自古以来,秦皇岛、山海关沿海一带的航海业、捕捞业就非常发达。明洪武十四年,公元1381年,明朝开国元勋徐达奉命主持修建长城。为了调运各种军需民用物资,在山海关石河口修建了码头。船夫渔民出海作业,总是冒着很大的危险,在科学技术不发达的年代,人们只好把生命托付给神灵。为了乞求神灵的保护,乞求海上风平浪静,平安无事,就在老龙头的西侧修建了海神庙、北海神庙、妈祖庙、龙王庙等四座庙宇。1900年八国联军从老龙头登陆,四座庙宇被毁掉了。现在的海神庙是1988年重新修建的,它综合了原有四座庙宇的特点,重新构思设计,延伸入海124米,是旅游观光、临风休憩的好去处。
这里是牌楼,南北两面各有两个大字:安澜、伏波,——让大海安静,海不扬波,点明了整个海神庙的主题。
往前走就是山门。海神庙和一般佛教庙宇的山门不同,它里面供奉的不是四大天王,而是“天佑”、“天应”两位大海中的神将。“天佑”的意思就是老天保佑,“天应”就是指叫地地灵,叫天天应。传说这二位原来都是大海中的怪物,浑身的力气没处使,就专门兴风作浪,玩恶作剧。后来他们被天后娘娘——就是我们常说的妈祖收伏了,成了妈祖的得力助手。
现在我们来到了海神庙正殿前面的庭院。左右两侧有两个吉祥物。右边的叫做“乘黄”,也叫“飞黄”。我国古代的神话故事集《山海经》说:白民之国有乘黄。长的样子像狐狸,背上有角。要是骑到它的身上,就能活到两千岁。唐朝大文学家韩愈写过这样的诗句:飞黄腾踏去,不能顾蟾蜍。后来,人们就用飞黄腾达来比喻一个人的官职地位上升得非常快。看来,乘黄的功能有两条,长寿和升官。可是,我们眼前的这个乘黄大家千万不要骑,一是真要活到两千岁,那可就太麻烦了;二是您真要骑了上去,可就要准备罚款了。
左边的这一个叫做“龙马”。我国古代传说龙马是河水之精,说它是龙头,马身,还有两个可以张开的翅膀,叫的声音很好听,说它是“鸣声九音”——有些人很谦虚,用“五音不全”来说自己唱歌的声音不好听,但这龙马“鸣声九音”,简直就是一个交响乐团!还有的古书上说这龙马就是乘黄。在海神庙的前面设立龙马、乘黄的塑像,是取其“河水之精”的含义。
现在请大家走进海神庙的大殿。正中端坐的就是海神。两边站的是他的助手。渤海湾一带供奉的是北海之神。北海之神叫做禺京。他的“分工”有两条:让大海风平浪静,让陆地风调雨顺。为了让大海风平浪静,他手持弓箭,查看大海,哪儿的海浪过高,就射箭击碎它,这时,两位巡海夜叉就是它的助手;为了让陆地风调雨顺,他选拔了几位得力的干将,我给大家介绍一下。这两位是千里眼和顺风耳。千里眼的眼睛瞪得大大的,顺风耳的大耳朵拉得长长的,专门负责收集各地旱涝信息。这两位是雷公和电母。雷公头似猕猴,嘴似鸡形,肩膀上长了一对翅膀,左手拿椎,右手使槌,脚踏五面大鼓,他敲起鼓来,就是天上响起了隆隆雷声。电母手拿两面镜子,只要她把镜子飞舞起来,天空里就会出现一道道闪电。左边的这二位是风婆和雨师。风婆只要把她背的布袋拿下来,轻轻一抖是小风,重重一抖是大风,抡上一圈,就成台风了。雨师用柳条在他的宝葫芦里沾上一下,往人间洒一洒,就是一场雨。当然,他用的力度和时间就决定了这场雨的大小和持续时间的长短。
古代的神明,都是凡人自己创造的。神明的功能,大都表达了人们的理想和愿望。今天,千里眼和顺风耳的功能已经由气象卫星和计算机承担起来了,——尽管还不那么准确,不那么全面,而雷公、电母、风婆、雨师的功能,我们最终能取代多少、能不能取代,甚至于有没有必要去取代,现在还都是一连串的未解之谜
From of old, the seafaring that custom of island of emperor of the Qin Dynasty, hill takes littoral, catching course of study special develop. Ming Hongwu 14 years, the Christian era 1381, xu Da of Ming Dynasty founder of the state acts under orders to chair build the impregnable bulwark. To allocate and transport all sorts of military supplies are civil goods and materials, commercial and transportation center was built in bayou of hill custom stone. Boatman fisherman goes to sea exercise, always risking very big risk, in the time with underdeveloped science and technology, people is forced a deities of life resign to. For the protection of beg deities, beg is maritime calm, do not have a thing in safety, be in of old bibcock side built temple of temple of fane of sea fane, the North sea, Mom ancestor, the Dragon King to wait for 4 temple on the west. The Eight Power Allied Force was landed from old bibcock 1900, 4 temple by finish. Present sea fane was built afresh 1988, it is integrated original the characteristic of 4 temple, conceive a design afresh, outspread enter the sea 124 meters, it is the good place of the travel sightseeing, have a rest that face wind.
