Zhongde Hall, located at No.373 Neicuo 'ao, is a temple with three doors and two entrances, covering an area of about 600 square meters. There are two guardrails on the left and right sides of the temple, which has strong architectural characteristics of southern Fujian. The whole palace is hidden under the ancient banyan tree and the environment is quiet. There is a couplet on both sides of the middle gate of Zhongde Palace: "Water is a living thing, and the temple worships Sang Banghong and Zhongde; In a trace of god, Emperor Feng Lun is still a real person. "
Chen Daochang, the current abbot, said that the first half of the sentence is to protect the emperor from extraordinary medical skills, and the second half is to show people that the emperor is a fairy. As the Lord God, the Emperor Baosheng is enshrined in the most conspicuous position, while the Holy Queen is on the right hand side of the Emperor Baosheng and the Land Lord is on the left. Wu Kun, also known as Daogong, was born in Tongan Bai Jiao area in the Northern Song Dynasty. Before his death, he was a rural doctor who knew Feng Shui and had excellent medical skills. He saved countless lives, and later fell off a cliff and died while collecting medicine. Later, it was regarded as a "medical spiritual reality" by the people.
2. Zheng Chenggong and Typhoon
Zheng Chenggong (1624- 1662), born in Nan 'an, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, was a military strategist and national hero in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and was named King Yanping. There are many folk stories and legends about Zheng Chenggong's life course and glorious deeds in Gulangyu, where he was stationed.
1999, an earthquake of magnitude 92 1 occurred in Taiwan Province province. It is said that Zheng Chenggong went to Taiwan Province Province. About three weeks later, Typhoon 14 landed on June 9th. However, even if Zheng Chenggong visited Taiwan Province Province, the rest of his prestige still existed. A citizen who lives in Baijia village saw the tower crane in the new building of 174 hospital being blown off like a pendulum by the wind, and then turned left and right. The typhoon has been wandering around Xiamen, but I just can't get in!
Some citizens even took out detailed historical materials and said categorically: "In fact, the typhoon center stayed over Xiamen for five or six hours! Later, I found that Zheng Chenggong was really absent and came up. " Many locals in Xiamen, especially the elderly, have a saying about this: Thanks to the statue of Zheng Chenggong, Xiamen was guarded by Zheng Chenggong, who held his sword in one hand and waved it upward in the other, driving the typhoon to other places.
Since the statue was erected, typhoons rarely hit Xiamen head-on. Every time a typhoon is predicted to make a frontal landing, most of the results pass by. It is precisely because of these strange routes that the rumor of Zheng Chenggong protecting the building will spread more and more widely.
3. Dashengli
Dashengli funeral home was built in 1966. Nearly half a century has passed, and Dashengli funeral home has almost become a landmark building from Overseas Chinese Museum to Zhenhai Road, which is equivalent to the place name "Dashengli". It is said that the place name of Sheng Da comes from planting trees. At the end of Qing Dynasty, all the criminals in Xiamen were sent to plant trees outside the town gate at the foot of Hongshan Mountain. Over time, there are lush trees here, among which there is a big tamarisk, which is homophonic "Dashengli", so this area is called "Dashengli".
During the Republic of China, Dashengli was once the red light district of Xiamen. During the Republic of China before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, many arcades were built in Dashengli area, which have been preserved to this day. There was an extraordinary prosperity at that time. For the convenience of management, all prostitutes moved to Dashengli, which became the most prosperous red light district in Xiamen.
Later, the crematorium was moved to tianmashan, but Dashengli still retained the function of a funeral home, where a farewell ceremony could be held and then sent to tianmashan for cremation. It is said that the place name of Sheng Da comes from planting trees. At the end of Qing Dynasty, all the criminals in Xiamen were sent to plant trees outside the town gate at the foot of Hongshan Mountain. Over time, there are lush trees here, among which there is a big tamarisk, which is homophonic "Dashengli", so this area is called "Dashengli".
4. Legend of Five Dragons
It is said that Gulangyu Island was originally named Wulong Island, and there are five dragons on the island. The pearl of Wulong Play Pearl is Sunlight Rock. Five dragons became five mountains: Bijia Mountain, Zhaohe Mountain, Camel Mountain, Qiwei Mountain and Qishan Mountain. Legend has it that Qiwei Mountain is the male dragon, Camel Mountain is the female dragon, and the omelet stone between the two mountains is their dragon egg. Later, the imperial court sent officials here, and because they didn't understand Minnan dialect, they regarded Wulong Island as Gulangyu Island!
5. Bagua Building in Gulangyu Island
The origin of the name of Bagua Building: it has a red roof and eight ridges, and is placed on an octagonal platform. The top window is 24-way, so it is called "Bagua Building". The Bagua Building was designed by Dr. John Abraham Otte, Dean of Gulangyu Rescue Hospital, free of charge to thank his friend Lin Heshou for donating 1 000 yuan to the hospital.
However, the required materials, according to the rest of the design, cannot be purchased in the market and must be specially treated. Therefore, after the start of construction, there are many disadvantages and huge expenses, which consume a lot of financial resources of Jianxiang Bank. The cost didn't continue soon and the project was interrupted. Lin Heshou returned to Taiwan Province Province and sold part of his property with bank guarantee, which was difficult to support. To 1920, finally failed. After weighing, he was forced to declare bankruptcy. After handing over the project to the housekeeper, he went abroad to live and never returned to Gulangyu for life.
After Lin Heshou left, the construction site of the big villa was desolate and became an abandoned house. Another worker was killed in the construction, and the gossip building was once rumored to be haunted. Legend has it that people live upstairs and wake up to find them on the first floor. If you are on the first floor, you will hear a noise upstairs, and there is nothing upstairs. Later, the building was sealed up by the Japanese-funded Taiwan Bank, and was taken back by the government after the liberation of Xiamen, and it was converted into the current Gulangyu Government Museum.