Yu Palace

Yu Palace

Yuwang palace, commonly known as Yuwang temple, also known as Tushan temple, is located at the peak of Tushan where Dayu split the mountain to guide the Huaihe River. At the foot of the mountain, the Huaihe River converged and flowed eastward. On the mountain, there are lush pines and cypresses and historic sites.

According to the records of Anhui Province - ethnic and religious annals (1997 edition), Taoists passed down that in the 12th year of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang led his troops to suppress king yingbu of Huainan, inspected the ruins of Dayu through Tushan, and ordered Liu Chang to build a Yu temple on the top of the mountain, so that future generations will always cherish the merits of Dayu's flood control. Later, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao's father and son came here successively during the Three Kingdoms period. According to the general annals of Anhui Province, there was Tianqing temple in Tushan of Huaiyuan before the Yuan Dynasty. It was renamed yuanmiaoguan in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to Wu Wenkui's records of rebuilding Yuwang temple in the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuwang Temple existed before the Tang Dynasty. When Di Renjie, the governor of Jiangnan, destroyed the Wu Chu temple in the Gaozong period of the Tang Dynasty, "Yumiao temple was majestic."

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historical origin

Yuwang temple was originally small in scale. During the reign of Zhengde and Wanli in Ming Dynasty, large-scale maintenance and expansion were carried out. In the ninth year of Zhengde, the Yuwang palace was expanded, and the second floor of the bell and drum was built, which is magnificent and magnificent. "The front and rear halls are radiant and new, the gate and walls are neat, and the second floor of the bell and drum is majestic and majestic, and the scale is magnificent, which is different from the past" (stele of rebuilding Yuwang temple in the tenth year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty). At this time, according to the three axes of the middle, East and West, King Yu's palace in Tushan officially formed "five entrances, ten halls and nine courtyards", with more than 40 halls. The first into seven, three equal height for the mountain gate.

Layout structure

Yu palace, the door on both sides of the horizontal book "empty mountain hanging four walls, the ancient temple alone for thousands of years" giant words. The second entrance is the hall of Chongde courtyard, also known as the hall of worship, which is a place for tourists to rest and enjoy tea. The third entrance is the Yuwang hall, which contains a statue of Dayu, with gaotao and Boyi sacrificing. The fourth entrance is Qimu hall. "Dongfeng gingko", one of the 12 scenic spots in Huaiyuan, was planted in front of Qimu hall. It is said that it was planted by Dayu, but it was destroyed by thunder and fire. Today, trees grow inside trees, which is a wonder. The fifth entrance is yuhuanglou, and the lower floor is Xuanwu hall, where Xuanwu emperor is worshipped. Its magnificent buildings remained until the earthquake of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, although the palace of King Yu was repaired many times, because of the invasion of foreign powers, the contents worried about foreign invasion, more than half of the buildings collapsed, and the literati's poems, paintings, stone carvings, couplets and so on were destroyed.

File protection

Yuwang palace is the provincial key document protection unit, and also the largest Taoist temple at the top of the mountain in China.

After the founding of new China, the government protected and renovated the Yuwang palace many times. The temple fair of King Yu in Tushan on March 28 of the lunar calendar is listed in the provincial intangible document heritage protection list. In order to reappear the brilliance of Yuwang palace, Tushan scenic area built it on a large scale. The new Yu palace is the essence of the ancient Chinese architecture, and the Han style Tang Yun is displayed on the top of the mountain of mountains with its grand and magnificent appearance.

Surrounding landscape

1. Yuhui village. The local chronicles of Taikang, which was written in the Jin Dynasty, states that "there are Yuhui villages in the southwest of Tushan, which cover the land of Yuhui princes." Yuhui village was called "yuxu" in the spring and Autumn Annals of Lu family in the Warring States period. Song Lian of the Ming Dynasty also said in his travels to the two Jingshan Mountains: "Yuhui village is the land of Yuhui princes." Not far from the foot of Tushan in Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, there are Yuhui village and yuxu. According to the on-site exploration results of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Longshan cultural site with a total area of 500000 square meters was found near Yuhui village. Dayu was living in that era.

2. At the site of Tushan Kingdom, it is said that Yu's wife was Tushan, the female leader of Tushan kingdom.

3. Qimu stone (Wangfu stone).

4. TAISANG, the place of enlightenment.

5. Fangfengzhong, etc.

Architectural Humanities

The temple had three entrances, but now there are still two. There are two Ginkgo trees in the courtyard, which can be counted and rose from the ground. In the northwest, there is a lookout tower. When you climb on it, you can have a panoramic view of vortex, huaibo, jingcui and tucui peaks. In the southwest, there is Qimu stone (also known as Wangfu stone). Sitting upright and precarious like a woman looking far away, it is said that it was formed by Yu's wife, Tushan's Wangfu. There are "holy spring" and "spirit spring" in the West. It is clear and clear, and the seasons are endless.

