The origin of the Golden Dragon King Temple

The Golden Dragon Temple is located in the east of Zicun Village, Xujiazhuang Township, Jizhou City, Hebei Province. The temple has 3 main halls, two monuments in the courtyard, and a dragon monument outside the door. There are also the ruins of Tianqi Temple and Twelve Langjun Temples on the east side of the temple. Every year on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, there is a grand temple fair, which continues to this day. The golden dragon in the temple name is a native of Zicun, Jizhou, with the surname Zhang, the name 敕, and the character Yanhui. Born in the 3rd year of Hongwu (1370) of the Ming Dynasty. Young and intelligent, endowed with generosity. He used to go out to teach private schools. Once, at the junction of the three provinces of Henan, Hebei and Jin, when there was a flood, he led his disciples to block the mouth, and unfortunately was swept away by the torrent. Duhe Gong made this known to him, and he was made the Golden Dragon King by the emperor. According to legend, the Jade Emperor later put him in charge of the Upper Heavenly River and the Lower Yellow River. Therefore, when a boat crosses the Yellow River, the boatman must ask, "Are there any People from Jizhou?" The ship's passengers will answer "Yes" in order to ensure the peace of the Golden Dragon King. Whether there were Jizhou people among the ship's passengers or not, they all said that there was, otherwise they would not dare to sail the ship, fearing that the Golden Dragon King would not bless them. The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the day when the Golden Dragon King is canonized, so there is a temple fair on March 3 every year in his hometown of Zicun. [2]

According to the inscription of the Golden Dragon King Temple in Zicun, the four kings of the Golden Dragon, a native of Zicun, Jizhou, were originally named Zhang Shu ( 张敕 ) , the character Tinghui ( ) , and the fourth line. He was born on September 23, 1370, the third year of Ming Hongwu.com. Zhang Bao embedded in the "Biography of the Golden Dragon King", it is recorded as follows: "Born and intelligent, endowed with generosity, sideburns into pan, the amount of instruments is different from ordinary people." Because of repeated hardships, he had the ambition to swim in the sea, had no intention of making a name, and traveled to the world several times. When in the Yanghe River in Shandong, set up a museum to teach apprentices, through the plot to promote the fight, and Kou Zhai is lonely, the night is screened, and the public is pleasant, and he has already done a dream of reclusiveness. After hiding in the Qinglong Mountain, every time he saw the classics, Xie Xukun martyred the country and went to the water, and was crowned as the great king, and then used his weiling to help Ming defeat the Yuan, in order to restore the Song revenge, and to covet him as a person. Eighteen years of Yongle, the year of Gengzi June flood, the Yellow River breach, disasters all over Luyu, Gongsi was fifty-one years old, saw si tragic situation, suddenly born of compassion, so he rushed to the storm, because of which he died, chengneng ge tian, dragon gate in yihe. Overseeing the river workers, the people who made this known, were also crowned as the King of the Golden Dragon... and built a temple along the river, built a shrine in their hometown, and worshiped at four o'clock. On the third day of the first month of March, for the day of the public canonization, every time the people in the country performed a play to commemorate it, through the expression of respect, it has been passed down to this day