Jinci Temple is one of the most famous attractions in Taiyuan. It is the earliest royal garden in China and the best living museum to understand and familiarize yourself with history. The scale of Jinci Temple gradually expanded in the later period, and it is actually more majestic. Let me share with you an overview of Jinci Temple ticket prices.
How much is the entrance ticket to Jinci:
70 yuan/person
How much is the student ticket to Jinci:
Students can enjoy it with their student ID cards Half-price discount of NT$35
Jinci Temple is the first sight in Taiyuan. You must visit Jinci Temple when you come to Taiyuan. There has always been a saying that "if you don't visit Jinci Temple, your trip to Taiyuan is in vain." Jinci Temple is located at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain, more than 20 kilometers southwest of Taiyuan City.
When you arrive at the Jinci Scenic Area, the first thing you see is a wooden archway with four pillars, three doors, double eaves, five brackets, and green glazed tiles to imitate the roof of the verandah. On the top of the archway, it is built with yellow glazed tiles. There are tall coiled dragons and owl kisses at both ends of the main ridge and exquisite patterns on the ridge plate. On the front of the archway, there is a plaque inscribed "Jinci Scenic Spot" and on the back there are four characters in seal script "Tang Jin Si Yuan". The whole archway is quaint and eye-catching.
Not far from the archway is the gate of the scenic spot. There are two stone lions standing in front of the gate. The gate is a single-eaves Xieshan-style building, with a width of five rooms and three gates in the middle. The roof has yellow glazed tiles and no decoration on the ridge, making it look majestic and solemn.
A large plaque hangs on the lintel of the central gate, with the words "Jinci" on it. There are small characters on both sides: Yuzhi, Yushu and the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the twentieth year of Zhenguan. It seems that it should be A replica of an imperial plaque from the Tang Dynasty. A pair of couplets hangs on the pillars in front of the door:
Lin Fenchuan and descend to the site; construct benevolence and wisdom with _神. The plaque on the inside of the door is inscribed with the four seal characters "Zong Tang Bei Ji"; the couplets on the pillars: the illustrious Zong Zhou, the wise and wise assistants, the birth of spirits and virtues, the inheritance of literature and martial arts;
The heaven and earth are extremely powerful, the divine power is overwhelming, For thousands of generations, Fang You will have eternal heirs.
Step into the gate and enter the scenic spot. Jinci Scenic Area is divided into two parts: Jinci Park and Jinci Museum. Walking in the park, you can see that the entire park is lined with green trees, surrounded by lakes, reflected in the lakeside, and dotted with pavilions, pavilions, buildings, pavilions, and strange stones.
Jinci Park is very big, and the Jinci Museum is at the innermost part of the park. I don’t have time to see them one by one, so I can only take a quick look at them and pass them by in a hurry. I walked along the main road in the park.
After passing the Cross Bridge, Tang Garden, Zhaobi, Longxing Jinyang Statue, Feilong Pavilion, Fulong Garden, Peony Garden, and finally came to Jinci Museum.
The gate of Jinci Temple is a palace-style building with a single eaves and a hilltop, with red walls and gray tiles and simple decoration. It has three rooms in width and three red coupon doors at the bottom. The middle door opening is slightly higher than the two sides, and there are two doors on both sides of the door The stone lion squats majestically and solemnly. A plaque hangs under the eaves in the middle, inscribed with the word "Jin Temple". The pen is strong, powerful, and elegant. It was inscribed by Marshal Chen Yi in 1959.
After entering the door, there is a spacious courtyard with green grass, shady pines and cypresses, especially a few ancient locust trees, which is eye-catching.
Jin Temple, originally named Tang Shuyu Temple, was built to commemorate Tang Shuyu, the founding prince of the Jin Kingdom. Shu Yu worked hard to make good use of Jinshui, build farmland water conservancy, and vigorously develop agriculture, so that the people of the Tang Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment and lived a prosperous life. After Shu Yu's death, in order to commemorate him, later generations chose this beautiful place surrounded by mountains and rivers to build an ancestral hall to honor him in his fiefdom, named Tang Shu Yu Ancestral Hall. After Shuyu's son Xiefu succeeded to the throne, he changed the name of the country from "Tang" to "Jin" because of the Jin water flowing in the territory. This is also the origin of Shanxi's abbreviation of "Jin". Today's Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province is also located in The north of Jinshui is called Yang, so it was called "Jinyang" at that time.
