Jiwang Temple

Jiwang temple in Jishan

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Jiwang Temple generally refers to Jiwang temple in Jishan

Located in Jishan County, Shanxi Province. It is said that Ji Guan, who was in charge of farming in Shun, and Hou Ji, the ancestor of ancient Zhou people, died and was buried in Jiwang mountain, so later generations built temples in the city. There are Xian hall, main hall and Jiang Yuan hall in the temple. The wood and stone carvings are exquisite and beautiful, which can be called the architectural boutique of Qing Dynasty. Xian Dian for hanging on top of the mountain, glazed tiles. In front of the eaves, there are relief pictures of farming, sowing, harvesting, grinding and other ancient farming pictures, which are lively. The main hall is on the top of Xieshan mountain with double eaves. There are 20 stone flower styles. Among them, the first two relief dragons in the Ming Dynasty are full of anger and auspicious atmosphere. The stone railings of the cloister are composed of 52 stone slabs and flowers, which are exquisitely carved.

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Material and cultural heritage national key cultural relics protection unit ancient architecture Jiwang temple in Jishan, Shanxi Province vi-430

brief introduction

Jiwang temple, located in the center of Jishan County, is a temple dedicated to Houji, the ancestor of agriculture in China. The temple was originally located on Jiwang mountain, 50 Li south of the county seat. It is said that it is the farming place of Houji people. Jiwang temple, an ancient building dedicated to the worship of empress Ji, was founded in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in 1843, covering an area of 15.1 mu. Jiwang temple in Jishan county is located in the West Street of Jishan county. The temple faces south and covers an area of about 4000 square meters. There are Xian hall, main hall, Jiang Yuan hall, bell and Drum Tower on both sides of the existing building. The hall is six rooms wide, with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain, glazed tiles and huge stone carvings embedded in the East and West gables. The main hall has a double eaves at the top of the mountain. It is three rooms wide and three rooms deep, with three steps of single arch and four corridors around. In front of the hall, there are four embossed dragon stone pillars and 20 stone flower styles, with 52 carved stone slabs to form a screen shaped railing. Jiangyuan hall is three rooms wide, with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain and covered with tube plates and tiles. There are eight existing Qing Dynasty steles in the temple.

record

According to the inscriptions in the 23rd year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the original temple was burned up in the 10th year of Daoguang, and in the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), Li Jingchun, the governor of Jishan County, advocated fund-raising and reconstruction. There are three rooms of Jiangyuan hall in the temple, with single eaves and hard top. The top is covered with plain tiles. Only the glazed ornaments seem to be relics of the Ming Dynasty. In front of the hall, there is a rolling shed type four column Pavilion. In front of the pavilion, Yannan is panchi, on which a single hole stone bridge is built, 20 meters long and 2 meters wide. The bridge fence is composed of 20 stone carvings, with eight immortal figures and flowers carved on it. Over the bridge and up the stone steps is Houji tower. It is a pavilion with double eaves and shizixie peak. It is more than 30 meters high, covered with colored glazed tiles, ridge ornaments, fairy, heavenly horse, beast and so on. The building is 20 meters long from east to west and 19 meters long from north to south. There are three meters wide corridors on all sides. Twenty stone carvings stand in between. In front of the hall are two relief stone pillars with exquisite craftsmanship. The corridor is surrounded by 52 carved stone slabs to form a screen shaped railing. Step up the stairs and set wooden railings around the stairs. The whole county scene of Jishan is vivid. There are eight Xiandian in front of the building, with a depth of 10 meters and a width of 14 meters from east to west. Department of single eaves hard hilltop, glazed tiles decoration. There are huge stone carvings on the East and West gables of Xiandian, both 2 meters high and 8 meters wide. In the 23rd year of Daoguang's reign, Li Jingchun, the governor of Jishan, wrote a chapter of seven ancient poems for the reconstruction of Houji temple. The full text consists of four hundred sacrificial words, with the character of "Wen Xiu" and "Jin"; in the East, there are eight scenes of Jishan, with abundant poems and pictures. The front and back eaves are set up under the fence, and on the flower board are the agricultural activity pictures of wood relief, from planting to harvesting and grinding. Xiandian two wings built bell drum floor, length and width of each four meters, are Pavilion style double eaves, shizixie peak, fanang Fudou, cornice angle, carved beams and painted buildings, glazed tiles.

Current situation

Jiwang temple is an ancient building group of glass, wood carving and stone carving. In January 1996, it was officially announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Shanxi Province by the people's Government of Shanxi Province. Ji Wang Temple "Wuliang Dian", because the whole building is not supported by long beam, so it is named. The temple is located in Taizhao village, Nanzhang Township, in the northwest corner of Wanrong county. The original temple is magnificent and large-scale. Unfortunately, it was burned down by the Japanese invaders during the Anti Japanese war. Only the main hall (Wuliang Hall) and the stage rebuilt in 1921 survived. Walking into the main hall of Jiwang temple, the whole hall looks like an open umbrella. It is five rooms wide and six rafters deep. The four eaves of the house are neat, and the four porches are supported by brackets, with five ridges on the eaves. In the hall, there is a column of central columns, which is directly below the flat beam. The flat beam is divided into two sections, which are interpenetrated with each other. The roof is assembled by two diagonal bracing techniques, and the gravity is scattered in the lower layer. Because of the small and ingenious ridge of the roof, the house has a large slope and looks like a fan. The whole roof is less than one fifth of the length of the hall. This unique architectural structure and special national style has a certain reference value in the study of ancient architecture in China. There is no research on the date when the hall was first built. Only the words "rebuilt" in 1363 can be recognized. Judging from the existing shape, its Dou Gong structure and some stone column foundations still retain the characteristics of the Jin Dynasty, "wuliangdian" is definitely a building of the Jin Dynasty. The stage in the temple, rebuilt in the 10th year of the Republic of China, was first built in 1271, which was confirmed by a stone tablet embedded on the north wall of Wuliang hall. The monument is 0.31 meters high and 0.37 meters wide. It was erected three times in March of the eighth year of the Zhiyuan Dynasty. The inscription reads: "today, the temple has been built and built for a long time. Although it has undergone military revolution, the temple is still in existence, and the existing dance base has never been built. Today, some people in our village are very devout. They use their precious money 200 times to build a dance hall, which is carved with stone. " The eighth year of the Zhiyuan period was the first year after Kublai Khan, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, took power in the whole country. According to the inscriptions, it can be seen that the stage performance of drama was very common in the early Yuan Dynasty. It provides material materials for understanding and studying the development history of Chinese drama and has important cultural value. "Wuliang Temple" of Jiwang temple has a history of more than 800 years, and Jin Dynasty buildings are rare in our province. It is a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Address: Wanrong County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 110.77985369941

Latitude: 35.449065147643

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