Mencius and his disciples wrote Mencius. Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts and became a generation of Confucian masters second only to Confucius. He had a comprehensive and great influence on China culture, and was known as a "saint", and was also called "Confucius and Mencius" with Confucius.
As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhao Qi, a native of Changling, Jingzhao, called Mencius "a great talent who lives in the world with the way of saints" in the inscription of Mencius, and Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty also praised Mencius as "a talent with saints" in his book Lun Heng.
As an official title, "Yasheng" originated in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Wenzong Borjikin TouTimour awarded Mencius the title of "Saint of Zou Guoya", and Mencius began to be honored as "Asian Saint".
Meng Temple is rectangular, with five courtyards and 64 halls, covering an area of more than 60 mu. The ancient trees in the temple are lush and spectacular.
The south gate of Meng Temple is Lingxingmen, which is the first wooden door workshop in Meng Temple. The three dazzling gold-plated characters "Lingxingmen" on the forehead of the workshop were written by Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong Province during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.
According to "were" records:
Tian Tianxing also. If you want to sacrifice to heaven, sacrifice to the stars first.
The ancients thought that "comet" was a satellite in the sky, and "the Lord celebrated the scholar", and the son of heaven must sacrifice the comet first. The first gate of the Mencius Temple was named after "Xing Xing", which means that Mencius is a satellite in the sky, and it also means to respect saints for heaven.
The gate has four pillars and three holes, carved beams and painted buildings, gorgeous colors, double eaves and arches, flying in the air, tall and majestic. In feudal society, Lingxingmen was only opened in February and August of the lunar calendar, or when the emperor and imperial envoys visited the Temple of Mencius, and it was usually closed to show seriousness.
On the east and west sides of the gate, there is a wooden workshop with symmetrical angles and arches, which is called "connecting the past with the future" in the east and "learning from the classics" in the west in recognition of Mencius' contribution to Confucianism.
Entering the Star Gate is the first courtyard of the Meng Temple. In the middle of the north wall is a finely carved stone square called Yasheng Square, which is also the second gate of the Meng Temple. This Shimenfang has four columns and three doors, and the columns are eight edges. The top is decorated with ancient bottles and clouds, similar to China watches.
In the middle of the square forehead, the word "Yasheng Temple" is written in regular script. In the east, Yunlong is carved across the middle line of the beam, and the winged dragon is carved across the middle line of the beam in the west. On the east side of Shifang, there is a stone tablet of Gong Sheng Temple of Zou Guoya in Ming Dynasty 158 1. According to the inscription, this gate was originally the gate of Meng Temple in Ming Dynasty.
Passing through the stone square of Yasheng Temple, you enter the second courtyard of Meng Temple. In the courtyard, Cooper is green and covered with sunshine. Although it has experienced vicissitudes, its branches are still tall and straight. There is a brick corridor in the courtyard, which leads directly to the "Instrument Gate". This is a tall gatehouse, supported by a bucket arch built on the mountain. There is a vertical plaque on the forehead of the door, which reads "Taishan Meteorological Gate" in five characters, so Yimen is also called Taishan Meteorological Gate.
The word "Taishan Meteorology" is taken from Cheng Zi's theory.
It is said that Zhong Ni's Vitality, Yan Zi's Spring Life and Mencius' Autumn Kill the Cover are also timely. Zhong Ni is heaven and earth, Yan Zi is the breeze and clear clouds, and Mencius is the weather of Mount Tai.
Guoyimen is the third entrance to the courtyard of Mengmiao. There is a gate on the east and west sides of the courtyard, which is the passage to and from Meng Temple at ordinary times. The East Gate was originally named Zhong Ling Gate, and the West Gate was originally named Yu Xiumen. Later, when it was renovated in the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, the name of the East Gate was changed to "knowing words" and "guarding the valve" respectively, taking the meaning of the seven chapters of Mencius, namely "knowing the rule of obscene words" and "I am good at guarding my noble spirit".
On the south side of Zhiyanmen and Yangqimen, there are "Sacrificial Warehouse" and "Provincial Sacrificial Place" respectively, which are special places for storing sacrificial vessels and sacrifices for Mencius.
Outside Zhiyanmen, there are 45 juniper trees arranged along the temple wall. The juniper tree is towering and magnificent. The southernmost plant is a rare "Baibaohuai".
