Is Huashan Xiyue Temple worth visiting?
The whole Xiyue Temple is magnificent and rich in historical and cultural connotations, which is worth our visit.
Brief introduction of Huashan Xiyue Temple
Xiyue Temple, a temple used by feudal dynasties to worship Huashan, is dedicated to the martial god Jin Tianwang of Xiyue Huashan. Built in BC 134 (the first year of Yuanguang in Han Dynasty), it is located in Huangfuyukou (Jiling Palace), and moved to the present site in the Eastern Han Dynasty (later renamed Xiyue Temple). It has existed for more than 2 100 years.
The temple faces south, facing Lianfeng (Huashan). Covers an area of 2 15 mu, 5 kilometers away from Huashan Mountain Gate. Because it is the earliest and largest temple in wuyue, it is called "the first temple in wuyue".
Because of its grandeur, magnificence and rigorous layout, it resembles the Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties and is known as the "Small Forbidden City in Shaanxi". Other wuyue temples clap their heads: Xiyue Temple does not talk about temple morality. Isn't it good to build a temple? How did it become a small Forbidden City? Too bullying the temple.
It is said that it is very similar to the Forbidden City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The layout and structure look like an axis, which is arranged in front of each other and symmetrical from left to right. In its shape, there are many glazed tiles, colored arches, red walls, and Xie Shan Bao Ding.
After several natural and man-made disasters and wars, dozens of valuable ancient buildings such as Jinchengmen, Bingxingmen and Shipailou are still preserved.
1979, the country began to repair, 1996, the main entrance of Xiyue Temple was officially opened to the public.
Tickets for Xiyue Temple
20 yuan/person, the owner of the canteen at the door is also willing to keep the luggage for a fee (5 yuan/person).
Just like us, it is suitable for tourists who climbed Huashan Mountain yesterday, went to the hotel in the evening, stretched their muscles and bones, slept naturally in the morning, and their arms and knees didn't hurt. After breakfast, they went to Xiyue Temple with ease.
Architectural composition
Xiyue Temple ancient building complex, in the style of Ming and Qing palaces and protected by Ming city walls, is10m high, 525m long from north to south, 225m wide from east to west and1825m long. Overlooking the whole Xiyue Temple, you will feel that the internal and external walls are well laid, which is a typical multi-unit spatial structure with a heavy urban style. But how can the inner city and the outer wall look so crooked on the guide map of the scenic spot?
The multi-unit space structure of Yue Temple is equipped with many buildings, such as Linghaomen, Wumen (Wufeng Tower), Quanmen, Jinchengmen, Linghaotang (main hall), Bedroom, Imperial Bookstore and Wanshou Pavilion. Arranged from south to north. These buildings are divided into six spaces.
The first space is in front of Linghaomen to Wumen (Wufenglou), that is, the entrance from the first door to the second door;
The second space is the square yard behind the meridian gate. There used to be many stone tablets here, which were called small forest of steles.
The third space is the square courtyard between the gate and the Golden Gate.
The fourth space is a square courtyard, and Ling Hao Hall is located behind the fourth door.
The fifth empty room is the square yard where the imperial study is located;
The sixth space is the location of Wanshou Pavilion and other buildings on the high platform.
The whole Xiyue Temple presents a pattern of low in the south and high in the north. Six spaces and many units depend on each other and coordinate with each other to form an inseparable whole. Magnificence is far beyond my imagination of Wuyue Temple! Come to Huayin without looking at Xiyue Temple, which is a big loss!
What did you see during your trip?
Haolingmen
When buying a ticket, walk over the half-height fence. The road at the foot is called Pan Qi Street, with the screen wall on the right hand side and Linghaomen built in the Ming Dynasty on the left hand side. There are three doorways, one for Tao, one for life, two for life, two for life and three for life. Therefore, Hao Lingmen is also known as "Liansanmen".
"Good" is meaningful. Whether it is Linghaomen or Linghaotang, it contains the infinite power of the western regions.
Wumen is the south gate of the main city of Xiyue Temple, with Wufeng Pagoda and the opposite turret on both sides. There is a pavilion and palace on the wall of Chengnan City. Because the distance is not long, it suddenly appears very dense, magnificent and magnificent. No wonder there was a poem in Kai Lee in the Ming Dynasty that said, "The Treasure Hall of Zhu Yuanzhang's Bai Di Palace can receive moonlight and report to the sky. Lotus blossoms on the sea, clouds and shadows are cold. I don't remember Xianyang extinguishing Chu fire, but Qin Feng can't be defeated with iron. Ying Ji's generation has been exhausted, and it is suspected that Huang Tu is here. "
Walking along the Imperial Road to the second space, in the small courtyard with the reputation of "small forest of steles", there are various famous forest of steles on both sides of the Imperial Road, including seal script, official script, calligraphy and cursive script. There is Yuxiang Pavilion in the southeast of the courtyard and a pile of "rocks" in the southwest corner of the courtyard. It used to be the first monument in the world, and the Huashan monument built by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was about 15 meters high. Unfortunately, when Huang Chao's army set fire to Xiyue Temple, it was caught in heavy rain. Hot and cold collided and the stone tablet was broken, which made it what it is today.
