A few days ago, some netizens in Xiaoshan asked on the Xiaoshan online political platform: "When will the Dongyue Temple next to Xiaoshan Dongchao Art Park be repaired?"”
Dongyue Temple, located on the Mengshan Mountain of Duhu Community, Chengxiang Street, Xiaoshan, sits in the south and faces north, facing the Xiaoshao Canal, and is a municipal cultural relics protection point in Hangzhou.
In terms of the title, compared with the name of "Dongyue Temple", it seems that the title of "Laoyue Temple" is more known by the people of Lao Xiaoshan.
There are several Dongyue temples in Xiaodong, but other places can only be called "Dongyue Temple", and only this one can be called "Laoyue Temple". It is impossible to know when this custom began to be known, but in the folk circulation, Mengshan Dongyue Temple has always been regarded as "the first temple in Xiaoshan", and it is the "originator" of all Dongyue temples in Xiaoshao area, and the rest are subordinate temples.
Recently, the reporter came to the repair site of Laoyue Temple and chatted with senior engineer Zhu Baixiang.
The reporter learned that at present, the old Yue Temple is rebuilding the original hall, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year, and after completion, it is also necessary to rebuild the Erwang Hall next to the original hall, and this plan is expected to be completed in the second half of next year.
For netizens asking "When will it officially open to the public?".He said that there is a new temple built behind the original main hall of the Lao Yue Temple, which has always been open to the public.
"No. 1 in eastern Zhejiang".
It rained in the morning, and the reporter slowly climbed up the hill.
Zhu Baixiang stood at the mouth of the steps and waited. Since the renovation project entered the site in October 2020, he and his engineering team have lived next to the Laoyue Temple, working day after day - starting work at 6 a.m., eating at 11 a.m., resting for an hour, and finishing work at 5 p.m.
He specializes in ancient architecture and carving, and the plaques and eaves stone lions on the mountain gates that have been repaired are from him.
He is a native of Shangyu, Shaoxing, but his relationship with Laoyue Temple has lasted for more than 20 years. In 2003, he participated as one of the members in charge of the construction of a new temple behind the ruins of the original main hall of Laoyue Temple.
A new temple behind the ruins of the original main hall of the Laoyue Temple.
The incense never seems to have been broken. "Under his leadership, we walked to the clearing in front of the mountain gate. He pointed to the river below the mountain and recalled the time when the incense was very prosperous in Laoyue Temple, "At that time, the pilgrims all took boats from the canal to the foot of the mountain, and then offered the incense step by step along the steps. ”
On the mountain gate, there is a plaque of "the first in eastern Zhejiang".
What is "the first in eastern Zhejiang"?
This is due to the fact that its historical status and prestige are very high.
The poet Lai Youshan of Changhe Town in the Qing Dynasty wrote in "The East Temple Burning Incense Boat": "Mengshan Yue Temple is spiritual, and women burn incense all over the boat." All hang a string of Muni beads, and there are female monks to accompany them. ”
In addition to the local villagers of Xiaoshan who come to Laoyue Temple to make incense, there are pilgrims from Shaoxing, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and other places, come to burn incense and catch up with the temple fair along the Zhedong Canal, and the sound of wooden fish, copper bells and chanting Buddha on both sides of the river continues. There are slate revetments on both sides of the ancient canal in front of the temple for pilgrims to berth boats, because there are too many ships coming to the port, the slate port is not enough to berth, and even extends to the mudflats.
The name of "the first in eastern Zhejiang" comes from this.
There is a special feature of Laoyue Temple, in the traditional architectural design concept, the house is generally sitting in the north and facing south, but the door of this ancient temple is facing the north.
According to legend, the Laoyue Temple was built in the early Southern Song Dynasty and was originally used as the Zhao family temple of the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song dynasty was in decline, and Zhao Gou of Song Gaozong was chased and killed by Jin soldiers, fled all the way to Hangzhou, and a few months later went ashore along the Qiantang River to Xixing, crossed Xiaoshan to Shaoxing, and then entered the sea from Ningbo. Over the years, he landed in Taizhou, waited for the Jin soldiers to retreat, and then returned to Hangzhou, and established the capital of the country, which was the Southern Song Dynasty regime.
