Leizhou Leizu Temple Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Leizu Temple is a temple built to commemorate Chen Wenyu (Leizu), the first governor of Leizhou in the Tang Dynasty. The temple is located in Yingbang Mountain, five miles southwest of Leizhou City. It is the location of "Leigang Souyi", one of the eight scenic spots in Leiyang. The total area of the building complex is more than 10,000 square meters, and it is one of the largest cave halls in Lingnan region.

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In folk legends, Thunder Ancestor Chen Wenyu is a half-god, half-human, and magical hero. During the reign of Chen Taijian, there was a villager named Chen Hong in Baiyuan Village, Wuli, southwest of the ancient Hezhou City. He made a living by hunting. One day, he picked up a large egg while hunting. The next day, it was cloudy and thundering. Suddenly, the egg was opened by thunderbolt, and a boy jumped out. There were characters on his palms, the left one said "thunder" and the right one said "state". Chen reported the boy to the state officials, who collected the egg shells and deposited them in the warehouse. The boy was given to Chen to raise and named Chen Wenyu. Wenyu was extremely intelligent and diligent in his studies. When he grew up, he had unparalleled skills, unparalleled martial arts, and both civil and military skills. He was recommended many times, but Wenyu refused to be an official because his parents were old. He once said to himself, "I can serve the king but not my parents." He wanted to see the joy of seeing his parents happy for the rest of their lives. "The Chen couple lived to be 130 years old and died in the second year of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty. Wenyu guarded their tomb for three years. During the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty, there were ethnic minorities such as Li, Yao, Zhuang, Quan, Dong, and Miao living in Nanhe Prefecture. In order to stabilize the border, the Tang Dynasty appointed the native Chen Wenyu as the governor of the prefecture. During his tenure, Chen Wenyu carefully inspected and governed the prefecture, visited the territory, relieved the suffering of the people, and combined politics and religion to make the people live and work in peace and contentment. The people were all prosperous and the customs changed greatly. In addition to implementing benevolent policies, Wenyu deeply felt that the prefecture was an important place in the south of the world, and military strategists would fight for it if there was trouble in the world. In order to make the Li In order to ensure the people's peace and security, he renovated the city. If the public funds were insufficient, he donated his own salary, so as not to spend the people's money. He also renamed the ancient Taizhou to Leizhou. The name of Leizhou began in the eighth year of the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (634 AD) and has been used to this day. On the fifteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, when the city construction was completed and the civil and military officials were happily patrolling the city, Wen Yu grew two wings and ascended to heaven in broad daylight. All officials saw this and bowed to the ground. Wen Yu died at the age of 68. In order to commemorate this local official with outstanding benevolence, the county people built a temple on the Yingbang Mountain, five miles southwest of the state capital, to worship him, which is now the "Leizu Temple".
The Leizu Temple was first built in the 16th year of the Zhenguan Period of the Tang Dynasty (642 AD). It is built on the mountainside, with the village in the north and the village in the south. At the foot of the mountain is an endless expanse of farmland, which is extremely magnificent. Mountain Gate , main hall , side hall, rear hall, east and west halls, bell and drum tower, Monument Gallery It is composed of buildings such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, and all the buildings are arranged along the central axis.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 2A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Cultural tours, temples, ancient buildings