Where is the Kucang Cave in Xianju?

Kuocang Cave, a natural ancient cave at the tail of Kuocang Mountain in China, is located at the foot of Kuocang Mountain at the junction of Xianju County and Linhai County, and is the ancestral hall of Taoism in Xianju County, Taizhou. Taoism is China's own state religion. As a religion, it was founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the first year of Han 'an in Shun Di in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling was founded in Hemingshan, Sichuan. From 168 to 189, Zhao _, a missionary from Yongkang County, was introduced to Zhang 'an (now Taizhou). At this time, Xianju County was under the jurisdiction of Zhang 'an, and Taoism was introduced into Xianju Kuocang Cave during this period.

There are ten caves, thirty-six caves and seventy-two blessed places in China Taoism, all of which are located in Taizhou, where Xianju is the most complete, and Cangdong is the tenth cave. Kuocang Cave is a Taoist cave. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Laile took office in Kuocang Cave, in charge of the flood and drought in 300 miles around Kuocang Cave. In the third year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, namely, in 347 AD, Xianju established its own county (formerly known as Le 'an County). Yang _, the younger brother of the first county magistrate, Yang Xin (a native of Hubei), came to Xianju to live in seclusion because of being dismissed from office, and became an immortal in Kuocang Cave. Wang Yuan in Han Dynasty, Zuo Ci, Ge Xuan and Cai Jing in Three Kingdoms, Zheng Siyuan and Zhong Ping Festival in Jin Dynasty, Ye Changzhi in Tang Dynasty, Chen, Ma Zishan and Zhang Wumeng in Song Dynasty.

For thousands of years, Ningzhen Palace in Kucang Cave has experienced vicissitudes, but the foundation of the cave hall still exists, as well as the rebuilt main hall, the stone carving of Zhenyuan, the plaque of "There is a hole elsewhere", the stone tablet of "Danjing" and "Paradise in the Cave" and the former site of alchemy. 1970 to 1979, an artificial lake kuocang reservoir with a storage capacity of 8.5 million cubic meters was built on one side of kuocang cave, and the kuocang cave was slightly renovated. In the 1980s, the Taoists living in the cave spontaneously raised funds to slightly repair and transform more than 20 Taoist and Buddhist statues in the cave, and with the embellishment of the Kuocang Reservoir, the landscape of Kuocang Cave was unique. 1984165438+1October 2 1, German Han Tao (Chinese name) visited Kuocang Cave; 1986101On October 26th, Wei Qiao, vice president of Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences, and Pan, director of Zhejiang Local Records Publishing Office, and other leaders visited our institute. They said humorously, "Kuocang Cave is now a peaceful place for Taoism and Buddhism!" Since then, Cangdong has become famous at home and abroad.

In 2007, the villagers found a stone tablet of "Cave Palace" erected in the Southern Song Dynasty (that is, Zhao Gou, Song Gaozong) in Yangpengtou _ Makenglingtou Village, Xiage Town. The discovery of this stone tablet fully shows that Kuocang Cave reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is of great significance to further explore the historical and cultural connotation of our county.

In order to further excavate and sort out the Taoist history and culture in Xianju, and promote the construction of a harmonious society, in March 2007, the County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau issued a document, agreeing to set up a preparatory group for the restoration of the "Tianningzhen Palace, the tenth largest Taoist cave in China" in Xianju, and reported it to the Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau for the record. In April, the Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs officially approved Ningzhen Palace, the tenth largest cave, as a venue for other Taoist activities.