In 219 BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang made an inspection tour eastward to Ganyu and asked alchemists to go to the sea to seek immortal pills for him. After leading 3,000 boys and girls and many craftsmen and warriors to set sail for Japan, they never returned. This record and legend are widely known in China, Japan and South Korea. Inside the ancestral temple, there are statues enshrined. There is also an exhibition room for cultural relics and a corridor of Han dynasty stone reliefs. The main hall and side halls are all of hard mountain style antique brick-wood structure, in the architectural style of the Qin Dynasty. The statue in the main hall is vivid and lifelike. He holds bamboo slips in his hand, with slightly wrinkled eyebrows. His eyes are vigilant and full of spirit, as if he is full of literary and military strategies. On the left, a boy holds a sword. On the right, a girl holds a medicine gourd, following on both sides. On the square in front of the ancestral temple, there is a stele inscribed in the spring of 1985. It is 3.24 meters high, 0.86 meters wide, and the character diameter is 0.28 meters. On the back of the stele is the inscription written by someone.
Must-see tip: Xu Fu, an alchemist in the Qin Dynasty, was dispatched by Emperor Qin Shihuang to lead 3,000 boys and girls to go to the sea to seek immortal pills. After experiencing hardships and dangers, they crossed the ocean and reached Japan. With ‘five grains’ and ‘various craftsmen’, they helped the ancestors of Japan realize agricultural life and taught advanced scientific and technological skills such as sericulture and silk reeling. Therefore, he is regarded as the ‘god of agriculture’ by the Japanese. He led thousands of boys and girls and carried five grains and various craftsmen to sail eastward, creating a precedent for friendship among China, Japan and South Korea, and is respected by people of all countries such as China, Japan and South Korea for generations.Ancestral Home of Xu Fu
In 219 BC, Emperor Qin Shihuang made an inspection tour eastward to Ganyu and asked alchemists to go to the […]
