In 769, Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, came here. Seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers and unique scenery, he invited Li, the emperor of Daizong, to build and rebuild it. Dai Zong allowed him to play and gave him the title of "Guangsheng Temple in Dali", which means "the sky is vast and the world is famous". People call it Guangsheng Temple for short. The main buildings are Shangsi, Xiasi and Shuisi.
In addition to architecture, there are murals, wood carvings, clay sculptures and other cultural relics. Guangsheng Temple, with its rigorous layout and unique shape, is famous for its long history and large scale. It is also famous at home and abroad for its dazzling Hong Fei Pagoda, unparalleled treasures of Zhaocheng and dramatic murals of the Yuan Dynasty. ?
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Guo Ziyi (697-78 1), Zi Ziyi, was born in Huazhou Zheng (now Huazhou District, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province). An outstanding famous soldier, politician and strategist in Tang Dynasty.
In his early years, he took the lead in martial arts, joined the army as an official, and moved to Jiuyuan as a satrap, which was not reused. After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, he took Shuofang as our envoy, led the troops to be diligent, recovered Hebei and Hedong areas, worshipped the ministers of the Ministry of War and made peace with them. In the second year of Zhide (757), he assisted Li to recover two Beijing cities, moved to the original site, and established lord protector. In the first year of Gan Yuan (758), he worshiped China for secretariat.
In May of the second year of Gan Yuan (759), he took responsibility for the defeat of Xiangzhou and was dismissed. In the early year of Baoying's first year (762), after the mutiny in Hedong, he was named King Fenyang, rose up to quell the rebellion, and later lifted the military power. In the winter of the first year of Guangde (763), after Tubo invaded Chang 'an, he was ordered to send troops to expel the enemy of Tubo. ?
In the second year of Guangde (764), when Pugu Wynn led the Tubo and Uighur invasion, he advised Uighur to ride alone and work together to break Tubo.
In the fourteenth year of Dali (779), after he acceded to the throne, he worshipped Qiu and the secretary of the secretariat, filled the imperial tomb, conferred the title of "respecting the father", increased the food city and deprived him of real power. Jianzhong was two years old (78 1) and died at the age of eighty-five. He was posthumously awarded as a great master, posthumous title Zhongwu, and was buried with the ancestral hall.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Guo Ziyi