Restoration and Construction of laojunmiao in Xinjin, Sichuan Province

From the parking lot at the foot of the mountain along the central axis, on the stone steps, the first hall is Lingzu Building, which is a building leaning on the mountain, dedicated to Taoist protector Wang Lingguan, with a red face and beard and glaring eyes, golden red robe and green boots shining, holding Lingguan tactic in his left hand and golden whip in his right hand, stepping on hot wheels and Xiangyun. After Wang Lingguan was awarded the truth, the Jade Emperor named him "the innate commander of the celestial whistle", who was in charge of the picket in heaven and earth and became the patron saint of Taoism. People praise: three eyes can see what's going on in the world, and a whip can wake people on earth. Next to the four heavenly kings, the back of the temple is dedicated to Marshal Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth. There are 64 stone steps behind the Lingzu Building, symbolizing the sixty-four hexagrams, reaching the Mixed Yuan Hall in the second hall.

Hunyuan Hall is a hard mountain building with a single eaves. The main hall is dedicated to the ancestor of the mixed yuan who holds the mixed yuan Kun circle, and the sun emperor and the Taiyin emperor (the god of the sun and the moon) are dedicated to the left and right. The ancestor of the mixed yuan dynasty was Taishang Laojun, and Song Zhenzong respected Taishang Laojun as the emperor of the mixed yuan dynasty, so he was called the ancestor of the mixed yuan dynasty. The mixed Ganyuan Kunquan Circle and the Sun, Moon and Xing Jun symbolize infinity and Tai Chi, which produces Yin and Yang and transforms everything. This means that the origin of the world is in a state of chaos, and it is the founder of the mixed yuan dynasty. There are 36 steep stone stairs behind Hunyuan Temple. Each ladder is more than a foot long, and its feet are higher than its hands, so it is called a ladder. Thirty-six stone steps symbolize thirty-six days, which is a ladder from low to high for cultivating immortals. Climbing for 36 days shows that it has reached the highest realm of Taoism. Above the 36 steps is the Sanqing Hall, the main hall of laojunmiao at the top of Laojun Mountain. There is a gossip pavilion in front of the temple, built in 1926, which symbolizes the Taoist doctrine of "the sky is round, the yin and yang are harmonious, and the gossip mates with thousands". There is a statue of the old man riding a green cow in the pavilion, and behind the pavilion is the Sanqing Hall.

Sanqing Hall, built in 193 1, is a single-eave hard-mountain building with a width of eight bays. The temple is dedicated to each Sanqing god about 4 meters high. Sitting on the lotus platform in the middle of the Hall of Ursa Major is the Jade Qingyuan Stone Buddha, also known as Tianbaojun. His head is covered with divine light, his left hand is empty, and his right hand is empty, which symbolizes the "infinite" state when the world is unformed, everything is unborn, the turbid world is undecided, Yin and Yang are inseparable, and chaos, that is, the first century when the universe was formed. Living in the Qing dynasty, called Yu Qing. On the left is Qing Lingbao Tianzun, also known as Lingbaojun. He holds a Taiji diagram, which symbolizes the "Taiji" state of chaos, turbidity and yin and yang, that is, the second century when the universe was formed. The field you live in is called Qingqing. On the right is Taiqing Moral Buddha, that is, Taishang Laojun, also known as Shenbaojun. Hand-cranked Fan Chi overlooks everything in the world, symbolizing the third century of the formation of the universe. Living in the big red sky is too clear, so it is called too clear. The Nine-Day Biological Chapters says, "Although No.3 is different, it is the same." Sanqing is the personification and alias of Tao. The hatchback is pressed with twelve golden fairy molds. On the left side of Sanqing Hall is Laihexuan. Legend has it that on a bright moon night, seven immortals flew to Laojun Mountain by white crane, perched on the branches of towering cypress trees, and auspicious clouds surged. Seven real people, such as Qiu Changchun, Ma Danyang and Sun Buer, are enshrined in the Qizhen Hall behind Sanqing Hall. They are graceful and freely riding on seven cranes with different postures, which is the embodiment of this legend.

