Wuwei Mi Gong Temple was built by the Northern Song Dynasty calligrapher and painter Mi Fu in the third year of Chongning (1104) when he knew Wuwei was in the army. It was originally named Baojinzhai. It can be seen from the "Mochi Picture" in Jiaqing's "Wuwei Prefecture Chronicles" that Wuwei Mi Gong Temple was relatively large in the past.
In August 2001, the Wuwei County Government launched the Mi Gong Temple restoration project through government funding and mobilizing sponsorship from all walks of life. According to the "Mochi Picture" preserved in the classics, landscapes such as Jushan Pavilion and Bamboo Depths have been restored. The first phase of the project was completed at the end of September 2006 and officially opened to the public.
The cultural connotation of Mi Gong Temple is mainly reflected in three "remains".
First, Mi Fu admired the calligraphy of the Jin Dynasty. After collecting the ink ink of Jin Dynasty Wang Xizhi's "Wang Lue Tie", Xie An's "August 5th Tie", and Wang Xianzhi's "Twelve Month Tie", he wrote the ink of Zhai. Name - Bao Jin Zhai. Now there are more than 150 inscriptions of famous figures from all dynasties since the Jin and Tang Dynasties collected here. The original inscription of Baojinzhai no longer exists, but in 1960, the Shanghai Editorial Office of Zhonghua Book Company photocopied the ten-volume "Baojinzhai Dharma Notes" from the Song Dynasty. Some of the steles in the current collection are copied by later generations, and some are steles collected from the public. The main part comes from the private collection of Liu Tiren's family "Youpei Zhai", a descendant of Liu Bingzhang, the former governor of Sichuan. Currently, the county cultural department has selected some of the best extant inscriptions in Jinzhai, such as "Zan Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty's Imperial Wenxuan Wang Zan" in Mi Fu seal script, "Li Gong's Yang Guan Tu" in regular script, and Zhao Mengfu's running script "Wu Hou's Discipline List", etc. The 1st to 3rd series of "Selected Inscriptions on Baojinzhai Tablets" were published.
Secondly, Mi Fu was obsessed with stones, and he worshiped them with his robe and wat every day - worshiping stones (also known as Shizhang). "History of the Song Dynasty·Biography" records: "When Mi Yuanzhang was guarding the wet river, he heard that there was a strange stone in the river. He didn't know where it came from. People thought it was strange and did not dare to take it. The official ordered him to move to the prefecture for Yanyou. Play." According to legend, the strange stone is shaped like a man and is more than eight feet high. Mi Fu moved to the front of the court, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, and became brothers with Shi Shi. For this reason, the story of "Mi Dian worshiping Shi Shi" was left behind. The painter Chen Hongshou (Chen Laolian) of the Ming Dynasty painted "The Picture of Worshiping the Stone in the Nangong", and the "Picture of Worshiping the Stone in the Nangong" was copied by Zhang Gong and his colleagues from Wuwei Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty, but none of them have survived. Later, Zhang Kunyu, the governor of Wuwei Prefecture, built the "Worship Stone Pavilion". In the late Qing Dynasty, Wuwei Governor Fang Liuyue inscribed the "Bai Shi Pavilion" and the plaque still exists. The Anhui Provincial Library currently has a stone rubbing of "Mi Xiangyang Gong Worshiping Stones" inscribed by Changzhou Liu Derun in Baishixuan. The picture shows Mi Fu, wearing a robe and wearing a hat, bowing in front of a stone. Behind him stands a young man, holding up a fan with a sea of ??clouds painted on it. There is a book boy standing on the lower right side of the worship stone, holding a pen and inkstone on a plate. It remains to be seen who drew this picture. The worship stone in the Mi Gong Temple now no longer looks like it used to be. However, it is rare for its proud character to be preserved to this day. Worshiping Shiji is regarded as a major attraction of Mi Gong Temple and is extremely precious.
The third is the ink pond and the Touyan Pavilion where Mi Fu dug a pond and built a pavilion in front of Baojin Zhai, where he used to study and write in his spare time. "Throwing an inkstone to stop frogs", the water in the pool turns black and becomes "Mochi". This legend has a long history. The name of the pavilion recorded in old chronicles was "Yujian Pavilion". Before and after liberation, it was renamed "Shuixin Pavilion". The plaque on the current pavilion is named "Touyan Pavilion". Like the Golden Pagoda, Mi Gong Temple was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit by Anhui Province in 1981.
The park is named after the embroidered stream. It is located in the southwest corner of the ancient city. There are mountains and rivers. The mountain is Zhishan, with lush forests and bamboos, and the shade blocks out the sun. The water is Jinxiu Creek, with clear blue waves and light willows on the bank. It is a good place for tourists to watch and rest. Wuwei City is also called Zhi City, which originates from Zhishan Mountain where Zhi Zhi is produced. Xiuxi River was originally connected to the Waihe River, but was separated from the Waihe River after the city was built.
