Historical background of Taibai Temple

The Eighth History of Hanshu Geography records: "Huiji County is the hometown of Qin. Emperor Gaudi was the State of Jing in six years, and changed his title to Wu in twelve years. County 26: Wu, the old country, the city of Taibo in Zhou. ..... Mangyue Ted. " In the Han Dynasty, people thought that Wuxian was the old capital where Taibo fled to Wu, so Wang Mang changed the name of Wuxian (Suzhou) to "Ted" during the "retro reform" between the Han Dynasty, meaning "Taibo made the country virtuous". During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the first Wu Taibo Temple was built in Suzhou, namely Suzhou Taibo Temple.

Wu's Genealogy was compiled by Wang He and Wu Rusheng of Changsha, taking the surnames of past dynasties as a reference model. According to detailed records, in the second year of Yongxing, Mi Bao was ordered to build Taibo Temple outside the gate of Wu Junchang (Suzhou), and Wu Yun, the son of Wu Rusheng, moved back to Wu Jun (Suzhou) to preside over the sacrifice. This important event was recorded in fourteen genealogies compiled by later generations. Taibo Temple, also known as Zhide Temple, is a temple dedicated to Taibo, the ancestor of the ancient State of Wu. According to historical records, in the second year of Yongxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty (154), the chief of the county, Elk Leopard, was built outside Nagato, and in the fourth year of the Five Dynasties (9 14), King wuyue moved here to avoid soldiers. 1092 from Zhao Hao to Demiao. The temple was destroyed in the fourth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1 130). In the first year of Avenue (1 165), the magistrate Shen Du was rebuilt, and the temple was built to Deqiao. 1252 years later, Xuande in Ming Dynasty was five years (1430), Chenghua and Jiajing were forty-one years (1562), Wanli was nineteen years (159 1 year), and Chongzhen was forty-six years (6544). There are memorial tablets rebuilt by Kangxi, Guangxu and the Republic of China in the temple.

In the forty-fourth year of Kangxi, Qin visited the south and gave Suzhou Taibo Hall the word "virtuous but unknown". Later, in February of the 16th year of Ganlong's southern tour, Ganlong wrote an calligraphy in Suzhou Tiber Temple and sent ministers to sacrifice to Suzhou Tiber Temple. This shows the status of Suzhou Taibo Temple. Cangzhou, Cao-"San Qian radish seed, change a red dingzi". Cao Cangzhou's former residence is located at No.59, No.61West Street, Nagato, Suzhou. It was built in Qing Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of Suzhou. Cao Cangzhou was the physician of the Qing Dynasty. It is said that San Qian radish seeds were used to treat the gastrointestinal diseases of Cixi, and Cixi gave him a "red T". Therefore, there is a folk saying that "San Qian radish seeds have been replaced by red T-shaped ones". Its so-called "medicine is expensive and sick, no matter how expensive it is, it should be easy to use", which has become a much-told story of Xinglin in later generations.