Xishan Temple

Xishan Temple

Xishan temple, located in Xishan, Central District of Zhongshan City, was built in the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, it was the place where Mao Kezhen, a local sage of the Ming Dynasty, studied. Later, it was changed into a temple.

Xishan temple was rebuilt many times during the reign of emperor Shunzhi, Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, and in 1921 and 1988.

Xishan temple was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Zhongshan Municipal People's Government in 1990.

Brief introduction to temples

Xishan temple is located in the west mountain of Shiqi (also known as Wufeng, also known as the first peak). It was built in the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, it was the reading place of Mao Kezhen, a local sage, and later it was changed into a temple. It was built and rebuilt many times during the reign of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, and in 1921 and 1988. From the north entrance of Minzu road and the junction of Sunwen Middle Road, you can go up the stone steps, pass the first peak and liumian ancient road, and then arrive at Xishan temple.

On entering the main gate, Maitreya sits upright on the lotus terrace and smiles to welcome pilgrims and vagrants from all over the world. On the back of Maitreya Buddha is Bodhisattva Weituo, known as Dharma protector. The right side of the box is the guest hall, the left side is the dormitory, and the bell tower and drum tower are next to the guest hall and dormitory. The main hall is the main hall, the Guanyin hall is on the right, and the dizang hall and duobaota Hall (Gongde Hall) are on the left.

Xishan temple, a few meters in front of duobaota Hall (patio) is the Zhaitang and kitchens, the front seat of Guanyin hall is the liuzu hall, and the ancestral hall is opposite the drum tower.

Layout structure

Xishan temple sits in the north and south, with three deep entrances. It has a hard mountain top and a beam lifting wooden structure. There are wing rooms on both sides of the front, two corridors on both sides of the patio with rolling shed roof, and two side halls on both sides of the back. The third entrance is a two-story building with cement red brick structure, the bottom floor is the monk's house, and the upper floor is the Sutra collection.

Architectural style

The temple sits north to south, deep into two, hard mountain top, lift beam type wood structure. There are wing rooms on both sides of the front, rain corridors on both sides of the patio are covered with rolling shed roof, and side halls on both sides of the back, covering an area of 690 square meters. The horizontal plaque on the temple's forehead is "Renshou Chan Lin", the couplet on the left and right: "old shade of red cotton, good fortune and great glory", the first paragraph: "summer of the first year of Xianfeng", and the second paragraph: "boxing script of zhangyutang in Xunzhou", all of which are made of running script. There is a stone half moon pool in front of the temple, supported by three pieces of stone. The pool is 44cm deep and 2.5m long.

The Mountain Gate outside the temple is inlaid with stone couplets and stone horizontal plaques. Couplets are 2.55 meters long and 40 cm wide, and are engraved in running script. The couplet reads: "the mountain is small, but there are still trees high in the sky. "Eight centimeters per word. The first paragraph: "Xianfeng Renzi Qiuyue", the second paragraph: "Li Ren once looked at Yan Shu", each word is 4cm. The horizontal plaque is 1.35 meters long and 40 cm wide. It is engraved in regular script. The horizontal script reads: "six cotton ancient road", with each character of 27 cm. The first paragraph: "the 17th year of the Republic of China", the second paragraph: "Mao Yan Lu Shu", each word is 5cm. It is said that in the Song Dynasty, there were six kapok trees planted around the temple. The trees withered for a long time in the following year, and the monks of the Ming Dynasty replanted them here. Therefore, the path around the mountain under the tree is called "six cotton ancient road".

On the walls of the temple are inlaid stone tablets with a length of 2 meters and a width of 95 cm, which were engraved in the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856) of the Qing Dynasty. They are made of black mahogany regular script and each character is 3 cm. According to the inscription:

Inscriptions in the temple

The name of Wufeng is Xishan. On the right ear of the county, there is Renshou temple. It is the place where Mao Xiaolian, a former Ming sage, studied. It was changed into a temple where monks lived. At the beginning of the country, it was first built between Shunzhi and Dairen Kangxi, the Marquis of Yizai, and then at the gate of zhugongming, Xierong. It is said that the first peak has six HongMian trees, and Gaoyao City. It is also the place where the capital was built It is not because of the image of Zhaofa that bujuloulou failed to take on a new look, so the wind and rain have eroded the pillars and collapsed for hundreds of years, and the so-called attack on Shuangtai has turned into rubble. The relics also show that guimao Qiuyu traveled to visit and admire the sages when he came back from the Min fan. He was sorry that he had planned to build the temple again for a long time, but there was no accumulated property in the temple. Although Mao gave Gu thirty stones at the age, and he did not have enough money for incense, the abbot of a monk was not able to touch the gold Why did jishinai advocate the reconstruction of the Imperial Palace and the collection of good people? They were widely advised to help people from the city to the countryside, from the city to the county, and from the neighboring provinces to the officials, and from the gentry to the merchants. Therefore, Jiugong selected materials to build the main hall, the second side hall, the inner hall of the mountain gate, the bedroom of the sand wall, the open Modou room, the six cotton ancient road, the double tree Bodhi, and another stone digging well to dredge the Seven Star spring under Dongyan It was a huge and costly project. The project started in Xianfeng in 1911 and was built with donations. It was on a small scale in the autumn of Jiayin. However, the original proposal to build luzu Pavilion in the east of the temple had not started yet, so I still had a strong desire. I also had a lot of other people's power to raise money, and Dong Qi's agent was Yi Quan, a monk of the temple. Unexpectedly, Yi Quan was called to the capital, so I returned to Zhushan in the west of winter I had to choose a manager, Xin Hengqing, a monk of Yinquan temple, to practice Buddhism. So I entrusted the temple affairs to the management. I ordered the abbot of this temple not to borrow the accommodation of the officials, gentry and foreign monks to make trouble. In the future, I was careful to choose a good disciple to continue the incense of this temple, but I had to bear the responsibility of Xin Hengyi. I didn't have to take care of the book of Beijing Yinbo for more time The permanent cloud is the symbol of pylestone

When Xianfeng was six years old, he was a caretaker of Qin Dynasty on the auspicious day of the twelfth lunar month in Bingchen

Disciple Zeng Jieshu jingshuben Temple Abbot monk Xin hengjinle

Cultural relics protection

In 1990, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit by Zhongshan Municipal People's government.

Address: Xishan Park

Longitude: 113.37387911975

Latitude: 22.520862953101

Chinese PinYin : Xi Shan Si