King Jiang Temple

"JiangWang temple fair" is a folk temple fair derived from the activities of offering sacrifices to Jiang Ziwen. It is a folk cultural activity in the form of song and dance, sacrificial activities and commodity exchange activities formed in the long-term life of local people. It contains many cultural contents such as history, religion, folk custom, commerce and trade.

King Jiang Temple

In the temple of King Jiang, Jiang Ziwen, the county officer of moling (now Nanjing) in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was worshipped. Jiang Ziwen, a native of Guangling (now Yangzhou) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a county captain of moling (now Nanjing) in the late Han Dynasty. He chased thieves and died at the foot of Zhongshan. After moling, the capital of the eastern Wu Dynasty, Sun Quan made it the God of Zhongshan, changed "Zhongshan" to "Jiangshan", and built the temple of King Jiang, which has been offering sacrifices for generations. In Song Dynasty, Zeng Ji's poem "the temple of emperor Jiang" says: "the white horse is the gate of the temple for thousands of years, and the smoke of the furnace floats and the Dragon faints. If you close the coffin and talk about prosperity and decline, you can still walk on the top of the blue bone. " It records the grand occasion of "furnace smoke floating" in JiangWang temple in Song Dynasty.

The temple of King Jiang, a scholar in the period of the Republic of China, Zhu Xie said in the book a study of Jinling historical sites: "the temple of Jiang Ziwen originated in Wu Dynasty, worshipped Jin Dynasty, was larger than that of the Southern Qi Dynasty, but declined in Ming Dynasty.". In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), JiangWang temple was changed into a private school, and then into a primary school. After the founding of new China, JiangWang Temple stage was changed into a school building. By the 1960s, the temple had been destroyed. When the temple fair began is unknown.

In 2005, due to road traffic, urban management and many other reasons, the temple fair of JiangWang temple was temporarily suspended.

Historical evolution

The Zijin Mountain in Nanjing (moling of the Eastern Han Dynasty) is also called Jiangshan. In today's Nanjing, there is a White Horse Park, which is named after his allusion, and a Ziwen Pavilion is built to commemorate it.

Temple fair activities

What the local residents will never forget is the temple fair of King Jiang. "JiangWang temple fair" is a folk temple fair derived from the activities of offering sacrifices to Jiang Ziwen. It is a folk cultural activity in the form of song and dance, sacrificial activities and commodity exchange activities formed in the long-term life of local people. It contains many cultural contents such as history, religion, folk custom, commerce and trade.

Zhang Guiying's mother's family is in Sipailou. At the age of 18, she married from the city to JiangWang temple and never left. What makes the girls who grow up in this city feel the freshest is the temple fair on the 15th of April every year. There are all kinds of things at the temple fair, such as selling vegetable baskets, rattan chairs, wooden foot basins, bowls and chopsticks. The narrow road is crowded with people. At the temple fair, men, women and children from yaohuamen, Maigaoqiao, Wangjiawan, Tangjiashan, four townships and eight towns in the vicinity of jiangwangmiao were invited to attend the temple fair. Jiangwangmiao primary school was expropriated as the temporary headquarters of the temple fair, and the students also had a day off. Ouyang linqiang said that every few days before the temple fair, students can't stop. The vendors who come to catch up with the temple fair come a few days in advance, or shop on the street in the evening, or spend a few yuan to borrow one night at the nearby residents' home. Those with good conditions come with tents, waiting for the temple fair to officially start to grab a good stall.

In 2003, because of the epidemic of SARS, the temple fair was stopped for fear of causing centralized infection. Since then, the temple fair has been suspended for three consecutive years. In 2005, due to road traffic, urban management and many other reasons, the temple fair of JiangWang temple was officially suspended.

The temple is gone and the temple fair is closed. All the lively happiness and excitement brought to Zhang Guiying and Ouyang linqiang by the temple of King Jiang were handed over to the years and left in the memory.

Related allusions

In the eastern Wu Dynasty, Sun Quan established a temple for Jiang Ziwen in Zhongshan and granted him the title of Marquis of Jiang

How can there be a God in the Six Dynasties

In the Southern Dynasty, Qi Yongming was granted the title of emperor

There is a temple stele in the Southern Tang Dynasty

In 1912, the temple of King Jiang was changed into a private school and then into a primary school

In the 1950s, the stage of JiangWang temple was changed into a school building

In the 1960s, the temple of King Jiang was destroyed

Jiang Ziwen was born in Guangling (now Yangzhou). He was drunk and lustful. He was very selective. He seemed to be an indulgent and willful man. Interestingly, he thought that "Gu Qing" was destined to become a God after his death. One day, in order to catch the escaped thief, he chased him all the way to the foot of Zhongshan Mountain and finally caught him. However, he was hit on the forehead by the thief and died of injury. This happened in the late Han Dynasty.

Soon after that, Sun Quan established his capital in Nanjing. There was an old man named Jiang Ziwen. He once met Jiang Ziwen on the road: riding a white horse, holding a white feather in his hand, and the attendants around him were the same as when he was alive. Jiang Ziwen said to the subordinate, "I'm the God of land here now. Go back and announce to the people and build a temple for me, or there will be great disaster." At first, people didn't take it seriously. That summer, a great epidemic broke out in Nanjing. The people were very scared, and some people began to offer sacrifices secretly.

