"Five Pagodas", also known as "Guangtian Pavilion", symbolizes the merits of Emperor Yao, making the world bright and auspicious for ten thousand people. People regard Yao and his four ministers, who started the foundation, as the "Five Phoenix". They built a building in Yao Temple to study, so they have the "Five Phoenix Building". This building symbolizes the unity of monarch and minister, ruling the world. After the Tang Dynasty, when the cities and temples were built, the "Five Peaks Pagoda" was erected in all previous dynasties to show that the river was clear for Haiyan, the country was prosperous and the people were safe. The three-hole brick coupon doorway on the lower floor of Wufeng Building leads directly to Guang Yun Hall. In ancient times, when offering sacrifices to Emperor Yao, the monarch stepped in from the middle, and the minister of civil and military affairs passed through the side hole. There are four ancient cypresses around Jing Yao, and the two in the west are "cypress suppressing catalpa bungeana" and "cypress embracing Sophora japonica", that is, another catalpa bungeana and Sophora japonica have grown on the cypress.
Bougainvillea, every April and May, red bougainvillea blooms among cypress trees, and all visitors are amazed. It is said that Robinia pseudoacacia was transplanted from Ji 'an in Xi 'an more than 600 years ago. In early summer, Robinia pseudoacacia blooms with fragrance, which is impressive.
Two ancient cypresses on the east side, one is called "Minglubai" and the other is called "Laughing at Night". Legend has it that in the Tang Dynasty, when Emperor Yao and his wife Lu Xian were carving a sacred oak tree, a pair of sika deer suddenly jumped and sang under the cypress tree, so the tree was called "Minglubai". So far its branches look like the horns of sika deer.
"Laughing at night cypress" was transplanted from India by an ancient monk, with long days and long trees. Every year on New Year's Eve, this cypress tree will make a rustling sound, which is quite similar to human laughter, so it is called "Laughing Night Cypress". The couplets of Guangyun Temple were inscribed by Su Qingping, the mayor of Yaodu District, after the overhaul of Yaogong Palace in 2002, and were written by the famous calligrapher Mr. Fan. The theme of couplets is roots and ancestors, which highly summarizes Yao's important contribution to the Chinese nation and highlights the roots and ancestors of Yao Temple.
The first part: "Living in Pingyang, relying on the Fenhe River and deeply planting the roots of the nation" means that Pingyang, the capital of Ding Yao, has formed a unified Chinese nation relying on the superior conditions of the Fenhe River Basin of the Yellow River. Therefore, the Chinese nation started from the Yao nationality and is the root of the Chinese nation.
The second part: "China was designated as the ancestor of the nation in the enlightenment civilization", which means that Yao Qin decided the calendar, made characters and dug wells, ended the primitive mode of production, began to realize the historical turning point of the transition to civilization, and created the ancient form of state management of the Chinese nation. Therefore, the name of China began with Yao, who is known as the ancestor of the nation and civilization. "Guang Yun Hall", also known as Yaotang, is the hall where Yaodi summoned ministers. The temple is 9 rooms wide, 5 rooms deep, 32 rooms around and 77 rooms inside and outside, with a height of 27 meters. Guang Yun Hall is called "Guang Yun Hall" because it means to match the sky and the earth. On both sides of the colorful building in front of the temple, four characters are written, which are about the Analects of Confucius. Taber "means that Emperor Yao's merits are boundless, and the people simply don't know what language to praise him. In 2003, the bronze statues of Yao and four ministers were placed on 18. The statue of Emperor Yao in Wei Yi Xiangci is 5 meters high, and the lifelike and unpretentious icon of Four Ministers is 4. 1 meter high.
Yao is one of the five emperors, with surname and first name. At the age of 65,438+03, he was named Tao Di, and at the age of 65,438+05, he was named Tang Emperor as Tang Hou, so he was also called Tang Tao. Yao/kloc-promoted to leader at the age of 0/6. After 90 years in office, Pingyang was its capital and Kyushu was delineated, forming the earliest pattern of China. Imperial calendar, drilling a large number of wells and popularizing farming have promoted human progress with primitive science; It is the first example of democratic politics to establish "Hua Biao Mu" and "Dare to remonstrate with drums" and abdicate. Educate the people, unite all ethnic groups and create a prosperous era for Yao and Sun. Confucius praised Yao and said, "Heaven is the only thing that matters, and Yao is the only thing that matters". Di Yao died at the age of 1 14. Today, people call him "Yaonian".
