Wudaomiao
Wudao Temple in Dahongling Village, Chakou Township, Pingding County, Shanxi Province
Wudao Temple in Dahongling Village, Chakou Township, Pingding County, Shanxi Province was built in the fifth year of Qing Jiaqing. The incense is very strong. Pilgrims from dozens of miles away in Fiona Fang will come to provide incense for the temple fair. At the temple fair on the 20th day of the first month, large families in the village make 48 bowls of big offerings in turn every year, and people who pray for God to kill pigs and sheep and hang plaques are in an endless stream. The gongs and drums of the surrounding villages will come to the temple for a few days and dance a few times. At that time, the temples were resplendent and magnificent, the blue tiles were overwhelming, the five ridges and six beasts were dripping from the eaves. The temple is made of bluestone, the walls are framed with paper, and there are eight exquisite murals of immortals crossing the sea. There are four statues of horse owner, Wudao owner, ox owner and earth owner in the main hall, and the altar in the middle is a square platform polished by a whole piece of green slate. On each side of the platform, there is a clay figurine, a little devil's judge, with a red temple gate and a bronze animal face around it. There is a big wooden plaque with a sky-blue background above, with the golden words "Five Ways to Connect the Gods" written on it. There is a corridor in front of the main hall, and the eaves of the corridor are supported by red circular wooden columns. There are couplets on the post: Qin Mugong sealed the Fifth Road and Emperor Gaozu gave it to the general. Under the column is a stone pier carved with bluestone. Under the eaves, the ground is paved with blue bricks, and fine bluestone is sewn along the border. The rain road paved with bluestone leads all the way to the outside of the temple. There are two Cooper trees in front of the temple. Someone is on duty for a long time, responsible for the management of incense money and cleaning the temple.
The five gods are very effective, with good and good, and evil and evil. Since the temple was built, the five gods have protected one side, and the village has Hengda, whose surname is Kangtai. Shan Ye has benefited a lot from his life, and his merits are boundless.
Wudao Temple in Dahongling was destroyed in the turmoil, and 1979 was rebuilt in the original site, which was not as imposing as before. 1985, villager Zhao reshaped the statue, and the inscription was written and engraved by the teacher of Pingding Senior Vocational Middle School.
Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County
Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County (now Weifang, Shandong Province) is actually composed of two temples dedicated to different gods. Its official name, a place called Wudaotang, is dedicated to five generals; A place called Shixian Temple is dedicated to "the teacher's father". There is only a wall between the two temples, so the locals call Wudaotang and Shixian Temple Wudaotang respectively.
Wudao Temple is located at the intersection of Wudao in the south of Southwest Pass in Lao Wei County. Wudaotang Lane in Weicheng District is named after five of them. The original site of Wudao Temple is in the west of the intersection of Renmin Street, Ai Guo Road and Wudaotang Lane in Weicheng District. Today, the street in front of Wudao Temple still maintains a pattern extending in all directions.
Wudaotang and its gods
Wudaotang sits west to east, dedicated to five generals. Five generals, commonly known as Taoist gods or road gods, belong to a god of Taoism, a local religion in China. According to Taoism, the Five Generals are the gods subordinate to Emperor Dongyue, who are in charge of the life and death of the world and Rong Lu. General Wudao is quite sympathetic. He can help and help the weak to realize their ideals. He is a
A soul with a sense of justice.
Before the late Qing Dynasty, China
There are five temples in many cities in China. There are two in Lao Wei County alone. One is the five halls of the southwest pass; The other site is located in Dongcheng (Dongguan), Lao Wei County. There is no relevant record in this site, only a Wudaomiao street can provide circumstantial evidence.
1948 When Weifang Special City was established, Wudaomiao Street in Dongcheng was an ordinary city street with a north-south direction, with a length of about 0.2km and a width of about 3m, starting from Nanxiahe Street in the south and reaching Ye Ting Street in the north (now Dongfeng East Street in Kuiwen District). According to records, this street is named after Daoguan Wudao Temple. Wudaomiao Street was renamed and merged into Nanxiahe Street in the early days of liberation, and 1997 was completely demolished. The original site is Gome Electrical Appliances City in Kuiwen District today-this is an episode related to General Wudao in Lao Wei County.
