Donghai Temple Site is located in the west of Jiangjia Village, Haimiao, Yongan Street, Laizhou City.
The history of Donghai Temple can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. According to Ye County Records, "Linqu is twenty-five miles north of the city, belonging to Han County and Donglai County. Yan Shigu Cloud, Qixian has Linqu, Donglai has its own city, each with its own name. Han Zhi notes that there is a sea temple in Linqu, that is, this sea temple. " "The great event of a country lies in respecting peace and honor". Yue, town, sea and blasphemy are the main sacrificial contents. The East China Sea ranks first in the four seas, so the East China Sea Festival ranks first in the sea festival. According to Wanli's textual research on the worship of the sea temple in the Ming Dynasty (see appendix), since the Tang Dynasty, all previous dynasties have worshipped the East China Sea in the Donghai Temple in Laizhou. Before the Tang Dynasty, the ritual of offering sacrifices to the East China Sea was not in Laizhou, but in Huiji. Sui Shu has been published for seven years: "In October 14th, Ming Taizu established Yishan in Zhaodong Town, Huiji Mountain in Nanzhen Town, Wuyushan in Beizhen Town and Huoshan in Jizhou Town. The East China Sea is in the border of Huiji County, the South China Sea is in the south of Nanhai Town, and there are temples near the sea. " According to documents, the earliest worship of Poseidon in Laizhou was in Tianbao ten years. "Don Yao Hui": "Tianbao sacrifices Guangde King in the East China Sea to Laizhou boundary and Guangli King in the South China Sea to Guangjie boundary for ten years".
The large-scale construction of Donghai Temple began in the Kaibao period of the Northern Song Dynasty. According to legend, when Song Taizu was in trouble, he went to Donghai Temple and asked the Taoist in the temple for a sign. He got his instructions and made a big wish. When he ascended the throne, he sent envoys to Laizhou to worship the East China Sea and overhaul the East China Sea Hall. "Inscription on the Newly Built Guangde King Temple in Song Dynasty" written by Jia Huangzhong, a bachelor of Hanlin: "Where is the Haici in the land of Donglai?" Years are deep and the scale is not strong. It is just a mockery to call it a place where the spirit gathers. "It can be seen that before the Northern Song Dynasty, although Donghai Temple was a place for the imperial court to worship the sea, the scale of the temple was extremely disproportionate to the ceremony of worshipping the East China Sea God, so it was overhauled." Only the Great Sage can protect himself as soon as possible, and the emperor knows that the candle is quiet and lasting, starting from himself. Therefore, the master gave a gift, and all the merits were loyal, and the stars were dark. Why merge? It is not funded by the people, but covered by wealth; If we don't seize the busy farming season, we will make Tiffany Ting an ambassador. The promenade is surrounded by thousands of columns, and the center of the virtual hall rises. The window is full of cold and hot days, and the golden jade contains its essence. It respects the instrument of the south and often makes a feather circle. "Its scale can be imagined. More than a thousand years later, a ceremony was held here to worship the East China Sea. Due to wars and natural disasters in past dynasties, Donghai Temple has been repaired repeatedly. From the first recorded overhaul, that is, during the Kaibao period of the Northern Song Dynasty, whenever the Donghai Temple was damaged by nature or man-made, the court would carry out large-scale repairs. According to incomplete statistics, Donghai Temple was overhauled dozens of times only in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, maoji's Collection of the Temple of the Sea contains inscriptions that were restored many times in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
After a large-scale renovation, by the time of the Republic of China, Donghai Temple had the courtyard size of the East and West Courtyards and the Front and Back Courtyards, covering a total area of about 40 mu. The main buildings include the main hall of the Sea Temple, the mother temple, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Imperial Monument Pavilion, the Stone Workshop of Hai Tian Yu written by Kangxi, the Stone Workshop of Wan Pai Chao Zong written by Qianlong, the Wanghai Building (Shao Liting), the small shrine, the Taoist official hall, the imperial hall, the kitchen and the Taoist room. All the houses built are painted with arched double eaves, which are magnificent and awe-inspiring. In addition, there are a large number of pines, cypresses, towers and junipers. Both inside and outside the hospital. It can be said that there are many ancient trees that cover the sky. Its regulation is grand and exquisite, and it stands proudly on the East China Sea. The painted wall of the Temple of the Sea in its main hall is one of the famous "Eight Scenes in Yexian County" in ancient times.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/946, the local soldiers and civilians dismantled their strongholds to guard against the enemy. During the Cultural Revolution, many monuments were destroyed and smashed. Today, there are square seats, stone lions, residual walls, earth walls, earth platforms, building foundations, residual monuments, monument heads, tortoise shells, column foundations, bricks and other architectural relics. 20 12, the staff of the municipal museum found the inscription fragments of maoji's poem "Watching the Sea" which was the first recorded in Ming Dynasty.
In February 2002, it was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Laizhou City.
In 20 1 1 year, it was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Yantai city.
Source of information: Laizhou Museum