Is Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple open? What are the opening hours of Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple?

Zhengzhou City God Temple is the most intact ancient building in Zhengzhou. The whole temple building gives people a magnificent momentum. The architecture is rich in China ancient style elements, rich in cultural connotation and artistic aesthetics. It's worth seeing. Let's introduce it in detail below.

Is Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple open now?

Zhengzhou City God Temple officially resumed its opening to the outside world on March 19, 2008, and everyone can freely enter and visit.

Opening hours of Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple

09:00- 17:00; Closing time: 17:00

Brief introduction of Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple

Zhengzhou City God Temple is located on the north side of the east section of Shangcheng Road in Zhengzhou City, formerly known as Lingyouhou Temple. When was this temple built? There is no exact record in the literature. Town God, also called the Lord of Town God in some places, is one of the important gods generally worshipped in ancient Chinese religious culture, and is mostly served by famous ministers and heroes who have contributed to the local people. In China folk and Taoism, they are the gods to protect the city.

The temple faces south, and the main buildings are the mountain gate, the front hall, the music building, the Ursa major hall and the sleeping hall. All the buildings are covered with glazed tiles, covered with cornices, beautifully shaped and compact in structure. Le Lou is as high as 15 meters, a two-story building, with the style of mountains and rivers. There are several Youlong reliefs on the spine of the book. The phoenix flies up and down, and there are lotus flowers and lions on the left and right, which are very vivid. The two ends of the main spine of the main hall are carved with animals that swallow and kiss the spine, and several dragons are carved on both sides, decorated with phoenix and peony; The temple is engraved with "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", pines and cypresses, figures, birds and animals, and the composition is harmonious, exquisite and lifelike.

Zhengzhou City God Temple is dedicated to Ji Xin, the general of Han and Liu Bang.

In the third year of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang (204 BC), Xiang Yu surrounded Liu Bang in Xingyang. In times of crisis, Ji Xin pretended to be Hanwang, enabling Liu Bang to escape. "History as a Mirror" records: "In May, the general Ji Xin said to Hanwang: It's urgent, so I invite you to visit Chu, and the king can go." So he went out to the women's east gate in the evening and recruited more than 2,000 people to fight around. Ji Xin rode in Wang's car, and the Huang family was left. He said, "When the grain runs out, Hanwang will surrender to Chu." Long live Chu, when he went out of the city to see the east, dozens of Hanwang rode out of the west gate to catch Ji Xin and asked, "Is Hanwang here?" Yue: I'm out. "The Letter of Killing by Feather Burning" is the story.

According to the Records of Zheng County in the Republic of China, in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (150 1), Shi Chun, Jiajing (1527) and Li Rebuild (1570). Reconstruction in the 30th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (169 1), Zhou Zhinian in Chen Yikui (17 14), Longnian in Zhang Qian (1740) and Guangxu in Wurong (1890).

This temple faces south, with an original area of about 10 mu. It consists of gate, courtyard, theater, main hall, back bedroom and east-west corridor. The gate is 3 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep. This is a suspended gable with a green glazed tile roof. Under the eaves, three arches, three clouds and three mouths, the head is like a trunk. After the bucket arch, the vertical lotus column is inserted horizontally, which is connected with the gold purlin, and the upper end of the column directly bears the gold purlin. Before and after the Ming Dynasty, there were four stone pillars, surrounded by wooden pillars and in the middle, all of which were small octagons on the plane. The doors of the lounge chair are three-fold, and are installed on the columns respectively. In front of the door, build a 6-level fan-shaped vertical belt to stamp, and erect it left and right 1 pair of stone lions.

The court is more than 0 meter away from the gate 10, with 3 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep. This is a hard mountain building. It has a gray tile roof, big kisses at both ends of the spine, two dragons playing with pearls and Aquarius in the middle, a relief figure below and a statue in the middle. There are 1 pairs of knights chasing each other, with different postures and lifelike. The decorations on the vertical ridges are also rich in variety, with dragons and phoenixes dancing and a hundred flowers blooming. There are vertebrates such as lion rolling hydrangea, seahorse and roe fish, which are very delicate and beautiful. There is a two-liter bucket arch under the eaves.

There are curved stilts under the gable, and the bricks are carved to decorate Kirin, flowers and plants, and Sumitomo. Theater, also known as music building. It is near the courthouse, with the width of 3 rooms and the depth of 2 rooms. It is a pavilion that rests on the top of a mountain, and its height is over12m. The main building is in the middle, and there are side buildings under the eaves on the left and right sides, which are staggered up and down with overlapping wing angles.

There are treasure houses in front of and behind the main building. The former treasure house is supported by two small octagonal pillars, and the couplets engraved on the pillars are "out of the shadows, out of the world, back to life and death to wake up the world." Houbaoxia is a flower door type. The roof of the whole building 19 is inclined vertically and horizontally, with a big nose beast and a blue-green glass roof.

The whole building is small and exquisite with unique shape. More than 20 meters north of the Theater is the main hall, with three rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has a green glazed tile roof, a single eaves and a yellow-green glazed tile ridge. There are big kisses at both ends of the spine. The spine of the book is decorated with dragons and phoenixes and peonies. A lion vase stands on the spine of the book, and small treasure bottles are decorated on both sides. The vertical ridges and ridges are decorated with flowers, rolling grass and other patterns, and are matched with vertebrates such as lions. Under the eaves, the stone hangs on the bucket arch five times, and the mouth is pentagonal. There are two golden arches on the front eaves, and an arm box arch is used in the corner section.

