Dai Temple - China Travel

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Dai Temple is located in Zezhou County, Shanxi. It is unknown when it was first built. Tianqi Hall was rebuilt in the third year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1080). Tianqi Hall was built on a high platform built in the Song Dynasty. It is three rooms wide and six rafters deep. It has a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain, and the eaves are far-reaching. The beams and wooden structures in the hall are all relics of the Song Dynasty.

The temple climbs up the mountain, along the central axis from south to north, there are mountain gate, fish marsh, bamboo garden, dance building, and Tianqi hall. Dragon King Gods. The altar in the hall is Xumizuo style, with brick carving patterns on it. There are large-scale woodcarved shrine flower covers in Ming and Qing Dynasties on the stage. In front of Tianqi Hall is the dance building, with a single bay and a cross resting on the top of the mountain. It has a simple shape and a clear structure. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. There are 15 inscriptions in the temple after Yuan Dynasty.

In front of the gate of Daimiao Mountain, there is a pair of stone lions. The stone lions have a majestic body and a mighty appearance. Their front legs have been cut off, and their bodies have changed from a solid triangle to a forward-sloping semi-arc. The locals call them the "Lion". The brick carvings of the altar, the wood carvings of the shrine and the stone door frames in Tianqi Hall are known as the "Three Treasures of Town Temple".

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qllbshan

It is a national key cultural relic and a gathering place for Dong Zhongshu's descendants. Great place to travel for free! 7000-year-old ginkgo tree! The only scorpion-shaped village in Shanxi.

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cherry5566

It's hard to find here. I feel that in the corner of the village, the navigation has played a tricky potential, and brought us to the door of a local villager in various ways. . . It can be regarded as service. Although it was difficult to find, I found it quickly after getting off the bus and asking the locals. The buildings and walls of the Dai Temple are very distinctive, and the Jingwang Hall was actually found in the Dai Temple. . . Haha~

老二连

Zezhou Dai Temple, also known as Yedi Dai Temple, Dongyue Temple, commonly known as Xida Temple, is located in Yedi Village, Nancun Town, the suburb of Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. It is unknown when the Dai Temple was first built, but it existed in the Song Dynasty at the latest. The earliest architectural remains in the temple are the Song Dynasty stone foundation of the main hall Tianqi Hall, the inscription-shaped lotus-covered pillar foundation and stone pillars. )Inscription. After the Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing and other dynasties, it was repaired repeatedly, and finally became the shape and structure seen today. The temple is divided into upper and lower courtyards according to the mountain situation. The heights are scattered, quiet and elegant. Along the central axis, from south to north, there are Shanmen, Yumao, Bamboo Garden, Wulou and Tianqi Hall. On both sides, there are Bixia Yuanjun Hall, Land Hall, Wugu Temple, Chongwangye Hall, Niuwang Hall, Dragon King Hall, Subaosi Shrine, Guanshengdi Hall, etc. The lower courtyard of the temple has a clear spring and a fish marsh. In 2001, Yedidai Temple was selected into the list of the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

fcy911

Zezhou Dai Temple is located in Yedi Village, Nancun Town, Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. This temple is also known as Yedidai Temple, Xida Temple and so on. It is said that this is the only Dai Temple other than Mount Tai, and it is also the Quanzhen School of Taoism. The Tianqi Hall in the temple was built in the third year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1080). On the stone pillars of Tianqi Hall, there are inscriptions of the third year of Song Yuanfeng. This temple is built according to the mountain situation, quite imposing. The ginkgo tree next to the temple gate is said to have a history of more than 6,000 years. In front of the temple, there is a majestic stone lion with a damaged forearm. Although the arm is broken, it still stands in front of the temple with majesty. Some people call it the "Oriental Venerable Lion".

风东

The status of the Yedidai Temple in Zezhou, Shanxi is higher than that of Mount Tai and earlier than Mount Tai. The Taishan Mountain Temple is dedicated to the sky, and the Yedidai Temple is dedicated to the earth. There were sacrifices earlier than the Qin Dynasty or even earlier. The ginkgo tree in front of the gate is 6,500 years old. After liberation, the ignorant people hoped to live a better life, thinking that the evil old society must be eradicated with action, so they forcibly rejected 6 of the 8 trunks of the ginkgo tree and labeled them for teaching purposes. Tables, chairs, benches and door panels. They also smashed off the front legs of the two large stone lions at the door. The same fate happened to the glazed pagoda of Shengshou Temple in Yangcheng, Jincheng City. It was just liberated in 1949. One morning in early summer, a man was waiting for the pagoda alone with a hammer. broken. Yedi Dai Temple has a thousand-year-old couple with herringbone cypress, a thousand-year-old bamboo and a thousand-year-old begonia. The historic sites inside are well preserved, such as fish ponds, dance buildings, ancient wells, stone carvings and brick carvings, which are simple and beautiful, and are precious historical assets.

When entering Dai Temple in Zezhou, we can see the swamp. On the central axis, facing us is the north side. The dragon spits out water. On the opposite side is the shape of the back of the tiger’s head. Most people don’t know that the dragon is one step higher than the tiger. When the water level exceeds the tiger’s head and is lower than the dragon’s head, It is a metaphor for a good harvest year. If the water is higher than the dragon's head, it will be flooded, and if the water is lower than the tiger's head, it will be drought. There is a tablet repaired in the Yuan Dynasty in the wall of the Dai Temple. Although the characters are not very neat, the value of cultural relics is extremely high. It tells the world that this is the only Daiyue Temple. The theater is viewed from three sides of the dance building, which shows that the opera can be sung for people, and this system represents the first stage where the opera can be heard and watched by gods and people at the same time. The Tianqi Hall has the highest position, and its architectural art is exquisite and beautiful. Inside it is enshrined the statue of Huang Feihu Dongyue who sits on an equal footing with the Jade Emperor, representing supremacy and in charge of life, death, wealth and honor in the world.