Nansha Tin Hau Palace

Nansha Tin Hau Palace

Nansha Tin Hau palace, close to the Lingdingyang estuary of the Pearl River, is located at the south foot of the east corner of Dajiao, close to the mountains and by the water. Its buildings are stacked on the mountains, with splendid temples and magnificent pavilions. In the middle of Tin Hau square is the stone statue of Tin Hau, which is built to commemorate the goddess of the sea, Lin mo The most similar building, known as "the world's first palace after heaven", is also famous

It is the largest Mazu temple in Southeast Asia. The statue of Tin Hau is 14.5 meters high and stands in the center of Tin Hau Palace Square. The green trees are whirling around the palace and the cigarettes are curling in the palace. It makes people feel extraordinary and refined.

In February 2020, in order to pay homage to the majority of medical workers, the scenic spot will be opened to medical workers after the end of the epidemic and the resumption of operation.

Documentation

According to the records of Meizhou annals and the genealogy of Lin's Taizong in Taiwan, Tian Hou, surnamed Lin and named Mo, lived in xianlianggang, Putian, Fujian. In the early Song Dynasty, the Imperial Palace was inspected by his father, Weihu, and his mother, Wang, gave birth to a man (named Hongyi) and five daughters. Song Jianlong wunian (960) Gengchen was born on March 23

Six women, the moon does not hear the cry, the difference, because the name is silent, very fond of it. When I was seven years old, I learned the meaning of the book. When I was 10 years old, I liked to sit in a quiet room. At the age of 12, an old Taoist Xuantong came to his home to teach Xuanwei secret method. At the age of 15, he was able to cure ordinary people and often crossed the sea to Meizhou to rescue ships in distress. In September of autumn, my father and my brother floated to the north. When the west wind was blowing and the waves were surging, my daughter was weaving. She suddenly closed her eyelashes and looked different. Holding a shuttle, she stepped on the shaft of the machine and looked like she was holding it. Her mother blamed her for her false sleep. She woke up and the shuttle fell to the ground, saying, "my father is all right, my brother is dead!" His father came back to Russia. He said that he drowned many times in the raging waves. It seemed that there was a master whose rudder made the two boats close. Finally, his father's boat got out of danger, and his brother's rudder broke and sank. The next day, the woman, her mother and sister-in-law sailed into the sea and found her brother's body. They are called Shengu. 28 years old, September 9, other sister's Day: "today, I want to travel far away, I wish I could go with you." The family laughed. When crossing the highest part of Meifeng on the sea, you can hear the sound of drum music and colorful clouds, but you can't see each other. When the fourth year of Yongxi (987) Dinghai, Li people built a temple to worship it.

Introduction to the queen of heaven Palace

The rebuilt Queen's palace in Nansha is located in the southern foot of the east of Dajiao, Nansha, Guangzhou, facing the vast Lingdingyang. 1.5 hectares of square

There is a beautiful and kind-hearted statue of Queen of heaven. The building features the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing and the momentum of the Zhongshan Mausoleum in Nanjing. Its scale is the largest of its kind in the world. There are luxuriant vegetation, blooming flowers, willow ponds, towering Nanling tower and elegant Hill Pavilion. Warm day, fine smoke, cool wind. The birds in the trees sing freely, and the butterflies in the flowers dance. A peaceful scene, so that tourists linger.

In the scenic area, there are more than one fort in dajiaoshan, which is opposite to the Shajiao fort in Dongguan. During the Opium War, the Chinese people's struggle against British imperialism was a stirring and tragic story. Today, the bullet marks on the wall of the fort can be found. The state has listed it as a key cultural relic under protection. It has gradually become a patriotic education base and a good place for teenagers to visit, study and remember.

Tianshou palace in Nansha is built on the basis of Mazu temple in Meizhou, Putian, Fujian Province (the temple is the ancestral temple of Mazu Temple), covering an area of 100 hectares. The whole building is the palace style of Qing Dynasty, solemn and dignified, full of palace style. The statue of Tin Hau is 14.5 meters high and stands on the square of Tin Hau palace, which covers an area of 1.5 hectares. The green trees are whirling around the palace and the cigarettes are curling in the palace. It makes people feel extraordinary and refined. According to the Qing Dynasty style, the palace complex is built on the mountain. In the symmetrical layout, it is arranged on the wrong floor. The archway, the gate, the drum tower, the stele Pavilion, the Xiandian, the Linghui tower, the Jiaying Pavilion, the main hall, the bedchamber and so on. In the back of the mountain, there is also a pagoda, the Nanling tower. Stepping on the broad entrance stone steps, the large characters and couplets written by Mr. Zhao Puchu on the archway are eye-catching.

Standing in the square of Tin Hau palace, the huge stone statue of Tin Hau is made of 365 granite stones, which symbolizes that empress Tin Hau is blessed with good weather and peace of the country 365 days a year. In the center of the square, we can clearly see a central axis. The buildings of Houhou palace in Nansha are built on this central axis. Mr. Zhao Puchu, the former chairman of the national religious association, wrote inscriptions for the memorial archway. Pass through the archway to the mountain gate. The mountain gate is the main gate of Tianhou palace, and the two idols "Qianliyan" and "shunfenger" are worshipped inside.

