Yongzhou Temple

Yongzhou Temple

Yongzhou martial temple, also known as Lingling martial temple, is located on the right side of Gaoshan temple on the east mountain of Lingling ancient city in Yongzhou. It has five rooms and five rooms. In history, it was a high-level martial Temple jointly worshipped by Yongzhou, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Chenzhou and other prefectures in southern Hunan.

brief introduction

Yongzhou Wu Temple, also known as Lingling Wu Temple, is located on the right side of Gaoshan temple on the east mountain of Lingling ancient city in Yongzhou, with five rooms into five rooms,

Historically, it used to be a high-level military temple in the south of Hunan Province, which was jointly worshipped by Yongzhou, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Chenzhou and other prefectures. Under the military coordination mechanism of joint defense and counterinsurgency, it had an amazing influence. Every time the temple was repaired, the military officers of the four states would organize donations and hold sacrifices, and all the military officers would participate. Yongzhou temple is the largest and most regional temple in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been proved that there were some important military activities in Qing Dynasty, such as vowing to go to war, military intelligence consultation, and repaying victory.

Yongzhou temple, east-west, with a construction area of about 20000 square meters, is of brick and wood structure, Xieshan double eaves type, red walls and green tiles, high wing angle, dignified and majestic. In front of the existing main hall is a three meter wide eaves gallery with six columns about 0.6 meters in diameter. Among them, there are four blue stone dragon and Phoenix pillars, male and female flat dragons in relief. The dragon's head is huge, and its mouth is full of beads. The two female dragons embrace the little dragon. The shape of the little dragon is lively, innocent and exquisite. It is one of the few ancient sculpture works. In front of the statue of Guan Yunchang in the hall, there were couplets such as "holding a candle to avoid suspicion, thinking of the Han Dynasty in this night's heart, Huarong was not a virtuous man, and there was no Cao in the eye on that day", which were destroyed in the 1950s. There was a horizontal plaque on the top of the main door of the hall, which was written with the four characters of "and heaven and earth ginseng". It was presented by the Lingling army commander, batulu Changming, in 1886. There are two stone lions in front of the base of the hall, and clouds and dragons in relief on the blue stone Danlong, which are magnificent. During the "Cultural Revolution", the local Institute of agricultural tools was buried underground when building houses. At the back of the hall, there is a sacred tablet praising Guan Yunchang's merits, which was also destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution". Wu Temple building, magnificent shape, stone carving stone rich in national art style, disrepair, four eaves dilapidated, stone dragon crack. In 1988, Yongzhou Municipal People's government appropriated special funds for maintenance. In 1996, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province for tourists to enjoy.

history

It was first built in the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty and destroyed in the end of the Ming Dynasty;

In the early Qing Dynasty, it was renovated and went through many repairs;

It was rebuilt in 1884;

On July 8, 2013, protective renovation was carried out. The total investment of the project is 11 million yuan and the construction period is 400 days.

Address: gaoshanling village, fujiaqiao Town, Lingling District, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.62081923033

Latitude: 26.213792676158