Famous scholars and officials of all ages, such as di Renjie, Liu Zongyuan, Wu Wenkui, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Song Lian and Deng Shiru, all came here to visit and pay homage to them and left a lot of poems and inscriptions? The inscription "Kuang Lan Ping Cheng" is still clearly visible

The deeds of Dayu

There are traces and rumors about Dayu everywhere in China and the whole country. There are yuxu and Yuwang palace in Bengbu City, Anhui Province; Yumen in Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province; Yumenkou in Hejin County, Shanxi Province; Yuwang city site in Zhongtiao Mountain of Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province; yuwangtai in Kaifeng City, Henan Province; Yuwang suojiaojing in Yuxian city; yugongji in the east end of Guidong County, Wuhan City, Hubei Province; Yuwang stele in Yuelu Mountain of Changsha City, Hunan Province; Yuwang palace is even built in Nanjiang County, Sichuan Province; and Luoyang, Henan Province, has the legend of Dayu digging the dragon's gate. These relics of Dayu all over China are engraved with the great achievements of Dayu and people's yearning. Dayu is one of the most respected great men in ancient China.

Dayu's surname is Si Si, and his name is Wenming. Because he has made great contributions to water control, later generations call him Dayu, which means great Yu. Since his father Gungun, he began to control the water. The ancient story of the Chinese people's struggle with floods began in GaN.

Folklore

It is said that more than 4000 years ago, China was the legendary age when Yao and Shun came to power one after another, and it was also the patriarchal clan commune period when China was in transition from primitive society to slave society. At that time, the production capacity was very low, the living conditions were very difficult, and some big rivers would suffer from floods every year and a half. Once, there was a huge flood in the Yellow River Basin. The flood was torrential, houses collapsed, fields were flooded, grain was not harvested, and people died. The living had to flee to the mountains.

Yao, the leader of the tribal alliance, held a meeting of the tribal alliance in order to relieve the flood. He invited all the tribal leaders to discuss the major issues of water control. Yao said to everyone, "the flood is merciless. Please think about it. Who will be sent to control the flood?" Let's go for it. Yao disagreed, saying, "he is very willful and may not be able to accomplish great things." But the leaders insisted that he give it a try. According to the habits of the tribe at that time, the opinion of the leader of the tribal alliance was not consistent with that of everyone, and the leader should listen to everyone's opinion. Yao had to take everyone's advice and reluctantly agreed to control the water. When he got to the place where the water was controlled, he used the traditional way of using water to block the water, that is, using soil to build embankments to plug the loopholes. He built a small earthen city like a wall around the area where people lived. When the flood came, the soil layer was constantly raised and thickened. But because of the ferocious flood, the wall was constantly impacted. As a result, the levee was destroyed and the wall collapsed. On the contrary, the flood became more ferocious. After nine years of flood control, he worked hard and didn't control the flood. After succeeding Yao as the leader of the tribal alliance, Shun personally inspected the water control situation. When he saw that he was helpless to deal with the flood and delayed the important event, he punished him and executed him in Yushan. Later, he ordered his son Yu to continue to control the water. He also sent Qi, the ancestor of the Shang people, Qi, the ancestor of the Zhou people, Bo Yi, the leader of the dongke people, Gao Yao, and others to help.

After receiving the order, Dayu first looked for the lessons of the previous failure in flood control, and then led Qi, abandon, etc. and his disciples to wade through the mountains and rivers together. He made a general survey of the source, upstream and downstream of the water flow, and piled up some stones or cut down trees in important places for reference in flood control. This investigation was very hard. It is said that once they went to a river in Shandong Province. Suddenly, there was a strong wind, dark clouds, thunder and lightning, heavy rain and torrents, which swept away many people. Some people were drowned in the roaring flood, some people were lost in the rolling current. Dayu's disciples were shocked, so later someone called this river Tuhai River (in the area of Yucheng and Liaocheng County in Shandong Province).

At the end of the investigation, Dayu made a serious study of various water regimes, and finally decided to use the method of dredging to control the flood. Dayu himself led the disciples and the common people, with simple stone axes, stone knives, stone shovels, wood Lei and other tools, began to control the water. They devoted themselves to water control, sleeping out, having picnics, living in plain clothes, coming and going in the wind and rain, and working solidly. Dayu, in particular, was greedy of getting up early and working hard. His waist was tired and his legs were swollen, and he still did not dare to slack off. According to textual research, at that time, the area where Dayu was in charge of water supply was in the east of Hebei, the east of Henan, the West and south of Shandong, and the north of Huaihe River. Once, they came to the southern suburb of Luoyang, Henan Province. There is a high mountain here, which is the afterblood of Qinling Mountains and extends to Songshan Mountain, the middle mountain. The mountains are strange and majestic, just like a natural barrier in the east-west direction. There is a natural gap in the middle of the mountain, and the trickle flows gently through the gap. However, when the catastrophic flood broke out, the river was blocked by the mountains, forming a swimming vortex at the gap, and the surging river endangered the safety of the surrounding people. Dayu decided to concentrate the manpower to control the water and open the way in the mountains. Hard work has damaged stone, wood and bone tools. People's losses are even greater. Some are cut down by rocks, some fall to death when they go up the mountain, and some are swept away by floods. However, they are still unswerving and insist on splitting mountains. In these hard days and nights, Dayu's face was tanned, he was tired and thin, and even the hair on his legs and stomach was polished

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