Zhougong Temple, a key cultural relics protection unit in Shaanxi Province and a provincial-level scenic spot, is located at the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain, 6.5 kilometers northwest of Qishan County, Shaanxi Province, with an area of about 620,000 square meters. It is surrounded by mountains and waters, with towering ancient trees and beautiful scenery. It is surrounded by mountains in the east, west and north, and only the south is connected with the flat ground, which is shaped like a dustpan. The Book of Songs describes this place as "a person with a scroll, drifting from the south". Therefore, later generations called it "ancient scrolls".
Zhougong Temple is located in the northwest of Qishan County. 5 kilometers south of Phoenix Mountain. In the first year of Wude in Tang Dynasty (AD 6 18), the Duke of Zhou Temple was built here to commemorate the famous politician of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Ji Dan, the Duke of Zhou who helped King Wu to destroy the business and Wang Ping to rise up the country. After several generations of renovation and expansion, an ancient architectural complex with Zhougong Temple (Duke of Zhou, Zhao Gong and Taigong) as the main body, Jiangyuan and Houji Temple as the supplements, pavilions and pavilions as the embellishment has been formed.
Qishan is the birthplace of the Zhou family, and the story of "Qishan in Feng Ming" happened on the Phoenix Mountain in the northern part of the ancient circle more than 3,000 years ago [3-4]. Chronicle of Bamboo Books: In thirty-three years of his reign, Zhou Chengwang led a military and civilian patrol. It can be seen that as early as the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was already a playground for royal nobles. During the Wude period in the early Tang Dynasty, in order to remember the diligent virtue of the Duke of Zhou, Gao Zu Li Yuan wrote a letter to build a temple for the Duke of Zhou in the ancient scrolls, formerly known as the Duke of Zhou Temple. After the Tang Dynasty, the rule was gradually strengthened, and the halls of historical figures such as Jiang Taigong, Zhao Gong, Jiang Zhou and Hou Ji in the previous week were all decorated with pavilions.
There are platforms, pavilions and other buildings. There is a natural spring in the northeast corner of the temple area. Its springs skyrocketed for several years and dried up for several years. Water is too rich when it comes, and it will dry when it goes. Locals call it Lingquan. Tang Xuanzong once named his own spring "Runde Spring". There is a white marble statue in the Tang Dynasty in Xuanwu Cave in the temple, which looks like a barefoot statue, holding a sword and full of turtles and snakes. Its jade carving skills have unique artistic value, and the local image can cure all diseases. It is a pleasure for tourists to touch here.
Zhougong Temple Scenic Area is a large-scale scenic spot, with more than 30 ancient buildings and many Tang, Bai, Han and Huai trees. It is the largest and best preserved ancient architectural complex in Baoji. Since ancient times, it has always been a place for people to visit. Historically, Han Yu, Su Shi, Kang Hai and many other literati have come here to express their feelings, leaving more than 40 poems and more than 30 stone tablets.
