According to legend, the dragon mother used to be a woodcutter and lived with her mother in the fields of Lvtao Village to grow crops. In a year, the Black Dragon leaped over Kanziwa and occupied the outlet of Erhai Lake, turning Dali into Wang Yang. People can't live in peace, and they have fled to other places. The mother and daughter were helpless and could not escape, so they had to go to Cangshan Lanfeng to cut grass and firewood for a living. One day, my daughter was thirsty and saw a big green peach on the tree. She picked up the peach and put it in her mouth. The peach slipped into her stomach, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. The daughter was afraid of jokes and threw her son into the mountains. The big snake on the mountain feeds the children every day. Not only won't starve to death, but also looks naive and lively. Mother Long loves him very much and takes him home to raise him. When she grew up, she went up the mountain to cut wood and grass. Mother and son once mowed the grass and went home, stopped at the Longtan, and learned that the Dragon King was ill. The child was invited to the Dragon Palace and cured with fairy grass. In the palace, out of curiosity, the child put on the dragon robe of the dragon king and turned into a yellow dragon, then defeated the black dragon, relieved the flood, and Dali became a fertile field again. People in Lv Tao Village built the Longwang Temple for him, honoring Xiao Huanglong as the main name and calling Xiao Huanglong's mother the Dragon Mother.
Legend 2 "Dragon Mother", as a legend, has been circulating in Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam. Legend has it that Dragon Mother is a strange girl whose paternal line is from tengxian, Guangxi, and her surname is Wen and her first name. My mother is from Yuecheng, Deqing County, Guangdong Province, and her surname is Liang. When she was born, her hair was a foot long, she had a great figure and a kind face. I like reading since I was a child. I read fast and never forget anything. What is particularly valuable is that she has a crystal clear and kind heart. When she grew up to be a slim girl, she formed "Jin Lan Seven Sisters" with her elder sister, younger sister and four girls in the neighborhood, and vowed to benefit the world and do something good for the people. The dragon mother has the ability to predict the fortunes of the world, is proficient in various medical explanations, often saves lives and helps the wounded, and serves the people in the village voluntarily. At that time, various diseases and floods and droughts threatened the people in Cangwu (Cangwu County), Luoyue, Xiou and Nanyue in the Xijiang River Basin. Whenever these natural and man-made disasters appear, Cangwu ancient county and Xijiang river basin will be devastated and hungry everywhere. The clever and industrious Dragon Mother led the people of Baiyue to fight against natural and man-made disasters, which enabled the local Li people to thrive. Therefore, she was deeply supported by people and was promoted to the leader of Cangwu clan.
It is one thing to make a gentle girl a dragon mother. One day, Wen went to the river to wash clothes, washing and washing. Suddenly, he saw the water beside him glowing, and he felt very strange. He walked slowly over and saw a huge egg the size of a bucket in the water, which made her feel very strange. So he picked it up, took it home and treasured it as a treasure. After seven or twenty-seven days, the stone egg suddenly cracked, and five lizards that can only move like snakes emerged from it. They all like playing with water very much. Wen was as careful as a mother to feed her children. When they grow up, they are five lively little dragons. Five short articles feel the grace of Wen's daughter's upbringing, honor Wen's daughter with fish, and constantly help Wen's daughter fight floods, droughts, insect disasters and official disasters for the benefit of the people. As a result, the literate woman was honored as the "Dragon Mother" by people in the Xijiang River Basin and became the "goddess" who benefited the people and ensured peace. Later, people in the Xijiang River basin and people living in the southeast coast and Southeast Asia still remembered the kindness of the Dragon Mother from generation to generation, built the Dragon Mother Temple, and offered sacrifices to the Dragon Mother every year, hoping for good weather, peace and prosperity.
Legend 3 Legends have superhuman comprehension ability, so they often stare at the starry sky in crowded places, as if talking to some gods. Some people look at her like this and come to her when they are away from home, so that she can predict. What is the fortune of the members? She looked at people's faces and palms and said softly, what will you meet one day? If you do this, there will be no obstacles, or there will be disaster. Or you will meet such a person somewhere, he will show you what kind of business to do, and you can make money by listening to him. People often leave in disbelief, but when they really go out and come back, they all say in unison that the predictions of literate women have been verified one by one. In this way, people from far and near regarded her as a "goddess".
