Chinese name: Lan Gong, Dajia Town Location: Shuntian Road, Dajia Town, Taichung City, Taiwan Province Province Opening hours: All-weather ticket price: Free famous scenic spots: Temple construction period: introduction, route, bus route, history, Yongzheng era, Qianlong era, Tongzhi era, Japanese colonial era, after the recovery, the Republic of China era, pilgrimages, events, processes, and mothers in Taiwan Province Province. According to legend, Lin Yongxing, a native of Meizhou, Fujian, came to Taiwan to make a living and settled in Dajia in the eighth year of Qing Yongzheng, and his Meizhou Mazu was enshrined in his own hall. Local Fujian immigrants went to pay homage, so there was a proposal to build a temple, which was completed in Yongzheng 10 in the Qing Dynasty. Every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, Mazu of Zhenlan Palace goes to Fengtian Palace in Chiayi New Port to make pilgrimages. Believers from all over the country, regardless of gender, age and age, formed a huge pilgrim group to worship on foot for 8 days and 7 nights, which is also commonly known as "everyone Mazu went around the country to make pilgrimages." Lan Palace in Dajia Town is a famous old temple in Dajia Town, which is located at the intersection of Shuntian Road and Jiang Highway and is the belief center of Dajia. Zhenlan Palace has a history of more than 200 years. Due to the large number of believers and strong incense, the temple body has been repaired and rebuilt again and again, showing a magnificent face of ancient and modern intertwined, gorgeous and simple, and is considered to be a model for modern people to spend a lot of money to build large temples. There are many antiquities in the temple that have been handed down to this day, such as the ancient plaque of "protecting the country and protecting the people" and "helping the spirit" during the Qianlong period, the ancient plaque of "working with heaven" given by Emperor Guangxu, "sincerely asking for answers", "caring for the light" and "making meritorious deeds", all of which have been preserved since the Qing Dynasty. Today's Lan Palace in Dajia Town, carved by craftsmen and teachers, presents a complex and brilliant temple appearance. Fine and vigorous stone carvings are carved on the dragon column in front of the temple, and colorful figures, flowers, birds and animals are painted on the roof. Zhan's large sculptures are all gold-plated, and the shrines around the main hall are magnificent, layered and resplendent, emitting a gorgeous and solemn atmosphere. Every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, Mazu of Langong in Dajia Town goes on a pilgrimage to Fengtian Palace in Chiayi New Port. Believers from all over the country, regardless of sex, formed a huge pilgrimage group to worship on foot for 8 days and 7 nights, which is also commonly known as "Dajia Mazu pilgrimage around the country". Address: Lan Gong, Dajia Town is located at the intersection of Shuntian Road and Jiang Highway. Take bus 1. Take a bus from Taichung Gancheng Station to Dajia and get off at Dajia. 2. Take the Fengyuan bus or Juye bus from Taichung to Dajia and get off at Dajia. 3. Take the Fengyuan passenger shuttle bus from Fengyuan to Dajia. 4. Take the sea line train from Taipei or Kaohsiung and get off at Dajia Station. Or take a bus from Taipei North Station to Dajia. Self-driving 1 .. Southbound passengers change from Sanyi Interchange Road to Provincial Road 13 to Hou Li, and then take County Road 132 to Dajia on the right. 2. Northbound passengers get off at Fengyuan Interchange, take provincial road 10 to Fengyuan, transfer to provincial road 13 to Hou Li, and then take county road 132 to Dajia. According to the legend of Yongzheng era, in the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), Yongxing, Meizhou Island, Xinghua Prefecture, crossed the sea to Taiwan Province and brought Mazu incense to Dajia to make a living. In the ninth year of Yongzheng (173 1), Da 'an Port was opened as a trading port on the island, with many ships coming and going. Mazu brought by Lin is deeply respected and believed by the local people. In Yongzheng 10 (1732), a small ancestral temple was built at the present site. In the thirty-fifth year of Qianlong (1770), the