Brief introduction of Longmu ancestral temple in Wuzhou

Wuzhou Longmu Temple is located on the east bank of Gui Jiang, north of Wuzhou City, Guangxi, at the northern end of Guilin Road. It was built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the Ming Wanli, Qing Kangxi and Yongzheng years. It is a rare cultural relic in Guangxi that has been preserved to this day and has the architectural style of the Song Dynasty. It has high historical and tourism value. Longmu Temple is a temple built by the people in the Pearl River Basin to commemorate the "Dragon Mother", the female leader of Baiyue nationality in the South during the Warring States Period. There are Longmu temples all over the Pearl River Basin, especially Wuzhou Longmu Temple, which was built in the early Northern Song Dynasty and faces Gui Jiang. The temple was repaired and restored in the mid-198s, and then gradually expanded, covering an area of 11, square meters, with a memorial archway, a five-dragon spray wall, a front hall, a dragon mother hall and a dragon mother bedroom.

The Longmu Temple, facing the mountain and facing the water, covers an area of more than 5, square meters and consists of memorial archway, front hall, middle hall, harem, palace, turtle pond and shopping mall. Every year, the eighth day of the fifth lunar month and the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month (according to legend, the Dragon Mother's birthday and the Ascension Day respectively) are the busiest times in the Dragon Mother Temple. During the period, tourists from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese formed a tour group to celebrate the birthday, and some of them had thousands of people. At this time, the temple was decorated with lights and decorations, beaming; There are a sea of people outside the temple, which is very lively. On this day, the Dragon Mother Temple was opened all night, and many good men, women and tourists rushed to worship, burn incense, touch the dragon bed, take a look at the dragon mother mirror, use the dragon mother comb, wash the dragon mother water, drink dragon mother tea, and throw coins at Wanshou turtle. The Dragon Mother Temple was very lively. Dragon Mother is the God of Xijiang River. Legend has it that the Dragon Mother was the God of the Emperor Zulong of the Qin Dynasty. Her surname was Wen, a native of Xiaotongfang, Yidu Shuidong Street, tengxian. She was called the Dragon Mother because she raised five little dragons, and later died in Yuecheng, Guangdong. Dragon Mother has done a lot of good things for the benefit of the people in Xijiang River Basin, such as leading everyone to cultivate, weave, fish and animal husbandry, controlling floods, escorting wars, punishing evil and promoting good, saving lives, being charitable and giving alms to the poor.