[The finishing touch] 大 Jiezhou Guandi Temple Scenic Spot is located in Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction. It is the earliest, largest and highest-grade existing building in my country. , the most complete preserved temple of Emperor Guandi, known as the "Crown of Temples of Martial Arts".
Jiezhou Guandi Temple Scenic Area is located in Jiezhou Town, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national AAAA tourist attraction. It is the earliest, largest, highest-grade, and best-preserved Guandi Temple in my country. It is known as the "Crown of Martial Arts Temple". Three cultural relics tourist attractions have been initially formed: "Guandi Ancestral Temple in Jiezhou, Guandi Family Temple in Changping, and Guandi Ancestral Tomb in Changping". The scenic spot has won honorary titles such as "Top Ten Tourism Brand Units in Shanxi Province", "Top Ten Excellent Tourist Attractions in Shanxi Province", "Unit Contributing to Chinese Tourism Culture", and "2009 International Leisure Tourism Brand Unit of the Year". In 2010, the "International Guan Gong Cultural Festival" was rated as one of China's top ten character festivals and won the "Star Award" category project award. "Guan Gong Beliefs and Customs" has been announced as a national intangible cultural heritage. After years of careful construction,
has developed into a well-known cultural relics tourism brand at home and abroad. It is a holy place for tourists and believers at home and abroad to visit and worship their roots and ancestors.
(1), Jiezhou Guandi Ancestral Temple
Jiezhou Guandi Ancestral Temple was first built in the late Chen Dynasty and early Sui Dynasty. It has been expanded and repaired in all dynasties. Most of the existing buildings were renovated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is located 20 kilometers away from Yuncheng. Jiezhou Town is bordered by towering and beautiful mountains to the south and the Silver Lake with vast expanse of blue waves to the north. Temples and pavilions complement each other with the scenery of the lake and mountains. The total area is 220,000 square meters. It is a well-preserved and large-scale ancient building complex. The architectural layout is my country's traditional "front and back sleeping" and a palace-style layout with central axis symmetry. On the central axis, there are Duanmen, Pheasant Gate, Meridian Gate, etc. Yushu Tower, Chongning Hall and Chunqiu Tower are equipped with wooden squares, stone squares, stele pavilions, bell pavilions and east-west corridors on both sides. The towering buildings are equipped with towering pines and cypresses, giving them a royal style. Hanging in the temple are Kangxi's personal letters "Yi Bing Qian Kun", Qianlong's imperial decree "Shen Yong", Xianfeng's personal letters "Wan Shi Ren Ji", and Empress Dowager Cixi's inscription "Wei Ling Zhen stack" plaques, which are treasures. The most outstanding building in the temple, the "Spring and Autumn Tower" and the cantilevered beam and column structure on the second floor, are treasures among ancient Chinese buildings.
Jieyi Garden is located south of the ancestral temple, covering an area of more than 50 acres. It was designed and built according to the artistic conception of the Taoyuan when Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuojun were joined together. There are main buildings such as Jieyifang and Junzi Pavilion, surrounded by towering ancient cypresses, beautiful lakes and mountains. In the garden, there are green bamboos around the lake, green lotuses and willows, small bridges and flowing water, peach blossoms all over the mountain, pavilions, winding paths and corridors. It is an entertainment and entertainment place. A good place for leisure and pilgrimage.
(2), Changping Guandi Family Temple
Changping Guandi Ancestral Temple (commonly known as Guandi Family Temple) is located in Changping Village, 10 kilometers southwest of Yuncheng City, 8 kilometers away from Jiezhou Ancestral Temple, with a total area of 15,000 square meters. It is surrounded by the majestic Zhongtiao Mountain in the south and the vast ancient salt pond in the north. It has beautiful mountains and rivers and an elegant environment.
The architectural layout of the entire temple adopts the "front facing and sleeping in the back" building system and the traditional axial symmetry architectural technique similar to the ancestral temple. Its temple appearance and scenery are similar to those of the ancestral temple. The Temple of the Empress, the Hall of the Holy Ancestor and the Brick Pagoda of the Jin Dynasty are unique among all Guandi temples in the world and can be called the "Three Uniques".
This temple was originally the former residence of Guan Yu, who lived here from his birth until he fled to escape disaster. After his death, the local people and his descendants built an ancestral hall here to commemorate Guan Yu and his ancestors for three generations as a place to worship him. Therefore, it is the earliest ancestral hall to commemorate Guan Yu today, and it is also the earliest origin of Guan Gong culture in the world. It has been more than 1,800 years ago. Later, as the feudal emperors of successive dynasties granted Guan Yu successive titles, the world worshiped and admired him even more, and the temple was expanded accordingly, reaching its current scale in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Most of the existing buildings in the temple were renovated in the Qing Dynasty.
(3), Changping Guandi Ancestral Mausoleum
Guandi Ancestral Mausoleum is located 1.5 kilometers south of the ancestral temple. The scenic area covers an area of 3,000 acres and consists of the Shipangou Natural Scenic Area and the Icon Cultural Landscape Scenic Area."Secret valley, strange rocks, Seoul, and flowing springs" are the four wonders of the Zuling Scenic Area with deep scenery and beautiful mountains and rivers.
Shipangou Natural Scenic Area, with deep and secluded gorges, two gorges standing on the walls, green pines, emerald cypresses, wild grasses and flowers all over the hillside. The natural rocks are lifelike. There are 24 newly developed scenic spots in the scenic area, including "Green Dragon Gate", "Bringing Wife to Worship Ancestors" ", "Red Rabbit's Hoof Marks", etc., roam the ditch, see the green mountains, appreciate the beautiful scenery of the rocky rocks, recall the merits of Guan Sheng, and feel the taste of life.
