Pengcheng, with a thousand years of history and cultural deposits, is also an ancient town with rich folk customs, and its folk temple culture is the first level of the city style. Pengcheng has all the land temple, the Hall of Ten Thousand Gods, Tao God Temple, Fire God Temple, Kiln God Temple, and the cylinder God Temple, etc., is the unique characteristics of the cultural heritage of the ancient town of Pengcheng. There are also famous Buddhist grottoes and other places of interest, so that the ancient town of Pengcheng since ancient times has a strong attraction and influence.
1, Pengcheng are land temple: this temple is located in Busan West Road, Magnetic State Kiln Museum of the road north. Now looks small, but in the past is very big. This temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty, is the emperor's "Long Tiandu land temple", is the first level of the land temple, jurisdiction is the Central Plains four provinces of Jin, Hebei, Lu Yu. According to the records, the imperial sealing of the land are: Longtian, Huatian, Tiantian, Tianbao, Pengcheng's land master sealed as Longtian, honored as the first level. Generally, the land master is only in charge of a county, a township, or a village. From this, it is also evident that Pengcheng's status in the four provinces of the Central Plains.
The temple enshrined in the Longtiandu land master is the Tang and Song dynasty prose, the first of the eight Han Yu, who was the official minister of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice, and after his death was sealed as a god, as Longtiandu land master. He wore a crown, dressed in ochre yellow robe, sitting in the center of the hall, serious and solemn, Ling Ran Zhengqi.
According to the records of the land temple covers an area of twenty-five acres, three courtyards, sitting north to south, the central axis of the building of the three halls, the hall is majestic, carved beams and painted buildings. Inside the temple cypress, monument towering. East and west sides of the hall. Into the gate there is a stone arch bridge, the bridge has a jade railing, the bridge under the gurgling water. Temple door is a red lacquer door, the door on both sides of a huge stone lions, mighty and spectacular. There are Taoist priests living in the temple, and there are seven or eight acres of temple fields outside the wall.
The Land Temple is still in full bloom, and every first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, there are many visitors to the temple. In the past, on April 15 every year, on the birthday of the master of the land, a temple fair was held to perform the rituals. At that time, hordes of people from Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei to this incense and wishing, the temple fair is generally three days. Rally, in the temple south of the two-storey theater on the opera, circus also came to help, this time, people will carry all the landlord to the street parade, the crowd of onlookers in the three layers outside the three layers, a sea of people, marching band music, in front of the front of the gong someone to open the way, followed by the eight classes of government officials, has been to the Black Dragon Cave, Linshui, the evening back to the temple, before the successful conclusion. In the evening, everyone eats a big pot of vegetables and buns. Also sing a big opera, in order to pray for the wind and rain in Pengcheng, the country and people's peace. All land master temple has a charity school, many poor people's children do not pay tuition to this school, funded by the school is Pengcheng Wang family kiln owner.
In the Pengcheng area, as long as what happened to the major things, all to the land temple in front of the big stage to say, comment, people waving gestures, impassioned, the audience also debated endlessly, and finally someone summarized the speech to be considered the end. The purpose is to speak out a fair, so that good people for generations to come, so that bad people will be stigmatized, very similar to the current moral court. Reasoning here is that we believe: there is a temple can distinguish between right and wrong land master to preside over justice. Pengcheng school district more than eighty years old ChaiBuYao teacher has a limerick: "say the ancient temple road ancient temple, Pengcheng land temple is big, it is a famous attraction of magnetism, accompanied by ceramics to go all over the world".
2, the Hall of Ten Thousand Gods: in the east of the Land Temple, a grand scale, with pavilions, small bridges, bridges with jade stopper, for the Magnetic State of the ranks of the great temples. The main Jade Emperor, the Supreme Lord, Bodhisattva, three officials, Guan Di, Lu Zu, Sun Da Sheng, the King of Medicine, etc., is the temple of the gods. In the temple, there is a "Wooden Dragon Board", which is engraved with the Jade Emperor and all the gods, and is now kept in the Cultural Conservation Institute. In the past, every year on the ninth day of the first month and October 15 of the Temple of the Ten Thousand Sacred temple up temple fair, people put "dragon board" for the main hall, when praying for blessing and wishing for a sea of people, singing three days, there are grand religious ceremonial activities, this temple is now nonexistent.
3, Pengcheng Kiln God Temple: also known as Tao God Temple, built in the southwest corner of the town of Pengcheng, sitting north to south, the main hall of three, three worship hall, three rooms, three rooms of the side hall, dedicated to the emperor, Lei Gong, Kiln God, three gods. Temple was built in the south of a theater, according to the Qing dynasty Kangxi thirty-four years, "Tao Shen Temple Theatre Tablet": "climbed its temple, the temple is majestic, beams and dance shadow, Yang Yang Hu Dajian also". From this, we can think of this temple in that year's prosperous scene.
4, Fire God Temple: Fire God is known as Master Laojun. This temple is located in the southeast of Pengcheng ceramic factory east. This temple from ancient times to the present day incense flourishing, is the fire in the ceramic industry people must worship God.
According to the Qing Dynasty Daoguang twenty-six years inscription: "Since the temple looks majestic, the spirit of the prominent ...... from the merits of the people will be sacrificed, but more than a township and an area, but only the fire of the true gentleman temple all over the world. The situation Pengcheng cylinder bowl two lines, do not rely on the fire to pottery".