Five temples built all over the country are generally dedicated to five generals. But in some places, in addition to the Five Generals, there are also five thieves, commonly known as thieves-Du Ping, Li Si, Ren An, Sun Li, Geng and other five famous thieves with surnames, which linger after their death. In order to avoid being stolen, people offered sacrifices to them and begged them for mercy. General Wudao and General Five Thieves have the same pronunciation, but the name is only one word short, but the meaning is quite different.
Wudaotang in Lao Wei County was built in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1557), on the abandoned site of Guogong Temple. Guo Gong Temple was the ancestral hall of Guo Menglin, the magistrate of Wei County, during the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (1506 to 152 1). Wudaotang was rebuilt in the 40th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 12) and 14th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1675).
According to relevant literature and history records, Wudaotang Mountain Gate was built on a temple platform about one and a half meters high, and it had to climb more than ten stone steps to reach it. The mountain gate is the building scale of three rooms. There are male and female soul masters around the mountain gate, and stone tablets are inlaid on both sides of the wall of the eight-character temple. On the door of the main hall of Wudaotang, there is a horizontal plaque with the words "Shenwei Distant Earthquake" written in gold on a blue background. The couplets on both sides of the temple gate are "Hold the sword and defend the five roads, and praise Strafe's prestige all around". In the hall, there are tall statues of five generals, holding Strafe in one hand and knees in the other. They are brave and noble. Plastic in front of a red civil servant, holding a water board; The four gods stood on both sides, holding weapons such as broadswords and swords, staring at them, which was daunting. In the courtyard in front of the temple, there is a bell tower, a fragrant pond and four Gu Song plants, which cover the clouds and the sun. In the north of the courtyard, there is also a shrine dedicated to the holy emperor.
In case of funeral, local and surrounding people will generally go to Wudaotang for "sending slurry" and "reporting to the temple" ceremonies. People usually go to the hall of the ancient philosophers to pray that "your son will be born soon." In addition, the child was in a trance after being frightened and could not return to normal. When they go to the hospital, they may not find any problems. This situation is commonly known as "lost soul" in the local area, and people are used to asking the five generals for help. The way is to open your door in the dead of night, take nine pieces of yellow papyrus as a souvenir (one of which is written in vertical format with a brush), find a crossroads nearby and burn it, then call the child while going home and touch the sick child's face and body a few times. The special message is: "Wandering ghosts everywhere, where to stay in the wilderness, looking for roads, roads, gods, five generals, wandering souls everywhere, aggravating the spirit, I urgently serve the old gentleman as the ninth law ... (written in nine words)". It is said that the effect is very good.
Shixian Temple and Its Gods
In fact, the reputation of Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County and its special influence on people's lives mainly come from Shixian Temple, which is separated from Wudaotang by a wall.
Shixian Temple was built in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty (182 1 to 1850), and its original site is near the North City Wall at the northern end of Anle Street in Xicheng, Lao Wei County.
1948 When Weifang Special City was established, the east section of Anle Street was east-west and the west section was north-south. It is an ordinary city street, about 0.28 kilometers long and 4 meters wide. It got its name from the meaning of "peace and happiness", starting from Liangjiaxiang (now Caojia Lane in Weicheng District) in the east and reaching Ma Bei Road in the north. 1967, Anle Street was renamed Red Flag Back Lane, which means "holding high the great red flag of Mao Zedong Thought". 198 1 year restored its original name, 1988 was completely demolished and its name was cancelled. The original site is in the fifteenth courtyard community in Weicheng District today-this is an episode related to Shixian Temple in Lao Wei County.
1922, Shixian Temple was moved to the south of Wudaotang in wei county for reconstruction. The rebuilt Shixian Temple is located in Anle Street in the southwest of the original Shixian Temple. Shixian Temple has a small door that communicates with Wudaotang.
Shixian Temple is also a temple that sits west to east and worships Shixian, commonly known as "Master". I can't find out what the immortal teacher "teacher's father" is from the history books. According to folklore, the "master" of a fairy teacher is an iron raccoon, fox or fairy among weasels.
The local folk legend about the origin of Shi Xian's "Master" is that in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, a fair-skinned old man came to the southwest pass of wei county from the northeast. He has a good medical skill, and there is an endless stream of people seeking medical advice. Then the old man suddenly disappeared. What everyone thinks of is an inclined hole on the south side of Wudaotang, similar to the iron raccoon, fox or weasel hole. Some people even vividly said that they saw the old man turn into a white light and enter the cave. According to word of mouth, the people worship the cave, calling the old man a fairy teacher and a master, praying for good health. Unfortunately, the sick man prayed for the teacher's father's blessing for an early recovery. It is said that it is also very effective.
