Dongyue Temple

Dongyue Temple

Dongyue Temple

Or Taishan temple, Dai Temple

. It is located in the north of Tai'an City and the south of Mount Tai. It is 406 meters long from north to south, 237 meters wide from east to west, and covers a total area of 96000 square meters. It is the largest and most complete ancient architectural complex in Mount Tai. It is a Taoist shrine and a place where emperors of all dynasties hold Buddhist ceremonies and offer sacrifices to the gods of Mount Tai.

Dongyue Temple has a long history of founding, which is recorded as "Qin Dynasty is the domain" and "Han Dynasty is also the palace". In the 13th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (725), it was renovated, and in the 2nd year of Xiangfu in Song Dynasty (1009), it was expanded on a large scale again. According to the stele of rebuilding Taiyue temple, there were "temple, bedroom, hall, door, pavilion, library, hall, building, view, corridor, veranda, 810 with three Ying." Some of the buildings in Jin Dynasty were destroyed, and some of them were renovated in Yuan Dynasty. In 1547, most of the buildings in the temple were burned, and they were renovated again in Qing Dynasty. Daimiao City battlements high building, temple appearance towering, palace overlapping, magnificent. Dai Temple was founded in the Han Dynasty, and it was already splendid in the Tang Dynasty.

Dongyue Temple, when Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty granted a great deal of Zen, was greatly expanded and built, especially the Tianfu hall. Its architectural style adopts the style of Imperial Palace City, with a circumference of more than 1500 meters. There are more than 150 ancient buildings in the temple. Dai Temple, together with the Forbidden City in Beijing, Sankong in Qufu, Shandong and Chengde summer resort, is known as China's four major ancient architectural complexes.

Main attractions

Daimiao square

Between the Dai temples is the Dai Temple Square, also known as Linglong square. It was built in 1672 in the 11th year of Kangxi reign in Qing Dynasty. It is a four column three room three floor type arch with staggered height and whole body relief. It is a treasure of stone carving architecture in Qing Dynasty. The top of the square is a Xie mountain style imitation wood structure, with a kiss flying in the air, a bucket arch cascading, an eaves angle flying up, and a ridge of beasts eager to gallop. In the middle of the ridge stands the vase, which is reinforced by four diamond rings on both sides. Two dragons playing with pearls are carved on the small square of the central pillar, and Danfeng Chaoyang is embossed on the square of the Longmen. There are two pairs of carved crouching lions on the front and back of the stone: the male plays with Hydrangea, and the female plays with the young lion. The posture is different, vivid and lovely. There are more than 30 vivid pictures of auspicious animals and auspicious birds carved on the beams, columns, forehead and rolling stones of the square. The pattern design adopts the symmetrical technique, and the composition and carving technology are changeable, which has a strong artistic appeal.

Yaocan Pavilion

Also known as caoshen Pavilion, it is adjacent to Tongtian street in the front and connected with Zhengyang gate of Dai Temple in the back, which is the vestibule of Dai Temple. When emperors and ministers of all dynasties came to Mount Tai to hold a sacrificial ceremony, they had to pay a simple visit here before they could enter Dai Temple to hold a formal ceremony. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called "Yaoshen gate"; in the Song Dynasty, a pavilion was built inside the gate, which was renamed "caoshen Pavilion"; in the Ming Dynasty, the hall was expanded, and a wall was built, in which the statue of Bixia Yuanjun was worshipped.

Zhengyangmen

Out of daimiaofang, you can see the tall and wide Zhengyang gate. It was built in the Song Dynasty and destroyed in the middle of the 20th century. The present Zhengyang gate was rebuilt in 1985 according to the architectural style of the Song Dynasty. Entering Zhengyang gate, there are two vermilion gates with 81 iron steamed bread nails and a shop head, which symbolize the dignity of Dai Temple. In ancient times, only emperors could enter from this gate. Zhengyang gate is 8.6 meters high, and the five Phoenix Tower is 11 meters high. There are five rooms in total. It is a nine ridge single eaves hill top, covered with yellow glazed tiles, 24 square pillars, under the eaves there are three arched four, big ink lines, gold colored paintings, and golden Dragons flying in the forehead. From a distance, the eaves are flying. On both sides of the Zhengyang gate are the East and West ye gates.

