Grand Temple of Mount Heng

Every year, I come to the fragrance, especially special spirit, the mountain environment is very good, the air is fresh, especially comfortable, the woods are particularly large, the accommodation environment is also very good, especially the homestay in the mountains, the air is particularly fresh,

I was looking forward to an attraction. Those people were prepared. We went shopping for about two hours. There was no parking space nearby. We parked far away and parked in the residential area for free parking.

After 40 minutes of shopping, the main thing is to ask God to worship Buddha. Many people come to burn incense. I heard that only on the first day of the New Year, there is a saying that there is a head incense. In addition to Buddhism, it is Taoism in the east of the temple. It is very quiet and worth seeing.

Nanyue Temple (Nanyue Temple) is located at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, Nanyue District, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, under the Nanxun Chidi Peak of Zhu Mingfeng. It is a temple of the Holy Emperor of Nanyue, built in the Sui Dynasty, and is one of the largest and most complete ancient palace-style buildings in southern China, known as the "Southern Forbidden City". After six fires and sixteen renovations and expansions in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing, it was rebuilt and formed a scale of 98,500 square meters in Qing Guangxu in eight years (1882). It is the main temple of the god of Nanyue. The emperors represented the main temple of the country's sacrifice to the mountain and Sichuan community. It is also called the temple of Dengfeng Zhongyue Temple and Tai'an Temple. The red walls and towering corner buildings are all around the temple. The main buildings are the main entrance, Kuixing Pavilion, the three main cave gates of the city gate, the imperial stele pavilion, Jiayingmen, the imperial book building, the main hall, the bedroom palace, and the north gate. It is also a temple where the three religions of Confucianism and Buddhism coexist. Buildings such as the eight-view of Taoism on the east side, the eight-view of Buddhism on the west side and the middle imperial book building represent the nature of the unity of the three religions. "The eight-view of Taoism on the east side" means: Lao Yi Deguan, Xin Yi Deguan, Lao Sanyuan Palace, New Sanyuan Palace, Wanshou Palace, Qinghe Palace, Renshou Pavilion, Yuxu Pavilion. The earliest Taoist activity was in the East Han Dynasty. Liu Xian's "Repair Nanyue Temple" in the Ming Dynasty states: "Yueju Society, south patrol to Nanyue Rui Li, the courtesy of speech is like Yue. Yue received the beginning of Zen Ruo Emperor. The top of Zhan Mountain can be pushed. Zhou system: six years of kings patrol the princes, facing Fangyue. At that time, Yue had Mingtang, for the place of the emperor's relatives, Li Telongxu. Li Han and Tang, extremely sloppy." The Mingtang here should be the predecessor of Nanyue Temple. Nanyue Temple was originally on Zhurong Peak, and in order to facilitate the family sacrifice and folk pilgrimage, the sloppy generation moved to the foot of the mountain. In the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725), Tang Xuanzong's sloppy built Nanyue Zhenjunxuan; Tianbao five years (746), Tang Xuanzong Feng Nanyue Zhenjun was the king of the king, so the temple system was increased according to the scale of the palace; Zhenyuan period (785~805), began to be called Nanyue Temple. Qingguangxu eight years (1882), Nanyue Temple was ordered to be rebuilt by Pingjiang Li Yuandu, and the construction and re-renovation of the line, the imperial stele pavilion, the imperial book building, the zhusheng hall, and the jurisdiction of the shrine, so that the Nanyue Temple is quite large and has been carried out to this day. Raiders transportation: Hengshan West Railway Station (high-speed rail) is7.2 kilometers away from Hengshan and Nanyue Temple. There is no bus and a contracted shuttle bus. 6 yuan is a miscellaneous yard behind the Nanyue District bus station. There are many tourists selling incense and mo. Walk to Nanyue Temple 1.5 kilometers, you need to cross the commercial street. Routes 2, 3 have been out of service for a long time, and 1 can be reached, but you have to walk to the commercial street to take a car. Nearly 20 years, I have traveled half of China. The experience of taking a car here is the worst. Ticket price: 40 yuan, military preferential treatment certificate is free. Food and lodging: There are many hotels, homestays, restaurants near the scenic spot, and the price is fair. Time: 13 hours.