The Guandi Statue Scenic Spot is located on the top of the mountain east of "Seoul". There is the world's tallest and largest bronze Guan Gong Statue (under construction). The statue is 79 meters high, of which the base is 19 meters, which symbolizes that Guan Gong lived in his hometown for 19 years. The main body of the statue is 60 meters, which symbolizes that Guan Gong's 60 years of life have made him a famous martial artist throughout the ages. The holy statue faces the Salt Lake of Yuncheng, its hometown, with the majestic Zhongtiao Mountain as its back.
(4), Guandi Imperial Garden
Guandi Imperial Garden is a northern-style, royal-style classical garden rebuilt on the site of the back garden of Guandi's ancestral temple.
The garden covers an area of 120 acres, with lofty palaces, meandering corridors and pavilions, clear mountains and rivers, wonderful flowers and trees, magnificent scenery and soothing connotations. The thousand-meter-long painted corridor forms a huge pattern of auspicious animals, which is unparalleled in the world; the giant "Fushou" cauldron is majestic and spectacular; the "cave sky" and "blessed land", with the charm of spiritual bells, make each other interesting from a distance; ancestral temple, loyalty The hall, Yasongxuan, Wenhuayuan, Chenguang Pavilion, Painted Fangzhai, Hanzhang Pavilion, and Lanyue Pavilion are all well-proportioned and unique, and there are also auspicious deer, turtles, cranes, monkeys, goldfish and other creatures, which have profound meanings and many good wishes. .
(5), East Palace
This building complex is adjacent to the east wall of Guandi Ancestral Temple. It faces south and covers an area of 21,000 square meters, with a construction area of 6,000 square meters. The original building complex consists of the East Palace Gate, Chongsheng Temple, Chongsheng Temple, and Chongsheng Temple. It is composed of Ning Palace, Yanqing Palace, Zhu Gong Temple and Dao Zhong Gong Temple. The buildings that have been restored are the East Palace Gate and Chongsheng Temple (which have been included in the Guandi Ancestral Temple), and the restored heritage protection groups are Chongning Palace, Yanqing Palace, Zhugong Temple and Taoist Hall. On the occasion of the International Guan Gong Cultural Festival in September 2009, the large supermarket of Guan Gong cultural supplies and the Guanfu Family Banquet, which were completed in the northwest and northeast corners of the building complex, have been fully opened to the public. The original large supermarkets have been preserved in the scenic area. trees, and scientifically planted cypress trees and other famous trees, and at the same time connected the imperial garden as an important exit passage for tourists and believers of Guandi Temple.
(Saturday), Jiezhou Guandi Temple Cultural Relics Preservation Center insists on enhancing the influence of Guan Gong culture as the main line, and holds colorful cultural activities every year:
1, the traditional ancient temple fair on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month
The eighth day of the fourth lunar month It is a traditional ancient temple fair in Jiezhou Town. It originated in the first year of Qianyou of the Han Dynasty (948 AD) and was an important distribution center for medicinal materials and supplies at that time. The "Guandi City Tour" activity held during the temple fair first began during the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1101 AD - 1119 AD). The celebrations often included ritual activities of "respectfully inviting the gods to go around the environment to pray for peace and blessings", and many invited Folk arts and crafts groups support the performance. In 2006, the Guandi City Tour, which underwent in-depth excavation, deep processing, and infused new cultural connotations, was successfully held, making the cultural activities that had been suspended for nearly a century perfectly reappeared in front of the world. The massive "Guan Sheng Emperor" city tour has attracted tourists from home and abroad. Especially in the city tour team in 2008, there was also a group of 40 people who specially came from Honglai Town, Nan'an City, Fujian Province. , carrying their statue of Guan Gong, walked behind the 16-carrying sedan.
2. The 24th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar is the birthday anniversary of Emperor Guan Sheng.
The 24th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar is the birth day of Emperor Guan Sheng, the Chinese martial arts saint. Birthday celebrations and sacrificial activities have a long history in the local area. Since the Guandi Family Temple was opened to the public in 2000, sacrificial activities have been held here every year. The regular holding of sacrificial activities has allowed countless Guan Gong believers at home and abroad to find their roots. The enthusiasm of the believers to participate in the sacrificial rituals has increased year by year. The number of worshipers is increasing year by year. Participating in this event has become the common spiritual home and spiritual sustenance of countless Guan Gong believers and Guan Gong culture enthusiasts.
3, China Yuncheng International Guan Gong Cultural Tourism Festival
has been rated as one of the top ten people-based festivals in China. It is a large-scale cultural tourism festival held every year in the hometown of Guan Gong.After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the revival of traditional national culture, starting from 1990, Guan Gong, a grand international business travel event integrating tourism, culture, folk customs, and economy and trade, will be held in Yuncheng every golden autumn. After twenty years of development, the temple fair has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, and the Guan Gong cultural brand has become bigger and bigger, becoming an important cultural event in Shanxi and even the country. At that time, a solemn and magnificent "Golden Autumn Festival" will be held, with altars, sacrifices, drums and traditional costumes, as well as the "Guandi Temple Chairman's Association", "Guan Gong Cultural Forum", and "Economic and Trade Fair" ”, “Boutique Tourist Tour”, “Yuncheng Folk Culture and Art Performance” and other activities.
(Wuce Yiding)
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