Leizu temple
The Leizu Temple ( Chinese 雷祖 寺 , Pinyin Léizǔ sì or Chinese 雷祖 祠 , Pinyin Léizǔ cí ) is an ancestral temple in the southern Chinese city of Leizhou . It is dedicated to the first imperial governor in what is now the west of Guangdong, Chen Wenyu , and is one of the most important ancestral temples in southern China. In 1996 it was declared a Monument of the People's Republic of China .
Chen Wenyu was the imperial governor of the Leizhou Peninsula during the Tang Dynasty . He was given the honorable nickname Thunder King by Emperor Taizong and is still revered by the population as a hero and ancestor. In 628 Taizong had the first Leizu temple built on Ying Shan Mountain just north of Leicheng . In 912 it was relocated to the place where it is today, in the southwest of Leicheng on Yingbang Shan Mountain . In 1604 it was renovated and greatly expanded in 1992. Today it covers an area of around 10,000 square meters. The temple, designed in the form of a Siheyuan , is ideally located for Chinese aesthetics on a hill in a hilly area and is architecturally characterized by the Chuandou design. In addition to the ancestral hall, there are verses by Su Shi , poems by Kou Zhun and Ding Wei , a statue of Li Gang or steles with inscriptions by Emperor Qianlong in the temple .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 雷州 雷祖. Persatuan Lui Chew, accessed December 22, 2017 .
- ↑ 文物 古迹 (Cultural Heritage).雷州市 人民政府 (Leizhou People's Government), March 21, 2017, accessed December 24, 2017 .
Coordinates: 20 ° 53 '52 " N , 110 ° 3' 44" E