This holiday, as the most lively street in Beijing, Yandai Xiejie can definitely be ranked. On the side of the famous Shicha silver ingot bridge in Beijing, there is a diagonal street called Yanbao Xiejie, starting from Di'anmen Outer Street in the east, reaching the small stone tablet alley in the west, it has been formed as early as the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Diagonal Street of Fishing Hall" at that time, it was called "Diagonal Street of Fishing Hall", in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Gulou Xiejie", at the end of the Qing Dynasty, because of the business of tobacco bags and smoking utensils here, and the diagonal street itself is like a pipe, so it was renamed "Yanbao Xiejie", which is one of the oldest alleys in Beijing.
Nowadays, Tobacco Bag Xiejie has become a well-known lively place, and there are many people coming and going every day, and there are more on holidays. But the bustling crowd may not pay attention to the position in the middle of the diagonal street, there is an ancient Taoist temple on the side of the road, quietly looking at the bustle on the street, this is the Guangfu Temple to talk about today.
This Guangfu Temple was built in the third year of Ming Shun (1459), and is one of the famous "Ten Brakes" in Shichahai. It is said that a eunuch surnamed Peng changed his private residence into this Taoist temple, and it was built by Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Now in the middle courtyard of the Guannei Temple, a Tianshun four-year "Rebuild Guangfu View Monument", which records the relevant history of rebuilding the Guangfu Temple.
As early as the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to manage the Taoist institutions scattered in various places, a national institution for the management of Taoist affairs was set up, called the Taoist Division, which was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. After the construction of Guangfu Temple was completed, the Ming Dynasty set up the "Daolu Division" to manage the country's Taoist affairs in Guangfu Temple. Until the forties of the last century, the presiding officer of Guangfu Temple, Ming Hui Daochang, was still the head of the North China Taoist Association. After 1949, Guangfu Temple basically became a dwelling, until 2007 began to vacate the cultural relics, Guangfu Temple basically restored its current appearance, but there is no longer the role of the Taoist temple, and it has become the Shichahai Cultural Exhibition Center.
We can see from the current courtyard and historical records, we can see that Guangfu Guan sits in the north and faces south, is divided into east and west two roads, the west road building is the Baiyunxian Temple, it is relatively complete after restoration, there are mountain gates, front halls, apse and matching halls, there are some architectural remains on the east road, the central axis is the mountain gate, the Tianwang Palace, the Sanqing Palace and the East and West Side Palace, the Sanguan Palace.
Today's No. 1 hall of Shichahai Cultural Exhibition Center mainly displays the origin of Shichahai and the development history of Shichahai. From the "White Lotus Pond" in the Jin Dynasty to the "Jishui Pond" in the Yuan Dynasty.
The No. 2 hall in the Sanqing Hall mainly introduces the basis for the establishment of Shichahai as a city in Beijing and the history of Beijing's Caoyun. As the architectural relics of the Ming Dynasty in the entire Taoist temple, you can still see the beam frame when you look up now, which belongs to the Ming Dynasty Cheng Song system, and adopts the memory of the Ming Dynasty to reveal the Ming Dynasty, reflecting the beauty of the structure of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to these, now we can also see the celebrity anecdotes and development history related to Shichahai and Beijing here, which is a place to be familiar with Beijing and Shichahai.
The current situation of Guangfu Temple also reflects the importance of cultural relics protection and inheritance. In the wave of modernization, how to protect these precious historical and cultural heritages, so that they can not only maintain the original style, but also integrate with modern society, is a problem that we need to think deeply.
As an important historical site on Yandai Xiejie, Guangfuguan not only witnesses the historical changes of Beijing, but also carries rich cultural connotations. Its existence reminds us to cherish and protect these precious historical and cultural heritages, so that they can shine more brilliantly in the new era.