Yanzong Temple

Yangzhou Salt temple is in Kangshan street. Although Yangzhou is a prosperous city because of salt, the establishment of salt temple is not very early. In 1862, Qiao Songnian, who was the salt emissary of Huaihe River and Huaihe River at that time, bought the painter Gu Jianzhi's villa in Taizhou for 600 yuan and changed its name to "xiaoxiangyan". Later, on the west side of the villa, he changed the original pearl temple into "yanzongmiao", and combined the two into one place, with three main gates and one left and right wing wall. Completed the next year, Qiao Songnian personally wrote an article named "records of newly built Yanzong Temple", which was engraved on the inner wall of the temple. This is the first salt temple in southern China and the salt area of Huaihe and Huaihe rivers.

Yanzong Temple

Yangzhou Salt temple is in Kangshan street. Although Yangzhou is a prosperous city because of salt, the establishment of salt temple is not very early. In 1862, Qiao Songnian, who was the salt emissary of Huaihe River and Huaihe River at that time, bought the painter Gu Jianzhi's villa in Taizhou for 600 yuan and changed its name to "xiaoxiangyan". Later, on the west side of the villa, he changed the original pearl temple into "yanzongmiao", and combined the two into one place, with three main gates and one left and right wing wall. Completed the next year, Qiao Songnian personally wrote an article named "records of newly built Yanzong Temple", which was engraved on the inner wall of the temple. This is the first salt temple in southern China and the salt area of Huaihe and Huaihe rivers.

Yangzhou Salt temple is in Kangshan street. Although Yangzhou is a prosperous city because of salt, the establishment of salt temple is not very early. In 1862, Qiao Songnian, who was the salt emissary of Huaihe River and Huaihe River at that time, bought the painter Gu Jianzhi's villa in Taizhou for 600 yuan and changed its name to "xiaoxiangyan". Later, on the west side of the villa, he changed the original pearl temple into "yanzongmiao", and combined the two into one place, with three main gates and one left and right wing wall. Completed the next year, Qiao Songnian personally wrote an article named "records of newly built Yanzong Temple", which was engraved on the inner wall of the temple. This is the first salt temple in southern China and the salt area of Huaihe and Huaihe rivers.

According to the 12th volume of "Guangxu Jiangdu County continuation annals", Yanzong temple, next to Kangshan mountain under the Nanhe River, worships Susha, Jiaolu and Guanzhong. In 1873, the merchants of Huaihe River and Huaihe River donated to build it. " This is the reason for the continuation of Jiangdu County in the Republic of China. There is no record about the salt temple or the salt temple in Zeng Yangfeng's history of Chinese salt administration. In the history of Chinese salt industry edited by Mr. Guo Zhengzhong, it is simply mentioned that salt temples were built in Jiezhou of Hedong before Zhao and Song Dynasties, and then in Taizhou of Qing Dynasty, but Yangzhou is not mentioned.

There are three gods worshipped in Yangzhou Yanzong temple, namely Susha, Jiaoli and Guanzhong.

Susha. Susha family is the Susha family in the salt Temple of Jiezhou. It is said that Susha was the first one who cooked sea water for salt in ancient times, so he should be the pioneer of artificial salt. According to records, Susha or Susha was an ancient Dongyi tribe. There are many contradictions in the legendary records about it. Duan Yucai's annotation of Shuowen quoted the annotation of lvlan as saying: "Susha, the end of the dating family." Zhuangzi believes that the dating clan is the same time or earlier than the Shennong clan. Taiping Yulan quoted Shiben as saying: "stay in the sand and cook salt." There is a note that Su Sha is the Minister of Qi linggong. According to Lu Lianzi, "Su Sha and Qu Zi are good at cooking salt, but they can't get it for ten nights." It is said that lulianzi was written by Lu Zhonglian, a member of Qi State in the Warring States period. The Susha described by him is neither Shennong himself nor the Susha tribe in Shennong period, but a salt worker who is famous for cooking salt from Susha tribe or family. I would rather believe that Susha represents a family that was the first to cook sea water for salt. Susha himself is probably the best old salt worker in this family. Therefore, it is reasonable for posterity to regard it as "salt sect" instead of "salt God".

It's a rubber coot. Jiaohe was a fish and salt merchant in the Shang Dynasty. At first, he lived in seclusion in the Shang area. King Wen of Zhou recommended him to King Zhou of Yin as a minister. When King Zhou got the news, he sent Jiaoji to tuna water to wait for King Wu of Zhou to find out the truth. When King Wu's army arrived at tuna water, Jiaogu asked King Wu, "where is Xibo going?" King Wu replied, "to the land of Yin." Then he asked, "when will it arrive?" Answer: "Jiazi day to Yin city." So Jiaobi returned to the court. It happened to rain at that time, but the king of Wu still led the troops to rush, and the military division thought it was impossible. King Wu said: "Jiaoxiang has gone back to recover his life. If I don't arrive on time, Jiaoxiang will surely be killed for the crime of bullying you. We have to arrive on time to save the rubber coop. " From this story, it can be seen that King Wu's trustworthiness is closely related to Jiaohe's talent. Therefore, Jiaohe was valued by King Wen, King Zhou and King Wu. There is a famous exposition in the chapter of Mencius Gaozi: "Shun was born in WanMu, Fu Shuo was born in the leisure of Banzhu, Jiaohe was born in fish and salt, Guan Yiwu was born in Shi." In the past, salt merchants used to use a pair of couplets, which were called "Jiaoyu's career, Huan Kuan's theory of fame; Yiwu's cooking sea, Fu said he Tang." All the four people mentioned in the league are related to the salt industry. The first one is Jiaohe.

