Qingyang Palace

Qingyang palace is the first Taoist temple in Western Sichuan. The scripture edition of daocang Jiyao, which was engraved in 1906, is the most complete preservation of Taoist classics in China. The buildings left behind in Qingyang palace were basically rebuilt during the reign of Emperor Kangxi. Only doulao hall is the only style of Ming Dynasty.

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Qingyang Palace

Qingyang palace is located in the second west section of the first ring road in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It is known as "the first Taoist temple in Western Sichuan" and "the first jungle in Southwest China", and is also one of the famous Taoist temples in China.

Qingyang palace was built in the Zhou Dynasty, formerly known as qingyangsi. In the Ming Dynasty, the temples built in the Tang Dynasty were destroyed by the war. Most of the existing buildings were rebuilt in succession in the sixth to tenth year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1667-1671), covering an area of 120000 square meters.

The main buildings of Qingyang Palace are Shanmen, Sanqing hall, Tangwang hall, etc. The Hunyuan palace is tall and majestic. The Bagua Pavilion is the most complete and elegant building in the palace. It worships the statue of Laozi riding a green ox. The most precious cultural relic in Qingyang palace is a collection of Taoist Scriptures, which is the most complete version in the world and has become a precious material for the study of Taoism

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Qingyang palace is a national key Taoist temple

Key cultural relics protection units in Sichuan Province

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Historical evolution

Qingyang palace, formerly known as qingyangsi, was built in the Zhou Dynasty.

During the uprising of Huangchao in the first year of Zhonghe (881 A.D.) in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Fu Zong took refuge in Shu and used it as a palace. In 883 ad, the imperial edict was changed to Qingyang palace.

It was renamed "Qingyang Temple" in the Five Dynasties and "Qingyang Palace" in the Song Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the temples built in the Tang Dynasty were unfortunately destroyed by natural disasters, and the destruction was so severe that they did not return to the glory of the Tang and Song dynasties.

The existing buildings were rebuilt and restored in succession in the sixth to tenth year of Kangxi reign (1667-1671).

In 1966, when the "Cultural Revolution" broke out, Qingyang palace was attacked, and the Taoists in the palace were expelled and ordered to return to the secular life

. After the reform and opening up, it was repaired many times.

In 1984, Zhang Yuan and Taoist priest of Qingyang palace reached an agreement with Sichuan Bashu publishing house to reprint the collection of Taoism. So that the only surviving Qing Dynasty engraving "daocang Jiyao" reprinted.

On April 9, 1983, Qingyang temple was determined by the State Council as a national key Taoist temple in the Han nationality region.

On December 27, 2002, Qingyang palace was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Sichuan Province.

On June 10, 2004, in order to protect the bronze Qingyang presented by Zhang penghe, the Prime Minister of Qing Dynasty, it has been treasured as a cultural relic in Qingyang palace. At 10:30 a.m. on June 9, 2004, the imitation copper sheep was unveiled for the believers to touch.

architectural composition

Qingyang palace covers an area of 150 mu in the past and more than 300 mu when it was rebuilt in the early Qing Dynasty. The building area of the existing temples and houses is 4800 square meters. The main buildings are divided into six parts, which are built on a central axis. The main buildings are Shanmen, Hunyuan hall, Bagua Pavilion, Sanqing hall, doulao hall, Zijin platform, Shengsheng platform and Shuo platform. On the west side of the gate is an eight character wall, 20 meters long and four meters high.

The first Hall of Qingyang palace is lingzu hall, which covers an area of about 400 square meters and is about 20 meters high. The wall is covered with glazed tiles, with white petals on the side and red glazed lotus in the center. On the right is a statue of the earth God and a statue of the green dragon, and a monument of huangen Jiulong erected in the winter of the 12th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. Hunyuan hall, the second major Hall of Qingyang palace, was rebuilt in the reign of Emperor Guangxu. There are 26 stone pillars and 2 wooden pillars with exquisite hollow carvings. The patterns include deer, Phoenix watching the moon, double lions playing ball, etc., which are vivid and flexible. Bagua Pavilion is located between Sanqing hall and Hunyuan hall. The stone base of the pavilion is divided into three layers, which are square, octagonal and round in order to fit in with the Taoist heaven, yin and Yang, and Bagua. After the Sanqing palace is the only existing original building of the Ming Dynasty in Qingyang palace, Doumu hall, which is an all wood building. The last group of important buildings in Qingyang palace complex is the three platforms in the back garden, with the "birth platform" on the left, the "saying platform" on the right, and the Zijin platform in the middle (also known as "Tang Palace", with Li Yuan and his wife and Li Shimin inside).

Main attractions

Shanmen

The original gate of Qingyang palace was built in Ming Dynasty. On the left is a statue of the earth God and a statue of the green dragon, as well as a Jiulong tablet of Huang en erected in the winter of the 10th year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. On the right side is a statue of white tiger with a seven star stake, which is engraved with the cloud seal script of Taoist secret Tianshu. According to the layout of Zhongtian Beidou seven stars, it is called Beidou Seven Star stake. There are also dragon and Phoenix piles, a pair of big stone lions and a Dragon King well.