Go forward and see an exquisite and elegant palace on the high platform. The palace is in the shape of a palace, with three rooms in width, double eaves on the top of the mountain, an open door in the middle, and round windows on both sides. It looks like two big eyes from a distance. I heard from the tour guide that in the cartoon "Havoc in Heaven", when Sun Wukong fought against Erlang God, he was unable to defeat Erlang God and transformed into a small temple. The prototype of the small temple is this building, but there is no extra flagpole here.
There is a plaque hanging in the middle of the two eaves, with the title "Three Jin Famous Springs"; there are surrounding corridors, with six bright pillars on each side, and a couplet on the two pillars in front of the door with the title:
The water is beautiful, the mountain is bright, there is no ink, there is no ink Pen pictures;
Birds singing and flowers _ vivid and colorful articles. Close to this building is a single-eave roll-roofed building, open on three sides, facing the stage of the Notre Dame Palace. On the front of the stage hangs the plaque "Shui Jing Tai". The plaque was written by Yang Erqi from Jinyang. Yang was from Taiyuan and was a calligraphy teacher to Emperor Qianlong. The handwriting on the plaque is beautiful and powerful. It is one of the three plaques in Jinci Temple. The name "Shuijing" comes from the sentence "Clear water and a bright mirror cannot escape shape" in "The Book of Han Dynasty".
On the pillars in front of the stage, there are two couplets hanging one inside and one outside:
Facing the square facing the distance, the gourds dance with long sleeves, although the clouds are graceful and meng's clothes are beautiful. , and the ethics of monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, brothers, brothers, husbands, wives, and ethics are all drawn from the silk and bamboo orchestra;
Although the horns are comparable to all the wonderful plays, the author The mask and the waist mark are only a dwarf's trick, but the literary, martial arts, ghosts, gods, right and wrong, strange and weird, the situation is actually conveyed from the beautiful poems and songs of the Qing Dynasty. The other picture is:
The music, music, and orchestral music all describe the harsh conditions of the world;
The beauty returns to the wind and snow, but it conveys the warmth and coldness of the world. The Shuijingtai is a stage that combines a palace building and a rolling shed. It is ingeniously designed and majestic in shape. The front and backstages of different styles complement each other. The surrounding pillars and the surrounding balustrade pillars on the platform base make the whole The building is integrated. The palace in the east is the backstage of the stage, while the terrace-like pavilion in the west is the stage for opera.
Continue westward from Shuijingtai, cross Huixian Bridge, and come to Jinrentai. The Jinren Terrace, also known as the Lotus Terrace, is square in shape and has a small glazed pavilion in the center of Taichung. This platform was built in the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago. There is a metal statue at each corner of the platform, which is called the "Golden Statue".
The iron man in the southwest corner was cast in the fourth year of Shaosheng in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1097). It has a history of more than 800 years. It is not only well-preserved, but also looks majestic, heroic and extraordinary. The pins are bright and the armor is shiny, which is quite unique. The original cast of the golden figure in the northeast corner has been destroyed, and it was recast in the early years of the Republic of China. The four cast statues are wearing crowns and armor, with charming and strong figures, heads held high and chests held high, and eyes bulging.
After the Jinren Terrace is Duiyue Fang. Duiyue Fang is also a wooden structure with four pillars and three doors and double eaves with a glazed roof. The word "Duiyue" on the plaque under the double eaves is handwritten by Gao Yingyuan. , the font is majestic and majestic, and it is also one of the three plaques.
According to records, this square was built by Gao Yingyuan, a Gongsheng in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, to pray for blessings and fulfill his wishes after his mother recovered from her illness. The two characters "Dui Yue" came from the Book of Songs. In the sentence "Dui Yue Zai Tian" in "Zhou Song", "dui" means repay, and "yue" means xianyang, which means to repay and show the merits of the Holy Mother.
To the left and right of Yuefang are the Bell Tower and Drum Tower. Just a few steps past Duiyue Fang is the Xian Hall. The Xian Hall is one of the three national treasures of Jinci. It is listed as the three national treasures of Jinci along with the Uonuma Feiliang and the main hall of Notre Dame Hall immediately behind it.
The Xian Hall is a hall dedicated to the Holy Mother, Yi Jiang, and is used for displaying sacrifices. It was built in the Dading year of Jin Dynasty. It is three rooms wide and two rooms deep. It has a single eaves on the top of the mountain. There are no walls around it. There are doors in the middle of the east and west. There are only fences in the other rooms. The whole hall is shaped like an exquisite pavilion. It is a treasure in ancient architecture. . Couplet in front of the hall:
The holy virtues last for thousands of years, and they are maintained at the same time, and the spirit is not separated.
Going through the Xianden Hall is the Uonuma Feiliang, a cross-shaped bridge built over the pond.