Luoxingmen
Next is the Star Gate, the third gate, the seven-bay arched gatehouse building, and four brick-hard-mountain double-walled houses as wing rooms. The magnificent arch gate with seven floors and eight columns is very spectacular!
Walking into the door, although the three rooms in the middle are much higher than those next to them, the most conspicuous one is the gate house in the middle, which is dense and exquisite. There are nine carved faucets hidden in the bucket arch, which is the "Kowloon Mouth". "Jiulongkou" shows the high standard status of the temple.
There is a clear "Tianweichi" stone tablet building in the yard, with four pillars, three bays and five floors. Round carving, through carving, relief carving, line carving and other techniques have carved many patterns symbolizing auspicious and rich things, making the whole archway very delicate and beautiful, simple and smart.
There are two Ming Dynasty monuments on the east and west sides, and the "Five Mountains Complaining about the River Monument" in the east of Ming Hongwu for three years. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, "Huayin County rebuilt the memorial tablet of Xiyue Temple" in the west.
On the north side of the pillars of the archway, there are couplets engraved with the scope and function of Huashan God. Don't miss the halls of hades and Lingguan. The famous Xiyue Huashan Temple Monument is here.
Jinmen and Jinshui Bridge
Further, explore the Golden Gate, which means "Guanzhong is solid and Jincheng is thousands of miles away". As the main hall door of Linghao Hall, the hall-style building of glazed tile cloister on the roof of Liuyuan is magnificent and rigorous. Crossing the fourth gate of Xiyue Temple, Jinshui Bridge (Wangxian Bridge), three groups of arch bridges stand side by side on Daiyu River. The river comes from Liquan in the southeast of the temple and flows into the release pond of the imperial garden.
Ling Hao Concert Hall
Ling Hao Hall is located on a "convex" platform at the top of the mountain, with only one roof, seven rooms wide and five rooms deep. This hall is dedicated to Shao Hao, the God of Huashan Mountain. At present, the tablet of "cactus lingyun" at the top of the main hall was inscribed by Empress Dowager Cixi, and the tablets of "Jintian Zhao Rui" and "Destroying cactus" on the wall next to it were inscribed by Emperor Guangxu and Emperor Tongzhi respectively.
Behind the main hall is the bedroom of Huashan God, which is also the palace of ancient emperors when they visited Huashan. The traditional palace layout with front hall and back bedroom has a royal tone!
Remember to learn from the bow and salute of Changchun Temple in Wuhan in the temple and show it to Master Yang! Shi Shiran, a Taoist priest inside, gave me a gift. It was a wonderful feeling, and the ripples of culture rose in the heart lake!
Yushulou
Bypassing the bedroom and entering the royal garden, a two-story attic appeared in front of you. Lian Yue Lingshu is the largest existing horizontal tablet in Shaanxi, and it is the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. "Yue" means Huashan Mountain, "Lotus" means Huashan Mountain looks like a lotus flower from a distance, "Ling" means efficacy, and "Shu" means timely rain. The allusion will not be unfolded. If you are interested, you can write to Liuli Canghai 8023 privately.
Originally out of the scenic spot, Chai Men was locked outside Notre Dame, and there was no way to go in and burn incense, but his mood had been brought into nothingness by cigarettes. The once glorious Xiyue Temple was eroded by the years and gradually fell out of favor. It fell out of favor not because there was no emperor to drive it himself, but because people forgot it and made it fall out of favor.
However, when you come here, you can see that Huashan is eternal and the charm of Xiyue Temple is still there. Touch the scars of years on stone tablets, memorial archways and city walls. Through these sorrows, you are whispered silently by Xiyue Temple. These wounds are buttons of clothes left by years. Touch it with your own hands and untie it, and you will untie the feelings of Xiyue Temple and interpret its once glory. Tianwei is close at hand, and integrity lasts forever!
Two days in Xi 'an, one day in Lintong and one and a half days in Huayin. Last October, I traveled and saw how magnificent the historical civilization of Shaanxi was. I saw the magnificent Daming Palace and Huaqing Palace in the Tang Dynasty, passed by the Bell and Drum Tower and the Ming City Wall, and enjoyed the magnificence of Song of Eternal Sorrow and Palace of Eternal Life. I wrote dozens of travel notes and went to Ange in Xi four or five times. In the article, we are going back to Wuhan soon, but we didn't know it at that time. In another month and a half, there will be a terrible plague.