Opposite the Qizhen Hall is Sanyuan Taoist Temple, dedicated to the Emperor Wei Zi of Shangyuan, the Emperor Qingling of the Central Plains and the Emperor Jiegu of Xia Yuan, belonging to Qing Yu, Shangqing and Taiqing respectively. In God Bless the People, on the fifteenth day of the first month, that is, on the earth, people's sins and blessings are set by the school. The magistrate forgives sins and comes to the world on July 15 every year to quit sins and be blessed. Every year1October15th, water officials come to the world to give up sin and pray for people to eliminate disasters. When Zhang Daoling founded Shi Tiandao, he had already offered sacrifices to Heaven, Earth and Water, and the calligraphy of the three fairs was also a way for Taoist priests to pray for medical treatment. Taoism takes the fifteenth day of the first month, the fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of October as the birthdays of the three officials of heaven, earth and water. Laojunmiao inherited the tradition of Taoism in Shi Tian, and built the Jindaochang and Huangdaochang during this period, in order to pray and eliminate disasters. Above Sanyuan Temple is Doulao Building, which is a rest mountain building dedicated to congenital Brahma Doulao. Doulao, also known as Doumu, is honored by Taoism as "the mother of Ming Dow" and the mother of the Big Dipper. Around laojunmiao, there are more than 200 ancient cypresses in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with towering branches and leaves, vigorous and majestic, and evergreen all the year round. From a distance, it looks like a book screen, looming between clouds and smoke at sunrise, with clouds surging in sunny days and gloomy colors in rainy days, so it has the reputation of "thick japonica clouds" Every time I take a nap in laojunmiao, I can feel the true artistic conception of "clearly pointing out the fairy cave, quite like ancient times".

Zhai Jie Yike laojunmiao is a famous traditional religious activity in Western Sichuan Taoist Temple.

Fasting, commonly known as Fa Hui, refers to offering sacrifices to gods and setting up an altar to pray for them, which is a unique religious ceremony in Taoism. The purpose of fasting is to let people communicate with the gods, pray for the blessing of the gods and bless the disaster. Fasting is divided into "fasting" and "fasting" "Rite", commonly known as Yangfa, is commonly known as "chanting Buddha", which means to pray in good faith, such as disaster relief, settlement, gratitude, wishing, prosperous fortune and smooth career. "Fasting", called Yin method, is a kind of practice for ancestors, unjust relatives, creditors and lonely souls without prayers, so that the seven ancestors and souls of believers know that they will be separated from each other forever, and that ten kinds of four lives will transcend Yin, so that believers will always be clear and happy. Large-scale fasting in laojunmiao in recent ten years mainly includes: 1.992 July "water and land fasting" 1.2 days; 1July, 993, Du Zhai was completed 12 days, and in August, in response to the call of the Chinese Taoist Association, Luotian Dayan (laojunmiao is the southern Sichuan altar) was completed 12 days; On February 15, 2004, an altar was set up to celebrate eternal life and set up a "land and water mountain"; In April, as a sub-venue of "China (Chengdu) Taoist Culture Festival", the "Ten Thousand People's Law Meeting" was held.

There are quite a few temple fairs in laojunmiao, including Shangyuan Fair on the 15th of the first month, Laojun Fair on the 15th of February, Tomb-Sweeping Day Ancestor Worship Fair in March, Wang Yaohui on the 28th of April, Zhongyuan Fair on the 15th of July, Jiuhuang Gratitude Fair in September and Xia Yuan Fair on the 15th of October. Among them, the Laojunhui on February 15th of the lunar calendar is the most famous. According to legend, the 15th day of the second lunar month is the Christmas day of Laojun, and it is the day when laojunmiao holds a grand ceremony. Believers who went to worship the holy mountain and catch up with the temple fair flocked to laojunmiao with Qing Xiang in their arms and red candles in their hands. It is about 3 kilometers from Laonanhe Bridge in Xinjin County to laojunmiao, and people are constantly flowing. What's more, with Laojun Mountain as the core, Fiona Fang has more than ten miles of land, and people are crowded everywhere. The intimate blending of man and nature constitutes a folk picture of hundreds of thousands of people in the western Sichuan plain.

Today, laojunmiao is the ten-square jungle of Quanzhen Taoism, which inherits the legacy of Longmen method and ancient thick japonica cultivation. It is one of the important venues for Taoism in western Sichuan, which has a great influence on the history of Taoism in China and believers at home and abroad.