountain. It is a palace built by the first emperor of Qin during his tour to the East. Chengshantou was once called "the end of the sky", but later it was changed to "the end of the sky". Located in Chengshan Town, Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, it is named because it is located at the easternmost end of Chengshan mountains. Chengshantou is surrounded by the sea on three sides and land on one side. It faces south Korea across the sea, only 94 nautical miles away. It is the easternmost end of China's land sea junction. As early as the spring and Autumn period, it was called "Chaowu", which means that Chengshantou has beautiful scenery. Even Chaori is reluctant to leave and dance for it, so it is known as "the place where the sun rises". It is also known as "China's Cape of good hope" because of its numerous reefs and turbulent currents.

geographical position

The temple of the first emperor is located on the sunny slope of Chengshan mountain. It was built by the first emperor of Qin when he visited Chengshan mountain in 210 BC.

Later, local people went to Zheli to rebuild it in memory of the first emperor of Qin. In 2010, the first emperor temple was opened to the public.

There are front hall, rizhu temple, main hall, Shihuang hall, East Hall, East Hougong temple, denggong temple, bell tower and stage. The main hall is decorated with green pillars, red tiles and flying eaves. The statues in the hall have a golden crown with a dignified look. Inside the temple are the stele of Deng Shichang, the patriotic general of Beiyang Navy, and the coffin of Xu Fuchang, the first generation Temple builder and the first Taoist priest.

Historical legend

After the first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, unified the world, he made three tours to the East, leaving footprints in Yantai.

Qin Shihuang's first tour to the East was in 219 BC. The 40 year old Qin Shihuang traveled eastward along the Bohai Bay, touring the coastal areas of Kyoto, looking for the elixir of immortality.

On the way, he met Xu Fu from Qi. Xu Fu offered him the way of immortality, and said that in the sea there are Penglai, Yingzhou and Abbot's "three gods mountain". There are Qionglou and Yuge, where immortals live, and there are immortal grasses.

Believing it to be true, Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of young boys and girls to the sea in large ships to ask for the elixir.

The next year, Qin Shihuang made his second tour to the East. On Zhifu Island, carved stone steles, praised their own literary and martial arts.

In 210 BC, Qin Shihuang was nearly 50 years old, and his desire for longevity became stronger and stronger. He found Xu Fu on his third tour to the East. When Xu Fu saw that Qin Shihuang was angry, he lied that there was a big fish in the sea and he couldn't get to Xianshan.

The first emperor of Qin was eager for medicine, so he set up a crossbow to kill the big fish. To Zhifu, finally found a big fish, and bow arrow, personally shot it.

Only then did Xu Fu sail out to Japan, opening the first page of foreign exchange in Chinese history.

The first emperor of Qin sought immortality, and finally failed to fulfill his wish. However, he left some relics in Zhifu Island, such as the road of the first emperor and the stone carving of Liangguan.

Yangzhu temple, one of the eight sites worshipped by Qin Shihuang, was built on the sunny slope of Zhifu Island.

Worshipping people

Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first founding emperor of Qin Dynasty who completed the unification of China. Later generations called it "one emperor through the ages". Surname Ying, Ming Zheng, Han nationality, son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin Dynasty, was born in the state of Zhao (today's Handan City, Hebei Province), so his surname is Zhao (in the pre Qin period, the surname was not unified, so the first emperor of Qin called Zhao Zheng).

In 247 BC, when the first emperor of Qin was 13 years old, he became the king. In 238 BC, when the first emperor of Qin was 21 years old, he held the adult coronation ceremony in Yongcheng, his old capital. From then on, he officially ascended the throne and became emperor at the age of 39.

In 247 B.C., the government of the king of Qin ascended to the throne. Because he was young, the government was under the control of the empress dowager, the prime minister LV Buwei and Wei.

In 238 B.C. (the ninth year of the reign of the king of Qin), the government of the king of Qin was in charge of the government of the court. He removed Lu, Gu and others, and made use of Lisi and Weiliao. From 230 B.C. to 221 B.C., he successively destroyed the six states of Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan and Qi, completed the great cause of unifying the whole country, and established Xianyang, the first unified, multi-ethnic, autocratic centralized state in Chinese history.

Qin Wang Zheng thought that his contribution was better than the three emperors and five emperors before him, and named himself "emperor". In his life, he also made great achievements, and was called "Qin emperor and Han Wu" together with Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.

Shihuang Temple Fair

The first emperor's temple fair in Rongcheng county is recorded in the national folklore of China: "to the east of Rongcheng County, 30 miles away from the city, there are Chengshan mountain and Chengshan temple, commonly known as the first emperor's hall.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, people from far and near came to attend the games and perform for five days in nearby villages. There were people who picked up incense and sold things There are a lot of people in the world. " From the beginning of the Shihuang temple fair, there was always sacrifice to gods, and the names were different from place to place.

Beside the hot spring in the east of Zhaoyuan County, there used to be a temple named Taishan palace for Yuanjun of Bixia. Every year, Yuanjun's birthday is a temple fair on April 18 of the lunar calendar. The activities of worshiping gods before the fair are called Shangxiang and Jinxiang. The former "Notre Dame" ceremony in Haiyang county was held one or two days before "Zhengshan".

