Memorial Temple of Wen Tianxiang

Memorial Temple of Wen Tianxiang

Wen Tianxiang ancestral hall, also known as Wen Prime Minister ancestral hall, is located at 63 Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is a ancestral hall dedicated to Wen Tianxiang, the anti yuan hero of the Southern Song Dynasty in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its former site is the dungeon where Wen Tianxiang was imprisoned in Dadu (today's Beijing). It was founded in 1376 and opened to the outside world in 1984

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Wentianxiang ancestral hall, facing south from north, is a two entrance courtyard with an area of nearly 600 square meters, which is composed of gate, hall and hall. In the hall is the exhibition of Wen Tianxiang's life. Some relics of the original ancestral hall and Wen Tianxiang's handwriting are preserved. There is a jujube tree in the hall, which is said to be planted by Wen Tianxiang himself

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In 1979, wentianxiang temple was listed as the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Beijing

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Historical evolution

In 1279, Wen Tianxiang failed to resist the Yuan Dynasty and was imprisoned by the yuan army.

In 1282, Wen Tianxiang left his cell and went to the execution ground to die

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In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376) of the Ming Dynasty, the temple of Prime Minister Wen was built on the right side of shuntianfu school in chaishi city (the former site of bingmasi tulao) under the leadership of Liu Song, deputy inspector general

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In October 1984, Wen Tianxiang temple was opened to the public.

In 2003, according to the 1930 historical photos, Wen Tianxiang Temple restored the statues, shrines, couplets, plaques, tables and other furnishings of Wen Tianxiang in the original hall

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Architectural pattern

Wentianxiang ancestral hall, facing south from north, is a two entrance courtyard with an area of nearly 600 square meters, which is composed of gate, hall and hall. In the hall is the exhibition of Wen Tianxiang's life, which briefly introduces Wen Tianxiang's heroic deeds in his youth, 15 years after he became an official, fighting against Yuan Dynasty, dying, raising the flag again, being defeated and captured, and dying of Chu prisoners. Some relics of the original ancestral hall and Wen Tianxiang's handwriting are preserved in the hall

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Cultural relics

overview

On the east wall of the front courtyard of wentianxiang ancestral hall, there are stone inscriptions of Zhengqi song written by Wen Zhengming, a calligrapher of Ming Dynasty, biography of Prime Minister of Song Dynasty in Ming Dynasty, rebuilt stele record in Qing Dynasty and statue of Prime Minister of Song Dynasty in Qing Dynasty. On the front of the screen in the main hall is Mao Zedong's handwritten "who has never died in life since ancient times? Let's take the heart to reflect the history". On the back is the full text of the song of righteousness written by Wen Tianxiang

 

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Representative cultural relics

History and culture

Arts and culture

Healthy song

To the North Court, sitting in a dirt room. The room is eight feet wide and four feet deep. Single leaf low small, white short narrow, dirty and dark. In this summer, all kinds of Qi are in full swing: the rain is in four episodes, the floating bed is in a few days, the water is in a few days, the mud is in a half Dynasty, the steam is in a billow, the earth is in a time, the weather is sunny and hot, the wind is blocked, the sun is in a time, the eaves are overcast, the fire is in a time, the storehouse is rotten, the Chen is pressing, the rice is in a time, the shoulder is mixed, the smell of sweat is in a time, the people are in a time, or the body is destroyed, or the body is rotten Rat, evil gas mixed out, when it is foul gas. Stack is the number of gas, when the invasion, rarely for Li. He was weak and pitied for two years. Fortunately, he was not hurt. He was almost able to support himself. However, I don't know what to raise? Mencius said, "I am good at cultivating my noble spirit. "That Qi has seven, my Qi has one, with one against seven, what's wrong with me! Kuang Haoran is the healthy qi of heaven and earth. He wrote a song of healthy qi.

The heaven and the earth have the healthy qi, the miscellaneous natural Fu manifold. Below is the mountain, above is the sun and star. < I (see entry: Zhengqi song for details) < / I

Related people

Wen Tianxiang (from June 6, 1236 to January 9, 1283) was originally named yunsun. He was named songrui and Lvshan. The Taoist and Wenshan are not the same. Luling, a native of Jiling, Jiangxi Province (now Futian Town, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province), is a statesman, writer, patriotic poet, famous minister and national hero in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Together with Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie, he is known as the "three heroes of the late Song Dynasty". < I (see entry: Wen Tianxiang for details) < / I

Cultural relic value

Wentianxiang temple in Beijing has a long history, a grand scale and a strong humanistic atmosphere. It has a special value in historical research, patriotism education and outlook on life education

 

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Cultural relics protection

In 1992, wentianxiang temple was awarded as the patriotic education base of Dongcheng District

 

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In 1979, wentianxiang temple was listed as the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Beijing

 

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In March 2013, Wen Tianxiang temple was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council

 

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On May 23, 2017, Wen Tianxiang temple was rated as the official virtue education base of Dongcheng District

 

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Visit information

geographical position

Wentianxiang temple is located at 63 Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

 

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Opening Hours

9: 00-17:00 (closed on Monday), ticket sales stop at 16:30

 

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Ticket Price

Adult: 5 yuan / person, student: 2 yuan / person

Traffic information

transit

Take Beijing bus No.104, 108, 113, 612 and get off at beibingmasi station

 

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metro

Take Beijing Metro Line 4 and get off at Zhangzizhong Road station; or take Beijing Metro Line 6 and get off at Nanluoguxiang station

 

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Address: 63 Fuxue Hutong

Longitude: 116.41021348536

Latitude: 39.935967751404

Tel: 010-64014968

Chinese PinYin : Wen Tian Xiang Ci