Sang Gu Tang to pray for rain

Wu Temple site is located in Sang Gu Xiang Wu Zhuang Cun east. Henan province is the key cultural relics protection units.

Gu Xiang Wu Temple Ruins and mulberry are closely spaced. According to historical records, sang Gu called "Sanglin agency", is taking the king into soup "pray for rain". The king had a soup altar, the altar was a heaven for firewood, self sacrifice, on the altar, on the burning pyre, to the days of rain. When a sudden wind, clouds, to relieve the drought It is raining cats and dogs.. The "Huainan Zi" said: "the main training operation soup of seven years of drought, a prayer in Samrin Festival is this. After the spring and autumn, and their descendants in the state of song consecrated, God made worship, "Feng Shang Lin", in the past to pray for rain, today only ruins.

Wu Temple Ruins 135 meters wide from north to south, things discovered about 240 meters, the highest point is about 2-3 meters of ground. In April 1988, the Cultural Bureau of Shangqiu area of Wu temple ruins the tombs were excavated in the rescue, cleanup 38 tombs, unearthed a number of distinctive local characteristics and unique content and theme portrait stone.

Since 1995, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the archaeological experts Zheng Guang and China and the United States joint archaeological team conducted a two visit to the site. Xiayi County Museum, the archaeological team also repeatedly in site investigation, specimen collection. Each time on the ruins of pottery can be found everywhere, the top of the Ming and Qing Dynasties porcelain pieces and building components, the two layer has a large number of Han Dynasty tomb stone coffin tomb hollow brick and hollow brick, there are many pictures are painted red, stone coffin tomb are a part of the tomb stone, excavated pottery tripod, cans, beans, pot etc.. The three layer is the layer is the main site of Shang and Zhou culture, pottery, can see shapes: Li, statue, urn and basin, the four layer is the layer of Henan Longshan culture, its characteristics and the county, site of the same horse Qingliang mountain.