The existing Fire God Temple for a courtyard, a small square outside the courtyard, the temple hall five sitting north-south, two compartments for the side hall, a courtyard form. This temple is pengcheng kiln workers, burner's meeting place, the hall is dedicated to the fire dejinjun and Taishang Laojun, in front of the door had built a theater, every year on the third day of the third of March, the fire god of the fire temple, when pengcheng kiln burner and head of the kiln kiln owners for the main worship crowd, over time the development of all the people go to the burning incense and worship. Temple for three days, singing for three days, we pray for fire God blessed kiln prosperity, people's homes safe and happy.
5, the cylinder God Temple: built in the half wall Street Road East, this temple covers a large area, mainly dedicated to the cylinder God, is Shanxi people to Pengcheng engaged in ceramic business and built, slowly turned into a Shanxi Hall, to facilitate the meeting with the old folks, Shanxi Hall building is very beautiful, magnificent, is the time of the ancient town of Pengcheng, an ancient architectural attractions. Every year on the third day of September, the cylinder God's birthday from the General Assembly, the activities during the temple fair is to worship the cylinder God, make a wish to return the wish. Offerings to Shanxi's noodle-based, temple fair singing three days, the emperor and generals, talented people, ink on the stage, watching the theater crowd, this hall after the liberation of the Pengcheng theater, theater in the nineties in the old city remodeling was dismantled, unfortunately.
Pengcheng Fire Temple, Kiln Temple, Jar Temple, is an important part of the culture of the Magnetic State Kiln. Is Pengcheng unique temple culture, reflecting the magnetic capital of Pengcheng people's innocent moral philosophy and spiritual pursuit. It implies the ceramic workers' yearning for a better life and their worship and reverence for their pottery-making ancestors.
6, Tianqi Temple: located in Pengcheng half wall Street Road East, also known as Dongyue Temple. The main worship Taishan God Dongyue Da Di, Bixia Yuanjun (known as Taishan old mother). March 28 and April 18 every year from the Cigarette Temple Fair. Tianqi Temple has a large theater, it is said: "Whenever the temple fair or major festivals, open light play, a hundred plays even Chen, tour view as crazy.
7, five saints temple: it is also said to be called the Temple of the Seven Saints, is located in the South River Gorge Street. According to records: Yao Wang, Shun Wang, Yu Wang, Tang Wang, Heavenly King, Earth King, Human King. The temple for the ancient emperors, which can be seen Pengcheng historical and cultural heritage of the deep orthodox.
8, Pi Wang Temple: located in Futian West, the temple sits west to east, a courtyard. Legend has it that Master Pi Wang is a clean official, he had suggested to the emperor to punish corrupt officials, peeling the skin of corrupt officials hanging in the hall, warning officials to be clean and honest. After the death of this clean official, he was worshipped as a god by the people and a temple was built to worship him. This shows that the "culture of honesty and integrity" in the ancient town of Pengcheng has existed for a long time. The significance of this temple is also extraordinary.
9, Dazhong Temple: Dazhong Temple original site in the Pengcheng West Gate House North, Dazhong Temple building scale, sitting north to south, is the Magnetic State, a hundred miles in the vicinity of the famous large temple. The temple has a big bell, it is said that the sound of the bell can be transmitted to forty or fifty miles. Due to the age of the long, the Dazhong Temple in the year of the disappearance is not clear. Now the Dazhong Temple is located in the original site of the south of Futian Village West, for a single courtyard a temple, sitting west to east, is a Buddhist temple. Every first day of the year, the fifteenth incense constantly.
10, Baiyun Temple: This temple is located in the village of Pengcheng Futian west of Baiyun Hill, about 100 meters from the Futian Magnetic Kiln Museum. According to sources: this temple was first built in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, was built by the monks of Shanxi Wutai Mountain, and Wutai Mountain Baiyun Temple lineage. This temple sits in the north to the south, was a Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, a large temple. Once upon a time, there was a spring under the mountain of Baiyun Temple in Pangcheng that formed a river, and there were bamboo forests and pine forests planted around the Buddhist temple, which was a lush and quiet environment. Every year on February 19th, the temple fair, incense is very prosperous. Baiyun Temple next to a large theater, whenever the temple will sing opera.
The current Baiyun Temple is divided into East and West, is the Pengcheng Futian village people as well as the majority of charitable people to collect donations, in the nineties in the original site of the reconstruction. Still on February 19th, the temple fair. The temple has a couplet: "intentional incense salute to the Buddha do not have to travel to Wutai, sincere devotion to the Buddha's door here is the famous mountains.
Standing in the Baiyun Temple, looking east: the South Ringing Church, the god of the mountain, Busan River seems to be close at hand. It can be imagined that in the Tang Dynasty, Wutai Mountain masters in this site to build a temple, whether it is also recognized the advantages of this piece of feng shui treasure.
The Baiyun Temple in Pengcheng has a long history of 1,000 years from the Tang Dynasty to the present day, and it is fortunate that this historical site has been rebuilt in the present new era.
11, Pengcheng Houjie Catholic Church: During the Qing Dynasty, Western culture was introduced to China, and Pengcheng Houjie built the largest Catholic Church in Ji'nan. According to the old people said, the church building scale is very large, its interior decoration of the degree of splendor, no less than the Beijing and Tianjin churches. In the 1950s and 1960s, this church still has, now there is no survival.
Once these temples have formed a culture, but also represents the development of history. It is a microcosm of history.
These temples have formed a culture and represent the development of history.