In China, the Guan Yu faith should be the most extensive, and the imperial temple is related to all parts of the country, as popular as the City God Temple. Among them, the incense is the most exuberant, at least the most exuberant Guandi Temple I have ever seen, and it is none other than the Guanyue Temple in Quanzhou.
Guanyue Temple is not a temple dedicated to Guan Yu, it also enshrines Yue Fei, but the main building is still dominated by Guan Yu. This temple was built 1,000 years ago, originally as a water temple, Quanzhou is close to the sea, most of the residents who go out to the sea to fish and do maritime trade, and the worship of the water god has also come into being.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all cities to build guandi temples, and Quanzhou was limited by the economy at that time, and chose to change the water temple into a guandi temple, which also has a history of more than 600 years. Later, Yue Fei's prestige in the folk became higher and higher, and the people of Quanzhou invited Yue Fei into it and named it "Guanyue" Temple.
Quanzhou has many temples, almost ten steps and one temple in the city, from Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, temples of various religions can be found here, known as the "museum of religious culture". But when I traveled all over Quanzhou, I found that the most exuberant incense was the Guanyue Temple.
Guanyue Temple is located on Tumen Street, you don't have to worry about not finding it here, where more people follow. The temples are not large, the buildings are arranged horizontally, and the three main halls are connected together to form a spectacular complex of structural symmetry.
The incense burners of the temples are on the street, surrounded by railings, and the citizens will surround the incense burners with incense burners. Even in the middle of summer, there are still many people who come here to incense, and there are three layers of incense inside and out, and if you want to face Guan Erye to incense, you have to wait in a long line. Because the incense is too exuberant, the incense in the incense burner must be cleaned up after a while, otherwise it will overflow.
Guanyue Temple does not charge tickets, even the incense is free, it is placed on the table, you can take it at will, the incense is very large, different from the fine incense of the temple, more like the use of the temple fair when rushing to the market.
After the incense, you can go inside to visit, this is a Republic of China period building, built in 1927, nearly 100 years of history. Inside, there are exquisite wood carvings, stone carvings and clay sculptures, and the roof is full of dragons and phoenixes, which are colorful and colorful, and are equipped with flowers, birds and animals, highlighting the artistic style of ancient architecture in southern Fujian.
Inside the temple, you can ask for a signature, you can also calculate your own fortune, I saw a lot of people holding two half-moon shaped wooden boards and falling to the ground, again and again. Presumably I was counting the gua, but I didn't know how to calculate the gua, so I took two wooden boards and looked at them and left.
Guanyue Temple in Quanzhou and even the whole of Fujian status is very high, in ancient times, whenever the plague occurred, it would carry out the statue of Emperor Guan, Emperor Guan sat on sixteen caravans, in front of the second emperor Yue Fei, sitting on eight large palanquins, the scene was grand and spectacular.
Guanyue Temple in the folk reputation is also very high, seeking wealth and peace is very spiritual, plus Guan Yu is also a folk recognized god of wealth, so people from all walks of life will come here to worship, the local people have any worries, will also come here to talk about it. When the people of Quanzhou returned from other places, the first thing they did was to go to the Guanyue Temple to offer incense, and after giving three incense sticks to Guan Erye, they could really return home.
In fact, many people come to incense not with utilitarian purposes, but to talk to Second Master Guan, talk about their troubles, and finally try to have a peace of mind.
Address: Tumen Street, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, no admission fee
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