炎帝大殿 The Great Emperor Yan’s Grave

 

　　炎帝大殿是炎帝陵中轴线三大殿中的主殿，座落于月台之上。面阔9间，进深5间，通高24米，前出廊，重檐庑殿顶，建筑面积1687.56平方米，为古建筑中的最高形制，规格等级仅次于故宫太和殿。殿内36根擎天“金柱”，二人方能合抱，高三丈有余，雄伟壮观。中间供奉神农炎帝木雕贴金神像，坐九龙椅，高5.65米，鹿、鹰侍奉左右（相传炎帝幼时在鹰、鹿呵护下长大成人）。神像有一独特之处，即肤色黝黑，概因炎帝尝百草时中毒所致，为纪念这位为国为民献身的始祖，即以此面容入殿敬奉。东西两壁壁画，为鸿篇巨制的《朝谒炎帝图》，历代帝王、皇子皇孙、明相名医、儒流贤士、孝子贤孙、天地神祇、三山五岳等与炎帝神像形成一个整体，体现了天、地、人的东方哲学思维与信仰意识的文化内涵。

　　The main temple among the three great temples along the central axis in Emperor Yan Grave is located on the platform. The front is around 9 rooms, the side is around 5 rooms and the general height is 24 meters. As the tallest form among the ancient buildings with a total construction area of 1687.56 square meters, its scale is only second to the Taihe Temple in The Forbidden City. There are 36 optimus golden primes and a golden Emperor Yan’s statue worshiped in the center, guarded by an eagle and a deer on each side. One feature of the statue is its dark skin because Emperor Yan was poisoned when tasting herbs. In order to memorize Emperor Yan as a selfless ancestor, the dark skin is also placed in his statue to show respect. On each walls of the western and eastern side, there is the giant work named “Zhao Jie Yan Di Painting”. In this painting, all the historical emperors, royal generations, filial piety, great nobles and also the gods from heaven to earth are integrated in to a whole picture with Emperor Yan to express the oriental philosophical ideology about heaven, earth and human being.