My home is in Shuangxikou Village in the east of Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province. I am the oldest bitter tree in my family. After thousands of years of wind and rain, I am now 1000 years old.
Although I am old, I am still flourishing! You see, the branches of "I" hovered in the sky like a dragon when I was young, vigorous and tall, and "I" was the "king of suffering" in everyone's mouth.
People often say that these ancient and famous trees are "living cultural relics", "living fossils" and "living archives" because "we" carry their traditional culture and record historical changes.
In 6 18 AD, Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor Chang 'an, and Tang Xing destroyed Sui Dynasty. With the occurrence of this major historical event in history, Xiao Jinyun has also been impacted!
Li Yuan, who was born in Xianbei military households in the Northern Dynasties, was not a noble family. Therefore, when they are fighting for the world, in order to win the support of the upper class aristocrats, they use the fact that Laozi, the revered ancestor of Taoism, is also surnamed Li to make a fuss.
Li Yuan claimed that he was a descendant of the immortals, and Lao Zi was the ancestor of their Tang royal family. In this way, Li Yuan not only found a good background for himself, but also found the foundation of faith for the Tang Empire in the future.
As the first emperor of a dynasty, he has been worried about whether to choose foreign Buddhism as the belief of the whole empire or local Taoism as the belief of the empire. Great, the problem is solved!
According to the calculation of warlocks during the Warring States Period, the "earth" in Jin Mu's fire, water and soil represents the Tang Dynasty, while in the Taoist immortal spectrum, it is the "Xuanyuan the Great" who is in charge of the central land. Therefore, Tang Gaozu tang gaozu has more respect for Jinyun Huangdi Xuanyuan. And the name Jinyun Mountain is more and more familiar to people because of Emperor Taizong's attention, so Jinyun gradually entered the temple from the distance of rivers and lakes!
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, inherited the belief foundation of Tang Dynasty based on Taoist belief of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. During his reign, he paid special attention to offering sacrifices to Emperor Xuanyuan, which was recorded in the Book of Rites in the old Tang Dynasty.
After Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin divided the whole country into ten roads (because Zhejiang belongs to Jiangnan Road), so he listed Jinyun Mountain in Zhejiang as one of the famous mountains in Jiangnan Road. This is also the embodiment of his emphasis on Xuanyuan the Great.
In 696 AD, Wu Zetian, who had ascended the throne as emperor, held a amenorrhea ceremony. She reported to the gods that she had changed the dynasty and became a queen.
Because Wu Zetian did not have any abnormal phenomena or ominous signs in the process of meditation, it can be said that her meditation ceremony was very successful!
Because of the success of the closing ceremony, people in the ruling and opposition circles at that time believed that it was God's approval and providence for Wu Zetian to be emperor! As a result, Wu Zetian, who was in a good mood, issued an imperial edict in one day.
She succeeded in taking Songshan Mountain and sealing Zhongyue, and changed Songyang County at the foot of Songshan Mountain to Dengfeng County and Yangcheng County to Gaocheng County.
At the same time, she also extended a distant area in central and southern Zhejiang to Jinyun County.
This should also start from the ancient world outlook. At that time, people thought that according to the concept of five elements, wood represented the east, gold represented the west, water represented the north, fire represented the south, and soil belt represented the center!
Since the Five Dynasties, among the five mountains, the Zhongyue Songshan Mountain represents the earth, and as we said before, the earth corresponds to the Xuanyuan Huangdi in the sky.
Therefore, Wu Zetian believes that her success in the retreat in Songshan is all thanks to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, who is in charge of Zhongyue. Therefore, she is very grateful to Xuanyuan Huangdi!
In order to express gratitude to Xuanyuan Huangdi, Wu Zetian promoted the worship center of Huangdi-Jinyun in the south. Wu Zetian's recognition of the Yellow Emperor's sacrificial activities also represents the court's attitude towards southern culture.
Huangdi Temple, formerly known as Jinyun Temple, was once one of the three palaces of Xuanyuan Huangdi. Built in the Jin Dynasty, it sits in the southeast facing the northwest, echoing the Mausoleum of Huangdi in Shaanxi, forming a famous pattern of "Beiling South Temple", which is an important place in southern China to worship the ancestor Xuanyuan Huangdi.
In the fifty-eighth year of Jinyun County and the seventh year of Tang Tianbao (748), the secretariat Miao excitedly wrote a letter to the throne, and he wanted to report his "miracle" to Tang Xuanzong.
According to Du Xianzhi in Yuan Dynasty, on June 8, 2007,
So Miao Cishi reported this "miracle" he saw to the court.
When an emperor encounters a "miracle" during his reign, it is tantamount to "auspicious luck from heaven", which is a kind of recognition from heaven to his supreme ruler. How can such an important event not make Tang Xuanzong excited and surprised? Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong was greatly surprised after listening: "It is also the capital where immortals gather!"
As a result, Jinyun Mountain was renamed "Xiandu Mountain" from now on, and this name has been used by people ever since!
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, many imperial edicts were issued to restore the shrine dedicated to Emperor Xuanyuan. Therefore, officials in jiangnan province, prefectures, counties and other places paid more and more attention to the Xuanyuan Huangdi Temple in Jinyun Xiandu, and began to make formal sacrifices in Jinyun Xiandu. (Since then, the organizational forms and ceremonies of offering sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor have been standardized and clear. Since then, the Huangdi Temple has become a place where local officials and ordinary people worship Xuanyuan Huangdi.
Emperors and Wu Zetian in Tang Dynasty attached great importance to the Yellow Emperor in Jinyun Xuanyuan, which is not only a memorial and respect for ancestors, but also a political means of state management and a reverence for nature.
Today, this ancient city of Jinyun, with historical and cultural charm, has become the only Yellow Emperor Sacrifice Center in southern China and the radiation center and research center of Yellow Emperor culture! Jinyun, he is moving towards the future of a new era step by step. As a witness of all this history, "I" will certainly follow him.
I believe that the charm of Jinyun, which is precipitated by history and outstanding, will get better and better! If you have time, do you want to go to Jinyun, where a "miracle" happened?
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