Jinghai Temple
]JinHai Temple was originally built in 14th year of Yongle(1416 AD.), when Zheng He was back from his second voyages to west oceans, Emperor Zhuli praised his feat and commanded to build this temple. In his later years, Zheng He also lived in the temple for a long period. Ancient JinHai Temple had more than 30 mu, underwent several destructions and renovations in ZhengDe, WanLi, QianLong, TaiPingTianGuo and War of aggression by Japan in history. In 1982, only 6 houses of East palace had been left.
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Archway in front of Jinghai Temple. |
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Entrance of Jinghai Temple. | ||
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TianFei Palace Stele TianFei Palace was destroyed in 1937, War of aggression by Japan, only this stele left today. |
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Mazu Temple rebuilt in Jinghai Temple, commemorating Zheng He's voyages. |
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The place where the humiliating Nanjign Treaty was signed, now an Alarm Bell was set to warn the suffering of war. | ||
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Memorial Exhibition Room, displaying relics and data about Zheng He and Opium War. |
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In the new-planned Jinghai Temple-Tianfei Palace Architectural Complex, Jinghai Temple and Tianfei Palace respectively covers 4000㎡ and 2000㎡. These two are separated by the city moat. The entire architectural complex adopts the "architectural shape and structure at the beginning of Ming Dynasty", projects shape-oriented, structural, spatial and posture-focused features of temples built in Ming Dynasty and mainly serves as exhibition place in honor of Zheng He's Expedition To The West Seas Memorial Exhibition and Ming Dynasty Foreign Communication History & Occident Treasure Exhibition. Furthermore, it is also planned to new-construct a "new native architectural styled" Western Commercial Pedestrian Street along the line of Rehe Road, harmonious with two groups of temple architectures in both dimensions and color. | ||
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Relics of original Jinghai Temple. |
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Mood carved fragments were part of a beam of ancient Jinghai Temple. | ||
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A portion of Ming Dynasty city wall stands by Jinghai Temple, also Yuejiang Tower is on Lion Hill over there. | ||||