Tang Huaiyuan

Tanghuaiyuan is located in the west of daimiao, opposite to hanbaiyuan in the East. The original Yanxi palace, formerly known as Yanxi palace courtyard, was abandoned in the late Qing Dynasty. It was named Tanghuai courtyard because of the existence of Tanghuai in the courtyard

Tang Huaiyuan. The original trees were tall and luxuriant, covered by shade, and withered in the Republic of China. In 1952, a new locust tree was planted in the withered locust tree. Now, it has become lush and luxuriant. It is commonly known as the "Tang locust embracing the son". Under the tree are the steles of Tang Huai written by Gan Yiji in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, and the steles of Tang Huai poems written by Zhang penghe in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. In the west, there is an inscription written by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty: "in the year of rabbit eyes, Li's locust tree was planted, and the old trunk of the Chacha tree was leaning on the spring steps. When the green leaves grew in the sun, the dream of Xihuang was also good." Locust trees are planted all over the courtyard, and the fragrance is full of fragrance in spring and summer. A hundred stele walls, ancient Huaiyin mountain and Huaixiang pool, together with bonsai ornamented among them, have a unique situation.

Tianfu Hall

Tianfu hall is the main building of Dai Temple, which is the sacred palace of Dongyue emperor. The hall is nine rooms wide and four rooms deep, with a height of 22 meters and a surface area of nearly 970 square meters. For the double eaves veranda style, covered with yellow glazed tiles. There is a vertical plaque between the double eaves, which reads "Song Tianfu hall". The temple is dedicated to the God of Mount Tai, the great emperor of Dongyue. According to folklore, this God is Huang Feihu. In the romance of Fengshen, Jiang Ziya was ordered by the emperor of the first Yuan Dynasty to appoint Huang Feihu, a military general who had made many achievements in fighting, as the "great emperor of Tianqi benevolence in Mount Tai of the East Mountain", and ordered him to be in charge of the good and bad fortune in the world. On the north, East and west walls of Tianfu hall, there is a huge picture of Mount Tai. The mural is more than 3 meters high and 62 meters long. "Qi" means to start, "Bi" means to clear the road and Jing Street, and "huiluan" means to return. It depicts the magnificent scene of Mount Tai God's tour. The people and horses in the painting are various and vivid. It is a unique human landscape of Mount Tai.

Hanbai hospital

It is located in the southeast corner of the temple. In the courtyard, there was Bingling hall and Hanbai, so it was called Bingling palace or East Palace in the past, and now it is called Hanbai courtyard. A huge plaque hung high inside the door, and Li duo wrote to the Han Bai courtyard

Copper Pavilion tower

On the East and west sides of the back yard of Dai Temple, there are two conspicuous historic sites, the copper Pavilion in the East and the iron tower in the West. The bronze Pavilion, also known as "Jinque", is a bronze Pavilion at the 40th anniversary of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty

It was cast in 1613. The pavilion is made of copper and gilded with gold. It is 4.4 meters long and 3.4 meters wide, with a bronze statue of Yuanjun in it. The pavilion is bright and dignified. It is assembled in the form of imitation wood structure, showing the exquisite smelting and casting technology of ancient China. iron tower

Eastern throne

Located in the north of Hanbai courtyard, it was the residence of the Qing emperor. Its Chuihua gate is straight with the Donghua gate, and the Dadong imperial seat is the largest

Address: Qianjin Road, Yizheng, Yangzhou

Longitude: 119.19666638773

Latitude: 32.267972875789

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