Jiang Ziwen also said through Wu Zhu: "I will spare no effort to protect sun's regime. I should set up a temple for me as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be a disaster. " After a while, sure enough, a kind of bug flew into the ears of the local people. The famous doctors and experts were helpless, and the people were even more frightened.

At this time, Jiang Ziwen once again through the witch wish message: "if you don't sacrifice me, there will be more serious disasters." In this year, Jiankang city fires occurred frequently, and some even affected the royal palace. Civil and military officials all think that if ghosts and gods have a home, they will not do harm. Therefore, the Sun Quan faction appointed Feng Ziwen as the Marquis of Zhongdu, and Jiang Zixu, the second younger brother of Jiang Ziwen, as the captain of Changshui school, granted yinshou, and built a ancestral temple for Jiang Ziwen in Zhongshan, which is called Jiang Temple by later generations. From this day on, the disaster in the capital city stopped, and the people became more and more convinced of the God of marquis Jiang. Naturally, the incense in the temple became more and more popular day by day. These stories were compiled into Soushenji in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Zhongshan in the eastern suburb of Nanjing was originally named for its bell like shape. Unfortunately, Sun Quan's grandfather called Sun Zhong. To avoid taboo, the great emperor ordered that Zhongshan be renamed Jiang Shan. In this way, overnight, it seems that the vast green mausoleum in the eastern suburb of Nanjing has become the fiefdom of Jiang Ziwen.

Obviously, Jiang Ziwen was only a god worshipped by the local people in Nanjing at the beginning, but later he ascended all the way to be king and Marquis, and became the right God recognized by Sun Wu's political authority. After the Western Jin Dynasty conquered Wu, Jiang Ziwen paid homage to the prime minister, rebuilt temples, and rebuilt his body.

In the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasty, Jiang Ziwen's position rose steadily. In 454, the first year of emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song Dynasty, the temple of King Jiang was renovated again, and Jiang Ziwen became the prime minister and the governor of all military affairs. During the song and Ming Dynasties, Jiuzhou temple was established in Jilong mountain, and Jiang Ziwen was appointed king of Jiang in Jin Dynasty. In the era of Xiaoqi, donghunhou killed the veteran generals indiscriminately, which aroused the mutiny of Cui Huijing, the veteran generals. He sent troops from Guangling to Taicheng. Donghunhou hid under the throne of King Jiang and escaped the disturbance. After the end of the war, Jiang Ziwen was promoted to the rank of emperor Jiang again. Later, Chen Gaozu also had the honor of Zhongshan and offered sacrifices to the temple of emperor Jiang.

In the sixth year of Tianjian (507) of the Liang Dynasty, there was a severe drought in the capital, and an imperial edict was issued to pray for rain in the temple of emperor Jiang. But after a hundred days, there was no movement. Emperor Wu of Liang was furious and wanted to burn the temple. At the moment when the fire was about to start, dark clouds covered the sky and rain fell in an instant. Emperor Wu of Liang went to the temple of emperor Jiang in person to pay a visit. The emperor's piety brought the protection of Chiang. When Yang Dayan, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, went south to break the border, the river rose six or seven feet for no reason, and the Wei army was defeated and fled. After Liang's triumphant return, people found that there was wet mud on the feet of the idols and horses in the temple of emperor Jiang. It can be seen that they were left behind by the army. Afterwards, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty further improved the specifications of the temple of emperor Jiang. Compared with the son of heaven in the world, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty had the highest honor.

In the view of the people of the Six Dynasties, it was predestined that Jiang Ziwen could become a God, worship Marquis, and become king and Emperor. This is what he called "Qinggu (a clear bone), death should be God". "GuQing" or "Qinggu" are both the words of bone physiognomy, which means that the bone is pure and strange, which is the important capital of becoming a God.

From man to God, the scenery of Jiang Ziwen lasted for six dynasties. This God making movement was always accompanied by the process of establishing Nanjing as the capital of the Six Dynasties. After the Six Dynasties, the God making movement continued, but compared with the Six Dynasties, it was only a aftereffect.

Today, the temple of King Jiang is nowhere to be found. According to records, the temple of King Jiang was once opposite the tomb of Li Wenzhong. There was a stage in the temple of King Jiang, called Wannian stage. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), JiangWang temple was changed into a private school, and then into a primary school. After liberation, the stage of King Jiang's temple was also changed into a school building, which was demolished during the cultural revolution.

Most of the things that people in Nanjing can still remember about King Jiang's temple today are the temple fair of King Jiang's temple. Before 2005, on the 15th of April of the lunar calendar, there were large temple fairs. Earlier, every temple fair, there were big operas on the Wannian stage. Besides jiangwangmiao street, there is also Baima park related to Jiang Ziwen. Baima Park was formerly known as Baima village. It's said that Jiang Ziwen had a snow-white horse, which used its hooves to dig out spring water for the people of the four townships to drink. Today's White Horse Stone Park has a very beautiful "white horse ploughing spring" statue.

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Address: JiangWang temple, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

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