The spirit of the King of Min's fraternity, benevolence, and national unity has once again inspired the people on both sides of the strait; the excellent family rules and family training of the Kaimin Wang clan have been passed down from generation to generation and have become an extremely valuable cultural wealth in Quanzhou
Historically, the "three kings of Kaimin" (that is, the three brothers Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi and Wang Zhenzhi) contributed greatly to Fujian, and during their reign in the Fujian kingdom, social stability, prosperity of all industries, and prosperity of culture and education were bright. The spirit of the King of Min, who knows fraternity, love, benevolence, and safeguarding the unity of the country, has been passed down through the ages. Recently, the "Three Kings of Kaimin" in Quanzhou drove to the island of Taiwan to patrol the border, which was highly valued by all sectors of society, and the strong family affection of the two sides of the strait with the same roots and origin was once again revealed.
The idols of the three kings of Kaimin were revered
The Three Kings Ancestral Hall of Kaimin in Quanzhou was founded in the Ming Dynasty
Circumnavigating the border has caused a sensation
The emblem of the stream is not annihilated, and the thoughts are chased. More than 1,000 years ago, the "Three Kings of Kaimin" - Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi, Wang Zhenzhi Kunzhonglu Blue Wisp, Hand and Foot Blade- founded the Fujian Kingdom. During their reign in Fujian, they extensively administered morality, loved the people, and adopted many policies and measures conducive to the development of the economy, culture and education, and overseas trade, thus laying a solid foundation for the prosperity of Fujian, especially Quanzhou, during the Song and Yuan dynasties. These acts of benevolence and goodwill are still praised by the world.
At the warm invitation of Taiwan's Wang clan relatives, from December 21 to 28, 2018, the golden body of the Three Kings of Kaimin was driven to Taiwan from Quanzhou 'Kaimin Three Kings Ancestral Hall" and traveled around Kaohsiung, Tainan and Daren Road (Wangye Palace) and other places.
It is reported that the three kings of Fujian have been paid attention to by people from all walks of life in Taiwan. Taiwan's Wang clan relatives, representatives of Taiwan's various surnames, and nearly 300 mainland clan representatives attended the welcoming ceremony held in Kaohsiung on the 21st of last month. Wang Qishui, president of the Quanzhou Kaimin Three Kings Cultural Relics Protection Center (Kaimin Three Kings Ancestral Hall), said at the ceremony that the king of Fujian had the noble sentiment of "preferring to open the door and be a thrifty envoy rather than a closed-door heavenly son" and that his act of safeguarding the country's peaceful reunification had left a good name that has flowed through the annals of history. This statement also aroused a warm response from those present, and the representatives of the Wang clan said one after another that the commemoration of the great achievements of the three kings of Kaimin is aimed at encouraging future generations to learn from history, to promote the excellent traditional Chinese virtues, and to safeguard the unity and unity of the motherland. Wang Qishui also said that the current activity of patrolling the three kings of The Three Kings of Kaimin was led by the Ancestral Hall of the Three Kings of Kaimin in Quanzhou, and the compatriots on both sides of the strait took several months of preparations to realize it, and a total of nearly 300 volunteers from the mainland of the motherland went to Taiwan to participate in escorting the golden bodies of the three kings.
According to reports, the ancestral worship ceremony for the descendants of the three kings of Kaimin held on the 22nd of last month was presided over by Wang Minghe, chairman of the Wang Clan Association in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, and Wang Jinping, former responsible person of the taiwan regional legislature, attended the ceremony as a positive official. After several days of patrolling the territory, the idols of the three kings of Kaimin were placed in the Wang Clan Ancestral Association Hall in Kaohsiung City for the people to worship.
