The origin of Dai Temple, the origin and meaning of Dai Temple

Dai Temple was founded in the Han Dynasty, is the ancestral court of Mount Tai faith, and has the "Qin is the domain", "the Han also rises from the palace". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (140-87 BC), the Han Dynasty built Taishan Temple (also known as Daizong Temple, later known as Dongyue Temple, the predecessor of today's Dai Temple) in Bo County.

In April of the second year of Emperor Wu's Yuanfeng (109 years ago), Emperor Wu toured Donglai and worshiped Mount Tai. Plant a thousand cypress trees in the temple of Mount Tai, and the two steps of the temple are the origin of the Han cypress of the Dai Temple.

After Zhao Jianwu thirteen years (347 years), after Zhao Yonggui Hou Zhang Yu to Taishan Temple to offer a golden horse, more than two feet high, the shape is very fine, enshrined in the temple artifact library.

Because Mount Tai is also known as Daiyue.

The origin and significance of Dai Temple: Dai Temple was built in the Qin and Han dynasties, expanded in the Tang and Song dynasties, and rebuilt many times in the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The building is the building of the Han people to worship the sun, moon, mountains and rivers of heaven and earth, and the ancestral Sheji, which reflects the characteristics of the Han nationality as an agricultural ethnic culture.

Dai Temple is located in the north of Tai'an City, Shandong Province, at the southern foot of Mount Tai, commonly known as "Dongyue Temple". It is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in Mount Tai, the Taoist god's house, and the place where the emperors of the past dynasties held the ceremony of sealing Zen and worshipping the god of Mount Tai. The Daimiao city wall is built high, the temple is majestic, the palace is overlapped, and the weather is thousands.

Dai Temple was founded in the Han Dynasty, and the palace was brilliant in the Tang Dynasty. When Song Zhenzong sealed Zen in a big way, he expanded and built a large number of temples, etc., and saw the scale. Its architectural style adopts the style of the imperial palace city, with a circumference of more than 1,500 meters, and there are more than 150 ancient buildings of various types in the temple.

Dai Temple, together with the Forbidden City in Beijing, the three holes in Qufu in Shandong, the Summer Resort in Chengde and the Eight Temples in Outer Mountains, are known as the four major ancient buildings in China.

Dai temple was built in the Qin and Han dynasties, extended to build in the Tang and Song dynasties, rebuilt many times in the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, is the longest continuation time up and down Mount Tai, the largest scale, the most complete preservation of an ancient building complex.

Dai Temple, also known as Dongyue Temple, Tai Temple, is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai, in the territory of Tai'an City, is the place where the ancient emperor worshiped the god of Mount Tai and held the sacrificial ceremony. Founded in the Qin and Han dynasties, extended to build in the Tang and Song dynasties, rebuilt many times in the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, it is the longest continuation time up and down Mount Tai, the largest scale, the most complete preservation of an ancient building complex.

Dai temple building layout:

Dai temple around the city wall high building, no big Zhou open eight gates, south to 5, the middle is "Zhengyang Gate", the left is "Dongye Gate", and then the left name is "Yanggao Gate"; The right is "Xiye Gate", and then the right name is "See the Gate"; The east direction is called "Donghua Gate"; The west direction is called "Xihua Gate"; The north is the "thick load gate". The four corners of the Dai temple are built with Xun, Gen, Qian, Kun corner towers respectively.

In terms of the overall layout, the Dai Temple is built in accordance with the highest standard of ancestral buildings since the Tang and Song dynasties, and adopts the group layout form of three longitudinal axes as the mainstay, supplemented by two horizontal axes, balanced and symmetrical, and expands to both sides of the vertical and horizontal. Many of the main buildings are arranged on a north-south axis, with other buildings symmetrical to the left and right. From the gateway building outside the south gate of the Dai Temple, the Dai Temple Fang is dry and vertical, Zhengyang Gate, with the Heavenly Gate, the Ren'an Gate, the Tianzhen Palace, the Hou Sleeping Palace, and the Houzai Gate are located on the central axis from south to north.

