Yangzhong Wu Temple is a famous tourist attraction of Xinzhou archaeological remains.
There is a village called Lutijian in Dai County, Shanxi Province. There is a Yang Zhongwu Temple built in the Yuan Dynasty in the village. People usually call it Yang Linggong Temple or Yang Family Ancestral Hall. The ancestral hall preserves some relatively authentic information about the Yang family generals, which can make up for the shortcomings of the history books; there are also many vivid statues and portraits for visitors to pay homage to and view.
Luti Jian Village is backed by Gouzhu Mountain (also known as Yanmen Mountain, which belongs to the Beiyue Hengshan Mountain System). There is stream water flowing from the mountain through the village; facing Wutai Mountain, there is snow on the top of the platform that can be seen all year round. . Not far from the northwest, you can go out of Yanmen Pass, and not far from the south, you can cross the Hutuo River. It is forty-five miles west of Dai County. Since the Jin Dynasty Shi Jingtang ceded all Yunzhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou, and Shuozhou north of Yanmen Pass to the Khitan (later Liao) after the Five Dynasties, Daizhou became an important border defense town for the Han people to defend against foreign invasion
Yang The father and son soldiers of the family have been fighting against foreign invasion since the Northern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. They have been stationed in the land of Yan (men) and Dai (state) for a long time, and have continued their family lineage here to this day. This Yang Linggong Temple is the commemoration and testimony of Yang Linggong (Yang Ye)'s activities in the Yandai area.
Since Lutijian Village is the location of Yang Linggong’s ancestral temple, what is the relationship between this village and the Yang family? How did the village get its name? Regarding these two questions, a strange stone in front of the main hall of the Yang Family Ancestral Hall is the best answer. This strange stone is placed on a four-foot-high stone base, two feet high, and looks like an exquisite and clear Taihu stone. There is a sika deer with an arrow carved on the stone, and the words "Tai Ding first year" are engraved next to it (the word "Tai" is no longer clear). This is the famous deer hoof stone. According to "Daizhou Chronicles", Yang family genealogy records and Yang family legends from generation to generation, in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, Yang Ye's 13th grandson Yang You and his younger brother Yang Shan led their troops to settle in Liuzu Village (to the east of the present-day county). . One day, the two went out hunting and walked to the Mayu River (at the boundary of Yantou in Fanzhi County today) when they suddenly encountered a giant sika deer. Yang You stretched his bow and nocked an arrow, and hit the deer's hoof. The deer fled with the arrow. Yang You and Yang Shan rode in hot pursuit until they reached Lianzhuang (now Lutijian Village). The giant deer hit the ground with its head and disappeared immediately. The Yang brothers hurriedly ordered their soldiers to dig about three feet into the ground at Lumei, and found a strange rock with the image of a sika deer on it. So he took this strange stone back and processed it and carved it as a souvenir. Later, the Yang family believed that deer and Lu had the same pronunciation; the place where the deer entered must be an auspicious place, so they moved to Lianzhuang to settle down and changed the name of the village to Lutijian. Later, because there were deep streams on the left and right of the village, it was renamed Luti Stream. Although this story has obvious fictional elements, it has been talked about by people for hundreds of years, and it is used to answer the origin of the name of Lutijian Village. When was the Yang Linggong Temple built? What content does it have worth introducing? According to the inscription in the cave written by Zhao Heming during the Tianli period of the Yuan Dynasty, this temple was built in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (1329) on the order of Yang Huaiyu, the 16th grandson of Yang Ye. It has been in existence for more than 650 years. It’s history. According to the inscription, in addition to staying in the Yandai area, Yang Ye's descendants also spread English seeds in Sichuan, Guang, Huai, and Yang. Many Yang family ancestral halls have been built in various places. Since Yang Huaiyu built his ancestral temple in Luti Stream in Daizhou, the leaders of Yang family ancestral halls from all over the country have agreed that it will always be a rule to gather at Luti Stream every sixty years to narrate lineage, compile family trees, and worship ancestral temples.
