Mangong Ancestral Hall is located on the bank of Jiuxia Dongxia in Maolin Town, Jingxian County, which is slightly smaller than Wu's Grand Ancestral Hall. Three towers in front and back, facing south, with an area of about 1000 square meters, including the right house. There is a fence in front of the temple to form a courtyard. The temple consists of front hall, patio, hall and dormitory. Among them, * * * is supported by 6 square white stone columns and 40 round wooden columns, and the green foundation under the columns is engraved with the pattern of binding branches. There are exquisite carvings on the moon beam, melon column and single bucket. On the top of the main hall is an algae well with geometric ornamentation, with four characters of "loyalty, filial piety and righteousness" on the walls on both sides, and then a two-room building, which was originally a "sleeping building" for displaying ancestral tablets.
This ancestral temple was dedicated to Man Gong Sheng by Jiujia School, but Wu Mansheng was not the ancestor of Jiujia School. According to Wu's genealogy, Jiujiazhi was separated from Songjiatan earlier, and moved from Wu Xuexing to Dongxihe in the early Yuan Dynasty. Wu Mansheng, the fourth grandson of Wu Xuexing, was born in the ugly year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty and died in Renwu in Tianshun (1385— 1462). Why build a shrine for Wu Mansheng alone? It may be the Jiujia branch that didn't flourish until Wu Mansheng. He has four sons: Kaihe, Hehe, Langhe and Kaihe. Among them, Fangkai, Hehe and Langfang are very prosperous, and their residence is called "Sanfentan", which was later misrepresented as "Huoshaotan". There is also a biography of Wu Mansheng on the genealogy, saying that he had worked as a grain collector, which aroused the resentment of the villagers because of his strict attitude. Accused by Shuikou (Xixiang, Jingxian County), he was imprisoned for one and a half years. He dreamed of God's salvation in prison and was released the next day. But the local folklore, this story is very bizarre. It is said that Wu Man sent troops to Heilongjiang and stayed in an inn. The shopkeeper asked him whether to eat "rice meat" or "bran meat". He thought that "bran meat" must be terrible, so he ordered a dish made of "rice meat". When he went upstairs to stay at night, a maid told him that "rice meat" was human flesh. If you eat a dish made of human flesh today and then cook with your meat for others, you will be killed that night. Hearing this, Wu Mansheng was frightened and knelt down to ask the maid for help. The maid said that I couldn't save you, so I had to ask a little bodhisattva to be enshrined in the shrine. He bowed to his idol and vowed to burn incense for future generations if he could escape from the birth. After praying, she tied the little idol on her back, hung her feet upside down and put on sandals. With the help of the maid, she opened the window and went downstairs. It was snowing heavily. He walked more than ten miles to the south and found an ancient temple by the roadside. The door was covered with thick cobwebs. He was very tired, so he drilled through a spider web and rested in the temple. In my lethargy, I suddenly heard the voice of the maid upstairs in the inn: guest officer, you left, I can lose my life for you! Wu Mansheng woke up and kowtowed and made a wish: Please come home with me and enjoy the fragrance of my children for thousands of years. It turned out that the owner of the black shop went upstairs with a knife in the middle of the night and found that Wu Mansheng had escaped. Knowing that the maid had leaked the news, he killed her. The shopkeeper was not satisfied, so he sent a man downstairs to look for it, but strangely, there were only footprints in the snow, but no footprints. They searched south according to the footprints, and when they reached the ancient temple, the footprints disappeared. The shopkeeper suspected that the fugitive was hiding in the ancient temple. The man said that the door of the ancient temple was covered with thick cobwebs, so it was impossible for anyone to enter. They muttered for a while, then turned and went back. Wu Mansheng heard clearly in the temple, knowing that the gods blessed him, and let the broken spider web weave the temple gate again.
After Wu Mansheng escaped from danger, he made a long journey to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and there was no boat to cross on the vast river. He kowtowed to the little idol and prayed for his safe return home. I dozed off by the river and woke up to find that I had reached Jiangnan. It was late at night when he arrived in Maolin. He first went to his grandmother's house in Ma Yuan and asked about his family. Grandma thought it was his ghost that came back, so she said, Man Sheng, I know you died very hard, and I will burn money for you tomorrow. Wu Mansheng said: Grandma, I'm not dead, I'm back alive! Grandma doesn't believe me, but she still won't open the door. Wu Mansheng put his hand into the dog hole and said, Grandma, feel my hand. It's hot, which proves that I'm not dead. Grandma touched the warm and soft hand before opening the door to let him in. Before entering grandma's house, he put the little idol in the culvert by the roadside. After he finished eating, he couldn't move when he came to get it. Wu Mansheng said, Could it be that the Bodhisattva took a fancy to this place and I will build a temple for you here in the future?
Although this is a fairy tale, there are two Nantan temples in Maolin Jiujia, one behind Mangong Temple and the other in Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan Nantan Temple also has a stone tablet erected in the 15th year of Jiaqing (18 10), which is engraved with the location and mu number of two Shentian families, and its income is the fund for offering sacrifices to the gods. This Nantan Temple may have been built in the Ming Dynasty. In front of the temple, there is also a "three-bedroom and two-entrance sacrifice hall for the surname Hong". There are brick carvings and five brick arches on the entrance wall, and the interior components also have the characteristics of Ming Dynasty architecture. This is a very old house. In addition, the local old people have seen temple fairs in the old society. In addition to the "Three Saints of Nantan", there is also a small golden statue, which is said to be carried by Wu Mansheng. In addition, there is a sacred sedan chair carried by two people, which enshrines the "Bonus Empress" and is said to be a maid who sacrificed her life to save Wu Mansheng. The temple fair activities at the 13th National Congress seem to be consistent with the fairy tales above.
