Lianzhen Palace

Lianzhen palace, located in the north of Fangcheng County, Henan Province, is called "Lianzhen Palace". The palace is square, 150 meters long on each side and covers an area of 22500 square meters. The palace is built of earth, with a residual height of 5-6 meters and a thickness of 2-3 meters. According to the inscription in the record of re cultivating the true palace in the 12th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, "this is the place where Princess Huyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty practiced the true.

"Princess Huyang is the elder sister of Liu Xiuchang, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When she was widowed, she wanted to marry song Hong, a senior official of Dazhong. Emperor Guangwu himself acted as a matchmaker. However, song Hong insisted that" the poor and humble knowledge should not be forgotten, and the wife of the dross should not go to court ", so she kept the whole festival here.

In the Jin Dynasty, Ge Xuan practiced Taoism here. After the construction of gexianweng temple sacrifice!

In Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng, a famous Taoist, practiced here. Because of his slovenness, he was known as slovenly Zhang. There is a relic of "Shenxian cave", which is the place where he practiced at that time.

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, only Sanqing hall, grandma hall, Yuhuang hall, Doumu Pavilion, immortal cave and Daofang hall survived. Except Doumu Pavilion, which is of ancient wooden structure, the rest of the buildings are of single eaves and solid mountain hard wall type in Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Lianzhen palace was occupied by many units in the county. The Taoist activities in Lianzhen palace basically stopped. It is a pity that the old city wall, the forest of Steles and the Jade Emperor hall were destroyed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.

With the unremitting efforts of Taoist Zhang Jinghua, the 25th generation Taoist of Quanzhen Nanwu school, and the Taoist customs, Nanyang Municipal government officially approved it as a Taoist temple open to the outside world in 1994. It renovates such antique buildings as Xianren cave attic, doulao Pavilion, Yuhuang hall, Sanqing hall, Bixia village, Dongyang temple, Biwa powder wall, cornice, Dougong, carved beams and painted buildings, which are very spectacular. Every Lunar New Year's day and 15th, pilgrims visit People like weaving.

Lianzhen Palace

Lianzhen Palace

Located in the north of Fangcheng County, Henan Province, North Ring Road, Chengguan Town, the palace city is made of earth and has a square shape.

Development history

Lianzhen palace, located in the north of Fangcheng County, Henan Province, is called "Lianzhen Palace". The palace is square, 150 meters long on each side and covers an area of 22500 square meters. The palace is built of earth, with a residual height of 5-6 meters and a thickness of 2-3 meters. According to the inscription in the record of re cultivating the true palace in the 12th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty, "this is the place where Princess Huyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty practiced the true.

"Princess Huyang is the elder sister of Liu Xiuchang, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When she was widowed, she wanted to marry song Hong, a senior official of Dazhong. Emperor Guangwu himself acted as a matchmaker. However, song Hong insisted that" the poor and humble knowledge should not be forgotten, and the wife of the dross should not go to court ", so she kept the whole festival here.

In the Jin Dynasty, Ge Xuan practiced Taoism here. After the construction of gexianweng temple sacrifice!

In Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng, a famous Taoist, practiced here. Because of his slovenness, he was known as slovenly Zhang. There is a relic of "Shenxian cave", which is the place where he practiced at that time.

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, only Sanqing hall, grandma hall, Yuhuang hall, Doumu Pavilion, immortal cave and Daofang hall survived. Except Doumu Pavilion, which is of ancient wooden structure, the rest of the buildings are of single eaves and solid mountain hard wall type in Qing Dynasty. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Lianzhen palace was occupied by many units in the county. The Taoist activities in Lianzhen palace basically stopped. It is a pity that the old city wall, the forest of Steles and the Jade Emperor hall were destroyed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.

With the unremitting efforts of Taoist Zhang Jinghua, the 25th generation Taoist of Quanzhen Nanwu school, and the Taoist customs, Nanyang Municipal government officially approved it as a Taoist temple open to the outside world in 1994. It renovates such antique buildings as Xianren cave attic, doulao Pavilion, Yuhuang hall, Sanqing hall, Bixia village, Dongyang temple, Biwa powder wall, cornice, Dougong, carved beams and painted buildings, which are very spectacular. Every Lunar New Year's day and 15th, pilgrims visit People like weaving.

