I. "March 18th" Temple Fair
The "March 8th" Temple Fair is located in Guangsheng Temple at the southern foot of Huoshan Mountain in the northeast of Hongtong County. It consists of three groups of ancient buildings: Shangsi Temple, Si Xia Temple and Water Temple. Shangsi Temple is located on the mountainside, and Si Xia Temple is located at the foot of the mountain, about 600 meters above sea level. There is a Millennium Gu Quan Ring of Fire in the south of Si Xia Temple. The whole Guangsheng Temple is surrounded by mountains and waters, with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. It has long been a famous and important tourist attraction in this province.
According to related legends and inscriptions, March 8th Temple Fair in Guangsheng Temple was popular as early as 13 19. According to legend, March 18 of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the arrival of the stupa relic in the upper temple of Guangsheng Temple and the birthday of the water god in the hot spring temple in the lower temple. On this day, the broad masses of people and kind men and women in the surrounding areas burned incense in Guangsheng Temple, thanking the Buddha and the gods and praying for future peace. The main activity area of the temple fair is concentrated in Guangshengsi town, and the participants are widely distributed, especially some material and cultural exchange activities, which come from all over the country and are different every year. On March 8/kloc-0, the number of participants ranged from 50,000 to100,000.
Participants in the temple fair are spontaneous, and the main forms are: water temple, going to the temple, burning incense in the temple, praying for blessings, singing opera, entertainment, shopping and visiting scenic spots. The duration of the temple fair is generally five days (March 16-March 20), in which the evening of March 17 and the day of March 18 are crowded, and activities such as offering incense to the people are mainly these two days. It reflects the people's worship of Buddhist culture and ancient gods, and the most essential thing is to reflect the people's desire and pursuit of living and working in peace and contentment, good weather and a happy life.
Hongya temple hui
Hongya Temple is located in Nanshan Village, North Qili, Guangshengsi Town, Hongdong County, where the peaks are embracing each other! The cliff is steep, and the main temple is hidden in a natural cave on the cliff. Although the temple is small in scale, it is a local natural and cultural landscape.
After the completion of Hongya Temple, incense reached its peak. Every year, on the 16th day of the first lunar month, a temple fair was held for five days, with an endless stream of pilgrims. Celebrity inscriptions, memorials and inscriptions were found in the temple wall courtyard. "Zhao Cheng County Records" has a poem "Chibi is a cave in the world, the mountain path is cold and the stone is suspicious of rain, the ancient altar is old and I don't know the year, the Buddha wants to follow the running water, the monk's wall is cold and smoky, and the sand is clean. Where can I find a fairy?" Chibi is full of spring fragrance, cold in spring and autumn, and the water is flowing.
According to legend, Hong Yazi once traveled here, and wrote a poem on the wall of Chibi, "A jade girl puts flowers in the source, and a fairy plays the Nine Immortals Cave. I was drunk before I came to the peak and ate purple jade buds by the stream. " Hongyazi is said to be the minister and celebrity of the emperor. Emperor Yao is 3,000 years old, which shows that Hongya Temple has a long history.
There are Sakyamuni Buddha Hall, Land and Water Hall and shrines related to the sacred mouth of heaven. There is Guangsheng near the south, drinking stones in the north, bowing and arching the ground. There is a home with a host and guests, and there are also people who become attached to it. It has dangerous cliffs, undulating mountains, deep thorns in trees, colorful leaves, clear springs, sweet and delicious water, and winding along the winding paths in the mountains.
