The main buildings of Wang Mu Palace

The earliest and largest ancestral temple of the Queen Mother of the West in China was built during the Yuanfeng period of the Western Han Dynasty, between 1 10 BC and 105 BC. The magnificent Wang Mu Palace Hall, with its back facing west and east, was rebuilt in the early 1990s with the donation of Taoist believers in Taiwan Province. 1999 was awarded "National Key Folk Culture Scenic Spot" and China Xiwangmu Cultural City by International Asian Folklore Society and China Folklore Society. The original main buildings in the palace are Tianmen, Ertianmen, Santianmen, Empress Dowager Hall, Huangyuting, Zhou Muwang Temple, Wudi Temple, Xuan Di Temple, Wanghelou, Xiaozhong Pavilion and Kuanru Pavilion. These are magnificent buildings under strict supervision. After the war, it was repeatedly destroyed and built. Most of the existing buildings were rebuilt in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Empress Dowager Hall is divided into two floors and three parts. The first thing you see when you enter the door is the underground palace, where there are exhibitions of paintings and calligraphy works and information on the cultural research of the Queen Mother of the West, about 300 square meters.

The Empress Dowager Hall, the second part of the palace, consists of the Empress Dowager Hall, the Dong Hall and the Three Emperors and Five Emperors Hall, which is in line with the architectural style of the ancient quadrangles in China.

The reconstruction of Xidian Empress Dowager was completed in July 1992 and September 12 and 1994. It cost 6,543,800 yuan, mainly donated by Taiwan Province Songshan Cihuitang and its followers. Adopt reinforced concrete structure, imitate the style of ancient buildings in Ming and Qing dynasties, bucket arch beam, open-column cloister, platform fence and sandblasting. The whole hall is carved in imitation of white marble, with a building area of about 360 square meters. The caisson, beam and ceiling in the hall are painted with golden dragons and seals. The decorative pattern above the beam is cement, and the front and rear doors are covered with springs and sandblasting respectively.

The statue of the Queen Mother of the West is 4.6 meters high, kind, dignified and lifelike. On the left, the military statue stands as the messenger of the white tiger, and on the right, the statue stands as the messenger of the bluebird. The pattern on the back wall of the shrine is Tianchi Lake in West China, which represents ancient western landscapes, flowers, trees, cattle and sheep. The word "infinite" behind it tells the true purpose of Taoism. The two murals on the north and south gables are painted in meticulous colors, respectively expressing six legendary stories about the Queen Mother of the West. The north wall was painted from west to east, followed by shooting at the sun and flying to the moon, coming to the Han Palace and having a banquet in Yaochi, and the south wall was painted from west to east, and a territory map was issued. The Three Emperors Hall is dedicated to the three earliest legendary ancient emperors of our Chinese nation: Suirenshi, Fuxi and Shennong. (Customs Yi Tong Ba Huang Chapter is quoted from Li Weihan Wenjia). It reflects the development of primitive social and economic life.

Sui: the legendary inventor of lighter. "Everything is Five Chapters Han Feizi" The ancients "eat like fur and drink like blood". He drilled wood for fire and taught people to cook food. It reflects the development of China from using natural fire to cooked food in primitive times. Fu: the mythical ancestor of mankind. Legend has it that man was born when he married Nuwa's younger brother and sister.

It is also said that he taught people to weave nets and engage in fishing, hunting and animal husbandry, which reflected that China started fishing, hunting and animal husbandry in primitive times, and the legendary gossip also came from his production.

Shennong: a legendary inventor of agriculture and medicine.

According to legend, ancient people lived a life of gathering, fishing and hunting. He made musical instruments and pianos out of wood and taught people to produce agricultural products. It reflects the progress of gathering, fishing and hunting in primitive times in China.

The situation of agriculture. He also said that he had tasted herbs, found medicinal materials, saved people and cured diseases. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica was written according to his works.

He is called Emperor Yan. The Five Emperors are legendary ancient emperors. After Huang San and before summer. It was first seen in Xunzi Feixiang. There are four kinds of opinions about the Five Emperors, which are used in The Records of the Five Emperors, namely Huangdi, Zhuan Xu, Di Ku, Tang Yao and Yu Shun. Are the leaders of tribes or alliances at the end of primitive society.

Yellow Emperor: One of the Five Emperors. Legend has it that he is the common ancestor of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains. Ji surname,No. Xuanyuan surname, Xiong surname. Son of shaodian. According to legend, Emperor Yan disturbed the tribes, and he won the support of the tribes and defeated Emperor Yan in the anti-Han Spring (now southeast of Zhuolu, Henan). After the unrest, he led the tribe to kill Chiyou in Zhuolu. Since then, he has been acclaimed as the leader of the tribal alliance by tribal leaders. Legend has it that there are many inventions. Such as sericulture, cars, writing, temperament, medicine, arithmetic and so on. The works of Huangdi discussing medicine with Qi Bo and Lei Gong are said to be part of Huangdi Neijing. The Yellow Emperor was revered as the ancestor by the Huang-Lao School during the Warring States Period. Today, China people call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor, that is, he and Emperor Yan.

Another legend says that he is one of the five emperors in China's ancient mythology and the God of the Central Committee.

Zhuan Xu: One of the Five Emperors, the legendary ancient tribal leader. There is no Levin. Born in Ruoshui and living in Diqiu (now southwest of Puyang, Henan Province), he was appointed as the official of Nanzheng, who was in charge of offering sacrifices to the gods. Li was appointed as an official of the Fire Administration (one is Beizheng), in charge of civil affairs.

