Master Temple

Master Temple

Master temple, the old dragon king temple. Located at the head of Longtou mountain, Duobao Township, Duchang County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, facing Lushan city across the Poyang Lake. The temple has been built for a long time. The base of the temple is 7 meters high with granite strips. On the right side, there are stairs winding up. The total area of the Temple group is more than 600 square meters. It is divided into six parts: main temple, Longwang hall, Tongren hall, living rooms and kitchens. The ancillary buildings are distributed on both sides of the main temple.

Architectural features

The main temple of Laoye temple covers an area of more than 300 square meters, 9 meters in height, 14.2 meters in width and 26.8 meters in depth. It is a hybrid structure of crossing bucket and erecting beam, with a total of 52 columns. The temple consists of three parts: the upper part is the main hall, the middle part is Youlou, and the lower part is wanniantai. The doors and windows of the temple are carved with patterns and painted with red paint.

There is a statue of "King Dingjiang" in the hall. Two stone tablets are embedded in the walls on both sides of the temple. On the right is the record of Dingjian Zuoli yuan general temple, and on the left is the record of Jiafeng Xianying yuan general temple.

There are square granite stone columns in front of the hall, with couplets engraved on the top. The first couplet is "the temple has been rebuilt for hundreds of years, praising the merits of my king" and the second couplet is "ninety thousand Li Wei Ling Pi Xian Dun Ping Li Shui disturbance".

There is a pair of stone lions on both sides of the temple gate platform. Behind the temple are the sites of "dianjiangtai" and "zajianchi" of Zhu Yuanzhang.

On the left rock of the temple, there is a stone inscription of "the heart of heaven on the water surface", which is said to be inscribed by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Historical evolution

According to the records of the old county annals, the temple was repaired and expanded three times in the 22nd year of Kangxi, the 15th year of Jiaqing and the Xinsi year of Guangxu. In the year of Xinsi of Guangxu, it was renamed "Dingjiang King Temple". The people called the king the master, so later generations always called this temple the master temple.

In 1938, it was bombed by Japanese aggressors, and in 1946, it was rebuilt by monks with donations from shipping merchants. In 1983, the county government made repairs again. For the provincial protection of cultural relics.

misty mystery

There is a reason for the shipwreck in the water area of Laoyemiao, which is by no means accidental. Some strange things happened here have aroused people's various speculations.

"Lake Monster"

In the early summer of 1970, it was rumored that magical monsters were seen in the water area. Witnesses had different opinions. Some said they were "lake monsters", like dozens of Zhang Long brooms.

Some say it's like a white dragon, some say it's like an open parachute with eyes all over When the lake monster appears, it rolls thunder and lightning with wind and rain, whistling

Flying saucer

In the mid-1970s, at dusk, someone witnessed a disc-shaped luminous body swimming in the sky in the western part of Poyang Lake for eight or nine minutes. The local authorities have reported the situation to the higher authorities concerned, and the authorities concerned have not given a clear explanation.

Some people speculate that the "flying saucer" came to the water area of the master temple and moved like a ghost at the bottom of the lake, resulting in the continuous sinking of the ship.

other

In the early 1980s, the molding sand factory of Duchang County beside the master temple built a pool on the mountain behind the temple. One day, hundreds of crows came from the lake and kept making noise, which covered the sky of the master temple like clouds.

One summer day in the early 1990s, when it was clear and sunny, suddenly the wind howled on the lake and the dark clouds rolled. The factory near the temple was dark and windy. The workers in the workshop had to turn off the switch to stop work and huddle together.

All kinds of strange phenomena are unpredictable, and the "devil's triangle" has become a mystery to be solved.

Strange legend

In the local people's mind, all kinds of strange phenomena of shipwreck in the waters of Laoyemiao seem to belong to a strange legend. It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought against Poyang Lake in those years, Zhu Yuanzhang once retreated to the lakeside. The lake water blocked the way, and the boat broke by the lakeside, so it was difficult to walk without a rudder. At the critical moment, a giant turtle came to rescue Zhu Yuanzhang from crossing the lake with a boat as the rudder.

After Zhu Yuanzhang won the world, he did not forget his old kindness. He named Juyuan "general yuan" and built "Dingjiang King Temple" by the lake. The people called it "master Temple". Entering the gate of the temple, a giant turtle lies on the ground with its four toes stretched out. It carries a large stone tablet with a height of more than Zhang, a width of three feet and a thickness of one foot. On it, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote seven gold characters "Jiafeng xianyingyuan general" in his royal pen, which is shining.

From ancient times to the present, it is said that this turtle spirit makes mischief. For this reason, when the ships passed here, the boatman would go ashore to burn incense and paper and kill livestock. In front of the temple, there is a small stone with its head up to the sky. It drinks the blood of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep whose heads have been chopped off. People beg for the blessing of general yuan. They want to go up and down the boat smoothly under the protection of God. The related stories are recorded in the chapter of Zhupo long in Liaozhai Zhiyi.

