The original Shanmen Circus was demolished for road construction, and was rebuilt in March 1990 with donations from Tianhou Palace in Lugang, Taiwan and its members. In the Qing Dynasty, Xuehengxing Gate in Jinjiang County was a mountain gate, with five bays wide, arched, carved wooden archway, bluestone dragon column, unicorn stone carvings on both sides, tiger window, four-slope roof, upturned roof and eight dragons and two crocodiles carved with porcelain. The horn ridge is elongated and curled by phoenix tail, with soft and beautiful lines and magnificent overall structure. The stage is connected with the back eaves of the mountain gate, facing south, and covered with a wooden canopy. Carved ridge painting is small and exquisite, with Quanzhou's unique artistic style.
Dongxijue architecture
On both sides of the gate are the East and West Lords, the so-called "Qin Gong Han Que", to show respect for Tianhou Palace. The building is a two-story pavilion facing the thoroughfare. The two-story building towering into the sky, the upper bell and drum, the lower clairvoyance and the ear of the wind two statues, magnificent.
Tin Hau Hall
Tianhou main hall, despite vicissitudes, the wooden buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties are still well preserved, and the components of later generations remain. The main hall covers an area of 635.5 square meters; Built on the platform base, it is 1 m away from the ground, made of granite, and the waist is embossed with "carp".
symbol
Fish dragons, lions, Four Treasures of the Study's "Eight Horses Yakumo", fairy wares, cranes and clouds, and lotus covered with water, with two-dimensional dynamic artistic modeling, are ingenious and lively, showing the supremacy of clergy and their religious affiliation. The wooden beam skeleton in the temple stands on a round granite pillar, and the lotus flower and pearl bucket are embossed on the stigma. Bucket arches are selected as nine beams to support the beam frame. The building structure is quite special, with rich spatial changes, curved doors and windows, exquisite carving and colorful patterns, including geometric patterns, flowers, aquatic animals and birds. There is a phoenix peony in the wooden support, and Shou Liangzhong visits the heart in a wishful way, showing the female temple. The paint in the temple is painted with Li Zhong and Ruyi, one of the "Eight Immortals" painted by Judy. The patterns in the green space are auspicious symbols, and some of them are animals, which means "longevity". The basic relief in the temple is even more dazzling. Eight horses, eight treasures, puffer fish, birds and dragons, and various flowers show that ornamental fish ride the wind and waves and compete with flowers. These are all patterns that show the theme of Taoism. With the mascot of Fu Lushou as the foil, it presents the extraordinary realm of the fairy family.
Ding Dian
The top of the temple has nine ridges and double eaves, and it falls into the water on all sides. The main ridge is the highest point of Tianhou Temple, and the colorful porcelain dragon play beads at both ends are beautifully shaped and bright, which shows the supreme theme of the whole big ridge dragon. The four ridges are combined with phoenix patterns, corresponding to the big ridge, and the back is used as a character story, with dragons and phoenixes, Kirin, Xuanwu and Shuang Hu, which means auspiciousness and birthday celebration. It is one of the unique architectural arts in southern Fujian.
Qindian
The East-West Corridor, the two tips and the bedroom were all earmarked by National Cultural Heritage Administration! Daily recovery and repair. The East-West Gallery was originally equipped with the Twenty-fourth Division of God, and now it is the showroom of the Museum of Fujian-Taiwan Relations History. The sleeping hall, also known as the back hall, is 1 m higher than the main hall, and the protruding parts on both sides are provided with wings and left and right fasting halls. The whole temple is a large wooden structure building in Ming Dynasty. The roof is a cantilever wedge with two slopes, seven rooms wide, 35. 1m deep, 19.8m deep and 8m high. The wooden beam frame is thick and concise, and the large wooden column is placed on the circular stone base of granite with raised lotus petals. A pair of stone pillars of Yuanxingdu Temple with sixteen green stone carvings are preserved in the eaves column in front of the temple. I guess it was put during the renovation in the Ming Dynasty. The column is connected with the wooden column, engraved with the couplet "Shen Gong protects the sea country, water virtue matches Gankun". The original horizontal plaque of Ray, a great calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, is hanging on the front, which is currently under construction and belongs to the treasure of the national wooden structure.
museum
There is a museum of the history of Fujian-Taiwan relations in the palace, which is a special museum reflecting the historical origins of Chinese mainland (Fujian) and Taiwan. There are a large number of precious historical and folk cultural relics in the museum, and exhibitions such as "Fujian and Taiwan Traditional Folk Art Exhibition", "Quanzhou Ancient and Modern Calligraphy Exhibition" and "Fujian and Taiwan Folk Photography Exhibition" have been held.
Quanzhou Zhou Xia Mazu Palace
Lugang Tianhou Palace presented a statue to Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia, Quanzhou.
Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia is the Mazu Holy Land in Quanzhou. In the early stage, due to the road construction in Quanzhou city, this old palace with a history of 300 to 400 years was relocated and rebuilt. During the reconstruction of the new Mazu Palace, many Mazu believers at home and abroad, especially compatriots in Taiwan Province Province, supported it. Yesterday morning, the followers of Tianhou Temple in Lugang, Taiwan made a special trip to Quanzhou to pay tribute to the newly-built Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia.
Donate Mazu statue. This statue of Mazu is carved out of stone and has a kind face. Regarding the enthusiasm of Mazu believers in Taiwan Province Province, Cai Jingmin, director of the preparatory committee of Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia, said: "In the process of building a new temple, Taiwan Province Province has visited dozens of times, especially the Tianhou Palace in Lugang, the Tianhou Palace in Penghu and the Tianhou Palace in Chiayi."
It is understood that the major Tianhou Palace in Taiwan Province Province has long been associated with Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou. In the Tianhou Temple in the two places, there are plaques exchanged decades ago, and the communication between Tianhou Temple in Lugang and Quanzhou is deeper.
On the one hand, the statue of Mazu donated by the Tianhou Palace in Lugang is the landmark of Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia, and on the other hand, it is placed in the direction of Quanzhou Bay estuary, facing the traffic arteries such as Quanzhou Bridge and Jinjiang Bridge, so that Mazu can bless people who travel.
stone tablet
"Begging for Turtles" in Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou and Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia
Yesterday morning, turtle-seeking activities in the Year of the Tiger were held in Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia and Tianhou Palace in Quanzhou.
Zhou Xia Mazu Palace
Take a red egg after crossing the Ping 'an Bridge.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the coronation ceremony of "Seeking a Turtle" in Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia began. The guests put the finishing touch on the big "rice turtle", which also means that the six-day "turtle begging" activity in Mazu Palace in Zhou Xia officially started. Nearly a thousand citizens and tourists who heard the news passed the "Ping An Bridge" symbolizing peace and auspiciousness in turn. Each "crossing the bridge" was also given two boiled red eggs, hoping that after eating this red egg symbolizing "stripping bad luck in previous years", it would be safe and smooth in the new year.
Yu Xiansheng, the relevant person in charge of Mazu Palace, said that with the help of Penghu Tianhou Palace, Mazu Palace held a folk cultural activity of praying for the turtles, and such activities will continue in the future.