According to folklore, the "teacher's father" has six brothers, five of whom are immortals, and the "teacher's father" has the highest morality and prestige. People regard "the teacher's father" and his brother as the embodiment of good luck, friendship, peace and healing. 1922, a gentleman named Ding in Wei County proposed to rebuild the temple at the entrance of the south slope of Wudaotang. Shoupeng Wang, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty who lived in Guanxin Lane in the southwest nearby, believed in "Master" and not only helped him, but also wrote plaques and couplets for the temple.
Guanxin Hutong in Southwest China is a famous No.1 Hutong in Lao Wei County. 1948 When Weifang Special City was established, Xinxian Guanxin Lane was an east-west street, about 0.2 km long and 2-4 meters wide. It was named after the late formation of Southwest Guanxin Street. It starts from Dangjiawan Cliff in Nanguan in the east (1992 demolition, the original site is Dangjiawan Community in Weicheng District), and ends at Sanyimiao Street in the west (1992) 1967. The new lane in the southwest is renamed as the upstream east lane, and 198 1 restores its original name. On 1992 and 1993, the "Champion Hutong" no longer exists, and the original site is in Dangjiawan Community, Weicheng District. For the information about "Champion Hutong", please refer to my book "Random Talk on County Gates in Lao Wei" (Weifang Evening News, 1, March 2009, 12 edition), and I won't repeat it here. The word "striving for the upper reaches" is taken from the general line of "building socialism with all efforts, striving for the upper reaches and building socialism quickly and economically" put forward by the Second Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee (1958).
Coincidentally. There is also a legend about "the teacher's father" in Qiaoguan Town, Changle County: there is a Liangjiazhuang in Qiaoguan Town. Liangjiazhuang has a strong "Song Huai". This ancient tree, which has existed since the village was built in the Song Dynasty, has been empty for several years, and it can hold five or six people. In the Ming dynasty, an iron raccoon lived in it and became immortal. In the Qing Dynasty, Tieraccoon found another place to live and moved to Wei County. People built a "Shixian Temple" for it. Because the iron raccoon is immortal in the old locust tree in Liangjiazhuang, only people in Liangjiazhuang dare to call it "Iron Master" or "Iron Old Fairy", and people in other places can't add the word "Iron" before its name. Whoever dares to violate taboos will be retaliated by taboos. Because of this legend, people in Weixian (Weifang) even made a special trip to visit the place where the "teacher's father" became an immortal.
According to relevant documents and historical records, Shixian Temple has a wooden gate with a stone lion on each side as a symbol of protection. It is said that there is a tongue carved in the mouth of the lion on the south side, commonly known as "Baling" (Wei dialect, meaning talking); The stone lion on the north side has no tongue and is "dumb". The plaque of "Shixian Temple" and the couplet "Kindness can help many people, and sincere prayer can help yourself" are embedded in the stone, embedded in the forehead and sides of the temple gate. The main hall of Shixian Temple is small in scale, but it is also painted with colorful columns and carved doors and windows, which is quite beautiful. The temple is separated by a partition. The handsome statue of the old fairy Lord, with a beautiful face and vivid eyes, sat in the middle with a cloak, and people called him "Master". There are statues of "two immortals" and "five immortals" on the left and right. There is a "teacher's father hole" under the hall corridor, which is covered with wooden boards. There is a hole outside the back wall of the main hall, and a small temple building is built above the hole, which can be accessed from three sides. There is an iron incense burner for incense in front of the main hall. From the temple gate to the front of the main hall is a ridged iron shed higher than the main hall. The iron shed is connected with the hall and looks like a main hall. Grateful plaques and banners such as "whatever you want" and "getting rid of diseases" are often hung in the iron shed. There is a corner gate on the north side of the iron shed which is connected with Wudao Temple, and there are three temples on the south side. A Taoist lived in a temple for many years, guarding the temple. More than 20 years after the reconstruction of Shixian Temple, it is said that the third brother of the "teacher's father" has come back to reunite with him, so someone came forward to propose collecting money. 1946, using the space between Wudaotang and the two gables of the temple, the "Three Immortals" shrine was built, and the "Three Great Grandfathers of Hu (Fox)" and "Three Elder Brothers" shrines were added to the left and right. It can be seen that Shixian Temple belongs to animal worship temple.
