Qu Yuan's Memorial for Later Generations

Qu Yuan Ancestral Hall was first built in the 15th year of Yuanhe of the Tang Dynasty (820 A.D.) and became one of the four major monolithic buildings in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area for the relocation and restoration of cultural relics, along with Zhangfei Temple, Baiheliang and Shibaozhai in Chongqing. Qu Yuan Shrine covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, an investment of more than 50 million yuan, is the largest ground cultural relics reconstruction project in the Three Gorges Hubei reservoir area. The new Qu Yuan Shrine adopts stone and wood structure, inheriting the regional characteristics and traditional craftsmanship of the old Qu Yuan Shrine.

Qu Yuan Ancestral Temple in **** divided into 12 exhibition display halls, respectively, the front hall, north and south display room (which contains Qu Yuan's works and poets through the ages to praise Qu Yuan's works of monument gallery), the main hall (sacrificial hall). Qu Yuan Shrine at zigui, recorded generation after generation of Qu countryside sons and daughters remember the sage's moving deeds, but also preserved the Qu Yuan Shrine stormy history of the process and its ancient style of heritage. Qu Yuan hometown cultural tourism area is located in zigui county, yichang city, hubei province. Phoenix mountain scenic area named "Qu Yuan hometown cultural tourism area", the planning covers an area of 500 acres, the building content, including the Qu Yuan Shrine and Qu Yuan Cultural Square, mainly Qu Yuan Memorial Scenic Spot, to the giant Qu Yuan sculpture based on the theme of the sculpture scene, the Qu Yuan Culture and Art Center, and at the same time, the construction of the Three Gorges Folk Garden, Three Gorges endangered botanical gardens, waterfront landscape belt, etc.

Qu Yuan's hometown West Gorge said. Xixia is located in the ancient Qin-Chu border, is the main remains of the Qu Yuan culture and Chu culture, the important birthplace of Chu culture, Chu culture in the territory of the many remains, Qu Yuan, "buckling the horse admonishing the king," the story took place here, the existing Qu Yuan Gang, Qu Yuan Ancestral Temple, Qu Yuan stone tablets, and other important cultural remains of Qu Yuan and Qu Yuan culture and the White Feather Castle, the Great Wall of Chu, the Qin-Chu Danyang ancient battlefield The important ruins of Chu culture, such as Baiyu City, Chu Great Wall, Qin and Chu Danyang ancient battlefield. Qu Yuan was exiled to the north of Han Dynasty, and his place of exile was Xixia in Nanyang. Qu Yuan had been exiled to the north of Chu and Han during the period of King Huai of Chu, which is equivalent to today's Xixia, Xichuan, Neixiang and so on. According to scholars' research, Qu Yuan's exile this time was in fact just a "detachment" from the King of Chu. Qu Yuan's "Drawing Thoughts": "There are birds from the south that come to gather in the north of Han. A good woman boasts of her beauty, but she is half alone in this foreign land." I.e., the hometown that has been separated for many years, although the beautiful scenery is the same as before, but the mood has the feeling of entering a foreign land. Qu Yuan was once in charge of Dan Xi, and Nanyang Xixia was Qu Yuan's place of administration. Qu Yuan was once in charge of Dan Xi. Wang Yi's commentary on the "Chu Rhetoric": "Qu Yuan had the same family name as Chu, and served in King Huai, as the dafu of Sanlu. The position of Sanlu was in charge of the three surnames of the king's family, saying: Zhao, Qu and Jing." King Huai's Qin, Qu Yuan tried his best to discourage, the West Gorge is Qu Yuan buckled his horse and remonstrate.

Qu Yuan's ancestor in Dan Xi, Nanyang is Qu Yuan's hometown, some scholars claim that the West Gorge is Qu Yuan's birthplace. Qu Yuan "Li Sao": "Emperor Gao Yang's seedling Ruoxi, I Huangkao said Bo Yong." According to scholars, Qu Yuan said "Boyong" is not his father, but refers to the ancestor of the family name of Qu, that is, in the "Shiben" and the "Shiji - Chu Shijia" sentence Dan Wang "Xiong Bokang", or "Xiong Shoukang Xiong Bokang", or "Xiong Shukang", or "Xiong Wukang". According to the historical facts, Jurchen Dan should be in the territory of Dan Xi. Experts generally believe that the Dan Xi area on the Chu State Zhao, Qu, Jing three surnames, the prevalence of natural villages in the Xixia area Qu surname and the Qin-Chu war took place, a large number of Chu aristocratic tombs were found, all of which indicate that Qu Yuan's ancestry and birthplace and Nanyang's close relationship.

