Hengshan Hall

Hengshan Hall

Hengshan hall, namely Lingyuan jiqinghou temple, is located at the east foot of Lanyin, Lanjiang street, Lanxi City. It was built in memory of Xu can, a sage. It has a history of more than 1500 years.

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Xu can, the governor of Jianzhou, was honest and upright. He did good deeds all his life and was loved by the people. According to records in Lanxi County annals of Guangxu, Xu can and his wife Mi Shi died in Hengshan Lake in 466, the second year of Liu Songtai's reign.

Historical evolution

In memory of his kindness and official virtue, the people buried him at the east foot of Hengshan Mountain. He was in good health at that time. The people built temples for him and worshiped him with statues. In 1121, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty granted Xu can the title of "jiqinghou" and rebuilt the temple, which was named "Lingyuan jiqinghou Temple" because of the Xuanquan well in Lingyuan. When Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, he had heard of LINGJI Pi's works and was granted the title of "Mu Zai Da Di". In 1789, the Hengshan hall was expanded again with stone and wood structure, and the temple was magnificent.

The existing main hall of Hengshan hall was rebuilt in 1867, covering an area of 185 square meters. Rest on the top of the mountain, wing angle up. It's three bays wide. It is 15.9 meters wide and 10.9 meters deep. During the Ming Dynasty, the beams were all five, with two-step corridors in front and behind, and made of plaques and feet. The square column with the angle of bluish stone is used to form the column base. After the Ming Dynasty, there was a horizontal plaque on the golden pillars: "I am like spring". The front eaves and columns are inlaid with couplets: "thousands of boats compete in the day, and thousands of bright lights shine at night.". During the reign of Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Mao, the right servant of Nanjing Ministry of rites and the sacrificial wine of Guozijian, once presided over the compilation of Lanxi County annals, the first county annals of Lanxi by Zhengde of Ming Dynasty, in Hengshan hall. In 1927, the county farmers' Association held a meeting here. In 1940, the CPC Jinqu special committee secretly held a training course for young women here. In June 1985, Lanxi municipal government announced that it was one of the first batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Lanxi, and designated the protection scope: subject to the wall boundary of the main hall of Hengshan hall, 5 meters in front of the steps in the East, 30 meters behind the hall in the west, and 30 meters in the north. Delimit the construction control zone: to the east of Lanjiang River, to the south of Qujiang River, to the west of Houshan mountain, and to the north of 100m. After liberation, Hengshan hall was once deserted and declined. After the reform and opening up, the religious policy has been implemented. In 1985, the Standing Committee of Lanxi Municipal People's Congress and the Standing Committee of Lanxi Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference inspected Hengshan hall. They agreed that Hengshan hall is a famous historical hall in Lanxi, which has high historical and cultural value. It is suggested that it be restored and protected. In the same year, the municipal government allocated 65000 yuan for the renovation of "restoring the original appearance of history" by Lanxi cultural relics management committee. In the spring of 1992, with the help of the sage and the good faith, the statue of the great emperor Xu can and four generals of culture and military were created. In the autumn of 1993, the Kaiguang ceremony was held. After that, the emperor Xingguan of Wuqu and the empress MI were successively established and molded; the Guanyin pavilion was rebuilt to worship the Cihang Pudu Guanyin Bodhisattva, Dishui Guanyin Bodhisattva and Maitreya Bodhisattva; the wing room and kitchen were built. In 1997, during the first Chinese colorful Boat Festival held in Lanxi, the existing five groups of wise believers in Hengshan hall discussed good deeds in the hall, and decided to resume the traditional Buddhist activities of sacrificing "Hengshan emperor" from the Lantern Festival in 1998. In 2000, with the donation of many sages and believers, a Buddha's bell and a God's drum were recast, and the "Millennium blessing" bell striking and drum beating activity was held, with 108 strong bells ringing through the sky, as if to comfort the sages.

Address: Hengshan Road, Lanxi, Jinhua

Longitude: 119.46380852163

Latitude: 29.195481977061