Old mother Hall

The old mother hall is located on the top of the third peak of the West Xiuling mountain in the south of Lintong District, Xi'an city. According to the existing "Chuang Xiu Shan Lu Bei" in the hall, it was built in the Qin Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty. The whole building of laomu hall includes five mountain gates, three immortal halls, five sacrificial halls, five main halls, six wing rooms and four auxiliary halls. In the three immortals hall, the statues of Yunxiao, Qiongxiao and Bixiao, the three female immortals, are worshipped as "longevity, eye treatment and son teaching". The main hall is dedicated to the golden statue of Lishan old mother (Nu Wa). In the eighth year of the reign of emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, a five room and two-story Sutra library was built behind the main hall. In the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the overall building was greatly repaired, so the existing buildings basically belong to the pattern of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of more than 8000 square meters. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, although it has been repaired twice, its original appearance has not changed. In recent years, the Taoist temple has thoroughly renovated the platform and road in front of the hall, and newly built the stone terrace road into the hall. In the old mother's hall, there are still one iron pot and one iron jar cast in the 16th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. In front of the old mother's statue, there is an iron chime cast in the Ming Dynasty. In the main hall, there is a stele of Lishan old mother's teaching of Sutra, which was set up in the first year of Guangde (763 AD), and it records the process of Li Xun, a famous Taoist in the Tang Dynasty, meeting his mother at the foot of Lishan to teach him Yinfu Sutra. Laomu temple is a famous Taoist temple on Lishan Mountain since ancient times. Laomu in Lishan Mountain is an ancient god worshipped by Taoism.

Old mother Hall

Lishan mother plays an important role in Chinese folk beliefs. Laomu hall is the main hall of Laomu palace. It is located on the top of the second peak of xixiuling, Lishan Mountain in the south of Lintong District, Xi'an city. According to the existing "Chuang Xiu Shan Lu Bei" in the hall, it was built in the Qin Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty. The overall architecture of Laomu palace includes five mountain gates, three immortals halls, five sacrificial halls, five main halls, six wing rooms and four auxiliary halls. In the three immortals hall, the statues of Yunxiao, Qiongxiao and Bixiao, the three female immortals of "Fushou, Caixing and Songzi", are worshipped. The main hall is dedicated to the golden statue of Lishan old mother (Nu Wa). In the eighth year of the reign of emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, a five room and two-story Sutra library was built behind the main hall. In the 47th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the overall building was greatly repaired, so the existing buildings basically belong to the pattern of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of more than 8000 square meters. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, although it has been repaired twice, its original appearance has not changed.

In recent years, the Taoist temple has thoroughly renovated the platform and road in front of the old mother's palace, and newly built the stone terrace road into the palace. In the front hall of Laomu palace, lingguanye hall still has one iron pot and one iron jar cast in the 16th year of Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. In front of the statue of laomu, there is an iron chime cast in the Ming Dynasty. In the main hall, there is a stele of Lishan old mother's teaching of Sutra, which was set up in the first year of Guangde (763 AD), and it records the process of Li Xun, a famous Taoist in the Tang Dynasty, meeting his mother at the foot of Lishan to teach him Yinfu Sutra. Laomu temple has been a famous Taoist temple on Lishan Mountain since ancient times. Laomu in Lishan Mountain, namely Nuwa, is an ancient god worshipped by Taoism. Laomu palace is also known as Nuwa palace and Laomu palace. In the west of the old mother's hall, there is a thousand year old Gleditsia sinensis tree, which says: eight commandments show shape tree. At present, the old mother's palace is advocated by Taoist priest Chen Yuanming. The Hong Kong Tan Zhao charity fund donates part of the money, and the Taoist temple has raised nearly 10 million yuan for reconstruction.

Legend of characters

Lishan old mother is Nuwa, also known as Wuji old mother, "the ancient goddess and Emperor". She, together with Fuxi and Shennong, is known as the three emperors in history and is the ancestor of human beings. "Shuowen" says, "Nuwa, the ancient goddess, is the one who transforms all things.". "Shanhaijing. Dahuangxijing" says: "Nu Wa's contributions are not only to create human beings, but also to mend the sky," and "the great God of Mo shoulder and Pan Gu is the first creation of heaven and earth.". The old mother of Lishan Mountain made a man by kneading loess. According to the general meaning of customs, "it is said that there is no people in the world, but the drama of Nuwa is too busy to provide. Instead, she leads the rope into the mud and holds it as a person.".

She made marriage for people and multiplied human beings. The old mother of Lishan Mountain made stones to mend the sky and saved the people in the abyss. "Huainanzi. Lanmingxun" says: "in ancient times, the four poles were abandoned, the nine states were split, the sky was not covered, the earth was not carried, the fire was not extinguished, the water was vast, the beasts ate zhuanmin, and the birds seized the old and the weak. So Nu Wa smelted five colored stones to fill the sky, cut off the Ao enough to set up the four poles, killed the black dragon to aid Jizhou, and accumulated reed ash to stop the water. Only in this way can "the sky be mended, the Four extremes are upright, the water of immortality is solid, Jizhou is flat, cunning insects are dead, and people's livelihood is Zhuan". So that human beings can live and work in peace and contentment. Li Shan's mother moralizes people, supports justice, teaches people to do more good deeds and hastens to do evil deeds. "Huainanzi" says: "Nuwa does not set up Dharma, and even the virtue is left to later generations.".