Uunuma Feiliang, built in the Song Dynasty, is in the shape of a cross bridge, like a roc spreading its wings. It is located in front of the Notre Dame Hall. It is elegant and generous in shape and unique in shape. It is known as an ancient overpass and is the oldest existing bridge in China. The only example of this. The ancients called the round one a pond and the square one a swamp. There are many fish in the swamp, so it is called "fish marsh"; a cross-shaped bridge is erected on it, "the bridge is empty, like flying." Therefore, it is called "flying beam" . The east-west bridge deck is wide and serves as the main road leading to the Notre Dame Palace, while the north-south bridge deck slopes down like the wings of a bird, gracefully about to fly; the sides are decorated with hook rails, and you can lean on the railings to enjoy the scenery, which adds to the poetic and picturesque feeling. Architect Mr. Liang Sicheng said: "This type of stone pillar bridge is occasionally seen in ancient paintings, but it is only an isolated example in real life, which is very valuable.
Across the fish pond and the flying beams is the main hall of Jinci Temple ---The magnificent Notre Dame Temple.
The Notre Dame Hall faces the fish marsh in front, the main peak of the Hanging Urn behind, Shanli Spring on the left, and Nanlao Spring on the right.
The Holy Mother Hall of Jinci Temple is dedicated to Yijiang, the mother of Tang Shuyu. The main hall was built during the Tiansheng period of the Song Dynasty (1023-1032 AD) and is the oldest building in the Jin Temple. The Notre Dame Hall is seven rooms wide and six rooms deep. It has double eaves on the top of the mountain. The eaves are 19 meters high. The roof of the hall is covered with tube tiles, with yellow and green glazed tiles trimmed on the edges. It has carved ridges and animals, with a balanced and exquisite color. The hall is surrounded by corridors. The front porch is two rooms deep and the porch is spacious. According to data, the Notre Dame Temple was built using the "column reduction method". Sixteen pillars were reduced inside and outside the temple, and the corridor columns and eaves columns were used to support the roof trusses of the temple. Therefore, the temple has no columns and is very spacious. It is the largest in my country. of a Song Dynasty building.
On the corridor pillars in front of the hall, there are eight wooden coiled dragons carved, which are the oldest existing wooden dragon relics in my country. Each of these eight dragons has a name: the two in the middle are called Yinglong, and the ones on the next two pillars are called Yinglong. Panlong, the ones on the second two pillars are called dragons, and the ones on the two outermost pillars are called dragons. These eight dragons have a history of a thousand years and are all originals from the Song Dynasty. On the eaves in front of the hall hangs a large plaque of "Our Lady of Appearance and Zhaoji". This plaque was the original when Sun Lu was ordered to rebuild the Notre Dame Hall in the first year of Chongning (1102). There are more than 20 stone tablets in the outer corridor of the Notre Dame Hall.
Couplet in front of the hall: The spiritual spring is vast, the vast expanse of colored glaze is exhausted; the holy water melts, and the nine-dimensional pearls and jade shine in the sky.
There are 43 beautiful painted maid statues in the Notre Dame Hall, most of which are originals from the Song Dynasty.
In the temple, Our Lady Yi Jiang sits cross-legged in the middle of the shrine, wearing a phoenix crown, a python robe, Xia Pei and pearls, and a solemn expression. She is the daughter of Jiang Ziya, the founding hero of the Zhou Dynasty, the wife of King Zhou Wu, and the mother of King Zhou Cheng and Tang Shuyu. This statue fully shows her dignity and luxury as an emperor and empress. The remaining 42 statues of maids are scattered around the Notre Dame Hall. The statues have their own characteristics and are lifelike. Some are plump, some are handsome, some are delicate, some are round, and each of them has a calm expression. It is precious information for studying the sculpture art and costumes of the Song Dynasty. These statues have lifelike images, vivid shapes, and different moods. They break through the stereotype of focusing on depicting gods and Buddhas in temple architecture. They are treasures in ancient sculpture art and occupy an important position in the history of art. This group of Song sculptures, together with the "Nanlaoquan" and "Qiniancypress", are collectively known as the "Three Wonders of Jin Temple".
On the right side of the Notre Dame Hall, there are two thousand-year-old cypress trees, one standing and one lying down. It is said that they were planted in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so they are called "Wolong Zhou Cypress" and have a history of more than 3,000 years. Known as the first of the "Three Wonders of Jinci", it is a witness to the vicissitudes of Jinci's history.
To the south of the Notre Dame Hall, there is the Nanlaoquan Pavilion built during the Tianbao Period of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-559 AD). The pavilion has an octagonal spire.
