The ancestral temple with the only surname is the only surname.

In the 17th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 4 1), Ma Yuan, a general of Fu Bo, led the army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, covering 20,000 land and water. General Huang and Yu are pioneers of Ma Nanzheng. Legend has it that Fu Bo's general Ma Yuan patrolled their ships at night. Ma Yuan said: "This expedition to the south is extremely difficult and dangerous. What do you think? " The general said: "My hero should be that they died in the line of duty, and I will die on the battlefield or take root in the south according to the general's instructions." . Huang said: "If I don't go to the south on this expedition, I will always defend the frontier and make contributions to the country. I wonder if it is appropriate? " Then take out the attached tripod and show it to Ma Yuan. Ma Yuan was overjoyed and even praised the lovers. Because his parents died when he was born, Zuo was raised by a kind-hearted man who was ambitious and determined to serve his country. When he saw the incense burner in Huang's hand, he also sent soldiers to buy one and quietly put it next to Huang's incense burner. I didn't expect the two incense burners to be exactly the same, so it was difficult to tell whose they were after a few moves. After the Southern Rebellion, both Mo and Huang were named Pingyi doctors and stayed in the second year. Mo Wangchun was named by Liu Xiuqi, the fifth emperor of Hanguang. One day, Huang and Mo discussed building an ancestral temple. Because the two incense burners can't tell which one belongs to whom, Huang said to Mo, "You and I are brothers, why don't we share it equally?" Let's build a temple together and worship the two incense burners together. " You also agreed to build a temple together, so he built a yellow ancestral hall, which enshrined two incense burners. Houcuo and Huang flourished, and the ancestral hall was built separately. The writing of Houcuo Ancestral Hall and Huang Ancestral Hall is only distinguished by surnames, and the others are exactly the same. At the beginning of the temple, only one boat was dedicated, and the scale was not large. All previous dynasties only repaired and did not expand.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, descendants of Mao distributed in Fangcheng County donated money to build temples in order to commemorate and carry forward the achievements of their ancestors and enlighten future generations. In the 18th year of Qing Qianlong (AD 1753, the branch was Gui You, with a history of 24 1 year, which was the first time that Fangcheng established an ancestral temple), the ancestral temple was built. The ancestral hall is located on the south side of Meiling, Yanjiang Street in Shiluodu (now Fangchenggang Fangcheng Town, Guangdong Province). The shrine was built on the south side of Meiling where centipedes spit pearls. Turtles and snakes in the south sell water to prevent the river from skyrocketing, and four waters return to yuan. It is a treasure house of talents carefully selected by Mao, Huang and other ancestors. The direction of Renshan in the ancestral hall is the same as that of King Youchun's tomb in Shui Ying Village, forming a pattern that echoes back and forth, taking its meaning of defending the country and defending the country. It is said that during the Republic of China, Chen Weizhou, the younger brother of Chen (Chen, whose real name is Bonan), was a general in Guangdong, and was also the main military support force that Hu and Gu Yingfen had high hopes for. Chen, a native of Fangcheng County, Guangdong Province, was born in a work-study family. His father, Chen Jinyi, was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. He started his own private school and went to the countryside to teach for a living. Chen Weizhou, Chen's eldest brother, studied astrology for a period of time in Dongxing, Fangcheng County, and believed in yin and yang divination, which had a great influence on Chen. He envied the geomantic omen of Maohuang Ancestral Hall and built his own hall around the Second Ancestral Hall. Cui Shi Ancestral Hall has two independent seats on the main floor, with eight attached rooms on both sides and a garden-like open space in the middle, about 1500 square meters. There are brick walls with a total construction area of nearly 800 square meters around the ancestral hall, which are made of brick and wood structures with exquisite workmanship, green walls and green tiles, painted beams and carved buildings, and lifelike auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes are painted around the eaves The main hall of the first building is a wide-mouth hall, two of which stand high-quality big iron and wood columns, which are particularly solemn and generous, elegant and quaint, and antique. There is a large gold horizontal plaque above the gate, which reads "Zuo's Ancestral Hall". On both sides of the entrance to the gate, there are two red lanterns as big as baskets, with the words "Doctor Ping Yi" written on them. There are two 24-year-old drip guns on both sides of the gate, which are 1.5 meters long and 24 centimeters in diameter. Each gun needs 5-8 kilograms of gunpowder with a range of 1-2 kilometers. If there is a toe crossing or piracy at sea, the entrance of the ship to the river is within the effective range of the two guns. The opening, reason, time and frequency of the two guns are unknown to the operator. According to word of mouth within the clan, in the 23rd year of the Republic of China (AD 1934), Moyun Village of Zhou Yuanping and Moying Village of Fangcheng Street jointly engaged in maritime transportation. At this time pirates appeared, killing people and stealing goods. In order to protect the smooth flow of freight at sea, they borrowed two guns from the temple gate and put them on the boat. Soon, when they sold the boat, they sold it to the buyer together with the gun. It's a pity that historical relics of great historical significance have been lost. During the 200 years after the completion of the Chongshi Ancestral Hall, there was an endless stream of incense at four o'clock, and people came and went, making endless pilgrimages. At that time, it was indeed a lively place, adding a lot of color to the border town. Yi ancestral hall-Pingyi Dafu has become a famous historical relic and ancient building.

There are three main cards in the ancestral hall in the main hall in the back seat of the temple:

Zheng Zhongyi was honored as "when Hanente gave Qinzhou hereditary status, Dr. Pingyi became the first ancestor."

On the left is "When Chiang Rai granted the Xuanwu doctor Qinzhou hereditary status, Luodu Zhong Jun kept the government, indicating that the great ancestor Kao Cuo, Tingchang and Huang Taifei were happy."