The Yanglinggong Temple in Lutijian covers an area of ??12,000 square meters. The three buildings opposite the temple are altars, with plaques inscribed on Songde Tower; 24 steps are built in front of the Tiaotang door. There are a pair of stone lions squatting on the left and right below. There are three doors to the ancestral hall, each with a giant plaque with gold characters hanging on the front eaves. In the middle, there is a book about the generals of the Yishi Dynasty, on the left there is a book about loyalty and righteousness, and on the right there is a book about the three good generals of the Jin Dynasty. On the lintel is a large plaque with a dragon blue background and three gold characters "Zhongwu Temple" on it. After Zhongwu Nai Yang Ye died in battle, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty gave him a posthumous title. There is a wooden plaque hanging high on the inside of the ancestral door, which contains ten imperial edicts from the Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty regarding the Yang family. Among them, one is a gift to Lieutenant Yang Ye as a Zhongshu Ling, one is a seal of oath of founding of Yang Yanlang, and six are edicts to Yang Yanlang. Write an imperial edict to Yang Zongbao and Yang Wenguang.
In the backyard, there are five main halls, with the book Zhongxun Shimei in the middle. There is a wooden couplet with gold characters on the double pillars in front of the corridor: His great achievements are on the frontier, his bravery leads thousands of armies and he is called invincible; His majesty and heroic demeanor remain in the ancient fort, and his reputation is worn by all generations on the Great Wall. There are four stone steles from the Yuan Dynasty on both sides of the corridor: one is the stele of Yang You, the general of the Dragon and Tiger Guards, written by Zhao Heming in the Jisi year of the Yuan Dynasty (1229); the other is the Yang family genealogy plaque, and the stele is inscribed with "Yang, the General of the World" written by Zhao Heming. "The Stele of the Clan Ancestral Hall" records Yang Huaiyu's previous lineage and Yang Huaiyu's construction of the ancestral hall, compilation of family trees, repair of tombs, protection of fields, etc. The inscription on the stele is engraved with a genealogy table of the seventeenth generation from Yang Yan, Yang Ye's father, to Yang Huaiyu; one is from Shanxi during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The academic envoy erected a stele for the loyalty of the Yang clan; the first is the ancestral stele of Hongnong. The inscription traces the lineage before Yang Yan, up to the Eastern Han Dynasty Taiwei Hongnong Yang Zhen.
A plaque hangs on the front eaves of the main hall, with the word "Edict Jian" written in it. In the main hall, there is a niche in the middle with statues of Yang Ye and Taijun She. Seeing the weather-beaten, old and strong look of the statue makes people awe-inspiring. On the left and right sides, there are statues of the eight sons of Yang Linggong and 20 famous generals of the Yang family in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, all of whom are majestic and majestic in appearance. (The dates of all the above statues are not recorded.) Among them, the statue of Yang Yanzhao has an angry look and a clenched right fist, showing a feeling of concern for the country and the people and a high degree of resentment and vigilance against the enemy.
Seeing these statues, people can't help but think of the scene when the Yang family fought on the battlefield. Among the generals of the Yang family, the first to be remembered is naturally Yang Linggong, a loyal and loyal man who sacrificed his life for the country.
"The Biography of Yang Ye in the History of the Song Dynasty" records that Yang Ye served in the Northern Han Dynasty for 29 years. He repeatedly made military exploits and powerfully controlled the border areas. He was known as the invincible. He was repeatedly moved to Jianxiong Army as an envoy. In the fourth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign of the Song Dynasty (979 AD), Liu Jiyuan, the leader of the Northern Han Dynasty, surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and Yang Ye also returned to the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Yang Ye was moved to Daizhou as the magistrate of the state, and he was also stationed in the military and horse capital of the three branches. Deputy Pan Mei was appointed to guard Shanxi, so Yang Ye moved his family to Daizhou. On March 20, the fifth year of the Taiping Xingguo reign (980), the Khitan Emperor Yelv Xian personally led a hundred thousand cavalry to attack Yanmen. Yang Ye ordered his troops to go to the south entrance of Duanyu Valley and led more than a thousand cavalry to the north to attack Shanxi Xing. The Khitan army was trapped in the Yanmen Gorge and was surrounded by enemies from both sides. The Song army fought bravely and defeated the many with a small number, killing its famous general and capturing his armored horse. Yang Ye was promoted to Yunzhou Observer for his military exploits, and he still knew Daizhou. In April of the seventh year of the Taiping Xingguo reign (AD 982), the Khitan invaded the Song Dynasty on three routes. Thirty thousand people entered Yanmen Mountain on the middle route. Yang Ye fought and killed more than 3,000 Khitan soldiers at the foot of Yanmen Mountain. They pursued the enemy to Yanmen Mountain. Beishuo, Ying, Huan and other states.
