Relevant figures of Xianweng Temple

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the weavers had a god who specialized in dyeing cloth tubes, named Mei and Ge Ersheng, and set their sacrificial days as April 14th and September 9th. There are two versions of the origin of these two saints. First, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor ordered Mei and Ge to change their positions in color, with indigo as the main color to make multicolored dyes, with yellow as the respect and colorful flowers as the beauty to teach people.

Second, there was an old man resting under a big tree in ancient times. He often saw a kudzu bird flying to the tree to peck at the residual fruit of plums, and the ground was yellow. The careful old man regarded Gebold's pecking at plums as a magical trick, from which he realized the truth of preparing various colors. When Mei Ge became the incarnation of the immortal, people respected Mei Ge and Mei Erxian as dyeing gods.

With the rise of Taoism, there are many immortals in Taoism who are guided by flying training. The wonderful change of the printing and dyeing industry "golden flowers rise from the urn and pearls emerge from the stone" is intrinsically related to alchemy. Over time, people regard Ge Sheng, the dyeing god, and Ge Xianweng, the alchemist, as the same immortal to worship sandalwood. Ge Xianweng was honored as the god of dyeing cloth vats.

Ge Xianweng's real name is Ge Hong, and he is from Jurong, Jiangsu. Ge Hong was born in a wealthy family in the south of the eastern Jin Dynasty. When he was young, he was famous as a Confucian scholar, with both literary and talent. At the age of 20, he was named General Fu Bo because of his outstanding military exploits, but their interests and hobbies were all immortal cultivation methods.

Ge Hong was born in an alchemist family, and his granduncle Ge Xuan called "Gong Xian" the apprentice of Zuo Ci in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In order to learn the alchemy of his ancestors, he took Andrew, the "immortal", as his teacher and got his biography. Later, he worshipped Bao Liang, the magistrate of Nanhai, as a teacher, studied divination Daoism, and married Bao Liang's daughter Bao Gu.

Ge Hong resigned and left home when he was nearly forty years old. He came to build a house in the west of Baoshan Mountain in Hangzhou to practice and meditate. Hao Tao Bao Piao Zi. While practicing alchemy, he collected herbs to treat the people and did many good things for the local people. People here call him "Ge Xianweng", and his mountain is called Geling, where a "Gexian Temple" was built, and then it was expanded to "Baopu Park". It is a famous Taoist temple in China.

In his later years, Ge Hong collected herbs from an alchemist in Luofushan, Guangzhou, and created a holy land of Lingnan Taoism. He died in Luofu Mountain at the age of 8 1, and people built a famous Taoist temple for him. The "longevity well" in the view was carved by Ge Hong during his alchemy, and the well water is very precious. There was a time when a bucket of rice was exchanged for a bucket of water.

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Xianweng Temple is a small temple with an unremarkable architectural style, but it reflects a fascinating history. I have been to dozens of temples in Fiona Fang, but only one place is dedicated to the great sacrifice of Ge Xianweng, the master of dyeing people. Every year on the ninth day of the first month, the dyed people near Yangquan Village will give incense to Lord Xian Weng and present a play to celebrate his birthday. Dyed people and their families will go to the temple to bow down and pray for peace.

Xianweng Temple represents the history of pacifying a group of businessmen to work hard in dyehouses, and it is a cultural relic worth protecting.

The temple protection concept of Xianweng Temple is also quite innovative. Generally speaking, temples are rebuilt with donations every few decades. However, Xianweng Temple was rented in a cave under the temple, and the rent was used as the fund for repairing the temple. The old is new, the broken is repaired, which makes the temple look good all year round. On a small monument in the courtyard, there is a project record of Daoguang 65438+ temple repair, with rent from 2002 to 2005. The management method of Xianweng Temple is worth discussing.