Fahua Temple

Fahua Temple

Fahua Temple began in the third year of Guanghua of Tang Dynasty and was built by monk Hongju. The monk recites the Dharma Sutra, which is a very good profession, so it is named. When chanting Sutras in the courtyard, the tiger in the mountain came with flowers and knelt down in front of it to offer. When the mountain is open, the stone looks like a fish. When it is buckled, the sound is clear and clear. After the waste.

It was rebuilt during the reign of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty, covering an area of nearly 50 mu. It is a Zen temple rebuilt from a garden. It was originally the garden of Li Maochun, a famous scholar who came to Taiwan with Zheng Jun in the late Ming Dynasty. In 1684 (the 23rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty), it was changed into fahua temple. After several years of destruction and repair, it is now a Buddhist temple with three entrances and three openings. The front hall is dedicated to Buddha Mitha, the main hall to Buddha Sakyamuni, the left hall to Emperor Wenheng, and the right hall to Emperor Antarctica. It is a unique example of "Popular Buddhism" in Taiwan. In the garden of the temple, there are several ancient steles and seven storey towers. A pool was built in front of the temple, named Nanhu. Building a building beside the lake adds radiance to the Vatican. Its main hall is a double-layer double eaves arched building, which is majestic and broad, with the Buddha in the middle and eighteen Arhats on both sides. In front of the hall stands a giant tripod in the middle, which is surrounded by cigarettes

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Temple scale

Fahua temple is located in Da Song Mountain, Nanyue, Yueqing City. The temple is a three entrance courtyard style wooden building, covering an area of about 5400 square meters. The King Kong hall is three rooms wide and four rooms deep. The plaque of "fahua Temple" is hung on the lintel. The front hall is seven rooms wide and four rooms deep. There are eighteen Arhats on both sides of the Ming Dynasty. There is a courtyard in front and a screen wall on the left and right. The main hall is seven rooms wide and seven rooms deep. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there is a front niche for Sanbao Buddha, and a statue of Guanyin in the back niche. In front of the hall, there is a chamber on the left and right, and in the East and west of the backyard, there are ear rooms. Most of the existing beam structures in the temple retain the style of reconstruction in the 26th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. It is the largest and most complete ancient temple in Yueqing.

Temple pattern

From the entrance of Shanjiang village to the north of Hongqiao Town, Yueqing City, you enter dasongshangao village, and go up the mountain along Songhua highway to fahua temple. On both sides of Songhua highway, there are 18 bends in Kowloon, which means to keep people safe forever. There are 18 pavilions beside the road for people to rest, talk and view. These 18 pavilions, like 18 golden chairs, make people feel refreshed when they enter the pavilions. There is a Qianqing gate near the temple. The meaning of "Qianqing" is as clear as the sky. Pilgrims come here to let go of all their selfish thoughts. Their mood is as clear as the sky. After Qianqing gate, you can go to fahua temple.

Fahua temple, facing south from north, is built close to the mountain. Originally, it was a wooden structure with three entrances. Now Abbot Yantong felt deeply about the religious policy of the state. He built a lot of buildings, built roads outside, and expanded the temple several times. On the original basis, he expanded the temple from three entrances to nine entrances. New ten thousand Buddha city, open-air Buddha, seven elephant hall, twenty heaven, five hundred arhat hall, miaofe hall, jade Buddha Hall, Dabei building, jigongyuan, Sansheng hall, eighteen arhat ridge, sutra tower, nine storey thousand Buddha pagoda, Abbot's room, etc. have been built. The overall architectural momentum is magnificent, majestic and profound, which is an ideal pure land for self-cultivation. The sunshine of fahua temple, the pines, the bamboo, the cicadas, the incense, all walks of life.

There is a saying that "as soon as you enter the mountain gate, the air will gradually cool down, and the millennium old temple will shine.". The sound of Buddhist drum is far away, and the wind chime rhyme of eaves becomes longer. The common people should have a thorough understanding of it, and the Zen mind should be quiet. From now on, all thoughts will be spent, and after listening to the pines, the sun will set This contains a lot of Zen philosophy, which makes people have a more thorough understanding of life and world affairs when reciting.

The front of the temple is open, forming a square. In the center of the square stands a tripod. On the north side of the square, just opposite the temple, stands a large white marble relief, where the Lingshan Buddha statues gather to protect the men, women, old and young in all directions. Everything is as good as you want. Above the relief, the seven treasures of the Tathagata line up to greet each other. The seven treasure Tathagata pagoda, also known as "Lingta", is a sign of the scale of the temple. The temple with seven treasure Tathagata has a relatively large scale. The seven white towers are about 2.5 meters high and 0.5 meters wide. Each tower is engraved with a Buddha statue. They have a history of more than 800 years.

To the west of the square is the hall of seven elephants. Looking up, a huge golden open-air Buddha is surrounded by seven elephants, sitting on the lotus platform with a serene and solemn look. What's more, there are 3000 Buddha statues in the Buddha's heart. There are seven elephants guarding the gate of the hall. Inside the hall, there are Sakyamuni Buddha statues under the bodhi tree for six years of asceticism. There are 48 colorful pictures of Buddha hanging around. In front of the hall stands the bell tower and the drum tower. Inside and outside the hall, the styles of Myanmar, Thailand, India and China are integrated. The open-air Buddha is Myanmar style, the seven elephants is Thai style, the ascetic Sakyamuni is Indian style, and the bell and Drum Tower is the embodiment of Chinese style.