It is said that there is a particularly large pearl clam in the stream. At night, it often opens its shell by the water and spits out light, which is as bright as the moon. Jinxiu River was divided into two in the Song Dynasty, also known as Shuangxi. A dike is divided in the middle, with rippling water and pavilions hidden among willows, which is very charming. If you go boating in the stream with two or three relatives and friends on holidays, walk under the arch bridge in the embankment, go back and forth between the two rivers, or look up at the clouds, or look down at the small fish swimming in the water, or compete in paddling, and answer each other's songs, What kind of pleasure is that?
In the Song Dynasty, Wang Zhidao, a native of the city who was granted the title of Privy Envoy Taishi and Wei Guogong, wrote a poem describing the Jinxiu River: "The painted bridge and the carved sill are connected to the embankment, and there are new people walking by the Xiuxiu River. Thousands of hectares of clear sky up and down, The two domes are reflected in the water. The flying towers and palaces are scattered, and the ancient trees are close to each other. Can you believe this scene? The orioles are singing in the shade of green poplars. The silk embankment is full of tourists and the branches are full of flowers. People are singing among the flowers and birds are singing in the trees, and poetry is everywhere. "Li Xinbai, a native of Hulong in Wuwei County, was a pioneer in advocating vernacular writing. He studied under Fang Shu in the "Xiuxi Thatched Cottage" in his early years. When I was studying, there was a poem called "Cheng Liuyue Master": "The light smoke and sparse rain in the desert are not as good as the paintings of lakes and mountains.
If you take a straw boat and circle the Cui Pavilion, there must be a West Lake in the world. "It can be seen that the scenery of Xiuxi River is beautiful.
Because it is located in the south of the city, Jinxiu River is also known as Nanchi. Man Weiduan of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem "Nanchi": "The Jinxiu River in the south of Yanyue City is surrounded by pavilions and trees. . Baskets and wax clogs are thrown in leisurely, and bamboo docks are strolling in front of the flower stream. "Jinxiu Creek is commonly known as Guanzhentide. It is said that it was formed due to earthquake collapse, and its age cannot be verified. "Wuwei Prefecture Chronicles" recorded in Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty: "The creek dried up, and the residents dug pits to collect water for more than ten feet. Many of the trees stood upright, just like the pillars of the house in the past. "Ye". Xiuxi Park has beautiful mountains and rivers, and many poems and articles refer to the beautiful ancient city of Wuwei as "Zhishan Embroidery Water".
After liberation, "Jinxiu River" was renamed "Xiuxi Park", and the government They successively invested in cultivating a large number of flowers and plants in the park, established a zoo, purchased cruise ships, built a rockery, and built a pentagonal pavilion with a brick and wood structure. In 1958, a martyrs cemetery was opened on Zhishan Mountain in the park and a The Revolutionary Martyrs Monument, and later the Revolutionary Martyrs Deeds Exhibition Hall, enriched the connotation of the park.
There is a mast-like building standing on the golden pier of Fenghuang Mountain in the northeastern suburbs of Wuwei City. It is the famous Gold. Pagoda. According to legend, the abbot of Nantai Temple, Deng Gong, built this pagoda when Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, hoping that the Buddha would protect the people of the country and save Cihang. According to the family's survey and identification, the Golden Pagoda was built in the first year of Xianping in the Song Dynasty, that is, AD 998. It is a brick tower with imitation wooden pavilions and 9-story brackets. The tower is 37 meters tall in plane and has a side length of 3.4 meters. There is a brick column on the central axis, and brick steps spiral around the column to reach the top floor. There are Buddhist niches on the passage wall. This is the only ancient pagoda that still exists in Wuwei, and it is also one of the earliest ancient pagoda buildings in Anhui Province. There were original ancient buildings such as the Golden Pavilion and Nantai Temple, but they were already destroyed. In 1981, the Golden Pagoda was designated as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit.
