Architectural Features of Tushan Town

The architecture of Tushan Guandi Temple has distinct local characteristics. The Guandi Temple here is the product of the combination of regional residential buildings and official buildings, all of which are 3-bay, straight-sloping roofs, and the tubular tile roofs and dragon's mouth ridges of the main buildings are of extraordinary momentum. The houses with a larger depth are lifting beams, such as the existing hall before entering the second hospital, chanting hall, gathering monks hall, and the hall after entering the third hospital. The rest of the houses are erected by forked hands and heavy beams, with straight ridges and hanging ridges, which not only have the architectural characteristics of Xuzhou area, but also have the local craftsmanship of Pizhou rural areas, especially the creation of layering and ridge heads, with elegant shapes.

Tushan is famous, which started with Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the twentieth chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the story of "Three Matters Concerning Tun Tu Shan Guan Convention" was written. It was said that Guan Gong was besieged by Cao Cao's army and could not break through Tushan, and then he pretended to surrender. He agreed with Cao Cao on three things: First, he would not surrender to Cao Cao; The second is to ensure the safety of Liu Beijia's wife; Third, if you find out the whereabouts of Liu Bei in the future, you will leave immediately. Cao Cao loves generals, readily promises, gives money and beautiful women, and gives war horses and battle robes, but Guan Yu is never tempted. Soon, he really got the news of Liu Bei, so he sealed the gold seal, bid farewell to Cao Cao and continued to follow Liu Bei. This is also the origin of the allusion "being in Cao Ying and being in Han". From here, we can see that Guan Gong not only has the courage to be unstoppable, but also has the loyalty and compassion. Guan Gong is a folk god. People in past dynasties admired Guan Gong and built more than 2 Guandi temples all over the country. Tushan Guandi Temple was built in Tianshun period of Ming Dynasty, about 53 years ago.

At that time, this Guandi Temple had more than 1 pavilions, which was very grand. Now only the big, middle and front three halls remain. There are three ancient theatres in the north of this open space, and the big passage leading to the Intermediate People's Court is downstairs. Please follow me. Look, there is a stage on the north side of the building that extends out of the courtyard. At that time, the east and west sides of the Intermediate People's Court were the East View Theater and the West View Theater, and the two floors were nearly 3 meters apart. There is a long high bluestone step ahead. Once upon a time, every year on September 13th, at the Guandi Temple Assembly, there was a three-day drama performance, and all the rich and powerful people sat in the theater building to watch the play, while the common people sat on the steps to watch the play.