Yuncheng city is 15 kilometers northbound, and at the western end of Mingtiaogang, which winds for hundreds of miles, there is the nationally famous Shunling Mausoleum. In this regard, many literati have written praises. Xiang Zonggao, a Ming dynasty writer, wrote: "The temple is superior in shape, with a lonely peak in the north and the waves of swimming around the back;" South to the mountain, the salt flowers of the sea are presented in front. The right is wrapped around the Yellow River jade belt, and the wind of falling oil still exists; Left arch Xiangshan Yaotai, the trace of plowing crops in Lishan remains the same. [1] "
Its geographical environment is magnificent. Shun, whose surname is Yao and whose name is Zhong Hua, was named Yu Shun because of his ancestor's seal in Yu (now Yu Township, yongji city). Shun is the legendary leader of tribal alliance in the later period of clan society in China. Legend has it that Shun lost his mother when he was young and was often abused by his stepmother and beaten by his father. But he is famous for his filial piety. After being recommended by Siyue, Yao ordered him to be regent and married his daughters E Huang and Nv Ying to Shun. Shun recommended talents and talents, and sixteen people, such as Cang Shu, who was famous for his "Eight Kai" and "Eight Yuan", assisted Emperor Yao, and eliminated the wicked such as Gun, * * * worker, zygomatic pocket, and Sanmiao, so that the world was ruled. After Yao's death, Shun acceded to the throne, consulted the Four Mountains, selected sages, and governed civil affairs. In particular, Yu was ordered to cure floods and make people live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, it is supported by all peoples. Buried in Mingtiaogang after death.
Shundi Mausoleum Temple was built in the 26th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (738), and was later destroyed in the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty (156), villagers were rebuilt. However, it was destroyed in the earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1555). In the thirty-first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (163), Wu Yu, the magistrate of Anyi County, was rebuilt again. In the earthquake of the 2th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1815), it was rubble again, leaving only the main hall. The following year, under the advocacy of fellow villager Wang Buzhou, Shun Temple was rebuilt [2]. Shun Di Square
Shun Di Avenue
Shun Di Square is 2 meters long from east to west and 15 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of 3, square meters. There are two bluestone elephants in front of the square, which means that when Shun ploughed the mountains, the elephants helped him cultivate the land and the birds helped him sow the seeds. At the same time, the elephant is also the emblem of the world Shun Di Descendants Clan Association, symbolizing the renewal of Vientiane and good luck. In the center of the square is a huge flower bed, and in the center of the flower bed is a fountain of Taiji Bagua music. Around the flower bed are twelve relief pictures of Yu Shun's flourishing age, which record Shun Di's life and achievements.
Around the square stands twelve bluestone dragon columns about ten meters high. These twelve dragon columns represent that Shun once divided the world into twelve states, which means that the world belongs to Shun and is peaceful and unified. These twelve dragon pillars were donated and erected by twelve entrepreneurs who love their hometown and are enthusiastic about public welfare in Salt Lake District, and their good deeds will remain immortal with the Shundi Mausoleum Temple.
Rainbow Gate
There is a rainbow gate in front of it. According to legend, Shun Di's mother holds the board, and
the gate of the scenic spot
went out to meet the rainbow induction and got pregnant and gave birth to Shun Di. Therefore, it is said that Shun Di is the embodiment of the rainbow, so a colorful rainbow is specially set up above the gate of Shundi Mausoleum Scenic Area.
Shun Di Park
enters the Rainbow Gate, which is Shun Di Park, covering an area of more than 1,3 mu. Shinto in the middle, about 1 meters long. There is a peach forest in the west of Shinto, called Taowu, which symbolizes the peach forest in Yaoxu Village, the birthplace of Shun. There are flower areas in the scenic spot on both sides of Shinto Road.
Leize Lake (2 pieces)
is divided into nine areas, such as Baihuazhou, Hushan Point and Songmeiyuan. The scenery in the area is beautiful, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery is pleasant. Shundi Mausoleum Temple
Shundi Mausoleum Temple was built in the 26th year of Tang Kaiyuan (738), and was later destroyed in the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming Dynasty (156), villagers were rebuilt. However, it was destroyed in the earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1555). In the thirty-first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (163), Wu Yu, the magistrate of Anyi County, was rebuilt again. In the earthquake of the 2th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1815), it was rubble again, leaving only the main hall. The following year, under the advocacy of fellow villager Wang Buzhou, Shun Temple was rebuilt [2].
