The Historical, Cultural, Educational Development and Investment Significance of Jimei Hometown for Overseas Chinese

In Jimei, during the Spring Festival every year, there will be temple fairs in many places from the sixth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month. For example, at the Suncuo Temple Fair on the sixth day of the first month, a statue of Sun Huiying, a famous doctor in the Song Dynasty, presented by Song Shenzong will be carried out for a parade. There are also the Li Temple Fair on the eighth day of the first month and the Twenty-four Society Temple Fair on the fifteenth day of the first month.

However, in the hometown of overseas Chinese, the Lantern Festival religious and folk temple fair is the largest. When the parade passed through the streets of Jimei, the firecrackers were deafening and the thick smoke was suffocating. The spectacle and the large number of people gathered are rare. Folks at home and abroad and local people have paid homage to King Min and Chen, the ancestor of Jinshi, and prayed for good weather, peace and prosperity in the new year.

Historical origin

Wang: According to historical records, Wang was an official. In the first year of Tang Jingfu, on the orders of his brother Wang Chao, he led an army to attack Fuzhou and pacify Fujian. Wang has been in charge of military and political power in Fujian for 29 years. He takes history as a mirror, takes the people as the foundation, adopts the policy of environmental protection and benefiting the people, pays more attention to taxes than taxes, and emphasizes agriculture to promote learning. He called for exile, talent selection and opening wider to the outside world. In particular, the eighteen surnames entered Fujian with Wang, and a large number of Central Plains refugees were resettled. This is another climax after Yongjia Rebellion. These southbound Zhongyuan people brought new culture and technology from the north, which promoted the economic and cultural development of Fujian. Under the situation of disputes between five dynasties and ten countries, Bamin not only avoided the suffering of war, but also politics, economy and culture. Therefore, Wang became a rare king with outstanding achievements and far-reaching influence in the history of Bamin, and enjoyed the reputation of "King of Fujian". Song Taizu set up a horizontal plaque for the ancestors of Bamin.

Wang manages Fujian and pays special attention to the development of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou coastal areas in southern Fujian. When developing Tongan House, he stayed in Tongan, then went to Xunwei Jiahe Island (now Jimei) and died in Tongan Chen Shan. At the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the local people in southern Fujian built Guangli Temple in Beichen Mountain and made a golden statue for it to worship the "King of Min". At the end of the Ming Dynasty, many people from Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places followed to recover Taiwan Province Province, bringing with them the gods of the king and the incense of the mainland. There are still many people who have emigrated overseas, most of them from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other places. They have always worshipped the king, that is, the "king of Kaimin". More than a thousand years have passed. Although Wang's descendants are scattered all over the country, everyone is grateful for the merits of their ancestors.

Jimei belonged to Tong 'an House at that time, and Chen Xiangren built the King Temple in Zucuo, and drew incense from Beichen Mountain, respecting it as a "boat spirit gong" and becoming a "branch furnace" of Beichen Mountain. Jimei Society, a hometown of overseas Chinese, has been worshipping this ancestor for hundreds of years. 19 13 years, when Mr. Wang returned to his hometown of Jimei Dashe from Nanyang to run a school, he missed the "Kaimin King" here, rebuilt and expanded Chen Zuju, and dedicated it to "Kaimin King". Today, there are more than thousands of temples in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and southern Fujian. Wang has become one of the important sources of Fujian and Taiwan culture and a religious tourist attraction in Fujian and Xiamen. Every year, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a grand sacrificial ceremony will be held. On the one hand, it thanks the King of Fujian for his achievements in developing Fujian. On the other hand, it prays for a good weather, peace and good luck in the coming year.

Chen: A native of Erfangjiao, Jimei Dashe, whose real name remains unchanged in his later years. Born in Wanli period of Ming Shenzong in A.D. 1573, his family was poor and his father died young. When he was young, he was smart and calm, and seldom talked and laughed. Whenever he and his brother rest on the farm, he always puts it down. The loving mother thought he was studious and ambitious, so she sent him to school. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Wuwu branch (AD 16 18) took the senior high school entrance examination; Tomorrow, the list of Yu Huang's first ugly department (A.D. 1625) will be launched, and the order of Wu County in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province will be appointed by hand. The man who is a late bloomer is fifty years old. He became the first scholar in Jimei Dashe High School and was called "Jinshi Zu".

