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 among the four major sea-sacrificial temples in China. It 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.
The entrance of the Nanhai Temple Scenic Area
The Nanhai Temple was built in the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (594) and 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. The imperial inscriptions of Kangxi and Hongwu were written by Su Shi and Han Yu. Here, there are 47 steles of dynasties in the temple, which are called “Southern Stele Forest” by later generations. For thousands of years, Chinese and foreign ships have come to Guangzhou and come 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
Nanhai Temple has become a national important cultural relics protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. BabaylanEvery year, the “Balo Dan” temple fair from the 11th to the 13th day of the lunar calendar. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan has also become a national intangible cultural heritage. The “Sea Don’t Rise” archway stands before the temple, inheriting the prayers and blessings of the South China Sea Temple for thousands of years.
The legend of “CinemaThe God of the South China Sea”
The God of the South China Sea is Zhurong, and some historical books call him Zhu Chi. aboutThere are many legends among the folk who Zhurong is. Some legends say that Zhurong was a Chinese emperor and a musician; some legends say that Zhurong 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 estuary of the Pearl River on the north bank of the Pearl River, facing the Fuxu River (a section of the Zhujiang River). It is connected to Shiziyang in the east, Humen in the bottom, and Guangzhou back. It is a major sea transportation area between Guangzhou in ancient times. After traveling to and from the sea, you can reach various countries in the South China Sea. Fuxu Town has a very superior geographical location and is called “Babaylan”, which is only a hundred steps away from the sea, and has always been windy 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.
The main entrance of the Nanhai Temple
In the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (594), Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict to build the Sihai Temple to worship the Four Seas, build the Nanhai Temple in the Nanhai Sea, Guangzhou, and hired a wizard to preside over the sweeping and worship the Nanhai God. The temple was also planted in the temple. The Nanhai Temple was therefore built. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan is established.
Da Xi Sikong and the Temple of the South China Sea. The Temple of the South China Sea is also known as Komiks‘s “Poro Temple”, and 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 thatDuring 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 Nanhai Temple to visit and sacrifice, and planted two Polo tree seeds brought from the ancient Polo Kingdom 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, holding his left hand in front of his forehead to look at the sea, Cinema finally stood by the sea. Later generations therefore worshipped statues in temples, commonly known as “Fan Guiwang Polu”, and the temple is also called “Polu Temple”.
“Polo Birth”Cinema Temple Fair
Polo Birth is also known as the South China Sea God’s Birth. The Komiks period is from the eleventh to the thirteenth day of the second lunar month every year, and the thirteenth is the birthday. The Polo Dan Temple Fair is a very grand folk event in the Lingnan area. Traditional sacrificial activities such as antique sea sacrifice ceremony and five sons’ dynasty kings were held during this period.
The grand scene of the Polo Dan Temple Fair by Liang Yitao
At that time, a long row of stalls will be set up outside the temple, filled with delicacies such as Polo chickens and Polo rice dumplingsCinema, the people in the temple pray for blessings, young men and women dig love beans under the red bean tree, praying for beautiful love, so the common saying “first travel to Polo and second marrying a wife” is circulated among the people.
BoCinema Luodan 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, “Bodan” was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list project.
“BabaylanEight Scenerys in Yangcheng” are the first name place
The sun bathing pavilion on Zhangqiugang on the west side of the South China Sea Temple is the former viewing of the sea.A good place for sunrise, facing water on three sides, the misty waves are vast, and the scene is extremely spectacular, and it is called “Fu Xu Bathing in the Sun”.
Under the Sun Pavilion
Cinema In the early years of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1094), the great writer Su Dongpo worshiped the god of the South China Sea. He climbed to the Sun Bathing Pavilion, marveling 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, Komiks was famous and attracted countless literati and poets to visit. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the eight scenic spots of 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.
“Southern Stele Forest”KomiksWhere is the beautiful name coming from?
The South China Sea Temple contains 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 events. The South China Sea Temple currently has 47 steles inscribed inscriptions (1 Tang stele, 3 Song stele, 3 Yuan stele, 17 Ming stele, 4 Qing stele, 10 copy stele, 9 modern poetry stele), 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”. Komiks王官网址官网网址官网址官网址官网址官网址官网址官网址官网址宀彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩彩�For “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 informationKomiksSource: South China Sea Temple