Guanlin Temple, located in Luoyang, is a tourist attraction. I have collected the introduction of scenic spots in Guanlin Temple, hoping to help you.
Guanlin is the burial place of the warrior Guan Yu. It is also the only ancient classic building in China dedicated to "forest, temple and harmony". It was built in the Han Dynasty and rebuilt in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592). Guan Yu, born in Yan Xi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in Li Changping, Xie Liang, Hedong (160). In the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an, Guan Yu launched the Xiangyang Campaign, beheaded Pound, escaped from the ban, and the soldiers shook the ruling and opposition parties. Sun Quan treacherously betrayed Sun Liu's League and sent troops to attack Jingzhou. Guan Yu fell short and retreated to Maicheng. Pan Zhang and Monroe of Sun Quan's Department captured and killed them in Linzhou, northwest of Dangyang when they broke through. Sun Quan, fearing that Liu Bei would take revenge, dedicated Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao who was in Luoyang at that time overnight in an attempt to frame him. Cao Cao saw through Sun Quan's plot, respected Guan Gong's loyalty, carved thyme into a corpse, and buried Guan Yu in Guan Lin as a vassal. "Heroes have several names, such as master, loyalty, justice, and emperor".
For a long time, Guan Yu has been admired by emperors and people of all dynasties for his traditional virtues of "loyalty, righteousness and courage" practiced all his life. In the thirty-third year of Wanli, he was named "Demon Society, Three Realms, Emperor Tiandi and Great Emperor Guan Sheng of Megatronus", which was very human. People even regard it as the god of peace, protector and Wu Caishen. According to the feudal etiquette system, the tombs of emperors are called "tombs", the tombs of princes are called "tombs", the tombs of people are called "graves", and only the tombs of saints are called "forests". In the fifth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, Guan Yu was named "Loyalty and Righteousness Guan Sheng Di", and in the fifth year of Kangxi, Luoyang Guanzhong was named "Loyalty and Righteousness Guan Sheng Di Lin", thus making Luoyang Guanlin a sacred place named "Lin" alongside Confucius Tomb in Qufu, Shandong Province. According to the temple tablet, there was a temple in Guanlin in Han Dynasty, which has a history of 1780 years. This building was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The Dance Building, commonly known as the Theatre Building, was built in 56 years of Qianlong, and it was the place where the old people presented their plays for Master Guan. Now, every autumn, the Luoyang Municipal Government will hold the "China Luoyang Guanlin International Pilgrimage Ceremony" here. At that time, Chinese and clan organizations from Southeast Asian countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan came to worship, which not only satisfied their prayers, but also conveyed the affection of their compatriots. The dance building has a unique architectural style, which was once called "a wonderful flower in the world's classical architecture" by Japanese architect Shimizu Masao.
Separated on both sides of the gate are the largest surviving pair of white marble lions in Ming Dynasty in Luoyang. The words "loyalty, righteousness and courage" on the eight-character wall sum up Guan Yu's traditional virtues of loyalty, friendship, benevolence and courage all his life. Guanlinmen was built in the 56th year of Qing Qianlong. The 8 1 golden gate nails arranged on the door panel are imperial rituals, which shows the lofty feudal status behind Guan Yu. A pair of iron lions weighing more than 3,000 kilograms in front of the instrument door are relics of worshipping Guan Gong in the Ming Dynasty. Despite more than 400 years of ups and downs, it is still solemn and powerful. Yimen, which means "there is an instrument to be like", was the place where the civil servants got off the sedan chair and the military attache got off the horse. The plaque on the door "Weiyang Liuhe" is the imperial pen of Empress Dowager Cixi, which is very precious. "Liuhe" refers to the east, west, south, north, upper and lower six parties, which means that Guan Yu's fame and courage are carried forward between heaven and earth. On the five-flowered partition wall