Celebrity Temple Bigan Temple He 'nan Weihui Bigan Temple

Celebrity Temple Bigan Temple He 'nan Weihui Bigan Temple

Weihui Bigan Temple is located in Bigan Village, northeast of Weihui City, Henan Province, covering an area of 44,000 square meters. The temple was built because of the tomb and was built in the eighteenth year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 494). Emperor Taizong made Bigan a brave man, Yuan Renzong made a statue for Bigan, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty wrote poems and dedicated words, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty restored the main hall of Bigan Hall. The existing Bigan Temple was rebuilt in Ming Shou in the seventh year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (AD 1494). Bigan Temple, with a history of 1500 years, is a national key cultural relic protection unit and a holy place for tourists at home and abroad and descendants of Bigan and Lin.

Bigan Temple faces south and is mainly built on the central axis. It is divided into twelve parts: Dan Xin Archway, Bigan Shinto, Bigan Statue, Zhaobi, Shanmen, Gate 2, Monument Gallery, Mufang, Chapel, Main Hall, Stone Square and Tombstone Pavilion. Its construction scale is magnificent, its craftsmanship is exquisite and its characteristics are unique. Surrounded by red walls. When you enter Bigan Temple, the first thing you see is a statue of Bigan Palace, which is 4 meters high and carved with white marble. About 30 meters away from the statue is the mountain gate of Bigan Temple. On the top of the glazed tile of the mountain gate, 98 gold nails are embedded in two red door panels, and a plaque is hung in front of the door, which reads "Yin Taishi Bigan Temple" in gold. Opposite the mountain gate stands a glass curtain wall. Bypassing the screen wall, two magnificent and tall stone lions stood in front of the temple. Inside the second door is a wooden Fang, with two columns on the first floor and a yellow-green glazed tile roof. There are two dragons playing with beads, flowers, patterns, characters and stories in the wooden component color painting.

On both sides are stele corridors, which are 60m long from east to west and 18m wide. There are many inscriptions on the corridor, including more than 100 buildings. Most of his inscriptions were written by emperors, generals, famous ministers and scholars. Among them, the most famous is The Carved Silver Pen of the Emperor, written by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the 18th year of Taihe, which is 2.56m high and 1.03m wide. 1963 is listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

Go through three doors, and you'll reach the Great Hall of Bigan Temple. There is a primitive Buddhist pavilion in the main hall of Jiuji Hall, with a 4-meter-high Bigan statue built inside. On both sides of the Buddha Pavilion are statues of "Four donkey kong". On the roofs and walls of temples, there are colorful paintings of birds flying, flowers blooming and animals chasing. There is a towering worship hall in front of the main hall, which reads "Yin Taishi Hall Main Hall". There is a big iron clock weighing 750 kilograms in the hall, which belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

Walking through the tombstone pavilion, the sky is crisp and the tall grave is in front of you.

The existing tombstone in front of Bi Gan's tomb was erected in the 23rd year of Zhou Dynasty (497 BC), which is the first tombstone in China. Prior to this, the burial custom was only to plant cypress as a tombstone, and the epitaph was only built in the week. There is also a monument in front of Bi Gan's tomb, engraved with the four characters "Yin Bi Gan Mo (ancient Mo, tomb general)", which is said to be the only original work of Confucius, and was written by Confucius when he personally led his disciples to the tomb to mourn.