Chen Jinggu's influence area

Putian has Mazu, the goddess of peace at sea, and Chen Jinggu, a famous goddess on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. According to historical records, Chen Jinggu's father Chen Chang is from Zhu Lin Village, Dongzhuang, Liquan Peninsula, Putian. Later, he went to Fuzhou to do business and married the daughter of a retired local official, Ge Shi. In the first year of Tang Dynasty (894), Chen Jinggu was born under Sanjie Street in Fuzhou. Today, Chen Jinggu's ancestral hall in Songshan, Xiuyu District still holds a woodcarving statue of Chen Jinggu, with the inscription "Song Zhenzong Xianping Two Years (999)" on the back.

From 1983, Mr. Ding Shuilong, director of Tai 'antang in Taoyuan County, Taiwan Province, went to Gutian Putian in Yongwen Fuzhou, Chinese mainland to find Chen Jinggu's ancestral home. 199 1 year, Songshan was finally confirmed as the ancestral home of Chen Jinggu. Since then, the number of Taiwan Province compatriots who came to worship their ancestors has increased year by year. 1995, Songshan rebuilt the ancestral hall of our lady of Shuntian in Tzu Chi Palace, covering an area of 12000 square meters.

According to legend, when Chen Jinggu 13 years old, he went to Lushan Mountain to study law and returned to his hometown after his studies. At the age of 26, he gave birth in Songdong cave. He was rescued by the master and got the method of "helping the children to protect the red" and returned the government to the people. At the age of 28, he had a son. Because she often saves people from danger, she is admired by the people and enshrined in a temple. Also, while her husband Yan Huang was patrolling in Bamin, Jinggu helped her solve the mystery. Tang Zhaozong named her Mrs. Linshui, Song Taizong named her "Shunyi", and Emperor Xianfeng of Qing Dynasty named her "Mother of Shuntian", which was praised and sealed for more than 20 times in past dynasties, and divided the spirit at home and abroad.

In many places in Fujian, whenever a woman is pregnant, that is, when she worships Mrs. Chen's shrine or hangs an idol in her room, she should burn incense and worship incense on the first and fifteenth days of the first lunar month to pray for a safe delivery. Once in labor, the mother-in-law prayed for the peace of mother and child before the throne of her god.

As Fujian ancestors went to Taiwan Province to work and earn a living in Southeast Asia, Chen Jinggu's beliefs were widely spread in Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia, and he was honored as the "goddess of protecting women and children". There are more than 200 Chen Jinggu Palace in Taiwan Province Province, and there are also many temples in Malaysia and Singapore. Xiuyu Songshan Temple attracted a large number of pilgrims from home and abroad to pay homage to their ancestors.

Chen Jinggu's belief is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which is reflected in the colorful Han folk activities. Whether it is "inviting incense" or "receiving fire" in the ancestral temple or praying for exorcism by family members, it is closely related to people's lives; From social resistance to natural disasters, to overcoming great difficulties, and then to the protection of production and harvest by small family members, it can be said that it has been deeply integrated into people's social life, so it has spread for thousands of years and flourished so far. Chen Jinggu Temple, the fairy valley Mazu Temple of Songshan Temple, a cultural relic protection unit in Fujian Province, is located in Songshan Temple, Xiangshan Village, Dongzhuang Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province. Built in an unknown age, it is a wood-like and stone-like building with three rooms wide and two rooms deep, and a wooden structure with hanging beams on the top of the mountain. Chen Jinggu, the wife of Linshui, is enshrined in the temple. There is an ancient Zhangmu statue of Chen Jinggu engraved in the second year of Song Zhenzong Xianping (AD 999). Now, a new temple building has been built in front of the ancestral hall, which is extraordinary in momentum. It is said that Mrs Linshui's ancestral home is in Zhu Lin Village at the foot of the mountain, and the locals call her "Aunt Xian". Every time Mrs. Linshui's birthday and death anniversary, Chen's descendants will invite this ancient statue back to Chen's ancestral temple to worship, and the locals call it "Xiangu going to her mother's house."

