[History and Culture] Chengdu Wuhou Temple Street -Wuhou Temple next to the Sanctuary of the Three Kingdoms

Chengdu Wuhou Temple Street

Close to the Three Kingdoms, Wuhou Temple

Chengdu Wuhou Temple Street, starting in the south section of the first part of the road, stopped at the slurry street, 1823 meters long, 21 meters wide, built in 1981. Wuhou Temple Street, as the name suggests, is named after Chengdu Wuhou Temple. The Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, also known as the Confucian Temple and Zhuge Temple, is a special temple commemorating Zhuge Liang. Unlike other Zhuge Liang Temples, it also contains the Han Zhao Lie Temple, Sanyi Temple, Liu Bei's Huiling, etc. Although there are these temples, they are still under the name of Wuhou Temple. It can be seen that the people of Zhuge Liang, who "do everything, die," have a deep respect.

Chengdu Wuhou Temple Gate (Photo Conferry Conferring in Wuhou District, Chengdu)

When will Chengdu have Wuhou Temple? Zhengshi did not clearly record this, but it can still be seen from various classics and literary works. According to Song Zhu Mu's "Fang Yu Shenglian", Wuhou Temple "is the concept of smoking in the northwest of the government ... Li Xiong said that Wang Shi was the temple in the Shao City, Wenping and Shu, Yicheng City, and the Confucian Temple alone" Essence It can be seen that Li Xiong called the king in Chengdu in 304 AD, and the time of the Confucius Temple built should be in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In 760 AD, Du Fu traveled to the Wuhou Temple in the spring, leaving a famous sentence that has been circulating for thousands of years, "Where to find the Prime Minister's Temple and Bersen outside Jincuan City". It is learned that in the Tang Dynasty, Wuhou Temple was located outside Jinguan City. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zhuchun, Zhu Zhuchun, carried out a comprehensive repair and integration of the Wuhou Temple and Zhaolie Temple. The pattern. During the Kangxi reign, the Qing government adjusted the Wuhou Temple when the Qing government resumed reconstruction to form the current basic pattern.

The Gate of Hanzhao Lie Temple in the front of the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu (Figure Conferry at the Local Opinion of Wuhou District, Chengdu)

The Wuhou Temple has thousands of years of history, but the history of Wuhou Temple Street is very short. It is gradually evolved by several sections such as old station streets, new station streets, Nanjiao Road, Clarification Street, and the initial section of Sichuan -Tibet Highway.

Nanjiao Road is a new street, named after being located near Nanjiao Park. The southern suburban park was originally a cemetery of Liu Xiang, a commemorative Sichuan Army Anti -Japanese War, which was built during the Republic of China.

The initial section of the Sichuan -Tibet Highway, which is the gate of the Gaosheng Bridge of Wuhou Temple. It is an ancient post road. By the Tang and Song dynasties, this road began to reach the west into the Tubo area, becoming a channel between the court and Tubo. Shu Di Tea and Shu Jin were transported to Tubo in exchange for horses, and the famous tea horse trade was born. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, this road was the main traffic road for Han and Tibetan.

In 1968, these sections, together with Yuanqiao Nanzheng Street and a small section of the slurry on the street, were renamed Jiefang Road South Road. In 1981, the Yuannan Suburban Road, Old Station Street, New Station Street, Clarification Street, and Sichuan -Tibet Highway were named Wuhou Temple Street.

Wuhou Temple Street (Photo Conferry, Local Chronicles in Wuhou District, Chengdu)

Since the 1990s, Wuhou District, Chengdu, rebuilt on both sides of Wuhou Temple Street into antique buildings, and built iconic buildings at the street -imitation of the Han Dynasty columns. The prototype.

In 2012, Wuhou District, Chengdu, implemented facade rectification on Wuhou Temple Street Street. Through the combing of its background, the streets were created according to the three parts of "Qianqiu Preface", "Shu Han etiquette", and "Wanli Ancient Road". Its style is complementary to regional history and culture, and runs through ancient and modern.

Source: Sichuan Provincial Local House Work Office

Supply: Local Chronicle of Wuhou District, Chengdu City

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