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Xingfu temple was first built in the Southern Dynasty. When Xiao Liang built the main hall, he found a stone uplift, which looked like "Xing" on the left and "Fu" on the right. Taking its auspicious omen, he changed the name of the temple to Xingfu temple. In the Tang Dynasty, black and white dragons fought against each other to break through the stream. The temple was beside the stream, so it was also called the Poshan temple. Xingfu temple is a typical garden style temple with many scenic spots and exquisite scenery. There are three maple trees in front of the gate of Xingfu temple, such as King Kong guard. After the heavy rain, the water of the broken dragon stream in front of the gate is surging. The echo is high. It passes through the stream, goes to the stone bridge, and enters the gate of the mountain and the temple of the heavenly king. There are two tall stone Scripture buildings facing the mountain gate, one ancient and one new. To the main hall, after the statue of Buddha, there is a tall fifty-three Shencai group sculpture. To the east of the central axis are the four eminent monks hall and the Sutra collection building in memory of the founder of Xingfu temple. In the square white lotus pool, there is a white lotus with thousand leaves and double calyx, which has abnormal fragrance and color. Beside the pool, a magnolia tree slants into the pool, which is very interesting with the lotus leaves. There is a tiger rescue Pavilion behind the pool. It is said that the eminent monk Yan said that he was sitting here at night. When he heard the tiger roaring in the pavilion, he saw a tiger hit by an arrow. He pulled out the arrow and wrapped it up. Later, the tiger came to the Pavilion to thank the monk. Further to the East is the MI Bei Pavilion, in which there is a famous poem "Po Shan Si" written by the calligrapher Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty and often built by poets of the Tang Dynasty: "in the early morning, the ancient temple was built, and the early sunshine (Ming) forest was built. The winding path leads to the secluded place, and the Zen house has deep flowers and trees. The mountain light is pleasant to birds, and the pool shadow is empty of people. All the sounds are quiet, but I can only hear the sound of the bell. "

Kofukuji

Xingfu temple, located at the northern foot of Yushan Mountain in Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, is a national key Buddhist temple and cultural relic protection unit in the Han nationality area determined by the State Council. It was initially named "Dabei Temple" during the period from Yanxing to Zhongxing in the Southern Qi Dynasty. Liang Datong five years (539) overhaul and expansion, renamed "Fushou Temple", because the temple in the Po long Jian side, it is also known as "Po Shan Temple.".

Xingfu temple was listed as a national key Buddhist temple in 1983, and was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province on April 19, 1995.

Temple History

During the period from Yanxing to Zhongxing (494-502) of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Ni Deguang (who used to be the governor of Chenzhou) gave up his house as a temple, initially known as "Dabei Temple". In 539, it was overhauled and expanded and renamed "Fushou Temple". Because the temple is beside the Po long stream, it is also called "Po Shan Temple". In the ninth year of Xiantong (868) of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Yizong granted "Xingfu Temple", which became one of the famous temples in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1772, the stele was erected in Xingfu temple, intact.

Before 1949, the halls of Xingfu temple were dilapidated. After 1949, it was repaired and protected for many times. Since November 1981, it has been fully maintained and reopened as a place for Buddhist activities. In 1985, the Double Ninth Festival held the Kaiguang ceremony, 384 years since the Ming Dynasty.

Layout structure

The main buildings of Xingfu temple are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Dharma hall and Zen hall, Xingfu Temple Pagoda, Huayan pagoda, Guanyin tower, Jiuhu Pavilion, hollow Pavilion, Tomb of four eminent monks, Banzhu Pavilion, satiated green Pavilion, etc. Temple towering ancient trees, tree lined Road, there was a Tang Dynasty osmanthus, canopy such as an umbrella, but died in 1953

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Xingfu Temple Pagoda was built in 1130, the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, but it was not completed because of the death of the monk who planned to build it. During the reign of Xianchun (1265-1274), the original structure was removed and the nine storey tower was rebuilt. At this time, the pagoda side has chongjiao Xingfu temple, so the pagoda belongs to the temple.

