The City God Temple on Chengfang Street.
The beautiful Longtan Lake Park is where I exercise and walk every morning. The street opposite the east gate of Longtan Park is Chengfang Street, which has a history of hundreds of years. I have walked this street for decades and witnessed its history and vicissitudes firsthand. I thought I knew every building and alley on the street, but the only thing that bothered me was the City God Temple on the north side of the road.
The City God Temple on Chengfang Street, from my memory to the renovation of this street more than ten years ago, has been the site of the Taiyuan Printing Factory. I didn't go inside, but I could see from the arched factory gate that it was supposed to be a temple before. Listen to the old people, from the first year of the Xinhai Revolution, this temple was abandoned into an industrial workshop, and then the Northwest Printing Factory, Taiyuan Printing Factory until the transformation of the old city in Longtan area, now only the remaining bell tower, drum tower and east side hall in the southeast corner of Wanda Plaza are left.
In the ancient land of China, every city has a city god temple, and each city god temple is dedicated to a different city god lord. Most of the city gods are respected by the local people who have passed away, and he not only wants to bless the happiness and health of the people in the city, but also can punish evil and promote good to make up for the lack of the royal law in the yang world. Lord Chenghuang is the god in the hearts of the local people.
The Chenghuang Temple on Chengfang Street was built in the 3rd year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, which was 6 years earlier than the city wall of Taiyuan in the Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 27 years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of 664 years. According to legend, March 15 of the lunar calendar every year is the day of the big sacrifice to the city god, this day to be sacrificed by the Taiyuan prefect or other equivalent ** in person in the temple, but also to hold a city god temple fair for about half a month. There is a lot of variety, and it is very lively.
I regret that I see the City God Temple almost every day, but I don't know who is enshrined in it? I have asked many old Taiyuan people, but the accounts are different. I also searched through some official information on the Internet, and the answer is the same. I have nothing to do today, so I will introduce what I have heard and seen the situation of Taiyuan City God introduced in the information to our old Taiyuan people to see if everyone agrees.
Roughly four people.
First, Wang Jia, a native of Taiyuan in the Tang Dynasty. I joined the army in Wuzhou. He can exorcise demons and catch ghosts. It can also be good luck and evil, and it has been fulfilled repeatedly. Therefore, he was elected as the first god of the city.
Second, Yang Jiajiang, a native of Taiyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Yang family has been loyal to the country for generations, and has been at the border with great power. The people of Taiyuan pray that they can protect the safety of their hometown.
Third, Bo Zhao, the uncle of Emperor Wen of Han and the younger brother of Empress Dowager Bo. Awarded the title of Marquis of Jinyang Wanhu. After his death, he was buried in Beishantou Village, Yangqu Town, Jiancaoping District.
After quelling the rebellion of the Dai Kingdom, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, gave the entire Dai Guo to his son Liu Heng (i.e., Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty). At that time, Liu Heng was only 7 years old, and his mother Bo Ji and his uncle Bo Zhao accompanied him to Daiguo, and the sisters and brothers assisted Liu Heng in governing Daiguo. After 17 years of hard work, Jinyang has seen unprecedented social stability, rich people, prosperous industries, and full treasury. It became a rare prosperous place among the candidate countries at that time. At that time, the fiefdom of the dynasty was the area of the Jinzhong Plain in the south of Taiyuan and the south. The capital is in the ancient city of Jinyang (Taiyuan). Bo Zhao's great achievements in Jinyang impressed the people of Jinyang.
Fourth, Kou Zhun, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, was born in Shaanxi and grew up in Jinyang. He assisted Song Zhenzong in resisting the invasion of the Liao army. Folklore has it that he also persuaded Yang Yanzhao to come back and take command of the table tennis to fight against the Liao soldiers. There is a play called "Kou Zhun Back Boots", which tells this story.