In this way, word spread from person to person, and people near and far regarded her as a "goddess". Dragon Mother Temple 1

Built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is a thous

In this way, word spread from person to person, and people near and far regarded her as a "goddess". Dragon Mother Temple 1

Built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is a thousand-year-old building. It was built to commemorate the "Dragon Mother", the female leader of the Baiyue ethnic group in southern my country during the Warring States Period. temple. Covering an area of ??more than 110,000 square meters, it has an archway, front hall, Dragon Mother Hall, Dragon Mother's Palace, bell tower, drum tower, tower, etc., as well as the tallest 38-meter Dragon Mother statue in China. It is a holy place for prayer in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and even Southeast Asia. It can be called the first temple of the Dragon Mother in China.

The Dragon Mother Temple is located on Guilin Road, Wuzhou City. It has a main hall, an apse, a five-dragon water fountain wall, and a monument inscribed by the general office. The main hall has three rooms in a row, with the Dragon Mother Hall in the middle, the Prince's Hall on the left, and the General Fu Hall on the right. According to research, Dragon Mother was the leader of the "Cangwu" tribe in southern my country in ancient times. She was born on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, which is called the "Dragon Mother's Birthday" among the people; Ascension Day". Because Dragon Mother tried her best to lead the people to open up mountains and control floods, benefit the villagers, and was deeply loved by the people, therefore, "Dragon Mother's Birthday" and "Ascension Day" have become the traditional anniversaries of Long Mother Temple. At that time, many believers and good women came from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to burn incense and worship. Dragon Mother Temple 2

The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple in Yuecheng was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties and is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is a holy place for "descendants of the dragon" to trace their roots and inquire about their ancestors. It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful Feng Shui environment and unique "Dragon Mother Culture". It is the temple with the most incense, the most firecrackers and the most magical color in Guangdong Province. .

The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple is located at the foot of Wulong Mountain in Yuecheng Town, Deqing County, at the intersection of Yuecheng River and Xijiang River. It was built during the Qin and Han Dynasties. According to legend from past dynasties, Yuecheng Dragon Mother is good at charity and can solve disasters. For more than a thousand years, the incense has been continuously popular. Especially during the Dragon Mother's birthday from the first to the eighth day of the fifth lunar month every year, tens of thousands of people come to worship. There are also many people from Hong Kong, making it a great spectacle.

Dragon Mother has been canonized by emperors of all dynasties, and now the temple still completely preserves the stele of the Hongwu Edict of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple has been rebuilt 13 times over the past thousand years. In 1905 AD (the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), skilled craftsmen from Guangdong and Guangxi were gathered together, spending huge sums of money and spending seven years to rebuild the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple. In 1985, the public and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao raised more than 3 million yuan and carried out comprehensive renovations.

The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple is a building complex with a brick, wood and stone structure. It is also a palace that embodies the architecture and plastic arts of past dynasties. The Longmu Ancestral Temple complex has good flood prevention, fire prevention, insect prevention, and lightning protection properties. Even after a hundred years of wind, rain, and lightning, the tiles have not leaked, the walls have not cracked, the columns have not bent, and the ground has not sunk. It has amazed experts and is called the South An excellent example of ancient architecture in low water areas. In particular, its complete underground flood drainage channel design is very clever, and the overflow is smooth and fast. Whenever there is a flood, the inside and outside of the temple are as clean as ever, with absolutely no mud. The beams, columns, trusses and eaves in the temple are almost all made of wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings, gray carvings and pottery carvings. The exquisite works of art are dazzling and breathtaking. Together with Guangzhou Chen Family Ancestral Hall and Foshan Ancestral Temple, it is known as the "Three Treasures" of ancient architecture in the south.

It has four major characteristics: "divine", "unique", "qiao" and "spirit". The entire building complex is harmonious and integrated with the surrounding mountains and rivers. The stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, pottery carvings, etc. of the Longmu Ancestral Temple are exquisite in architectural carving art. Deep carving and openwork carving are widely used to make the ancestral temple buildings vivid and three-dimensional. The wood carvings and pottery carvings in the temple have a wide range of themes and exquisite workmanship. , large in number and well preserved, it can be called a small sculpture art museum. The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple can be called "the only remaining ancient altar" in terms of architectural skills and cultural heritage. At the same time, its unique lightning protection, waterproof, and insect-proof technologies are also outstanding in architectural art. Dragon Mother Temple 3

There are currently two Dragon Mother temples in Cenxi City: one is the Dragon Mother Temple in Dazhu Village, which is located at the intersection of the Fulao River and the Nuodong River in Longmuang, Dazhu Village, Nuodong Town, Cenxi City. It is unknown when it was built. The site was destroyed and was rebuilt in 1990 to restore its original appearance. The other one is on Sanbao Street at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River in Sanbao Town. It was built in the 16th year of Qianlong (1751) in the Qing Dynasty. It also has stone inscriptions and ancient tripods from the Daoguang and Guangxu years.

