Since the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, many people have built the "Huang Dawang Temple" in the Yiluo River Basin and along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. In people's minds, the "Huang Da Wang" is a river god, in fact, huang Da Wang is a water control hero in the Heluo area in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. #Luoyang Headlines#
Huang Dawang (黄大王), known as Shoucai (守才), a native of Wangzhuang Village, Yuetan Town, Yanshi District, Luoyang, was born in the 31st year of the Ming Dynasty (1603), died of illness in the second year of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty (1664), died at the age of 62, and was buried in the Nine Dragon Corners of Foguang. Because Huang Shoucai was instrumental in controlling water in the Heluo area between Ming Chongzhen and Qing Shunzhi, 74 years after his death, the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty named Huang Shoucai "Lingyou Xiangji King and The Four Kings of the Golden Dragon" in the third year of Qianlong (1738). The name of The Yellow King was born.
Huang Shoucai was so prestigious that he built many temples for him from the lower reaches of the Iloilo River to the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The "Kowloon Temple" in Shijiazhuang Village, Shanhua Town, Yanshi District, is the most complete one preserved at present.
Kowloon Temple is located in Shanhua Town, Shijiazhuang Village, south of the river, on the north bank of the Iloilo River, covers an area of 3400 square meters, and has preserved buildings from south to north, including bell and drum towers, partial halls, main halls, apse halls and ear rooms. The original mountain gate, theater building, guest hall, flagpole, 3 pairs of stone lions, and 6 inscriptions no longer exist due to floods and wars.
The Bell and Drum Tower was created in the eighteenth year of Qing Guangxu (1892), a brick and wood structure with a cornice. The east is the bell tower, the west is the drum tower, and the lintel has a lintel inscription written by Shi Wenqi, the eighteenth year of Qing Guangxu.
Built in the eleventh year of Qing Tongzhi (1872), the side hall is symmetrical from east to west, with a hard mountain stacked on top of each other, 4 square stone pillars in front of the hall, and painted beams and purlins inside. The couplets engraved on the 4 stone pillars are all written by Liu Yunan, the envoy of Anhui Province, and the book of Niu Xuan of the Shujishi of Hanlin Yuan.
The main hall was created in the 16th year of Qing Jiaqing (1811), located on the central platform of the entire temple, with a width of 3 rooms and a brick and wood structure. The interior of the main hall is a four-pillar beam, all painted. A large plaque of "Wei Xuan Style Curb" hangs in the middle of the door, but unfortunately it is no longer there, and it is copied today.
In front of the main hall is a roll shed, also a brick and wood structure, which is simple and generous.
The apse was created in the 22nd year of Qing Jiaqing (1817), brick and wood structure, hard mountain stacked. The internal columns, girders, etc., are painted with black patterns. The entire apse is two stories long, with the upper level being the "Heavenly Grandfather Pavilion" and the lower level being the "Fire God Temple". The east and west two-eared rooms are slightly lower than the apse, and the hard mountains are stacked.
The Kowloon Temple was converted into a school during the Republic of China, and almost all the idols in the temple were removed at this time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was also occupied by the school for a long time, and in the third year of the Qing Dynasty (1911), Shi Fengming wrote and wrote Dan's "Monument to the Two Corridors of the East and West Corridors of the Kowloon Temple", which was used as a door stone for the classroom.
There are many Original Qing Dynasty carvings and drawings in the temple about Huang Shoucai's water rule, such as the main hall lintel, there are 8 paintings of Huang Shoucai ruling the water, and the east and west side halls also have large murals of Huang Shoucai ruling the water. Unfortunately, the school at that time painted a thick lime on the surface, and now it is difficult for us to see the whole picture of the mural. #Luoyang Places of Interest#
The Kowloon Temple, which used to be on the main road from Luoyang to Kaifeng, was a local attraction. Shijiazhuang Village holds two meetings to greet the gods on September 17 and December 15 every year, and the boat owners and boatmen in the village will organize singing, offerings and praying for blessings. On the fifteenth day of the waxing moon, not only the opera team was invited to sing for three days, but also the temple fair, because the time was approaching, the temple fair also became a local New Year goods trading market, the meeting lasted for many days, and the villagers from near and far gathered here, which was very lively. #这就是年味儿 #
