History of Mawang Temple

According to the cultural records of Yangquan City, it was rebuilt in the forty-third year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1564) and the twenty-first year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (l756), and was repaired in the years of Daoguang and Guangxu. Has been destroyed by imperial forces. 194 1 year (30 years of the Republic of China) When Wang was the village head, he hired craftsmen from Weibo Village to rebuild the statues in the temple. The temple is a stone terrace, facing south, covering an area of more than 2000 square meters. There is a row of four halls in the upper courtyard of the temple, with Mawang Hall as the main hall, 6.6 meters high, five rooms wide, four deep eaves, colored arches, painted partition doors and windows, double eaves covered with blue tile hard top shoes, and brick eaves and waist carved patterns in the hall. In the middle of the altar, Ma Wangjin sat face to face, wearing a marshal's helmet, a dragon robe with armor inside, a jade belt around his waist and combat boots. The vertical beads on the forehead are round and smooth, and the eyes are bright. Under his threat, there are four hands holding the sword, the golden brick, the palm print and the golden wheel respectively, and the other two hands holding the knees. Eye protectors are dazzling, setting off the horse king, imposing, resolute and amazing. On the left is a Taoist city god who defends the country and leads the dead in the underworld, and on the right is a land where one of the four Taoist emperors wears robes and black hats and looks pleasing to the eye. There is a statue of two ghosts under the altar, holding a steel fork and a big knife to serve the horse king. It aims to catch those evil people and punish them. The layout of the hall is very gloomy and creepy. There is a sacrificial hall in front of the main hall for sacrificial activities and student teaching.

King Ma, also known as Marshal Ma, is a clever official (immortal official), a brilliant king with three eyes and a wonderful emperor. Ma Tianjun's story has a long history. Before the Yuan Dynasty, it was popular in the north and south of the river, and his actions of strengthening the body, punishing evil and promoting good were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Ma Wang, Zhao Gongming, Wen Qiong and Guan Yu are known as the four great marshals to protect the country. The Dictionary of China Myths and Legends contains three eyes: King Ma and Erlang God Yang Jian and Tubo. Ma Wang, who was blessed by the Tathagata, was demoted to the world because he destroyed the "ghost-burning grave" and violated the teachings of Buddhist compassion. He was given three eyes and reincarnated in the womb of Queen Ma 'ershan. After birth, it was called "three-eyed horse light". Three days later, he will fight and kill the Dragon King of the East China Sea to get rid of the evil of water, and die because he was trapped in stealing the golden flower gun of Emperor Wei Zi. Later, she was named Princess of Fire. Because she was born with the word "Ling" in her left hand and "Yao" in her right hand, she was named. Thanks to Miao Letian as a teacher, he learned the skills of "thunder, dragon, snake, ghost and man" and won the golden triangle. Because of the Qionghua banquet, the worse gate was burned to the wall, and he was reborn to Gui Mu. After he was born, he went to hell, went to Lingtai and crossed Du Feng. In order to save his mother, he made a scene in the ghost cave. The Jade Emperor saw that he was the general of the Three Sages, and the three realms of good and evil were in the eye of heaven, so he ordered him to return to the realm of true martial arts as the protector and always lead the country, specifically punishing the evil in the world. As the saying goes, "I want you to know how many pairs of eyes Master Ma has". Set up a post station, build a temple in the post road, and protect the famous families, dignitaries, literati and businessmen in the past dynasties. Therefore, people are extremely devout to it. Even the wish of "wife, wealth and children" prayed for the blessing of Ma Wang. The existing three-way merit card in the temple records that nearly a thousand people believe in foreign men and women and are enshrined by the trading company.