The two Dragon Mother temples were built with private funds raised voluntarily. They are not large in scale, covering an area of ??about 500 to 600 square meters. They mainly worship the Dragon Mother, Guan Gong and Taoism, and the religious culture is complex. There is constant incense all year round, and there is also the Dragon Mother's Birthday event every year. The area is smaller than that of Deqing and Wuzhou.

On the political district map of Cenxi, the place name "Fengmiao Chong" is still clearly marked. Many local people call "Fengmiao Chong" also "Feng Tomb Chong". There is no distinction between "temple" and "tomb". "Feng Tomb Chong" is "Feng Miao Chong". The old people in the village said that this was because Fengjiao suddenly disappeared when she was 17 years old. The villagers searched everywhere but could not find Fengjiao. The villagers found one of Fengjiao's flower shoes by the "Huanlong Pond" and one of Fengjiao's flower shoes in the Sanbao River Bend. Everyone mistakenly thought that the Dragon Mother must have died of drowning, so they built a tomb and a temple to commemorate Fengjiao. A few years later, Fengjiao suddenly returned. The whole village was shocked, thinking that Fengjiao had returned as a ghost. After asking, I found out that it was Fengjiao who was "riding a dragon" to visit Liang Sangong in Yuecheng, Guangdong. Everyone in the village was very happy. It can be analyzed from this that the "Feng Temple" and "Feng Tomb" in "Feng Miao Chong" in this village should be the earliest "tomb" and "temple" of the Dragon Mother in local history. According to investigation and demonstration, the Fulao River in Nuodong Town intersects with the Nuodong River, and the Dragon Mother Temple is built at the intersection. In addition, there is a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River, namely Sanbao Street, and a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Yichang River and Xiujiang River in Teng County. Dragon Mother Temple 4

Volume 3 of the "Wuyuan County Illustrated Book" compiled in the Qing Dynasty records: "Long Mother Temples can be found in many counties." After preliminary inspection, there are about 1,000 Dragon Mother Temples around Daming Mountain. There are more than 20 seats, all dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Important temples include:

Damingshan "Laopu" Temple (i.e. Dragon Mother Temple, Luoyue Grandmother King Temple) in Miaokou Village, Quanzeng Village, Matou Town, Wuming County. The "Laopu" temple is the largest and oldest Zhuang Dragon Mother temple in the history of the Daming Mountain area. It is also one of the oldest Dragon Mother temples with cultural relics in Guangxi. The Dragon Mother God worshiped is called "Laopu" in Zhuang language. The statue was destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), and the temple building was demolished in 1950. Only four stone pillar foundations from the Tang Dynasty and Tang bricks and tiles scattered all over the site remain on the site. "Miao Laopu" in Luobo Town, Wuming County, also known as "Luobo Temple". Luobo Temple is called "Laopu" in Zhuang language, which means "Dragon Mother" in Chinese. It is also the most famous Zhuang Dragon Mother Temple in the Daming Mountain area. The temple is located beside the Luobo Lake with unique scenery. The existing main building was built in the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1899). The current statue was rebuilt in 1999 with voluntary donations from the public. The gods worshiped include "Laopu" (Dragon Mother), Cen Ying, Shennong, Guanyin, Guan Gong, Yue Fei, Tu Tu, etc.

The "Yapu" temple in Yingjun Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, is called "Yapu" in Chinese, and the main god enshrined is named Mingshan Yingwang, and "Yapu" in Zhuang. This is the largest Dragon Mother Temple in Liangjiang Town. On the previous sacrificial day in 1949, tens of thousands of people participated in the sacrificial activities. The original temple site was in the Daming Mountain Copper Mine Canyon, and the current induction temple was later built at the mouth of the river.

