Zongsheng Palace was originally a place where astrologers in the Zhou Dynasty watched the stars and the gas. Because Laozi told Yin the Tao Te Ching here, it was named Shangshu. Before the Tang Dynasty, it was called Louguan, also called Ancient Louguan and Caolouguan. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict was renamed Zongshengguan; In the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial edict was renamed Taiping and Shuntian. In the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial edict was renamed Zongsheng Palace, which has been in use ever since. From the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, there were government offices for management. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was gradually suppressed by earthquakes, flash floods and wars. The "Cultural Revolution" suffered another catastrophe and became a ruin. Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties were places where hermits cleaned up. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties are the Taoist Louguan School, which is the largest Taoist school in northern China. Quanzhen religion converted in Yuan Dynasty, and became the Dragon Sect of Quanzhen religion after Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before the Ming Dynasty, it was always the center of religious and cultural activities in Louguan.
Zongsheng Palace has experienced several ups and downs, the first glory was in the early Tang Dynasty, and the second glory was in the Yuan Dynasty. In the fourth year of Yuan Dynasty (1263), it was recorded on the tablet that Zongsheng Palace was rebuilt: it was originally a former residence of Yin, ordered by Hanguguan in the Spring and Autumn Period, and later became famous because Laozi gave lectures here, and a Taoist temple was built in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the second year of Tang Wude (6 19) and the eighth year of Yuan Taizong (1236), they were expanded one after another. Covering an area of 18 150 square meters, it faces south. From south to north, there are mountain gates, Zongsheng Palace, Xuanmen, Ancestor Hall, Ziyun Yanqing Building, Sanqing Hall, Shiwen Hall and Sizitang in turn along the central axis. "When you first enter the mountain gate, it's quiet, and the spring breeze comes to Ziyun Building first, and the snow disappears and the blue tiles are exhausted, and the smoke floats around Danyang" (Song Houshi). "Yao Huaqi's tree is resplendent and magnificent, and twelve pearls connect five cities" (Yuan Shikai's poem Sadu). Now it's all ruined.
In history, Zongsheng Palace suffered several disasters, most of the stone tablets and stone carvings have been lost, and only a dozen pieces remain in Zongsheng Palace. Among them, 1 belongs to the national first-class protected cultural relics, 2 belong to the national second-class protected cultural relics, and the rest are all third-class.
1, Dayuan rebuilt the Shi Wen Temple Monument, a national first-class protected cultural relic. Engraved in 1303. Du Daojian wrote an article. The inscription briefly introduces Yin's life story and the lost process of his work Guanyin Zi.
2. Stone carving in Sui Dynasty. The author and the age of placement are unknown. * * * There are two, a man and a woman. The lion is mighty and majestic, and the lioness is gentle and gentle. Now it is placed in front of Sanqing site. This group of stone carving works fully embodies the aesthetic concept and craft level of China stone carving art in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties.
3. Stone carvings in Yuan Dynasty. Put it in 1278. Originally, it was a group, one was a big cow and the other was a calf. The calf was lost during the Cultural Revolution. The cows in the works are well-proportioned and have distinct bones, one in the form of eyes and the other in the form of gaze, which echo each other and have high artistic appreciation value.
There are more than ten ancient and famous trees in Zongsheng Palace, most of which were planted in the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. These trees are living fossils of the living history of the Palace. After thousands of years of wind and rain, most of them are still full of vitality.
According to legend, Ginkgo biloba was planted by Gigi Lai II personally, and it has a history of more than 2,600 years. After several disasters, they can always be reborn after the disaster and become sacred objects in the minds of believers and some local people. Incense burns under the tree all the year round.
One of the nine cypresses. According to legend, Lao Tzu used to come to Louguan to preach and teach the classics. According to folklore, Lao Tzu taught Yin the art of keeping in good health and prolonging life. The nine coopers in front of and behind his house were attracted by him, like an old man standing beside him, listening attentively. Now two of them are dead.
Three eagles and cypresses. According to folklore, during his stay in Louguan, Lao Zi not only sat down and talked with Yin, but also discussed the art of becoming an immortal with each other and taught Yin how to forge jade elixir, which was overheard by three eagles in the tree beside the house. The next day, Lao Tzu and Yin went out and didn't come back. Three eagles sneaked into the room and stole the elixir successfully refined by Lao Zi. When I knew, I was so angry that I immediately put three thieves on Cooper next to the house. From then on, Sanying can't get away from it. Over time, it condenses with the branches of its life.
The incense in the sacred palace has always been extremely strong. On the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar, hundreds of people come to Fiona Fang to worship gods and burn incense, especially on the first and second days of the lunar calendar.
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, affected by earthquakes, flash floods and wars, it was gradually depressed, and it was devastated during the Cultural Revolution and became a ruin. In September, 2000, it was rebuilt according to the general plan of Zongsheng Palace in Yuan Dynasty contained in the stone tablet. The rebuilt Zongsheng Palace covers an area of about 1 12 mu.