Shixian Temple was built late, but since it was rebuilt, it smells better than any other temple. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, good men and women go to Shixian Temple to pay homage. The eighth day of the third lunar month is the birthday of "Teacher Dad". On this day, the believers who made wishes for the teacher's father's birthday not only brought fragrant paper and money, but also various offerings such as chicken, duck, fish, eggs, snacks and pasta. Most of them were sent to the cave from the teacher's father's hole. According to the insider, the teacher's father put a big barrel in the cave, and all the offerings in the cave fell into the big barrel. After the temple fair, you can take out the offerings by opening the hole cover. In this way, at the end of the day, the temple can receive a lot of money, rice and vegetables, which are generally shared by Taoist priests, temple deacons and helpers. On this day, crowds surged outside the temple, jostling shoulder to shoulder, incense burning all day long, smoke filled the sky, and paper was dusty. At that time, Wudao Temple was characterized by deep valleys and cliffs, surrounded by cemetery farmland. The women who rushed to the temple fair came from afar, with needles in their heads and bamboo poles wrapped in red bags on their shoulders, sitting on the ground in piles, some chanting Buddhist scriptures, some preaching, some "worshiping their foster mothers", "marrying relatives" and "making wishes". The downhill slope of the ditch is crowded with people.
The eighth day of the third lunar month is the birthday of "Master" and the temple fair day of Wudao Temple, and the area around Wudao Temple is even more lively. It is said that at two or three o'clock in the morning of the temple fair, the vicinity of Wudao Temple began to be lively, and people carrying loads and driving cars came from all directions. By seven or eight in the morning, there are so many people. The five roads in front of Wudao Temple are crowded with people, including storytellers, singers, Boxers, monkeys, artists, sugar-water blowers, westerners and wei county local snacks. They are very prosperous, and people from nearby Shiliba Village will also visit temple fairs. Sometimes tens of thousands of people go to incense to catch a meeting. Wudaomiao Temple Fair became the largest and most influential temple fair in the Republic of China.
As a local god who is close to people's life, "Master" has played an irreplaceable role in the local people's belief orientation.
Evolution of Wudao Temple
After the founding of New China, the state advocated breaking superstitions and emancipating the mind. After many interventions by relevant parties, the public sacrifice activities around Wudao Temple gradually stopped. However, because the "Master" enshrined in Shixian Temple is a native god close to people's lives, local people who believe in "Master" have always had a certain scale. Children "lost their souls", people are still used to asking the five generals for help in the traditional way. However, such activities are generally conducted in secret. As long as it is not conducted in public and does not form a certain scale, the relevant parties will not interfere with it with a tolerant attitude of "turning a blind eye".
1966 entered the "cultural revolution" period. The whole society called for "breaking the four old ideas (old bourgeois ideas, old culture, old customs and habits) and establishing the four new ideas (new proletarian ideas, new cultures, new customs and habits)", and such activities were banned and once completely extinct. Due to disrepair, the buildings belonging to Wudaotang and Shixian Temple were completely demolished on 1968, and the original site was converted into a physical building run by Weifang Lock Factory and local neighborhood committee.
After 1978, the country entered a new period of reform and opening up, and adopted an increasingly tolerant attitude towards the belief orientation of ordinary people. The local people gradually recovered their original traditional habits. On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, especially on the legendary "Master's birthday" on the eighth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, people spontaneously went to the original site of Wudao Temple to worship, and the scale of activities became larger and larger.
Since the early 1990s, local people have been calling for the reconstruction of Wudaotang and Shixian Temple in the original site of Wudaotang. At that time, the preparatory office of Weifang Wudao Temple was established and some donations were raised. Later, the preparatory office of Wudao Temple gradually disappeared.
In 2008, Weifang demolished the original site of Wudao Temple and its nearby buildings, and combined with the demolition and reconstruction activities in this area, the Wudao Temple Museum was rebuilt in the original site of Wudao Temple. It is understood that the completed Wudao Temple Museum will be triangular, in the form of mobile and tripod, covering an area of 8 mu, with a construction area of 4,000 square meters, and will be composed of buildings such as the gate, Wudao Hall, Sanmiao Temple, Shixiantang, stele gallery and exhibition hall. After the completion of Wudao Temple Museum, it will become a new carrier for Weifang to carry out mass cultural exchange activities and promote the progress of civilization and the construction of a harmonious society.
