King Kong Hall of Huguo Temple

King Kong Hall of Huguo temple was founded in Yuan Dynasty. It was the former residence of prime minister Tuoketuo of Yuan Dynasty, and was initially named Chongguo Temple (North Temple). In 1429, it was renamed DALONGSHAN temple, and in 1472, it was granted the name of DALONGSHAN Huguo temple. In 1722 of the 61st year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Baile, the Mongolian prince, repaired this temple. It was named as Zhuli, the holy ancestor. It was also called Huguo temple, also known as West Temple, and echoed with longfu temple, the East Temple. 　　　　

King Kong Hall of Huguo Temple

King Kong Hall of Huguo temple, a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing. Located at No.11, Huguo temple courtyard, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in the 23rd year of the Yuan Dynasty (1286), it was initially named Chongguo temple. In 1429, it was renamed DALONGSHAN temple, and in 1472, it was granted the name of DALONGSHAN Huguo temple. Qing Kangxi 61 years (1722) rebuilt, known as Huguo temple, also known as the West Temple, corresponding to the East Temple longfu temple. The temple is a famous temple in Kyoto. The existing King Kong hall is the main building in the temple, with 5 rooms, 24.7 meters in width and 11.3 meters in depth. It has a single eaves and a mountain style, with black glazed tiles and green edges. The rest of them still exist in the houshu hall, the Sutra library, the West Hall and the East and West rooms. Huguo temple fair is also one of the famous temple fairs in old Beijing.

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The King Kong Hall of Huguo temple is located at 11 Huguo Temple Street, Xicheng District. Founded in the Yuan Dynasty, the temple was originally the former residence of prime minister Tuoketuo of the Yuan Dynasty, and was initially named Chongguo Temple (Beisi). In 1429, it was renamed DALONGSHAN temple, and in 1472, it was granted the name of DALONGSHAN Huguo temple. In 1722 of the 61st year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Baile, the Mongolian prince, repaired this temple. It was named as Zhuli, the holy ancestor. It was also called Huguo temple, also known as West Temple, and echoed with longfu temple, the East Temple. The temple faces south from the north. On the central axis, there are Shanmen, Shimen and the book "DALONGSHAN Huguo Temple".

The second floor is the diamond hall; the third floor is the heavenly king hall; the fourth floor is the longevity hall. The East Hall is Manjusri hall, the West Hall is secret hall; the fifth hall is Fushou hall, the East Hall is Jialan hall, the West Hall is Wuliang hall; the sixth hall is Qianfo hall, the East Hall is Dabei hall, the West Hall is dizang hall; behind the Chuihua gate is the seventh Hall, which is Dharma protection hall; the eighth hall is homework hall; the ninth floor is houlou Bodhisattva hall.

Today, only the hall of Vajra, the corridor in the northwest corner of the temple and the hall on the first floor behind the Chuihua gate remain. Most of the original steles in the temple have disappeared. In the past, there was a temple market in the Huguo temple on the seventh and eighth day of each month. The diamond Hall of Huguo temple is designated as a key cultural relic under protection in Beijing.

local snack

Speaking of the Huguo Temple snack bar, we have to start from the Huguo Temple meeting in old Beijing. According to historical records, the Huguo temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty. In the old days, there was a temple market on the eighth day of the lunar calendar, which gathered the famous snack stalls in the capital. According to the old people's recollection, the most attractive part of the national defense temple fair is the snack stall around the world. The stall owners set up a cloth shed, put out the shop name, put up a table and a bench. Some simply put the burden on their shoulders or pushed the wheelbarrow to find a place. As soon as the temple stopped, they set up a stove and sat on a pot. Next to the pot, there were seasoning cans and bowls and chopsticks Snacks and tea at the temple fair are the most popular food. New Year cake, enema, boiled mutton sausages, grilled cake, cold noodles, fried tripe, tea soup and other snacks are all available at food stalls. The national defense Temple association was very lively in the 1930s. All kinds of Beijing style snacks are competing here.

