Meicun Taibo Temple

In Wuxi County, 15 kilometers southeast of Wuxi City, Meicun Township Bodu River, also known as Taibo, to Dexu, let Wang Temple. Meicun ancient name Meili, is the capital of the late Zhou Taibo king's eldest son, because he let the throne from Shaanxi Lushan to Wuguo. In the two years (154), the Emperor of the East Han Dynasty ordered the establishment of the temple, renovated and expanded in the past dynasties, and became a group of architectural groups in the early Qing Dynasty, covering an area of more than 80 mu, extremely fine work and gorgeous. Xianfeng ten years (1860), when the Qing army suppressed the Taiping army in Wuxi, burned down Taibo Temple's Aizhitang, Dashutang, Dezhitang, Daxiatang, Cijiantang and other buildings. In 1937, it was damaged by the Japanese army, and only tens of ancient cypress trees were left in the main temple of Taibo Temple, Liangyu, Anus, Toushanmen and temple.

Located in the ancient town of Meili, Wuxi, in order to commemorate the Taibo who gave Xian Zen, Taibo traveled thousands of miles from the original to Wuyue, bringing advanced farming technology and spreading Chinese culture.

The existing Taibo Temple is a Ming and Qing architecture, the temple front is lit, the pool is placed on a single-hole arched stone bridge, known as "fragrant flower bridge". The bridge is north of the granite rock archway, and the four words "to the German famous state" are on the upper side. The stone altar is north of the star gate, with six stone pillars, 6 meters high, with Yunlong and crane carvings. The first building of the Taibo Temple is the Krypton Gate. There are nine rooms in the courtyard. There are still ancient cypress and laurel trees in the courtyard. After generations of construction, Taibo Temple along the central axis from south to north, there are Jinshui River, Xianghua Bridge, "To the German Mingbang" Shifang, Kunxingmen, Anmen, Zhide Palace, Ancestral Palace, Guandi Palace; the east of the central axis is the East Courtyard, and the East Courtyard has three Angang Hall, Zunde Hall, Cangting, Xiaoran Wang Hall, Daxia Hall, Cijiantang, Shengtang, and Xiaozhu in the mountains; the west courtyard of the central axis has jewelry hall, deep in Yunshan, Deqiatang, Caizhitang, Gefan Building, Dashutang. Taibo Palace has formed a large-scale ancient complex, becoming a famous monument in Jiangnan.

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