At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang, with the help of Jiang Shang (that is, Jiang Ziya) and others, set out to attack the Zhou Dynasty, eventually destroying the Shang Dynasty and establishing the Zhou Dynasty.
Introduction to Jiang Ziya:
Jiang Ziya (about1128 ~1016), surnamed Shang, Ming Ziya,No. flying bear. Also known as, stone,, Thai,. People in Donghai (now Xuchang City, Henan Province) speak of people in Hanoi (now Weihui City, Henan Province). Military strategist, strategist and politician at the end of Shang Dynasty, the founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestor of the Li family in Hangzhou.
Jiang Ziya first became an official in business. When he saw that Zhou Wang was helpless, he resigned to lobby the Chinese side. He heard that Xibe Ji Changxian could go to Zhou and hid in the stream. By this time, he was 70 years old. There is also a saying that Taigong married into her husband's family and was driven out of the house because he was not good at making a living, so he fished with a straight hook on the bank of Weihe River. A woodcutter saw Jiang Ziya fishing with a straight hook and taught him the fishing method. Jiang Ziya replied, "Although my old name is fishing, it's not about fish.
I would rather take it straight than its song, not for Jin Heng, but for Jun Hou. "Jiang Ziya fishing story, everywhere, Zhou Xibo, Ji Chang led the guest with a gift, a mountain for Jiang Ziya. After King Wu ascended the throne, Jiang Ziya converted to Buddhism, made great contributions in the battle of Makino, and was named the Duke of Qi. Both of them were in Yingqiu and became the ancestors of Qi.
Zhou Kangwang died in Haojing, the capital of Zhou Dynasty, six years ago (10 16). He successively assisted King Wen, Cheng Wang, Kang Wang and Zhou Wang, and ruled the country by force. After the Duke of Zhou was enfeoffed, Jiang Taigong became the founder of Qi and Qi culture. These six towers have been handed down from generation to generation. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong built the Taigong Temple and planted four cypress trees in the fishing place in Jiang Ziya that year to show the virtue of being a virtuous man.
In the first year of Tang Shangyuan (760), Tang Suzong made Jiang Ziya King Wu Chengwang. Since then, Jiang Ziya's reputation has been growing day by day. The imperial court and admirers rushed to build temples in Diaoyutai, sculpting the gods of Taigong, Wenwang and Sanqing, and offering sacrifices with great solemnity. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the temples, pavilions and pavilions in Diaoyutai were renovated and painted.