Next to Miaotou Village in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, there is a sea-sacrificial temple that has been passed down for more than 1,400 years. It is the largest and most complete sea-sacrificial temple preserved among the four sea-sacrificial temples in China. Komiks is an important place for emperors of all dynasties to worship the sea. It is also one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. It is the South China Sea Temple.
SouthBabaylanEntry at the entrance of the Sea God Temple
SouthBabaylan was built in the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, emperors of all dynasties have sent important officials to sacrifice to the sea. Kangxi, href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksThe engravings of the imperial calligraphy of Hongwu, Su Shi and Han Yu left behind thousands of poems here. There are 47 steles inscribed in the temple, which are called “Southern Stele Forest” by later generations. For thousands of years, Chinese and foreign ships have come to the temple to worship the South China Sea God and pray for peace. The Temple of the South China Sea therefore witnessed the glorious history of ancient maritime trade and became one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
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North China Sea Temple has become a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The “Bora Dan” temple fair from the 11th to the 13th of the lunar calendar every year has also become a national intangible cultural heritage. The “Sea Don’t Rise” archway stands in front of the temple, inheriting the prayers and blessings of the South China Sea Temple for thousands of years.
The legend of “South Sea God”
The name of the South Sea God is Zhurong, and some historical books also call it Zhu Chi. About the end of the year of the CinemaWho is it? There are many legends among the people. Some legends Zhu Rong was a Chinese emperor and a musician; some legends Zhu Rong was a Situ who specialized in identifying directions during the Huangdi era and was the ancestor of the Chu people. There are also legends that Zhurong is originally the God of Fire, and the south is also belongs to fire, so Zhurong is also the god of the south.
Scenery of the Temple of the South China Sea
The Temple of the South China Sea is located in Fuxu Town (now Huangpu Templetou) on the north bank of the Pearl River, facing the Fuxu River (a section of the Pearl River). It is connected to Shiziyang in the east, Humen in the bottom, and Guangzhou back. It is an ancient sea transportation between Guangzhou and Guangzhou. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan is located in the important place of Cinema, and then it can go to sea to reach the southern Komiks. Fuxu Town has a very superior geographical location and is known as “only a hundred steps away from the sea, with thousands of waves coming from the wind and waves, and the shore is facing an unexpected abyss.” The ancients believed that this was an ideal place to build the Sea God Temple.
At the main entrance of the South China Sea Temple
In the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (594), Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict to build a temple in the Four Seas to worship the Four Seas. The South China Sea Temple was built in the Nanhai Sea. A wizard was invited to preside over the sweeping of the temple and worship the South China Sea God. The temple was also planted in the temple, and pine, cypress, trees, etc., so the South China Sea Temple was established.
Da Xi Sikong and the Temple of the South China Sea
The Temple of the South China Sea is also known as the “Polu Temple”. This alias is related to a Gentile Da Xi Sikong.
The statue of Da Xi Sikong in the South China Sea Temple
It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a tribute envoy named Da Xi in the Ancient Polo Kingdom (Ancient India). After coming to Beijing to pay tribute, he came to Guangzhou South China Sea Temple to visit and sacrifice, and planted two Polo tree seeds brought from the Ancient Polo Kingdom in the temple. Because of obsessed with the exquisiteness of the temple, the ship that missed its return trip was Komiks was always looking at the sea and crying, holding his left hand on his forehead to look at the sea, and finally standing on the beach. Later generations therefore worshipped statues in the temple Babaylan, commonly known as “Cinema Luo”, and the temple is also called “Babaylan”.
“Balo Birth” Temple Fair
Balo Birth is also known as the South China Sea God’s Birth. The meeting period is from the eleventh to the thirteenth of the second lunar month every year. The thirteenth is the regular Cinema Birth. The Polo Dan Temple Fair is a very grand folk event in the Lingnan region. The antique sea sacrifice ceremony and the Five Sons’ Kings and other traditional sacrificial activities were held during this period.
The grand scene of the Polo Dan Temple Fair by Liang Yitao
At that time, a long stall outside the temple would be set up, filled with delicacies such as Polo chickens and Polo rice dumplings. The people in the temple would pray for blessings. Young men and women dug love beans under the red bean tree to pray for a beautiful love. Therefore, the common saying “The first trip to Polo and the second marriage to marry a wife” is circulated among the people.
The Polo Dan temple fair is rich in content and contains the most representative traditional folk culture and profound marine cultural heritage in the Lingnan region. In 2011, “Polo Dan” was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list project.
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The sun bathing pavilion on Zhangqiugang on the west side of the South China Sea Temple is a good place to watch the sunrise on the sea in the past. It is facing water on three sides, with vast smoke and waves, and the scene is extremely spectacular. It is called “Fu Xu Bathing Sun”.
Under the Sun Pavilion
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Komiks (1094), the great writer Su Dongpo worshiped the god of the South China Sea. He climbed to the Sun Bathing Pavilion, marveled at the magnificent sunrise on the sea, and wrote the poem “The Sun Bathing Pavilion on the South China Sea” with emotion. As soon as this poem was released, the Sun Pavilion became famous and attracted countless literati and poets to visit. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Babaylan was selected for the first time in the eight scenic spots of Yangcheng. “Fu Xu Bathing Day” was rated as the first scenic spot, which lasted for a hundred years.
Where is the beautiful title of “Southern Stele Forest”? There are many precious information about the Silk Road and Guangzhou history in the South China Sea Temple. Emperors of all dynasties often send officials to worship the God of the South China Sea, repair the Temple of the Sea God, and erect monuments to record the events. The South China Sea Temple currently has 47 steles inscribed (1 Tang stele, 3 Song stele, 3 Yuan stele, 17 Ming stele, 4 Qing stele, 10 copy stele, and 9 modern poetry stele), the Tang Hanyu stele, Song Kaibao stele, Ming Hongwu stele, etc. are all very precious cultural relics. Therefore, the South China Sea Temple is also known as the “Southern Stele Forest”.
The inscription in the South China Sea Temple
It is worth mentioning that in front of the main entrance of the South China Sea Temple, there is an ancient stone archway. The archway is a Qing Dynasty building with four big words “The sea does not rise and fall”. The archway is facing theBabaylanThe mouth of the Xu, the bay of yellow wood” is a must-pass place for Chinese and foreign merchants to enter and exit Guangzhou. The four words “the sea does not rise and the waves” represent the most sincere wishes for peace and good fortune when emperors and ministers, merchants, helmsmen and shipmen walked out of this prosperous ancient port for thousands of years.
The Qing Dynasty archway “the sea does not rise and the waves”
Some sources: South China Sea Temple