Wu Mansheng was born in the early Ming Dynasty, and the temple was probably built for him in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, earlier than Wu's Grand Ancestral Hall. However, the existing Manchu Palace is obviously a building in the late Qing Dynasty. According to the analysis of local legends, the original Manchu temple may have been destroyed by war and then rebuilt. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Wuhu fell, Guangyi Middle School moved to Maolin and set up a branch school in Mangong Temple. Many students came here to study, and groups of progressive teachers and students joined the New Fourth Army and embarked on the revolutionary road. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Maolin Supply and Marketing Cooperative set up a purchasing station in the ancestral hall. Although the ancestral temple has been preserved, its internal components and many plaques no longer exist.
Legends and stories of Qinshan Mountain on the banks of the Qin River.
Qin Gaoshan, also known as Qin, is located on the banks of Xiqin River in Jingxian County, which is unique and spectacular. Coming and going through the Western Qin Dynasty, I always look out of the window unconsciously. High hills, broad back and long tail are as vivid and powerful as lions. The vegetation on the mountain is good, green, covered with bamboo and wood, and evergreen all the year round. Whether it's rainy spring, hot summer, late autumn when leaves are blown away by the wind, or snowy winter, Qinshan always attracts people with its unique scenery. What is even more rare is that some ancient legends are hidden behind the attractive scenery. These ancient legends are illusory, dreamlike and confusing, adding to the mystery and interest of Qin Gaoshan.
Lured by it, accompanied by friends, I approached Qin Gaoshan that day. The first thing that catches your eye is the three characters "Qin Gaoshan", which is said to have been written by Lin Chun, the magistrate of Jingxian County in the Southern Song Dynasty. Life is short, and the green hills are not old. After more than 800 years, the three huge seal characters are still clear and shiny, as always.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, looking up, the high boulder on the top of the mountain stands out, as if to fall, which makes people shudder. The cliff under the boulder stands in thousands of feet, smooth and steep, like a knife and axe. Huh? It grew all the way to the river in western Qin, and then it ended. If people didn't blow it up with explosives or deliberately block it in some other way, how could there be such a scene? Like people, are mountains alive and spiritual? I'm confused.
The high cliffs are densely engraved with words, some of which are deeply imprinted and clearly identifiable; Some were attacked by wind and rain, and the situation was unknown. Some are exquisite, some are clumsy; Some are exquisite, some are ugly. Ancient stone carvings similar to the forest of steles or broken walls. When I went up the mountain, I saw stone carvings and poems, such as "Dan Xian Institute of Qin Dynasty", "Xi 'an Xi 'an", "Deep in Diaoyutai" and "Qin Gao Gong's lingering elegance". According to legend, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous Qin Dynasty took a fancy to this mountain's geomantic omen and fell in love with it. He took the mountains as his home, lived in caves for a long time, devoted himself to monasticism, made alchemy all day long, and fished in time. In the end, he became a fairy and left ... Qin Gaoshan was named after it.
Entering the cave, I witnessed the relics such as stone furnaces, tables and stools used by Qin Gao in alchemy before his death. I feel a lot of emotions and imagination, but at the same time I am full of contradictions and melancholy. There is a Diaoyutai by the cave and a grand piano by the fairy. It is said that he poured the residue left by alchemy into the stream and turned it into a lively little fish. It's strange that this kind of small fish is "not full, with long fins and full belly". Because it was produced in the Western Qin Dynasty, it was named "Qinyu". "Qin fish" can be eaten as rice, soaked in water as seasoning, dried and eaten raw. The taste is extremely delicate and delicious. They wander in the waters below Qinshan Mountain, and can't be seen anywhere else. Only a few days before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day (the third day of the third lunar month) will they appear. They usually disappear without a trace, and I don't know where to hide. So more and more precious, more and more bizarre. Liedai has been regarded as a treasure since the Song Dynasty, and has been paying tribute every year for a long time. However, although "Qin fish" is delicious, it is not that simple to make. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, after fishing with bamboo baskets or laundry baskets, local residents should quickly put them into salt water, add fennel, tea, sugar and other materials, cook them, dry them and store them in a sealed way. In the past, science and technology were underdeveloped. Because there are no sealing tools such as plastic bags, it is difficult to preserve dried harp fish. Therefore, the time to pay tribute to the imperial court should be moderate, otherwise "harp fish" will be difficult to keep fresh and maintain its original flavor.
The mountain is not high, but the fairy is famous. Although Qinshan is not tall, it is famous for its magical legends and ethereal fairy spirit, but it is famous for its unique charm and attractive charm. For thousands of years, scholars and scholars have poured in, and scholars and celebrities have poured in. They were moved by mountains, felt by characters, or fascinated by treasures, chanting and singing, leaving many precious poems. The famous example is: Mei, "In ancient times, those who had a high piano rode a fish to heaven, and the scales came with the water, and the river was full in March." Ouyang Xiu "Qin Gao is gone forever, what is immortality? Creek scales are delicious and lovely, so why are you curious about being nominal? " Lu You "talks about recommending a piano and high fish for night tea." Lin Chun, a disciple of Mr. Qin Gao, released the red carp into the sky. The red carp never came back, and the dregs were scattered into Qin Gao fish.
Today, Qin fish, which is full of fish, can be bought in time and enter the homes of ordinary people, but it is still a rare food and a good gift for relatives and friends because of its low yield and good taste. Every year Qin Yu goes on the market, I want to buy some to try. I especially like Qin Yu stewed eggs. Lovely Qin Yu oozes from the thick yellow egg noodles, just like flowers embroidered on satin. It is beautifully decorated and classic, and even the egg noodles are particularly delicious.