Nanjiyun Temple of Black Temple

The Black Temple is the common name of Zhonglie Palace or Zhonglie Temple. It is a folk religious temple that worships Nan Jiyun. The "Laifeng County Chronicle" published by Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty records: "The Black Temple is located in Houping, Yuanfu. According to historical records, Nan Jiyun, the general of the Tang Dynasty, was martyred in Suiyang in Tang Dynasty. He raised troops to fight against Zhang Xun. Later, he and Xu Yuan guarded the strategically important Suiyang (today's Shangqiu City, Henan Province). Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun were Zhang Xun's effective troops. Will. After the food and reinforcements were exhausted, Suiyang fell and Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others were captured. Yin Ziqi killed 36 people including Zhang Xun, Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun. Han Yu recorded Nan Jiyun's loyalty and bravery during his lifetime and his heroic death in "The Biography of Zhang Zhongcheng".

Maybe Nan Jiyun is from Guizhou, so Guizhou people have always had the custom of worshiping Nan Jiyun. According to relevant historical records: The Zhonglie Palace in Guiyang, Guizhou was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. It was first named Nanjiyun Temple. In the Xinwei year of Emperor Jingjing of the Ming Dynasty (1451), Wang Xian, the envoy of Guizhou Province, requested that it be included in the rank of worship and be given the title of "Grade Sacrifice". "Zhonglie", so it was renamed Zhonglie Palace. As for the folk name of the Black Temple, it is due to two legends. One is that Nan Jiyun was born with a black face, and the other is that Nan Jiyun died due to bombardment and his whole body was blackened by gunfire, so it is called the Black God.

During the Qianlong and Jiaqing years of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court moved a large number of people from Hunan and Guizhou to the Enshi area. The immigrants, mainly the Dong people from Guizhou, were mainly resettled in southern Enshi. The immigrants brought their religious beliefs with them. At the same time, in order to survive in a foreign land, immigrants need to establish guild halls to help each other. In China, guild halls are often integrated with temples. The Black Temple is located in a city with a large number of Guizhou immigrants. The place was built. Guizhou's nickname is Qian, and Qian means black. This is the real reason why Nan Jiyun is called the Black God. The Black God is the God of Guizhou, the god of Guizhou people.