local gentry Lin donated money to Dan and others for reconstruction, which began to take shape and became the belief center of 53 village residents in Dajia area (now Dajia, Da 'an, Waipu). In the fifty-second year of Qianlong (1787) 65438+February, Chen and local gentry even proposed to rebuild Kunshan and Qiao Hualong. The reconstruction was completed in the 58th year of Qianlong (1793). Dajia Mazu Temple was rebuilt again in Tongzhi 1 1 year (1872). After the completion of the temple building, a celebration and an Anlong ceremony were held, and it was renamed "Zhenlan Palace". Zhenlan Palace was rebuilt by Lin Fengyi in Guangxu 18 (1892). During the Japanese colonial period and the Japanese occupation period, Zhenlan Palace was partially rebuilt in Meiji 32 (1899). From the fourth year of Dazheng (19 15) to the ninth year of Dazheng (1920), Sanchuan Temple was demolished and rebuilt. In the ninth year of Showa (1934), Wang Faqi, the west gate of Dajia, was rebuilt, and the donation was 1200 yuan. The next year, an earthquake occurred in Dunzaijiao. Fortunately, Dajia area was not affected by the earthquake, and residents thought it was Mazu's blessing. After the retrocession, Zhenlan Palace once again made pilgrimages in Beigang after 42 years. In 53, the Bell and Drum Tower was built in Zhenlan Palace, and Shi Kunyu and Shi Zhenyang, the great carpenters of Lugang, were hired to make shrine wood and cut and stick leaves, which made the temple architecture look brand-new. In 69, due to the decay of temple beams and columns, Zhenlan Palace was demolished and the old temple was rebuilt. In 73, the reconstruction was completed and a three-offering ceremony was held. In 1976, Mazu was enlightened1000th anniversary. On June 365, 438+0 of the same year, the delegation of Zhenlan Palace went to Meizhou Ancestral Temple in Chinese mainland to pay homage to their ancestors. A statue of Mazu was distributed from Meizhou Ancestral Temple and returned to Taiwan to pay homage, and Mazu was given three gifts in Meizhou. In 77, Zhenlan Palace cancelled the pilgrimage to the Heavenly Palace in Beigang for some reason and went to Fengtian Palace in Xingang instead. In June 5438+February of the same year, in order to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction of Zhenlan Palace, a "Qing Dynasty" ceremony was held. During his early pilgrimage, Zhenlan Palace visited Meizhou Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors. During the Japanese occupation period, due to the inconvenience of shipping, the pilgrimage was changed from Beigang to the vicinity of the Heavenly Palace. 1977 changed to worship at Fengtian Palace in Xingang. On the 5th day of the first lunar month/kloc-every year, the date of pilgrimage is decided by the temple, and the first incense, second incense, ginseng incense and praise incense are selected. It is a pilgrimage group with the largest number of days and the widest range of incense walking in Taiwan Province Province. Eight days and seven nights. The pilgrimage around Lan Palace in Dajia Town is carried out on foot. The first day was in Nanyao Palace in Changhua, the second day was in Xiluofuxing Palace, the third day was in Fengtian Palace in Xingang, the fourth day was in Fengtian Palace in Xingang, the fifth day was in Xiluofuxing Palace, the sixth day was in Beidou Hall, the seventh day was in Changhua Tianhou Palace, and the eighth day was in Dajia Town. The ceremony of offering incense to Lan Palace in Dajia Town includes praying for peace, getting on the sedan chair, starting the car, leaving the car, praying for blessings, celebrating the birthday, returning to the car and installing the seat. The whole ceremony was sacrificed with an ancient ceremony. The annual pilgrimage to Lan Palace in Dajia Town has become a great event of folk religion in Taiwan Province Province. At 3 pm on the day of Mazu's departure from Zhenlan Palace, a "Blessing Peace Ceremony" was held in the temple. The temple informed Mazu about the surrounding situation and prayed for the safety of those who participated in the pilgrimage. At 6 pm, a "sedan chair ceremony" was held. The temple deacon respectfully invited Mazu to board the Phoenix, put Mazu in a sedan chair and burn incense for sacrifice. At