In addition, the Longmu Temple in Longmu Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, the Dagong Temple in Poshutun, Hesu Village, the Dapu Temple in Lagantun, Yunchuan Village, and the Ya in Shuobantun, Peiqun Village Pu Temple, Yadong Temple in Datong Village, Chengxiang Town, Yapu (Dragon Mother) Temple in Qifengshan, Xiahuang Village, Mingshan Temple in Weiyang Village, Luou Town, Neigantun Damingshan Inspiration Temple in Limin Village, Guling Town, Mashan County , Tiandi Temple in Ganxian Cave in Shimen Village, Tanghong Township, Shanglin County, Yapu Temple in Tingliangjiuwei, Mingliang Township, Gaopu Temple in Luhutun, Xiyan Town, Techu Temple in Lingwei Village, Dafeng Town, and Xiangxian Town The Teju Temple in Zhoufu Village, the big temple in Fancuntun, Liulian Village, the Luobo Temple in Sanli Town, and the Shenglong Temple in Silong Township, Binyang County, etc., although they are not named after Dragon Mother, they are named after Zhuang names. They both mean Dragon Mother Temple, which is obviously different from the Dragon Mother Temple in the Xijiang River Basin. Dragon Mother Temple 5

This ancient temple from the Tang Dynasty is located in Houtang Village, Fuxi Town, Renhua County, 32 kilometers away from Danxia Mountain in the World Red Stone Park. The entire temple covers an area of ??about 1,800 square meters, and the main hall building covers an area of ??about 700 square meters. It is a brick and wood structure with three rooms and three entrances. The first entrance is the Nantai Temple, which has a brick and wood structure, a bucket-type beam frame, a hard top with a cloth-tube tile roof, and is decorated with pottery decorations of double dragons playing with beads and a volcanic wall sealed with wok ears.

There was originally a pair of stone lions in front of the gate. There was a gallery in front of the gate. The four stone pillars in the middle were decorated with eaves. The eaves were decorated with a sculpture of two dragons playing with pearls. There was a plaque on top with the four characters "Protect the country and shelter the people" written on it. The eaves were decorated with high protrusions. Very exquisite and elegant. There are murals on the walls with colorful contents, including landscape paintings, stories of historical figures, myths and legends, folk life scenes, etc. The colors are gorgeous and lifelike; the second entrance is the Wulong Temple, with a long tile roof, a hard mountain building, and rows of bells. The mountain is decorated with pottery sculptures and gray sculptures; the third entrance is the Xiande Hall, with a two-story brick and wood structure in the middle pavilion and a raised eaves on the second floor. The whole building is antique, with brackets and flying eaves, which is integrated and majestic.

According to the existing historical records such as the temple records built in the third year of Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty and Renhua County records, this temple is called Fuxi Longmu Temple, also known as Nantai Temple. (676 AD), with a history of 1333 years ago, it was built by local ancestors to commemorate the kindness of the Dragon Mother. It has the same origin as the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple in Yuecheng, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City. The temple has been restored a total of 11 times since the 14th year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty. The existing architectural style is the most remnant of the Ming and Qing architectural styles. The temple building was severely damaged during the "Destroy the Four Olds and Build the Four New" movement in the 1950s. In recent years, nearby people have raised funds to repair the main hall. In addition to the main body of the building, most of the tiles, eaves, decorations, etc. During the replacement and reconstruction, the materials and craftsmanship used were slightly rough, but the characteristics of the ancient architecture were basically maintained. Main attractions

Wuzhou Longmu Temple is located on the east bank of the Guijiang River in the north of Wuzhou City, at the north end of Guilin Road. It was built in the early Northern Song Dynasty and rebuilt during the Wanli years of the Ming Dynasty, Kangxi Emperor and Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the few temples in Guangxi that has been preserved to this day. Cultural relics with Song Dynasty architectural style have high historical and tourism value.

Longmu Temple is located near mountains and rivers, covering an area of ??more than 5,000 square meters. It is composed of archway, front hall, middle hall, harem, palace, turtle pond, shopping mall, etc. The main hall is majestic and solemn, with carved beams and painted pillars. In the front main hall is a statue of the Dragon Mother. Many believers come to this hall to worship and pray for the Dragon Mother's blessing and protection. Therefore, there is constant incense in the front courtyard of the main hall all year round. The right hall is dedicated to the statue of General Fu, and the left hall is dedicated to Prince Long. In the middle seat behind the main hall hangs a huge relief sculpture of the Mother of Dragons entering the capital. The harem displays the Dragon Mother's bed and the Dragon Prince's bed. On the right side of the main hall is the Dragon Mother's Palace, which is the reception room.

