Zhangzhou Chaotian Palace, in the front street of Nanzhao Town, commonly known as Tianhou Temple, is a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

It was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty and was abandoned later. The Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty was rebuilt on the old site, and there was only the gatehouse and the main hall.

In the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi (1720), it was designated as a ceremonial temple.

In the seventh year of Qianlong (1742), a makeup building was added to the main hall, and in the thirty-third year of Qianlong (1768), a stage was added in front of the temple.

In the 11th year of Jiaqing (1806), the 4th year of Tongzhi (1865), and the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), it was rebuilt successively.

The temple sits in the west and faces east, 32.5 meters deep, 10 meters wide, covers an area of about 1,000 square meters, and is composed of the gatehouse, the worship pavilion, the main hall and the back attic.

The main hall is three rooms wide, four rooms deep, lifting beam type, for thirteen purlins front corridor, heavy eaves rest mountain type.

Mingjian bucket arch is two and three layers, one bucket and three liters, the column is an octagonal fusiform stone column, the diameter is 0.32 meters, and the column base is an octagonal bluestone carving style. The roof tiles are dripping with glaze.

The back attic is a single eaves hanging on the top of the mountain, the dyeing frame is 11 purlins roll shed type, and the window is a moire stone carving, which is well preserved.

The temple preserves the inscription of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty in seven years.

In the tenth year of Qianlong (1745), the Yangwen woodcut board was engraved with the "Ceremony of the Queen of Heaven in the Past Dynasties", the board was 0.52 meters high and 1.76 meters wide, and the 29th year of Qianlong (1764) was engraved with the Yangwen woodcut of "The Virgin of the Queen of Heaven", with a height of 0.54 meters and a width of 1.12 meters, which was well preserved.

Teacher Wang told Kowloon that today is the 15th day of the 11th lunar month, which happens to be the day of the Taoist Xia Yuan Festival.

Jiulong didn't expect it, but he was here to help, and he didn't believe in Taoism, so it would be rude to go into such a place.

Teacher Wang may have seen what Jiulong was thinking, smiled, and signaled that it would be good to follow him, and there was no need to be restrained.

Jiulong felt a little uneasy, but it was difficult to explain, so he had to follow Teacher Wang and walked in.

The Xia Yuan Festival, also known as the "Xia Yuan Water Official Festival", is the birthday of the lower members of the water official cave and the earth.

Taoism's "Taishang Sanguan Sutra" cloud: "Heavenly officials bless, earth officials forgive sins, and water officials relieve misfortunes."

Xia Yuan Festival, is the water official to solve the misfortune of the Emperor Yang Valley to solve the misfortune, commonly known as the day, the water official according to the investigation, recorded the heavenly court, for the people to solve the misfortune.

Xia Yuan Day is also one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law.

Taoism believes that everything that relies on divine power, such as praying for blessings, must be practiced.

Kowloon entered, he thought there would be a lot of people, but he didn't expect it to be deserted, only two people were inside, and one of them was standing on the side, looking very respectful.

One of the middle was setting up an altar for fasting and dipping into the gods, and his mouth was chanting words, probably saying words to pray for blessings and avoid disasters.

This person wears sandals and socks, green silk robe, and a white collar at the collar, with open coats on both sides and a double hem inside.

On the table are apples, oranges, kiwis, bananas, grapes, apples represent peace, oranges represent good fortune, kiwi represents perfection, bananas represent wealth, grapes represent fruitful.

He is burning three pillars of incense, representing the three treasures of Taoism, scriptures and teachers, which is the most fundamental belief in Taoism.

Kowloon naturally didn't know about these rituals, so he couldn't see them in a fog.

After the man finished burning the incense, he turned around, and Kowloon only saw his face at this time.

The standard national character face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a three-point smile when you see people.

Teacher Wang said with a smile: "Mr. Fu, this is Huang Jiulong's junior brother, he admires you very much, and specially asked me to bring him over to visit you." ”

The old man replied with a smile, and his voice was loud: "Xiao Huang, what's the matter, just say it, but there is a little, don't talk about stones." ”

Jiulong finally understood Mr. Wang's intentions, it turned out that he was here to visit this person, and he wanted to meet politely, but he was directly blocked by the other party's words, and his heart was suddenly congested, I didn't come here for the sake of the stone, but he didn't understand, isn't this old man a master in the stone world?

Looking at this frame, it must be that Mr. Wang has come to eat closed-door soup, so he will tell himself to shut up, what should I do?

Let's take one step at a time, it's better to start with something he is interested in: "Teacher Fu, I want to ask, are you a Taoist?"

"Yes, I am in charge of the Zhangzhou Taoist Association, and this Chaotian Palace is also under my control, and the Xia Yuan Festival has long been in our area, but I still have to come over and burn incense for the ancestors. ”

"I heard that Taoism is the state religion, but it is a bit declining, and now many people believe in Buddhism, how can Teacher Fu be interested in Taoism. ”

Kowloon will tell the truth, anyway, I don't know Taoism, it's always good to listen more.

At this time, a person who had been standing next to him for a long time walked over, with displeasure on his face, and said: "Young man, the history of Taoism is much longer than that of Buddhism, and this is the precious wealth left by the ancestors. ”

"Lao Yang, don't get in the way, those who don't know are not guilty, so let's say nothing about this matter, go to my stone hall to make a cup of tea." ”

Mr. Fu waved his hand at the other party, and then strode out.

The Kowloon Couple followed.

After walking less than 200 meters, I arrived at Mr. Fu's stone pavilion.

The five big characters of "Jinchuan Strange Stone Museum" come into view.

Teacher Wang told Jiulong that Mr. Fu's name is Jinchuan, and there is a secret that can be found in the stone hall, so pay attention to it when you go in.

This teacher Wang always likes to sell Guanzi, so it's okay, wait until you go in, and your eyes will brighten up a little.

Entering the Jinchuan Strange Stone Pavilion, the indoor exhibition area covers an area of 600 square meters and is divided into three floors.

Mr. Fu took the Kowloon people directly to the tea area and sat down.

This tea table is made of mahogany, which is very exquisite.

Mr. Fu made tea quickly, he took a pot of Tieguanyin, poured four cups, and tasted tea each, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

To tell the truth, as soon as Kowloon came in, he saw that there were a lot of exquisite strange stones all around, and he wanted to visit immediately, but he also knew that the main purpose of coming today was to get Mr. Fu done, so he could only listen patiently to Mr. Fu first.

"Why did I go to Taoism? because I am Chinese!"

Mr. Fu said this at the beginning, which shocked Jiulong.

This proposal is very interesting, Jiulong originally asked casually, but Mr. Fu talked about the feelings of his family and country, it seems that he has the material, and it is good to listen to it.

"Over the years, I have met many people who have asked me why I believe in Taoism, saying that Buddhism is better developed than Taoism (there are more believers), why don't I go to study Buddhism?

I said, the Tao talks about this life, and the Buddha cultivates the next life, although the teachings are different, but they both teach people to be good, and they are both good religions.

Which religion to believe in is a matter of different circumstances for each person, rather than believing in which religion has developed well and ignoring it if it has developed badly.

Moreover, the development of a religion is not measured by the number of followers and places.

Let me tell you a true biography story about Taoism.