Xiema Hall

Xiema Hall

Located in the north of the middle section of Kongtong Avenue, Xiema hall is adjacent to Liuhu township government of piling and No. 8 middle school of Pingliang, surrounded by Taoyuanju, xinyilou and other catering enterprises. The Temple group used to occupy a large area, and now it is mainly located at the southeast foot of the original temple, covering an area of about 3.1 mu. The main buildings include Xiema hall, Mountain Gate, Notre Dame hall, Guanyin hall, Land Temple, ancestral hall and zhaifang. The temple is mainly for Sanxiao empress, and the side hall is the newly built Guanyin hall. It is a Buddhist building, which has won the attention of Pingliang Buddhist Association. There are two Ming Dynasty Sophorae trees in the temple, about 600 years old. The trees are verdant, the ancient hall is towering, and the statues are solemn. It is like a treasure ground for preaching and spreading Buddhism. Due to the restrictions of the surrounding buildings, the temple space is narrow, and the buildings are closely connected. However, the layout of the temple is scattered, which maintains the original layout characteristics of the temple. It has become one of the main cultural tourist attractions in Pingliang City.

historical origin

According to records, in the eighth year of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty (AD 65), Emperor Liu Zhuang sent 12 people, including doctor Cai Xin and doctor Qin Jing, to Tianzhu to receive Buddhist scriptures. In 67 A.D., the Buddhist monk, a Han emissary, carried the Buddhist scriptures and statues on eight white horses and traveled across mountains and rivers back to Luoyang. When he passed Pingliang, he stopped in a spacious shop beside the road because of continuous rain and difficulties. CAI and Qin knew that it was a great event for the imperial court to learn the Scriptures. Even if the horse team could not return to Beijing as soon as possible, they had to take the news back to Beijing. They decided that Cai Xin would go back to Luoyang first, and Qin Jing would stay in Pingliang to take care of the horses. As a diplomat of the imperial court, Qin Jing learned Sanskrit, so he took this opportunity to translate scriptures and preach in Pingliang. One month later, the horse team left Pingliang for Luoyang. Because of the contribution of Baima tuojing, Liu Zhuang, emperor of the Han and Ming Dynasties, named the new Buddhist temple Baima temple. Pingliang changed the Dian Fang, which had been stationed in the tuojing horse brigade, into a Buddhist hall, named "Xiema hall", to commemorate the beginning of the introduction of Buddhist scriptures into China.

develop and grow

After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism flourished and became popular all over the world. The building of the Xiema hall began to take shape. The hall corridor and veranda formed its own courtyard, and the monk's rooms and auxiliary halls were well arranged. The pines, cypresses, flowers and trees were lush. It became a famous ancient Buddhist temple. In Tang Dynasty, Taoism was worshipped by emperors. Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty named Lao Tzu Li'er "emperor Xuanyuan of Taishang". He worshiped Taoism without abandoning Buddhism and respected both Buddhism and Taoism. The elimination of Buddhism by Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty made Taoism the mainstream. Xiema Temple gradually became a Taoist temple, worshiping the gods of Taoism: Sanqing, Siyu, Bixia Yuanjun (empress), national hero Wei Qing, and white horse general who had made great contributions to the temple construction The building of shixiema hall is magnificent and fragrant. Every year, the temple fair is held to offer sacrifices to the gods on July 12, making it a major landscape in Pingliang Beiguan. Due to the long history of Xiema temple, 17 counties in Longdong and Baoji in adjacent areas came to offer incense during the temple fair. In history, the Xiema hall has been built and destroyed several times. There are only a few records about the buildings built more than 400 years ago, such as Hongwu and Wanli in Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, after the song and Yuan Dynasties, Xiema hall was once a post station with a large scale. During the "an Shi rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty, Prince Li Heng traveled from maweipo to Pingliang County, settled in Xiema hall, and moved later Xingjiao Temple (later changed to Longyin Temple). From the eighth year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty to the 22nd year of the Republic of China, people from ten sides built more than 20 halls, 28 opera houses, 73 theatres, including stage, incense room, daoshe, roll shed and dining room. The temple covers an area of 12 mu.

Fall and be destroyed

In the early years of the Republic of China, Gao Puming, founder of Xiaolian in Qing Dynasty, taught in Dianyuan to benefit Sangzi, followed by the second Department of Pingshi primary school and Liuhu school. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the temple was owned by the village community, and religious activities continued. Until the outbreak of the cultural revolution, the temple statues were destroyed, the temple was occupied for other purposes, and the auxiliary hall level wing room was used to build the rural primary school, which was the initial school building of Liuhu school.

Rejuvenation and reconstruction

After the reform and opening up, religious activities are on the right track. In the early 1980s, under the initiative of Ju Henglu and Mo Xueli, the two former leaders of Xiema hall, the Preparatory Committee for the reconstruction of Xiema hall was established, and the regulations for the reconstruction of Xiema hall were formulated. Later, according to our party's religious policy, the Preparatory Committee was changed into a Council, and gradually restored the construction of one mountain gate, one hall, one Pavilion, one ancestral temple, one hall and one zhaifang, and 22 commercial stores. Xiema hall is a mass center of religious and cultural activities, which has experienced changes and has been destroyed. Judging from the current social and economic development, the government of Kongtong District believes that it is necessary to restore the original appearance of Xiema hall and build it into a mass religious, cultural, tourism and entertainment place with the theme of Kongtong culture. Since 2004, it has started planning and construction, and formulated the principle of one-time planning and step-by-step implementation, striving to make the archaic architectural techniques precise and the quality excellent The Xiema hall, together with Huang Temple, pagoda, East Lake and Liuhu lake, will form a cultural and historical landscape in the urban area to expand the volume and cultural connotation of Kongtong tourism.

Address: nanfenglongshan scenic area, TONGYE Town, Luquan District, Shijiazhuang City

Longitude: 114.33998157672

Latitude: 37.892720800764

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of fenglongshan scenic spot.

Chinese PinYin : Xie Ma Dian