In the third year of Yongxi's reign (986), the Fifth Army of the Song Dynasty sent troops to attack the Liao Dynasty. Pan Mei and Yang Ye led the Western Route Army to go north from Yanmen. People in Yanbei states rose up to help in the war, and soon recovered Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Huanzhou, and Yunzhou (today's Shuo County, Ying County, and Datong areas). Later, the other four routes were defeated one after another, and the West Route was left alone. The Khitan army gathered all its main forces in the northern corner of Yanbei. Pan Mei, Yang Ye, and others were ordered to return to Daizhou and divide their troops to guard Pingxing, Feihu, and Yanmen passes. . The Song court decided to move the Yanbei uprising army and 200,000 Han people to Hedong (today's Shanxi) and Henan (today's Henan Province) respectively, and ordered Pan and Yang to protect the retreat. Yang Ye advocated avoiding a decisive battle with the newly victorious Liao army. He suggested that he lead his troops out of Yingzhou from Dashibao (30 miles northwest of Fenfanzhi County) to bluff the military to attract the main force of the Liao army; and then the brigade left the pass. , to support the rebels and the people, Pan Mei and others not only did not adopt Yang Ye's correct suggestions, but falsely accused Yang Ye of being afraid of the enemy and advocated a frontal advance. Since he was not the vanguard, Yang Ye had no choice but to obey his orders and lead his troops to the front line of Huanzhou. Before setting off, please ask Pan Mei and others to send an ambush at Chenjiayu (in Shuo County) to meet them. Yang Ye led his troops to the east of Shuozhou to meet the enemy and was trapped. He broke out and retreated to Chenjiayu, but no Song soldiers came to respond. Yang Ye was in great mourning and led his soldiers to fight vigorously, killing hundreds of Liao soldiers. He was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse and was captured. He went on a hunger strike for three days and died at the age of fifty-five. After Yang Ye's death, Pan Mei and others tried their best to cover up Yang Ye's achievements and shirk their own responsibility. After Yang Ye's wife Zhe Shi (namely She Taijun) wrote a letter to argue, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to posthumously reward Yang Ye as Taiwei Zhongshujin, with the posthumous title of Zhongwu.
The most eye-catching statue in the ancestral hall is probably She Taijun, the core figure among the female generals of the Yang family. According to the records of "Jincheng Search" written by Kang Jitian of the Qing Dynasty, there is a legend in the countryside that Taijun Zhe is good at riding and shooting, and his servants are more brave than his subordinates, and he can defeat the enemy with troops, such as the wife of King Qi (that is, the wife of Han Shizhong, edited by Liang Hongyu) The aid is encouraging. According to "Baodezhou Chronicles", Yang Ye married a girl named Zhe Deyi (yi, Yinyi). Zhe's nature is intelligent and intelligent, and he can achieve military exploits through his experience. Zhe's name is Taijun She. Although her deeds are exaggerated in legends, she does exist in history.
Among the statues in the ancestral hall, Yang Yanzhao is also eye-catching. According to the "History of the Song Dynasty", Yanzhao's real name was Yanlang, but he changed his name to Yanzhao to avoid taboos. Later generations also called him Yang Liulang. Yang Yanzhao was taciturn when he was young. He often played in military formations during his childhood. Ye Tsang said: "This child is like me." Every expedition must be followed. In the third year of Yongxi's reign, Yang Ye attacked Ying and Shuo, and Yanzhao was the vanguard of his army. He fought under the city of Shuozhou, with arrows piercing his arms, and the fight became more and more urgent. Because of his bravery and good fighting skills, he was deeply loved by Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. In November of the fourth year of Xianping, he was named the Founding Duke. The sealing decree praised him for his long-standing concern for the country and his love for the emperor, and asked him to lead the way and travel all the way here today. I am not your minister, and I will never feel at ease. After Yang Ye died in the war, Yang Yanzhao's anti-Liao activities were mainly on the frontier defense near Gaoyangguan (today's Hebei Province). He died in the first month of the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu (AD 1014) at the age of fifty-seven.