between the east and the west and between the two ends of the instrument door, one side is inlaid with carved stones. On the east side is Yue Fei's painting "The Statue of Guan Sheng Di Jun", which was written by Yue Fei, a famous anti-gold star in the Song Dynasty, in memory of Guan Yu's bravery and loyalty. In the portrait, Guan Yu's horizontal knife is immediately and majestic, and the statues of Guan Yu riding horses painted by later generations are mostly based on this. The "Guandi Zhu Shi" in the west was painted by Guan Yu himself as a gift to Cao Cao. All the bamboo leaves in this bamboo painting are dotted into a poem: "Don't thank Dong Jun, Danqing is an independent name, don't be too lonely and pale, and never fade." In the fifth year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (200 years), Cao Cao surrounded Guan Yu in Xiaadobe Mountain. Guan Yu put forward three conditions to Cao Cao in order to protect the safety of the emperor's wife. Cao Cao valued his bravery very much and gave him high courtesy. However, Guan was unfaithful and still attached to Liu Bei. When he learned that Liu Bei was behind, he sealed the golden seal and left Cao Ying with his wife. Before he left, he drew a picture of bamboo and gave it to Cao Cao. Please forgive me for not saying goodbye to you in person. I want to use this painting to express my gratitude. Although there are only a few faint bamboo leaves, Cao Gong's true feelings for me will not be forgotten with the passage of time. With the love of bamboo leaves, Guan Gong's great sense of justice is set off. Therefore, Cao Cao said, "A gentleman never forgets his roots, but a man of righteousness also does." . Guandi's poems and bamboos, which have neither redundant strokes nor redundant bamboo leaves, have been handed down from generation to generation by double reading of calligraphy and painting. Shishi Yong Dao is unique to temples at home and abroad. Built in the forty-seventh year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. There are 104 stone lions carved on the top of the column, and there are many kinds of lions. The 54 pillars are engraved with the names of donors or enterprises, and four copper coins are engraved around the pillars, which symbolizes the meaning of wealth coming from all directions.
The cypress in Guanlin, Luoyang has been known as one of the "Eight Small Scenery in Luoyang" since ancient times, with leading cypress in the west and phoenix-tailed cypress in the east. Longbai stood under the tree and looked up, just like a dragon looking down at the world among the green trees. The roots of Sabina vulgaris are exposed and fan-shaped, like the tail of a phoenix. In ancient times, when Guan Yu was sacrificed every year, the dragons in the sky and the phoenixes on the ground would gather in front of the temple and perch on the cypress to worship together. Over time, these two ancient cypresses gave birth to a dragon head and a phoenix tail respectively, forming a spectacle of "dragon and phoenix becoming auspicious". Nowadays, people burn incense and silk under faucets and phoenix-tailed trees, and pour out their wishes of "wishing their children a Jackie Chan" or "wishing their daughters a phoenix". When we visited this temple, the first thing we saw was the couplets written by Zhang Hai, a famous master of couplets in China, who is now the chairman of China Calligraphers Association. "Han Youda, Confucianism said, Buddhism and Taoism said". Figuratively speaking, after Guan Gong's death, the three religions respected each other, and heaven and man respected each other. There are also couplets hanging in the worship hall, such as the plaque of "The Sound of Imperial Books is Drawing Lots" and the couplets of "The lower Han Dynasty shows great power, the Longmen is steep, the steel platform is majestic, and the water follows". The imperial pen of the emperor has been preserved to this day and is very precious. Dragon crescent moon blade, 3.50 meters high and weighing 82 kg. There is a drum beside the dragon crescent moon blade, and Luoyang has the custom of "beating drums for happiness" since ancient times. The seal of the "Treasure of the Holy Emperor" was specially presented by a manufacturer in Luoyang after Guanlin's wish came into effect. It is carved from a whole piece of jade, weighing more than 3000 kilograms, which is the highest in the world.