Xixia is an important place for Qu Yuan's works. It is widely believed by scholars that Qu Yuan composed "Drawing Thoughts" when he was exiled to the north of Han; "Heavenly Questions" when he returned to his ancestral home, and "National Elegy" after the battle of Danyang.

Xixia Qu Yuan Temple is the earliest Qu Yuan Temple in China. It is the earliest Qu Yuan Temple in China. According to the book of the Later Han Dynasty, Yan Duke's biography, Yan Duke "was confined by the party and died at home, and the townspeople made a picture of him in the Qu Yuan Temple. Yan Duke, with the character Shu Jian, was a native of Nanyang. His birth year is unknown, but he died in the first year of Emperor Huan's Yongkang (167 AD). The record of Qu Yuan Temple in Nanyang in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Yan Du Biography is the earliest known record of Qu Yuan's memorial building in the official history, which indicates that in the Eastern Han Dynasty at the latest, Nanyang had already established the Qu Yuan Temple. Qu Yuan tomb a **** there are two places, one is located in yichang city, hubei province zigui county phoenix mountain qu yuan hometown scenic area. Qu Yuan's tomb was rebuilt in the Qing Daoguang seven years, in 1976 when the construction of the Gezhouba Dam Water Conservancy Hub project relocated to the old county town of zigui Xiangjiaping. 2006 due to the construction of the three gorges project, the Hubei Provincial cultural relics department decided to rebuild it on the phoenix mountain, in order to restore its original historical appearance .

The other is located in Hunan Miluo city north of YuZhuShan 5 kilometers east of Miluo mountain top. Because there are 12 tall graves within 2 kilometers, in front of these graves there is a stone monument of "the tomb of the late Chu Sanlu Dafu" or "the tomb of the Chu Sanlu Dafu", which is rumored to be the "Twelve Doubtful Graves" of Qu Yuan. The tomb is said to be Qu Yuan's "Twelve Doubtful Mounds". There are three large temples near Qu Yuan's grave, namely Baoyuan Temple, Puji Temple and Pude Temple. Historically, Xixia is located at the head of Qin and the tail of Chu, choking the throat of Qin and Chu, through the passage of Shaanxi and Gansu, there was a period of time partly belonging to the state of Chu and partly belonging to the state of Qin, and in the latter part of the Warring States period, the state of Chu repeatedly deployed troops here to fight against the Qin state. The great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, also left a rich historical and cultural heritage here, the main Qu Yuan Gang, Qu Yuan Temple and so on.

Ming Jiajing Nanyang Fu Zhi: "Neixiang County has Qu Yuan Gang - Sanlu Dafu buckled his horse to admonish King Huai". (Note: today's Xixia County is historically subordinate to the Neixiang County)

Ching Kangxi thirty-two years (1693), "Neixiang County Records" Volume 1 details: "Qu Yuan Gang in (Neixiang) 60 miles north of the county, in the past, King Huai Wang of Chu to raise divisions to attack the Qin Qin, the Qin soldiers attacked, the defeat of the north back to the Chu to the place, in remembrance of the Qu Yuan urgently called the descendants of the name of its place. Covered in the historical record of the great break Chu division in Dan Xi also."

The Ming Dynasty poet Li Li poem "Qu Yuan Gang": "Lingxiu how to this, should ask the monuments difficult. Try to think to the high hill, there will be no Qu Yuan."