The temple is full of incense, but the tragedy still happens. Later, red rescue boats appeared on the lake. To know the origin of the red boat, we have to start with a man named Zhou Shanren.

It is said that one night, Zhou Shanren had a dream. When he woke up, he happily told his wife that he was Bodhisattva Dingjiang in the master's temple and asked him to open a drugstore in the master's temple to rescue the fishermen who often capsized and died there.

So the couple opened a drugstore beside the temple. Zhou Shanren assiduously studied pharmacology and elaborately prepared a kind of "jishengshui", which would bring the dead back to life if he poured this kind of water into the water soon after he fell into the water. Fishermen here call "jishengshui" jixianshui, which has cured many poor fishermen.

Once he saved an old monk. The old monk was very grateful. He gave him a pair of strong and beautiful straw sandals. A pair of big red flower balls were put on the tips of the straw sandals. The old monk said to him, "take it. You will have both good fortune and longevity if you put it on." It turned out that the old monk was a man of God. Since then, Zhou Shanren put on these straw sandals when he went out to treat his illness. It's not hot in summer and not cold in winter.

One evening, Zhou Shanren was called out for a visit. He boarded the man driven boat. A moment later, a dark cloud suddenly rose over the distant lake bay. Then lightning and thunder broke out. The lake was so dark that he could not see his fingers. A hill like wave rushed towards the boat. The boat was overturned by the huge waves, and they struggled in the rough waves.

At this critical moment, Zhou Shanren's straw sandals fell off and turned into two brand-new big wooden boats. The red flower balls on his shoes radiated red light and turned into a pair of red lights, illuminating the dark Poyang Lake. The drowning Zhou Shanren and the young people seeking medical treatment soon got on the boat. At this time, the ships lost by the wind on the Poyang Lake cheered "red boat, red boat" when they saw the red light. The red boat made these ships at risk turn around.

Later, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty met with risks after passing through Poyang Lake, and the red boat went to rescue him. The emperor highly praised the red boat and granted it the title of "red rescue boat", and issued an imperial decree: no government can use it. Later, in the period of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai Shek ordered funds to repair the red ships. The red boats in the waters of Laoyemiao on Poyang Lake have been handed down from generation to generation.

Superstition is not believable. So, what is hidden under this mysterious waters?

A preliminary study of the mystery

To solve the mystery of the shipwreck in the water area of Laoyemiao, we have to rely on science. The relevant scientific and technological departments and some scientific and technological personnel have successively observed, explored and studied the hydrology, meteorology, geography and geology of this area for a long time, and gradually solved the mystery.

One of the mysteries

It's the aquatic animals that make trouble. The God of the master's temple is giant The water area of Laoyemiao is more than 100 square kilometers, which has virtually become a natural reserve for animals in the lake. Sailing boats go to the water area of Laoyemiao, and the boatman sets off firecrackers. The sound is a signal, throwing chickens and ducks and other offerings into the water, and the animals in the Lake come to fight for food. Local fishermen can sometimes see schools of fish scrambling to kill people. Any big fish or porpoise (commonly known as porpoise) may overturn the sailboat. A well-known worker of the county type placer mine once took the "Jinggang No.2" passenger ship to Jiujiang. In the water area 5 kilometers north of Laoyemiao, he saw a 150 Jin fish chasing the passenger ship, which was smashed by the propeller and swayed violently.

Mystery 2

It's the turbulence of the water

The hydrological situation of Laoyemiao water area is quite complicated. The songmenshan islands of Jishan mountain stand across the Poyang Lake, separating the water area of Laoyemiao from that of Nanhu lake. Xiuhe River, the North Branch of Ganjiang River, flows into the water area of Laoyemiao from the west of Jishan, while Fuhe River, Raohe River and Xinjiang River, the middle and south branches of Ganjiang River, flow into the water area of Laoyemiao from the east side of Songmen lake. In South Lake of Poyang Lake, the lake surface is open, the drop is small, and the water flow is slow. Except for the main channel, the flow velocity is below 0.3 M / s. When we arrived at Laoyemiao water area, it suddenly narrowed, which also caused the narrow pipe effect of water flow, gradually increased the velocity to 1.54-200 M / s, and generated eddy current in the main channel zone, which increased the risk of the water area.

Mystery 3

It is the underground electromagnetic field that induces lightning

Han Lixian, senior engineer of groundwater development in Jiangxi Province, has investigated that the area from Duchang Town, Jishan Town, Laoyemiao to Hukou county is limestone. Its lithology is calcareous and easily soluble. It has the natural conditions to form large underground caves and underground rivers, and each cave has its own abnormal electromagnetic field directly above each underground river. During the 1998 flood, Han Li

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