Nanlao Spring, commonly known as the Eye of the South China Sea, is located in front of the Jellyfish Tower and is the main source of the Jinshui River. It is famous both at home and abroad, along with ancient cypresses from the Qin Dynasty and statues of ladies from the Song Dynasty, as one of the "Three Wonders of the Jinci Temple". The Nanlao Spring has abundant water and its gurgling flow continues unabated. It is known as the "No. 1 Spring in Jinyang" due to drought and rain.
Therefore, in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was named "It is difficult to grow old in Yongxi" from the "Book of Songs? Song of Lu".
There are three springs in the Jinci Temple. Yunzhu Spring and Shanli Spring flow and dry up, but Nanlao Spring flows continuously. The spring water gushes out from the rock about five meters underground and is crystal clear. end. A well was built over the spring, and an octagonal pointed spring pavilion was built above the well. A vertical plaque was hung between the beams in the pavilion, with the two words "difficult to grow old" written by Fu Shan in the early Qing Dynasty. It is called the first of the three plaques in Jinci Temple. This plaque is about a foot below, and there is another horizontal plaque at the eaves, which is inscribed "Jinyang's No. 1 Spring".
Gao Yingyuan is very good at calligraphy. The two characters "Duiyue" inscribed on the list are gold characters on the list. Together with Mr. Fu Shan's "Hard Old" and Yang Eryou's "Shuijingtai", they are among the three famous plaques of Jinci Temple. In the calligraphy world Famous experts commented: Fu Shan's "Hard to Aged" is a magical stroke, Yang Eryou's "Water Mirror Terrace" is a beautiful stroke, and Gao Yingyuan's "Duoyue" is a majestic stroke.
The Jellyfish Building behind Nanlao Pavilion was built in the 42nd year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1563 AD). It is commonly known as the Dressing Building. It has five bays on the second floor. There is a seated jellyfish statue in the central shrine in the building. It is solemn and solemn, with eight separate buildings on both sides. A statue of a maid in a unique style.
The water of Nanlao Spring flows out from the mouth of a dragon and flows into the pool under the pavilion. There is a small platform in the pool, surrounded by low white marble railings in the shape of a boat. There is a rectangular pavilion on the platform, which looks very similar to the pavilion from a distance. Painting boat, hence the name "untie boat". There are mainstays, Zhanglang Pagoda, herringbone weir and other scenery in the pool.
Li Bai has a poem: "The flowing water of Jinci is like jasper, and the microwave dragon scale sedge is green."
To the north of the Notre Dame Hall is the Tang Shu Yu Temple. The owner of the Jin Temple was Tang Shuyu, but after the reconstruction in the early Song Dynasty, the Tang Shuyu Temple was changed into the Notre Dame Hall, and the Tang Shuyu Temple only became three small halls, ranking north of the Notre Dame Hall. It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that the Tang Shu Yu Temple was rebuilt, the old site was widened and raised, the Xiang Hall was rebuilt, and auxiliary halls, gates, and walls were built, so that the Tang Shu Temple had a separate courtyard. The main hall is a three-room building with single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain. The decoration inside the hall is simple. In the middle niche is a seated statue of Tang Shuyu, with a servant boy on the left and right, and a minister on the left and right standing in front of the niche with his hands raised. Couplet in front of the hall:
The Tang Dynasty sealed Tong for seven hundred years, and its contribution was preserved in the royal family; the Jin Canal irrigated three thousand hectares of water, benefiting the people.
There are nearly a hundred large and small buildings in Jinci Temple, and the overall layout basically adopts the traditional symmetrical layout of the central axis. The axis runs east-west, starting from the main gate and ending at the Notre Dame Hall, the main hall. On the axis, there are Shuijingtai, Huixian Bridge, Jinrentai, Duiyue Square, Bell and Drum Tower, Xian Hall, Yunuma Feiliang and other buildings; in the north there are Shuyu Temple, There are several groups of buildings such as Guandi Temple and Wenchang Palace; in the south there are Shengying Tower, Sansheng Temple, Nanlaoquan Pavilion, Jellyfish Tower, Gongshu Temple, Jinxi Academy, etc.; a Zhibo Canal is inserted diagonally from the south to the north, connecting The three parts are connected into one; the southernmost part is Shifang Fengsheng Temple.
The long history of Jinci Temple, numerous cultural relics and historic sites, the profound cultural heritage accumulated over the ages, the garden scenery of pavilions, pavilions, winding water and ancient trees, constitute the unique charm of Jinci Temple. Just as Liu Dapeng, a man in the early Republic of China, in his It is written in the preface of "Jinci Zhi" written by Jin Ci, "The victory of the three Jins is Jinyang, and the victory of Jinyang is all in Jinci.