The temple has been abandoned several times, but the pagoda still exists. Because the plane of the pagoda is square, it is called "square pagoda". The temple was once named "square Pagoda Temple" along with the pagoda. Since its establishment, the tower has gone through many vicissitudes. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone, it has experienced more than 18 earthquakes, dozens of lightning strikes and war, and the top of the tower is inclined.

Ancient pagodas in the temple

The tower is a square nine storey building with brick body and wooden eaves, with a total height of 69.14 meters. The original wooden veranda on the bottom floor only has stone foundation and pedestal. The width of each side of the tower is 5.25 meters. The original four sides of the tower were built with coupons. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, when the tower was rebuilt, a stone tablet was placed and the north gate was blocked. The other floors are open on all sides, with straight lattices on both sides of the door. The corner is set with semi rounded columns. Between the columns, the eaves are overhauled by architraves and brackets, and then the flat seat above is loaded. The seat is surrounded by railings with geometric patterns. Each side is divided into three leaves, and the "lifting eaves column" is erected between them. Under the straight eaves, the top of the floor is covered with helmets, and the top is covered with metal bowls and phase wheels. The veranda outside the tower is a soft parabola with lingering wings and comers. The bottom floor of the tower room is octagonal, with a partition between the second floor. In the middle of the first floor, there is a "palace well" connecting with the bottom floor. It was originally used for standing statues of Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands on all sides, but now it has been abandoned. The wellhead is temporarily sealed with ceiling. From the second floor, the room plane is changed to square, and each floor is equipped with wooden escalator to climb the top floor.

Xingfu temple has become a holy place for Buddhist worship and a scenic spot favored by tourists at home and abroad. Yingci is the famous founder of Xingfu temple. Now abbot Miaosheng, 88 years old, is from Jiangsu Province. He is also vice president of Suzhou Buddhist Association and President of Changshu Buddhist Association.

Features of scenic spots

There are three maple trees in front of the gate of Xingfu temple, such as King Kong guard. In front of the gate, after the heavy rain, the water is surging and the echo is booming. Across the stream on the stone bridge, into the mountain gate, Tianwang hall. There are two tall stone Scripture buildings facing the mountain gate, one ancient and one new. To the main hall, after the statue of Buddha, there is a tall fifty-three Shencai group sculpture. To the east of the central axis are the four eminent monks hall and the Sutra collection building in memory of the founder of Xingfu temple.

In the square white lotus pool, there is a white lotus with thousand leaves and double calyx, which has abnormal fragrance and color. Beside the pool, a magnolia tree slants into the pool, which is very interesting with the lotus leaves. There is a tiger rescue Pavilion behind the pool. It is said that the eminent monk Yan said that he was sitting here at night. When he heard the tiger roaring in the pavilion, he saw a tiger hit by an arrow. He pulled out the arrow and wrapped it up. Later, the tiger came to the Pavilion to thank the monk. Further to the East is the MI Bei Pavilion, in which there is a famous poem titled "the temple after breaking the mountain" written by Mi Fu, a calligrapher of the Song Dynasty and a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "enter the ancient temple in the morning, and the early sunshine (Ming) is high in the forest. The bamboo path leads to the secluded place, and the Zen house has deep flowers and trees. The mountain light is pleasant to birds, and the pool shadow is empty of people. All the sounds are quiet, but I can only hear the sound of the bell. " When Mi Fu wrote the stele, he changed the original poem (words in brackets) to make it more appropriate to the scenic spots of Xingfu temple in Song Dynasty. Beside the rice tablet, two sweet scented osmanthus plants are fragrant and a bunch of musas are green. Behind the stele, there is a bamboo fragrance bookstore. When you push the window, you can see the sea of green bamboos. There is a hollow pool in the east of the study, which is clear enough to cook tea. The bridge in the pool makes nine curves. The surrounding Yellowstone is piled up like a cliff. The hollow Pavilion beside the pool has flying eaves. In the north of the pavilion, there is a tall and strong golden qiansong. In hulutan, which is located in the north of the hollow pool, there was once a kind of tailless snail that was not found elsewhere, and there was also a green turtle.