The main hall is a column beam structure with nine purlins, longitudinal purlins and oblique rafters, which are arranged in a staggered and orderly manner. There are four six-wiping fans in the front and back rooms of the temple, and there are sill windows in the front and back rooms of the temple, all of which are gaudy. There are also colored paintings of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and twenty-four filial piety on the cushion arch under the eaves. There is a platform in front of the temple.

There is a sleeping hall 20 meters behind the main hall, which consists of a pilgrimage hall and a sleeping hall, separated by a trench. The sleeping hall is 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, which is a hanging mountain building; The worship building in front of the temple is five rooms wide and four rafters deep, with a shed roof. The roof is completely covered with green glazed tiles, and the roof is decorated with yellow-green glazed tiles. There are 2-meter-high kisses at both ends of the main ridge of the sleeping hall, and a pavilion with double eaves and mountains is decorated in the middle. On both sides of the ridge, dragons play with pearls, and the phoenix wears peony. Feathers, pomegranates and flowers are carved on the vertical ridge, which is exquisite. Under the eaves, there is a seven-step bucket arch, the corners of the mouth are rising, the head is playing like a nose, and the pillars are inserted horizontally behind the bucket arch, which is unique. There are colorful paintings painted on the arch under the eaves, with vivid shapes and rich themes, such as carp yue longmen and magpies playing plum blossoms.

Phoenix plays peony, pine crane prolongs the year, Long Hudou, lion rolls hydrangea and so on. There are two bright rooms in front of the temple with six fans, and there are sill windows between the tips, all of which are oblique.

There are many inscriptions of Ming and Qing dynasties in the courtyard of Chenghuang Temple, which describe the historical evolution and repair of Chenghuang Temple. Zhengzhou City God is Ji Xin, the general of Hanwang and Liu Bang. During the Chu-Han War, Hanwang Liu Bang was trapped in Xingyang City by Chu Xiang Yu. Ji Xin, the general around him, offered a trick and pretended to be Liu Bang, who took the opportunity to escape quietly. Liu bang escaped smoothly as planned, Ji Xin gave in easily, and angry Xiang Yu burned him to death. The story happened in Zhengzhou, and people were deeply moved by Ji Xin's loyalty, so they regarded Ji Xin as the city god of Zhengzhou.

It goes without saying that this temple has been restored many times. There are more than 20 inscriptions in the temple, among which the cursive inscription "Fu Zan" written by Zhang Dayou, director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the Ming Dynasty, is vigorous and even more precious. Only the tablet of "Fuzan" is left in the pen.

The full name of Zhengzhou City God Temple is "Zhengzhou City God Temple", which is located in the north of Shangcheng Road in Zhengzhou City and at the northern end of Gongren Road (formerly known as Town God Temple Street). Built in the early Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the 14th year of Hongzhi (150 1), it is one of the large-scale and well-preserved ancient buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties in Henan Province. For hundreds of years, although it has been repeatedly destroyed by wars, fires and man-made, it has been built and repaired many times, basically retaining the original appearance of history, so it is precious.

It is the most complete and largest ancient architectural complex in Henan at present. The temple was built in the early Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. There are mainly mountain gates, front halls, music buildings, main halls and bedrooms. All the halls are covered with glazed tiles, which are beautifully shaped and compact in structure. Among them, the music building is as high as 15 meters, and the carvings inside and outside the hall are very distinctive. The front roof is engraved with Youlong and Phoenix, and there are lotus flowers and lions beside it. Exquisite design and meticulous carving. Entering the main hall, dragons, phoenixes and peonies can be seen on both sides; The temple is engraved with "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", pine and cypress, figures, birds and animals, and the composition is harmonious and exquisite.

The temple is located on the north and south sides, including the entrance, the front hall, the theater, the main hall, the bedroom, the east and west corridors, etc.

Arranged in sequence along the central axis, with distinct layers and reasonable layout structure. All the buildings are covered with glazed tiles, covered with cornices, beautifully shaped and compact in structure. The whole building, with red bricks and green tiles, painted beams and carved buildings, is dignified, simple and elegant, and is a unique architectural masterpiece of Zhengzhou in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among them, the inclined mountain double-decker theater about five feet long is the best in Zhengzhou. Le Lou Gundam15m. It is a two-story building, with the style of mountains and rivers. There are several Youlong reliefs on the spine. There are phoenixes flying up and down, and there are lotus lions around, which are very vivid. The two ends of the main spine of the main hall are carved with animals that swallow and kiss the spine, and several dragons are carved on both sides, decorated with phoenix and peony; The temple is engraved with "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", pine and cypress, figures, birds and animals, and the composition is harmonious and exquisite, symmetrical and wonderful. Every year during the temple fair on March 18th of the lunar calendar, the ancient music on the stage is loud and the strings are bursting, which fascinates the audience.

In addition, vaudeville, folk crafts, and various famous snacks are listed in colorful ways, adding a lot of luster to the Chenghuang Temple. After liberation, the government allocated funds to repair it and reshape the golden body of the city god, which finally gave this 500-year-old "temple age" ancient building a new life.