Li Man Bixia Temple

Li Man Bixia Temple

Li Man Bixia temple is located 13 kilometers north of Ningjin County and 3 kilometers north of Daliu Town, Shandong Province. Due to historical reasons, Bixia temple was destroyed and rebuilt in 1992 with the efforts of all parties. Its main buildings include Mountain Gate, bell tower, Drum Tower and main hall of Bixia temple. In the east of the main hall is Puzhao temple, and in the back of the main hall is Yuhuang Pavilion. With the reconstruction of the ancient temples, the ancient temples on April 15 and September 15 of the lunar calendar will also flourish. During Li Man's ancient meeting, there were rich businessmen, peddlers and various kinds of people from Jinan and Tai'an in the south, Cangzhou, Hejian and Beijing Tianjin in the north, Leling and Beizhen in the East, Dongguang and Hengshui in the West. The number of people who attended the meeting was nearly 100000.

Li Man Bixia temple has a long history. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty and was called the goddess of heaven hall in ancient times. It was rebuilt in the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1776 AD) and renamed Bixia temple. It is still in use today. After the Qing Dynasty Guangxu 16 years (1891 AD) expansion, become a very beautiful ancient buildings on the North China Plain. At that time, its main buildings included the mountain gate, the bell tower, the drum tower, the main hall of Bixia temple, and the East-West auxiliary hall. Behind the main hall was the Jade Emperor's pavilion. To the east of the Jade Emperor's pavilion was the palace of Yama, to the West was the Baiyi temple, and to the west of the mountain gate was the Zhenwu temple. When it comes to the incense of ancient fairs at that time, it is also a local unique one. Every year, the temple fairs in Cangzhou, Dezhou and the surrounding 18 county magistrate, county magistrate and local people will come to worship the incense. There are also the saying that "if you don't go to tianjinwei, you'll catch up with Liman fair" and "if you go to Erzhou and 18 County, you'll see Liman fair", which shows the grand occasion of the time.

The ancient temples of Liman are important tourism resources in Northwest Shandong Province and precious cultural heritage. In 2006, Ningjin County Party committee and government put the development of tourism on the important agenda, decided to expand Bixia Temple related temples and build tourism supporting facilities, build four buildings and a sightseeing park, namely: "ancient temple" buildings, "accommodation" buildings, "leisure and entertainment" buildings, "business" buildings and flower and seedling sightseeing park. The specific construction plan is as follows:

"Ancient temple" building group: it adopts the architectural style of Song Dynasty. The building groups are of brick and wood structure, with green bricks, green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings. With Bixia temple as the center, Zhenwu temple in the west, Yuhuangge, yanwang hall, God of wealth hall and Yaowang temple in the north, Puzhao temple in the East and the square in front of the temple in the south.

"Accommodation" complex: the tourist resort is built according to the style of the villa, fully highlighting the characteristics of the farmers, with fishing square, game hall, etc. inside; the food street gives full play to the advantage of "Daliu noodles", one of the three famous foods in Ningjin County, to build a famous food street with the characteristics of Shandong and Sichuan.

"Leisure and entertainment" complex: the people's Park has built a playground with pavilions, platforms and pavilions, and a water world in the park, with rowing, swimming, fishing and water games. The children's paradise and the elderly's paradise are planned and designed according to the interests and hobbies of children and the elderly.

"Commerce and trade" building complex: take the antique two-story building as the construction sample, build the hardware, daily use, style, clothing, luggage and other professional market area; build an antique and cultural street in the east end of the commerce and Trade City, specializing in the management of antiques, calligraphy and painting, sacrifice and souvenirs.

Taking Jinan Botanical Garden as an example, the "flower and seedling" sightseeing park is built into a flower sightseeing park, a greening and seedling sightseeing park, and a beautifying and seedling sightseeing park. The park is decorated with rockeries, streams, pavilions, etc.

All sectors of the society are welcome to visit, invest and develop.

Mount Tai Temple and its temple fair on the plain of northern Shandong When it comes to Taishan temple, people will think that it is built on the top of Mount Tai (Bixia Temple), but most people have never known that there is also a temple called Taishan temple on the boundless plain of northern Shandong, which has an important influence in Chinese history and stands on the plain at the junction of Hebei and Shandong.

Taishan temple, built on the northern Shandong plain, is located in Ningjin County, Shandong Province, more than ten kilometers north of the county. According to historical records, the temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. After the vicissitudes of history, it was rebuilt in the 40th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1775 A.D.) and the second time in the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1890 A.D.). Historically, it used to be a very beautiful ancient architectural complex, and also a religious Holy Land in this region.

This magnificent temple includes granny main hall (Bixia Temple), Yuhuang Pavilion, Yanluo hall, Zhenwu temple, Baiyi temple, East and West Wing rooms, etc. According to experts in ancient architecture and eminent monks in religious circles, yinmiao was once a well-known historic site in the North China Plain because of its large scale, high popularity and far-reaching influence.

