Main Landscape of Laozi's Hometown Tourist Area

Taoism, founded in the Han Dynasty, respects Laozi as the ancestor and takes Tao Te Ching as the sacred book. Today, the majority of Taoist believers still worship and respect Laozi. In the long feudal society of China, Taoism has always been an important part of people's spiritual and cultural life. Therefore, it is widely circulated and there are many memorial buildings. Many Taoist temples, which are magnificent in scale and momentum, are a wonderful work of ancient architecture in China and an important part of the excellent national history and culture created by the working people in ancient China. Laojuntai and Taiqing Palace are two famous Taoist temples in many Taoist memorial buildings. Laojuntai was originally named Ascension to Sendai or Worship Sendai. According to legend, Lao Tzu became immortal here, hence the name. In the seventh year of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu (A.D. 10 14), Lao Zi was named as "Emperor Taishang Laojun mixed yuan into Germany" by posthumous title, so it was also called Laojuntai.

Located in the northeast corner of Luyi County, the platform is cylindrical and angular, with a height of eight meters and a bottom area of 706 square meters. Surrounded by big bricks, the interior is tamped with soil, and the wall is erected at the mouth of the crib, similar to the ancient city wall.

There is a big hall on the stage, the east-west hall, the mountain gate, covered with yellow glazed tiles. The main hall is three wide and three deep, with eaves columns and arches. The internal beams and columns are made from top to bottom. There are three ancient inscriptions embedded in the front wall of the temple, such as "The Mourning of Youlong", "The True Source of Morality" and "The Place where Confucius Begged for Rites". The Qing Dynasty sponsored two inscriptions. There used to be a bronze statue of Laozi in the temple, which was more than two meters high. This is quaint and the cast. There is an iron pillar standing on the ground in front of the temple, which is called "mountain whip" by the old gentleman. It is said that it is a pillar of history given by the Zhou Dynasty. Behind the main hall is the old man's alchemy room, which has a gossip alchemy furnace. There are thirteen cypress trees on the stage, and there are thirty-three stone steps at the foot of the mountain gate, which responds to Lao Tzu's saying that the thirty-three floors are soaring.

Laojuntai was originally a part of Mingdao Palace. According to the Guangxu edition of Luyi County Records Ancient Cultural Relics Mingdao Palace, it is recorded that "Mingdao Palace rose to Sendai in the East Gate, and in the second year of Jizigong Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty (AD 743), it was the Taiqing altar". It can be seen that the station was built in the Tang Dynasty, at the latest before Tianbao, with a history of 1200 years. After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was added and repaired, becoming a huge ancient architectural complex. Face the mountain gate and face south. On the central axis near 1000 meters, the south echoes Chen Baiyun Temple in mr. yi. Mingdao Palace in front of the stage is where Laozi teaches Taoism. Yingxi Hall was once the place where Song Zhenzong worshipped Lao Zi. The main buildings, such as Wenchang Palace, Octagonal Pavilion, Youlong Di Fang, Guo Xi 'an Bridge and the archway of religious ancestor, are elegant and spectacular. On both sides of Shinto, there are pavilions, winding corridors and magnificent terraces. The cypress trees on the stage are lush and purple. Under the stage, the lake is lingering and the reed flowers are fragrant. It turns out that there is a couplet next to the gate on the west side of Laojuntai Daoyuan: "Green waves fly egrets, green cows in the air." The lyrics about the scene, when it was written by a famous person. There are many stone tablets and stone carvings in the hospital. Red plums compete for bamboo, and exotic flowers compete for exotic grasses. Kudzu climbs old trees, and crows crow at night. The winding path is secluded, which has never been the beauty of Jimo poets' poetry and wine; The rugged temples have been a place of belief and a good place to worship ancestors since ancient times. Occasionally, boys play in the lotus bushes, and sometimes old people fish in the green Liu Yin. Coupled with the morning bell and the evening drum, curled cigarettes, it looks like a wonderful landscape painting. Unfortunately, most of this ancient architectural complex with beautiful scenery was destroyed by wars and fires in past dynasties, and the bullet marks on the Dongshan wall of the main hall are still there, recording the crimes of Japanese imperialism invading China. Although it has been repaired many times, it is far less than the scale in the past, and the environmental features have also been seriously damaged. After ten years of catastrophe, most of the cultural relics were damaged again, even the bronze statue of Laozi was not spared. Looking back, it is a sense of vicissitudes.

Laojuntai has been a famous tourist attraction since ancient times. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, Xuanzong Li Longji, Wu Zetian, Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, Su Dongpo, Ouyang Xiu and other cultural celebrities have all come here to worship the temple and burn incense. Hu Yaobang, Yang Dezhi and Yang, leaders of our party and state, have also been here. Since the reform and opening up, many foreign guests, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese have come to visit and visit the Third Plenary Session of the 21st Central Committee. Since then, the party's cultural relics policy has been continuously implemented, and Laojuntai, a thousand-year-old monument renowned at home and abroad, has also been highly valued by the party and the government and has been vigorously protected. 1978, the county government announced it as a key disaster prevention unit at the county level. In 1983, the scope of protection is formally defined. 1985, the county museum was established here, which is specialized in the protection and management of cultural relics in the county. 1986 upgraded to key cultural relics protection units in Henan province. In 200 1 year, the State Council was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit. 1988, the county government allocated special funds to rebuild the statue of Laozi in the church. Like carving white marble, the craft level is very high. 199 1 year, the provincial cultural relics bureau allocated another100000 yuan to overhaul the stage, main hall, east and west halls and mountain gates, and replaced the stone steps, renovated the parapet around the stage and dug up the rotten bricks around the stage. 1993 On the eve of the National Laozi Academic Seminar and Economic and Trade Fair in the spring, the county government allocated funds to partially relocate the key protected areas.

