北岳庙 · 简介 Beiyue Temple

  五岳祭祀,由来已久,相传尧舜时即封禅五岳。汉宣帝神爵元年(公元前61年),祭祀五岳四渎已成为定制。


  北岳庙位于曲阳县城,始建于南北朝北魏宣武帝景明、正---始(公元500----508年)年间,唐、宋、元、明、清诸代及民国时期屡有修葺,是历代封建帝王祭祀古北岳恒山的场所。占地面积17.4万平方米,建筑面积4200平方米,坐北朝南,布局呈“田”字形。规模宏大,古建成群,碑碣林立,石雕荟萃。主体建筑——德宁之殿是我国目前尚存元代最大的木结构建筑,也是五岳祭祀中规格最高的古建筑,具有建筑、壁画、碑刻三大艺术价值。1982年被国务院公布为第二批全国重点文物保护单位,2010年被国家旅游局评为4A级旅游景区。


  庙内还建有曲阳博物馆。博物馆始建于1998年,2001年正式对外开放,属于仿明、清建筑的四合院,占地1800平方米,建筑面积730平方米。为打造北岳文化品牌,更好地发挥博物馆功能,2011年将曲阳博物馆改陈提升为北岳文化陈列馆。此馆共设三个陈列室,以精美图片和生动活泼的形式,集中展示了古北岳大茂山的自然、人文景观和北岳庙建筑、壁画、碑刻等内容,让人们更直观地认识北岳文化的起源、发展及深厚内涵。


  北岳庙真诚欢迎社会各界朋友前来观光游览!

Introduction toBeiyueTemple

Sacrifice to the Five Mounts has a long-termhistory since Emperors Yao and Shun offered sacrifices to heaven and earth inChina.   From the first year of the Shenjuereign of the Emperor Xuan in the Han Dynasty (B.C. 61), sacrifice to selectedmountains and rivers had become a customization.


Beiyue Temple is located in Quyang County. It was built at the Jingming-Zhengshi reign of Emperor Xuanwu in theBeiwei Dynasty of the South-North Dynasties. It has been repaired and maintained since the TangDynasty to the Republication era. It was the place where feudal emperorsworship ancient Mt. Hengshan.The Temple covers 174, 000 square meters in totalwith a floor area of 4,200 square meters. Facing south, it is shaped as aChinese character of 田. It is well-known for frescoes,inscriptions, and historical architecture. The Dening Hall is the main body ofBeiyue Temple, which is the existing   largest wooden building from the Yuan Dynasty.It is also the official worship place with the highest level, presenting allarchitectural, mural and inscriptional achievements. .   Beiyue Temple, among the second group, was grantedby the State Council the National Major Cultural Relics Protection Unit in1982, and was rated as a 4ATourist Attraction by the National Tourism Administration in 2010.

The museum is located in the west of theTemple,covering an area of 1,800 square meters with a floor area of 730 squaremeters.In order to display the natural and cultural landscapes,as well as thebuilding,frescoes and inscriptions,the museum has been equipped with varioushi-tech facilities.And hence,visitors could be able to have a vividly intuitiveunderstanding of the origin,development and key contents of the Beiyue culture.


The staff sincerely welcome all friends to BeiyueTemple for sightseeing!

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