Taishan temple, also known as Taishan temple in Li Man Zhuang, has a long history. According to legend, the main Buddha of this temple is the three sisters of the Taishan temple on the top of Mount Tai and the ancient temple in xiliuzhi, Jingxian County, Hebei Province. Xiao Xia is the eldest of the main Buddhas in Li Man temple. The second and third sisters have lost their auspiciousness. The three sisters practice and become Buddhas at the same time.

The Taishan temple in limanzhuang, which is now in front of tourists, is not a building preserved in ancient times, but has been restored in recent years to explore cultural heritage and develop tourism. Although Taishan temple in Li manzhuang has undergone several major renovations in history, the whole ancient architectural complex has lost its former glory due to the erosion of hundreds of years of ups and downs. According to the memories of some local elders, until the eve of the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, the ancient temple was still towering. In order to repair the turret, the Japanese forced to tear down the bricks and tiles of the temple, which made the weathered ancient temple even more devastated. In the early 1960s, the ancient temple with hundreds of years of history finally collapsed.

In the history of this region, with Mount Tai Temple, there will be temple fair. People in different periods of history have speculated that. However, a considerable number of people infer that there was a meeting first, and then the good doers built temples here. For these, we have no intention of textual research. But the annual three-day temple fair on April 15 really enriches the local folk culture and promotes the vigorous development of the local economy.

Li manzhuang temple fair is held from April 15 to April 16 every year. In the prosperous period of temple fair in history, tens of thousands of people came to the fair every year. At that time, pilgrims from hundreds of miles around will come to the party on foot or in big cars. People who come here for the meeting start from Cangzhou in Hebei Province in the north, Dezhou in Shandong Province in the south, Huimin in Shandong Province in the East and Hengshui in Hebei Province in the West.

For a while, various troupes in Cangzhou and Yanshan, Hebei Province, acrobatics from Wuqiao and Ningjin, and folk artists from this area all vied to perform. It is said that at the peak of the temple fair, dozens of wells in nearby villages were drained, and many ponds were also competed by people and livestock to drink. The ancient temple fair can be said to be the annual cultural and economic grand meeting in the northern Shandong plain. In this way, the ancient temples are also famous all over the world.

With the "extreme left" storm in the early 1960s, the temple of Li manzhuang was demolished in 1964. This year, the temple fair of April 15, which lasted for hundreds of years, ended because of the disappearance of the ancient temple.

In the early 1990s, after more than 30 years of interruption of the temple fair, with the implementation of the party's ethnic and religious policies and the acceleration of the pace of reform and opening up, Li manzhuang economic development zone was established in the former religious holy land. Many faithful men and women started from rescuing and excavating the historical and cultural heritage to rebuild Mount Tai Temple. This move was supported by the local county and town governments. Finally, in the spring of 1992, the restoration of the temple began. When the news of rebuilding the temple spread, the local people began to pay for it, and the town government also provided financial support. Before and after the restoration of the ancient temple, the town government invested 120000 yuan and the local people donated 262000 yuan.

The re completion of the ancient temple restored the temple fair which had been interrupted for decades. 1993 is the first year for the restoration of the temple fair. Tens of thousands of people came to catch up with the temple fair. With the rebuilding of temples and the restoration of temple fairs, more and more people come to run factories, invest and do business year by year, which makes the calm plain of northern Shandong boiling again. The party's policy of reform and opening up has restored the temple fair to its former style and endowed it with new connotation of the times.

Originally published in Shigatse on July 16, 1994 by song Zhixiao

Ningjin Bixia temple, also known as Liman Bixia temple, is located 13 kilometers north of Ningjin County and 3 kilometers north of Daliu town government. Due to historical reasons, Bixia temple was destroyed and rebuilt in 1992 with the efforts of all parties. At present, its main buildings include Mountain Gate, bell tower, Drum Tower and main hall of Bixia temple. In the east of the main hall is Puzhao temple, and in the back of the main hall is Yuhuang Pavilion. With the reconstruction of the ancient temples, the ancient temples around the 15th day of April and the 15th day of September in the lunar calendar are also flourishing. During the Li Man Temple meeting, there were rich businessmen and peddlers from Jinan and Tai'an in the south, Cangzhou, Hejian, Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Leling and Beizhen in the East, Dongguang and Hengshui in the West. There were all kinds of people. There were a lot of people and traffic. The number of people who attended the meeting was nearly 100000. According to relevant records, Bixia temple in Ningjin has a long history. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It was called the goddess of heaven hall in ancient times. It was rebuilt in the 40th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty and was renamed Bixia temple, which is still in use today. Later, it was expanded in the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty and became a very beautiful ancient building complex in the North China Plain. At that time, its main buildings included Mountain Gate, bell tower, Drum Tower, main hall of Bixia temple, east-west side hall and main hall

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