Di Ku: One of the Five Emperors, the legendary ancient tribal leader named Gao Xin, has four wives and four sons. Jiang Yuan was born and abandoned his son (namely Hou Ji). He is the ancestor of Zhou, the giant butterfly was born with an appointment, and he is the ancestor of Shang clan. Du Qing gave birth to Emperor Yao, and Changyi gave birth to Emperor Zhi.

Tang Yao: One of the Five Emperors, the legendary leader of the tribal alliance in the late patriarchal society. No, Tao Tang, Fang Xun and Tang Yao in history. Xi ordered He to be in charge of the four seasons, draw up the calendar, consult the four mountains, and choose Shun as his successor. After three years' examination, Shun was appointed as the administrator. After death, Shun succeeded to the throne, which was called abdication in history. It is said that Yao mourned in his later years, was imprisoned by Shun, and his position was also taken by Shun.

Yu Shun: One of the Five Emperors, the legendary leader of the tribal alliance in the late patriarchal society. Yao surname, surname, Yu name, Zhong Huaming and Yu Shunming in history. According to legend, due to the recommendation of the four mountains, Yao named him Regent. He traveled everywhere, not including Gonggong, Huandou, Sanmiao and guns. After Yao's death, he succeeded to the throne, consulted Siyue, selected talents and talents, governed civil affairs, and selected Yu, who had rendered meritorious service in water control, as his successor. Exiled by Yu, he died in Cangwu in the south. As for Dong, according to the legend of the immortals, Mu Gong was jealous of Ni, the jade emperor, and he was called Yuan Yang's father, Mu Gong and Fusang Emperor. Born on the ninth day of the first month. Dongyuan refers to the general name of the emperors who ruled the East in ancient times. After the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, people widely believed in and worshipped the Emperor of Heaven, believing that there was a Emperor of Heaven who dominated the good and bad luck on earth. Therefore, some people say that Dong was carried out as a deity and deified person. Taoism advocates that "Dong is the embodiment of East China from truth to truth, and the Western Queen Mother is the embodiment of Westernization from beauty to qi, and everything in the world is raised by them biochemically". Here, Dong and the Western Queen Mother are secularized, saying that they have the desire of men and women and live the life of husband and wife in heaven. The feudal ruling class used people's worship of the Emperor of Heaven and Taoist propaganda to vigorously advocate "the divine right of monarchy", saying that they were the sons of the Emperor of Heaven and their rule was given by the Emperor of Heaven. Tell people to listen to their fate. Their propaganda has played a great role in promoting the Emperor of Heaven. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, some scholars called Tiandi the Jade Emperor and Jade Emperor, and then Taoism called Jade Emperor the ruler of three realms and four generations, heaven, earth and earth. The fourth is viviparous, primordial, floating and metaplasia. It is the total Yellow Emperor of the universe, so it is called the Jade Emperor. In this way, Dong's name gradually disappeared and was replaced by the Jade Emperor. However, this supreme jade emperor did not exist before the Tang Dynasty. His appearance and gradual finalization took place after the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Two waiters are beside Dong, one is golden couple. According to legend, Dong likes to eat dates since childhood, so Golden Boy holds a plate of dates to serve Dong. Dong Wang Gong has four heavenly kings, namely Zeng Tianwang, whose professional style is: big-eyed heavenly king, professional accent; Listen to the heavenly king and the rain more; Holding the king of a country, the work is smooth. Together, they lead the fine weather of all things in the universe, which is also the highest happiness that our people pray for.

Murals on Dong Nei's wall. There are three on the south wall. One is that Mu Gong took shape, that is, Dong's early demeanor. According to the "Dongye Qijing", there are stone chambers in Dongye barren hills. Dong lives in Yan, with ten-foot long hair, a human bird face and a tiger tail, and carries a black bear. The second is the stone room. According to Neurology, there are big birds in the world: "Xi You", one covers Donghua and the other covers Xihua. Pengniao stands on Tianzhu, and Dong and the Queen Mother meet once a year on Pengniao's back. When Dong came, he took the dragon, and the Queen Mother of the West took the tiger. The third is the birth of mother Kim. China's ancient philosophy holds that the universe is a cohesive life, in a chaotic state, just like an egg. There is a spirituality in this spirit, that is, Pangu. Then it began to evolve. Clear air rises to heaven, and turbid air falls to the ground. Pangu's aura is in the sky (Taoism is called Yuanshi Tianzun), and the rocks on the ground and the oozing blood produced Taiyuan Jade Girl. Yuanshi Tianzun and Taiyuan Jade Girl are closely related by blood, and further evolved in heaven. The celestial gas field is transformed into yin and yang, and yang is called Donghua as the true qi.

There are three more paintings on the north wall. The first one described the biography of the golden boy. According to the collection of fairy tales, children in the early Han Dynasty sang: "Wear skirts, enter Tianmen, worship the golden mother and worship Muxiong". No one knew it at that time, but he did, so he worshipped it again and said, "So did this golden boy of Dong. It is said that the gods of the world, everyone worships the golden mother and worships the wood. " The second picture is about Dong. The story of Dong becoming a Taoist immortal is called Jade Emperor (see Dong's explanation for details). The third picture tells the story of a jade girl holding a pot. Dong plays with her, Dong holds an arrow, she throws a pot, and everyone who throws the arrow in the pot laughs.

Dong Dian was founded in 1995 and completed in 1999. It costs 6.5438+0.8 million yuan, most of which comes from the donation of pilgrims in Taiwan Province Province.