Gutian Waterfront Palace is the main place where Chen Jinggu lived as an adult, and its miracles are mainly produced here, and it is honored as the ancestral temple by most believers who believe in Chen Jinggu. According to textual research, Mr. Ding Shuilong of Taiwan Province Province believes that Xiuyu Songshan in Putian City is the ancestral temple of Chen Jinggu. In the mid-1990s, believers in Taiwan Province Province and other places sought roots, burned incense and worshipped, and donated money to build an ancestral temple in Chenjinggu. At the initiative of Taiwan Province compatriots, a building complex with a total area of 65,438+2,000 square meters was built at the present site not far from the ancestral hall, which is called Chen Jinggu Ancestral Hall. From the gate, the stage, the front hall, the main hall to the back hall, it is orderly. The front hall with double eaves on the top of the mountain is quite imposing. The two pairs of big dragon columns are beautifully carved, and the hall is open, with only one eye-catching wooden screen. Wang Daohan wrote a congratulatory message, which reflected the distinct belief background and the same ancestry of cross-strait exchanges. The main hall has three eaves on the roof and 36 stone pillars in the hall; Behind it is the parents' hall, the 36 th palace of the hatchback, and all kinds of postures are arranged in two rows: hug, hug and hug the child. There are Baihua Pool and Baihua Bridge between the main hall and the parents hall, and there is a worship pavilion in front of the main hall. The front hall is Lin Er Hall, and the main hall is flanked by buildings such as Bell and Drum Tower, Baiting Hall and Piandian Hall, all of which are antique Chinese fir brick structures. The main platform of Daxiong Hall is1.56m high, and the statue of Chen Jinggu, the mother of Shuntian, is 4.18m high. The whole building complex is atmospheric, sparse in pattern and open in courtyard, which is a fine building in coastal areas. The former residence of the Notre Dame of Shuntian Chen Jinggu is located at No.72 Gongnong Road, Cangshan District, Fuzhou, and is the birthplace of the Notre Dame of Shuntian Chen Jinggu. According to "A Bie Ji in Du Min", "When my wife is in labor, Jing Yun will cover the room and the purple gas will be full, which is a good omen". The existing former residence was renovated in 2004, covering an area of over 300 square meters. It's small and elegant. Existing main hall, Longquan ancient well, memorial archway, release pond, Baihua Garden and other buildings, with flowers and bamboos in all seasons. The main hall is a wooden frame, dedicated to the saints such as the Virgin Shuntian, the Natural Buddha, the Holy Father and the 36-year-old female official. There are plaques hanging in the temple, such as "Shun Yi Ying Tian", "Chongfu Youmin" and "Mother Earth Creatures". Longquan ancient well is a monument since the Tang Dynasty, and the Virgin of Shuntian, Chen Jinggu, grew up eating it. The ancient well is a cave well with a unique bottom and huge culverts. Moreover, the well water is connected with the rain praying place at Longtan corner of Minjiang River, which is full of running water all the year round, so it is clear and sweet so far.

Every year in March of the Gregorian calendar, the former residence holds the "Mrs. Chen Jinggu Folk Culture Festival", distributing safe cakes, mothers' milk returning to their parents' homes, sacrificial ceremonies, cultural performances, national tours and other colorful cultural activities, further promoting and spreading the waterfront culture, virgin Hong En. During the cultural festival, representatives of temples on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and believers from all over the country gathered on the banks of the Minjiang River and Nantai Island to jointly commemorate this goddess of peace who protects children and babies.

Linshui Palace is a palace dedicated to Chen Jinggu, the Taoist goddess of Taoist temple, and is recognized as the "mother of Shuntian" at home and abroad. Linshui Palace is located in Nakamura, Gutianqiao Town, 39 kilometers away from the county seat. The seaside palace is a unique imitation of the Tang Dynasty palace building. Founded in the eighth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 792), it was rebuilt and expanded in Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with a history of 1200 years. It is a waterfront palace ancestral hall distributed all over the world.