Wang Sheng Temple Fair
Wangsheng Village, Mingjiang Town, Hongtong County is located at the foot of Huoshan Mountain, more than 40 miles northeast of the county seat. It is said that Shun Di was born here and worked in Lishan Mountain in the east of the village. Later, to commemorate Wang Shun's blessing, the farm was named Zhu Feng An Ge and the village was named Wang Sheng. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to commemorate Wang Shun, local villagers built the Wang Shun Temple and held a five-day temple fair every year16. All the villagers around came to visit the temple fair. At that time, reed sheds will be built around the temple to sing big plays, as well as local snacks, and the market logistics will be very lively. Wang Shun Temple was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, rebuilt in Daming eight years, and built in Jiajing period of Qing Dynasty. Because the temple was not maintained all the year round, the temple collapsed and the pillars were in danger. Villager Lin Guoqiang raised funds 1997 to rebuild the Wang Shun Temple, and the Wang Shun Temple took on a new look, reappearing its former style and colorful glass. Wang Shun Temple is a sacred symbol in the hearts of local people. With the development, Wang Shun Temple gradually formed a natural belief in people's minds. When people pray for a good agricultural year, they will consciously gather in front of Wang Shun Temple to pray for the blessing of Wang Shun. There is a folk song that has been handed down to this day. "Yao was born in Dongguan, Yonghe and County. You should ask where he was born and Shengwangzhuang in Hongdong, Shanxi."
Second, the Stone Buddha Temple Fair
Stone Buddha Temple is located in Shuangtou Village, Guangshengsi Town, south of the village, with three halls facing south. There is a stone Buddha in it, and a plaque of "compassion" is hung at the entrance of the temple. There are legends about the origin of stone Buddha and allusions to its connection with square piles.
Every year from the first day of June to the sixth day (the first day of June, the birthday of the stone Buddha), Shuangtou Village holds a temple fair on this day for six days. Please ask the troupe to sing operas, and allow people in Fangdui Village to book operas for each performance. The age of the Stone Buddha Temple is unknown.
There is a legendary story to prove it. It is said that a long time ago in Guangsheng Temple, Shuangtou Village was very prosperous and rich in products, and people lived a healthy life. I don't know when, there was a dry well at the entrance of the village that had not been used for many years, and suddenly a strange snake with two heads was born. Maybe I practiced for many years. In order to practice it, the two-headed snake often comes out of the well during the day to practice a breathing skill that hurts and swallows people. This may also be the idiom "innuendo". Often the shadows of passers-by will be swallowed up by the two-headed snake, and pedestrians will be killed on the spot, so people are very afraid of this ferocious two-headed snake. Good people know that they can't fight this snake, and those who are afraid move to other places, and their reputation gradually declines. There is a village nearby, where a Shi Wa mother and son live alone. Shi Wa is loyal, diligent and helpful. One day, Shi Wa led a cow to drink bottomless spring water. Everyone is very helpless and sighed. At this moment, the spring water gushed out from a hole, and Shi Wa came out safely with a cow. People are very happy, and they are called Shenwa. Shi Wa of Fangdui Village learned that there was a two-headed snake in Shuangtou Village. Regardless of his personal safety, he decided to slay the people and save them.
The next day, he said goodbye to his mother. He came to the dry well where the two-headed snake was hiding. As soon as the two-headed snake appeared, it launched a fierce struggle with the two-headed snake. After the battle, Shi Wa was defeated by a two-headed snake. The fierce snake bit Shi Wa into three parts. At this time, the bottomless spring water in Fangdui Village turned red and looked like blood. When it stopped, blood poured out, and a stone statue appeared from the blood, which looked like a stone statue. People saw the stone statue. Two-headed snakes never dare to come out and hurt people during the day. The old man in the village said that the stone statue was a Buddha, not a long dharma in spring. The stone statue was sent to Guangsheng Temple to settle down, so people immediately packed the stone statue, and the Mala people pushed it to Guangsheng Temple, but when the car reached Daliangpo, it could not be pulled. They saw that it was getting dark and had to give up. Tomorrow, the next morning, they came to Daliangpo, but there was no sign of the stone statue. Seeing that the stone Buddha stepped on the snake's tail with one leg in the well and the snake's head with the other leg at the wellhead, he saw that the two-headed snake was dead and could not harm any creature from now on. Then he looked at the radiant face of the stone Buddha and smiled as if to say, "Don't be afraid, I have strangled that demon snake, and it won't hurt anyone again." People built a temple in the place of the stone Buddha to commemorate the stone Buddha, which is also the origin of Shuangtou Village. There is also a saying that Fangdui Village is called maiden, which means that there is no son without a mother. Therefore, whenever a temple fair is held, people from Fangdui Village must be invited to perform operas to show their respect.