In order to protect cultural relics, the people of the county have also generously donated money to raise sponsorship funds. Among them, Yongnian Luo and a group of old blacksmiths raised funds to recast the iron column on the stage and hung it on the huge plaque in the hall.

Laojuntai, a historic site that has won many battles, is welcoming domestic and foreign tourists with a brand-new look and playing an active role in the construction of two civilizations in Lu Yi. Taiqing Palace is located in the northeast corner of Taiqing Palace, five kilometers east of Luyi County. It is 400 meters from Shang to highway in the north and 400 meters from Yinshan site, an ancient cultural site in the new period, in the west, which is a vortex river. Lai Xiang gully winds from northwest to southeast, with flat farmland in the east.

Taiqing Palace is a temple dedicated to Laozi and the birthplace of Laozi. /kloc-0 was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Luyi county in 1978, upgraded to a key cultural relics protection unit in Henan province in 1986, and became a national key cultural relics protection unit in 200 1 year.

Laozi Temple in Taiqing Palace. According to the Records of Luyi County in Guangxu Edition of Qing Dynasty, "Han Yan Xi was established in the eighth year (AD 165). Notes on Water Classics: The vortex flows northward to the east of Laozi Temple, and there are two monuments outside the south gate in front of the temple. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty put Zhong You in charge of Laozi and ordered Sean to write articles. There is a double stone tomb in the north of the monument, which is also a big cleaning. " "Tang Gaozu Wushu three years (620), the words of good advice, Lao tze's ancestors, especially the emperors and princes. In the first year of Emperor Gaozong (A.D. 666), Laozi was posthumously named Emperor Xuanyuan, and the Ziguang Hall was built. In the second year of Tianbao (AD 743), Ziyi was extremely clear. " According to the Book of Tang Dynasty, in the first year of Guangzhai in Wuhou (AD 684), Li's mother was honored as the congenital queen mother, and Li's harem was expanded into a cave palace, commonly known as the harem. The former palace is dedicated to Laozi, while the latter is dedicated to Mother Li. The two palaces are separated by a mile and separated by a river. This river is called Jinshui River, and there is a bridge over it called Huixian Bridge. Taoist priests live in the front palace, and Taoist priests live in the harem. If you have something important to discuss with the two palaces, you must communicate with Yunka, and the rules are quite strict. Because the royal family in the Tang Dynasty took Taiqing Palace as their home temple, its architecture was quite similar to Chang 'an Palace, covering an area of eight hectares and 72 acres, surrounded by mountains, with magnificent momentum and exquisite beauty.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao set fire to the temple of Tang Wang, and the Taiqing Palace was destroyed by soldiers. A good way of Song Dynasty. Zhao Heng, Song Zhenzong, claimed to be the Daojun, and personally allocated treasury silver to rebuild the Taiqing Palace, which was larger than that of the Tang Dynasty. In the seventh year (A.D. 10 14), Dazhong Xiangfu personally led his ministers to worship the Taiqing Palace, recorded Laozi as the "Emperor Taishang Laojun mixed with Germany", and established the "Monument to Rebuild Taiqing Palace in the Great Song Dynasty" and "Monument to the Congenital Empress Dowager".

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the "Jingkang Rebellion", the Jin people invaded the south, the world was in chaos, and the Taiqing Palace was destroyed by bandits. Broken wall fox rabbit.

From the reign of Jin Dading, it took more than 60 years to complete the renovation project of Taiqing Palace. After the unification of the Yuan Dynasty, Taoism was praised by Qiu Chuji, the founder of Longmen Sect, one of the seven ancestors of northern Taoism, for its contribution to the Yuan Dynasty. The Central Committee of the Yuan Dynasty issued a decree to protect the Taiqing Palace, including the plaque and the sacred monument of the Taiqing Palace, and the inscriptions have been preserved to this day.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Hanlin Uprising occupied Bozhou, Taiqing Palace was demolished, and its materials were transported to Bozhou to build a palace. Taiqing Palace was destroyed again.

In the 17th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (AD 1678), Zhou Daosheng and others, who were good at home and abroad, could not bear to sit back and watch, and gathered people to raise funds for reconstruction. It lasted seven years and was completed in the 24th year of Kangxi (A.D. 1685). In the meantime, the halls and pavilions and the golden body of God are all painted and molded. However, its scale cannot be restored. Compared with the heyday of the Tang and Song Dynasties, "there is only one left."

The existing main building of Qiangong today is Taijitang, three iron pillars, bronzes and a moon-watching well. There are three halls in the harem: Notre Dame and Doll. There are more than ten inscriptions from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty in Qianhougong.