Architectural characteristics of Guandi Temple

The wooden structure of the temple is partly Ming Dynasty, partly Qing Dynasty, and there are modern buildings. The temple is a wooden frame building with hanging beams, three wide and six deep. The total length is 40m, the width is 17m, and the area is over 680m2. Hanging on the top of the mountain, blue tile. Most of them are stone shuttle columns, and the column base is drum-shaped. There is a big square in front of the temple, and the stone railings overlap each other. In the lotus pond, the green water is full of waves, setting off the ancient temple. There are four pairs of stone lions carved in Ming and Qing Dynasties in front of the temple. They hold their heads high and look different. The temple gate building uses six circular stone pillars to support hundreds of criss-crossing bucket arches with uniform bearing capacity, and a palace-style pavilion is supported on the arch frame, which is called "Prince Pavilion". There are all kinds of porcelain carving patterns with local characteristics in southern Fujian. On the front, there are "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and "Animal Map" (Kirin, elephant, lion, tiger, deer, sheep, mule and jackal). Stories of Tang and Song Dynasties 120 The back sculptures of characters are vivid and colorful. Looking at it, it is magnificent. "Prince Pavilion" is not only exquisite in architectural art, but also of high architectural scientific value. After 500 years of earthquakes and typhoons, it is still safe and sound, which has won the admiration of Chinese and foreign ancient architecture experts.

Porcelain sculptures of "Double Dragons Catch Beads" and "Phoenix Flying" are molded on the roofs of the main hall and the front hall.

The golden woodcarving in the temple is very beautiful and spectacular. Your Highness's large terrazzo blue stone is carved with a dragon that is rare in China, with a towering cloud and a protruding horn. These stone carvings are excellent treasures of famous artists of all ages. In the center of the hall is the statue and shrine of Guan Gong, with four generals on both sides and Zhou Cang on the right. There are many stone carvings, woodcut couplets and plaques in the temple during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty's imperial pen "the pole of all ages" hung high on the earth.

On the east side of the main hall hangs a bronze bell cast in the light years of Qing Dynasty, which is 1.2m high, 2. 15m long at the bottom, weighs more than 400 kilograms and has a loud voice. The whole temple is arranged neatly and orderly, with extraordinary verve.

Historical origin

According to the survey, Dongshan Guandi Temple is the ancestral temple of many Guandi temples in Taiwan Province Province with a long history.

In the Ming Dynasty 18 (1663), Zheng Jing, the son of Zheng Chenggong, left Tongshan and returned to Taiwan Province. Zhu Shugui, the quiet king, specially built the Guandi Temple in his palace in the form of Tongling Guandi Temple. A portrait of Wu Ying of Ming Dynasty presented by Governor Yang Yanli in the 54th year of Qing Dynasty (1289) hangs on the shrine. According to Mr. Wang, the management committee of Hongmao Chengguan Di Temple in Penghu, Hongmao Chengguan Di Temple entered Penghu from Tongling Guandi Temple as early as the Ming Dynasty, and then entered Taiwan Province from Penghu, which spread in the south of Taiwan Province Province and was called "Wen Heng Di".

In the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1683), after Shi Lang, commander of the navy, led his division to Taiwan, officers and men distributed "Tongling Guandi Temple" incense in Taiwan Province Province.

During Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, LAM Raymond, a native of Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, returned to his hometown from Dongshan Guandi Temple, distributed incense and carved the statue of Guandi. Later, Lin Feng, a descendant of Lin Feng, personally went to the Guandi Temple in Tongling and crossed the sea to Kamalan (now Yilan) in Taiwan Province Province to build a temple, which became the earliest temple in northern Taiwan Province Province and spread to all parts of Taiwan Province Province to build Guandi Temple.

Many Guandi temples in Taiwan Province Province were built by Dongshan people. For example, in 52-54 of Kangxi, Tongshan was appointed as the patrol worshipper of Zuo Ying, the navy division of Taiwan Strait Province, and built Guandi Temple in the northeast corner of Zhuluo County. Fu, a Dongshan teacher in Qing Dynasty, built some Guandi temples in Penghu, Taiwan. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1933), architects Lin, Lin Jintian and Lin Baozong of Dongshan County applied to Magong, Chiqian and Taipei in Penghu to live here for three years, and built four Guandi temples in the same style as the Guandi Temple in Tongling.

Compatriots in Taiwan Province Province worship Dongshan Guandi Temple very much and often come to worship and donate money. Dongshan Guandi Temple Wu Temple Reconstruction Monument records the names and amounts of donations made by more than 40 people from the military, political, commercial and fishery preparatory circles in Anping, Penghu and Lugang, Taiwan Province Province.

cultural exchange

In recent years, followers of Guandi Temple in Taiwan Province Province, such as Yilan, Kaohsiung, Hualien, Hsinchu, Taipei, Taichung, Taitung, Taoyuan, Keelung and Penghu, have organized delegations to visit Guandi Temple in Tongling, carried out cultural exchange activities of Guandi, offered "ancestor-chasing" plaques and sent a statue of Mrs. Guan to Taiwan Province Province.