History of Dayu Temple

The main building has two halls, 12 wing rooms and wing rooms. Covering an area of 425 square meters, it was built in the fifth year of Yuan Dade (A.D. 130 1) and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. /kloc-0 was listed as a key cultural relic unit in hancheng city in May, 1985. In the main hall, there are clay statues of Yu Wang and Guo Ziyi, with clay figurines on both sides. There are two white sand stone pillars in front of the dedication hall, which are engraved with "Five years of summer dreams, great country and great virtue". In addition, there is a stone tablet of "Rebuilding Wang Yu Temple" in the seventh year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1579). 1996, listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. From 1997 to 1998, the state allocated funds for large-scale renovation. The tourist road has been paved. The yard has been widened. Now it has become one of the main scenic spots in hancheng city, with an endless stream of tourists. The story of Dayu's flood control People commemorate Dayu by building temples, statues and offering sacrifices, because he has lived at home for decades and traveled all over China, leading the surging river to rivers, lakes and seas and saving the Chinese nation in the disaster. Dayu is the embodiment of indomitable, hardworking and brave Chinese national spirit.

"Historical Records" records: "When Emperor Yao was in power, floods flooded, the mountains were vast and the people were worried." It shows that the flood at that time was destructive and harmful to people, which had seriously affected people's normal life and even survival. Dayu's father's water control failed to change the status quo. When he arrived, Yu was ordered to shoulder the heavy responsibility of water control. He was "overworked and worried." He has been away from home for thirteen years and is afraid to enter the house. " He devoted himself to the cause of water control, without his own safety, and buried his concern for his family in his heart. "Land travel by car, water travel by boat, dirt road travel by crowbar, mountain road travel by car." His sufferings are unimaginable to ordinary people. "Left, right, four o'clock, to open Kyushu, Tongjiu Road, Beijiuze, Jiusan." Dayu not only has strong organizational ability, but also has great wisdom and is proficient in the measurement technology of "norms and rules". Set foot in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other parts of the country. Dayu summed up a set of effective experiences in water control, and changed interception into diversion, so that the turbulent water that harmed the people finally flowed into the sea in the east and the rivers in the south.

It is widely spread in later generations that Dayu controlled the water, but little known is that Dayu led Qi, Hou Ji and others to guide the governors and the people to become big farmers while controlling the water, so as to "benefit the world." The 13th year of Dayu's flood control was also a grand tour of Kyushu, and the main products of each state were clearly recorded: Mianzhou mainly produced silk and lacquerware. Qingzhou mainly produces salt, hemp, lead, pine, strange rocks and seafood. Yangzhou mainly produces three kinds of metals, leather, Yao, matte and feather. Liangzhou mainly produces iron, silver, bears, pigs, foxes, raccoons and woven leather. Yuzhou mainly produces silk, fiber wadding and hemp. Yongzhou mainly produces forests and lang. Jingzhou mainly produces leather, feathers, cypress and cinnabar. The product survey in Kyushu should be the first time that China created the world.

Dayu's thirteen years of water control is also a major survey of land and resources. Such as: Jingzhou: its soil is covered with mud, the field is in the middle, and taxes are up and down; Yongzhou: Its soil is yellow, the land is flat, and the tax is low; Qingzhou, its white grave, is saline-alkali, goes up and down the field, and is endowed with middle and upper; Yangzhou: Its soil is full of mud. Xiatian, Xiafu miscellaneous and so on. The soil types, characteristics and field grades of Kyushu were recorded one by one. With such first-hand detailed information, the state has designated taxes according to the survey results, local conditions and the main product types and land quality of various vassal countries. "Yu Naixing wants to pay tribute to the land and pay tribute to the convenience of the mountains and rivers." The rich and the poor of the princes help each other.

What Dayu did created a precedent for the national management system. It's no wonder that Shun Di personally gave Dayu the highest thing in etiquette at that time-jade, in recognition of his contribution. "So Emperor Xi Yu Xuangui declared that the world was successful and peaceful." Dayu made great contributions to water control in China. I admire Yu very much, not only because he manages water well, but also because he has outstanding talent and personality. Yu is sensitive to Cochin; Its virtue does not violate, its benevolence is amiable, and its words are credible; Sound is the law, and it is the degree ... ". So that when "recommending Dayu" died, Shang, the son of Shun, succeeded to the throne, and Dayu resigned and went to Yangcheng. Instead of taking credit for his pride, he took a back seat. Dayu's achievements were unanimously praised and supported by the governors, who abandoned the merchants and went to worship Dayu. Dayu complied with the public opinion, that is, the emperor's position, and established Xia Guo. During the ten years of Dayu's reign, he often toured all over the country, frequently promoting agricultural hunting and benefiting the people. So that he finally died at the meeting place on the hunting road. It is precisely because "the people are determined and the state is governed." So there was "so the world is vocal music, and it is the god of mountains and rivers." Later generations set up a temple to commemorate Dayu, which is really the admiration of the people for the first emperor. It is also to carry forward the spirit of self-improvement of the Chinese nation!