The four officials on both sides of Yao, who are also called "five phoenixes" with Yao, are: in April, the officials in charge of mountain gods' sacrifice in Yao period. Hou Ji is the minister in charge of agriculture. Astronomer He was an official in charge of the calendar during the Yao period. The minister in charge of criminal law in Dali during the Yao Dynasty enforced the law like a mountain and was honest and upright. It is said that "painting the ground as a prison" is known to others. The architectural style of Shun Temple is a model of Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a double-eaves, resting on the top of the mountain, with a height of 15.5 meters. The Yu Shun statue in the temple is 3.5 meters high, which breaks the color of deification and bureaucracy, and is designed and carved in the image of the ancestor of mankind. Yao visited Shun when he was in power for 70 years. After three years of investigation, Shun assisted him in politics for twenty years, abdicated to Shun, and died eight years later. Shun followed the example of Emperor Yao and abdicated to Yu in his later years. This is the "Rule of Yao and Shun" that has been handed down for centuries in the history of China.
Shun's surname is Yao and his first name is Zhong Hua. He belongs to the Yu family, so his name is Yu Shun. After Shun succeeded to the throne, he developed production, built water conservancy projects, reduced punishment, implemented benevolent policies, made the country prosperous and the people safe, and achieved political peace, thus creating a "Shun Day" that was celebrated throughout the ages. Shun was famous for his filial piety at the age of 20, and Yao was promoted at the age of 30. At the age of 50, he became an emperor, and he succeeded Yao at the age of 6/kloc-0. In the thirty-ninth year of his southern tour, he died in Cangwu and was buried in Jiuyi Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River. "China Diyao Drum" is called the first drum in the world. So far, there is no bigger drum in the world. The diameter of this drum is 3. 1 1 m and the height is 1.2 m. Both sides of the drum are full cowhide, which was recorded in Guinness World Records in 2000.
Emperor Yao "dared to drum up remonstrance", spoke widely and listened to the saints. The elimination of malpractices by official administration has created a precedent for democratic governance and brought about a prosperous time of "Tian Yao obeying Japan". Playing drums in Yao Temple is to carry forward the spirit of Emperor Yao, inherit civilization and be magnificent and upright. This drum is made by Yue Hong Drum Factory in Xiangfen County. Wei, the factory director, searched for half a year in 13 provinces and cities all over the country before finding these two pieces of cowhide and making this big drum which symbolizes the democratic spirit of our ancestors. The wooden stakes on both sides of Yao Dian are "libel wood" set by Yao, also known as huabiao wood. "Ci Hai" records: "Hua Biao, also known as Huan Biao, was used by Wang Biao in ancient times or guided by wooden stakes". Yao is a wise king who started Chinese civilization. The establishment of slander wood is precisely to persuade Bona to listen to people's opinions widely, so as to improve state affairs. In order to dispel everyone's scruples, realize the speaker's innocence and speak freely, this slander tree was specially built. It can be said that Slander Wood is a preliminary evaluation of Yao's democratic politics. Over time, the carved wood has evolved into a finely carved stone pillar, forming a dragon-wrapped colorful watch, but it has lost the original intention of Emperor Yao to erect the wood, becoming an ornament of the imperial palace and a symbol of the dignity of the emperor.
Hua Biao was created by Yao and originated from. In 200 1 year, we built a "Du Yaohua Watch" in Du Yao Square, with a height of 2 1 meter, which means 2 1 century; The column is winding with the dragon of the Chinese century, vigorous and powerful, with its top roaring into the sky and full of vitality, which indicates the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation; The base has the Great Wall pattern and the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall pattern, which symbolizes the long history of the Chinese nation and the eternal social stability. It is the first Chinese watch in China. Yao Pai, He, et al. observed astronomical phenomena and made calendars according to the running laws of the sun, the moon and the stars. A year takes 366 days as a cycle, and the rest days are solved by moistening the moon. This is the origin of the lunar calendar. Yao Qin established the calendar, which made agriculture orderly, improved productivity and promoted the progress of human civilization. Therefore, stone carvings symbolizing the sun, the moon and the stars and calendar charts of the 24 solar terms were carved on both sides of the Yaomen Passage in front of the palace, so as to vividly show Yao's achievements and make Yao Temple, the ancestor of the country, more culturally distinctive.