Brief introduction of Haining Sea Temple
Haining, located on the north bank of Qiantang River, is a county-level city managed by Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. This is a city with a long history. As early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was famous for its "tidal bore in the Qianjiang River". The tidal bore of Qiantang River is known as "the wonder of the world" and is one of the ten scenic spots in Haining. In addition to the tidal bore in Haining, the "Sea Temple" in Haining is also one of the ten scenic spots in Haining.
The Sea Temple is located atNo. 1 Guyi Road, Yan Guan Town, Haining City (Yan Guan Guanchao Scenic Area). The Temple of the Sea is a "temple palace", which was built in the eighth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of nearly 300 years.
At that time, there were no royal buildings in the south, but the Temple of the Sea was a special case. Due to the serious tidal situation in Haining, river banks and fertile fields are often washed away. Yongzheng once sent ministers and governors to repair the pond, and he also ordered and allocated funds to build this sea temple. It is reported that it cost 65,438+12,000 silver to build this god dedicated to Zhejiang Sea.
Haining Temple is a temple palace closely related to the Qing Dynasty, and it is also a building built according to the style of the Qing court. However, most of the buildings here were destroyed by fire during the Xianfeng period and rebuilt in the 11th year of Guangxu. When you walk into the Temple of the Sea, you can see the model of the Temple of the Sea, which is very large and covers an area of 40 mu.
Today's Sea Temple mainly includes Baiyufang, Shishi, Qingcheng Bridge, Yimen, Main Hall, Royal Monument Pavilion and so on. Other buildings were rebuilt later, but when you are in them, you can still see the location of the temple built by the royal monitoring system. This kind of royal palace is rare in Zhejiang, so it's probably the only one. In 200 1 year, it was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Sponge has nine courtyards, all of which are palace-style buildings in Qing dynasty, which are very rare in Jiangnan area. However, few people know about this place, so there are few tourists here. Apart from our party, we have hardly seen other tourists, and there are few tourists in Jinyong Academy not far from here.
The most magnificent building in the whole temple of the sea is the main hall. If you have been to the Forbidden City in Beijing before, you will find that this hall is very similar to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. This hall is built in the form of the Golden Hall and the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It is a palace building with double eaves and a rest on the top of the mountain, so it is called "Silver Hall" and "Jiangnan Forbidden City". It can also be seen that the Qing Dynasty spent huge sums of money to build this temple.
The whole hall is more than 20 meters high. The pillars, steps and stone pillars of the building corridor are all carved with white marble, and there are exquisite patterns such as auspicious clouds, flowing water, flowers and birds, dragons and tigers. At that time, it cost 65438+ 2 million, which is really genuine. There is absolutely no second hall made of white marble like this in Zhejiang. It's amazing.
In the main hall, there is a plaque with the word "Cheng" in gold, which was personally given by the court in the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong. Qianlong lived here in the south of the Yangtze River. The inscription on this tablet refers to the turbid water of Qiantang River in Qing Dynasty.
In the main hall, the "Zhejiang Poseidon" is now enshrined. At first, it was dedicated to King Wu Su's money and Wu Zixu. Now they are located on the left and right sides of Zhejiang Poseidon.
Through the main hall, you can see a pyramid roof-style building with octagonal double eaves, which is the Imperial Monument Pavilion. The monument in the Imperial Monument Pavilion is about 5 meters high and made of white marble. On the front, Yong Zhengdi's "The Temple of the Sea" is engraved, and on the back, Emperor Qianlong's "Reading the Seawall" is engraved. Not far behind the Royal Monument Pavilion is the rolling Qiantang River.