Third, the temple fair in Fangdui Village.
In Fangdui Village of Guangsheng Temple, there is a Bi Xia Notre Dame Palace, also known as Niangniang Temple, formerly known as "Taishan Goddess Temple River". Located in the west of Fangdui Village, there is a statue of Yuan Dynasty in the temple. The statues in the temple are lifelike, dignified and gorgeous. Tourists feel that they are "walking in the fairy road and living in the travel of the pictorial world". Exquisite hollow flowers are carved on the doors and windows, and the geometric figures overlap to present the same melody as the skylight carving of Guangsheng Temple. Temple buildings are made of stained glass and the sun is shining, so people call it Liuliniang Temple.
The temple also retains murals and landscapes of the Yuan Dynasty, which belongs to the annual meeting on the first day of the fourth lunar month, lasting for five days. Most of them make wishes for blessings, and temple fairs include social dramas, snacks, fairs and food transactions. The temple was built in the 23rd year of Qing Qianlong in Tang Dynasty and rebuilt according to the inscription. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit in Shanxi Province.
Fourth, Chaoyang Temple Fair.
Chaoyang Temple is located in Zuomu Township, Gouxi Natural Village, Zhongshe Village. The temple god "Nantian Erlang" is known by people hundreds of miles away. Nantian Jiro is effective in seeking wealth, career, marriage, enterprise and safety.
Chaoyang Temple has a history of more than 3,000 years, and it was severely damaged in the war, leaving no record.
Five, the Eastern Yue Temple Association after the Han Dynasty
Dongyue Temple in the Han Dynasty was built in Tai 'an in Yuan Dynasty for five years. Rebuilt in Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are main halls and inverted stage. Among them, there are murals painted in the Yuan Dynasty in the main hall, with the civil and military ministers of the Zhou Dynasty on the left and the East Prince family on the right. There are yellow, yellow and statues in the middle hall. March 28th is Wang's birthday every year, and Heshe villagers will hold a five-day grand temple fair. There will be a meeting at sunset on March 25th and 30th. During the meeting, there will be magnificent gongs and drums, big plays, pavilions and pavilions, which are very lively, and pilgrims and believers will attend the meeting, with more than 10 thousand people many times. On March 28th, there was a parade at the temple fair, in which there were yangko, dry boat and bamboo horse. For a hundred years, dry boats have been stored in temples, dedicated to temple fairs and fire sacrifices.
On March 28th, the day before, the person in charge of the community or incense sticks were posted in front of the temple, which was also called a "declaration form" for the meeting to inform the community members and pilgrims to get ready. At eleven o'clock the night before the temple fair, the heads of various clubs fasted and bathed, offered incense, made lists and prayed in front of the statue of Dong Wang. The next morning, after worshipping God, they cooked a vegetarian meal at noon for the pilgrims to eat.
The biggest feature of the activities of Dongyue Temple Club is that on the birthday of Dongyue Emperor, a grand celebration of Dongyue Emperor's city tour will be held. Xunxing refers to the fact that Emperor Dongyue came to the world on this day, walked around the streets, supervised the people, advised the good and punished the evil, and the icon of Emperor Dongyue was carried by social leaders in an eight-sedan chair. There are flags and drums in front of the team, fierce judges and flail. After the tour, the club leaders carried the statue of Dongyue Emperor back to the main hall of the temple and presented new clothes to Dongyue Emperor. Only after burning incense can the ceremony be completed.