[Date of Issue: 20 12- 12-25]
Speaking of Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County, the aborigines in Weifang always have endless topics.
Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County refers to Wudao Temple in the southwest of Lao Wei County. In fact, Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County consists of two temples dedicated to different gods. Its official name, a place called Wudaotang, is dedicated to five generals; A place called Shixian Temple is dedicated to "the teacher's father". There is only a wall between the two temples, so the locals call Wudaotang and Shixian Temple Wudaotang respectively.
Wudao Temple is located at the intersection of Wudao in the south of Southwest Pass in Lao Wei County. Wudaotang Lane in Weicheng District is named after five of them. The original site of Wudao Temple is in the west of the intersection of Renmin Street, Ai Guo Road and Wudaotang Lane in Weicheng District. Today, the street in front of Wudao Temple still maintains a pattern extending in all directions.
Wudaotang and its gods
Wudaotang sits west to east, dedicated to five generals. Five generals, commonly known as Taoist gods or road gods, belong to a god of Taoism, a local religion in China. According to Taoism, the Five Generals are the gods subordinate to Emperor Dongyue, who are in charge of the life and death of the world and Rong Lu. General Wudao is merciful. He can help and help the weak to realize their ideals. He is a god with a sense of justice.
Before the end of Qing Dynasty, five temples were built in many cities in China. There are two in Lao Wei County alone. One is the five halls of the southwest pass; The other site is located in Dongcheng (Dongguan), Lao Wei County. There is no relevant record in this site, only a Wudaomiao street can provide circumstantial evidence.
1948 When Weifang Special City was established, Wudaomiao Street in Dongcheng was an ordinary city street with a north-south direction, with a length of about 0.2km and a width of about 3m, starting from Nanxiahe Street in the south and reaching Ye Ting Street in the north (now Dongfeng East Street in Kuiwen District). According to records, this street is named after Daoguan Wudao Temple. Wudaomiao Street was renamed and merged into Nanxiahe Street in the early days of liberation, and 1997 was completely demolished. The original site is Gome Electrical Appliances City in Kuiwen District today-this is an episode related to General Wudao in Lao Wei County.
Five temples built all over the country are generally dedicated to five generals. But in some places, in addition to the Five Generals, there are also five thieves, commonly known as thieves-Du Ping, Li Si, Ren An, Sun Li, Geng and other five famous thieves with surnames, which linger after their death. In order to avoid being stolen, people offered sacrifices to them and begged them for mercy. General Wudao and General Five Thieves have the same pronunciation, but the name is only one word short, but the meaning is quite different.
Wudaotang in Lao Wei County was built in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1557), on the abandoned site of Guogong Temple. Guo Gong Temple was the ancestral hall of Guo Menglin, the magistrate of Wei County, during the period of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (1506 to 152 1). Wudaotang was rebuilt in the 40th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (16 12) and 14th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1675).
According to relevant literature and history records, Wudaotang Mountain Gate was built on a temple platform about one and a half meters high, and it had to climb more than ten stone steps to reach it. The mountain gate is the building scale of three rooms. There are male and female soul masters around the mountain gate, and stone tablets are inlaid on both sides of the wall of the eight-character temple. On the door of the main hall of Wudaotang, there is a horizontal plaque with the words "Shenwei Distant Earthquake" written in gold on a blue background. The couplets on both sides of the temple gate are "Hold the sword and defend the five roads, and praise Strafe's prestige all around". In the hall, there are tall statues of five generals, holding Strafe in one hand and knees in the other. They are brave and noble. Plastic in front of a red civil servant, holding a water board; The four gods stood on both sides, holding weapons such as broadswords and swords, staring at them, which was daunting. In the courtyard in front of the temple, there is a bell tower, a fragrant pond and four Gu Song plants, which cover the clouds and the sun. In the north of the courtyard, there is also a shrine dedicated to the holy emperor.
In case of funeral, local and surrounding people will generally go to Wudaotang for "sending slurry" and "reporting to the temple" ceremonies. People usually go to the hall of the ancient philosophers to pray that "your son will be born soon." In addition, the child was in a trance after being frightened and could not return to normal. When they go to the hospital, they may not find any problems. This situation is commonly known as "lost soul" in the local area, and people are used to asking the five generals for help. The way is to open your door in the dead of night, take nine pieces of yellow papyrus as a souvenir (one of which is written in vertical format with a brush), find a crossroads nearby and burn it, then call the child while going home and touch the sick child's face and body a few times. The special message is: "Wandering ghosts everywhere, where to stay in the wilderness, looking for roads, roads, gods, five generals, wandering souls everywhere, aggravating the spirit, I urgently serve the old gentleman as the ninth law ... (written in nine words)". It is said that the effect is very good.
