Linfen Yaodu
Yaodu District, known as Pingyang in ancient times and now Linfen, is the birthplace of Emperor Yao, the ancestor of civilization and one of the Five Emperors. The scenery here is beautiful and the feng shui is very good, and the capital was built here.
? Yaodu District mainly includes Yao Temple, Huamen, Huabiao, Chinese terrain miniature landscape, Yaodian Wall Corridor, Yao Mausoleum, Xiandonggou, Dazhong Building, Yuan Dynasty Stage, Pangdu Cemetery, Shangdu Cemetery Taiming Cemetery and Zhucun Cemetery attractions and places of interest.
Here, focus on the representative buildings Yao Temple, Huamen and the large-scale festival performance "Ode to Yao" with rich connotations.
The Yao Temple is a national ancestral temple that integrates rich history and culture and a history of five thousand years of civilization. It is commonly known as the Sansheng Temple. It is a temple dedicated to commemorating the three ancestors of Yao, Shun and Yu in China. Including Wufeng Tower and Guangyun Hall.
When entering Yao Temple, the first thing you see is the beautiful Five Phoenix Tower. It was built during the Qianfeng period of the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,300 years. The building is 19.3 meters high, with three floors and twelve eaves. There are three brick kiln corridors at the bottom of the building, and there are 13 corner columns that lead directly to the three floors. It is very majestic. There are more than 30 pottery figures standing upright on the roof, with a pottery lion in the middle. They can move up and down when the wind blows, which is very beautiful.
Five Phoenix Tower" is also known as "Guangtian Pavilion", which means the merits of Emperor Yao, the light of the world, and the blessing of all people. People regard Yao and the four people who founded the industry together The ministers praised it as the "Five Phoenixes", and the Five Phoenix Tower symbolized the unity of the monarch and his ministers, and the great rule of the world. After the Tang Dynasty, the "Five Phoenix Tower" was built when building cities and palaces to show that the river was clear and the sea was feasting, and the country and the people were peaceful. The lower layer of the "Five Phoenix Tower" was made of three-hole bricks. The Quanmen Cave leads directly to the "Guangyun Hall". In ancient times, when worshiping Emperor Yao, the monarch walked in from the middle, and the civil and military ministers passed through the side cave.
The "Yun Hall" is also called the Yao Hall, where Emperor Yao summoned his ministers. 's palace. The hall is 9 rooms wide, 5 rooms deep, surrounded by 32 corridors, 77 rooms inside and outside, and 27 meters high. Guangyun Hall takes the meaning of wide to match the sky and luck to match the earth, so it is called "Guangyun Hall". On both sides of the colorful building in front of the palace are the four characters "People are incompetent", which means that Emperor Yao's merits and virtues are immeasurable, and the people simply don't know what language to use to praise him. The bronze statues of Yao and his four ministers were installed on January 18, 2003. The majestic and benevolent seated statue of Emperor Yao is 5 meters high, and the lifelike and simple statues of the four ministers are 4.1 meters high. The Guangyun Hall is the most majestic hall in the Yao Temple, so spectacular!
The Hua Gate is composed of three parts: the base, the main door and the attic. It is a prominent building that is compatible with the styles of ancient buildings in all periods Each part of this magnificent building contains profound cultural connotations. The Huamen Grand Stairs is a cultural landscape that symbolizes the origin of Chinese civilization. The 25-meter-long waterfall wall directly in front of the main gate of Huamen represents the water of the Yellow River, the mother river that gave birth to the Chinese nation, and the origin of Chinese civilization. A pair of giant hands holding a pottery basin above the base platform embodies the idea that labor creates history. Pottery is one of the important symbols of human development from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age. It was also the main utensil during the Yao and Shun eras. The stone sculpture of "giant hands holding pottery" symbolizes the status of civilization during the Yao and Shun eras. The 21 colored balls arranged from top to bottom in the middle represent the 21 historical dynasties after Yao and Shun, including Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han, etc., vividly showing the long historical process of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization starting from Yao and Shun. . The 56 yellow-brown steps represent the 56 ethnic groups, implying that Chinese civilization was created jointly by all ethnic groups over five thousand years. Yaodu can be called the "birthplace of Huabiao" and "the hometown of the Chinese". It enjoys the reputation of "five thousand years of Chinese civilization landmark" and the first capital of China.
? The large-scale performance of "Ode to Yao" reproduces the emperor's Yao's majestic image comprehensively displays Emperor Yao's great achievements and perfectly interprets Emperor Yao's immortal spirit. It is not only a classic that promotes the root culture, but also an impassioned song of the times.
Linfen Yaodu is the ancestral root of China. It has a splendid civilization history and profound accumulation. It is worth a visit!
Attachment: Introduction to Emperor Yao
Legend has it that one of the Five Emperors of Ancient China Tang Yao was born in Pingyang, now Linfen.
Legend has it that Yao was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Emperor Ku, one of the five ancient emperors. After the death of Emperor Ku, Yao ascended the throne. The emperor was named Yao and the country was named Tang. The capital was established in Pingyang (now Linfen). Tang Yao complied with the development of human civilization, was diligent, prudent and frugal in government, established calendars, implemented virtuous governance, resisted natural disasters, established a country system, selected talents, and achieved outstanding political achievements. In the early days of Tang Yao's reign, the astronomical calendar was still in use. It was very imperfect, and the people often missed the farming season. Therefore, Yao used ancestral weaving specialists to summarize the experience of his predecessors, and ordered the Xi and He tribes to master astronomy. They estimated the time based on the movement of the sun, moon, stars and other celestial phenomena and natural phenology, and determined the four seasons. One cycle of the moon is one month, one cycle of the sun is one year, and one year is defined as three hundred and sixty-six days. This is the earliest recorded calendar in our country, which laid the foundation for our country's lunar calendar. After Yao came to power, life was still very special. He was frugal, living in a thatched house, drinking wild vegetable soup, and wearing coarse cloth made of kudzu. He always listened to the opinions of the people and set up a "drum of remonstrance" in front of the simple palace gate. If you have any comments or suggestions, you can beat the drum at any time. When Yao heard the sound of the drum, he immediately received the visitor and listened carefully to the opinions of the visitor. When Yao was in power, there were severe floods. The floods swallowed up the mountains and flooded everywhere. He asked Gun to control the floods, channel the nine rivers, and defeat the floods; after Yao grew old, he searched everywhere to find a successor. With two minds, he wanted to live in harmony with his neighbors. Yao used his two daughters and wives to observe the inside, and asked his nine sons to observe the outside to test Shun's character. , and finally told him to "enter the mountains" and let the fierce winds, rains, tigers, wolves, insects, and snakes test his courage. Shun passed the tests one by one, and Yao confidently gave up his position as king.