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. It is an important place for emperors of all dynasties to worship the sea and one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. It is the South China Sea Temple.
The entrance of the Nanhai Temple Scenic Area
The Nanhai Temple was built in the Sui DynastyBabaylanThe 14th year of Kaihuang (594 of the park), it was 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. The imperial inscriptions of Kangxi and Hongwu were written by Su Shi and Han Yu, and there were 47 poems in the temple. It was 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.
Nanhai Temple Scenic Area Information List
North China Sea Temple has become a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The “Balo 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” plaza stands in front of the temple, inheriting the prayers and blessings of the South China Sea Temple for thousands of years.
The legend of “KomiksThe South Sea GodCinema“
The South Sea God is named Zhurong, and some historical books also call him Zhu Chi. There are many folk legends about who Zhurong is. Some legends say that Zhurong was a Chinese emperor and a musician; some legends say that Zhurong was a Chinese emperor who specialized in identifying directions during the Yellow Emperor.Situ is the ancestor of the Chu people. There are also some legends about Zhurong being the god of fire, and the south is also belonging 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 Miaotou) on the estuary of the Pearl River 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 a major sea transportation area between ancient times and from Guangzhou. Through this, you can reach the South China Sea countries and reach the Babaylan Sea. Fuxu Town has a very superior geographical location, and is known as “only a hundred steps away from the sea, with thousands of waves always coming, and the shore is facing an unpredictable abyss.” The ancients believed that this was an ideal place to build the Sea God Temple.
NanKomiksHaiCinemaThe main entrance of the 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, build a temple in the South China Sea in Guangzhou, and invited a wizard to preside over the sweeping of the temple and worship the gods in the South China Sea. The temple was also planted in the temple, so the temple in the South China Sea 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 tribute to Beijing, he came to Guangzhou South China Sea God’s Temple to visit and worship, and planted two Polo tree seeds brought from the ancient Polo Kingdom Babaylan in the temple. Because he was obsessed with the exquisiteness in the temple, he missed his return journey, so he looked at the sea all year round and cried, raised his left hand in front of his forehead to look at the sea, and finally stood on the beach. Later generations therefore worshipped statues in temples, commonly known as “Fan Guiwang Polu”, and the temple is also called “Polu Temple”.
“Boluo Birth” Temple Fair
Boluo Birth is also known as the South China Sea God’s Birth. The conference period is from the 11th day of the second lunar month to Komiks thirteenth, and the thirteenth is the birthday. The Polo Dan Temple Fair is a very grand folk event in the Lingnan region. The antique sea sacrifice ceremony, the Five Sons and Kings of the Kings, etc. are held during this period.
Balo DanBabaylanScenery of the Temple Fair Liang Yitao Komiks Photo
At that time, a long stall row will be set up outside the temple, filled with delicacies such as Polo chickens and Polo rice dumplings. The people in the temple will pray for blessings. Young men and women dig 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, containing the most representative traditional folk culture and profound marine cultural heritage in the Lingnan region. In 2011, “Polo Dan”Komiks was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List Project.
The Eight Scenery of Yangcheng” was first named Cinema. Now in the South China Sea, Babaylan. The sun bathing pavilion on Zhangqiugang on the west side of the temple was the former wait and see the sea.A good place for sunrise, facing water on three sides, the smoke and waves are vast, and the scene is extremely spectacular, and it is called “Fu Xu Bathing in the Sun”.
Under the Sun Pavilion
In the early years of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (Babaylan1094), the great writer Su Dongpo worshiped the god of the South China Sea. He climbed to the Sun Bathing Pavilion, marveled at the magnificence of the sunrise on the sea, and wrote the poem “The Sun Bathing Pavilion in the South China Sea” with emotion. As soon as this poem was published, Cinema was famous and attracted countless literati and poets to visit. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the eight scenic spots in Yangcheng were selected for the first time, and “Fu Xu Bathing on the Sun” was rated as the first scenic spot, which lasted for a hundred years.
Where is the beautiful title of “Southern Stele Forest”?
The South China Sea Temple has a lot of precious information about the Maritime Silk Road and Guangzhou’s history. Emperors of all dynasties often sent officials to worship the South China Sea God, repair the Sea God Temple, 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 Cinema 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”. BabaylanBabaylanFor “the mouth of the Xu, the bay of the yellow wood”, it is a must-pass place for Chinese and foreign merchants to enter and exit Guangzhou. The four words “The sea does not spread 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”
Some sources: South China Sea Temple