Shixian Temple and Its Gods
In fact, the reputation of Wudao Temple in Lao Wei County and its special influence on people's lives mainly come from Shixian Temple, which is separated from Wudaotang by a wall.
Shixian Temple was built in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty (182 1 to 1850), and its original site is near the North City Wall at the northern end of Anle Street in Xicheng, Lao Wei County.
1948 When Weifang Special City was established, the east section of Anle Street was east-west and the west section was north-south. It is an ordinary city street, about 0.28 kilometers long and 4 meters wide. It got its name from the meaning of "peace and happiness", starting from Liangjiaxiang (now Caojia Lane in Weicheng District) in the east and reaching Ma Bei Road in the north. 1967, Anle Street was renamed Red Flag Back Lane, which means "holding high the great red flag of Mao Zedong Thought". 198 1 year restored its original name, 1988 was completely demolished and its name was cancelled. The original site is in the fifteenth courtyard community in Weicheng District today-this is an episode related to Shixian Temple in Lao Wei County.
1922, Shixian Temple was moved to the south of Wudaotang in wei county for reconstruction. The rebuilt Shixian Temple is located in Anle Street in the southwest of the original Shixian Temple. Shixian Temple has a small door that communicates with Wudaotang.
Shixian Temple is also a temple that sits west to east and worships Shixian, commonly known as "Master". I can't find out what the immortal teacher "teacher's father" is from the history books. According to folklore, the "master" of a fairy teacher is a fairy among iron raccoons, foxes or weasels.
The local folk legend about the origin of Shi Xian's "Master" is that in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, a fair-skinned old man came to the southwest pass of wei county from the northeast. He has a good medical skill, and there is an endless stream of people seeking medical advice. Then the old man suddenly disappeared. What everyone thinks of is an inclined hole on the south side of Wudaotang, similar to the iron raccoon, fox or weasel hole. Some people even vividly said that they saw the old man turn into a white light and enter the cave. According to word of mouth, the people worship the cave, calling the old man a fairy teacher and a master, praying for good health. Unfortunately, the sick man prayed for the teacher's father's blessing for an early recovery. It is said that it is also very effective.
According to folklore, the "teacher's father" has six brothers, five of whom are immortals, and the "teacher's father" has the highest morality and prestige. People regard "the teacher's father" and his brother as the embodiment of good luck, friendship, peace and healing. 1922, a gentleman named Ding in Wei County proposed to rebuild the temple at the entrance of the south slope of Wudaotang. Shoupeng Wang, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty who lived in Guanxin Lane in the southwest nearby, believed in "Master" and not only helped him, but also wrote plaques and couplets for the temple.
Guanxin Hutong in Southwest China is a famous No.1 Hutong in Lao Wei County. 1948 When Weifang Special City was established, Xinxian Guanxin Lane was an east-west street, about 0.2 km long and 2-4 meters wide. It was named after the late formation of Southwest Guanxin Street. It starts from Dangjiawan Cliff in Nanguan in the east (1992 demolition, the original site is Dangjiawan Community in Weicheng District), and ends at Sanyimiao Street in the west (1992) 1967. The new lane in the southwest is renamed as the upstream east lane, and 198 1 restores its original name. On 1992 and 1993, the "Champion Hutong" no longer exists, and the original site is in Dangjiawan Community, Weicheng District. For the information about "Champion Hutong", please refer to my book "Random Talk on County Gates in Lao Wei" (Weifang Evening News, 1, March 2009, 12 edition), and I won't repeat it here. The word "striving for the upper reaches" is taken from the general line of "building socialism with all efforts, striving for the upper reaches and building socialism quickly and economically" put forward by the Second Plenary Session of the Eighth CPC Central Committee (1958).
