Temple of The Queen of Heaven

Hunan Lijiang Tianhou Palace, it is worth a visit, the ticket is 10 yuan, the interior is quiet and solemn, the Mazu Hall is dedicated to the Tianfei Niang, there is a Tao Gu on duty at the door, burning incense and praying very well.

The Tianhou Palace is located at No. 29 West Street, Lijiang Yi Autonomous County, Huaihua City, near the west bank of the Lijiang Third Bridge. The Tianhou Palace is the largest Mazu Temple in the inland area. And the history is quite long. There are a lot to see.

The Temple of the Queen of the Lijiang River was built on the west bank of Wushui, across the river from the county seat. The Chronicle of the Lijiang County in Qing Tongzhi for eight years (1869) states: "Qianlong 13 years (1748) Fujian guest people founded.

The Temple of the Queen of Heaven is located on the west bank of Wushui, across the river from the Lijiang County. It is the largest Mazu Temple inland. It was built in the 13th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1748 AD). It covers an area of more than 3,700 square meters. There are stage, main hall, and Guanyin hall in the palace. The temple of wealth is on the left, and the temple of Wutong is on the right. All the buildings are complete. Experts who visit the art of stone carving all praise the unique craftsmanship of this workshop, which means a must in the south of the Yangtze River. The palace has a built-in Shen Congwen's epitaph tombstone, which has 600 characters in the text and is a blue stone monument. For Shen Congwen in the Republic of China for 10 years (18 years old) in the Lijiang League Defense General Administration as a teacher and tax collector, the headstone of the war-death police captain Duan Zhixian handbook, Liu body line book, handwriting neat and beautiful, smooth and free and not rigid. On October 12, 1987, Mr. Huang Yongyu, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, made a special trip from Beijing to the Lijiang River to expand the printing of Shen Congwen's inscriptions. At the same time, the palace also exhibited more than 100 cultural relics of great research value since the Paleolithic era were unearthed in the Lijiang River. The gate is 11 meters high and 63 meters wide. The large green stone in Guizhou is built in the shape of a gate building. The lions on both sides, with blue stone carving railings in front of them, and the 15-level step knife door in the middle. In addition to the gate of 2.5 meters wide and 2.6 meters high, the upper and lower gates are all blue stone reliefs, with a total of 50 images. Large stone carvings have 2.5 square meters, and small 0.3 square meters. Yulong, Fengshi, flowers, trees, ghosts and immortals, vivid and realistic images, clear pictures. Or one is a book, or several pieces are combined into one book, such as "Gudong Jinzhu", "Yongqing Shengping", "Tianxia Survey", "Eight Immortals Piaohai", etc., then eight pictures are a book. There are unknown eyes. The stone inscription of the "Tianshi Palace" in the middle of the door hole is thick and round, and the axe chisel is also a place for calligraphers.

The Lijiang Tianhou Palace is on the west bank of Wushui, across the river from the county seat. The scenery is pleasant, the scenery is beautiful, the architectural style is unique and charming, and there is historical and cultural heritage. It is the most representative cultural relics of the Lijiang River and the most commendable is the blue stone relief of the Menfang.