Brief introduction of bigan temple

Bigan Temple is located in Weihui City, a county-level city under Xinxiang City, Henan Province.

In the history of China, the loyal minister who remonstrated with the monarch to death was called "the most benevolent person in the world". Zhou Wuwang regarded Bigen as a national god. Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty built a temple because of his loyalty. The existing building was rebuilt in the seventh year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty. Bigan Temple is an important building complex that combines temples with tombs. It is the first temple in China that contains tomb sacrifices, and is called "the first temple in the world". This temple is grand, simple and spectacular. The main building of the whole temple consists of Shinto, Zhaobi, Shanmen, Gate No.2, stele gallery, square timber, affiliated halls and main halls, with a total construction area of 47,000 square meters. There are many precious cultural relics preserved in the temple, and its calligraphy, sculpture and architectural style all have high taste and historical value.

Bigan Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit announced by the State Council in 1996, and has now become a tourist attraction integrating tombs, temples and precious historical relics. Bigan Tomb is the first recorded tomb-burial tomb in China. It occupies a decisive historical position with its long history, complete layout, grand scale and rich cultural accumulation, and is called "the first tomb in the world". There are 64 stone tablets in Bigan Temple, covering almost every dynasty in China's history, from the inscription of Confucius' sword in the Spring and Autumn Period to the calligraphy inscription of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Yin Bigan's tombstone carved by Confucius' sword is the only original Confucius found so far, and it is known as "the first monument in the world". Emperor Xiaowen's Tomb Hanging Yin Bigan in the Northern Wei Dynasty is said to be Cui Haoshu, a famous calligrapher in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which is above Wei Bei's fine works. Qing Qianlong's Random Thoughts on Passing the Tomb of Emperor Tai Shang of Yin is a regular script, with neat and graceful rhyme, gorgeous and dignified, and quite regal. The fourth stone tablet on the left side of the stele gallery was written by Liu Xilong in the Qing Dynasty. The four characters of "three generations of loneliness and loyalty" are magnificent and solemn. There are also masterpieces handed down from ancient times in the monument, such as Emperor Taizong's imperial edict to seal the surname Bi Gan, playing the seal of the surname Bi Gan, and Liu Minzhong's forgiveness of Bi Gan's tombstone in the Yuan Dynasty. These are world-famous historical sites and rich treasures of ancient calligraphy art in China. The characteristic plants such as Sinkiang cypress, cypress and heartless vegetable in the temple form a unique natural landscape.

Bigan is Lin's great ancestor in the world. Weihui Bigan Temple is the root of forest on earth. Since 1993, Weihui Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government has held a birthday commemorative meeting for Bi Gan every year, and Lin descendants at home and abroad have come to Weihui to pay homage to their ancestors. Bigan Temple has become a sacred place for Bigan's descendants at home and abroad.