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Zhengyangmen (Qianmen) Guandi Temple

The Qianmen Guandi Temple is commonly known as the "Laoye Temple".

It is located in the south of Zhengyangmen, close to the west side of the Zhengyangmen city gate, that is, within the Wengcheng (between Zhengyangmen and the Arrow Tower). In 1913, the Wengcheng was demolished, and the originally closed Wengcheng became an open space. The venue, Guandi Temple and Guanyin Temple are exposed.

In the 1960s, it was demolished during road widening.

The Qianmen Guandi Temple was built in the first month of the 20th year of Hongwu, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1388). According to the Qing Dynasty's "Records of Success in the Imperial Capital": "The temple worship is elaborate, with red couplets and yellow coverings, and a golden niche on the sill. In the middle is a royal letter from the Holy Ancestor, with the title 'loyalty' on the forehead. Under the west veranda is written by Dong Wenmin Jiao Taishi of the Ming Dynasty. The inscription on the stele is said to be two unique things. "Although the temple is not big, it has a lot of history. It is said that when Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty personally conquered Mobei, he saw a god in the mist and sand in front of the army. "Among them were robes with swords and sticks, and their appearance and beard were indeed that of Guan Gong. The only one who was riding on a white horse". There is also a rumor in Yan City that a white horse in the city at that time came out every morning and stood in the courtyard. It would not eat or move, panting and sweating. This stopped after Chengzu returned to Beijing. Some people say that this is the white horse that Guan Gong rode when he was assisting in the war. Emperor Chengzu was overjoyed when he heard this, so he issued an edict to worship at Guandi Temple in Zhengyangmen. Therefore, all the emperors from Yongle to the Ming Dynasty worshiped Guan Sheng. At that time, the sacrifice of Guan Sheng was included in the royal "Sacrifice Code", and on May 13th every year, Taichang Temple officials must be sent to perform the ceremony. Whenever there is a major disaster in the country, people must go to the Guandi Temple to offer incense and burn tables as a memorial. On October 11th of the 42nd year of Wanli, the emperor sent Li Enqi, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, to hold the nine-color crown, jade belt, dragon robe, gold medal, and book of cards, and decreed that Guan Sheng be the Great Emperor of Demons of the Three Realms, the mighty and powerful emperor of Guan Sheng. A Jiao was built at Guandi Temple in Zhengyangmen for three days and announced to the world. It made Guandi and Guandi Temple in Zhengyangmen famous. According to legend, the statue of Guandi in the Guandi Temple is an old thing from Ouchi during the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty. There are different opinions as to why. The most common legend is that the emperor once asked a great fortune-teller to perform divination on the statue of Emperor Ouchi (just like when divination for people, according to the year, month, day and hour when the sculpture was completed - "birthday"), The result was that the statue was in charge of good luck and that "thunder evil" would befall the emperor. So the emperor ordered the fortune teller to use the same method to divine the statue of Guandi in the Guandi Temple at the front gate. The result was that the statue was in charge of good luck and incense. Will prosper. Therefore, the emperor decided to exchange the statue of Guandi in Ouchi with the statue of Guandi in Qianmen Guandi Temple. The people of the world do not know the details. They only know that the statue of Guandi in the Guandi Temple at the front door is a gift from the emperor, and they worship it sincerely. Every lunar month, the incense is very prosperous, and there is an endless stream of people seeking blessings, longevity, heirs, and fame. The "Guandi's Lotus" is famous here. "The first place to ask for the lucky lotus is Guan Temple, and I even go to Qianmen Temple to ask for it." According to "Miscellaneous Notes of the Government and the Country since Daoxian": "Li Ruonong's minister Wen Tian had failed to pass the exam in Xianfeng. He came to Beijing to take the exam and prayed at the Guandi Temple in Zhengyangmen. The signature was "My name is outside Sun Shan". He thought that this time he would definitely When the results were announced, the lottery was not effective. In the palace examination, Sun Jiading was ranked first, and Sun Nianzu was ranked second. Li was ranked as the second grandson. This is a coincidence with the lottery. "Rumors like this are true. , the more it spreads, the more strange it becomes. So far, the "Guandi Sign" has become famous. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, whenever a temple was opened, Taoist priests would be filled with people inside and outside the temple, holding lottery sticks in their hands, and there would be no less than a hundred stalls to receive pilgrims. At the same time, he donated Taoist books, such as: "Guan Shengdijun Sixty-Four Yao", "Guan Shengdijun Taoyuan Ming Bible", etc. In the Qing Dynasty, it was open for one day each on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. According to the Qing Dynasty's "Records of the Imperial Capital's Years": "Every New Year's Eve, the inner gate of Zhengyang is opened, and residents of the inner city come to pay their respects; the madman opens the west gate, and the city Foreigners pay their respects." During the temple fair, temporary markets are formed outside the temple. In addition to incense and candles, the items on sale are nothing more than "mascots" such as red paper fish, gold and silver paper treasures, velvet flowers, etc., and there are a few fake goods here and there. The vendors closed their stalls at two or three o'clock in the afternoon in order to rush to the stalls at the Wuxiancai Temple outside Guang'anmen tomorrow. Guandi Temple is a Taoist temple.