Long Mu Temple was built in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It is a thousand-year-old building to commemorate the "Dragon Mother", the female leader of Baiyue nationality in southern China during the Warring States Period. Covering an area of 1 10000 square meters, there are memorial archway, front hall, dragon mother hall, dragon mother bedroom, bell tower, drum tower and tower, etc. And the 38-meter-high dragon mother statue in China. It is a holy place for praying in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and even Southeast Asia, and can be called the first Dragon Mother Temple in China.
Long Mu Temple, located in Guilin Road, Wuzhou City, has a main hall, a back hall, a water spraying wall of Wulong and a monument inscribed by the General Political Department. There are three main halls in a row, with the Dragon Mother Hall in the middle, the Prince's Hall on the left and the General's Office on the right. According to textual research, the Dragon Mother was the leader of the "Cangwu" ethnic group in southern China in ancient times. She was born on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, which is called "Dragon Mother's Birthday" by the people. He died on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which is called "Ascension Day" by the people. Because the Dragon Mother tried her best to lead the people to open a mountain to control water, benefit the villagers and win the love of the people, "Dragon Mother's Birthday" and "Immortal Ascension to Heaven" became the traditional memorial days of the Dragon Mother Temple. At that time, many faithful men and women came from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to burn incense and worship the film.
Long Mu Temple February City Longmu Ancestral Temple was built in Qin and Han Dynasties, and now it is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is a sacred place for "descendants of the dragon" to seek their roots and ancestors. It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful geomantic environment and unique "Dragon Mother Culture". It is a temple with the most incense and firecrackers and the most magical colors in Guangdong Province.
Long Mu Temple is located at the intersection of Yuecheng River and Xijiang River under the Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Scenic Area in Yuecheng Town, Deqing County. It was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Legend has it that Yuecheng Dragon Mother's charity can eliminate disasters and solve problems. Incense has been burned for more than 0/000 years, especially during the birthday of Dragon Mother from the first day of May to the eighth day of August in the lunar calendar, thousands of people came to worship, including Hong Kong people, which became a great spectacle.
The Dragon Mother was conferred by the emperors of past dynasties, and now the temple still completely preserves the imperial edict tablet of Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the past 1000 years, the ancestral temple in Long Mu was rebuilt 13 times. In A.D. 1905 (Guangxu 3 1 year), it took seven years to rebuild the Dragon Mother Temple. From 65438 to 0985, citizens and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao raised more than 3 million yuan for comprehensive renovation.
Long Mu Ancestral Temple is a building complex with brick, wood and stone structure, and it is also a temple that embodies the architecture and plastic arts of past dynasties. Longmuzu Temple complex has good flood control, fire prevention, insect prevention and lightning protection performance. Although it has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain, the tiles are not leaking, the walls are not cracked, the columns are not bent, and the ground is not sunken, which makes experts marvel and becomes a model of ancient buildings in low-water areas in the south. In particular, the design of its complete underground flood discharge channel is very ingenious, and the overflow is smooth and fast. Whenever the flood invades, the inside and outside of the temple are as clean as ever, and there is no mud at all. The beams, columns, trusses and eaves in the temple are almost all wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings, gray carvings and pottery carvings. Exquisite works of art are dazzling and breathtaking. It, together with Chenjiaci in Guangzhou and Zumiao in Foshan, is called the "Three Treasures" of ancient buildings in the south.
It has four characteristics of "spirit", "beauty", "cleverness" and "spirit", and the whole building complex is in perfect harmony with the surrounding mountains and rivers. Stone carving, brick carving, wood carving, pottery carving, etc. Long Mu ancestral temple architecture is exquisite in carving art, and the extensive application of deep carving and through carving techniques makes the ancestral temple architecture vivid and three-dimensional; The wood carvings and pottery carvings in the temple have a wide range of themes, exquisite craftsmanship and a large number of well-preserved, which can be called a small sculpture art museum. As far as architectural skills and cultural details are concerned, Long Mu Ancestral Temple can be called "the only remaining ancient altar". At the same time, its unique lightning protection, waterproof and insect-proof technology in architectural art is also a must.