In the west of the central axis are the former site of Huayan lecture hall and the winding corridor leading to seclusion. From the northwest Maitreya cave to the Sunshine Pavilion on the top of the mountain, the old pines around the pavilion are luxuriant, and the strange rocks are rugged. You can overlook the landscape of Xingfu temple in the south of the Yangtze River. There are a row of tombs with different styles on the mountain, including the tombs of the eminent monk master Yuexia.

Historical records

Xingfu temple, located on the Bank of bolongjian at the northern foot of Yushan Mountain, was built in the Southern Qi Dynasty according to the records of Yi Dynasty. It was originally named Dabei Temple by Ni Deguang, the governor of Chenzhou, who lived in the Southern Qi Dynasty. In 537, it was renamed Xingfu temple.

During the reign of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty, it is said that black and white dragons joined forces and burst into a stream, thus forming a ravine, which is also known as "Poshan Temple"; in the ninth year of Xiantong, Yizong of Tang Dynasty granted the big bell and the forehead of "Xingfu Temple", which is also known as "Xingfu Temple". Xingfu temple, the temple Qingzhang piled up, towering ancient trees, Feiquan stone bridge, the weather Xionggu, quite good at the beauty of forest spring cloud gully. Tang Dynasty poets often built a poem named "the temple after the temple of breaking mountains", which made the temple more famous and became one of the four famous temples in the south of the Yangtze River. The temple is built on the mountain, and the broken dragon stream twists and turns in front of the temple.

Main building

Xingfu temple, the main building of Ming and Qing Dynasties, is divided into five columns from south to north. On the central axis, there are toushanmen, Tianwang hall, Sanfo hall and Daxiong hall. The temple of heavenly king is a hard mountain top, with four pavilions on the outer eaves and three arches on each room. In the Ming Dynasty, the four rafters and flat beams were made of large materials with soft lines.

There is an inscription at the bottom of the rafter: "the Emperor Ming Wanli is not old, Dingchou month, Bingyin day, GUI has been established, good faith, zhanggongdou, Xishe, good luck." The main hall is located on the top of Xieshan mountain, with five rooms and eight rafters. The four rafters and gold pillars are all made of Nanmu. The outer wall is inlaid with a stele of "rebuilding the broken mountain temple" written by Ming Wanli. On the left and right axes are Jiuhu Pavilion, Buddha Hall, four eminent monks hall, sutra library, Guanyin hall, Zhaitang, Xiangji kitchen, Wuguan hall, etc. There are two gardens in the East and west of the temple. In the East, there are white lotus pool, hollow pool, hollow Pavilion, meter tablet Pavilion, drinking green Pavilion, etc. In the west garden, there are free pool, tuanpiao, tanjingting, Junzi spring and Yinxin stone house.

Along the foot of the back mountain, there are long corridors, which make the scenic spots dense and winding. In front of the temple, there are two stone arch bridges, Longjian bridge and fahua bridge in Ming Dynasty. On the open space in front of the mountain gate, there are ten stone carvings made in Tang Dynasty and built in recent years. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, there have been many eminent monks in the temple, such as Huaishu and Changda in the Tang Dynasty, Yuexia, yingci and Zhisong in the Five Dynasties. Many famous poems and inscriptions were also left in the temple by the literati and tourists of the past dynasties, such as Wu Weiye, Qian Qianyi, Weng Tonghe and Kang Youwei in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Cultural relics protection

Xingfu temple was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit in November 1982 and listed as a national key temple in 1983.

Beautiful scenery in the temple

Xingfu temple in Changshu is famous for its green peaks, towering ancient trees, flying springs and stone bridges. It has a magnificent atmosphere and is quite good at the beauty of forests, springs and gullies.

There are many famous poems in Xingfu temple. They are often composed as follows: Tang Wu Rong, Song Li Guang, Zhen Shanmin, Ming Wu Na, Qing Qian Qianyi, Wu Weiye, Weng Tonghe, Chen Sanli, Yang Yunshi, etc. The authors of zhiliu include Ju Jian and Zhong Shu in Song Dynasty, FA Cheng in Ming Dynasty, Ge an in Qing Dynasty and Ying CI in modern times

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