In the ancient arborvitae trunk that only three people can cuddle, a huge locust tree sprouted from the root in the center of the trunk. Although the branches and leaves are intertwined, Sophora japonica is rebellious and lush, which is a rare double-tree parasite in China. Some people describe Sophora japonica as a "couple tree", which is a form of caring for each other, living together and embracing each other.
On the north wall of the courtyard, there are three doors side by side, with "Xianmen" in the middle, "Xianmen" in the east and "Gongmen" in the west. The word "Chengsheng" is another meaning after Mencius, Tang, Tong Xu. "Enlightenment Sage" is to praise Mencius' parents' contribution to "Enlightenment Sage".
Outside the air valve, across the street is a wooden workshop with four pillars and three holes, a single pipa, eaves and walls, and bright colors. The half arch under the eaves is 1 1, and the top of a hanging gable square in the middle is higher than the top of a resting gable square on both sides, with clear priorities. The four corners of the rest mountain square protrude outward and tilt very high. In the middle of the wood workshop, the word "Yasheng" is written on the lintel, hence the name "Yasheng Wood Workshop".
On the left side of the door is a high pavilion with double eaves and upturned corners, supported by a bucket arch, covered with green glazed tiles and painted with gold, which is magnificent. The pavilion contains the Imperial Monument to the Temple of Mencius written by Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, so it is called the Imperial Monument Pavilion of Kangxi. Inscription relief Taishan Xiangyun, Erlong play beads and other patterns, exquisite carving skills, vivid image.
The pedestal is a huge stone carving, with a lion's head, a turtle's back, an eagle's claws and a snake's tail, much like a turtle rather than a tortoise monster. According to Xu Yingqiu's Tang Yuzhi Longsheng Jiuzi, this beast is called "Ba Xia" and "Wang Yi". Legend is the sixth son of the dragon, who likes writing and has great strength. This stone tablet is the largest stone tablet in the Mencius Temple, and its inscription is neat and beautiful. This was written by Michelle Ye, a saint in the late Qing Dynasty.
Every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month, it is the annual temple fair of Meng Temple. On this day, local people came to Mengmiao in an endless stream to catch the meeting, which people called "a walk away from all diseases". People not only rushed to throw coins into the gap under the pedestal, but also touched the head and ass of the stone carving monster with their hands and said:
Sixteen touch the glans penis, happy all year round;
Touch a turtle and you won't get sick all year round.
So that the head and butt of this monument are getting smoother and smoother. There are several stone tablets on the east side of the pavilion, such as Meng Mu's Broken Machine, Zi Sizi's Doctrine of the Mean, Meng Mu's Sanjin Hall, and Emperor Qianlong's poem about the sage's thought and the stone statue about the sage's thought.
These stone tablets originally stood in the "Meng Mu Duanjitang" and "Zisi Academy" on the left outside the south gate of the ancient city. Because these two ancient buildings were destroyed by the war, they were moved to the Meng Temple for preservation.
Entering the Shengshengmen Gate is the fourth courtyard of the Meng Temple, namely the central courtyard. The main building of the Meng Temple, the sub-temple, is located on the high platform in the courtyard. There are seven pavilions in front of Yasheng Temple: East Pavilion and West Pavilion.
On the east side of the tunnel in the courtyard, there is a "Qianlong Imperial Monument Pavilion", which is a square building with a single-eave arch and a yellow glazed tile roof. In the pavilion, there is the tablet of praise to Yasheng Mencius inscribed by Emperor Qianlong.
There is an ancient well under the terrace in front of Yasheng Temple, surrounded by stone fences. This well is called Skyquake Well. According to the inscription by the well:
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1672), there was a performance in front of the temple. Suddenly, the sound of the sun and the sky shook like thunder, and the listener turned pale. When they saw a circular mark in front of the steps, they saw that familiarity was a well. Twelve years for the purpose of repairing the temple, it was called Skyquake Well, built with stones and surrounded by stones, and its traces were written in different clouds. Sixty-four generations of Sun Mengren are still knowledgeable.
The Confucius Temple is the main building of the Mencius Temple. It is a seven-tower, with a height of17m, a depth of 20m and a width of 28m. This is a palace building covered with green glazed tiles, with double eaves and built on the mountain. There are 26 huge stone pillars with eaves around the main hall, each of which is octagonal. Under the column, the stone drum is the foundation, and under the Peng, it is supported by the lotus carved in stone.
According to research, the lotus covered with stone carvings was carved when the temple was built in the Song Dynasty, while the giant stone pillars were made when the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. Eight stone pillars under the veranda in front of the temple are decorated with bas-reliefs, and pterosaurs are carved in the clouds just south of the four pillars on both sides of the temple gate, which are lifelike and rare in the world. Other faces are engraved with precious peony or passion fruit.
The beam arch under the eaves of the temple is decorated with Yunlong and painted gold, which is exquisite. Between the double eaves on the front of the main hall, there is a plaque with the words "Asian Hall" written in regular script and gold lettering, surrounded by five finely carved golden dragons.
On the front of the temple, Zhu Ying is juxtaposed, and the horizontal plaque of "Taoist Mountain" is hung on the forehead of the middle door. There are eight huge red lacquer wooden pillars in the temple, and two pillars facing the gate are embossed with a pair of giant column-holding couplets:
The words of respecting the king must be called Yao and Shun;
Worrying about the world is like cutting your face.
Menbian and couplets are the calligraphy of later emperor Qianlong. In the middle of the hall, in the shrine where dragons are carved and gold is pasted, there is a statue of Mencius with nine chapters and nine crowns. In the shrine on the east side, there is a statue of Mencius' disciple Li Guo Hou Le Zhengzi.
Le Zhengzi, whose surname is Le Zhengfu, was born in Lu during the Warring States Period. He was made Duke in115. Mencius once called it a good man and a believer. When the imperial court sealed Hou, the imperial edict said that Le Zhengzi "learned the ancient way well, superior to the world, chased Hou, and his food was not good." The light of sven will last forever. "
At the top of the hall is a group of dust-bearing algae wells painted by dragons, which are exquisite. Under the caisson, there is a gold plaque written by Yong Zhengdi, which reads "Keep before you leave".
The magnificent Confucius Temple is not only used to commemorate Mencius, but also an art museum integrating ancient architecture, sculpture, casting and painting.
The Confucius Temple is a model of ancient architecture, including the stone-carved lotus-covered column foundation when it was first built, the shallow-line carved column added during the overhaul of the Ming Dynasty, and the wooden frame structure rebuilt during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It echoes the "Dacheng Hall" of the Confucius Temple in Qufu and complements each other.
"Liangbiao" is located on the east and west sides in front of Ancheng Temple. It is a symmetrical building and has been repaired many times in past dynasties. There are seven towers each, 8 meters high, 8 meters deep and 25 meters wide. The two temples are places to worship Mencius disciples and scholars who have contributed to the study of Mencius' theory in previous dynasties.
Mencius disciples began to worship in the Song Dynasty. According to records:
During the Zhenyuan period, Ju Jing established a county school to establish a new platform, with ten people and nine people, and was made a knight.
There are three shrines in each of the two bedrooms, with wooden tablets inside, but no statues. Dong Dai's 3 niches * * * worship 1 1 person, and the south niches are ancient Confucianism, ancient Confucian scholars and ancient Confucian pots.
Gao Zi was a native of Qi during the Warring States Period. He studied under Mencius and was named Surabaya Bo in the Song Dynasty. When he was in the Qing Dynasty, he changed his name to Gao Shi, a former Confucian.
Gong was a native of Chu, and Mencius said that he had a good academic background, good questions and naturally good questions, and had a debate with Mencius about righteousness and righteousness. In the Song Dynasty, he was named Pingyin Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty he was renamed Xianzi.
Pot into the enclosed compound surname pot into, name enclosed. Mencius called it "a small talent, who knows his way, and an official will be punished." In the Song Dynasty, it was named Laiyangbo, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed as the first Confucian family.
The first Confucian family is enshrined in the shrine, and the birth of the first Confucian family is harmless. The first Confucianism is Sun Chou, the first Confucianism is, and the first Confucianism is Qiantang.
Even the surname, even the name. "Taste the method of writing a book. After learning Mencius, I distinguished the importance of ceremony, food and color with others, and discussed the communication of Ji Zi Chu Zi. " In the Song Dynasty, he was named Feng, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed Lu Jia's Confucianism.
Great Confucianism does not harm Qi people. "People who govern Confucianism and Mohism at the same time can learn from Mencius, but they cannot fully understand life." . Dong Aber was named in the Song Dynasty and renamed Haosheng in the Qing Dynasty.
Sun Chou, a sage of Qi, once admired Guan Zhong's talent and studied under Mencius. In the Song Dynasty, it was named Shouguang Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty it was renamed Saint Gongsun Zi.
Marco of Confucianism. Qi people, "Mencius" contains his and Mencius' questions about "receiving, going and receiving gifts". In the Song Dynasty, it was named Penglai Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty it was renamed Confucian scholar Chen.
Qiantang, Confucian scholar, Xiangshan, Zhejiang. In the early Ming dynasty, he served as the minister of punishments. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, flew into a rage because there was a saying in Mencius that "a monarch treats a minister like dirt, then he treats him like an enemy" and decided to let Mencius enjoy his happiness. He also wrote a letter saying that if anyone came to see or wished to attend, he would be punished with disrespect and ordered Jin Wu to shoot him.
Qiantang carried the coffin to court and resisted the suggestion, saying, "I am deeply honored to die for Monk." Zhu Yuanzhang was moved by Qiantang's sincerity, but he was not convicted and gave up the discussion of sharing. Later, during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Dong 'an.
The North Temple is dedicated to Han Yu, a former Confucian who suspected his uncle.
Han Yu, a native of Heyang, Henan Province, was a famous writer and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty. Ideologically, he respected Confucianism and suppressed Buddhism, and admired Mencius, thinking that Mencius "didn't owe too much." In Song Dynasty, it was enshrined in the west side of the main hall, with the title of Changlibo, and in Qing Dynasty it was renamed Han, the first Confucian.
The first Confucian uncle suspected that he was a disciple of Mencius. In the Song Dynasty, he was named Chengyang Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed the first Confucian uncle.
Xidan has three niches dedicated to nine people. The earliest Confucian scholars, Ji Sun, Ying Tao and Daofu Kong, were enshrined in the South Temple.
Ji Sun, a disciple of Mencius, was named Fengcheng Bo in the Song Dynasty and later renamed Ji Sun. Ying Tao used to be a Confucian and a disciple of Mencius. It is said that he "has the problem of Hao Tao's scholarship and murder". In the Song Dynasty, he was named Uncle Jiao, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed Confucian scholar Shi Tao.
The first Confucian, formerly known as Lu, was the 45th grandson of Confucius. During the Song Dynasty, the prefect of Yanzhou paid a visit to the tomb of Mencius in the sun of the Four Seasons Mountain, thus "the tomb next to it was a temple" became the beginning of offering sacrifices to Mencius. At the same time, he visited the descendants of Mencius and recommended them to the court for official positions. During the Qianlong period, "the Ministry of Education was awarded as a Confucian scholar, under Tang Hanyu".
The temple is dedicated to ancestors Meng Zhongzi, Zhang Wan and Yu Chong.
Meng Zhongzi said that he was the brother of Mencius and the son of Mencius. In the Song Dynasty, it was named New Taibo, and in the Qing Dynasty it was renamed Confucianism and Mencius.
Saint Zhang Wan was a native of Qi and a disciple of Mencius. When Mencius arrived here, he "retired to his disciples, wrote a poem preface and narrated the meaning, and wrote seven pieces of Mencius." The fifth chapter of Mencius is Zhang Wan. In the Song Dynasty, it was named Boxing Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty it was renamed Saint Wanzi. Zhang Wan's tomb was built 3000 meters southwest of Zoucheng.
Confucian Yu Chong, a disciple of Mencius, had the questions of "beauty in wood" and "plain color", and comforted Mencius with what Mencius had said before: "A gentleman doesn't complain about heaven and doesn't care about people". In the Song Dynasty, it was named Changle Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty it was renamed Xianru Shi Chong.
The North Temple enshrines the first Confucian Peng Geng, the first Confucian Xu Bi and the first Confucian Xian Qiu Meng.
Peng Geng, a disciple of Mencius, once asked Mencius, "There are dozens of cars behind, with hundreds of people, so it's not too good for you to eat in the princes?"
Mencius replied: "If it is not Tao, you can't get enough food from others. If that is the case, then Shun will be ruled by Yao, not Thai, but I think Thai? "
In the Song Dynasty, he was named Lei Zebo, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed the first Confucian Peng.
Xu Bi became a disciple of Mencius. In the Song Dynasty, he was named Xianyuan Bo, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed the first Confucian Xu. Xian, surnamed Xian, named Meng, Qi hermit, disciple of Mencius. In the Song Dynasty, he was named Xu, and in the Qing Dynasty, he was renamed Xianqiu, a Confucian scholar.
Behind the Asian Temple is the sleeping hall, and there is a high tunnel connected with the back eaves of the Asian Temple. The Yamiao Temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty, formerly known as "Guo Gong Temple", and it is a hall dedicated to Mencius' parents.
Later, during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, the name of the temple was changed to "Sleeping Hall" and it became a shrine dedicated to Mrs. Mencius Tian. The wooden tablet dedicated to "Lady Yashengtian" was later changed to a place to show Mencius' life story.
The sleeping hall is a five-story building with a height of 1 1m, a depth of 12m and a width of 21m. On the right side of the aisle under the terrace in front of the temple, there is an imperial tablet in Yuan Dynasty that praises Mencius' parents in Basiba and Chinese.
There are three old juniper trees on the terrace and walkway. It is said that they should have been planted in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a history of nearly a thousand years, but the ancient juniper is still lush and full of vitality.
Qi Shengmiao, formerly known as "Guanggong Temple", is a temple dedicated to Mencius' father Qi Shengguang Gong. Qi Temple is located in the East Road of the Fourth Hospital of Mengmiao, in the gate of Qixian County, on the left side of Zimiao. This temple is a five-story building, surrounded by a building, and located on a mountain with only one roof. The temple is10m high,12m wide from east to west and10m deep from north to south.
Mencius' father's name is inspiring and the word is public. In the middle of the temple, there is a statue of Mencius' father with seven chapters and seven crowns in the shrine, just like the regular script "the position of the Lord of the country" on the wooden tablet.
On the west side of Kai Temple, there are many stone tablets, which are the storage places of all kinds of stone tablets in Meng Temple, and are called the forest of stone tablets in Meng Temple. There are more than 280 steles in the forest of steles.
In chronological order, there are stone tablets from Qin, Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. From the font, there are seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script and so on. According to the types of characters, there are Mongolian besides Chinese characters.
Formally speaking, there are classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese, words and pictures. From the content, there are political, economic, military, cultural and earthquake disasters.
The forest of steles in Mengmiao actually provides valuable information for studying the evolution and changes of Chinese characters and the development and changes of politics, economy, military, culture, society and calligraphy art in past dynasties. It is another large stele forest besides Xi 'an stele forest and Qufu Confucius Temple stele forest.
Among them, The Monument to Shangshu Province and The Monument to the Temple of Mencius by Zou Guogong in Song Dynasty are very precious physical materials for studying and textual research on Mencius' life and the changing history of the Temple of Mencius.
In addition to stone carvings, there are also stone statues and stone sheep collected in modern times, including those in Sui and Tang Dynasties, high relief stone pillars in Panlong in Yuan Dynasty and sarcophagus in Ming Dynasty. , and more than 65,438+000 Han Dynasty stone reliefs, including multi-line and shallow carved figures, dragons and beasts in the Western Han Dynasty, as well as various reliefs in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Han stone reliefs are rich in content, rich in life and superb in artistic attainments. These art treasures, like wonderful flowers, add luster to the ancient temple.
Meng Mu Temple, located behind the Qi Temple, is a temple dedicated to Mencius' mother. The original name of this temple was "Mrs. Xuan Temple", and later it was changed to Meng Mu Temple. The temple is 8 meters high, wide from east to west 1 1 m, and 9 meters deep from north to south.
There is no statue in the temple, and there is a wooden tablet in the middle of the shrine, which reads "the position of Mrs. Zou Guoduan Fan Xuanxian" in regular script. There is a shrine on the east wall with a three-dimensional stone statue of Mencius inside.
According to the Records of the Old County, this stone statue was carved when the tomb was being repaired in the Song Dynasty, and it was called "Mencius was a martyr for his mother".
On the west side of the temple, there is the memorial tablet of 1749 Qing Qianlong, which is praised by later generations as the "three-moving religion" in Meng Mu, and it is a world of treasures. The sacredness of the son is the sacredness of the mother. "Biography of Han Poetry" contains: "Mencius' words are really a model for people who are aunts in the world and only teach their mothers. "
As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a special Chinese New Year memorial hall in Meng Mu, which was called "Mrs. Xuanxian of Yongguo" in the Song Dynasty and "Mrs. Fan Xuanxian of Zou Guoduan" in the Qing Qianlong period.
Zhiyantang is located on the west side of the Asian Temple, the West Road of the Fourth Courtyard of Meng Temple, across the tribute gate. It is a small courtyard with a square aisle and a door named "Zhaimen" in the north, which is an elegant and beautiful small courtyard. There are more than 50 inscriptions embedded in the walls around the courtyard, most of which are poems left by famous scholars when they visited the Meng Temple.
On the east and west sides of Zhaimen, there are two ancient and huge ginkgo trees, one female and one male, which stand upright and cover the whole courtyard. There is an ancient wisteria on the west side, winding like Youlong, winding the trunk of ginkgo tree to the top of the tree, just like a dragon, ups and downs, soaring.
Every early summer, a bunch of grape-like wisteria flowers are in full bloom, emitting attractive fragrance and unique taste. In early winter, there are many ginkgo leaves, and the fan-shaped leaves are beige, which makes the courtyard look simple and elegant.
There are three courtyards in the north of the courtyard, that is, "be strict", which means "be strict when offering sacrifices", that is, be serious and sincere. There is a horizontal tablet of Yan Zhitang written by Sun Mengqingtang of the seventy-third generation of Mencius in 19 1 year. Originally named "Zhai Su Suo", this temple is a place where Mencius' descendants bathe, change clothes and fast before offering sacrifices.
The main temple is located on the west side of the auxiliary temple, behind Tang Yan. On the west side of the Asian Temple, there is a small door named "Lu Yi", which leads to the main temple. The main temple is Mengjia Temple, or more precisely Mengjiazu Temple, which was built in 1830.
The temple is three pagodas, with a height of 7 meters, a width of 10 meters from east to west and a depth of 8 meters from north to south. In the temple, there are gods' signs from the five dynasties to the second ancestor of the Meng family. In ancient times, Dr. Qing built a temple to worship the fifth generation of Emperor Mao, and later moved to his master. Meng Jiada, Mencius is the ancestor of the immortals.
There is a "Five Dynasties Temple" on the east side of Mengfu lobby, which is dedicated to the fifth generation grandfathers. When he comes down, he will move his master above his great-great grandfather here, away from his ancestors, and Zhao Mu has a high rank. There is a vertical plaque hanging in the middle of the temple gate, which reads "Master Temple of Meng Dazu".
The silk burning pool is located in an independent small courtyard behind the main temple, on the west side of the sleeping hall of Meng Temple. There is a small door in the southeast of the courtyard, which communicates with the Yadian Courtyard. There is a wall in the middle of the courtyard, the door faces south, and there is a brick platform in the middle of the north with a sumeru seat on it. There is a rectangular stone pool on the platform, and the word "burning silk pool" is engraved on the front. After each ancestor worship, the descendants of Meng burn sacrifices here.
On the west wall of the silk burning pool, there is an ancient pagoda tree reclining. After measurement, the diameter of the original trunk is more than 6 meters. On the dry bark of the ancient locust tree, a new trunk has grown, which is tall and lush.
The hollow trunk forms a round hole with a diameter of about one meter. At night, the bright moon comes out of the cave, which is called "looking at the moon in the cave", which is quite primitive and has become a scene of Mencius Temple. According to research, this pagoda tree is even older than the history of Meng Temple.
There are many ancient trees in the temple, which is one of the wonders of the temple. There are more than 430 trees in the temple, mostly cypress and Platycladus orientalis, as well as ginkgo, Sophora japonica and wisteria. These trees, evergreen in winter and summer, are particularly unique in shape, such as dragons and beasts, with different postures.
And all kinds of birds flying on ancient trees are also a scene of Meng Temple. In the Mencius Temple, all kinds of birds gather here. Especially most, thousand cranes. Every summer, I visit the Meng Temple, see the ancient trees and cranes, listen to the roar of pine trees and smell the fragrance of the park, which makes me feel relaxed and happy.