Nanling tower is 45 meters high and has 8 floors. The mountain gate is the main gate of Houtian palace in Nansha. Statues of Qianli eye and Shunfeng ear stand on the left and right sides of the hall inside the gate. It is said that they were accepted by Houtian and became gods to forecast waves and wind waves for fish people. Compared with the bell and Drum Tower, there are stele Pavilion, Ming Chengzu stele and Zheng He stele. The two stele inscriptions record the experience of Ming Sanbao eunuch Zheng He's completing seven great expeditions to the West under the protection of the imperial concubines. The hall of sacrifice is directly above the mountain gate, where the statue of Empress Dowager is worshipped, but the Dragon King Zhigui stands on both sides, It shows the leading position of Empress Dowager as a goddess of the sea. The Linghui tower, named after the Song Dynasty's commendatory title for empress dowager, is located on both sides of the main hall and Xian hall, which is the place for cultural exchange between empress dowager. There are bell tower and Drum Tower on both sides of the mountain gate. The bells and drums in the bell and drum tower are struck on time. Every festival period, here is the chime of bells and drums, a jubilant atmosphere.

The main hall is the center of the queen of heaven palace in Nansha. In the wood carving shrine, there are carved camphor wood carvings, gilded official clothes, and the statue of Queen of heaven sitting. The most precious thing is that the main hall also houses the statue of soft queen of heaven from Meizhou ancestral temple, the hometown of Queen of heaven. Looking up from the main hall, there are plaques hanging from Yongzheng, Qianlong and Guangxu imperial pens of Qing Dynasty, However, in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are eight generals who are closely related to the legend of Empress Dowager. They accompany both sides of the hall. The whole hall is dignified and solemn. They are in the hall, which makes people revere empress dowager. Sleeping exhibition is the last Hall of Queen's palace in Nansha. It is the place for Queen's daily life and rest: it is dedicated to vegetarian food

The statue of Zhuang Hou Hou is decorated with utensils and ornaments on both sides, which symbolize her daily life. The atmosphere is peaceful and quiet. After looking at it, people feel quite intimate: today's God, dating back to thousands of years ago, was originally an ordinary man with high moral character, willing to help others, and brave to sacrifice. Nanling tower, built on the back mountain, has an eight storey height of 45 meters, From a panoramic view, this pagoda has become a symbol of guiding ships day and night. People who have been to Meizhou ancestral temple, the hometown of Mazu, will find that the scale of Nansha Tianhou palace is similar to that of the ancestral temple, and its structural layout is also different!

Main attractions

Nanling tower

The tower is 45 meters high and has 8 floors. According to legend, there are four reasons for building the tower: first, the tower can balance the main peak of Dajiao mountain, which is higher on the right side; second, it is in line with the so-called "Zuo Qinglong"; third, since the queen of heaven is the God of the sea, there must be a guiding building here; fourth, as a building for people to look up, the tower is also a landmark. At the same time, the number of floors of this tower is 8. The reason why it is even number is different from the odd number of other towers is that there is an unwritten rule in folklore, that is, the code of male immortals is odd number and that of female immortals is even number. The queen of heaven is a goddess, so the number of words in the single couplet (upper or lower) of the ladder, corrugated or couplet in the palace of the queen of heaven is even.

Dajiaoshan Fort

It is a national key cultural relic protection unit. During the Opium War and the Anti Japanese War, the brave Chinese soldiers and civilians fought with the foreign aggressors to the death here, and wrote magnificent poems. In 1982, the fort was officially listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council. Local governments at all levels and relevant departments attached great importance to dajiaoshan fort, a cultural relic and historic site. They specially allocated huge funds for renovation and opened it to tourists on the eve of Hong Kong's sovereignty return in 1997. At present, the seven turrets open to tourists are Zhenwei, Zhending, Anping, Ansheng, Anwei, Anding, Ansheng (later renamed meteor) and a foreign ammunition depot.

Historical development

Tianshou palace in Nansha was built in the Ming Dynasty, formerly known as Tianfei temple. It was rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and was named Yuanjun temple to worship empress Tianshou. It was destroyed when Japan invaded China in 1940s. In 1995, the famous Hong Kong industrialist Fok Ying Tung donated money to rebuild Tin Hau palace.

Building composition

The whole Tin Hau palace can be divided into two parts: Tin Hau Palace Square and palace complex.

Tin Hau Palace Square

The vast Tin Hau palace square covers an area of 1.5 hectares, which is as grand as Tiananmen Square. In the center of the square stands a Tin Hau statue facing the vast ocean, to protect the fishermen fishing in the sea. The stone statue of Empress Dowager is 14.5 meters high and consists of 365 pieces of exquisitely carved granite. It symbolizes that empress dowager will protect the country and people 365 days a year.

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