Here is pailou, two sides of north and south has two big character each: Install billows, Fu Bo, -- make the sea quiet, haibuyang wave, the dot understands the theme of whole Nereus temple.
Going forth is hill door. The hill door of Nereus temple and general and Buddhist temple is different, of consecrate is not 4 days of big king inside it, however " day bless " , " day should " the god in two seas will. "Day bless " the meaning is old day bless, "Day should " show ground making the land is clever namely, make answer every day. Fokelore is an eccentric person in the sea these 2 so, all over effort was not in make, with respect to special make trouble, play a practical joke. Later them by empress or imperial concubine of the first rank of Queen of heaven -- it is the Mom that we often say ancestor receive volt, became the one's right hand of Mom ancestor.
We come to the court before Nereus temple main hall now. Or so two side have two mascot. Of right be called " by yellow " , also cry " fly yellow " . The fairy tale collect of our country ancient time " hill sea classics " say: Of Bai Min state-owned multiply yellow. Long look resembles a fox, on the back angular. If ride to its body, can live to be 2000 years old. Tangchaodawen learns a Han Yu to had written such line: Flying Huang Teng steps, cannot consider a toad. Later, people is used make a meteoric rise the official position position that will compare a person rises very quickly. Look, have two by yellow function, long life and be promoted. But, we before must not ride this by yellow everybody, it is to want to live to be 2000 years old really, that but too troublesome; 2 it is you should ride really, can be about to prepare amerce.
One left this is called " Long Ma " . Horse of dragon of fokelore of our country ancient time is the essence of river water, say it is bibcock, equestrian body, still have two wing that can open, the sound that make is very Orphean, saying it is " song 9 sound " -- some people are very modest, with " unmusical " for the sound that oneself sing is not Orphean, but this dragon horse " song 9 sound " , it is simply philharmonic! Still say this dragon horse is multiplied namely on some ancient books yellow. Long Ma is established in front of of Nereus temple, by yellow statue, it is to take its " the essence of river water " meaning.
Ask everybody to walk into the audience hall of Nereus temple now. What sit up in the middle of is Nereus. What both sides stands is his assistant. What Bohai Sea bay takes consecrate is the god of the North sea. The god of the North sea calls Yu Beijing. His " division of labor " have two: Make the sea calm, let terrestrial good weather for the crops. To make the sea calm, he holds bow, examine the sea, the ocean wave of where is exorbitant, attack with respect to archery broken it, at this moment, hideous of sea of two make one's rounds is its assistant; To let terrestrial good weather for the crops, his choose a few capable able person, I give everybody introduction. These two are clairvoyance and clairaudient. The eye glare of clairvoyance is gotten greatly, the big ear of clairaudient pulls those who grow longly, be in charge of technically gathering waterlogged information of each district drought. These two are Thunder God and electric mother. Thunder God head is like macaque, the mouth is like gallinaceous form, a pair of wing grew on shoulder, left hand takes vertebra, the right hand makes mallet, the foot steps 5 tom-tom, he knocks a beat to come, it is ethereal noise removed rumble thunder. Electric mother hand takes two sides looking glass, want her to flutter the mirror only rise, a path lightning can appear in the sky. 2 left this are wind mother-in-law and pluvial division. The hop-pocket that wind mother-in-law should carry her on the back only is taken, trembling gently is small wind, trembling heavily is fresh gale, the circuit on brandish, become a typhoon. Pluvial division uses wicker to be touched in his treasure calabash, asperse toward the world, it is a rain. Of course, the strength that he uses and time decided the accident of the size of this rain and duration.
Archaic deities, it is laic oneself create. The function of deities, expressed the ideal of people and desire mostly. Today, the function of clairvoyance and clairaudient already rose via be being assumed by meteorological satellite and computer, -- although return so not accurate, so not comprehensive, and the function of division of mother-in-law of mother of Thunder God, report, wind, rain, how much can we replace finally, can replace, have even necessary go replacing, now still is a chain of mystery that did not solve