Where is Tianshui Fuxi Temple?

Tianshui Fuxi Temple is a national AAAA tourist attraction, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a patriotic education base.

Fuxi Temple is the birthplace of Fuxi, the ancestor of humanity, a national 4A-level scenic spot and a national key cultural relics protection unit. Located on Fuxi Road, Xiguan, Tianshui City, it was first built during the Chenghua Period of the Ming Dynasty and was renovated nine times to form a large-scale ancient building complex. It is currently the most complete Ming Dynasty temple dedicated to Fuxi in the country and is known as "the best in China". Temple" has attracted countless tourists from home and abroad to come to visit their roots, worship their ancestors, and travel. Every year on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, folks hold grand sacrificial activities here; in the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, the Gansu Provincial People's Government holds a grand public sacrificial event. The annual Fuxi Cultural Tourism Festival has become one of the top ten festivals with the greatest development potential in China. One of the activities. The public sacrifice ceremony has been listed as China's first batch of intangible cultural heritage.

One of the famous ancient building complexes in northwest China, formerly known as Taihao Palace, commonly known as Renzong Temple, it is located on Fuxi Road, Xiguan, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province. In 1963, it was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit in Gansu Province by the Gansu Provincial People's Government, and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Fuxi Temple faces north and faces the south. It is built facing the street. The courtyards are surrounded by four courtyards. It is grand and deep. The ancient buildings in the temple include 10 theater buildings, archways, gates, Yimen, Xiantian Hall, Taiji Hall, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, and Laihe Hall; 6 new buildings include court rooms, stele corridors, and exhibition halls. There are a total of 76 new and old buildings. The entire building complex, including the archway, gate, Yimen, Xiantian Hall, and Taiji Hall, are arranged in sequence along the longitudinal axis, advancing layer by layer, and are solemn and majestic.

There are many famous scenic spots among them. Entering the main gate archway means entering the main entrance. This gate has five rooms, with a maximum width of 18 meters and a depth of two rooms. In the middle of the lintel, there was originally a huge plaque with the words "Yu Tian Di Zhun" written by Hu Zuanzong, a famous calligrapher from the Ming Dynasty whose ancestral home was in Tianshui. Now there is a plaque with the name "Taihao Palace", which has a similar meaning to "Yu Tian Di Zhen", both praising Fu Xi for benefiting mankind. His kindness is vast and boundless. Although the main entrance of Fuxi Temple was partially repaired in the Qing Dynasty, the main part still retains the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty, which is really commendable. So far, the roof is intact, with dragon kisses on both ends of the main ridge, the tail facing inward, a complete beast on the back, and a vase in the center; the ridge body is decorated with wrapped peonies. This set of simple, elegant and crystal-clear jewelry components has high craftsmanship and artistic value, and has attracted the attention of many domestic architectural experts and artists. Walking into the front yard, you can see an ancient locust tree in the east of the yard, which is said to have been planted in the Tang Dynasty. Time has passed, and it has been more than a thousand years; although it has suffered from wars and natural disasters, and has seen all the people in the world, it still stands tall and tall, which is breathtaking.

Facing the front is a large ancient building with green tile roof and magnificent structure, which is Wenzu Hall. Although this hall was rebuilt in the third year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (AD 1738), its painting style maintains the warm tone of the Ming Dynasty, which has been praised by experts. Pass through the Yimen and come to the middle courtyard. Because the scene is spacious, it makes people feel relieved. This is the central part of the Fucai Temple complex. In the middle is a platform, with halls, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions, alternately high and low. Together with the towering ancient cypresses dotted in the courtyard, they form an organic whole that is full of interest. According to folklore, there were originally sixty-four ancient cypresses in the front and back yards, which were planted according to the sixty-four directions deduced by Fuxi Bagua. There are still thirty-seven trees left, evergreen in winter and summer, full of vitality. These ancient cypresses have now become precious cultural relic trees.

Also known as the main hall and the main hall. In the middle of the back of the central courtyard is the main building of the Fuxi Temple complex. The Taiwu Palace built in the 19th year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1483) is its predecessor, but the original palace site may not be the current site. In the second year of Jiajing (1523), the temple was expanded and listed as "Xiantian". The tenth year of Jiajing, the tenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1653), the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), the tenth to twelfth year of Jiaqing (1805-1807), the eleventh to thirteenth year of Guangxu (1885-1887) It was rebuilt many times before it became the current system. The width is 26.4 meters in 7 rooms, and the depth is 14.05 meters in 5 rooms. The palace is majestic on a wide terrace, majestic and majestic, with a large roof with double eaves and a mountain top lined with dragon's kiss ridges and carved Tiangong temples. It looks noble, elegant and extraordinary. Although it has been renovated many times, it still retains the style of the Ming Dynasty. The hall has seven frames on the upper eaves and a winding corridor on the lower eaves. The frames have a natural structure and reasonable proportions. The doors and windows in the bright room, secondary room, and all partitions on the front are carved with mascot patterns such as coiling dragons, phoenixes, cranes, and elk, and are decorated with peonies, mugwort leaves, pine branches and other plants, which are gorgeous and exquisite. Due to the long history, the colors are mottled and show the vicissitudes of life. The statue of Fuxi in the hall is more than 3 meters high. He is holding Bagua in his hand and his eyes are like a torch. He is sitting upright in the shrine and his aura is compelling. The original dragon and horse statues on the right and the Hetu Luoshu stone plate on the left were demolished by the Thirteenth Provisional Production Cooperative in the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941) and have been restored to their original state. The ceiling of the hall is decorated with a wellhead ceiling and a caisson (in the middle). The wellhead ceiling is inlaid with Fuxi's sixty-four hexagrams①, while the caisson is painted with river diagrams and Fuxi's innate eight diagrams. The decoration is closely combined with Fuxi's achievements. Characteristic. On a bright moon night, in the middle courtyard, the moonlight sifts down from the cracks in the branches of ancient cypresses, casting a silvery glow on the ground. The old iron bell on the eaves of the Xiantian Hall sways in the wind, and its jingling sound is light and ear-piercing, like a superman transformed into a state of being.