There are two Long Mu temples in Sancenxi City, Long Mu. One is the Long Mu Temple in Dazhu Village, which is located at the intersection of Father River and Nuodong River in Longmu Ang, Dazhu Village, Nuodong Town, Cenxi City. When it was built is unknown, and the site has been destroyed. On 1990, it was rebuilt and restored to its original appearance. Another Sanbao Street, located at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River in Sanbao Town, was built in the 16th year of Qing Qianlong (175 1), with stone carvings and ancient ding in Daoguang and Guangxu years. These two Dragon Mother Temples were both built by private donations, and they were both small in scale, covering an area of about 500 square meters. They mainly worship the dragon mother, as well as the public and Taoism, and their religious culture is complex. Incense is constantly burning all year round, and the dragon mother's birthday is celebrated every year, which is smaller than Deqing and Wuzhou.
On the administrative map of Cenxi, the place name of "Fengmiaochong" is still clearly marked. Many locals also refer to "Fengmiaochong" as "Fengmuchong". There is no distinction between "temple" and "tomb", and "Fengmuchong" is "Fengmiaochong". According to the legend of the old people in the village, this is because Feng Jiao suddenly disappeared at the age of 17. The villagers looked everywhere, but they couldn't find Feng Jiao. Villagers found a flower shoe from Feng Jiao by the Tan Qilong River and a flower shoe from Feng Jiao by the Sanbao River. People mistakenly thought that the Dragon Mother must have drowned, so they built a tomb and a temple for Feng Jiao. A few years later, Feng Jiao suddenly came back, and the whole village was startled, thinking that Feng Jiao had come back like a ghost. I didn't know it was Feng Jiao "Lapras" who went to Yuecheng, Guangdong Province to visit Liang Sangong. Everyone in the village was very happy. From this analysis, the "Phoenix Temple" and "Phoenix Tomb" in the village of "Fengmiaochong" should be the earliest "tombs" and "temples" of the Dragon Mother Empress in local history. According to the investigation and demonstration, the Father River in Nuodong Town meets the Nuodong River in Nuodong Town, and the Long Mu Temple is built at the intersection. In addition, there is a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Sanbao Street, Nuodong River and Yichang River, and a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Yichang River and Jiangxiu River in tengxian.
Volume III of Wuyuan County Records compiled by Long Mu Temple in the fourth year of Qing Dynasty records: "There are many counties in Long Mu Temple." After preliminary investigation, there are about 20 Dragon Mother Temples around Daming Mountain, all of which are dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Important temples are:
"Laofu" Temple in Daming Mountain, Miaokou Village, Quanzeng Village, Matou Town, Wuming County (namely Long Mu Temple and Luoyuezu Mother King Temple). LaoConfucius Temple is the largest and oldest Zhuang temple in Long Mu in the history of Daming Mountain, and it is also one of the oldest temples in Long Mu in Guangxi, with cultural relics and historic sites. The dragon mother god worshipped is called "old servant" in Zhuang language. The statue was destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), and the temple building was demolished in 1950, leaving only four Tang stone pillars and Tang bricks scattered all over the site. Luobo Town in Wuming County is also called "Luobo Temple". Luobo Temple is called "Laofu" in Zhuang language, that is, "Dragon Mother" in Chinese, and it is also the most famous dragon mother temple of Zhuang people around Daming Mountain. The temple is located on the side of radish beach, a scenic spot. The existing main building was built in the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899), and the present statue was rebuilt by the voluntary donation of 1999. The gods worshipped are "Old Servant" (Dragon Mother), Cenying, Shennong, Guanyin, Yue Fei and Land.
