Suzhou is one of the economic and cultural centers of the Jiangnan area in the Qing Dynasty. In the middle and early Qing Dynasty, the characteristics of Taoism in the development of Suzhou area, and how to further integrate into the local social life, there are few related studies. From the existing inscriptions on the Taoist inscriptions in Suzhou in the Qing Dynasty, one can see the development of Suzhou Taoism in the middle and early Qing Dynasty.
Taoist construction and Gao Daohong
Since the second year of Jin Xianning (276), the construction of the Zhenqing Taoist Temple from the 1st to the Qing Dynasty, the Suzhou area has built many Taoist temples, Tianhou Palace, Fuji Temple and many other Taoist temples, of which are most famous for their mysterious views. Although the Qing government repeatedly strictly controlled the number of Taoist and the qualifications for admission, Suzhou Taoism had many high-levels in the Qing Dynasty, such as Zhou Shide and Shi Daoyuan. It can be seen that the Taoism in Suzhou still has its own development track.
1. Repair of Xuan Miao Guan
Gong Guan is an important place for Taoist activities. Xuanmiaoguan can be a representative of the Taoist temple in Suzhou. First, due to its age, grand scale and strong incense. Shi Yuyu's "Repairing Xuanmiao Guan Sanqing Temple" contains:
Sucheng Xuanmiaoguan, the ancient heavenly view, also based on Jin Xianning, the Famen incense, after more than 1,500 years of existence, the yellow crown of the earth gathered in it, its hall worships the Sanqing statue, heavy house four, large and strong .
It can be seen that although the Xuanmiao Temple of Suzhou at that time, after more than 1,500 years, it continued the incense and maintained its original grandeur.
The second is because the Xuanmiao Guanzhong preserves the famous temples. "Tongzhi Suzhou Fuzhi" contains:
There are old Wudaozi Laojun statues in the temple, Tang Xuanzong Yuzan, Yan Lugongshu, and there is no such thing. In the present case, Xuanmiao Guanzhong’s likes are all intact, and Wang Zhi’s fear is wrong.
The image of Laojun painted by Wu Daozi was praised by Tang Xuanzong and then by Yan Lugong, which shows the value of this like. It is mentioned here that the praise is in good condition, and there is quite a discrepancy between the "nothing to save" recorded in Wang Shu's "Gu Su Zhi". The original text of Wang Shu's "Gu Suzhi" is:
"Xuanmiao Temple is in the northeast of Changzhou County. The Tang Dynasty was opened in the Yuan Palace, and the Song Dynasty was changed to the Qing Dynasty. In the 16th year of Shaoxing, the county guard Wang Wang rebuilt two corridors... The six years of the reign of the reign of Emperor Xixi, the reconstruction of the county guard Chen Yu... The old Wudaozi Laojun statue in the temple, Tang Xuanzong Yuzan, Yan Lugongshu, there is no."
According to the information currently seen, only Wang Hao has a description of “nothing to save”. So what is the retention of likes? It is roughly speculated that there are two points:
First, Wang Shu mentioned in the "Gu Suzhi" the mysterious view of "the destruction of the soldiers in Jianyan" and "the reversal of the six years of the reign of Emperor Xixi", indicating that the Xuanmiao view of the Song Dynasty was destroyed after the disaster of the soldiers, but the specific The extent of the damage is not mentioned. What is certain is that Xuan Miaoguan’s experience of the fire should be correct. Also confirmed in "Wu Jun Zhi":
Tianqing Temple is located in the southwest of Changzhou County, that is, Tang Kaiyuan Temple. Before the fire, Dongyu was the most magnificent. In the 16th year of Shaoxing, the county guard Wang Huan re-created two corridors... The six-year-old ancestral temple fire of Xixi was sent to Zhao Bojun to take the county and rebuild the Sanqing Hall.
Combined with the two paragraphs, we can see that Xuanmiao Guan was built in the Southern Song Dynasty to the time of the reign of Emperor Xi, and was twice ravaged by the war. It would be very likely that it would be destroyed at this time.
To be continued in the next part