Step up from the Yuhuang Mountain Mountain Gate Linhai Pavilion in the south of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. There are about a hundred stone steps to reach the top of Ciyunling. There is a palace and a pavilion on the top of the ridge. From here on the left is Phoenix Mountain Southern Song imperial city ruins ; right and up is the top of Yuhuang Mountain, straight down the mountain is the famous Ciyunling statues, Baguatian, and even the ferry of Qiantang River. Few people in Hangzhou today know that this mountain road with a length of less than one kilometer and a height of no more than a hundred is a thousand-year-old road built by the king of Wu and Yue to open up the West Lake and Qiantang River . At that time, the Qiantang River was the estuary of Hangzhou. Crossing the river, you could reach the Ningshao Plain, the world's granary of the rich side. If you go back to the west, you can reach Anhui from the Fuchun River and Xin'an River; to the south, you can go from Puyangjiang to Lanxi River Zhezhong. A thousand years ago, the Ciyun Ancient Road was regarded as the main way out of the city for Hangzhou people, and the prosperity here can be imagined.
is the same as this mountain road, the palace view on the top of the ridge- old jade palace is also a hidden existence in Hangzhou. The temple can be traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Qian Wei was named the queen, and Dengyuntai was built here to worship the sky. After that, several buildings were destroyed, and when it was finally completed, it was called the Old Jade Palace because of the addition of the Jade Palace to worship the Jade Emperor. This is also the only jungle of Taoism's descendants in Hangzhou (meaning that the temples here are inherited from master and disciple).
The palace is small, built on the mountain, a small courtyard surrounded by a low stone wall, the rockery in the courtyard is exquisite, the ancient caves and deep springs are secluded, and cliffs can be seen everywhere. One of the most famous is the four characters "Qian Kun Yi Wang" by Liu Bowen, a Taoist expert in the Ming Dynasty. These four characters can be said to reveal the mystery here.
The Old Jade Palace is located at the intersection of Yuhuang Mountain and Phoenix Mountain. It is full of yin and yang. If you enter the palace, you will feel that the aura is different. This is probably the reason why the Qianlong Wang Xiangzhong made sacrifices to the heavens here.
may be in harmony with yin and yang. There has always been a tradition of worshipping the old moon in Gongguan. Every year on the 15th night of August, there will be a ceremony to worship the old moon. It's just that Taoism doesn't like to propagate and pass on silently, and it is not known to outsiders.
Since the end of Qing Dynasty, Yue old culture has been popular in Jiangnan. Among them, Hangzhou was the winner. During the Republic of China, many Shanghai celebrities came to Hangzhou to worship the Moon Lao, and the Yue Lao Temple at Baiyun Temple was located by the lake, and most people went there. But this place is full of yin and yang, and the location of the Moon Lao Temple , which inherits the mandarin duck double pond, is not known.
In 2016, the Moon Old Temple was built in the Wenwu Temple in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan, and the roots were searched to the Moon Old Temple in the Old Jade Palace. Even new couples from Taiwan made a special trip to the old jade palace to hold a wedding before the old age to prove the world. Many Taiwanese newcomers had tears in their eyes after making vows before they were old. This is the divine induction. The person in charge of the
Lao Jade Palace introduced that Yu Yuelao culture is important to the harmony of the family nowadays. They plan to declare the Yuelao inheritance of the Lao Jade Palace as an intangible cultural heritage. In addition to the annual sacrifice of the moon and the old, it will be restored. At that time, it was popular at home and abroad. The Yuelaobaiqi, compiled by the celebrity Yu Quyuan from ancient poems and essays of past dynasties, was used to spread Chinese traditional culture, renovate the double pond of mandarin ducks, and build an orchid garden to welcome men and women.
A poem before the old temple: There are so many temples in the world, this temple is unique. There are countless immortals at home and abroad, and this old man is the most romantic. The red line is small, the mana is large, and it is a salary. Love can make up for the sky, power and Nuwa. Mo wrong marriage, are married, everyone should be repaired. On behalf of the gods, generous, out of Yulou. Passionate Magna, hate the remodeling of the golden body, Xi can sign a full search.
Wang Chonghua, the person in charge of the Laoyu Palace, said that we look forward to people who are destined to participate in the construction of Yuelao culture and assist in the declaration of intangible cultural heritage.
Source: Old Jade Palace on Jade Emperor Mountain