Pinghe City God Temple

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February 4, 2022, the fourth day of the first month. Leaving Dongshan Island to Yongding, detour to Pinghe Jiufeng Ancient Town, Jiufeng Chenghuang Temple did not live up to my detour. In the 13th year of Ming Zhengde (1518), Wang Yangming, the south of the Luding Disorder, asked the court to set up Pinghe County and build the Chenghuang Temple in the enclave of the three regardless of the Yue, Guangdong and Shanghai, and to fill the power gap and promote the education. He personally designed the blueprint for the county and Chenghuang Temple. The present Cunchenghuang Temple, sitting north facing south, area 1400 square meters, four into the building complex, built according to the north high and south low terrain, strict structure, reasonable layout. On the central axis from the south to the north, the gate (pailou), the gate (play stage), the pavilion, the Dongyue Hall and the back hall, there are corridors on both sides. The scale and artistic nature are first-class in the Shanghai, with typical local characteristics of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty. The roof tile is decorated with cut porcelain carvings, lifelike, the temple carving beams and paintings, magnificent, papaya dough arch, platinum colored; the dragon stone pillars, stone shield stone screen, fine carving. More than 40 Ming and Qing murals were also preserved, with both work and writing, smooth lines and vivid shapes. Wang Yangming praised Wang Wei, the "Poetry Buddha", and established him as the grandpa of Jiufeng City, which is also an inner roll. Now the incense of Jiufeng City God Temple is still in full bloom, the people believe in its spirituality, and the county has long been traceless. The power of faith is stronger than the power of power and more able to withstand the grind of time. #City Humanities Handbook