逛不完的大庙

The Grand Temple You Can Visit Forever

我小时候,烟台叫走亲戚为'出门',我最愿去大舅家'出门',原因是大舅家附近的大庙是个热闹地儿。在记忆中,每到春节、正月十五元宵节、八月十五中秋节或其他节日,大庙是很热闹的,里边香客络绎不绝,烟火缭绕,庙宇青砖灰瓦,殿虽都不大,但里边不但有威武的龙王像,还供奉有海神娘娘等,人们纷纷来此上香,虔诚顶礼膜拜。大庙的建筑并不雄伟,甚至老旧中透着一种颓败,砖瓦也有很多破碎了,庙顶的瓦片间长满野草.

What the author refers to as the“Grand Temple”is today’s area to the south of Beima Road and to the east of Xinanhe in Zhifu District.In his early memories,the pan-Grand Temple area was an area with strongest business atmosphere and cultural profundity in Yantai.From the names of the streets such as Mianshi(Flour Market)Street,Caishi(Vegetable Market)Street and Xinglong(Prosperous)Street,you can get a glimpse of the atmosphere of the commercial center.The Grand Temple was demolished in 1974 during the Cultural Revolution and replaced by Yantai Mass Art Museum.The antique market and flower-and-bird market were established in some spare spaces.The markets were thronged every day with a hubbub of voices and a great flow of visitors.Nowadays,a skyscraper is to be erected in the old site of the Grand Temple and only a small stage in the south remains.Beida Street,the street that symbolized the beginning of commerce in Yantai,has become a humble alley in the tide of the era.Nevertheless,people still vaguely remember old Yantai,old Yantai streets,old Beima Road,old Grand Temple and the spiritual home of old Yantai people a long time ago.