The ancestral hall houses the cultural relics and historical relics of the Three Kings of the Five Dynasties of Min
People on both sides of the strait jointly participated in the expedition to the shrine
During the reign of Fujian, the government of virtue was widely administered
In the last years of the Tang Dynasty, politics was corrupt, the people were not happy, and the masses rose up. The three brothers, Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi and Wang Xianzhi, whose ancestral home were from Gushi County, Gwangju, Henan, "were known for their talents, and the Yi people called them 'Three Dragons'", and together they joined the peasant rebellion led by Wang Xu, and in the fifth year of Zhonghe (885), they followed Wang Xu into Fujian. Wang Xuqi was jealous and suspicious, and killed innocents indiscriminately, and the rebel generals complained about him, and later through the "Nan'an Revolution", Wang Chao, who had a lot of prestige among the military and the people, replaced him as the leader of the rebel army. From time to time, There were Quanzhou assassins Liao Yanruo, who were greedy and violent for the government, and the people were miserable. Wang Chao then complied with the people's will and captured Quanzhou. In the second year of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (893), Wang Chao's army attacked Fuzhou again. In October of the same year, the Tang Dynasty appointed Wang Chao as an observer envoy from Fujian, Wang Zhenzhi as a deputy envoy, and Wang Zhenyi as the Assassin of Quanzhou. In December of the fourth year of Tang Qianning (January 898), Wang Chao died of illness, and Wang Zhenzhi succeeded him to the throne. In the fourth year of Tianyou (907), Zhu Wen, the grandfather of Liang, was promoted to the post of Zhongshu Ling (中書令) and was given the title of "King of Min". Until the death of Wang Zhenzhi in the third year of Min Tongguang (925), Mindi "worked hard and the people were settled" and "the public and private were rich and solid, and the territory was at peace".
According to the "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms, Volume 90, Sikong Shijia", compiled by Wu Renchen of the Qing Dynasty, when Wang Chao was serving as an observer in Fujian, he "created four righteous studies, went into exile, fixed taxes, sent officials to patrol the prefectures and counties, advised peasants to teach sang, made good friends with neighbors, protected the people, and everyone was safe." During the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the warlords fought for many years and the people were devastated, but under the leadership of the three wang brothers, from the second year of Jingfu (893) to the third year of The Later Tang Dynasty (925), Mindi gained 32 years of peaceful development, which is very precious.
During the reign of the three Wang brothers in Fujian, they extensively administered morality and benevolence to the people, and adopted many policies and measures conducive to the development of economy, culture, commerce, trade, and maritime relations, thus laying a solid foundation for Fujian's prosperity. First of all, judging the hour and sizing up the situation, adopting the policy of "protecting the border and resting the people," quelling turmoil internally, straightening out the administration of officials, and consolidating city defenses; and honoring Tang and Hou Liang as Zhengshuo externally, thus creating a peaceful and stable development environment for the Fujian state. Second, with the restoration and development of the economy as the administrative program, we should reduce servitude, encourage production, promote people's livelihood, reward reclamation in the mountainous areas of Fujian, and "do everything possible to clean up the grass"; in the coastal areas, we should build water conservancy projects, establish "hundreds of industrial institutes," introduce advanced handicraft industries, and promote the all-round development of the commodity economy. Third, we should make use of the natural ports of Fuzhou and Quanzhou to "attract barbarian merchants in the sea" and vigorously develop overseas transportation and trade. Fourth, recruit talents and be kind to the Yiguan clan in the Central Plains of Fujian. Re-teaching and rejuvenation of learning, changing customs and customs, widely setting up "righteous studies" in the territory of Fujian, and then establishing "four schools", so that "Southern Man Haiyu" gradually became "coastal Zoulu". Fifth, be honest and self-disciplined, be diligent in government for the people, and appoint people on the basis of merit. The old and new "Book of Tang" and "Zizhi Tongjian" have praised Wang Zhizhimin for "using benevolence and faith to subordinate the emperor, and practicing mercy and benefiting the people" to praise. The Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms also praises the King of Min for his "ambition to honor the sages, the way of hong's love and guests, the celebrities of the four directions, and the salty coming of thousands of miles". Chen Peng, a researcher at the Quanzhou City Cultural Relics Protection Research Center, once said in an article entitled "The Casting of the MinGuo and the "Yonglong Tongbao"" that during his reign, Wang Zhenzhi practiced benevolent government at home and good neighborliness and goodwill toward the outside world, "every time he treated himself with frugality, he elected a good official, saved the cost of punishment, spared punishment and was extremely thin, and rested with the people, and in the past thirty years, the situation was in a difficult situation", so that the fujian state could be in a peaceful corner of the sea and get rid of the war situation of the strife among the nations. In addition, Wang Zhenyi ruled Quanzhou for 12 years, and under his management, Quanzhou was politically harmonious, the people's hearts were stable, and the population increased sharply, and his contribution to Quanzhou was equally huge.