this time, the temple staff prepared safe water under the Mazu sedan chair for the believers to drink and protect the safety of the staff. Starting from 7: 00 pm, leaders of Touxiang, Erxiang, Shenxiang and Zanxiang who participated in Mazu activities in Dajia and sacred sedan chairs arrived in the square in front of Zhenlan Palace. A quarter after midnight, the believers, led by the director of Zhenlan Palace, respectfully invited Mazu to start the ceremony. At this time, after the temple sounded three "carbines", activities in various places began. After three days' trekking in Taichung County, Changhua County and Yunlin County, Aunt Dajia was stationed in Fengtian Palace in Chiayi New Port. That night, temple officials welcomed Mazu into the main hall of Fengtian Palace and accepted the worship of believers. The Fengtian Palace in Xingang prepared offerings, and the deacon of Zhenlan Palace led the believers to recite the scriptures, thanking Mazu for his blessing. On the morning of the fifth day, Fengtian Palace prepared relevant sacrifices and held a "blessing ceremony" in the hall to hold a blessing ceremony for believers who participated in the pilgrimage. On the morning of the same day, believers, led by the directors of Zhenlan Palace and Fengtian Palace, gathered in front of Fengtian Palace Square to celebrate Mazu's birthday and complete the "birthday ceremony" of kneeling three times and knocking nine times. On the fifth night, after watching the congratulatory message from Zhenlan Palace to Mazu, I respectfully asked Mazu to board the sedan chair and prepare to return. After the handover ceremony, Fengtian Palace Temple in Xingang and local believers respectfully sent Mazu back to the funeral. After Yunlin and Changhua, I returned to Lan Palace in Dajia Town to meet the statue of Mazu and sit in the main hall. Taichung County has held the "Dajia Mazu Cultural Festival" since 1988 to promote the pilgrimage of Dajia Mazu, and combined with cultural, sightseeing, industrial and other resources, the pilgrimage from all over the country has become a major event for religious circles in Taiwan Province Province. Mazu Palace Temple in Taiwan Province Province was the first place to open Lan Palace in Dajia Town, Taichung, which was the place where Mazu cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait took place in the late 1980s. In the past twenty years, every year, believers have been organized to make pilgrimages to Meizhou Island in Putian, Fujian Province, becoming the most closely connected Mazu Palace Temple in Taiwan Province Province. Lan Palace in Dajia Town is a Mazu Tempel with a history of more than 200 years. According to records, Lin Yongxing, a native of Meizhou Island, Putian, Fujian, came to Taiwan Province with his family in the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730). He invited the statue of the Virgin Mazu from Chaotian Pavilion in Meizhou Island, crossed the Taiwan Province Strait and settled in Dajia to make a living. Because Dajia is near the sea, the local people believe in Mazu and go to the Lin family to worship Mazu, and the incense is flourishing. When the villagers saw this scene, with the consent of Lin, they chose this place to build a small ancestral temple, which is the predecessor of Lan Palace in Dajia Town. Cai Mingxian, the leader of Taijia Tourism Industry Promotion Association in Taichung County, told reporters that it is said that after the completion of the small shrine dedicated to Mazu, the number of believers is increasing day by day and the incense is more prosperous. However, after more than 200 years of wind and rain, although the small shrine has been continuously destroyed, Mazu believers in past dynasties have repaired it and expanded it to a large scale. The reporter saw that today's palace temples still maintain the architectural style of Minnan temples, flying over the eaves and walking on the walls, carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent and magnificent. Especially the dragon columns and flower-and-bird columns that support palaces and temples, their exquisite carvings are even more exquisite. Mr. Cai said that all these green stone pillars were brought back from southern Fujian and carved by sculptors in