The "Ya Servant" Temple in Yingjun Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County is called "Induction Temple" in Chinese, "Ming Mountain Induction King" in Chinese and "Ya Servant" in Zhuang language. This is a large-scale Dragon Mother Temple in Liangjiang Town. Tens of thousands of people participated in the sacrificial activities before 1949. The original temple site was in Daming Mountain Copper Mine Canyon, and then the current induction temple was built at the estuary.
In addition, Long Mu Temple in Longmu Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, Dagong Temple in Posong Village, Dabantun Temple in Lagantun Village, Yun Chuan Village, Ya Bu Temple in Shuobantun Village, Yadong Temple in Datong Village, Chengxiang Town, Qi Fengshan Ya Bu Temple in Huangxia Village, Mingshan Temple in Weiyang Village, Luwo Town, Daming Mountain Inspiration Temple in Limin Village, Guling Town, mashan county, and Ganxian Cave Tiandi Temple in Shimen Village, Tanghong Township, Shanglin County. Although there is no dragon mother, they are all named after Zhuang language.
Long Mu Temple No.5, an ancient temple in the Tang Dynasty, is located in Houtang Village, Fuxi Town, Renhua County, 32 kilometers away from Danxia Mountain, the world red stone park. The whole temple covers an area of about 1800 square meters, and the main hall building is about 700 square meters, consisting of three brick and wood structures. The first entrance is Nantai Temple, with brick and wood structure, bucket beam frame, tile roof and hard roof, decorated with dragon playing pearl pottery and sealed with bell-shaped volcanic wall. There are a pair of stone lions in front of the gate. There is a veranda in front of the gate, with four stone pillars in the middle, and the eaves are decorated with a picture of dragons playing with pearls. There is a plaque on the top, which reads "Protect the country and protect the people". The eaves are high and convex, very beautiful and spectacular. There are murals painted on the wall, with rich and colorful contents, such as landscape paintings, stories of historical figures, myths and legends, pictures of folk life, etc. , colorful and lifelike; The second step is Wulong Temple, covered with long tile roofs, hard towers, bells and rows of mountains, pottery and gray plastic ridges; The third entrance is Xiande Hall, with two-story brick-wood structure in the middle pavilion and cornices in the attic on the second floor. The whole building is antique, and the archway cornices are seamless and magnificent.
According to the existing historical records, such as Annals of Building a Temple in the Third Year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty and Annals of Renhua County, this temple is called Fuxi Long Mu Temple, also known as Nantai Temple. It was built in the first year of Yifeng, Tang Gaozong, with a history of 65,438+0,333 years. It was built by local ancestors to commemorate Long Mu's kindness, and it is in the same strain as Long Mu's ancestral temple in Yuecheng, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City. The temple has been restored 1 1 times since the 14th year of Tang Xiantong. Among the existing architectural styles, the architectural styles left over from the Ming and Qing Dynasties are the most. Temple buildings were severely damaged in the movement of "breaking the four old buildings and building a new one" in the 1950s. In recent years, people nearby have raised funds to repair the Hall of the Great Hero. Except for the main building, most of the tiles, eaves and decorations were replaced and rebuilt, and the materials and techniques used were slightly rough, but the characteristics of ancient buildings were basically maintained.
The main scenic spot, Wuzhou Long Mu Temple, is located on the east bank of Gui Jiang in the north of Wuzhou City and at the northern end of Guilin Road. Founded in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the Ming Wanli, Qing Kangxi and Yongzheng years. It is a rare cultural relic in Guangxi that has been preserved so far and has the architectural style of Song Dynasty. It has high historical and tourism value.
Long Mu Temple, facing the mountain and water, covers an area of more than 5,000 square meters and consists of memorial archway, front hall, middle hall, harem, palace, turtle pond and shopping mall. The main hall is magnificent, carved with beams and painted with buildings. The statue of the dragon mother is enshrined in the front seat of the main hall. Many kind men and women came to this hall to worship and pray for the blessing of the dragon mother. Therefore, incense is constantly burned in the vestibule of the main hall all year round. The right hall is dedicated to the statue of General Fu, and the left hall is dedicated to Prince Long. In the middle seat behind the main hall, there is a huge relief of the dragon mother entering Beijing. The harem displays the bed of the dragon mother and the bed of the dragon prince. On the right side of the main hall is the Dragon Mother Palace, which is the reception room.
