History and Culture of Huangmiao Temple in Sanyuan City
The Town God Temple in Sanyuan County is located in the east street of the county seat. It was built in the eighth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1375) and rebuilt in the second year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1852), with an area of1024 square meters and a construction area of 4,466 square meters. It is the most complete building complex in Ming Dynasty. The architectural style and form reflect the characteristics of the temple structure in the Ming Dynasty, and the layout is patchy, rigorous and magnificent. In front of the temple, there is an eye-catching zhaobi. There are a pair of cast iron flagpoles in the south, which are13m high and weigh about10000kg. The wooden archway is tall and gorgeous, with the words "Lingyin Temple" written on it, and the stone lion stands opposite each other below. The algae well in the door is ingenious in workmanship. After entering the building, the middle stone bar paves the way and goes straight to the main hall behind the house. There are cloisters in the east and west, and stone carvings are embedded in the walls of the cloisters (Yue Fei's Precedent and Posterity). Further north, through the wooden archway and the stone archway, there is Xingxingmen in front, and the top and bottom of the door are covered with reliefs. Go through the theater and enter the temple courtyard. The temples in the yard are surrounded by arc-shaped houses, carved with beams and painted with buildings. The Hall of the Great Hero is 13 meters high, with a high stone fence in front of the hall, a stone lion under the fence, a stone tablet in the east and a cast iron incense burner in the west. The Bell and Drum Tower is located at the northern end of the two monasteries, and its unique form is the East Drum and the West Bell. The dormitory building is a gorgeous and unique quadrangle building with carved walls, which is different from others. There are wind chimes under the overhangs of buildings and temples; The decorations on the ridge of the temple are also extremely complicated, including glazed dragons and phoenixes, pavilions, civil servants and military commanders, strange snakes and monsters, dazzling and shining. This group of Ming Dynasty architecture fully embodies the characteristics of ancient architecture in China. In the spatial layout, it embodies the multi-layer style of "how deep the courtyard is". Many courtyards develop in depth. The front porch and back porch are symmetrical, the main hall faces south, and the main building is at the northernmost end of the central axis. ...