The Narcissus Ancient Temple is a cultural tourist attraction.
The Narcissus Ancient Temple is located next to the Shrine of the Chief Minister in Sanhua Village, Xinhua Street, Huadu District, Guangzhou City. This ancient temple has three entrances, three exits and two corridors. It is not very large. It was built during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty ( Built in 1844), the temple enshrines a wooden statue of He's "Censor King" with a real gold body. This Censor King is He Shaoji, the Censor of the Song Dynasty and a native of Shawan, Panyu. Legend has it that one year there was a flood in the Sanhua Village area, and a wooden box drifted upstream and was picked up by Xu Zhen, Dahuzhuang, Sanhua Village while fishing. He opened the box and saw that there was a magic tablet inside, which recorded the "Censor King" and his birthday, as well as tea seeds and other items wrapped in red cloth. After picking up the wooden box, the flood subsided. The villagers believed that this It was the blessing of the gods, so they raised funds to build this temple, and planted tea seeds next to the temple to grow tea trees. The tea leaves are sweet and delicious, and it is said that they can cure all diseases. Since the magic tablet comes from water, the tea was called "Darcissus Tea" and the temple was named "Darcissus".
The building on the middle road has three rooms and four entrances. The mountain facade is three rooms wide and 10.6 meters wide, two rooms deep and 5.1 meters long and has nine bays. The beams and eaves of the front porch are carved with decorations such as stage, opera characters, turtles, auspicious animals, flowers and birds, etc. The workmanship is exquisite. There are stone lions and strange-shaped buckets on Xiagong Liang. The forehead of the stone gate is engraved with "Ancient Narcissus Temple", the upper inscription is "Rebuilt by Meng Qiu in the Guimao Year of Daoguang (1843)", the lower inscription is "Nanhai Wang Jianxin's Letter"; the Shimen Lianyang is inscribed with "Baifu Qiu Shuang left a historical pen; Peng A pot of spring water sends a fairy tale." On the right side, there are five inscriptions on the "Stele for the Reconstruction of the Narcissus Ancient Temple" in the 8th year of the Republic of China (1919), recording the reasons for the reconstruction of the ancient temple and the names of the donors.
The nave is three rooms wide with a width of 10.6 meters, a depth of three rooms is 6.4 meters and has eleven shelves. There are two stone eaves columns at the front and back. There are two corridors in front of the nave and six rolling sheds. The patio is paved with granite strips, 4.1 meters wide and 3 meters deep.
The worship pavilion has an eight-frame rolling shed roof, which is "connected" with the middle and back halls. There are two corridors next to it and six rolling sheds. The patio is paved with granite strips, 4.1 meters wide and 3.7 meters deep.
The apse is three rooms 10.6 meters wide, two rooms 7.5 meters deep and has eleven shelves. In the Ming Dynasty, there is a throne for the imperial censor.
The building area of ??the left and right roads is 4.4 meters wide, separated by Qingyun Lane with a width of 1.7 meters. The left and right sides of the stone forehead of the lane gate tower are engraved with "Lai Yong" and "Zhi Su" respectively.
During the reconstruction, the mountain gate was covered with green glazed tiles, the main spine was reshaped, and there were decorations such as opera characters, unicorns, and two dragons playing with beads. The upper part was engraved with "Rebuilt in the Year of Yihai (1995)", and the lower part was engraved with "Renovation in the Year of Yihai (1995)". Inscribed "Zhongshan Pottery House". The main ridges on the left and right roads were changed to concrete Bogu ridges.
The Narcissus Ancient Temple worships Jinwu General He Shiyushi of the Jin Dynasty. According to legend, He Zhaoji, the censor of the Song Dynasty, was born in Shawan, Panyu, Guangdong, on September 9th of the lunar calendar. He was an honest and upright official, hated evil as much as his enemies, loved the people as much as he could, he was honest throughout his life, and was later killed by a traitor. Before his death, he ordered the spiritual tablets and tea seeds to be packed into boxes and thrown into the sea. The boxes were carried up the Tianma River along the Pearl River system to Sanhua Village, where they could be fished out by Xu Zhen, a descendant of Xu, a friend of his who had beheaded him during his lifetime. After hearing the news, the villagers of Sanhua gathered together and built temples to offer sacrifices to fulfill their wishes. The incense was very popular. Every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the birthday of the Censor King is celebrated. The village will set up a tent and perform a play for three days.
There is a stone bridge on the river opposite Shuixian Ancient Temple. It has a very domineering name "Suolong Bridge". I walked around this ancient stone bridge and saw no old inscriptions. I saw a stone tablet beside the bridge that was erected in October 2008. In May of the same year, it was designated as a protected cultural relic unit in Huadu District. After going home and searching for information for two days, I found no results. I could only find the record on the "List of Registered and Protected Cultural Relics Units in Huadu District" on the website of the "Huadu District Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication Bureau": Suolong Bridge o Qing o Xinhua Street Sanhua Village Narcissus In front of the ancient temple. It is estimated that Suolong Bridge was built during the period from the Daoguang Period of the Qing Dynasty (1844) to the Tongzhi Period of the Qing Dynasty (1863).
There are still several large ponds in Sanhua Village. In the past, the area around Sanhua Village was a water town with low-lying terrain. Every year during the "Western Flood" in the seventh lunar month, the area would flood. In order to pray for peace, the Narcissus Temple was built, and the Yushi King was invited to be the water god. The bridge in front of the temple was also named Suolong, and incense was burned continuously to pray for the reduction of floods.
Sanhua Village: Sanhua Village is located to the north of Xinhua Street, Huadu District, Guangzhou City, about 2 kilometers away from the city center, covering an area of ??about 4.5 square kilometers. Sanhua Village has 4 economic societies, 18 villager groups, and a total population of 4,910. It is one of the larger urban villages in Xinhua Street. The village economy is mainly based on the rental of shops and factories. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway pass through the village. Sanhua Village has a history of more than 900 years, and most of the villagers are named Xu.
The ancestor of the Xu family in Sanhua Village was named Xu Zongyuan. According to the Xu family genealogy, the Xu family lived in Baochang County, Nanxiong before that. Xu Zongyuan lived in the eighth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty