To commemorate Lady Xian, many temples of Lady Xian have been built everywhere. In Maoming city, there are more than 200 temples, among which the Temple of Madam Xian in Gaozhou county-level city is the biggest and the most influential.
To commemorate Lady Xian, many temples of Lady Xian have been built everywhere. In Maoming city, there are more than 200 temples, among which the Temple of Madam Xian in Gaozhou county-level city is the biggest and the most influential.
The temple was built in the fourteenth year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing in the Ming dynasty (1535). It is divided into four parts, namely, the front hall, the middle hall, the main hall and the back hall of Feng Gong Temple. Inside it, we can see a statue of Lady Xian, some stone carvings and inions which are of high historical and cultural value. The temple is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
The front hall has now turned into a place where followers can buy incense paper from stalls. On the walls of both sides of the middle hall, there are 14 well-preserved steles. Altogether, there are more than 10 thousand characters written in seal character, regular , official , running and Song typeface. The inions on the steles record the real life story and historical achievement of Lady Xian. They are not only precious material data for the study on Lady Xian but also rare art treasures. Among the numerous steles, there is one poetry stele that is 1.1 meters long and 0.7 meters high, on which we can read the poets to eulogize Lady Xian written by 10 officials of 6 jurisdictions during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing in the Qing dynasty (1796-1820).
Inside the outer room of the main hall sits a statue of Lady Xian with two maids on both sides. One is called Mu Lan who keeps a treasured sword while the other one is called Cao E who keeps a seal of commander-in-chief for Lady Xian. The one who sits upright on the throne in the middle is Lady Xian. The statues in the back are fixed inside the temple while the small ones in the front can be carried out for gala parade.
The back hall is Feng Gong Temple. Feng Gong is the husband of Lady Xian, Feng Pao, who worked as the prefecture chief of Gaoliang prefecture. He had supported the career of Lady Xian for her whole life and was granted posthumously the head of Guangzhou and was conferred a posthumous title of “Lord of Qiaoguo”. Inside Feng Gong Temple, there sit two statues of the couple, which is call “He He Gods” by people.
In February, 2000, former General Secretary Jiang Zemin visited the Temple of Madam Xian. He stressed that the Temple of Madam Xian should be built into a base for patriotism education. At the moment, the houses surrounding the Temple of Madam Xian have been torn down and the temple has been integrated with Panzhou Park. The integration is now called the Culture Park of Lady Xian, which has been turned into a historical and cultural tourist area.
Add.:Renmin Road, downtown Gaozhou county-level city, Maoming
Opening hours:8:00-18:00
Admission:Free
To commemorate Lady Xian, many temples of Lady Xian have been built everywhere. In Maoming city, there are more than 200 temples, among which the Temple of Madam Xian in Gaozhou county-level city is the biggest and the most influential.
高州冼太庙
后人为纪念冼太夫人而在各地兴建了许多冼太庙,仅在茂名地区就超过200座,其中尤以高州冼太庙为最大、最有影响力。
该庙始建于明嘉靖十四年(即1535年)。全庙分前殿、中殿、正殿和冯公庙四部分。殿内冼太夫人雕像、石刻、碑刻等有较高的历史文化价值,为省级重点文物保护单位。
前殿现在已成为信徒购买香纸的小摊。中殿两旁边墙上,保存着完整的碑14方,计10000多字,书法形式有:篆、楷、隶、行、宋等五种。这些碑文如实地记载冼夫人的生平及其历史功绩,既是研究冼夫人的实物资料,又是书法艺术珍品。在众多碑刻中,有一长1.1米、高0.7米的诗碑,刻着清嘉庆年间6属10位官员歌颂冼夫人功绩的诗。
在正殿明间内,雕有冼夫人座像。在冼夫人座像两旁站立的是冼夫人的两个贴身侍卫,一个叫木兰,替冼夫人执掌宝剑;另一个叫曹娥,为冼夫人保管帅印。中间端坐于龙椅的是冼夫人雕像。后面的座像是固定在庙宇殿堂内的;前面的小像是行宫像,即在出巡时,可抬着游行。
庙后殿是冯公庙。冯公即冼夫人的丈夫冯宝,南朝时任高凉太守,毕生支持冼夫人成就大业,被隋文帝追封为广州总管、谯国公。冯公庙内设冯宝夫妇座像,群众称之为和合神。
2000年2月,江总书记曾到冼太庙参观,指出要把冼太庙办成爱国主义教育的基地。现在,冼太庙四周的房屋已拆除,与潘洲公园联成一体,称为冼太文化公园,该公园将建成历史文化旅游区。
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