The Shundi Mausoleum Temple, covering an area of 4 mu, is the main building in the scenic spot. It is divided into three parts: Nanwaicheng, Cemetery and Imperial City. There are five ancient cypresses with a tree age of more than 4, years on both sides of the Shinto of Shundi Mausoleum Temple, and each living cypress holds a dead cypress in its arms, which is very strange. It is called "Couple cypress" or "Lianli cypress". In the east, the trunk looks like a dragon claw, and the root looks like a dragon chair. It is said that Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, once rested here, so this tree is also called Longbai. There is also a unique tree-shaped Cooper on the mausoleum of Emperor Shun, which has a history of more than 2, years. The five main branches are shaped like a dragon, and the folks call it "the five sons are enrolled in the family". There are two stone tablets in front of the mausoleum, the upper one is "Shun Mausoleum of Emperor Yu" and the lower one is "Shun Mausoleum" [2].
Shun Di Fuqin statue
Shun Shoufu banjo singing "Nanfengge" statue
Shun Di Fuqin statue
, made of granite, is 5.18 meters high. The whole statue has the imposing manner and grandeur of a mountain, which reflects the Chinese people's respect and love for Yu Shun's holy emperor and their devotion to Yu Shun culture. There are two watches on both sides of the statue. Huabiao originated from the slanderous wood in the era of Yaodi, and was set in the main traffic road, where the broad masses of people were asked to write their opinions and suggestions. In the Han dynasty, it developed into a road sign, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties it developed into an architectural decoration. The establishment of Hua Biao here is a symbol of the imperial power of the emperor.
Outer Town [2]
Outer Town, also known as Shinto entrance, is a semicircular "Cooper Square",
Millennium Cooper
is a place for large-scale sacrificial activities. There used to be huge cypresses on both sides of Shinto, and ancient trees were towering. Unfortunately, due to the lack of funds for temple repair, the local people took the method of cutting down trees in exchange for silver to repair the temple. Therefore, many cypresses were cut down here, and now only these two groups of thousand-year-old cypresses can be seen. According to legend, these two groups of cypress trees were planted by Shun Di personally by Dayu, with a history of more than 4, years. And they are all "living cypresses holding dead cypresses". The local people saw that they clung to each other like a couple and remained faithful to love, so they gave them a nice name "Couple Parker". The Annals of Anyi County in the Ming Dynasty called them "Lianlibai". There is a stone tablet embedded in the brick square column used to support the lying cypress under this group of cypress trees, which was written by Du Jushi of Yangbao Village in the 26th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty. The inscription is entitled "Ming Tiao Gubai recorded". The inscription records the vicissitudes of Cooper in Shundi Mausoleum. The inscription says that there are many ancient cypresses in the mausoleum of Shun Emperor, and there are more than 5 big cypresses around dozens, not including the couple cypresses. These cypress trees are "deep and ancient, thousands of years old", and they are here to "protect the Mausoleum and show the sacred sites". However, from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, in order to raise money to build temples, trees were cut down for five times to buy money, and the natural and man-made disasters in the future did more damage to cypress trees. By the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, there were five cypresses in the temple, eight in the forty, and ten in the twenty or thirty. Cypress planted for one or two hundred years later is not counted. The author of the inscription appeals to future generations to protect cypress trees and not to cut them down indiscriminately! In the middle of the inscription, there is also a story: during the Tongzhi period, Du Jushi and his teacher, Shandong Governor Yan Jingming, visited Hecun in summer and met a cypress tree about forty times. "Wai" is a unit of measurement, which refers to the length of the thumb and forefinger of both hands together. At that time, Yan Jingming said that this cypress tree was planted in Qin and Han Dynasties, which is rare! Du Jushi retorted that it was far less ancient than the cypress trees on Mingtiao Hill. Besides, there was only one cypress tree here, and there were more than a dozen cypress trees on Mingtiao Hill, all of which were fifty cubits thick and looked like dragons from a distance. Yan Jingming didn't believe Du Jushi's exaggeration. In Guangxu period, Yan Jingming went north by imperial decree, passed by here to worship Shun Di, and when he met Cooper, he said to his entourage with emotion that what Du Jushi had said before was really true.
You can go along Shinto to pay a visit to Shun Mausoleum. Xiang Zonggao, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, once wrote: Ming Tiao winds in a flat boundary, and the Shun Di shrine counts no years. Several temples and palaces are connected with catalpa trees, and a mound is connected with dusk clouds. From this ancient poem, we can appreciate the scale and momentum of the Shundi Mausoleum.