Behind the hall is the hall of five hundred Arhats. Each arhat has a different posture, is lifelike, and has its own magic power.

There is a pair of ancient stone lions squatting in front of the door of the temple, which sets off the sacred and solemn temple. It is said that when the lion roars, all animals will kneel down and the world will be peaceful. There is a sun and moon lamp on each side of the stone lion. On both sides of the lamp is a tall stone tablet of dragon and tortoise. On the left, it is engraved with "the kingdom of heaven and sea Buddha", written by Princess Li Na; on the right, it is engraved with four characters: "heart is the pure land".

Entering the three gates, Maitreya Buddha, also known as joy Buddha, is smiling with his ears drooped and shoulders bare, his chest bare and his navel exposed. There is a poem that says, "take a hoe with empty hands, ride a buffalo on foot, walk on a bridge, and the water doesn't flow on the bridge." it's worth living beings' understanding. Behind Maitreya, facing the north, stands Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, who is the Dharma protector of the temple. Maitreya is about two King Kong, known as the two general hem ha. They all wear a crown and a magnificent face, holding a Vajra pestle in their hands. The difference is that on the left, the angry face opens his mouth and strikes with the diamond pestle; on the right, the angry face closes his mouth and holds the diamond pestle flat and glares.

Out of the Sanmen hall, to the East is the release pool. There is a Guanyin in the middle of the pool, and a boy beside it. Guanyin steps on a fish, which is the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva of Nanhai. To the west is the lotus pool. There is a "nine curve bridge" and a pavilion in the pool. The lotus flowers in the pool are curling, and the crystal clear water drops are rolling on the green lotus leaves. Buddhism love lotus has its own origin. Different schools of Buddhism give birth to different meanings of lotus. The fundamental classic of Tiantai Sect of Mahayana Buddhism is called the Lotus Sutra of miaoha, which is called miaoha. Lotus represents the way to lead all beings to the paradise.

After the Sanmen hall, the second entrance to the temple is the Tianwang hall. There are four heavenly kings sitting in the hall, commonly known as "four King Kong". The four heavenly kings hold a sword but no sheath, a lute but no strings, a dragon but no scales, or an umbrella but no bones, respectively, symbolizing good weather.

After leaving the temple of heavenly kings, you enter the eighteen Arhats hall. There is an east-west blue brick corridor between the hall and the temple of heavenly kings. There are eighteen Arhats in the East and West rows of the hall. They are all famous disciples of the Buddha, with their own names, deeds and honorifics. These ancient Buddha statues are regarded as symbols of auspiciousness and strength by believers.

Passing through the courtyard is the main hall of the fourth entrance, which is also the main hall of the fahua temple. Sakyamuni Buddha is worshipped here. Beside him stand Ananda and Kaya. This Buddha, who is known as the Buddha, has a kind face and a kind eyebrow. It is said that he was originally a Buddha. In order to persuade mortals, he was reincarnated as a prince of the central Indian state of kapirovi. He gave up his throne and became a monk. He sacrificed his life to feed the tiger and realized the Tao. Buddhist scriptures, Ananda records. There are Manjusri and Puxian on the left and right sides of the hall. They are both escorts of Sakyamuni Buddha. Manjusri symbolizes wisdom and Puxian symbolizes truth.

On the back of Sakyamuni Buddha are the images of Avalokitesvara. 88 Bodhisattvas surround Avalokitesvara like stars arch the moon. They work together to do many good things in the world.

There is an octagonal well in the small courtyard behind the main hall, which is a witness of the ancient history of fahua temple. This ancient well of Tang Dynasty has gone through countless spring and Autumn Periods. The water in the well is always the same, even in the case of severe drought, it will not dry up. According to the legend, people in Yuhuan County were not cured for a long time. After eating the water from this well, they were cured.

There is a nine dragon wall in the middle of the two stone steps. In the middle of the two stone steps, there are three Buddhas, Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, pharmacist Buddha in the East and Amitabha Buddha in the West. Guanyin stands in front of the third Buddha, and several jade Buddhas sit beside it. There is a Picchu terrace in the center of the hall. There are three great precepts in Buddhism, which are Shami precepts, bhikkhu precepts and Bodhisattva Precepts. The bhikkhu precepts are the most important precepts. Only after receiving these precepts can they be regarded as regular Buddhists. Bhikuta is the platform for teaching bhikuta. Behind the miaofe hall is an auspicious Reclining Buddha, 12 meters long and 4.9 meters high. There are a lot of Buddha pictures on the wall beside it, which vividly describes the story of Buddha's enlightenment.

On the upper floor of miaofe hall is the great compassion building. In the center is a jade statue of the great compassion Avalokitesvara, which was presented by Fu Fengying, a Buddhist monk from Myanmar. She is 109 years old and now has nirvana. The Jade Buddha is 4.5 meters high, weighs 6 tons, and is worth 380000 Yuan. It is the first time that the mage went to Myanmar to welcome him. The 84 statues of the great compassion mantra standing around are all carved with sandalwood. Each Buddha is a sentence of the great compassion mantra.

When you turn around miaofe hall, you suddenly feel that the space is open. The pavilions here are either magnificent or elegant. The two painted corridors are separated from each other, which makes the layout more orderly. In a verdant vegetation, under the shade of green trees, that is gorgeous, solemn and quiet.

Facing the large-scale release pool, the pool water is sparkling, the fish are long and interesting. There are more than 20 galleries around, which are engraved with famous people's poems in different styles. This is the essence of the forest of Steles in fahua temple. The vivid murals and famous people's poems on the galleries

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