On the second floor, there is a statue of Guan Di. There is a pool of clear water on the left, in which is a ten thousand-year-old stone turtle. On the turtle's back, there is a large stone carving "General Political Department Inscription". Tourists come here to get coins and "throw a stone turtle for good luck". There is a large relief "Five Dragons Spray Wall" on the back mountain wall of Guichi.
Yuecheng Dragon Mother Yuecheng Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple was built in Qin and Han Dynasties, and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is a sacred place for "descendants of the dragon" to seek their roots and ancestors. It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful geomantic environment and unique "Dragon Mother Culture". It is a temple with the most incense and firecrackers and the most magical colors in Guangdong Province.
Long Mu Temple is located at the intersection of Yuecheng River and Xijiang River under the Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort Scenic Area in Yuecheng Town, Deqing County. It was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Legend has it that Yuecheng Dragon Mother's charity can eliminate disasters and solve problems. Incense has been burned for more than 0/000 years, especially during the birthday of Dragon Mother from the first day of May to the eighth day of August in the lunar calendar, thousands of people came to worship, including Hong Kong people, which became a great spectacle.
The Dragon Mother was conferred by the emperors of past dynasties, and now the temple still completely preserves the imperial edict tablet of Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the past 1000 years, the ancestral temple in Long Mu was rebuilt 13 times. In A.D. 1905 (Guangxu 3 1 year), it took seven years to rebuild the Dragon Mother Temple. From 65438 to 0985, citizens and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao raised more than 3 million yuan for comprehensive renovation.
Long Mu Ancestral Temple is a building complex with brick, wood and stone structure, and it is also a temple that embodies the architecture and plastic arts of past dynasties. Longmuzu Temple complex has good flood control, fire prevention, insect prevention and lightning protection performance. Although it has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain, the tiles are not leaking, the walls are not cracked, the columns are not bent, and the ground is not sunken, which makes experts marvel and becomes a model of ancient buildings in low-water areas in the south. In particular, the design of its complete underground flood discharge channel is very ingenious, and the overflow is smooth and fast. Whenever the flood invades, the inside and outside of the temple are as clean as ever, and there is no mud at all. The beams, columns, trusses and eaves in the temple are almost all wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings, gray carvings and pottery carvings. Exquisite works of art are dazzling and breathtaking. It, together with Chenjiaci in Guangzhou and Zumiao in Foshan, is called the "Three Treasures" of ancient buildings in the south.
It has four characteristics of "spirit", "beauty", "cleverness" and "spirit", and the whole building complex is in perfect harmony with the surrounding mountains and rivers. Stone carving, brick carving, wood carving, pottery carving, etc. Long Mu ancestral temple architecture is exquisite in carving art, and the extensive application of deep carving and through carving techniques makes the ancestral temple architecture vivid and three-dimensional; The wood carvings and pottery carvings in the temple have a wide range of themes, exquisite craftsmanship and a large number of well-preserved, which can be called a small sculpture art museum. As far as architectural skills and cultural details are concerned, Long Mu Ancestral Temple can be called "the only remaining ancient altar". At the same time, its unique lightning protection, waterproof and insect-proof technology in architectural art is also a must.
There are two Long Mu temples in Longcenxi City, Cenxi City: one is the Long Mu Temple in Dazhu Village, which is located at the intersection of the Father River and Nuodong River of Longmu Ang in Dazhu Village, Nuodong Town, Cenxi City. It was built in an unknown year and the site was destroyed. On 1990, it was rebuilt and restored to its original appearance. Another Sanbao Street, located at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River in Sanbao Town, was built in the 16th year of Qing Qianlong (175 1), with stone carvings and ancient ding in Daoguang and Guangxu years. These two Dragon Mother Temples were both built by private donations, and they were both small in scale, covering an area of about 500 square meters. They mainly worship the dragon mother, as well as the public and Taoism, and their religious culture is complex. Incense is constantly burning all year round, and the dragon mother's birthday is celebrated every year, which is smaller than Deqing and Wuzhou.