According to legend, the Shun Mausoleum was built in Dayu, while the Temple was built in the 26th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (AD 738). There are forty-nine steps from Cooper to Shanmen * * *, which means that Shun Di reigned for forty-nine years after Yao's reign. It is recorded in the Annals of Bamboo Books that "Shun Di lived in Mingtiao for forty-nine years, and Emperor Xi for fifty years".
Mountain Gate
The Mountain Gate of the Mausoleum Temple is the first gate to visit the Mausoleum Temple of Shun Emperor, a two-story building. It is an imitation Qing building restored on the original site. The four characters "Shundi Mausoleum Temple" on the tablet of Shanmen were written by Shen Peng, chairman of China Calligraphers Association.
Shanmen couplet:
"This is Mingtiaogang, and spring dew and autumn frost are pregnant with Fudan;
when people talk about driving in the sky, Yao Tianshun sees Zhong Hua every day.
"It means: This is Mingtiaogang, where the ancestors were sacrificed at the age of 2, and people are always thinking of Shun Di from day to night. It is wrong to say that Shun Di died on Cangwu Mountain in Hunan Province. In times of peace and prosperity, people came to Mingtiaogang to pay their respects to Zhong Hua, Shun Di.
"The sun shines on the mountain for 8, miles;
The Mennard wind has been popular for five thousand years
",which means: the bright sun is hanging on the high mountain, which shines on the 8,-mile-long rivers and mountains of China; Inside the gate is a treasure of human morality, which has prevailed for five thousand years.
when you step into the mountain gate, you can go upstairs to see the scenery and drum for peace. The pavilion on the door is the highest place of the Shundi Mausoleum. In the south, you can have a panoramic view of the scenic spot, overlooking Yanchi and Zhongtiao Mountain, panoramic view of the cemetery and the imperial city, and overlooking the Dushui solitary peak. In the north, you can welcome the south to smoke, beat the drums and report peace and happiness.
cemetery [2]
The cemetery is 2 meters long from north to south and 2 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of more than 6 mu. Walking more than a hundred steps, we entered the gate of the mausoleum temple. On the central axis, there are the tunnel, the platform of the Shundi Mausoleum, the offering hall, the pavilion and the Shundi Mausoleum. The ancient buildings with east-west symmetry are Guan Gong Temple and Li Shou Temple. The platform was built on a 1.12-meter pedestal, and one hundred stories of China's ancient filial sons were carved on both sides of the platform fence, which was called "Hundred Filial Pieties". The platform is an annual activity place for offering sacrifices to Shun Di. The bronze incense burner placed in the center of the platform is 4.2 meters long, symbolizing that Chinese people will always miss Shun Di for more than 4,2 years, and the height of 112 centimeters symbolizes Shun Di's longevity of 112 years. [2]
The building behind the platform is the Xiandian, which was built in the Yuan Dynasty. Passing through the Xiandian is the Enjoying Hall, which is a Qing Dynasty building. The content of the plaque is "The Place of the Sage", and
The Mausoleum of Shundi
was mentioned by Che Minlai, a magistrate of Anyi County in the first year of Yongzheng, which means the place where Shun Di ascended to heaven. Passing through the enjoyment hall, you will see a brick square tomb, which is 3 meters high and 51 meters around. In front of the tomb, there is a stone tablet written by Xing Qiren, and a stone tablet named "You Yu Shi Ling" stands next to it. On the tomb, the trees intersect with each other and are lush.
Imperial City [2]
About 3 meters northbound around the mausoleum is the Imperial City
Imperial City
, also known as Lile City. Entering the arched city gate, the theater, the rolling shed, the offering hall, the main hall and the bedroom are the central axis, and the porch room and the second floor of the bell and drum are arranged on the east and west sides. The structural layout is rigorous and symmetrical. The main building, the main hall, is built on the platform, with double eaves and five arches, five rooms in width and five rafters in depth. The clay statue of Shun Di in the temple, wearing a crown and clothes, is solemn and lifelike.
After the main hall, three bedrooms were built with statues of E Huang and Nv Ying, which were destroyed by the war. In the southeast of the Mausoleum Temple, Dayun Temple was built in the old days, which was inhabited by the Mausoleum-guarding monks. It was also called "Mausoleum-guarding Temple" and was demolished at the beginning of liberation.