During his tenure, he was an honest official, diligent and loving the people, not afraid of powerful people, fair in law enforcement and upright; "Wear a star for five years" and "dare not scratch". His pleading for life and justice for the people attracted the envy of local vested interests, regarded it as a thorn in the side and wanted to get rid of it quickly.

According to reports, after the expiration of his five-year term, Chen took time off to visit relatives in his hometown and brought dozens of big boxes on his way home. The local tyrants and evil gentry in Wuxian county thought that they were all full of gold, silver and jewels, gathered people to stop them forcibly, and jointly sued them for plundering the people's fat paste. The superior had to put a seal on the box and air it to the court to send someone to investigate. After unpacking inspection, I didn't expect that besides old clothes, cloth shoes and Tao Pan crock, there were bricks and gravel that were "pretending to be gold and silver". It turned out that during his tenure, Chen was honest and self-disciplined, and he was not greedy for a penny. Therefore, he couldn't wear gold to go home, fearing that people in the village would laugh, so he had to reward Chen's incorruptibility with "fake and genuine". Xi Zong gave a plaque of "Zunqintang" and ordered sixteen officials to be carried out of the city horizontally. If the grave of the house gets in the way, they will be allowed to dismantle the passage. In order not to disturb the people along the way, Chen went back to his hometown by boat instead of by land, leaving a much-told story.

Because Chen is upright and honest, he is uncorrupted, and he has not offended eunuchs because of his power. The eunuchs were faultless, so they called Chongzhen personally and transferred him to Beijing for appointment. Find a chance to stab you in the back in the future. After Chen was unwell, he was not suitable to stay in office, and the emperor allowed him to play. In this way, Chen Cai was able to avoid disaster and go home to spend his old age.

When Chen returned to the club, he just built a humble shelter because he was short of money. During the Anti-Japanese War, Dashe was bombed by Japanese invaders and its former residence was razed to the ground. Later, Mr Chen Jiageng built it, because it was to commemorate the saints in the countryside, so the villagers could live there.

Nowadays, the plaques of "Jinshi" and "Zunqintang", which show the highest glory, are evidence of the humanistic prosperity of Dashe. However, it was burned during the Cultural Revolution, and the plaque hanging in this ancestral hall is a replica. In order to commemorate and encourage the children of the clan to get ahead, learn and make progress, the villagers of Jimei Dashe also carried his idol on the fifteenth day of the first month to worship and pray for the clan. ①②③

Brief introduction of temple fair process

On the day before the Lantern Festival, merchants and homes along Jimei street prepared tributes, set up console tables along the street, wealthy families prepared whole pigs and sheep, and ordinary families also prepared rich tributes such as chicken, pork, fresh melons and fruits. No matter how many tributes there are, the pious heart is the same. At the same time, put a bucket under the eaves in front of the door, which contains soybeans, sweet potatoes, straw and other things. According to the old man, this is not only to prepare food for "the soldiers and horses of Kaimin King", but also to symbolize the people's good wishes for a bumper harvest in the coming year.

(Sacrifice site in Zuting Square of Dashe on that day)

At eight o'clock in the morning of the Lantern Festival, the gods of the five sages ("King Kaimin", Mrs. Wang, Sister Wang, "Jinshi Zu" Chen, and the black-faced ancestor) were invited out by the eight sedan chairs. The dragon dance team, waist drum team and flag leaders from all corners of the country officially kicked off the whole day. At that time, drums and firecrackers sounded everywhere. In the midst of drums and firecrackers, they changed lanes along the street and cruised on a fixed route. Believers followed all the way, burning incense and praying, and the procession became longer and longer, stretching for miles. Merchants along the street are in high spirits and open the door to meet God.

Every year, the cruise route takes the ancestral temple in every corner as the connecting line, and the route on the way will almost connect all the main streets and alleys here in Jimei Cultural and Educational Zone. The specific route is roughly as follows: Depart from Dashe Zucuoxiang Store at 8: 00 in the morning and pass Dashe Road-Jicen Road-Centou Lane Store (stop: Jimei Department Store)-Cenxi Road-Jiageng Road (at the entrance of Xue Jing Village)-Guocuoxiang Store (. Afternoon 1 Depart from Dashe Zucuo, pass Dashe Road-Dunan Road-South Gate of Monument-Shangting Fragrant Point (Fragrant Point: Shangting Corner)-Huancheng Road-Jicen Road-Tangqing Fragrant Point (Fragrant Point: Tang Wei Banyan Tree)-Huancheng Road-Tangpu Road-Shengguang Road (Fragrant Point in New District) and stop at each fragrant point for 30 minutes.