On the administrative map of Cenxi, the place name of "Fengmiaochong" is still clearly marked. Many locals also refer to "Fengmiaochong" as "Fengmuchong". There is no distinction between "temple" and "tomb", and "Fengmuchong" is "Fengmiaochong". According to the legend of the old people in the village, this is because Feng Jiao suddenly disappeared at the age of 17. The villagers looked everywhere, but they couldn't find Feng Jiao. Villagers found a flower shoe from Feng Jiao by the Tan Qilong River and a flower shoe from Feng Jiao by the Sanbao River. People mistakenly thought that the Dragon Mother must have drowned, so they built a tomb and a temple for Feng Jiao. A few years later, Feng Jiao suddenly came back, and the whole village was startled, thinking that Feng Jiao had come back like a ghost. I didn't know it was Feng Jiao "Lapras" who went to Yuecheng, Guangdong Province to visit Liang Sangong. Everyone in the village was very happy. From this analysis, the "Phoenix Temple" and "Phoenix Tomb" in the village of "Fengmiaochong" should be the earliest "tombs" and "temples" of the Dragon Mother Empress in local history. According to the investigation and demonstration, the Father River in Nuodong Town meets the Nuodong River in Nuodong Town, and the Long Mu Temple is built at the intersection. In addition, there is a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Sanbao Street, Nuodong River and Yichang River, and a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Yichang River and Jiangxiu River in tengxian.
Volume III of Wuyuan County Records compiled by Daming Shanlong in Qing Dynasty records: "There are many Long Mu temples in the county." After preliminary investigation, there are about 20 Dragon Mother Temples around Daming Mountain, all of which are dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Important temples are:
Laofu Temple (Longmu Temple) in Daming Mountain, Miaokou Village, Quanzeng Village, Matou Town, Wuming County. LaoConfucius Temple is the largest and oldest Zhuang temple in Long Mu in the history of Daming Mountain, and it is also one of the oldest temples in Long Mu in Guangxi, with cultural relics and historic sites. The dragon mother god worshipped is called "old servant" in Zhuang language. The statue was destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), and the temple building was demolished in 1950, leaving only four Tang stone pillars and Tang bricks scattered all over the site. Luobo Town in Wuming County is also called "Luobo Temple". Luobo Temple is called "Laofu" in Zhuang language, that is, "Dragon Mother" in Chinese, and it is also the most famous dragon mother temple of Zhuang people around Daming Mountain. The temple is located on the side of radish beach, a scenic spot. The existing main building was built in the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899), and the present statue was rebuilt by the voluntary donation of 1999. The gods worshipped are "Old Servant" (Dragon Mother), Cenying, Shennong, Guanyin, Yue Fei and Land.
The "Ya Servant" Temple in Yingjun Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County is called "Induction Temple" in Chinese, "Ming Mountain Induction King" in Chinese and "Ya Servant" in Zhuang language. This is a large-scale Dragon Mother Temple in Liangjiang Town. Tens of thousands of people participated in the sacrificial activities before 1949. The original temple site was in Daming Mountain Copper Mine Canyon, and then the current induction temple was built at the estuary.
In addition, Long Mu Temple in Longmu Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, Dagong Temple in Posong Village, Dabantun Temple in Lagantun Village, Yun Chuan Village, Ya Bu Temple in Shuobantun Village, Yadong Temple in Datong Village, Chengxiang Town, Qi Fengshan Ya Bu Temple in Huangxia Village, Mingshan Temple in Weiyang Village, Luwo Town, Daming Mountain Inspiration Temple in Limin Village, Guling Town, mashan county, and Ganxian Cave Tiandi Temple in Shimen Village, Tanghong Township, Shanglin County. Although there is no dragon mother, they are all named after Zhuang language.