In 1956 pea cake steamed rice cakes with sweet stuffing, fermented soybean milk, sweet potato king and sheep Chang Yan Chang were organized by more than 10 government departments. They set up the "Guo Guo Si snack bar" at the 93 address of the national protection theater near the protection of the state temple. They gathered the essence of Beijing's small food, and operated 10 kinds of food, including the ewe nest, pea yellow, bean cake, honey twist, soy juice, coke ring, and facial tea. More than 0 varieties of traditional Beijing snacks.

Over the past 50 years, huguosi snack bar has retained the traditional Beijing flavor of the old one, but the appearance of the shop has changed with the urban transformation of Beijing, and the dining environment has undergone new changes. Moreover, the snacks on sale not only maintain the old Beijing flavor, but also adapt to the changing needs of modern people's taste. We invited Yang Biru, an old technician, to teach us how to change the original big, black, coarse and bad food into small and exquisite snacks. Although the environment has changed, the purpose of serving the people economically has not changed. Due to the change of dining environment, snacks are of high quality and wide variety, attracting a large number of Chinese and foreign diners. In 2001, huguosi snack bar was further renovated, which not only highlights the style and characteristics of old Beijing, but also allows customers to enjoy the old Beijing style while tasting the old Beijing snacks. The roof of the shop is decorated with green tile eaves, the walls are hung with picture frames of the national defense Temple Association, the four columns are hung with snack allusions and celebrity traces, and the exhibition frame of dough sculpture of Zhang Mianren in old Beijing is specially set up.

In addition, Huatian catering group has also given special policies to its snack bars, including spending money on the uniform decoration and logo of the front and environment of the snack bars, and constantly excavating and improving the traditional varieties: pea yellow, carrot, donkey roll, screw, SaQima, toad spit honey, standard process, precision and accurate materials. Snacks should be in season, so pea yellow and aiwowo in spring, ice bowl cake and leaky fish in summer, beef tendon Wowo and crisp hemp flower in autumn, basin cake, bowl cake, fruit cake and Lantern Festival in winter are all in season. At the same time, according to the change of customers' taste, the snacks also catch up with the "fashion". There are all kinds of dry, thin, sweet and salty meat and meat dishes, such as glutinous rice cake, assorted fried pimple, spicy shredded chicken noodles, ox eye bun, cream fried cake, ginger sauce paicha'er, Yuanyang crisp, butterfly roll, beef pancake, orchid cup, etc. At present, through the excavation, introduction and innovation, the variety of Huguo Temple snacks has reached 100, which can be described as dazzling and wonderful.

Traffic tips

Bus No. 22, 105, 111, 47 huguosi get off road east huguosi street huguosi East Lane.

Reconstruction work

Xicheng District government will plan to build Huguo Temple snack street, and the plan of rebuilding Huguo temple is expected to start in 2009. On January 9, 2009, I learned from the Xicheng District People's Congress that not long ago, the chairman meeting of the Standing Committee of the people's Congress just heard the report of the district government on the implementation of the deliberation opinions on the proposal of rebuilding the Huguo temple. This is a follow-up deliberation of a motion on rebuilding the Huguo temple in 2007.

In 2007, 14 deputies to the National People's Congress of Xicheng District jointly put forward the proposal of "rebuilding the Huguo temple, driving the development of surrounding areas, promoting the protection of the old city style and the improvement of residents' living conditions in Shichahai nature reserve". They believe that the restoration of the Huguo temple is not only because of its historical and cultural value, but also because of the protection of the ancient capital in the area where it is located, and also because the residents here need to fundamentally improve their living conditions. Wu yuanzeng, the leader of the proposal and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Xicheng District People's Congress, said that the restoration of Huguo temple is a big project, and the office of functional blocks has completed a lot of work, including preliminary investigation and research work, collection of historical documents, etc., and has also set up an expert advisory group and a special research group. According to the current progress, it is expected to start the planning program. Xicheng District government will plan to build Huguo Temple snack street, which should be regarded as a part of Huguo Temple regional planning, or a part of pre implementation. Finally, huguosi Street will be built into a famous commercial street with traditional characteristics, including time-honored Beijing snacks, handicrafts, teahouses and theatres.

Address: 11 huguosi street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.375224

Latitude: 39.935891

Traffic information: bus No.22, 105, 111, 47, get off huguosi Road, East huguosi street, huguosi East Lane.

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