Zhenwu Temple · Liusheng Pagoda at Shihu · Gusao Pagoda (Sisters-in-law Pagoda)
Zhenwu Temple is in Fashi Village, Donghai, Fengze District; in the Song dynasty it was where the port of Quanzhou made offerings to the sea god, and the Ming Jiajing-era stele reading "Tunhai" (Swallowing the Sea) captures in one phrase the sea god's power over the ocean—a surviving relic of the wind-praying and sea-worship rituals
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Zhenwu Temple is in Fashi Village, Donghai, Fengze District; in the Song dynasty it was where the port of Quanzhou made offerings to the sea god, and the Ming Jiajing-era stele reading "Tunhai" (Swallowing the Sea) captures in one phrase the sea god's power over the ocean—a surviving relic of the wind-praying and sea-worship rituals. Gusao Pagoda (Sisters-in-law Pagoda, built in the Southern Song) on Baogai Mountain in Shishi and the Liusheng Pagoda at Shihu (built in the Yuan dynasty) are both stone pagodas that served as navigation beacons for seafarers; Gusao Pagoda is also tied to the legend of a merchant's wife who fell to her death from a cliff gazing out for her husband. Together the three pagodas form the maritime navigation heritage chain of the "greatest port of the East" in the Song and Yuan dynasties.
Getting there: Self-drive to Donghai, Fengze / Shishi
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