Guanlin Hall, also known as the main hall, has a "majestic and lofty" plaque on the door, which was inscribed by Empress Dowager Cixi. The main hall was built in the twenty-first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, and there are five existing statues, the middle of which is the "Guan Jun statue" about 6 meters high. Wearing a 12 headdress, a dragon robe and a seven-star tablet, Guan Gong is the only golden statue of Emperor Guan Yu in China and the largest indoor statue in China. This is also the statue of Emperor Wen Heng, a respected Taoist scholar in charge of imperial examinations. Wang Fu, Liao Hua, Guan Ping and Zhou Cang stood around. After learning the news of Guan Yu's death, Wang Fu fell into the city and died, and Zhou Cang committed suicide. Carving these five statues together is also the representative and embodiment of loyalty. Draw a mural on the east and west walls of the main hall, both of which are 12.5 meters long and 3 meters high. In the main content, the murals depict the myths and legends that Guandi led the immortals to exorcise demons in various places at the request of the people, and reflect Guandi's good wish for peace for all things and the people. On the back of the main hall is the high relief of Guan Yu's reading Spring and Autumn Annals at night, which is in sharp contrast with the respect of the emperor on the front. The Second Hall of Guanlin, also known as the Temple of Wealth, is the earliest existing building in Guanlin, which was built in the 20th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty. There is a plaque inscribed by Emperor Guangxu at the temple gate. In the second hall, a statue of Guan Yu's God of Wealth was created, and Guan Ping and Zhou Cang stood quietly. There is a boy on each side, the abacus holder is a lucky boy, and the name holder is a profit-making boy. The "Five Tiger Hall" is dedicated to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and the five tiger generals, while the "Niangniang Hall" is dedicated to Mrs. Hu, her daughter Hu Nv and her son Guan Xing. She was regarded as the "queen of all diseases", and Luoyang people sacrificed her for their children. Chunqiu Temple is the last temple in Guanlin, also known as Sleeping Hall, which was built in the 22nd year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. The two ancient cypresses in front of the temple are peculiar in shape, namely, Spinning cypress and Jieyi cypress. Because of the spiral growth of its branches, the winding cypress is a myth and legend about the public ascending to heaven, descending demons and descending demons here. There are three branches on the trunk of Jieyi cypress, which are similar in size, so it is called "Jieyi cypress".
After Xiang surrendered to the black snake essence, Liu, Guan and Zhang also returned to the People's Temple to worship, fulfilling their duties of keeping one side safe. However, due to the deep brotherhood and telepathy of the three brothers, they turned into a cypress tree with three branches in front of Guanlin Spring and Autumn Temple, symbolizing the eternal friendship between Liu, Guan and Zhang, so later people called it "Jieyi cypress". The statue of Guan Gong in the temple is wearing armor, holding a scroll and reading Spring and Autumn Annals at night. It is the demeanor of a Confucian general. I would like to ask the heroes of ancient and modern times: "Who is like General Wen and doesn't take off his shirt and book at night?" The three murals are novel in conception and complete in picture. For the first time, they used cartoons to connect a complete myth and legend about Guan Gong's magical birth, growth and chivalry with different pictures. Guanzhong behind the three halls covers an area of 2,600 square meters, which is 17 meters higher than the ground. There are two stone workshops in front of Guanzhong. The first one was built by Hu Bin, the eunuch of Ming Dynasty, and wrote "Hou Ting's Tomb of Hanshou". "Hanshou Pavilion" was the highest title given to Guan Yu by Cao Cao before his death. The stone workshop behind it was set up by Gao, a disciple of the Three Han Dynasties in the Qing Dynasty, with the words "Central Wan Chai" written on it. "Central" means finger, "Wan" means still, "Central Wan Chai" means that Guan Yu's head is still buried here, and Guan Yu's spirit of loyalty, righteousness and courage still lives in people's hearts. In the fifth year of Kangxi, the Guandi Mausoleum in Luoyang was named "Loyalty, Justice, SHEN WOO and Guan Sheng Forest", and a monument was built to serve the pavilion. The structure of the exhibition hall is very complicated. There is not a nail in the whole pavilion. It is ingenious in structure, beautiful in shape and full of ingenuity. Although it has experienced more than 300 years of wind and rain, it still stands tall, fully demonstrating the amazing creativity of folk artists. There are steles of "Loyalty, Spiritual Protection, Ren Yong, Weiyuan and Dashenglin" in the pavilion, which reflects the history of the emperors' incomparable respect and constant worship of Guan Yu, and also proves Guan Lin's position as a leader temple among thousands of Guan temples at home and abroad. The stone gate in front of the tomb was built in the 46th year of Kangxi, with the title "Zhong Ling".
On both sides of the tomb gate, there are couplets engraved with the words "riding a crane in the garden, hiding the sky with white bones and sleeping dragons", which express people's yearning for Guan Yu. There are two small holes for coins on the stone tomb door, one for praying for peace and the other for putting money. After worshipping Guan Yu here, the believers put coins into the holes respectively. If they hear a clanking sound, it means that they are in their hearts and they will be sheltered by Guan Yu. ;