Taiwan Province Province. There are "Double Dragons Meeting Thailand" and "Phoenix Dancing and Birds Singing", which mean good weather, and each dragon column is worth more than NT$ 2 million. "With the development of the town, the Lan Palace in Dajia Town is gradually surrounded by streets, and there is no room for expansion of the temple. So, a few years ago, the board of directors of Gongmiao invested in the construction of an underground exhibition hall. " As Mr. Cai said, he led the reporter into the basement and saw beautifully carved blue stone carvings on the wall, which were engraved with stories about Mazu, such as "Heavenly Palace prayed for rain to save the drought", "Plague epidemic curse to help the disaster" and "Eight Immortals crossing the sea". Cai Mingxian said that these indoor green stone carvings were made in southern Fujian and shipped back to Taiwan Province Province, which shows that the relationship between Lan Palace in Dajia Town and the mainland is extraordinary. Cai Mingxian told reporters that since Mazu enshrined in Lan Palace in Dajia Town originated from the Lin family in Meizhou Island, Putian, Fujian Province, all believers in Lan Palace are looking forward to the opportunity to cross the Taiwan Province Strait to worship in Mazu Tempel on Meizhou Island one day. 1987 On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Mazu Millennium Festival was held in Mazu Tempel, Meizhou Island. Seven directors, supervisors and directors from Lan Palace 17 in Dajia Town paid tribute to the "Three Mothers" in the Palace. They took the lead in boarding the Mazu Tempel of Meizhou Island by a direct boat from Japan, and made pilgrimages in the Tianhou Palace in Xianliang Port, Putian, Mazu's hometown, becoming the first Taiwanese religious group to board Meizhou Island in the past 40 years. After the pilgrimage, when he returned to Taiwan Province Province, he also welcomed a statue of the Virgin in the sky back to the Lan Palace in Dajia Town for worship, which led to the upsurge of Mazu believers' pilgrimage to Meizhou Island. Mr. Cai said that1March 23rd, 989 was Mazu's birthday, and the Lan Palace in Dajia Town took the lead in becoming the closest temple with Mazu Tempel in Meizhou Island, which made the communication with Mazu Tempel in Meizhou Island more enthusiastic. On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the same year, on the anniversary of Mazu's birth, more than 4,000 officials, believers and representatives from Dajia, Waipu, Da 'an and Hou Li organized a delegation to pay homage to the ancestral temples in Mazu Tempel, Meizhou Island and Xianliang Port, and donated a memorial archway for Mazu's birthplace, welcoming the ancestors of the ancestral temple, Ji Qinggong and his wife, to cross the stage to worship at Zhenlan Palace for the first time. In 2000, Yan Qingbiao, Chairman of Blue Palace in Dajia Town, and Zheng Mingkun, Vice Chairman, led a pilgrimage delegation of about 7,000 people to Mazu Tempel, Meizhou Island, Xianlianggang Ancestral Temple and other places to worship Mazu, which was unprecedented and caused great sensation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Speaking of the future work of strengthening Mazu cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait at Lan Palace in Dajia Town, Mr. Cai looked proud. He said that in recent years, the cultural exchange between Lan Palace in Dajia Town and Mazu in Chinese mainland has become closer and closer. Every year, temples not only organize worshippers to make pilgrimages to Meizhou Island, but also send delegations to Mazu Tempel in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Tianjin. In order to further express the respect of Lan Palace in Dajia Town to Mazu, the temple cooperated with an animation company in Beijing last year and invested NT$1.200 million to start shooting 60 episodes of Mazu story cartoons. He is eager to finish the cartoon as soon as possible, so that believers can get a sneak peek. In addition, the board of directors of the Palace Temple is currently preparing to hold the "Symposium on Mazu across the Taiwan Strait", at which time relevant experts and scholars from the mainland will be invited to discuss and make suggestions for promoting Mazu culture.