The Golden Pagoda is the oldest existing ancient pagoda building in Anhui Province. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, Buddhism flourished in Wuwei County and there were many monks. So they built a temple on the edge of Tashui (now Xihe), which was called Nantai Temple. Later, a pagoda, the Golden Pagoda, was built in the temple, forming a large-scale Buddhist architectural complex. However, due to the changes of the times and the destruction of wars, Nantai Temple and Golden Pagoda also experienced successive turmoils. From rise to decline, only one ancient pagoda remained. According to documentary records, since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been built in Hongwu, Longqing, Wanli, and Renovations during the Kangxi and Qianlong years kept the ancient pagoda safe and sound. From the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China, due to disrepair, the lower bricks of the pagoda body peeled off, the top of the pagoda was damaged and cracked, and vegetation became overgrown. During the "Cultural Revolution", thanks to the protection of the local people, the pagoda was restored to its original state. In 1981, the provincial government announced that the Golden Tower was a provincial key cultural relic protection unit, and allocated a huge sum of money to conduct comprehensive surveying and renovation of the tower. Now the Golden Tower has been completely renovated and has become an important cultural relic and tourist attraction. Jingfu Temple was built in the second year of Baoyuan (1039) in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is located in Jingfu Temple in Wuwei City (now inside Wuwei Middle School). It is far away from the Golden Pagoda, just like the two masts on the boat-shaped land of Wuwei. The temple is also known as the West Temple. It was built by Monk Huaiyu in the 20th year of Tang Dynasty (646). It is also called the Ximen Aizi. The tower is 44 meters high and is a majestic 7-story brick tower. It has become the symbol of Wuwei City. Xixi Temple was destroyed on the eve of liberation, and the pagoda was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. There are many interesting folk stories about the two pagodas. One is that "Yang Bajie donated ten thousand taels of silver, and Jiao Zan and Meng Liang supervised the construction." Second, the theory that the two pagodas were built simultaneously by Lu Ban's masters and apprentices has been widely spread in the Wuwei area to this day. However, after verification by cultural relics workers, there is no factual basis.
The Golden Pagoda, the West Temple Pagoda, and the Mi Gong Temple are all three ancient buildings in the Wuwei Song Dynasty. In addition to the above places of interest, there are also some famous temples, such as Luohan Temple, City God Temple, Confucius Temple, Erzhuangyuan Temple, etc. , telling the ancient and cultural heritage of Wuwei City.
Luohan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the main hall was burned down, leaving only the "Huaguang Tower" for the statues of the Five Gods. It was renamed Wushen Temple, and Wushen Temple Street (Wushen Temple Street) got its name from this. It was later restored during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and renamed Yanshou Temple. During the Anti-Japanese War, the temple was burned down by the Japanese invaders, and its ruins are at the north end of Wuhua Mountain on Mosque Street.
The Chenghuang Temple is the largest temple in the city. It was built in the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371). It has a main hall, an apse, two left and right halls, a ceremonial gate, a bell tower, etc., and hundreds of statues. In front of the temple is an entertainment square, which is the busiest place in the city during festivals. Wuwei's famous tribute lanterns - the ink-cut "gauze lantern" making workshops are concentrated in the Town God's Temple Street.
There is a well in front of the temple gate with clear water. It is said that the water was used to color gauze lanterns with bright and eye-catching colors and lifelike figures. In 1934, the statue of the City God Temple was destroyed and turned into a public education center. It was demolished in 1956. The temple site is near the original county government building and the original county archives office building.
The Confucius Temple, also known as the Confucius Temple, is located near the Xiuxi River. It is now located in Wuwei No. 1 Middle School. It was demolished during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the Lingxing Gate and Panchi. There are two wells beside the pool, commonly known as "dragon eyes". When all the wells dry up due to drought, these two wells are the only ones that are inexhaustible. During the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, Erjing was destroyed as one of the "four olds". In the 1990s, Wuwei No. 1 Middle School built an arch bridge and a double well pond on the original site, and it became a landscape again. After the original Confucius Temple was demolished, the Confucius Temple was rebuilt on West Street. It is located in the current Wuwei Teacher Training School and Experimental Junior High School. It is commonly known as the "School Gate".
The former site of the Erzhuangyuan Temple is located near the current Wuwei County Experimental Primary School on West Street. It was built to worship Jiao Du, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty, and Xing Kuan, the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty. Originally there were two Zhuangyuanfangs, one in the west of Zhouzhi (today's Wuweicheng Vegetable Market and Xinghuaquan Primary School area), built in memory of Jiao Du; the other in the east of Zhouzhi, built in memory of Xing Kuan. Later, the two Zhuangyuan Temples were jointly built on West Street. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Wang Hetian, an incompetent man, wrote in the "Two Number One Scholars' Ancestral Couplet": "The Song Dynasty ranked first, the Ming Dynasty ranked first, and they worshiped the previous sages. They were responsible for the maintenance of waste and the restoration of prosperity. The spring breeze of the ages is always valuable; imperial examination talents and scientific talents, the ancient temple is to the new school, Asking which one is better, Shuangxi Qiushui swallowed in silence. "The temple has long been abandoned, but in 2001, a 339-meter-long nine-hole "Zhuangyuan Bridge" was built connecting the old and new urban areas. It is located a few hundred meters north of the former site of the Erzhuangyuan Temple. , directly to the newly built school Wuwei No. 3 Middle School, which not only commemorates the memory of the two top scholars, but also places expectations on the new generation of students to work hard to win glory for the country.