Now the new gate is majestic, overlapping eaves. Dragon and tiger auspicious animal carving inlaid in the cornice pilaster, carving meticulous, elegant shape. There are two dragons on the top of the hall. They are fighting for the magic beads.

The inscription "Qingyang Palace" is high above the mountain gate. This plaque is written by an Hongde, the magistrate of Huayang County in Chengdu during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. It is a cultural relic of Qingyang palace.

Sanqing Hall

Sanqing hall, also known as Wuji hall, is the main hall of Qingyang palace. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in 1669. The foundation of Sanqing hall is 40 meters long and square, with a total area of 1600 square meters. On the outer eaves are carved art wood carvings such as Liuhe tonger and Shuangshi Xiqiu, with a pair of gold couplets: "the blessed land lies in qingniu, the stone chamber is eternal, and the cave is filled with white crane and pot for thousands of years" (inscribed by Li Yuhang, former president of China Taoist Association). In front of the hall, Chen Yizhong, named Youming bell, was made in Ming Dynasty, weighing about 3000 kg. On the right, there is a yinggu, which rings the drum and bell on the first day, the fifteenth day and the auspicious celebration.

There are thirty-six pillars in the hall, among which eight are wooden pillars, representing the eight heavenly kings of Taoism; twenty eight are stone pillars, representing the twenty-eight stars in the sky, namely Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji, Dou, Niu, NV, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bi, Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Zui, Shen, Jing, GUI, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Ji and Fu. The building of this hall is grand and solemn.

Sanqing temple is dedicated to the highest and most respected God of Taoism, Sanqing, that is, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun and Taiqing moral Tianzun, also known as Taishang Laojun and Taishang Daozu. There are also twelve golden immortals on both sides of the hall, which are guangchengzi, Chishui, Huanglong, beiliusun, Taiyi, dengdeng, Manjusri Guangfa, Puxian, Cihang, Yuding, Daoxing and Qingxu.

There are two bronze blue sheep in front of the Sanqing hall. They are the treasures of the Qingyang palace. On the left side are single horned blue sheep, and on the right side are double horned blue sheep. Single horned blue sheep contains the characteristics of the twelve zodiac animals, including rat ears, cow body, tiger claws, rabbit back, dragon horn, snake tail, horse mouth, sheep beard, monkey head, corns, dog belly and pig buttocks. The single horn Qingyang was donated by Zhang penghe, a Bachelor of Qing Dynasty in the first year of Yongzheng. Shuangjiao Qingyang was donated by Zhang Ke, a disciple of Chengdu, in the ninth year of Daoguang. The base is engraved with the story, and the inscription says: "the copper sheep in the capital city moved to Chengdu Ancient Road farm. Yin Xi seems to know each other. Find Huayang yueweiyang. " The signature is "xinyangzi", which is the name of Zhang penghe

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Hunyuan Hall

Hunyuan hall is the second major Hall of Qingyang palace, which is dedicated to the supreme Taoist God, one of the three Qing emperors. Hunyuan hall was rebuilt in the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 616 square meters. There are 26 stone pillars and 2 wooden pillars. Carved on the column are hollow deer, Phoenix and moon. Double lion ball and other patterns, vivid image. In the time of emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, he worshipped Taoism, and worshipped the Supreme Lord Laojun as the God of Hunyuan. In the center of the hall is the "Hunyuan patriarch". The old gentleman has a kind face and holds the Hunyuan heaven and earth circle. Stretching the circle is the word "one", so it shows that the origin of the world is still in a state of chaos, and Laojun created a new world, making "Tao generates one, one generates two, two generates three, three generates all things". The rear hall is dedicated to the "true man Cihang", which is called the "grand master Guanyin" in Buddhism.

Bagua Pavilion

Located between Sanqing hall and Hunyuan hall, the eight trigrams Pavilion is a landmark building, which highlights the characteristics of Taoism. Bagua Pavilion is about 20 meters high and 17 meters wide, covering an area of nearly 300 square meters. It has a compact layout, exquisite and generous. The whole building has three floors. It is built on a heavy platform. The stone base of the pavilion seat is square, and the pavilion body is round, which symbolizes the ancient theory of round heaven and place. It has double cornices, and is surrounded by tortoise grain doors and cloud flower windows. The south main door is a relief of the twelve zodiac Taiji diagram, which has a simple and classic shape Elegant. The whole pavilion is made of wood and stone, which are connected with each other without a wedge and a bolt.

The two floors on the stone railings of Bagua pavilion are octagonal. Each cornice is carved with lions, elephants, tigers and leopards, and all kinds of animal objects are inlaid on the male angle. The roof is made of yellow green and purple glazed tiles, and the lotus petals on the roof set off the unique style of glazed gourd tripod, which is about 3.6 meters high, beautiful and spectacular. There are 16 stone pillars with double row eaves, all of which are chiseled by huge stones, with a height of about 4.8 meters and a diameter of about 50 cm. Among them, there are eight stone columns with external eaves, which are embossed and hollowed out.

Doulao Hall

Doumu hall, also known as Yuanchen hall, is about 10 meters long and 9 meters wide. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and is a building of floor type. Doulao worshipped in the hall

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