圣祠指“五公祠”与“苏公祠”,五公祠为纪念唐、宋两代被贬到海南岛的五位历史名臣(唐代李德裕、宋代李纲、赵鼎、李光、胡铨)而建.苏公祠紧靠五公祠东侧,为宋代大文学家苏东坡被贬抵海南时留宿处。
Sages' temples include
WUGONG TEMPLE(Five Officials' Temple) and SUGONG TEMPLE(Su Dongpo's
Temple).The Wugong Temple was built to commemorate the five famous
upright officials in Tang and Song Dynasty(Li Deyu in Tang and Li
Gang,Zhao Ding,Li Guang and Hu Quan in Song), who were banished to
Hainan Island from the Court. Sugong Temple,east to the former,was once
the residential house of Su Dongpo,the famous literary gaint in Song
Dynasty when he was banished to Hainan.