Coincidentally. There is also a legend about "the teacher's father" in Qiaoguan Town, Changle County: there is a Liangjiazhuang in Qiaoguan Town. Liangjiazhuang has a strong "Song Huai". This ancient tree, which has existed since the village was built in the Song Dynasty, has been empty for several years, and it can hold five or six people. In the Ming dynasty, an iron raccoon lived in it and became immortal. In the Qing Dynasty, Tieraccoon found another place to live and moved to Wei County. People built a "Shixian Temple" for it. Because the iron raccoon is immortal in the old locust tree in Liangjiazhuang, only people in Liangjiazhuang dare to call it "Iron Master" or "Iron Old Fairy", and people in other places can't add the word "Iron" before its name. Whoever dares to violate taboos will be retaliated by taboos. Because of this legend, people in Weixian (Weifang) even made a special trip to visit the place where the "teacher's father" became an immortal.
According to relevant documents and historical records, Shixian Temple has a wooden gate with a stone lion on each side as a symbol of protection. It is said that there is a tongue carved in the mouth of the lion on the south side, commonly known as "Baling" (Wei dialect, meaning talking); The stone lion on the north side has no tongue and is "dumb". The plaque of "Shixian Temple" and the couplet "Kindness can help many people, and sincere prayer can help yourself" are embedded in the stone, embedded in the forehead and sides of the temple gate. The main hall of Shixian Temple is small in scale, but it is also painted with colorful columns and carved doors and windows, which is quite beautiful. The temple is separated by a partition. The handsome statue of the old fairy Lord, with a beautiful face and vivid eyes, sat in the middle with a cloak, and people called him "Master". There are statues of "two immortals" and "five immortals" on the left and right. There is a "teacher's father hole" under the hall corridor, which is covered with wooden boards. There is a hole outside the back wall of the main hall, and a small temple building is built above the hole, which can be accessed from three sides. There is an iron incense burner for incense in front of the main hall. From the temple gate to the front of the main hall is a ridged iron shed higher than the main hall. The iron shed is connected with the hall and looks like a main hall. Grateful plaques and banners such as "whatever you want" and "getting rid of diseases" are often hung in the iron shed. There is a corner gate on the north side of the iron shed which is connected with Wudao Temple, and there are three temples on the south side. A Taoist lived in a temple for many years, guarding the temple. More than 20 years after the reconstruction of Shixian Temple, it is said that the third brother of the "teacher's father" has come back to reunite with him, so someone came forward to propose collecting money. 1946, using the space between Wudaotang and the two gables of the temple, the "Three Immortals" shrine was built, and the "Three Great Grandfathers of Hu (Fox)" and "Three Elder Brothers" shrines were added to the left and right. It can be seen that Shixian Temple belongs to animal worship temple.
Shixian Temple was built late, but since it was rebuilt, it smells better than any other temple. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, good men and women go to Shixian Temple to pay homage. The eighth day of the third lunar month is the birthday of "Teacher Dad". On this day, the believers who made wishes for the teacher's father's birthday not only brought fragrant paper and money, but also various offerings such as chicken, duck, fish, eggs, snacks and pasta. Most of them were sent to the cave from the teacher's father's hole. According to the insider, the teacher's father put a big barrel in the cave, and all the offerings in the cave fell into the big barrel. After the temple fair, you can take out the offerings by opening the hole cover. In this way, at the end of the day, the temple can receive a lot of money, rice and vegetables, which are generally shared by Taoist priests, temple deacons and helpers. On this day, crowds surged outside the temple, jostling shoulder to shoulder, incense burning all day long, smoke filled the sky, and paper was dusty. At that time, Wudao Temple was characterized by deep valleys and cliffs, surrounded by cemetery farmland. The women who rushed to the temple fair came from afar, with needles in their heads and bamboo poles wrapped in red bags on their shoulders, sitting on the ground in piles, some chanting Buddhist scriptures, some preaching, some "worshiping their foster mothers", "marrying relatives" and "making wishes". The downhill slope of the ditch is crowded with people.
The eighth day of the third lunar month is the birthday of "Master" and the temple fair day of Wudao Temple, and the area around Wudao Temple is even more lively. It is said that at two or three o'clock in the morning of the temple fair, the vicinity of Wudao Temple began to be lively, and people carrying loads and driving cars came from all directions. By seven or eight in the morning, there are so many people. The five roads in front of Wudao Temple are crowded with people, including storytellers, singers, Boxers, monkeys, artists, sugar-water blowers, westerners and wei county local snacks. They are very prosperous, and people from nearby Shiliba Village will also visit temple fairs. Sometimes tens of thousands of people go to incense to catch a meeting. Wudaomiao Temple Fair became the largest and most influential temple fair in the Republic of China.
As a local god who is close to people's life, "Master" has played an irreplaceable role in the local people's belief orientation.