("Qimin King" Wang, Mrs. Wang and Wang's sister sit down)

In Chen's society, people who carry Buddha statues need a strong young man. Not everyone can raise these flags. The flag bearer must be a young man who just got married last year or gave birth to a boy last year.

On the way to the parade, every time I go to a worship point, I have to carry the idol on my back several times and swing from side to side. Everywhere I went, there were a sea of people, firecrackers were deafening and the scene was very lively. It is said that this is because these gods stay in the temple 365 days a year and rarely come out once a year, so they are so excited that the sedan chair people can't hold back.

After a day's cruise, the "King Kaimin" and other gods returned to the square in front of the Chen Ancestral Hall in Jimei, where they were worshipped by the Chen clan, villagers at home and abroad and local people. During the period, colorful folk activities such as dragon and lion dances, Taiwanese opera and puppet shows will be interspersed, making it the most lively day in Jimei. On the 16th day of the first month, there will be an "attack on cannon city" in the ancestral hall square, which is less lively than the 15th day of the first month.

According to the old people, the religious custom of Lantern Festival has existed since ancient times, but it stopped during the Cultural Revolution and some ancestral temples were destroyed. After the reform and opening up, it resumed. It was banned by the government as a superstitious activity about a few years ago. According to local people, one year on the Lantern Festival, the police dispatched to stop the Buddha statue from being lifted, and the long sticks for lifting the Buddha statue were also confiscated by the neighborhood Committee. That morning's parade didn't come true. However, it is still impossible to stop the religious belief of the local people. They sent the old man to the neighborhood Committee to get the long stick back, and in the afternoon, they carried out the Buddha statue regardless of resistance. Probably in the Spring Festival last year, this activity was allowed again, and that year's activities were particularly grand and lively.

Nowadays, the men, women and children of Jimei Club are very keen on this activity. Because, in the years when it was banned, some ominous events happened in the local area, such as car accidents, which led the local people to believe in this activity. As a result, the custom of Jimei Lantern Festival, which is very lively every year, was formed.

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"King Kaimin" Wang Shenzhi (4)

(Wang Shenzhi (862-925 AD), King of Kaimin)

(Statue of Kaimin King in Beichen Mountain, Xiamen)

The "King of Fujian" (862-925 AD) was praised by later generations for his great achievements during his stay in Fujian, and was honored as the proud descendant of the Wang family in Fujian. On February 4, 2007, the Fujian-Taiwan-Wang Research Association, the first cooperative cultural research institution between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, was established in Fuzhou. Taiyuan, Shanxi, the world knows Wang better. The following documents are listed for future collation, and at the same time, this platform is used to publicize the ancestors of Fujian kings and pin their thoughts on them. Most of the descendants of Wang in Fujian were handed down by the fourth son of Kaimin Wang.

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Wang (862-925) was born in Gushi, Gwangju, Henan. From the first year of Guangqi (885) to his death, he worked in Fujian for 39 years, including 32 years in Fuzhou. He successively served as an observation assistant in Fuzhou, staying behind, proofreading the ministers of the Ministry of Punishment, our time, proofreading the books of the same school, proofreading the right servant, proofreading Stuart, proofreading Taibao, Langya Wang, and the Chinese book order.

Wang attaches great importance to social security and stability. In August of the second year of Guangqi (886), Brother Wang led an attack on Quanzhou and killed Liao Yanruo, a corrupt and unscrupulous assassin in Quanzhou. The observation in Fujian in Fuzhou forced the recognition of the Wang brothers and asked the Tang court to appoint them as the secretariat of Quanzhou, and the appearance of Quanzhou was quickly improved. In the second year of Dashun (89 1), Chen Yan died of illness, and his brother-in-law Fan Hui claimed to stay in Fuzhou. In the first year of Jingfu (892), the Wang brothers made careful preparations for the reunification of Fujian. After a year and three months of hard work, they finally laid the foundation stone of Fuzhou City on May 21st, the second year of Jingfu (893). After the Wang brothers entered the city, they personally "buried in plain clothes" and "took care of his family" to achieve stability. Later, the Wang brothers also set up a temple dedicated to Liu Xing, which won great popularity and spread to all directions. Xu Guifan of Jianzhou and Zhong Quanmu of Tingzhou, as well as the scattered armed forces in mountainous areas and coastal areas, unified the whole of Fujian. Wang took various measures to stabilize the social order in Fujian and create favorable conditions for Fujian's economic and cultural development.

