What ancestral temples are there in China?

Huangdi Mausoleum, the mausoleum of Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, is the only Huangdi Mausoleum in historical records. Known as the "No.1 Mausoleum in the World", it is also known as the "No.1 Mausoleum in China" and compiled as the "No.1 Ancient Tomb". It is located in Beiqiao Mountain, huangling county, Yan 'an City, Shaanxi Province.

The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, called "Qiaoling" in ancient times, is a place where emperors and celebrities sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor. The earliest sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor in history began in the third year of Qin Linggong (422 BC), and Qin Linggong "worked in Wuyang"? Dedicated to the Yellow Emperor ". Since the first year of Yuanfeng (1 10 years ago), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty personally led180,000 troops to offer sacrifices to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, Qiao Shan has been the place where national festivals have been held in past dynasties, and various cultural relics from the Han Dynasty to the present have been preserved.

The ancient cypress group in Huangdi Mausoleum is the oldest, largest and most well-preserved ancient cypress group in China, with more than 80,000 trees and more than 30,000 trees. "The Yellow Emperor planted cypress by hand" more than 5,000 years ago. It is said that the Yellow Emperor planted it himself. It is the oldest cypress in the world, and is known as "the father of cypress in the world" and "the crown of cypress in the world".

Shaanxi is the root of the nation, Yan 'an is the soul of the nation, and Huangdi Mausoleum is the spiritual symbol of Chinese civilization.

Tile Palace in Handan, Hebei Province

The tile palace, located in Huangzhongshang, Shexian County, Handan City, Hebei Province, is the place where Nu Wa Niangniang refined stones to make up the sky and unearthed human beings in China myths and legends.

Tile Palace was built in Beiqi. It was originally built by Levin, Wen Xuandi, Beiqi. At first, it opened three stone chambers and carved several statues. After renovation and continuous construction, the tile palace now covers an area of 760 thousand square meters. Most of today's buildings are in Ming and Qing Dynasties, while the remains of the Northern Qi Dynasty only include grottoes and cliff stone inscriptions, with 6 * * *, which is the earliest existing cliff stone inscriptions in China with the largest number of words.

Every year from the first day of March to the eighteenth day of March in the lunar calendar, it is the birthday of Nu Wa, and it is also the day for Nu Wa to sacrifice. At that time, people from all over the country and overseas Chinese came to worship the Chinese. It is the historical and cultural heritage of Nuwa Memorial Site, which is the largest in China, with the earliest construction time and the widest influence area. It is called "Huaxia Ancestral Temple" and is one of the holy places for ancestor worship in China.

Hebei Zhuolu Huangdi City

Huangdi City, the old town of Zhuolu, also known as Xuanyuan City, is located 50 meters north of Sanbao Village, Fanshan Town, Zhuolu County. According to historical records, after the Yellow Emperor killed Chiyou and served Emperor Yan, he built a city on the flat land under Zhuolu Mountain. According to legend, Huangdi City is the capital of Huangdi Jianhua and Xiajian.

Huangdi City is located 2 kilometers west of Fanshan Town, Zhuolu County. The site is an irregular square, 500 meters long and 500 meters wide, and the city wall is built of rammed earth. The existing city wall is 3 to 5 meters high, the south, west and north city walls are still there, and the east city wall is immersed in Xuanyuan Lake. There are a large number of pottery fragments in the site of Huangdi City. Except a small amount of coarse red pottery with sand, most of them are marl pottery and black pottery. Pieces of utensils, pottery tripod legs, chest-shaped feet, thick-handled beans, etc. It can be seen everywhere, and sometimes there are complete stone pestles, axes, chisels, stone spinning wheels, stone rings and so on. Can be found.

Huangdi City, a dilapidated castle 5,000 years ago, is the birthplace of the great Chinese nation in the East and the birthplace of primitive civilization.

Sophora japonica in Hongdong, Shanxi Province

Located in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, Hongtong pagoda tree root-seeking ancestral temple is the only sacred place in China with the theme of "root-seeking" and "ancestor worship".

From the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty to Yongle 15, there were 18 large-scale official immigrants under Sophora japonica in recent 50 years, mainly moving to Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces 18 and more than 500 counties and cities. After 600 years of migration and reproduction, there are descendants of China immigrants all over the world. The ancestral home of Hongtong Sophora japonica has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of Chinese descendants and regarded it as "home", "ancestor" and "root".

The great migration between Hongwu and Yongle in Ming Dynasty was the largest, widest, organized and planned migration in China history. This has certain historical significance for resuming production, increasing population, developing economy, developing frontier, national unity and cultural exchange. The migration lasted for 50 years, involving 1230 surnames, and hundreds of millions of immigrant descendants migrated from here to various places.

Mazu Tempel, Meizhou, Fujian

Meizhou Mazu Tempel is located in the northeast of Gongxia Village, Meizhou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City. The Sleeping Hall, the Main Hall and the Holy Father Temple in Mazu Tempel, Meizhou are the main buildings of the ancestral temple complex and the main carriers of Mazu belief in the ancestral temple.

In the first year of Song Taizu's Stegosaurus (960), Mazu was born in Meizhou Island, Putian City, Fujian Province. Mazu is a descendant of Fujian noble forest.

In the 4th year of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty (987 noon), at the beginning of September in the lunar calendar, Mazu, who was only 28 years old, ascended to heaven.

Since then, Mazu has appeared many times to help the victims. When people are in trouble, they just ask for "Mazu's blessing", and Mazu will hear the voice, and people can turn misfortune into happiness.

Emperors praised Mazu for more than 30 times, with titles ranging from "Madam" and "Princess" to "Tian Fei" and "Tianhou", and people respectfully called Mazu "Tianmu".

At the same time, the emperor also released the imperial edict of "Spring and Autumn Festival" to the world. In the fourth year of Song Yongxi (987), after Mazu ascended to heaven, people remembered and commemorated her, so they built a temple on Meizhou Island to offer sacrifices. This temple is the earliest Mazu Tempel.

According to statistics, there are nearly 200 million Mazu believers in the world, and there are nearly 5,000 in Mazu Tempel, which are distributed in more than 20 countries and regions such as the United States, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar.

In Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Mazu belief is very common, and two-thirds of people in Taiwan Province Province believe in Mazu.

Mazu Tempel in Meizhou is the ancestor of all Mazu Tempel in the world, and all Mazu Tempel in the world is separated from Meizhou. Mazu Tempel in Meizhou is magnificent, large-scale, and Mazu is effective, protecting all directions.

On March 23rd of the lunar calendar, Mazu's birthday, and the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Mazu believers from all directions rushed to Meizhou, the holy land, to seek roots and worship their ancestors, and to cut fire and pray.