Sanxian mountain

Sanxian mountain

Sanxian mountain, known as Guangwu mountain in ancient times, is also called sanjianshan because of its three pointed shape. It starts from Mantou mountain in the west, connects Bian mountain in the East, borders Fenghuang Mountain in the north and extends shuangniuling mountain in the south. Some are like layers of waves, some are like long vines bearing melons, some are like wild geese flying, some are like long dragons wagging their tails, and some are like golden bulls.

geographical environment

Fangcheng County, Henan Province, Guangyang Town, located in the north of Guangyang town 5 km. The altitude is 553 meters. Among the rolling Funiu Mountains, there is a mountain like a giant sitting on the South and north end. Its main peak consists of three peaks. The highest peak in the middle is like a head, and the left and right peaks are like two shoulders. This is the holy land of Taoism in Zhongzhou.

Human history

According to records, the Taoist temple was built in 39 ad (in the 15th year of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty). In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu set up his army in Nanyang. One day, he was chased to this mountain by Wang Mang. When the situation was critical, Wei Boyang, Yan Ziling and Yan Ziqi, who practiced Taoism here, spared no effort to save him, so that Emperor Guangwu was able to get out of danger. In order to thank the three Taoists for saving their lives, Emperor Guangwu granted them the title of "Sanxian" and granted sanjianshan the title of "Sanxian mountain". And build a temple, three days a year in March, Temple Fair three days, with its income to support three sages, cultivate life, since then, three sages mountain view will be known all over the world.

When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time, he went back and forth to visit Sanxian mountain. He had a good view of the mountain and was pleased to read the title: "when you go out of the south peak, you can only enjoy this mountain and live in the West Huaihe River. You can enjoy the world alone." the horizontal inscription is "Fu Niu Sheng Guan". Couplets express the love and praise of Sanxian mountain for a generation of emperors. At the same time, they spend a lot of money to repair Sanxian mountain Taoist temple, and engrave couplet tree steles in front of the temple. So that the three virtuous mountain road view reached its heyday. The main buildings in history are: Wuji Tianzun hall, Shenggong Notre Dame hall, zushi hall, laomu hall, Guangong hall, Yuhuang hall, yunduanlaomu hall, etc., with a total of more than 30 buildings. These Taoist buildings were demolished during the cultural revolution.

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the party's religious policy was implemented. In 1986, with the support of Li Zonghai, the former Taoist priest of Sanxian mountain, he moved to Shiping at the foot of the mountain. The scale of the new concept is huge, which is twice the original scale. Existing temples: Sanqing hall, Baogong hall, grandma hall, grandmaster hall, Yaowang hall, God of wealth hall, etc.

In 1992, Taoist Yang Qingxing rebuilt a temple at the original Temple site of Sanxian mountain. In the East is Zhenwu temple, and in the west is a two-story building. The upper floor is Sanguan temple, and in the lower floor are Laojun, Yaowang, and Caishen. There are more than 80 buildings with more than 70 statues. There is a hidden path between Sanxian mountain and Shiping new temple. Along the way, there are small bridges, flowing water, mountain springs, bamboo forests and pavilions, all of which are poetic and picturesque.

Address: North of Guangyang Town, Fangcheng County, Nanyang City, about 5km north of Guangyang town.

Longitude: 112.72969706879

Latitude: 33.332588762852

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