Qu Yuan post in Nanyang City, Henan Province, Xixia County, back to the car town. Legend has it that Qu Yuan was exiled in the north of Han, he heard that King Huai of Chu wanted to go to Wuguan (now east of Shangluo, Shaanxi Province) to meet with the King of Qin, so he stopped the King Huai at this post to "admonish the King", Qin is like a tiger and a wolf, and must not go. When King Huai refused, Qu Yuan beat his chest on the hill and sighed longingly to the sky: "I am afraid that the Emperor's carriage will be defeated if Tsuen doesn't notice my feelings." Later, King Huai was captured and died in Qin. To commemorate this event, the later generations called this hill "Qu Yuan Gang". There was originally a Qu Zi Temple on the hill, which was decorated with images of Qu Yuan chanting with his hair and face turned toward the sky. Now, there is only one side of a green stone tablet with three big characters "Qu Yuan Gang". There is Qu Yuan Temple in the backyard of Qu Yuan Gang Primary School on the Gang, and the time of its creation and repair has not been proved. Temple for the brick and wood structure of the tiled room, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Civil War repair, the temple walls and wooden beams carved with a large number of murals in the style of Chu, Qu Yuan Gang is currently the only surviving history of the country with the name of Qu Yuan name of the ancient place name, has become a business card of the culture of Qu Yuan in the West gorges. Qu Yuan Temple is located in Qu Yuan Gang, there are three each three of the late Qing Dynasty architectural style brick and wood structure of the tiled room, is the literati and writers worship condolences to Qu Yuan west of the seat of the main room behind the mountain wall set with the Qing Wuyin years (1878) Neixiang governor Gao Sleeve Sea inscribed in the stone inscription, stone monument in the middle of the vertical writing: "Chu Sanluxu Daifu Qu Zi God bit". The left and right sides are engraved with couplets, the first couplet is: "Qingjie table Sanlu think when Zhi Ze Xingyin Herb Yu Saojiao"; the second couplet is: "Loyal souls show a generation of disappointment today Jutan worship fall of Ying is still Chuchen meal"; the horizontal inscription is: "Qingzhong a world! ". West mountain wall inlaid with the Republic of China restored the Qu Yuan Temple stone tablet, the inscription records: "This Qu Fu Zi Shrine also, according to Qu Fu Zi Shrine was built in the Guan Di Temple east of the small yam, the bucket room can not accommodate the knee, the townspeople I have altered in this, the scale of the extreme desire for its legal, building to strive for its magnificent, so as to comfort Fu Zi in the sky of the great soul of the faithful to both the god and the application of the Qu worshippers also be able to get in and out of maneuvering and no regrets also. Republic of China twenty-seventh year (1938) April auspicious date." There are a large number of murals with Chu style painted on the walls of Qu Yuan Temple, and the main existing cultural relics of Qu Yuan Temple include: "Rhinoceros looking at the moon" pillar top stone of the Ming Dynasty, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" washing the public carriage, "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls" stone tablet, and "Merit and Merit" stone tablet of the Qing Dynasty.

Experts from the Chinese Qu Yuan Society visited the Qu Yuan Temple and determined that there were similarities between the murals in the Qu Yuan Temple and those in Mawangdui in Hunan Province, and that there were square bricks from the Tang Dynasty found on the walls of the Qu Yuan Temple. From this, it is inferred that the Qu Yuan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, and has been built in the following generations. Dragon Boat Festival (Dragon Boat Festival) is held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year, also known as the Duan Yang Festival.

Duanwu Festival originated in China, initially the Chinese people to get rid of disease and epidemic prevention of the festival, Wu and Yue of the Spring and Autumn period before the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in the form of dragon boat race held in the tribal totem sacrifices; after the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, it has become the Chinese Han people to commemorate the Qu Yuan's traditional festivals; part of the region is also in memory of Wu Zixu, Cao E and other sayings.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian (史记), Qu Yuan was a minister of King Huai of Chu (楚怀王) during the Spring and Autumn Period. He advocated for the promotion of the virtuous and the capable, the enrichment of the country and the strengthening of the army, and strongly advocated for the alliance of Qi against Qin, which was strongly opposed by the aristocrat Zilan and other people, and Qu Yuan was gluttonously dismissed from his post, driven out of the capital city, and exiled to the Yuan and Xiang basins. During his exile, he wrote such immortal poems as "Li Sao", "Heavenly Questions" and "Nine Songs", which are unique and far-reaching (thus, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Poets' Festival). In 278 B.C., the Qin army attacked the capital of Chu. Qu Yuan saw his motherland being invaded, and his heart was like a knife, but he could not bear to give up his motherland, and on the 5th of May, after writing his final work "Huai Sha", he threw himself into the Miluo River, and died, composing a magnificent movement of patriotism with his own life.　　Legend has it that after Qu Yuan's death, the people of Chu were in mourning and flocked to the Miluo River to pay homage to him. The fishermen rowed up their boats and salvaged his real body back and forth on the river. A fisherman took out for Qu Yuan prepared rice balls, eggs and other food, "flop, flop" thrown into the river, said that the fish and lobsters and crabs eat enough, will not go to bite the body of Dr. Qu. People see have followed suit. An old physician to bring a altar of yellow wine poured into the river, said to be drug stunned dragon water beasts, so as not to harm Dr. Qu. Later, for fear of rice balls for the dragon to eat, people came up with neem leaves wrapped rice, wrapped in colorful silk, the development of brown.　　Later, on the fifth day of May each year, there is a dragon boat race, eat zongzi, drink xionghuang wine custom; in order to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.