20231220 afternoon: 1. Nanyue Temple is the main temple of Hengshan. It is located at the foot of Chidi Peak Mountain in the southern foot of Hengshan Mountain. It was first built in Qin and Han Dynasty on the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain at an altitude of 1300.2 meters. In order to facilitate royal and folk sacrifices, it was moved to the current site under the mountain in the Sui Dynasty (581-618 years). The main temple is the Hengshan Mountain God, which is the Fire God. He was the official of the fire of the ancient Huangdi, who lived in Hengshan in charge of southern affairs, and was buried in Hengshan after death, and was revered as the mythical Vulcan. Four years (1011) in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu Rong was knighted as "Nanyue Sitian Zhao Shengdi", referred to as Nanyue Shengdi, this temple is also upgraded to a emperor-specific temple, after six fires and 17 renovations and expansions in the past, the existing building is Qingguangxu eight years (1882) Hunan governor Wang Wenyun hired scholar Li Yuandu to rebuild and compile the "Nanyue Zhi". The temple is now composed of 3 north and south roads, the main axis of the middle road, and there are 8 Taoist Temples and 8 Buddhist Temples in the east and west roads. It covers an area of 10,000. It is the largest ancient complex in the south and the five mountains of China and is known as the "Nanguo Forbidden City". Nanyue Temple is outside the ticket gate of Hengshan Scenic Area. The fare is 40 yuan and you need to buy another. Each person will be given 3 incenses when entering the temple. 2. The middle road is 9 in the hospital, and the Confucian, Shi, and Dao three coexist. From south to north, it is: ① Krypton Gate: Generally the first door of the Confucian Temple in various places, Krypton is the nickname of Wenquxing. ② release pool: one on each side of the spindle is a symmetrical rectangular pool, and many turtles in the pool are basking in the sun. ③ Stele Pavilion: A pair of eight-pointed semi-open-air stele Pavilion, the Western inscription "Sacrifice Hengyue Wen" is the handbook of Fan Chunren, deputy envoy of Wu'an Army Day in Shaosheng, Northern Song Dynasty (1097), which is a famous politician and literaryist Fan Zhongyan's second son, the official to the prime minister; Dongbei is the first auxiliary cabinet of the Ming Chenghua period (1460 － 1487), the military department Shangshushang - "Repair Nanyue Temple". ④ Kuixing Pavilion (Damiao Ancient Stage): The ancient stage covering an area of 139 ㎡, the first floor is a cross-star passage, and the bronze money stone carvings in the road have been touched by tourists. Under the background of the second national and communist cooperation in the Republic of China in 28 years (1939), the "Nanyue Guerrilla Cadre Training Class" was opened on Hengshan to implement the strategic policy of anti-Japanese "guerrilla warfare more than formal warfare". The first phase of the completion ceremony was held here, and Ye Jianying attended the ceremony and spoke. ⑤ Bell Tower/Drum Tower: Lock the door, you can see the bells and drums on the second floor from the seam. ⑥ Zhengnanmen: 3 Dongmenlou, the original gate of the Qing Dynasty was blown up by Japanese aircraft during the Anti-Japanese War and was rebuilt. The upper pavilion is empty, and it is suitable for taking pictures on the condescension. On the west side of the building, there are bronze paintings of the temple reliefs, which have been touched by tourists; on the east side, there is a full text of the reliefs of the "Comprehensive Restoration of the Nanyue Temple" in 2003. ⑦ Yubei Pavilion: Shuangyu Octagonal Large Pavilion, the Royal Monument of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1708), high 6.6 meters, weight 2 tons, the whole text of 279 words by Kangxi Emperor handwriting, was damaged during the Cultural Revolution, re-established in 1989, the monument is a giant turtle, but the monument of the monument is generally one of the dragon nine children. ⑧ Jiayingmen: 3 holes, a pair of lions in front of the door were touched by tourists, the lions on the west side were the lions, and the lions on the east side were the lions. The number of words is overrun, continue in the last picture

The holy places of the two Buddhas are very incense, and the building itself is also magnificent. Even if you don’t worship Buddha, it’s good to pass by and take a look.