On both sides of the axis, the east line has the Han Bai Courtyard, the East Imperial Seat, the Drum Tower, the East Bed Oak Palace, and the East Garden; The west line has Tang Huai Courtyard, Yuhua Daoyuan, Bell Tower, West Sleeping Palace, West Garden, the two sides are symmetrically distributed, the main building of Dai Temple, Song Tianzhen Hall is built on the tall pedestal of the temple in the middle of the back, and the Taihe Hall of Beijing, Qufu Dacheng Hall and called the three major palace-style buildings in China.

The existing buildings of Dai Temple are mainly the reconstruction and addition since the Ming and Qing dynasties, maintain the architectural style since the Song Dynasty, the whole building complex is majestic and magnificent, magnificent, just like an emperor's palace.

The attractions of Dai Temple are introduced as follows:1. Dai Temple is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai in Tai'an City, Shandong Province, commonly known as "Dongyue Temple". Founded in the Han Dynasty, it is the place where the emperors of the past dynasties held the ceremony of sealing Zen and worshiping the god of Mount Tai.

The altar and temple building is the building of the Han people to worship the sun, moon, mountains and rivers of heaven and earth, and the ancestral sheji, which embodies the characteristics of the Han nationality as an agricultural ethnic culture. The layout and construction of the altar and temple buildings are consistent with those of the palace buildings, and the building system is slightly simplified.

2. Dai Temple was founded in the Han Dynasty and was brilliant in the Tang Dynasty. When Song Zhenzong sealed Zen in a big way, he greatly expanded and built. Dai temple north and south long meters, east and west wide meters, rectangular, a total area of 96,000 square meters, its architectural style adopts the style of the imperial palace city, more than 1,500 meters around the ring, there are more than 150 ancient buildings of all kinds in the temple.

3. Dai Temple preserves the sacrificial vessels, offerings and handicrafts of the emperors of the past dynasties to worship the god of Mount Tai. What is more precious is that there are 184 inscriptions of the past dynasties and 48 Han portrait stones, which have become the third stele forest in China after Xi'an and Qufu.

<> Dai Temple is the five temples of Mount Tai, in the southern foot of Mount Tai in Tai'an County, it is the place where the emperors of the past dynasties held the ceremony of sealing Zen. In history, there is a record of "Han Yiqi Palace". After generations of expansion and addition, the formation of a grand and magnificent ancient building complex, a total area of more than 96,400 square meters, its scale design completely imitates the imperial palace and the palace city, embodies the artistic style of ancient architecture in our country.

In front of the Dai temple is the Dai temple square, and the remote pavilion in front of the temple is the first step to enter the temple. In ancient times, the emperor Dynasty Mountain, first held a simple ceremony in the pavilion, and then entered the temple to make a big sacrifice, so the original name was the grass ginseng pavilion. After entering the temple, you can see the 5 Han cypress of the East Han Bai Courtyard of Tianmen, which is said to be planted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he came to Mount Tai to seal the Zen.

In the Hanbai Temple, what is more eye-catching is the various ancient inscriptions. There are more than 160 inscriptions in the Dai Temple from the orange Qin to the Qing Dynasty, and most of them are hidden in the Hanbai Temple.

The famous Han "Zhang Qian Tablet", "Hengfang Tablet", Jin "Mrs. Sun Tablet", Tang "Shenbao Temple Jie", are all precious cultural relics for studying China's calligraphy art and inscription. There are also "Taiji Diagram Tablet" reflecting the philosophical thoughts of the pre-Qin Dynasty and the "First Mountain" tablet of Mi Fu, a great calligrapher and painter in the Song Dynasty. The earliest inscription in the Dai Temple is the "Li Si Tablet" of the Qin Jutuan Dynasty.

Li Si small seal carved stone in the East Imperial Throne Courtyard, is the edict of Qin II Hu Hai when sealing Mount Tai in 209 BC, for the prime minister Li Si personally written, the original text is 79 words, now only 10 remnants of the true Zen Wu trace remain, is a treasure in ancient culture. The main building of Dai temple is tall and majestic, the air is magnificent, it is the place where the ancient emperor worships Mount Tai of Dongyue. This hall was founded in the second year of Song Dazhong Xiangfu (1009), which is the product of Song Zhenzong to consolidate his power, forge the book of heaven, and thank heaven.

There is a huge mural of 62 meters high in the hall "Mount Tai God Qi Hui Luan Tu", which is called to describe the Dongyue Emperor going out on patrol, which is actually a description of the Song Emperor's tour of the mountain.