At this time, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong has been taken captive to the north by the Jin State and imprisoned in the city of the Five Kingdoms, in order to remember the imprisoned father, Song Gaozong sent Zhao Buyu to build a temple for Song Huizong at the northern foot of Mengshan Mountain, and the temple is placed behind Huizong's clothes and mounds, and the temple door faces the north, in order to show that he looks at the north from afar and misses the old master.
Restore the "Laoyue Temple" to a "green" appearance
After learning about the history of Laoyue Temple, it is difficult not to sigh - this ancient temple, the fate is really bumpy.
It was subjected to natural disasters and was partially destroyed by a typhoon in 1956It has also suffered from man-made disasters, in the early morning of a certain day in March 1994, a fire will be the main buildings such as the ** hall all burned down, only the three gates of the hall and other parts of the building remained, the old Yue Temple became a broken wall.
The former Laoyue Temple.
On the way up the mountain, you can see that the walls here have been mottled by wind and rain and time.
At the top of the hill, the original main hall of Laoyue Temple is surrounded by rust-red scaffolding.
The carving of the eaves of the original main hall is currently being gilded. Zhu Baixiang said that this process is complicated, and workers need to apply gold glue to the carved parts after painting, and only after ten hours can they paste the gold foil paper.
This process is easily affected by external environmental factors.
As soon as the wind blows, (the gold leaf) is easy to wrinkle, and when it is wrinkled, it will be wasted. He told reporters that a piece of gold leaf paper (93cm*9.3cm) will cost 8 yuan, which is very costly, "so we have to be careful with gold." ”
The renovation of the original hall is expected to be completed by the end of this year. After completion, the engineering team will also need to rebuild the Erwang Hall next to the original main hall, which is expected to be completed by the second half of next year.
He recalls that the most difficult part of the renovation project was to straighten the "precarious" house.
That was when the mountain gate was being renovated.
The renovated mountain gate.
Because the original structure of it (Lao Yue Temple) was not as good as our current design, when repairing, we used oblique pillars to fix it first, if it was not fixed, the house would be easy to collapse when it was repaired. He said, "After fixing the columns and beams, we will start to adjust the structure and slowly return to the original." ”
It's all manual. "Reinforcement, pulling, a little correction, if you use a car, the force, speed, etc. are not controllable, it is easy to use too much force, and the house will collapse. ”
In addition, the carving of the temple is also a delicate work. "Architectural carving may be different from others, it needs to be seen from a distance, and only when it looks good from a distance can this carving be considered passable. Inside the house, the reporter saw that an unfinished black plaque was placed on a blue plastic stool, and Zhu Baixiang told reporters that in the afternoon, he would continue to carve on this plaque, which would be hung on the original hall of Laoyue Temple in the future.
I've been here for so long, and this project seems to be renovated as my own home. Zhu Baixiang said, "We must create high-quality, so as to live up to its name." ”
Looking into the distance from the open space in front of this ancient temple, high-rise buildings have surrounded this place, and it is less than a 10-minute walk to Dongchao Art Park, Wuqi Commune and other trendy places.
Everything around us is moving forward with the times.
The old Yue Temple, which was silent in those years, also restored its "green" appearance step by step with the advancement of the repair project. It is understood that in the future, it will be built into a comprehensive leisure tourism space and cultural landmark along the canal, enhancing the world cultural heritage value of the Zhedong Canal and the cultural brand strength of Xiaoshan.
* |Reporter Lin Qingying.
Part of the content is a synthesis of the cultural heritage of Xiaoshan District.
Edit |Lin Qingying.
Editor-in-charge |Jin Chunyan, Wu Xinhong.
Audit |Zhang Wuyi.
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