Wang attaches great importance to economic construction, mainly as follows: First, develop land and water transportation. During the Tianfuyuan period (90 1), while building Luocheng, he excavated and protected the city and built Sisi Bridge and Jintongmen. In the third year of God bless (906), Wang built the Pearl Gate in the south of Mao Ying Bridge in Fuzhou Main Street (now north of Dongjiekou Scenic Resort), the Nanguan Bridge (now Antai Bridge), and opened the river to connect with Woqiao Pu, which led the tide to flood through the city. Hou Liang Kaiping two years (908), Shahe Bridge (also known as Jiuxian Bridge) was completed. Second, expand domestic and foreign trade. When he was in power, he cancelled the checkpoints in the Minjiang River basin, which made the goods and materials between Baoshan District and coastal cities flow smoothly. At the same time, it opened a foreign trade port in Huang Qi Peninsula, which was called "Gan Tang Port" in history. Subsequently, Fuzhou and North Korea, India, Sumatra and other countries often had diplomatic envoys and business visits, and carried out economic, cultural and trade activities in Fuzhou and other places. Imported products include ivory, rhinoceros horn, pearls, fragrant medicine and so on. Third, attach importance to the development of agricultural production. He appointed strict management of agriculture with production experience, and sent effective officials to "patrol counties and counties to persuade farmers to teach mulberry", so as to recruit all farmers who had been exiled from various places because of the war to their hometowns, give reasonable arrangements, and encourage them to reclaim land and develop production; In order to reduce the tax burden of farmers, he decided to reduce the tax burden of farmers through "tithing", "non-violent collection" and "no war". He also encouraged farmers to plant tea trees and produce a large number of tea for export to increase farmers' economic income. He attached great importance to water conservancy construction, such as repairing and dredging the West Lake in Fuzhou, expanding the original 20-mile West Lake to 40 miles, and irrigating the civilian fields in Min County and Houguan County; He built a seawall in Fuqing to protect farmland from moisture and irrigated thousands of acres of civilian farmland. Fourth, develop handicrafts. For example, there are many tea factories in the mountainous area of northern Fujian, including 38 government-run bakeries and 336 private bakeries/kloc-0. In the southwest of Fuzhou, Wang Wei built a 13 furnace casting treatment station. In Jianyang, the ceramic industry is also relatively developed. Set up a lead yard in Tingzhou to cast lead coins and copper coins. Later, he cast big iron coins, with 500 articles as the penetration. At that time, handicraft production developed rapidly. During Wang's tenure, Fujian's economic construction has made great progress, and there has been a phenomenon of "good years and good years".

Wang attaches great importance to the development of culture and education. He attached great importance to the use of talents. After he arrived in Fujian, he placed a large number of refugees from the Central Plains, especially cherishing literati, and set up institutions such as recruiting talents to receive them. He adopted Weng Chengzan's suggestion to "build four schools (institutions of higher learning) in Fuzhou to teach outstanding people in Fujian" and appointed celebrities such as Huang Tao as "four doctors". Under the advocacy of Wang, there were state schools in the state, county schools in the county and private schools in remote villages. "Teenagers have been attached to teacher training, and the elderly have been placed in the country", which has greatly developed cultural and educational undertakings.

Wang attaches great importance to searching for books. In the first year of God bless (904), Wang organized a large number of intellectuals, collected and wrote various suicide notes, which were dedicated to the Tang government, enriched the historical materials, and published the book Fishing in the Rocks, which contributed to the rescue and preservation of the cultural heritage of the motherland. Wang also restored and created many temples and pagodas. When he was in power, he built and restored 260 temples and 6 pagodas. Some of them have left valuable cultural relics for future generations and are one of the tourism resources.

Wang made remarkable achievements in the social stability, stability, economic and cultural construction and development of Fujian in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and was well received by later generations.

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Xinhuanet Fuzhou, February 3 (Reporter Meng) The Fujian-Taiwan-Wang Research Association, the first cultural research institution jointly organized by the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, was recently established. This move marks the expansion from cooperation between Fujian and Taiwan to the joint establishment of cultural research institutions.

Famous entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province Province served as the first executive vice president, president of the North Branch of the Wang Clan Association in Taoyuan County, Taiwan Province Province, and Professor Wang of the National national cheng kung university in Taiwan Province Province served as the honorary president forever and honorary president respectively.