At that time, the drum music and the guard of honor lead the way, and then the "empress holy driver" goes slowly. Every time they arrive at a village, the villagers sound firecrackers, burn incense paper, place offerings, and kowtow to the holy driver. On the day of Zhengshan, the ceremony guided the "empress Shengjia" to the mountain to be worshipped. Monks and Taoists played music, chanted sutras and took over. People held a "pilgrimage" ceremony with incense. After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to gods, the activities of entertainment and trade were carried out freely.

Main attractions

Chengshantou

Chengshantou is the first place in China to see the sunrise on the sea, known as "Asia the place where the sun rises", also known as "China's Cape of good hope"

Chengshantou is located in Jiaodong Peninsula, the easternmost part of rongchengshan mountain range, so it is named Chengshantou. This is also the easternmost end of China's coast, and its latitude is 68 points east of the three mink horn in northeastern Taiwan. It is the extreme point for the Chinese mainland to reach the sea.

In ancient times, Chengshantou was regarded as the place where the sun god lived. According to records of the historian, after Jiang Taigong helped King Wu of Zhou to make peace with the world, he once worshipped the sun god to welcome the sunrise and built the main temple of the sun. In 219 B.C. and 210 B.C., the first emperor of Qin came here twice to worship the Japanese Lord, build a long bridge, and seek the medicine for immortality, leaving behind historical sites and cultural landscapes such as "Qin bridge ruins", "Qin Dynasty stone", "shejitai" and "Qin East Gate at the end of the sky" written by Li Si, the Prime Minister of Qin.

In 94 B.C., Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, led his civil and military generals to set out from Xi'an today, and traveled eastward through Mount Tai to Chengshantou. He was so impressed by the beautiful natural landscape of "sunrise at Chengshantou" that he ordered to build a platform for worshiping the sun, expand the "rizhu Temple" and express his gratitude to Chengshantou. He also wrote the "red goose song".

It is said that in order to please the first emperor, Xu Fu, the alchemist under the first emperor of Qin, lied to him that there were three Immortal Mountains in the East China Sea, where there were immortal grasses. Believing it to be true, Qin Shihuang gave Xu Fu 3000 boys and girls and a large amount of gold and silver to search for immortal grass. Xu Fu couldn't find the immortal grass, so he cheated the first emperor that there was a big shark in the East China Sea to protect the immortal grass, which was blocked on the sea and couldn't get close to it. The first emperor was eager for medicine, so he summoned excellent archers and rushed to the top of Chengshan mountain. He stood on a big reef by the sea to shoot mackerel. This reef was named shejitai.

Shendiao Nature Reserve

The nature reserve is located at the foot of Chengshan and the Bank of Longyan Bay, which is beautiful and rich with beautiful scenery and beautiful people. It is a wild animal park. The park introduces a variety of national first class, second class and provincial key protected animals from all over the country, including Amur tiger, leopard, black bear, African lion, blue peacock, milu deer, kangaroo, sika deer, etc., leading the natural scenery of "virgin forest". The nature reserve is mainly divided into animal habitats such as beast area, herbivore area, rare animal area, marine animal area, African animal area, bear park, hundred bird park, raptor Park, orangutan Park, baolangshan, monkey mountain, golden monkey hall, panda hall, etc. There are more than 300 kinds of animals in the area, including 120 kinds of national first and second class protected animals and more than 1200 animals. It takes about 2 hours to visit the scenic spot.

In addition, some tourism activities will be held regularly in the reserve, such as: folk art troupes will be held in the reserve every Saturday and Sunday night; movies will be put on every Tuesday and Friday; and large-scale performances will be held during the golden week of the 11th National Day. The most attractive thing is that every day at the whole time, the scenic spot will hold animal performances and marine animal performances, among which the "giant wolf flying snow" is more wonderful.

Goddess' Palace

Tianhou palace is located in the center of Shidao Town, facing the south. It is a three entrance temple structure, with rigorous and unique layout and simple and spectacular shape. Tin Hau palace can be seen in many fishing villages in China. According to legend, after being the Prime Minister of the Yin Dynasty, Tian Hou Lin Mo lived in xianlianggang, Putian, Fujian Province. His father Lin Mo was willing to be a tour envoy of Southern Fujian and Quanzhou, and his family was rich. His mother gave birth to this daughter on March 23, the first year of Jianlong, Taizu of the Song Dynasty. She was named "Mo" because she did not hear her cry at the full moon.

At the age of seven, Lin Mo was able to understand the meaning of the text. At the age of 12, a Taoist priest Xuanwei came to teach her Xuanwei magic. At the age of 15, Lin Mo's father and his brother went out to sea in a storm. When she was weaving at home, she suddenly closed her eyes, holding a shuttle in her hand, stepping on bamboo, and her face was abnormal. When her mother woke her up, the shuttle fell to the ground and she said, "my father is out of danger and my brother has sunk into the sea.". The next day, find out the facts, as you said. So she was called Shengu. At the age of 28, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, she bid farewell to her sisters and crossed the sea to the peak of Meizhou Island. People heard the faint sound of drum music and saw the clouds flying away, so she disappeared. At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Wang Yide, Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, built the Tianhou palace here in the 16th year of Qianlong. The palace was divided into three parts, which were then Jiaodong

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