"Fangcheng county annals" records: "in the Western Han Dynasty, Taoism had been introduced into the county. The Lianzhen palace and sanxianshan temple built in the Eastern Han Dynasty are the famous temples in the territory. This fully shows that Lianzhen palace is one of the earliest Taoist temples in our county. It is said that Lianzhen palace was the first place where Princess Huyang of the Eastern Han Dynasty practiced. According to the history of the later Han Dynasty, Princess Huyang was the elder sister of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Huyang princess's former husband was Hu Zhen, the commander of the southern prefect's cavalry. The second elder sister of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was also widowed. Her husband Deng Chen died in battle when he was defeated in Pinglin, and later married Li Tong as his stepmother. Only princess Huyang was widowed. Because of her loneliness, she asked her who she liked among her ministers to see if she wanted to remarry. Princess Huyang said, "Song Hong is more powerful than other officials." Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu asked Princess Huyang to sit behind the screen, summoned song Hong, and said to him, "as the saying goes, it's easy to make friends, but it's easy to get rich. Is it human?". Song Hong is a very honest man. He once threw himself into the Weishui River to save the festival and was rescued by his family. After listening to Liu Xiu's words, he replied: "I can't forget my poor knowledge, but I can't leave my wife in the court!". As soon as Princess Huyang saw that the play was over, she was disheartened and converted to daomen. He came to the "Lianzhen Palace" in Fangcheng in the northwest of the fiefdom to chant and cultivate the truth. The Taoist temple and palace city of "Lianzhen Palace" were built by Emperor Wu for Princess Huyang to practice Taoism. It has been more than 1900 years since its establishment. In the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng also came here to cultivate the true. According to the stele records of re cultivating the true palace, "in the second year of Yongle (A.D. 1404), Zhao Deming, the vice capital, raised funds to build the true appearance of Sanqing, the patriarch, Guanwang temple, the holy statue and the pile sculpture group. At that time, Zhang Sanfeng lived in the palace for more than three years. "

Main attractions

Sanqing Hall

Entering the mountain gate is the Sanqing hall. There are two pairs on the gate pillars: "three Xuantong Avenue, the truth is extremely small / the moon cave, the root of heaven and inaction is action", and the other is: "the body of Tao is pure, the spirit is absolutely free from the pollution of fine dust / the heart is persistent, so there are many dirty dust". The inner respect is to the God of Xuanqing.

After the Sanqing hall, there are stone carvings in Jiulong, and then you come to Tianye hall. The hall of Tianye can be regarded as a cross century boutique. There is a couplet on the main gate column: "Heaven descends, clouds and Dragons rise, Zhang is strong and upright, and is beautiful in Taiqing Fu porridge / people respect longevity, Liuding and Jiuxiang, and the secret really becomes the tongue of respect for the end, Haotian and noble name"; there is a couplet written by Li Zongyuan on the central hall column: "Xiaguang Wandao pan Tian descends to Jiulong chariot / auspicious thousand dragons gush out Shuangfeng chariot".

Doulao Pavilion

The bridge behind Tianye hall is doulao Pavilion. There are couplets on the door: "great mercy shines on the earth / great compassion shines on all living beings in the sky"; "clouds flow and banners leave the throne / wind blows on the auspicious steps under the immortal flag". Doulao pavilion has three floors called Princess Pavilion, which is much more beautiful than Penglai Pavilion. When I came upstairs from the west, I saw a couplet on the door: "free and easy to enter the real world / do not love wealth and build a good body"; "a piece of white cloud for a while / a piece of rain for a new time". Inside there is a statue of Princess Huyang.

Fairy Cave

On the gate of the pavilion above the immortal cave, there is a large plaque of "immortal ancestral hall", and on the doorpost, there are two couplets: "in the air, it is the floating cloud seal, and I wish you a long life"; "in the fairyland, the Qionglou is surrounded by auspicious smoke, and the jade court of the ancestral hall is purple.". It turns out that the statue commemorates Zhang Sanfeng's parents, Zhang Chang and Lin, who are kind and kind. Downstairs is a cave building called immortal cave; inside there is a statue of Zhang Sanfeng, and on the west wall is a wall poem Xiuzhen wudaoxing written by Zhang Sanfeng on the South Cliff: "who can find Sanfeng hermit, the cloud cliff of Jiushi is deep and deep, the ink free painting of desert and Han pine smoke, the stringed Harp in the spring, the ape playing with the dust (above is rain, below is thought), the white crane leading the Taoist heart according to people, Guan Pi's favor becoming precious, and so on No one is a bosom friend.

On the east wall is a wall poem written by Zhang Sanfeng when he was practicing in the immortal cave of Lianzhen palace

The whole poem of xianjiayu is as follows:

When you understand and learn, you will do everything. Two feet are allowed to step in the dust, one heart is only with life.

This is the only thing in the world. I don't know what's going on. Sometimes the big four get drunk and ask Qingtian who I am.

Address: north side of North Ring Road, northwest corner of the county

Longitude: 113.002524

Latitude: 33.263451