Secred Germs of Silk Road: Fuxi Temple Charm

#voyagevibes Fuxi Temple, formerly known as Taihao Palace and commonly known as Renzong Temple, is located at No. 110, Fuxi Road, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province. It is one of the famous ancient architectural complexes in Northwest China.Fuxi Temple was built between the 19th and 20th years of Ming Chenghua (1483-1484) and is the largest Fuxi sacrificial complex in China. Fuxi Temple covers an area of about 35,000 square meters. The complex sits north and south, with four entrances and six courtyards. It has a typical ancient Chinese palace-style architectural pattern. The main buildings include archways, gates, ritual gates, innate halls, Tai Chi halls, etc., advancing layer by layer, solemn and majestic. 12There are existing clay statues of Fuxi in the Ming Dynasty in the temple, holding innate bagua plates in their hands, and the innate bagua and sixty-four Gua azimuth maps centered on the painted river map in the ceiling of the temple have extremely high artistic value. Fuxi Temple is not only a place to worship Taihao Fuxi, who is well knowned for his principles of humanities, but also carries rich historical and cultural values. Fuxi created gossip and laid the foundation for easy learning; made book contracts and created the prototype of writing; formed nets and developed fishing and hunting production; made marriages and determined the marriage ceremony system.These achievements initiated Chinese civilization, making Fuxi known as the "Dragon Ancestor” and has always ranked first among the three emperors in history. Every year on Fuxi's birthday on the 16th of the first month and the public sacrifice Fuxi ceremony on June 22, a large number of believers and tourists come to worship and visit, and it has become an important cultural brand with unique characteristics in Gansu Province. 3In addition, the ancient trees and plaques in Fuxi Temple have also added to its historical and cultural atmosphere, making Fuxi Temple a destination for Chinese people around the world to find roots and sacrifice ancestors and a famous tourist attraction for exploring the sacred sites of Gansu Province.