Chapter Room: There are both the middle courtyard and the third courtyard. They are arranged on the east and west sides in front of the Xiantian Hall and on the east and west sides in front of the Taiji Hall. They are symmetrically distributed facing each other. It was founded in the second year of Jiajing (1523) in the Ming Dynasty and had 20 rooms.

It was rebuilt in the 10th year of Shunzhi (1653) of the Qing Dynasty. In the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), 6 rooms were renovated and 14 were built. From the 10th to the 12th year of Jiaqing (1805-1807), 10 rooms were rebuilt, and from the 11th to the 13th year of Guangxu (1885-1887), there were 16 rooms, namely 5 rooms in the east and west in front of the Xiantian Hall in the Central Courtyard, and 16 rooms in the east and west in front of the Xiantian Hall in the Central Courtyard. There are three rooms on the east and west side in front of the Taiji Hall in the courtyard, and there are currently three rooms on the east side of the Taiji Hall. The house is on the top of a hanging mountain and has a civil structure. In December 1989, five court rooms were rebuilt on the east and west sides in front of the Xiantian Hall terrace, with verandah-style roof brick and wood structures. The court room is set up in the style of a palace. According to ancient practice, civil and military officials would make preparations in the court room before going to court, such as bathing or dressing up, and then waiting quietly for the sound of the bells and drums of the Jinluan Hall. The civil servants lived in the west facing room, and the military officers lived in the east facing room.

Bell Tower: It is divided into the east and west terraces of Xiantian Hall. The permanent building of the temple is called the evening drum and morning bell. It was built between the 10th and 12th years of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1805-1807). They are all in the shape of a hexagonal spire, small and exquisite. Originally they were all closed, leaving only one side as a door. Now all the carved window lattice between the pillars have been removed, and they are no different from the pavilion. After the bell tower was stationed at Fuxi Temple in the 13th Provisional Period in the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940), it was burned down due to fire. The whereabouts of the large iron bell from the Qing Dynasty are unknown. The existing bell pavilion was restored and rebuilt by the Tianshui City Museum in 1988. The "Shangyuanhui", a folk organization for worshiping Fuxi, added a cast iron bell and suspended it. The drum tower remains the same, but the drum has long since disappeared. According to interviews, it turns out that the drums in the Drum Tower are very loud. In the 33rd year of the Republic of China (1944), the Dai Ya Repertory Troupe of the Chinese Drama Society came to Tianshui to perform the drama "Thunderstorm" and borrowed this drum to accompany the thunder.

In Tianshui, it is said that the sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Fuxi. According to tradition, people have to go to Fuxi Temple to "chaorenzong". This is the Fuxi Temple Fair, which is grand and grand. On this day every year, Tianshui people pay homage to Fuxi, the founder of humanities, look up to the simple, honest and kind face of the "Human Ancestor", recall the distant and glorious history of the Chinese nation, miss the great achievements of the ancestor of humanity who launched Chinese civilization, remember the benevolence of the ancestor, and carry forward Fuxi. culture and promote social unity and progress. People caressed and recognized the ancient inscriptions, admired the exquisite calligraphy and painting works, and received an excellent traditional cultural education.

Address: No. 110, Fuxi Road, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City

Type: Monument

Level: AAAA

Time to play: Suggested 2 -3 hours

Tel: 0938-8230242

Official website: /html/fuximao/

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

Transportation

In the city, take bus No. 1, 13, and 14 to the Urban Traffic Police Brigade Station, No. 21 and 22 to Fuximiao Station, and No. 18 Outer Ring Road to Qinzhou District Hospital Station. , get off at Qinghuachang Station on Route 24; walk west from the street south of Tianshui Central Square for 20 minutes, and take a taxi in the city for about 10 yuan

Tickets

Tickets are 40 yuan per person, free for children under 1.2 meters tall, senior citizens with an old age certificate issued by Gansu Province, active military personnel with an officer certificate, disabled people with a disability certificate, seniors over 60 years old with valid certificates, and primary, secondary school students with a height of 1.2 meters or above. You can purchase discount tickets for scenic spots with your student ID card

Information source: Qinzhou Government Portal