Yishan Dongzhen Temple

Dongzhen Temple

synonym

Yishan Dongzhen Temple generally refers to Dongzhen temple

Yishan Dongzhen temple is located in jiulongkou at the east foot of Yishan mountain in Weifang, east of dongzhenmiao village. Back against Fenghuangling, facing Wenshui, shelter from the wind and the sun, beautiful scenery, quiet and elegant. It is located in the eastern part of the famous mountains, which is very suitable for the inspection of temples.

Construction scale

On the door of Xiyuan mansion, there is a four character plaque "deep in the mountains", which is large in diameter and written in running script. It is ancient and simple, powerful and beautiful. In the museum, there are three couplets of "jingfengxuan" with a volume in the middle, and the forehead of the building is said to be "spotless". The size, construction materials and masonry technology of Dongyuan mansion are inferior to those of Xiyuan. The three courtyards in the East, the middle and the west, with more than 170 couplets, are the largest mountain temple in ancient Qingzhou. In the courtyard, there are more than 360 famous trees, towering over the sky to block out the sun; the ancient steles and tablets of the past dynasties, which are inscribed by everyone, stand like a forest, and are known as the "forest of Steles in Dongzhen".

"There are few common things in famous mountains and many sacred trees in ancient temples.". Dongzhen temple has a long history. There are many famous trees and ancient trees. There are only a few plants of Phellodendron amurense, Sophora japonica and Ginkgo biloba.

historical value

Dongzhen temple was built in the early years of the Song Dynasty. Whenever emperors and generals offered sacrifices to Yishan, they always set up steles to commemorate it. Some famous poets often inscribed poems on steles to commemorate it. A large number of Steles were left all over the temple and the courtyard. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 360 large and small steles in front of Dongzhen temple, forming a large-scale and spectacular Dongzhen stele forest. There are more than 40 imperial inscriptions. Among them are the imperial steles of Zhao Kuangyin in the third year of Qiande, song Taizu; Jingyou, song Renzong; the steles of Meng and Han Dynasties in the second year of Timur Dade of yuanchengzong (1298 AD); the steles of Zhu Yuanzhang in the third year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1370 AD); the steles of Lingqi Suo Zhong written by Kangxi of Qing Dynasty; the steles of Dadong peiyue written by Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Other inscriptions, in addition to the Imperial Envoys and local officials left in gaojidong Town, are also well-known celebrities who visit Yishan to chant. For example, the memorial tablet of Li Cang and his son who invaded the border in the fourth year of Yongle (1406 AD) of Ming Dynasty; the poem tablet of Fan Zhongyan, the Minister of the Ministry of household in Song Dynasty; the poem tablet of Su Shi, the Minister of the Ministry of rites in Song Dynasty; the handwritten cursive poem inscription of Chen Fengwu, the Jinshi of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty. He wrote articles and wrote elixirs of famous people. He not only recorded the incense events of the feudal dynasties in the past dynasties, but also recorded the military, political and natural disasters at that time. He also praised the wonderful scenery of the east town. The inscriptions on the steles were in the form of Zheng, Cao, Li, Zhuan, Xingshu and fancao. The inscriptions were in the form of Yin, Yang and Shuanggou. The forest of Steles in Dongzhen is a precious cultural heritage in China. It is also a precious material for the study of politics, economy, literature, calligraphy and sculpture in ancient China?

Post disaster reconstruction

Dongzhen Temple stele forest, surrounded by green pines and cypresses, towering ancient trees, stele forest and pine forest, magnificent. Unfortunately, in modern times, the temple and the forest of Steles in Dongzhen were not repaired and managed for a long time, but also severely damaged by wind and rain erosion and war. Especially when the Japanese invaders invaded, they demolished the steles to build the Daguan bridge, and the forest of Steles was destroyed. In 1976, the government allocated special funds to excavate, inspect and restore the stele forest in Dongzhen. By the spring of 1999, more than 100 ancient steles had been erected, and the forest of Steles had been restored.

Address: east side of Miao village, Dongzhen Town, Linqu County, Shandong Province

Longitude: 118.6689810297

Latitude: 36.198938495977