Next to Miaotou Village in Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, there is a temple of worship for more than 1,400 years. It is the largest and most complete temple of the sea gods preserved among the four sea gods in China. It is an important place for emperors of all dynasties to worship the sea and one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road. It is the Temple of the South China Sea.
The entrance of the Nanhai Temple Scenic Area
The Nanhai Temple was built in the 14th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty (594) and is located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, emperors of all dynasties have sent important officials to sacrifice to the sea. The imperial inscriptions of Kangxi and Hongwu were written by Su Shi and Han Yu. Here, there are 47 steles of dynasties in the temple, which are called “Southern Stele Forest” by later generations. For thousands of years, Chinese and foreign ships have come to the temple to worship the South China Sea God and pray for peace. The Temple of the South China Sea therefore witnessed the glorious history of ancient maritime trade and became one of the birthplaces of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
Nanhai Temple Scenic Area Information List
Babaylan 1990 clothes drawNow today, Nanhai Temple Scenic Area drawThe Temple of the Sea God has become a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national 4A-level tourist attraction. The “Bolo Dan” temple fair from the 11th to the 13th of the lunar calendar every year has also become a national intangible cultural heritage. The “Sea Don’t Rise” archway stands in front of the temple, inheriting the thousand-year-old Temple of the South China Sea God.th drawconstant prayers and blessings.
The legend of “South Sea God”
The name of the South Sea God is Zhurong, and some historical books also call it Zhu Chi. There are many folk legends about who Zhurong is. Some legends say that Zhurong was a Chinese emperor and a musician; some legends say that Zhurong was a Situ who specialized in identifying directions during the reign of Emperor Huang, and was the ancestor of the Chu people. There are also legends that Zhurong is originally the God of Fire, and the south is also belongs to fire, so Zhurong is also the god of the south.
Scenery of the Temple of the South China Sea
The Temple of the South China Sea is located in Fuxu Town (now Huangpu Templetou) on the estuary of the Pearl River on the north bank of the Pearl River, facing Fuxu River (a section of the Pearl River), connected to the east Cinema 1950 witch clothes drawZiyang, connected to Humen below and back to Guangzhou, was a major sea transportation area for entry and exit from Guangzhou in ancient times. Through this, you can reach various countries in the South China Sea. Fuxu Town has a very superior geographical location and is known as “only a hundred steps away from the sea, with thousands of waves coming from the wind and waves, and the shore is facing an unexpected abyss.” The ancients believed that this was an ideal place to build the Sea God Temple.
The main entrance of the Nanhai Temple
The tenth year of Kaihuang of the Sui DynastyCinema 1950 witch cloth draw In the fourth year (594), Emperor Wen of Sui issued an edict to build the Sihai Temple to worship the Four Seas, build the Nanhai Temple in the Nanhai Sea in Guangzhou, and hired a wizard to preside over the sweeping of the temple and href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw worships the South China Sea God, and pine, cypress and trees are planted in the temple, so the South China Sea God Temple is established.
Da Xi Sikong and the Temple of the South Sea
NanKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe Temple of the Sea God is also known as the “Poro Temple”, and the origin of this alias is related to a Gentile Da Xi Sikong.
Da Xi Sikong in the South China Sea TempleCinema 1950 witch cloth drawStatue
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a tribute envoy named Da Xi in the ancient Polo Kingdom (ancient India). After coming to Beijing to pay tribute, he came to Guangzhou Nanhai Temple to visit and sacrifice, and planted two Polo tree seeds brought from the ancient Polo Kingdom in the temple. Because he was obsessed with the exquisiteness in the temple, he missed his return journey, so he looked at the sea all year round and cried, raised his left hand in front of his forehead to look at the sea, and finally stood on the beach. Later generations therefore worshipped statues in temples, commonly known as “Fan Guiwang Polu”, and the temple is also called “Polu Temple”.
“Balo Dan” Temple Fair
Balo Dan is also known as Babaylan 1990 clothes drawThe birthday of the South China Sea God. The meeting period is from the eleventh to the thirteenth of the second lunar month every year, and the thirteenth is the birthday. The Polo Dan Temple Fair is a very grand event in the Lingnan region. The ancient sea sacrifice ceremony and the Five Sons Dynasty King and other traditional sacrificial activities were held during this period.
The grand scene of the Polo Dan Temple Fair Liang Yitao Babaylan 1990 cloth draw
At that time, a long stall outside the temple will be set up, filled with Polo chickens, Polo rice dumplings and other delicacies, and the temple will be filled with Komiks 1960 witch clothes drawThe people pray for blessings, and young men and women dig under the red bean tree. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw picked up lovesick beans and prayed for beautiful love, which was circulated among the people.Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe common saying “The first one is to travel to Polo, the second one is to marry a wife”.
The Polo Dan temple fair is rich in content, containing the most representative traditional folk culture and profound marine cultural heritage in the Lingnan region. In 2011, “Polo Dan” was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list project.
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Under the Sun Pavilion
In the early years of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (1094), the great writer Su Dongpo worshiped the god of the South China Sea. He climbed to the Sun Pavilion in the Bath Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, marveled at the magnificent sunrise on the sea, and wrote the poem “The Sun Pavilion in the South China Sea” with emotion. As soon as this poem was released, the Sun Pavilion became famous and attracted countless literati and poets to visit. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the eight scenic spots of the SheepBabaylan 1990 cloth draw was selected for the first time, and the “Fu Xu Bathing on the Sun” was rated as the first scenic spot, which lasted for a hundred years.
Where is the beautiful title of “Southern Stele Forest”?
<a href="https://funThere are many precious information about the Maritime Silk Road and Guangzhou history in the South China Sea Temple. The emperors of all generations often send officials to worship the South China Sea God, repair the Sea God God, and erect monuments to record the events. The South China Sea Temple has 47 steles inscribed in the Tang Dynasty (Tang Monument Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw draw1 piece, 3 pieces of Song stele, 3 pieces of Yuan stele, 17 pieces of Ming stele, 4 pieces of Qing stele, 10 pieces of copy stele, 9 pieces of modern poetry stele), the Tang Hanyu stele, Song Kaibao stele, Ming Hongwu stele, etc. are all very precious cultural relics. Therefore, the South China Sea Temple is also known as the “Southern Stele Forest”.
The inscriptions in the South China Sea Temple
It is worth mentioning that in front of the main entrance of the South China Sea Temple, there is an ancient stone archway. The archway is a Qing Dynasty building with four big words “The sea does not rise and fall”. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawFang “The mouth of Fuxu, the bay of yellow wood”, is a must-pass place for Chinese and foreign merchants to enter and exit Guangzhou. The four words “The sea does not rise and fall” represent the most sincere wish for peace and good fortune when emperors and ministers, merchants, helmsmen and shipmen walked out of this prosperous ancient port for thousands of years.
The Qing Dynasty archway “The sea does not rise”
Some sources of information: South China Sea Temple