In folklore, some of Yang Ye’s eight sons died in battle with their father, some were killed by Pan Mei, and some became monks in anger. Although there are many no historical records, it is difficult to verify. However, the Yang family's family history of being a general and a loyal family has indeed illuminated the land of China and will remain in the memory of Chinese children forever.
In Lutijian Village, in addition to the Yang Linggong Temple, you can also see a very precious historical scroll of the Yang clan. This scroll of the history of the Axis people is 2.7 feet long and 1.3 feet wide. It is made of plain silk. It is said that this is one of the Yang family's Wutong (five historical scrolls), and the rest have been lost. The scroll contains an imperial edict from Huang Ling, four biographies of famous generals and officials of the Yang clan, five portraits, five tributes, and a total of fifteen pieces. The first volume is Huang Ling's ultimatum issued by Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty on April 15, the first year of Qiandao, conferring Yang Cunzhong, the eighth generation grandson of Yang Ye, as the military envoy of the Zhaoqing Army. Yang Cunzhong was the one with the highest title among the Yang family generals in the past dynasties, and was named King He after his death. The handwriting of the imperial edict is still clear, and the imprint of the jade seal is faintly discernible. Behind the edict are the signatures of more than ten people, including the Minister of Finance, who issued the edict. The scroll contains the biographies of four people, the portraits and praises of five people, and Yang Cunzhong is listed third. Yang Cunzhong's biography and praise are both signed by the name of Zhou Bida, a famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. It should be written by Zhou Bida, but it is difficult to be sure whether it was written by Zhou Bida. According to the legend, Yang Cunzhong was a native of Nao County, Daizhou, and made great achievements in his life. After his death, Emperor Gaozong slept uneasily for three days. The words of praise are: Mighty the Huayi people, great achievements in the world, a generation of heroes, worshiped in temples for thousands of years, there are still images, awe-inspiring aura. The rest of the volume contains the biographies, paintings, praises, biographies, and writings of Yang Kerang, Yang Shi, and Yang Dayi, the descendants of Yang Ye and prominent officials in the Song Dynasty. The author names are Zou Hao, Liu Zheng, Fang Fengchen, etc., and there are no portraits. Character.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that behind the portrait that is listed first and has no biography (the biography has been lost), there are eight lines of praise written in strong handwriting: The mountains and rivers are beautiful, the people are born, they have contributed to the country, and they have benefited our people. The solitary phoenix in the morning sun, the auspicious Lin in the prosperous age, the nine plains are not made, and the name is Jin gentry. The signature is Shangshu Fan Zhongyanzan. Fan Zhongyan was a famous official in the Renzong era of the Northern Song Dynasty, not far from the same era when Yang Ye and Yang Yanzhao lived. These lines of praise were probably written by Fan Zhongyan for the portrait of Yang Ye or Yang Yanzhao, and the lost biography in front of the portrait may naturally belong to Yang Ye or Yang Yanzhao.
In addition to the order, there are also two Yang family genealogies preserved in the Yanglinggong Temple in Lutijian. According to genealogical records, the Yang family genealogy was first compiled by Yang Huaiyu in the Yuan Dynasty, followed by Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, thirdly by Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, and fourthly by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Both the Yuan and Ming editions have been lost today, and only the Daoguang and Guangxu editions still exist. There are ten volumes in the Daoguang version. One volume is about the old stories, the second to sixth volumes are about the lineage, the seventh volume is about the rank, the eighth volume is about the title, the ninth volume is about the tomb, and the tenth volume is about the characters. The Guangxu version is similar to this.
These precious historical relics and information have been carefully preserved by the descendants of the Yang family. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese invading army used bayonets to force the preservers to hand over the family history scrolls, but they failed. During the Cultural Revolution, family history scrolls were almost sold as copybooks for primary school students.
Considering that since the Song Dynasty, there have been frequent wars and dynasty changes between the Yan Dynasty, but it is a miracle that the Yang family ancestral hall and these precious family history scrolls can be preserved to this day!