Lishan Mountain is the place where the old mother refines the stone and mends the sky. According to the history of the road, Nuwa is the source of Zhonghuang mountain. It is also recorded in the annals of Chang'an that there is a place where Nuwa governs Lishan Mountain, and the old mother's Hall of Lishan Mountain is the place. The old mother of Lishan Mountain is called "Lishan woman" in the book of Han Dynasty. It is also because she lives in Lishan Mountain area that "Lishan woman is also the son of heaven, so she is regarded as a female immortal and respected as the old mother". Lishan Mountain is my mother's mount for refining stones and tonifying the sky. I was ordered to melt it. There is a spring in my stomach, and warm soup is produced for people to bathe. It can cure many kinds of skin diseases. Therefore, it is called Shentang, which is also my mother's holy virtue. The old mother in Lishan Mountain is not only an ancient god worshipped by Taoism, but also a folk activity of offering sacrifices to the old mother for a long time. On the 20th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the folk flour cake is made to commemorate the great work of the old mother in refining stones and mending the sky. On June 13th, the old mother temple fair in Lishan will last for five days. At that time, tens of thousands of pilgrims and people from all over the country will go up to the mountain to worship and sacrifice this ancient god with boundless merits, which is the source of the good deeds.

building structure

Chaoyuan Pavilion, commonly known as Laojun hall, also known as Jiangsheng temple, is located on the top of the third peak of xixiaoling, Lishan Mountain in the south of Lintong District, Xi'an city. According to the records of the old book of Tang Dynasty, it was first built in the first year of Emperor Gaozong's reign (666 A.D.), with a history of more than 1300 years. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty granted emperor taishanglaojun the title of "Saint" and Emperor Gaozong the title of "great saint Xuanyuan". Chaoyuan Pavilion is the place where the Tang Dynasty worshiped emperor Xuanyuan in Lishan Mountain, so it is called Chaoyuan Pavilion. In the 29th year of Kaiyuan period, Emperor Xuanzong ordered the painting of five emperors, including emperor Gaozu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Gaozong, Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong.

In December of the seventh year of Tianbao, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had a dream that emperor taishanglaojun would come to Chaoyuan Pavilion. Therefore, it was renamed as Jiangsheng temple, and a new white jade statue of emperor taishanglaojun was provided in the temple. The architecture of Yuan Pavilion in Tang Dynasty is quite grand, and there are many records in historical books and existing stone tablets. In the 29th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, due to continuous rain, three ancient cypresses in the temple collapsed against the wind, and most of the houses in the temple were damaged. The abbot collected money from various sources, sold the fallen ancient cypresses, and rebuilt the original site of Chaoyuan pavilion with three Hall, three main hall, three mountain gate and six wing rooms. It took five years to complete in April of the fifth year of Xianfeng reign of the Qing Dynasty.

In the pavilion, there is a stone tablet named "rebuilding Chaoyuan Pavilion", which was established in the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty. The existing Chaoyuan Pavilion is the scale of some houses demolished in the early days of the people's Republic of China. Taishanglaojun is the ancestor of Taoism in China. There are clear records in the annals of Chang'an and the annals of Lintong County in the Northern Song Dynasty. The white jade statue of taishanglaojun, a famous carving treasure in the Tang Dynasty, is listed as a national first-class cultural relic and is now preserved in the Shaanxi Museum. Chaoyuan pavilion was a famous Taoist temple on Lishan Mountain in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. According to the records of Yuan palace of Chang'an Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty, in the Tang Dynasty, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to taishanglaojun was quite grand. Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, specially built Changsheng palace as "Zhai Palace", which was placed on the lower left side of Chaoyuan Pavilion. Before entering Chaoyuan pavilion to offer sacrifices to taishanglaojun, he first ate and bathed in Changsheng palace before entering the pavilion to hold sacrifice ceremony and carry out religious activities. Therefore, Chaoyuan pavilion has always been a place for religious activities.

Offspring influence

The old mother of Lishan Mountain is a goddess in Taoist legend, and is regarded as one of the ancestors of ancient China, so many places in China have built temples for her. Among the existing temples of the same kind, Lishan laomu temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province is the most famous. It is located on the West Xiuling of Lishan Mountain in Lintong District of Xi'an City, where the world-famous terracotta warriors and horses are located. It was founded in the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) and rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), and began to be called the old mother's temple. The main buildings of laomu hall include Mountain Gate, three immortals hall, sacrificial hall, main hall, wing room and auxiliary hall. In the three immortals hall, there are statues of Yunxiao, Qiongxiao and Bixiao, the three female immortals worshipped by Taoism; in the main hall, there are gold-plated statues of Lishan mother, the main God. At the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a two-story Sutra collection building was built behind the main hall. Before that, large-scale maintenance was carried out on the overall building, so the existing building basically belongs to the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The existing building covers an area of more than 8000 square meters. It has been repaired twice since 1949, but its original appearance has not changed. Many ancient cultural relics are still preserved in the old mother's hall. The important one is the stele of Lishan old mother's Sutra teaching, which was set up in 763 A.D. in the Tang Dynasty. It records the process of Li Gong, a famous Taoist in the Tang Dynasty, who met his mother at the foot of Lishan Mountain and taught him Yin Fu Jing.

Address: Lishan, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province

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