Take stock of the old Beijing Earth Temple: those who have money live in tiled houses but those who don’t have money to support broken tanks (2)

The best earth temple in Beijing

The largest earth temple

According to the "Comprehensive Map of Qianlong's Capital", there were more than 40 earth temples in Beijing in the past. In fact, there are far more earth temples in Beijing than this. There are also earth gods in the Three Saints Temple, the Five Saints Temple, and the Seven Saints Temple. The number of earth temples in Beijing ranks first in the country. The royal earth temple is the Sheji Tan (Zhongshan). Park) is where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the earth god.

Among the people in Beijing, the largest Tu Tu Temple is the Du Tu Tu Temple. Its former site is in the area of ??Xuanwu Hospital near Xiaxie Street, Xuanwu District. It is the highest level among all Tu Tu Temples. The original three-story main hall was dedicated to the Lord and Grandma of the Earth. "Shuntianfu Zhi" written by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty records: "There is a temple market on the third day of every ten days, and there are many tourists. It is said to be the best together with the two temples of Huguo and Longfu." ?This shows that the scale is unusual, so it is included in the five major temple fairs in Beijing. In 1937, teachers and students from the Economics Department of Beiping Chinese University conducted an investigation into the Beiping Temple Fair at that time. According to records from that year, the temple area of ??the Tutu Temple on Xiaxie Street is 500 square meters, and the Tutu Lord and Tutu Grandma also sit in it. Soon after the founding of New China, relevant departments built Xuanwu Hospital in the "Tudi Temple", and the Tudi Temple was replaced by tall buildings.

The smallest earth temple

Where is the smallest earth temple? According to records, the earth god of the Imperial College in Beijing was Han Yuye. The old writer Wang Zengqi had seen the earth temple of the Imperial College and compared it with one The self-ringing bell is not much bigger. Maybe it is the smallest earth temple in Beijing?

There is also a record of a very small earth temple. According to the "Haidian Ancient Town Scenery", there was a small cave built with stones in the backyard of Lishun Xiangyanpu at the north corner of Laohudong Xikou Road, and there was a small earth temple in the cave.

The Earth Temple that contributed to Chinese films

The Earth Temple related to the film is the Earth Temple in Liulichang, which is now an experimental kindergarten. In 1905, Fengtai Photo Studio shot a fragment of the movie "Dingjun Mountain" at the Tutu Temple in Liulichang, which became the first black-and-white silent film in the history of Chinese film.

Ren Qingtai (also known as Jingfeng), the founder of Beijing Fengtai Photo Studio, was born in Sitaizi Village, Faku County, Liaoning Province in 1850 (the 30th year of Daoguang reign in the Qing Dynasty). His family was relatively wealthy and he had learned photography skills. Later he went to Beijing to develop. In 1892, he opened China's earliest photo studio at Tutu Temple in Liulichang, which was named "Fengtai" after taking one word from his name and one character from his name. Later he opened the Daguanlou Theater in Dashilar to show movies. Due to insufficient sources of foreign films, Ren Qingtai purchased a French-made hand-cranked camera and 14 rolls of film from the Qi Luofu Company run by a German businessman in Dongjiaomin Lane, and began Chinese attempts to make films.

The Emperor's Landlord

There is a small alley south of Fuchengmen Neijie Street. It was called Zhui Thie Alley in the Ming Dynasty and was called Minkang North Alley after the founding of New China. At the north entrance of the alley, there was a Tu Tu Temple with a single facade in history, called the Jinjia Tu Tu Temple. According to folklore, when Li Zicheng's rebel army surrounded Beijing in the late Ming Dynasty, there was a watchman named Wang Si in the Fucheng Gate. One day he got drunk and went crazy, claiming that he wanted to chop off Li Zicheng's head. As a result, Beheaded by the rebels. Later, after the Qing soldiers entered the pass and established the world, Emperor Shunzhi heard about Wang Si's deeds and issued an edict to confer Wang Si as the "Golden Armor Land Lord".

Spring is here, the earth revives, and all things grow. The ancient people’s feelings of respecting heaven and earth and worshiping the land should not be forgotten as time goes by, because the land carries all things and nourishes all things.