In the Ming Dynasty, Su Maoxiang, a Jinjiang jinshi, once wrote "Deng Chongyang Lou Read the Poem of the Assassination History Wang Chao": "The drum is boiling like a wave in the central plains, and the general Min Yu is still horizontal." Kuang fu hopeless Tang Xiangwu, to protect the poor strong Han Wei Tuo. There will be no war in the millennium, and there will be strings and songs in the Qing Dynasty. The heroic relics are still faintly sent, and the twilight leaning on the tall buildings has screamed. "He gave positive affirmation to Wang Chao's historical merits. Wu Renchen lamented in the "Spring and Autumn of the Ten Kingdoms": "(Wang Kunzhong) has Minjiang, a guest of honor, a crown, and can also be described as the founding of the country." ”
Near the site there is a stele of "Yonglong Tongbao Cast Land"
The stone pillar of the release pond in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Chengtian Temple is engraved with "Tang King BuShi Tian Qianqing"
The remains of historical relics are reminiscent
The famous "Three Kings of Kaimin" in history have many historical relics in Quanzhou, and the "Three Kings of Kaimin Ancestral Hall" in Quanzhou is one of the important places. According to the genealogy of the Wang clan, during the Ming Dynasty, Wang Huan (the 23rd grandson of King Min and grandfather of Wang Shenzhong, a talented son of the Ming Dynasty) who migrated to Luxiagou in Wenling built the Ancestral Hall of the Three Kings of Kaimin, which was used to enshrine the ancestors Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi, and Wang Zhenzhi Kunzhong, commonly known as the WangCuo Ancestral Hall. The outer wall of the ancestral hall is made of granite, so it is called "stone wall side" by the people of Quanzhou. The temple sits north and faces south, and is a brick and wood building with a hanging mountain, dovetail ridge and bucket structure.
The Three Kings Ancestral Hall of Kaimin has retained the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties so far, the main ancestral hall wall is made of red bricks and granite stones in southern Fujian, the ancestral hall has a patio and two chambers, and the ancillary buildings have a weeping flower gate, a gallery, a upper and lower guard house, a return flower hall, etc., the overall building is simple and elegant, unique ingenuity, and has the typical characteristics of traditional ancient architecture in southern Fujian. The main entrance of the main shrine is engraved with a bluestone horizontal engraving seal book "Kai Min Three Kings Ancestral Hall", and on the left and right sides are white granite pillars engraved with the inscription "Taiyuan Wangzu Original Three Jin, Gu Shi Yi Shi Jing Ba Min". The corner walls on both sides of the porch are inlaid with two well-preserved Ming and Qing Dynasty brick carvings "Deer and Bird with Spring". The stone pillars on both sides of the ancestral hall are carved in praise of the three kings' exploits in the opening of the Minzhiquan Spring. The ancestral hall hall is solemn and solemn, with a gold-carved flower niche in the middle, golden splendor, the niche is dedicated to the statues of Wang Chao, Wang Zhenyi and Wang Zhenzhi, and the plaque of former Singapore President Wang Dingchang is hung on the front beam of the hall, "Kai Min First", and on the rear beam hangs the "One Book of Three Sects" plaque handwritten by the Song Dynasty calligrapher Mi Fu and the plaque of "Guangqian Yuhou" donated by Taiwanese celebrity Wang Jinping. On the west side of the stone cheng outside the main shrine is a gallery, and the walls are embedded with 12 bluestone shadow carvings "Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Three Kings History Paintings", which reproduce the historical achievements of the Three Kings with vivid images and concise texts. In the south, there is a "Kai min pavilion" to commemorate the ancestors of the Wang family entering Fujian, and the HuiXiang Flower Hall has a museum of cultural relics and historical relics of the three kings of the five generations of the Min Dynasty. Next door to the Historical Relics Exhibition Hall, there is now the Kaimin Three Kings Ancestral Ancestral Hall Family Training Hall, which is one of the first 8 family style family training halls at the municipal level, where the family training, family rules, and reading poems of the Wang family from Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Fuqing, Zhenghe and other places are displayed, reflecting the essence of the traditional culture of loyalty and filial piety, benevolence, self-cultivation, Qiguo pingxia and other ideological essences.