On the right is "When Qing Ente conferred the title of Qinzhou, the governor showed his great-grandfather the gods of Kao Gong and Huang Tairu."

For more than 1000 years, Zuo and his descendants, hereditary doctors (called Tusi after Tang and Song Dynasties) or Shiluo have been guarding the imperial court, guarding and inspecting the land, presiding over the military and political affairs of border cities, defending the land and people, maintaining the peace of border troops in southern Xinjiang and developing the frontier, which is undeniable and indelible.

A Unique Sacrificial Ceremony of Temple Fair —— Eighteen-pole Gong

At the same time, the ancestral temple was built, and the land purchased by clan members in Dage village of this county was used by thousands of people to worship their ancestors. The annual Lantern Festival is a day of sacrifice. On this day, people from all over the clan arrived in succession. Some of them couldn't arrive on the same day, but they also left early and got together in a harmonious atmosphere. Moreover, the people who presided over the sacrifice and some elders in the clan should first briefly describe the historical life, achievements and significance of the sacrifice: carry forward and remember the historical achievements of the ancestors, carry forward the past and carry forward the future, and be patriotic. Through sacrifice, participants generally gained some historical knowledge and the benefits of patriotism and love of religion, which enhanced their self-esteem and pride. Even some children who have no education or low understanding ability and are not fully sensible know that their ancestors were from Shandong, fought with Manan to recover lost ground, served the country and the people, and were given the surname by Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty ... At the beginning of the ancestor worship ceremony, the two big gongs hanging in front of the door must be rung first. Change one on each side and play nine. There are three reasons for playing these eighteen gongs: first, because the temple was built in Qianlong for eighteen years, it was chosen as eighteen gongs; Second, the ancestor Chun was always guarded when he was awarded the title of Doctor Pingyi in Qin Zhou, and was awarded the bronze seal with nine petals by the emperor. He ordered the bronze seal to hit two sticks for each petal and eighteen sticks for nine petals, so he also took the eighteenth; Third, there are three tablets dedicated to ancestors and great-grandfathers. Each tablet is the same card for ancestors and clumps, and each ancestor and clump is given three gongs, * * * six sticks and three * * * eighteen sticks, so it is also taken as eighteen. The arrival of eighteen gongs with sticks is the main feature that distinguishes Cui Shi Ancestral Hall from other family ancestral halls.

When the gong started, the sound spread for miles, gripping and solemn, inspiring people to remember and respect their ancestors.

The ancestral temple has not been restored, but the people still have to work hard.

Things change, but good times don't last long. After the establishment of Si Temple, it was looted more than 200 years ago. Therefore, the temple is located in Fangcheng County, which stands out among all the buildings in the county. In the early years of the Republic of China, Sici ran a school. At that time, the financial resources of the Kuomintang police station were insufficient, and even the office of a county police station could not be built. In the twentieth year of the Republic of China (A.D. 193 1), the only ancestral temple was forcibly occupied as the office of the county police station. After the bureau entered, it stood in front of the shrine in the back seat of the temple with wooden boards, with a statue of Jiang Zhongzheng hanging in the middle, and armed police stationed everywhere in the temple. There is also a detention center to hold prisoners, and a sentry box is added outside the temple wall to guard them day and night. There are many swords and guns, and the scenery is no longer terrible. The world's views on Pingyi doctors and worship of ancestors have been greatly restricted. Even if sacrifices are offered to the shrine on the lunar calendar 1.05, only representatives of ethnic minorities are allowed to worship in the shrine. This situation has caused widespread dissatisfaction among people at home and abroad, and many representations have been made, but to no avail. In the 33rd year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1944), there was a dispute with the bureau in order to let more people enter the ancestral temple to participate in the sacrifice. At that time, Chen Guanxiong, the director of the bureau, argued irrationally: "The ancestral temple is everyone's business, so there is no need to argue endlessly about it. Your ancestors made historic achievements in protecting the environment and people. Nowadays, the government uses the ancestral temple as a police station, and the police station also protects the environment and people. I hope you don't oppose the government. " Tigers in the Kuomintang police station used "pigs" to occupy the Yi ancestral hall for a long time, resulting in the continuous destruction of the Yi ancestral hall.

In the early days of liberation, the local vegetable market expanded and spread to temples. Under the influence of the leftist trend of thought, the cultural relics of the ancient temple were once destroyed. Later, the site of the ancestral temple was allocated to the county supply and marketing cooperative to build dormitories and warehouses, but the site of the ancestral temple was still clearly identifiable. At this point, the Yi ancestral hall with a long history and national cultural relics was destroyed. Although the temple has been destroyed, for decades, in the eyes of the world, especially the Yi people, it is still the former site where the Yi people commemorate the birthplace of their ancestors, lingering and enduring. Chongshi Ancestral Hall was built to commemorate Dr. Pingyi, who played an active role in history and made special contributions to defending the frontier and defending the city. From the perspective of cultural relics, especially as a small border town with few cultural relics, it is more meaningful. It is a powerful testimony to Fangcheng's long cultural history. The occupation and destruction of Chongshi Ancestral Hall is an event in a specific historical period. From the analysis of the current national policy, the restoration and reconstruction of Chongshi Ancestral Hall is the need of the national policy of protecting historical relics, the need of the country's opening to the outside world, the need of developing tourism culture and the need of carrying out patriotic education. It is an answer for contemporary Yi people to repay their ancestors and explain to future generations. The ancestral temple has not yet been restored, and the people still have to try their best to recall their thoughts, form * * * knowledge, brew good strategies, restore their thoughts, and comfort their ancestors' spirits in heaven.