Cao'e Temple
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The Cao'e Temple ({{zh|s=曹娥庙}}) was built to honor Cao E, a young girl who was drowned when she tried to save her father in an act of filial piety. The temple was built for the first time in the year 151, and has been relocated, rebuild, restored and expanded several times. The last time this temple was rebuilt was in 1929 after a huge fire, the restoration lasted until 1936.{{cite web |url=http://www.zjww.gov.cn/unit/2006-02-24/54797484.shtml |title=Cao'e Temple |language=zh |publisher=Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics |date=2021-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030164118/http://www.zjww.gov.cn/unit/2006-02-24/54797484.shtml |archive-date=30 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rtj0SAAACAAJ
|title=人伦之光: 江南第一庙·曹娥庙|author=马志坚|date=2009|isbn=9787534027017|language=zh}} {{cite book|url=https://books-google-com.translate.goog/books/about/%E4%BA%BA%E4%BC%A6%E4%B9%8B%E5%85%89.html?id=Rtj0SAAACAAJ&_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=The Light of Human Relations: The First Temple in Jiangnan, Cao'e Temple)|author=Ma Zhijian|year=2009|isbn=9787534027017|access-date=February 9, 2022}}
Location and description
The Cao'e Temple is situated in the Shangyu District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China.{{cite journal|url=https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART001702092
|title=Trace of Goryeo(高麗) envoy and their role in the Cao E shrine(曹娥廟), Shangyu(上虞)|publisher=Noordoost-Aziatische Culturele Vereniging|pages=211–226|journal=Noordoost-Aziatische culturele studies|date=2012|doi=10.17949/jneac.1.32.201209.012|author=Park Hyun Kyu|volume=1|issue=32|access-date=February 9, 2022|doi-access=free}} The temple faces to the east and overlooks the Cao'e River, with on the rear side of the temple a view of the Phoenix mountain. The temple is built on an area of 6000 square meters, the temple itself measures 3840 square meters. Inside the temple, several wall paintings have been created describing the story of Cao E. The temple has been built with many stone carving and wood carving.{{cite web|url=http://www.sylib.com/mrcebdzj/1832.htm|title="江南第一庙"-----曹娥庙|publisher=上虞图书馆|language=zh}} {{cite web|url=https://www-sylib-com.translate.goog/mrcebdzj/1832.htm?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Translation:The first temple in the south of the Yangtze River - Cao'e Temple|publisher=Shangyu Library|access-date=February 9, 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://m.zwbk.org/lemma/167003|title=曹娥庙|access-date=2022-02-09|archive-date=2022-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209092820/http://m.zwbk.org/lemma/167003|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=https://m-zwbk-org.translate.goog/lemma/167003?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Translation: Cao E Temple|publisher=Chinese Encyclopedie Online|access-date=February 9, 2022}}
In 1093 Emperor Song Zhezong had a main hall built in the temple. There are more than 30 steles donated by famous people and exhibited in the temple in honor of Cao E, some of these famous people are: Mi Fu, Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Chiang Kai-shek.
Cultural
The Cao'e Temple has a rich cultural heritage of nearly 2,000 years and has a high artistic taste, and is renowned at home and abroad for its carvings, murals, couplets and calligraphy. Since 1989, the Cao'e Temple has been included in the list of protected national and cultural relics. Every year from May 15–22, there is a festival in the Cao'e Temple, with a Cao E memorial service at the temple on May 22. The temple is called the first temple of Jiangnan.{{cite web|url=http://www.sx.gov.cn/art/2008/8/4/art_1462933_16662037.html|title=曹娥庙景区|language=zh}} {{cite web|url=https://www-sx-gov-cn.translate.goog/art/2008/8/4/art_1462933_16662037.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=nl&_x_tr_pto=sc|title=Translation: Cao'e Temple Scenic Spot|publisher=Shaoxing Municipal People's Government|access-date=February 9, 2022}}
Photo Gallery
{{gallery
|File:Caoe Temple 01 2014-08.JPG|The skyline of the complex
|File:Caoe Temple 09 2014-08.JPG|The Façade of the temple looking east over the Cao'e River
|File:Caoe Temple 17 2014-08.JPG|The western side of the façade and the Royal Tablet Pavilion
|File:Caoe Temple 24 2014-08.JPG|The main hall
|File:Caoe Temple 27 2014-08.JPG|A closer view of the main hall
|File:Caoe Temple 43 2014-08.JPG|The front of the main hall
|File:Caoe Temple 53 2014-08.JPG|Plaque inscribed by Jiang Zhongzheng with the title 'The Light of Humanity'
|File:Caoe Temple 57 2014-08.JPG|Interior view of the main hall, with the statue of Cao'e in a pavilion
|File:Caoe Temple 84 2014-08.JPG|Rear Hall
|File:Caoe Temple 94 2014-08.JPG|Interior view of the back hall, with the statue of Cao'e's parents in a pavilion, flanked by statues
|File:Caoe Temple 107 2014-08.JPG|The Pavilion on the Northern Axis
|File:Caoe Temple 116 2014-08.JPG|Cao'e's tomb on the northern axis
|File:Caoe Temple 131 2014-08.JPG|The Southern Axis of the Corridor
|File:Caoe Temple 132 2014-08.JPG|A well on the corridor
|File:Caoe Temple 135 2014-08.JPG|Yan Wang Hall on the Southern Axis
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References and notes
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Website
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.sycem.com/|title=Official website of the Cao'e Temple|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813202855/http://www.sycem.com/|archive-date=2013-08-13}}
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