The statue of Guandi is enshrined on the second floor. There is a pool of clear water on the left side, and there is a stone turtle with a longevity of ten thousand years. On the back of the big turtle is a large stone "Stele with the Name of the General Palace". Tourists come here to take coins and "throw stones at turtles for good luck." There is a large relief "Five Dragons Water Spray Wall" on the mountain wall behind Turtle Pond. Yuecheng Dragon Mother

Yuecheng Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties and is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is a holy place for "descendants of the dragon" to trace their roots and inquire about their ancestors. It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful Feng Shui environment and unique "Dragon Mother Culture". It is the temple with the most incense, the most firecrackers and the most magical color in Guangdong Province. .

The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple is located at the foot of Wulong Mountain in Yuecheng Town, Deqing County, at the intersection of Yuecheng River and Xijiang River. It was built during the Qin and Han Dynasties. According to legend from past dynasties, Yuecheng Dragon Mother is good at charity and can solve disasters. For more than a thousand years, the incense has been continuously popular. Especially during the Dragon Mother's birthday from the first to the eighth day of the fifth lunar month every year, tens of thousands of people come to worship. There are also many people from Hong Kong, making it a great spectacle.

Dragon Mother has been canonized by emperors of all dynasties, and now the temple still completely preserves the stele of the Hongwu Edict of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple has been rebuilt 13 times over the past thousand years. In 1905 AD (the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), skilled craftsmen from Guangdong and Guangxi were gathered together, spending huge sums of money and spending seven years to rebuild the Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple. In 1985, the public and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao raised more than 3 million yuan and carried out comprehensive renovations.

The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple is a building complex with a brick, wood and stone structure. It is also a palace that embodies the architecture and plastic arts of past dynasties. The Longmu Ancestral Temple complex has good flood prevention, fire prevention, insect prevention, and lightning protection properties. Even after a hundred years of wind, rain, and lightning, the tiles have not leaked, the walls have not cracked, the columns have not bent, and the ground has not sunk. It has amazed experts and is called the South An excellent example of ancient architecture in low water areas. In particular, its complete underground flood drainage channel design is very clever, and the overflow is smooth and fast. Whenever there is a flood, the inside and outside of the temple are as clean as ever, with absolutely no mud.

The beams, columns, trusses and eaves in the temple are almost all made of wood carvings, brick carvings, stone carvings, gray carvings and pottery carvings. The exquisite works of art are dazzling and breathtaking. Together with Guangzhou Chen Family Ancestral Hall and Foshan Ancestral Temple, it is known as the "Three Treasures" of ancient architecture in the south.

It has four major characteristics: "divine", "unique", "qiao" and "spirit". The entire building complex is harmonious and integrated with the surrounding mountains and rivers. The stone carvings, brick carvings, wood carvings, pottery carvings, etc. of the Longmu Ancestral Temple are exquisite in architectural carving art. Deep carving and openwork carving are widely used to make the ancestral temple buildings vivid and three-dimensional. The wood carvings and pottery carvings in the temple have a wide range of themes and exquisite workmanship. , large in number and well preserved, it can be called a small sculpture art museum. The Dragon Mother Ancestral Temple can be called "the only remaining ancient altar" in terms of architectural skills and cultural heritage. At the same time, its unique lightning protection, waterproof, and insect-proof technologies are also outstanding in architectural art. Cenxi City Dragon

There are currently two Dragon Mother temples in Cenxi City: one is the Dragon Mother Temple in Dazhu Village, which is located at the intersection of the Fulao River and Nuodong River in Longmuang, Dazhu Village, Nuodong Town, Cenxi City. It is unknown when it was built. The site was destroyed and was rebuilt in 1990 to restore its original appearance. The other one is on Sanbao Street at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River in Sanbao Town. It was built in the 16th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1751). It also has stone inscriptions and ancient tripods from the Daoguang and Guangxu years. The two Dragon Mother temples were built with private funds raised voluntarily. They are not large in scale, covering an area of ??about 500 to 600 square meters. They mainly worship the Dragon Mother, Guan Gong and Taoism, and the religious culture is complex. There is constant incense all year round, and there is also the Dragon Mother's Birthday event every year. The area is smaller than that of Deqing and Wuzhou.

