During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou became one of the world's commercial ports. There is a Tianhou Temple in Quanzhou, which is the earliest and highest-standard ancient building in Mazu Tempel at home and abroad. Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou was built in the second year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 196). All previous dynasties have been repaired, and the components of the Song Dynasty and the wooden buildings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties have been preserved. The main buildings are distributed on the north-south central axis, including the mountain gate, the stage, the East-West Pavilion, the main hall, the East-West Corridor, the Bedding Hall, the East-West Pavilion, the Fourth Pavilion, the Liangzhai Pavilion and the dressing building.
Around the gables, eaves, entrances and patios of Tianhou Palace, as well as the architectural decoration parts such as doorframes, doorsills, drums, columns, beams, corners, steps, column bases and railings, all kinds of beautifully carved birds, animals, flowers and figures can be seen everywhere.
The main buildings of Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou
1, mountain gate
The original mountain gate and circus stage of Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou were demolished for the construction of expressway. 1March, 990, Tianhou Palace in Lugang, Taiwan and its members donated money to rebuild it. This mountain gate is the star of Xue Heng in Jinjiang County in Qing Dynasty, with five bay faces, arches, carved wooden arches, bluestone dragon columns, unicorn stone carvings on both sides, tiger windows, four-slope roofs, inverted roofs and eight dragons and two crocodiles. The horn ridge is made into a stretched and curled phoenix tail with soft lines. The overall structure is gorgeous and spectacular. The stage is connected with the back eaves of the mountain gate, facing south, and covered with a wooden canopy. Carved ridge painting is small and exquisite, with Quanzhou's unique artistic style.
Step 2: Stage
The stage is connected with the mountain gate, facing the main hall and facing south. The stage is 1.3m high, 6.4m wide and 5. 15m deep, with a total height of 8m. The indoor roof structure adopts wooden bucket arch and caisson, painted and carved, which has typical architectural characteristics of southern Fujian. As far as the function of the stage is concerned, the stage of Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou serves the main hall and serves as a reward for acting when offering sacrifices to Mazu. So it is not used much, so the stage level is low and the scale is small.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Quanzhou Tianhou Palace.