Among the three temples, the Confucian Temple is the largest, which was built in the second year of Yuan Dade (1298), four years earlier than the Confucius Temple in Beijing. After 22 renovations and expansions in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has become the largest Confucius Temple in Beijing except Confucius Temple in the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), with the middle road running through the east and west. The main buildings on the central axis are: Zhaobi, Sheji, Zhongtian Square (left temple and right temple), Gate (left "Debai Tiandi" Square and right "Taoist Temple Ancient and Modern" Square), Xingxingmen, Chi Pan Panqiao (left Minghuan Temple and right Xiangxian Temple) and Jimen (left and right corner gates). On the east side of Dacheng Hall, there is an East Courtyard, in front of which is Rongsheng Hall and behind it is Zunjing Pavilion. There are two courtyards across the west, namely Zheng Xue Department and Discipline Department, with the first gate and the second gate in front and the Minglun Hall behind; One is Wendi Temple. All the main buildings have the same ridge. 1935 12 this temple used to be the seat of the Japanese puppet regime "Jidong anti-* * autonomous government", but it was demolished and changed a lot. In August, 1949, this office was set up in Tongxian County, Hebei Province, but it was also demolished. 1September, 958, Beijing filigree mosaic factory was moved and occupied, and it was demolished and rebuilt according to the function of the factory. Renovation began in 2004. On the basis of the original temple ruins and shapes, Xingxingmen, Jiymen and East-West Annex Buildings were restored.
Among the three temples, Youshengjue Temple on the right back and Ziqing Palace on the left back are juxtaposed, both of which are small. In the "three religions", the founder who taught them, the Confucius Temple, the Buddhist Temple and the Taoist Temple dedicated to Confucius, Sakyamuni's Buddha and Laozi. Confucius Temple is the largest, which highlights the guiding ideology of feudal rulers. Taoist temple and Buddhist temple are both small and located around Confucius Temple. The feudal rulers put Taoism and Buddhism in an auxiliary position, and the primary and secondary positions were very clearly distributed next to the state street gate. In feudal society, the thought of "three religions" stood on the side of state governance, and it was the only unique cultural landscape of provinces, prefectures and counties, which reflected the openness and inclusiveness of the Grand Canal culture.
There is a burning stupa in "Sanjiao Temple", which is called burning lighthouse for short. 1979 was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Beijing, and it is the symbol of the northern end of the Grand Canal. Founded in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the nine years of Liao, Yuan Dade, Ming Chenghua and Qing Kangxi. In the eighteenth and thirty-fifth years of Kangxi, it was rebuilt on the original Sumeru Mountain. 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Tongzhou, and foreign guns broke the tower and shot off the bronze bell. 1976 Tangshan earthquake spread to Tongzhou, and the Tuli Lotus masonry seat was half collapsed. 1987, the pagoda was rebuilt as it was. The tower is an octagonal 13-story brick-wood solid tower with a total height of 56m, a base circumference of 38.4m and a diameter of 165438+. Tall and straight is the outstanding landscape of this tower, with brick arches, Buddha statues and decorative patterns. There are 2248 bronze bells hanging on each rafter and corner beam, and the number of bronze bells hanging on the tower is the highest in the world. The name of the donor is engraved on the outer wall of each wind chime, as well as prayers, poems and songs. There is an ancient poem carved in brick between the kitchen doors on the south side of the 13th floor, which reads "Luling in the ancient pagoda town, built by the Tang people in the Zhou Dynasty", indicating that this tower is Hezhen Tower, which was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty. Today, experts in ancient architecture identified it as Liao. One of the eight scenic spots in Tongzhou, "Ancient Pagoda Lingyun" refers to this place. There are many poems describing it in ancient times, and many legends have been passed down to this day. It is said that the tower shadow hangs on the Grand Canal 200 meters away, which is a wonder. An elm tree grows on the northwest side of the thirteenth floor of the tower, with a height of 3.7 meters, a crown width of 4.2 meters, a trunk diameter of 0. 17 meters, no main roots, and a fibrous root with a maximum length of 2.5 meters. The whole root system is like a folded sector. In order to protect the safety of the tower, the elm tree was transplanted to the park under the tower. Now it is flourishing, and it is called "Tower Elm" by Tongzhou people, which symbolizes the tenacious struggle of Tongzhou people.
Detailed address of Sanjiao Temple:
No. 1 Dacheng Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing (formerly Filament Mosaic Factory, northeast of Tongzhou District Cinema 100 meters, north of Sikong Community, North Street)
Bus route: You can take bus No.322, No.342, No.435, No.666, No.667, No.728 and No.938 and get off at Xinhua Street. Go ahead for 5 meters, cross the traffic lights, go north for 800 meters and turn right.
Postal code: 10 1 100.