Guan Zhong, there is no need to talk more about it. He was a famous statesman in the early spring and Autumn period. His name was Yiwu and his name was Zhong. Guan Zhong made great efforts to carry out the reform, which brought about great changes in Qi's politics and economy. His national strength was greatly boosted, and his prestige among the princes was growing day by day. As a result, Duke Huan of Qi became the number one overlord in the spring and Autumn period. He himself was also known as a famous prime minister in the world. Guan Zhong is the author of Guan Zi, a book about economy. Guan Zhong talked about "profit" many times in his economic theory, and salt profit is one of them. Guanzi · the king of the sea involves salt policy, which is also the earliest theory of salt policy in China. There are two main points: one is to establish the salt tax as the head tax, the other is to establish the salt monopoly policy. Since the early spring and Autumn period, Guan Zhong proposed that the state should control the mountain and sea mineral resources, monopolize the salt and iron, and enrich the state finance, the production, taxation, transportation and marketing of salt have been under unified management. The word "salt administration" comes from this and has lasted for two or three thousand years. Therefore, it is inevitable to regard Guan Zhong as the "salt sect".

Features: when you come to the Kangshan Cultural Park on the Bank of the ancient Yunhe River, the residence of the Lushi salt merchant and the salt Temple next door are very eye-catching. Standing at the gate of the salt temple, you can see three important figures related to the salt merchants in the history worshipped in the temple: Susha, Jiaoli and Guanzhong, who are respected as "salt clan". The background picture is the rough waves, magnificent and resplendent. It is attractive to walk in and have a look at its true features. This is the characteristic of the overall layout of Yanzong temple. You can see the ancestral hall from the gate. Unlike regular houses, the main hall can only be seen when the entrance hall is folded through the Yi gate on the left. This is the difference between the layout of ancestral hall buildings and houses. In addition, Yanzong temple has three entrances, one is higher than the other. Even at the top of the gable, it can be distinguished that the front is lower and the back is higher, which also means "rising step by step". The roof, wall and frame of the whole building are still primitive and simple.

It is worth mentioning that although Yanzong temple has experienced more than a hundred years of vicissitudes, the painted paintings on the framework, beams, Fang and truss of the temple survived due to the long-term protection of the ceiling. After renovation and restoration, they reappeared the old style. Some of the painted paintings are still colorful, while others are composed of red, yellow, green, green, white and black, which are calm and solemn.

In addition, the gilded lacquer painting in the ancestral hall "the picture of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River boiling the sea for salt" fully reflects the process of boiling salt, and also attracts people to stop and watch

history:

Nurtured by the Grand Canal, a number of historical and cultural cities have risen. The cultural landscape, folk culture and literati along the canal show the unique and profound Grand Canal culture.

Yanzong temple was built in 1873 by salt merchants of Huaihe River and Huaihe River in honor of three ancestors of salt industry: Susha, jiaofan and Guanzhong. It was the place where Yangzhou Salt Merchants held sacrificial rites. Later, it was changed to Zeng Gong temple in memory of Zeng Guofan. In 2006, Yanzong temple was fully renovated and opened to the public in April 2007. The painted works of Tongzhi period were preserved and the white jade statues of three yanzongs were rebuilt. The stone forehead of Mentou "Yanzong Temple" is the original of the temple, which is very precious.

As for the origin of salt temple, according to relevant data, Susha was the earliest ancestor of cooking sea salt, so it was worshipped; Jiaozhou was the official of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, and later engaged in salt business, and later believed that Jiaozhou was one of the earliest "salt merchants", also known as "salt sect"; Guan Zhong was a statesman of Qi in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, and was respected as "Zhong Fu". He was the first to put forward the policy of "salt official system", That is to say, salt is controlled by the state, and the government controls the purchase, transportation and sale of salt (equivalent to today's monopoly policy). This policy has a great impact on the tax of salt industry of later generations. Later generations call it the earliest "salt official", so it is also honored as "salt sect".

Why is Yanzong temple also known as zenggong temple? It turned out that Zeng Guofan, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty, had successively served as the governor of Liangjiang and the salt administration, the imperial envoy minister, and the governor of Zhili. After Zeng Guofan died, the imperial court issued a decree to build a special temple for him where he had worked. At that time, local officials in Yangzhou changed the original Yanzong temple to Zeng Guofan. Therefore, Yanzong temple was also called Zeng Gongci by later generations.

Address: No.20, Kangshan street, southeast corner, Guangling District

Longitude: 119.45214271546

Latitude: 32.383955359548

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