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It is true that "Qi Yi has many miracles". If you visit the Zhougong Temple, which is "a sea of people, cultural relics and historic sites", you will have a deeper understanding of this. In front of the Duke of Zhou Temple, there are towering cypresses, shady trees, flowers and plants everywhere, and clear springs like mirrors. There are many temples in the temple area, including Zhou Gong Temple (Duke of Zhou, Zhao Gong and Jiang Taigong), Euphemism Temple and Hou Ji, and pavilions. Its architectural art has a strong national traditional style. Into the temple gate, flowers and plants are in full bloom, and the temple is magnificent. Han Huai blocks the sun, Tang Bai Wei E, broad-minded and charming. Zhougong temple
The Echo Monument is in front of the reception hall. Tap the ear with a small stone, and the bronze bell, silver bell and golden drum in the monument ring together. If you knock the monument harder, or knock it alone and listen to it on the other side, there will always be an ancient battlefield where "Ma Xiaoxiao" hits the eardrum. At this time, speculation, longing and search are filled with the hearts and entanglements of reluctant tourists. Walk down the stone steps of the flower bed and follow the painting axis of the ancient temple. Among the colorful ancient buildings, the first one who passes through the Bagua Pavilion can enter the main hall of the Duke of Zhou. The layout of Zhougong Temple is combined with points and groups, and the building is magnificent and has its own characteristics. In the temple, the Duke of Zhou was in the front, Jiang Ji was in the middle, and Hou Ji was in the back. The locals summed up this layout as "Jiang Ji holds her son and grandchildren". Xuanwu cave in the temple is a stone cave. Although the cave is not big, it has a ridge of rocky mountain uplift, and the ravines on the mountain are clear, which is not accessible by hand carving. The top of the mountain is connected with the top of the cave, like a fierce mountain carefully wrapped in blue sky. The statue of Sakyamuni in the cave is located halfway up the mountain and carved by white jade, which is said to have come from the hands of artists in the Tang Dynasty. The statue is very powerful, with long hair and bare feet, dressed in military uniform, standing on a tortoise and snake and holding a sword, which fully shows the heroic spirit of the shin. The statue of Xin is as smooth as ceramic, and the locals call it "Jade Lord". According to legend, Xuanwu Buddhists and Monks have infinite divine power, which can cure all diseases, and then escape as immortals, referring to stone as jade. And write a book saying: a certain disease will be cured if you touch someone. Therefore, in order to recover, the sick people in later generations all touched the same place. After a long time, the prominent forehead and bridge of the nose sank first, and Yu Xuanwu's body was smooth. Every time an ancient temple fair is held in the middle of March in the lunar calendar, there are a sea of people, and only those who touch the Buddha statues line up in long queues. Around the main hall of the Duke of Zhou, the Shang Palace and the Hou Ji Palace are connected along the hillside. History and myth blend in the temple. There are Jiro Yang Jian, Nezha, Fairchild and various immortals. Starting from the romance of the gods, they landed on the frescoes redrawn by modern people, or turned them into sculptures, holding artifacts and imposing. This historical myth makes people's sober minds sleepy and ecstatic at this moment. Out of the temple, turn to the east, climb the steps along the slope, and reach the level of 10 meters before you see the red brick yard. Entering the courtyard, there is a row of caves along the wall, in which there are clay sculptures of immortals such as Lao Jun and Yuan Zun, sitting or standing, with different images. Runde Spring is a major landscape of Zhougong Temple, located on the east side of the main hall. Due to the intermittent gushing and drying up of the spring, people have endowed it with many magical and magnificent legends. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhong Zhao Yu Runde said, "One spring is long, and the world is safe. Today, there is no wave of rise. " In every dynasty and generation, having water in spring is a good omen for good weather, national prosperity and people's security. In the second year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 848), the spring dried up and spewed again. Xuanzong linked this natural phenomenon with personal merits and gave it the name "Runde Spring". Because of the gift of the emperor, it has been used to this day. The spring is surrounded by octagonal net spring stone railings, on which there are embossed algae ornaments and three-dimensional shapes such as dragon kisses, glans penis, figures and animals. There is a passage at the bottom of the spring, and a clear spring water flows south. Many people bend down to pick up water with cups, drink it bit by bit and savor it. Some people put their hands together and drink a few mouthfuls of water quickly, which is as sweet as sugar and makes people get carried away. Monument Pavilion, west of Runde Spring. There are many stone tablets and tablets of Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties under the pavilion, most of which describe the construction history of Zhougong Temple.
Su Shi's Poems of the Duke of Zhou said: "I dream of Duke of Zhou now, and I also like Qiu Lai to go to the Forbidden City;" Cuifeng is suddenly surrounded by mountains, and Qingquan is long and poor. "I have a taste in my heart. The natural scenery of Zhougong Temple is colorful, and the cultural relics and historic sites are splendid, which is desirable, and the magnificent achievements and broad mind of Zhougong are even more admirable.
Ticket price: peak season: 50; Off-season: 50; Tel: 0917-8110075.
Postal code: 722400 Scenic address: Zhougong Temple, Qishan County