In quanzhou Chengtian Temple, there are also many ruins related to the Three Kings of Kaimin. Under the leadership of Wang Huaping, Wang Congrong, and others of the Kaimin clan in Quanzhou, the reporter found the cultural relics protection monument of the "Quanzhou Minguo Coinage Site" erected by the Fujian Provincial Government in 2005 in the Chengtian Temple. According to reports, in the 1970s and 1980s, qianfan (the mold of ancient minted metal currency) engraved with "Yonglong Tongbao" was excavated here many times. In 2000, the Fujian Museum presided over the archaeological excavation, and unearthed many Qianfan and baking furnace remains and five generations of porcelain pieces and other related artifacts, confirming that the place is indeed the site of the fifth generation of Fujian "Yonglong Tongbao" coinage site. In the five generations, the mining and metallurgical industry of the Min state had a certain level, according to the "Three Mountains Chronicle", after the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Guangchu Period, the King of Min was known to have been in the west of Quanzhou City "Zhang LuYe Thirteen Institutes". The "Yonglong Tongbao" large iron coin unearthed at Chengtian Temple was a year coin minted by Wang Yanxi, the sixth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of the Min Dynasty, in August of the fourth year of Yonglong (942), and was minted for only 1 year and 7 months. Near the site, there is also a 2010 "Yonglong Tongbao Minting Land" stele, which says that the discovery of the coinage site has rewritten the saying that there has been no pottery money fan since the Tang Dynasty, which is conducive to the study of the social economy and production technology of the Fujian country.
Wang served as the Assassin of Quanzhou for 12 years, and after his death, his eldest son Wang Yanbin succeeded him as the Assassin of Quanzhou. According to the "Genealogy of the King of Nan'an Jinkeng", Wang Yanbin built the Zhaoqing Temple, placed the Jinjiang Xiashengyuan Zhuang, Hui'an Stable Juzhuang, and Anxi Across the Village, and collected more than 10,000 stones from the field every year into the temple, "to support the monks and pray for frugality." According to legend, Wang Yanbin once purchased a wide range of land properties for Zhaofuyuan and Zhaoqing Temple, and these field properties were later returned to Chengtian Temple, so the Chengtian Temple now has a couplet name: "Tang Hou Bo Shi Tian Qianqing, Song Shou Zengzhi Temple Ten Qi", "Tang Hou" refers to Wang Yanbin (Founding Marquis), "Song Shou" refers to the Song Dynasty Quanzhou Taishou Wang Shipeng; chengtian temple Daxiong Treasure Hall in front of the release pool railing stone pillar is also engraved: "Tang Wang Bu Shi Tian Qian, Song Shou ZengJi Temple Ten Qi". It can be seen that the Kaimin Wang clan and the Chengtian Temple have a very deep relationship.
The Kaimin Wang clan has a deep relationship with the Chengtian Temple
The family rules and regulations shine in the hereafter
The ancients said: "The foundation of the world is in the country, the foundation of the country is at home, and the foundation of the family is in the body." "The Kaimin Wang clan has been breeding in Quanzhou for more than a thousand years, and the personnel has changed in the sea and the mulberry fields, but the family rules and family training have been passed down from generation to generation, and they have not changed their true colors. According to Wang Qishui, the Kaimin Wang clan has established its clan on the basis of the family of spreading virtue and benevolence and passing on the family of poetry, and its clan rules have a total of fifteen items, namely: "Filial piety to parents, du you gong, observance of the law of the country, mu clan, hexiang party, training and reading, diligent cultivation and weaving, prudent friendship, good conduct, forbearance, obedience to thrift, other men and women, laziness, abstinence from gambling, and far away from wine." Although the detailed entries of the Wang Clan Rules and Family Training in various parts of Quanzhou are slightly different, their main purpose is nothing more than loyalty and filial piety first. "A good family style is the fundamental guarantee of a harmonious society. The flawless jade can be a national instrument; the son of filial piety can be a national rui. The country's politics are clear, the social civilization is progressive, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, all of which are inseparable from the inheritance of excellent traditional ethnic rules and family training from generation to generation. Wang Qishui said.