On the political district map of Cenxi, the place name "Fengmiao Chong" is still clearly marked. Many local people call "Fengmiao Chong" also "Feng Tomb Chong". There is no distinction between "temple" and "tomb". "Feng Tomb Chong" is "Feng Miao Chong". The old people in the village said that this was because Fengjiao suddenly disappeared when she was 17 years old. The villagers searched everywhere but could not find Fengjiao. The villagers found one of Fengjiao's flower shoes by the "Huanlong Pond" and one of Fengjiao's flower shoes in the Sanbao River Bend. Everyone mistakenly thought that the Dragon Mother must have died of drowning, so they built a tomb and a temple to commemorate Fengjiao. A few years later, Fengjiao suddenly returned. The whole village was shocked, thinking that Fengjiao had returned as a ghost. After asking, I found out that it was Fengjiao who was "riding a dragon" to visit Liang Sangong in Yuecheng, Guangdong. Everyone in the village was very happy. It can be analyzed from this that the "Feng Temple" and "Feng Tomb" in "Feng Miao Chong" in this village should be the earliest "tomb" and "temple" of the Dragon Mother in local history. According to investigation and demonstration, the Fulao River in Nuodong Town intersects with the Nuodong River, and the Dragon Mother Temple is built at the intersection. In addition, there is a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Nuodong River and Yichang River, namely Sanbao Street, and a Dragon Mother Temple at the intersection of Yichang River and Xiujiang River in Teng County. Daming Mountain Dragon

Volume 3 of "Wuyuan County Illustrated Book" compiled in the Qing Dynasty records: "There are many Dragon Mother temples in the county." After preliminary inspection, there are about 20 Dragon Mother temples around Daming Mountain. There are many seats, all dedicated to the Dragon Mother. Important temples include:

Damingshan "Laopu" Temple (i.e. Dragon Mother Temple) in Miaokou Village, Quanzeng Village, Matou Town, Wuming County. The "Laopu" temple is the largest and oldest Zhuang Dragon Mother temple in the history of the Daming Mountain area. It is also one of the oldest Dragon Mother temples with cultural relics in Guangxi. The Dragon Mother God worshiped is called "Laopu" in Zhuang language. The statue was destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), and the temple building was demolished in 1950. Only four stone pillar foundations from the Tang Dynasty and Tang bricks and tiles scattered all over the site remain. "Miao Laopu" in Luobo Town, Wuming County, also known as "Luobo Temple". Luobo Temple is called "Laopu" in Zhuang language, which means "Dragon Mother" in Chinese. It is also the most famous Zhuang Dragon Mother Temple in the Daming Mountain area. The temple is located beside the Luobo Lake with unique scenery. The existing main building was built in the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1899). The current statue was rebuilt in 1999 with voluntary donations from the public. The gods worshiped include "Laopu" (Dragon Mother), Cen Ying, Shennong, Guanyin, Guan Gong, Yue Fei, Tu Tu, etc.

The "Yapu" temple in Yingjun Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, is called "Yapu" in Chinese, and the main god enshrined is named Mingshan Yingwang, and "Yapu" in Zhuang. This is the largest Dragon Mother Temple in Liangjiang Town. On the previous sacrificial day in 1949, tens of thousands of people participated in the sacrificial activities.

The original temple site was in the Daming Mountain Copper Mine Canyon, and the current induction temple was later built at the mouth of the river.

In addition, the Longmu Temple in Longmu Village, Liangjiang Town, Wuming County, the Dagong Temple in Poshutun, Hesu Village, the Dapu Temple in Lagantun, Yunchuan Village, and the Ya in Shuobantun, Peiqun Village Pu Temple, Yadong Temple in Datong Village, Chengxiang Town, Yapu (Dragon Mother) Temple in Qifengshan, Xiahuang Village, Mingshan Temple in Weiyang Village, Luou Town, Damingshan Inspiration Temple in Neigantun, Limin Village, Guling Town, Mashan County , Tiandi Temple in Ganxian Cave in Shimen Village, Tanghong Township, Shanglin County, Yapu Temple in Tingliangjiuwei, Mingliang Township, Gaopu Temple in Luhutun, Xiyan Town, Techu Temple in Lingwei Village, Dafeng Town, and Xiangxian Town The Teju Temple in Zhoufu Village, the big temple in Fancuntun, Liulian Village, the Luobo Temple in Sanli Town, and the Shenglong Temple in Silong Township, Binyang County, etc., although they are not named after Dragon Mother, they are named after Zhuang names. They both mean Dragon Mother Temple, which is obviously different from the Dragon Mother Temple in the Xijiang River Basin.