Wang, president of the Fujian-Taiwan King Research Association, said that the research association will carry forward Zude, strengthen folk cultural exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan, complete the "Wang Min Jin Shen" tour in Jinmen and Taiwan Province Province, pray for the peace and health of people on both sides of the strait, unite more than 2 million descendants in Fujian and Taiwan and at home and abroad, and carry forward Wang's historical achievements of "benefiting the people with virtue".

Wang is the king of Fujian in the Five Dynasties and a native of Gushi, Henan. During the turmoil of the Five Dynasties, he adopted the policy of protecting the environment and people in Fujian, and made great efforts to develop economy, culture and education. He is called "the king of Fujian".

In order to avoid being involved in the whirlpool of war, Wang insisted that "it is better to open the door than to close the door". His achievements in safeguarding national unity are still praised by people on both sides of the strait, and his descendants are proud of it.

Wang's descendants and his brothers Wang Chao and Wang Shenluan later migrated from Fujian to Taiwan Province Province, and then from Fujian to Taiwan Province to the world. There are more than 2 million, including more than 500,000 in Taiwan Province Province.

Wang told reporters that the seminar will also complete the supporting project construction of the Mausoleum and Memorial Hall of the King of Min, shape the giant statue of King of Min and rebuild the Lotus Yongxing Temple.

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Lianjiang County Archives has a portrait of Wang, a genealogy of a centenarian Wang, "Wang Kaimin".

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Yesterday, the first People's Forum across the Taiwan Strait and Fujian-Taiwan genealogy exhibition were held in Fuzhou. Nearly a thousand copies of "genealogy of hundreds of surnames" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered together for public display.

At the exhibition, descendants of Wang from Fuzhou and Taiwan Province Province felt a little sorry because they didn't see their genealogy. However, after learning about this situation, the provincial archives provided a copy of the Wang family tree collected by Lianjiang County Archives. This family tree with a history of 100 years can open people's eyes to the descendants of Wang.

Zheng, director of Lianjiang County Archives, said that this genealogy has a history of hundreds of years, recording the inheritance pedigree from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China. Open the cover and you can see the portrait of the king. The king is kind-hearted and distinguished. "This is the first time I have seen a portrait of Wang," said Mr. Wang from Wenzhou.

"One of the treasures of this genealogy is that it introduces in detail the ethnic groups handed down from generation to generation, and it is rich in content. Another point is that there were many biographies and prefaces written by the ancients for Wang and his descendants before the genealogy. " Director Zheng said. An old man in Taiwan Province Province said that most of these biographies and prefaces can't be found in the Wang family genealogy in Taiwan Province Province.

The genealogy of the king also records the life and deeds of the descendants of the king. If any descendant does a good official or other good deeds, their good deeds will be recorded in the genealogy. Unfortunately, influenced by feudal ideas, women can't get on the genealogy.

During the Cultural Revolution, this genealogy was almost burned as the "Four Classics". Fortunately, the leaders of the county party Committee found its value, and they asked the archives to protect it at that time, and later it was restored. "It can be said to be one of the most precious genealogies in our museum, and I like it very much," said Zheng, the curator, excitedly.

"The genealogy of Wang handed down from Taiwan Province Province is not old," said Mr. Wang, a Taiwanese compatriot. "Now the genealogy of Wang clan in Taiwan Province Province is basically compiled once every 20 years, and the work of genealogy compilation has gradually slowed down in recent years." Now that I see this genealogy, my husband has repeatedly said "how precious".

Xiao Zhang, a staff member of the Provincial Archives, showed these members of the Wang family another set of five Wang genealogies. "This genealogy is also very rare, and there is a biography of Wang inscribed by the ancients." Xiao Zhang said, "Including this Wang genealogy, the genealogies of Shangganlin, Yanmen Sasaki and Li Gang, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, are all treasures in the genealogy."

The Wangs really want to look at these genealogies on the spot, but the exhibition conditions don't allow this. The staff of the archives said that if these Taiwan Province guests want to bring their genealogy back to Taiwan Province Province, they can make a copy in the archives.

Ms. Wang's descendants said that all the descendants of Wang in Fuzhou have a common desire, that is, to restore and protect the Wang family tree in Fuzhou as much as possible. "A large number of Wang genealogies were lost in historical disasters, and we are now doing our best to save the remaining Wang genealogies and renovate them." (Reporter Wang Jinwen/Photo)