In the five dynasties of the late Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains were in chaos, and the vassal states of various domains were called emperors and independent, and some people also advised Wang Zhenzhi of Min to call himself emperor, but Wang Zhenzhi insisted that "it is better to be an envoy to open the door and be a prince of heaven than to be a closed-door heavenly son", resolutely worship the Central Plains as Zhengshuo, and send envoys to pay tribute every year, doing their part to maintain the unity of the country, thus winning the historical reputation of "only doing good deeds and being loyal", and also becoming a model for future generations to learn. The descendants of the three kings of Kaimin have adhered to the ancestral legacy and cultivated their families, and for more than a thousand years, many national pillars and worldly sages have emerged. For example, the 24th grandson of the King of Min, Wang Zhike, a native of Guifeng Village, the twenty-sixth capital of Nan'an, had a deep family origin, and after the Kangxi Dynasty, he served as the head of the Tingzhou Government, rectified the Gangji, built the Xueku, zhenduo indoctrination, and achieved remarkable political achievements. Later, he was promoted to Zhi County, Tianchang County, Fengyang Province, diligent and loving the people, and one year there was a flood in the county, in order to save the people of Li, he resolutely ordered the opening of a warehouse for disaster relief when the imperial court disaster relief documents were not issued in time. Afterwards, when the emperor ordered that his crime of opening the treasury privately be investigated, the people of the city helped the old and the young, gathered at the gates, and explained the disaster, so that he could be saved from death. Although Wang Zhike was eventually dismissed from office, he left a section of Qingshi.
Wang Shujin, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader in modern Malaysia and a pioneer of Chinese education, is a Yongchun Jindou and a descendant of the three kings of Kaimin. In 1903, he went to Malaysia to start a business, and after many hardships, he finally founded several shops, trading houses and rubber plantations, and his family became richer. At that time, the motherland was poor and weak, and out of strong patriotic feelings, he threw himself into the cause of saving the people and trying to survive without hesitation. In 1911, he joined the "Chinese League" in Penang, actively promoted the ideas of the Three People's Principles, and became a loyal supporter of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause. Whenever the country is in difficulty and compatriots are in urgent need of assistance, he always stands up and takes the lead in donating money and materials. From 1920 to 1936, there were five severe droughts and floods in China, and he launched disaster relief fundraising activities in Malaysia to help refugees. In 1940, he also participated in the "Nanyang Overseas Chinese Repatriation Consolation Labor Group" organized by Mr. Chen Jiageng to the motherland's anti-Japanese front to comfort the anti-Japanese soldiers and wounded soldiers. Wang Shujin attaches great importance to the cultural education of the descendants of overseas Chinese, and has founded three primary schools and two complete middle schools. Adhering to the teaching language of Putonghua and adhering to the teaching program of advancing moral, intellectual and physical progress, we have devoted ourselves to the cause of education for more than 40 years, with remarkable achievements, and have made indelible contributions to the cause of national education and the inheritance of Chinese culture.
"Over the centuries, the Kaimin Wang clan has been successively, and the story of the humanities gathering can be described as a long history and difficult to exhaust." Wang Zhenyao and Wang Ranhui, descendants of the Kaimin Wang clan, said that now the descendants of the Kaimin Wang clan are all over the world, and the Quanzhou Kaimin Three Kings Ancestral Hall has created a family training hall to carry forward the virtues of the three kings and provide a base for the three kings at home and abroad to learn. We believe that no matter how the times change and how the pattern of life changes, we must attach importance to family building and family rules and ancestral training, which is the foundation of the prosperity of surnames. ”