Guilin Gongcheng Wu Temple
The temple (Guan Yu Temple) is a memorial to the Three Kingdoms Guan Yu temple. Before the Ming Dynasty Mao (16O3), the Qing emperor Kangxi fifty-nine years (1720) rebuilt in the Qing Xianfeng four years (1854) destroyed in the flames of war, Tongzhi year (1862), once again rebuilt. In 1984, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region people's government funding for maintenance, tied for the key cultural relics protection units in the autonomous region.
The temple is located in Gongcheng County in the West Indian foothills, is on the right side of Confucious'temple. The two temple in the temple base site quite elegant, accounted for two of the same mountain ridges, separated by 50m, both adjacent and mutually corresponding. Interesting is the Confucious'Temple South East South East Wu Temple 6 degrees, 45 degrees, if the extension of respective axis intersection respectively from wumiao 100m, Confucious' temple 110m. This is a short, intends to arrange two sages ancestors on the length, or natural coincidence, to be verified.
The total width of the temple of 32.55m, depth of 66.8m, mainly by wood frame and brick mixed bearing type structure, no Front Gate, access from the west side of the door. The whole temple covers an area of 2100 square meters, construction area of 1033 square meters, is arranged in the front hall, main hall, Yu Ting stage, and on both sides of the house, and the West wing. The stage is the whole essence of temple, where exactly he says it was a Yan Wu Taiwan: mesa high 1.32M, and high margin table 25cm, on stage but no steps, one of the high table, acting on how? Only for the contest, only such arrangement. In addition to the stage platform of stone, the upper for the whole wooden structure. Logefil stone figures relief, carved doors and windows sash and a shrine on the stage, four Kim straight to the top floor, under the top load, under the eaves eave column to. From the eaves middle rises, the middle of a Taiwan caisson, like upside down bell wood wall paint polish. The bottom plate was placed in 36 water tanks, when Taiwan on drums, the sound from the tank from different angles to the reflection, concentrated resonate in the caisson, can expand the sound, the sound of ten miles. This is the witness of the working people in ancient China has achievements in the history of acoustics. The stage of red huangwa, pan green golden roof; Yan Xie Shan, a high mountain ridge Alice, dragon and Phoenix, dark bird characters such as sin clay sculpture, lifelike. The palace is a richly ornamented building, and after an eaves day, majestic, stunning architectural essence. The past is the majestic tall statue in the main hall, front hall and sages temple. Every day is the 16th day of the sixth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the day of worship Guan Yu parade.
Original name
Gongcheng temple, also called Guan Yu Temple, is the worship of the Three Kingdoms Guan Yu temple. Guan Yu's Mingyu, word cloud. Because of the war with Wu died, was posthumously to Zhuang Miao Hou, the local people in the mountain temple worship Jade Spring. But until the Tang Dynasty, the folk influence is not great. The Northern Song Dynasty, was called the public (called Monday Zhenjun). But because of Kanba Tada, courage, benevolence and justice in a country with his loyalty to fight bravely, life to treat people with benevolence, righteousness, brings together almost all the virtues of the Chinese nation. So, more and more influence. The last is regarded as Guanshengdijun, commonly known as the. Two Buddhist teaching is also competing for the only goalkeeper Luo Guan yu. The Buddhist dharma temple, Taoism is the Ze Shan Mine in Laolong reincarnation, revered as a true gentleman. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guan Yu has become the man God first, and Confucius shoulder and become Wensheng "Wu sheng". Among the people, all walks of life to the worship of Guan Yu, even to Confucius. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wu Guan Yu has become God, God protect our homes and defend our country from all walks of life, God bless the world, industry, the promotion of the rich merchants Kuixing, bless the God of wealth, in addition to disaster treatment, punish evil, evil provision for rebellious God of justice and blessing of god. Now, Guan Yu's influence has across time and space, across the nationality, from home and abroad of the worship and admiration of all the children of the Yellow Emperor.
According to the inscription records, in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Gongcheng temple has been built. The song to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the social from all walks of life to public beautification, sanctification and deification of the rising tide, and the Gongcheng wumiao conducted several large-scale repair, reconstruction and expansion. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the temple on fire several times, suffered heavy losses, but also in years to repair and reconstruction. After the establishment of People's Republic of China people's Government of Gongcheng, the ancient buildings of great importance, not only will it be included in the national key cultural relics protection units, and repeatedly on funding, the temple maintenance repair, which basically restored the original history.
A brief introduction to the history of
The temple was built in Ming Dynasty in 1603, has three times rebuilt, now gradually repair, restore the original. The temple and Confucious'Temple 110 meters apart, creating the temple, not only the coexistence of China miracle.
The temple covers an area of more than 2130 square meters, construction stage, the main hall, after Toumen, Yuting, temple and liangxiangpeidian, mainly by wood frame and brick mixed type bearing structure. The temple is Front Gate, from both sides opened the door and enter, which is said to not let the outside air jet in a strong gas directly influence the. Both were written "patriotic" 8 characters, "an min Ji Shi Guan as the rule of meaning. The temple construction stage, the main hall, temple, temple and CO liangxiangpeidian. The whole building Yan Xie Shan, wing fly Alice, mountain ridge floral clay, dark dragon and Phoenix, the eight immortals, bird characters, true to life. Yellow green glazed tile roof and Confucious'Temple Mount Hui as one solution, forming a beautiful decoration printed under the mountain ocean waves. The Gongcheng Guangxi temple is preserved in Guan Yu Temple so far, known as the "Guangxi Temple" the crown is one of the unique landscape of Guilin tourism in the area.
Address: area of respectful city county adjacent to the temple, distance of 110 meters.
Busline: Guilin Guilin to Gongcheng bus ride.