Sairinji is located in the north of Shangnan Neighborhood Committee, Dujing Town, Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. Because it has Li Tou on both sides and Li Tou in Pinghu, which is 2.5 kilometers away from it, it is called two lion eyes. Xilin Temple is located in the land of lions, so it is also called Golden Lion Blue Temple.

human history

Xilin Temple was built by the Yi people and Zheng, the magistrate of Kaifeng County, Henan Province in the 22nd year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1389), with a building area of 500 square meters. This was the place where Zheng Guangwen, a hipster and judge in Fuchuan, Jiangxi, studied in his early years. Later, the temple was destroyed by the Japanese. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1692), the Yi people raised funds for reconstruction. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, villagers raised funds for reconstruction. The inscriptions built twice are still preserved in the temple.

revolutionary site

1926, Liu tingbo, a revolutionary pioneer, was appointed by Peng Pai to form a peasant association and a peasant self-defense force in Shangdian Township, Du Jing. In order to expand the revolutionary sphere of influence, spread the revolutionary kindling and cultivate the revolutionary backbone, he took Xilin Temple as a stronghold to publicize and mobilize the working people to participate in the peasant association. Liu Tingbo's revolutionary action received active support and enthusiastic response from farmers, and more than 200 farmers' brothers signed up immediately. Liu Tingbo trained and brought up a large number of revolutionaries and strengthened the Party. As soon as the peasant association was established, a demonstration was held. At that time, Zheng, a member of the peasant association who was only 19 years old, held high the banner of "ploughing the fields" and rushed to the front of the team. Zheng, the chairman of the peasant association, led the members of the peasant self-defense force to shout revolutionary slogans such as "Down with imperialism", "Down with Kuomintang reactionaries" and "Down with local tyrants and evil gentry", which was huge and huge.

Liu Tingbo united the peasants in the big family of peasant associations, led them to carry out the rent reduction movement, and fought against the Kuomintang reactionaries entrenched in Du Jing and the local tyrants and evil gentry who oppressed the masses, effectively safeguarding the rights and interests of peasants, effectively attacking the arrogance of reactionaries, and at the same time sowing the revolutionary flame in Chaoshan. The Du Jing League of the Kuomintang hated this and immediately sent people to besiege the procession and set fire to the site of the peasant self-defense army (the wing of Xilin Temple) and the site of the peasant association (the back library of Xilin Temple).

At the end of 1937, China * * * party member Yao Nian (Du Jinggucheng, a native of China in 1960s, served as people * * and China ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary) returned to his hometown to organize a youth anti-Japanese and national salvation meeting and stayed at Xilin Temple. The following year, Zheng Yifan, a teacher in party member, China, carried out revolutionary activities here under the cover of teaching. Since then, Xilin Temple has become a secret liaison station for War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and revolutionary activities during the Liberation War.

Cultural protection unit

Due to historical changes, Xilin Temple has been promoted and abolished several times. After the reform and opening up, with the donation of local overseas Chinese Zheng Shiyuan, Xilin Temple has been greatly improved. In 1997, it was approved by Chaoyang Municipal People's Government as "Chaoyang Cultural Relics Protection Unit".