What is the unique dragon day Temple in Shanxi and what is it dedicated to?

There are a large number of temples in our country, which are dedicated to the gods. The temple buildings are rich in content and huge in number, and they are secondary occasions for official memorial ceremonies and sacrificial ceremonies. Dragon day Temple is one of the representatives of temple construction, mainly distributed in Jinzhong and western Shanxi. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taiyuan and Fenzhou were under the jurisdiction of Anding, Huo and Qin Zhili, that is, the four cities of Taiyuan, Lvliang, Jinzhong and Yangquan today and the jurisdiction of Changzhi Qinyuan.

Scattered map of dragon day Temple in Qing Dynasty

Dragon day Temple is a strange temple. There are many such temples left in the Jin State of Jinzhong (in astronomical sense), but no one in the local area knows whose house this temple belongs to. ”。 According to statistics, there are 33 dragon day temples1in Shanxi, including 30 in xiaoyi city, 0/8 in Fenyang, 0/0 in Jiexiu and 0/0/kloc-0 in Lingshi, and no more than 0/0 in other areas. Among them, xiaoyi city has the largest number of dragon day temples.

Then why is dragon day Temple a temple and what is it dedicated to? Some people indirectly regard it as "Longwang Temple"; Some people interpret the word "dragon day" as "the real dragon emperor" and think that the temple is to commemorate Liu Heng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, or Liu Zhiyuan, Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty; Some people think that the temple is dedicated to the protection of the Dragon Heaven by Buddhism, that is, the Eight Dragons.

Jiexiu county annals about dragon day Temple and Qianlong? Tan Miao said, "dragon day Temple is dedicated to the soul of Jia Gong, in front of the tomb of Changle Village. Every village has built more temples, saying that they can pray for rain. I don't know his loyalty, but the inscription in Goulan Village tells about Chen Qi. " According to the inscription of Lanlongtian Temple in Xingou, this temple commemorates Jia Soul, a Jiexiu who died in the rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Shanxi Jiexiu Xingdilong Temple

In the 12th year of Qianlong (1747), it is also recorded in the inscription of dragon day Temple: "Dragon Day, after the Jiexiu Order. Male taboo muddy, Jin Huidi yongxing first year, Liu Yuanhai? Take Jiexiu for example, Gong? Die without regret. Ancestors? So the temple was built for sacrifice. Like a shrine built by God, it has been built ever since.

Finally, dragon day Temple is a memorial to individuals and belongs to the Pantheon. Because of its "praying for answers to floods, droughts, diseases and epidemics" and "praying for rain to maintain spiritual vitality", it has gradually been regarded as a divine belief, integrated with the official secular gods, and gradually evolved into a shrine or temple. These gods include websites, the Dragon King, Guanyin (or Queen), the Virgin (or Queen) and so on. Most dragon day temples worship several gods outside. The main hall is dragon day Temple, and the front hall or attached hall is dedicated to the site, the Dragon King, Guanyin and the Virgin Mary. Some dragon day temples are indirectly named together with gods, such as Longtiandi Pansi, Notre Dame de dragon day, Guanyin dragon day Temple and so on.

Longtiansu

Jiexiu should be the source of dragon day Temple, and finally to commemorate Jia She, the magistrate of Jiexiu County in the Western Jin Dynasty, and his wife. After years of official communication and the advocacy of the rulers, the temples in dragon day period were rapidly dispersed, and their temples occupied almost the whole central Shanxi. Dragon day Temple is regarded as the Dragon King Temple, which is not difficult to understand, because it can make clouds generate rain, eliminate disasters and solve problems.

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