Blissful Temple

Blissful Temple

Located in Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, the temple was built in 1923. Harbin blissful temple is one of the four famous Buddhist temples in the three northeastern provinces. It is as famous as Changchun Prajna temple, Shenyang Ci'en Temple and Yingkou Lengyan temple. It covers an area of 53500 square meters and a construction area of 3000 square meters. It is divided into four parts: main courtyard, east courtyard, West courtyard and tower courtyard

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In 1981, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Heilongjiang Province

. In April 1983, it was designated by the State Council as the national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area

. In December 2010, it was awarded as the first national advanced collective for building harmonious temples and churches by the State Bureau of religious affairs

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The evolution of jiansi

On April 27, 1925, the Harbin Buddhist Association held a meeting in the blissful temple and elected Zeng Zigu as its president. In May, the blissful Temple opened to offer sacrifices to Buddha. In September, the Lingchang on the east side of the temple was completed, covering an area of about 50 square feet. In the same month, with the Chinese Buddhist delegation, the abbot of the temple of blissful bliss went to Tokyo, Japan, to attend the East Asian Buddhist Association hosted by Japanese monks. In the same year, Chuxu, the abbot of blissful temple, asked his disciple Taiyuan to visit master Dixian at Guanzong temple in Ningbo. Master Dixian personally wrote the 44th generation Dharma volume of Yitong's lineage Tiantai Sect, which was handed over to Taiyuan and brought to Chenxu.

In January 1926, in order to study Buddhist scriptures, a Buddhist Scripture class was set up in the temple. In May, Duan Qirui inscribed the banner of "three realms of Hongfan" for the temple.

In the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), in the middle of the first month of the lunar calendar, the school of Buddhist Middle School of blissful Temple opened. In August, in the northwest corner of the courtyard, blissful temple built a place called piguanliao, with five elegant houses for the temple and foreign eminent monks to practice.

After the September 18th Incident in 1931, master Ciyun of the blissful Temple took part in Zhu Qinglan's Anti Japanese activities. In September, Ruguang, the abbot of the temple, went to Lingyan temple in Yingkou to preach the precepts. Ruxu dairuguang led the people in the temple to preach the Buddhist scriptures.

In March of 1935, in order to raise money to repair the temple, the temple performed on the Huale stage in shi6dao street, Daowai, with a total income of more than 15000 yuan. On April 6, the abbot of the temple held a vegetarian banquet to invite people from all walks of life to discuss the repair of the temple. On November 29, the Harbin Buddhist Association was renamed Binjiang Buddhist Association and was located in the blissful temple.

On May 14, 1938, the Buddhist Association of Binjiang province held a meeting in the blissful temple, and elected Zhao Junshi as the secretary general, master Chengyi of the blissful temple as the deputy secretary general, and Zhang Lexi as the honorary president of the Buddhist Association.

On January 22, 1939, master Rulian went to Peiping to welcome the Qing Dynasty palace version of the Tripitaka and returned to the blissful temple. On May 26, the puppet Manchuria state established the Buddhist Association, with the abbot of the blissful temple as its president. In June, LV rongshuai, Minister of industry of the puppet Manchukuo state, convened a meeting of people from all walks of life in the blissful temple and decided to build a sutra collection building in the temple. In August, the seventh level Pagoda in the temple was completed. The pagoda is prepared by master jinglang of the blissful temple. It is divided into seven levels, octagonal in shape and 30 meters high.

In 1943, the Buddhist College of the blissful temple was closed for some reason.

On April 13, 1951, master Jingguan, the abbot of the blissful temple, attended the meeting of religious representatives in Harbin and was elected vice chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the religious circles in Harbin to resist US aggression and aid Korea. On April 26, master Jingguan, the abbot of the blissful temple, was selected as a member of the presidium of the Harbin conference of religious circles accusing us imperialism of invading Korea. After the meeting, master Jingguan signed the "Convention on the conclusion of peace" in the words of the world peace council and voted against US imperialism arming Japan.

On June 22, 1963, Chu Xu, founder and first abbot of the temple of bliss, passed away in Hong Kong.

In August 1966, the temple was destroyed by the red guards, and only the remaining buildings were occupied by other units and residents. Since then, the temple closed in 1979. One day in the same month, a group of red guards drove away the monks in the temple and moved all the Scriptures to the courtyard for burning. Chen Yaozhong, director of Harbin Library, sent some comrades to negotiate with the red guards and managed to keep the Scriptures.

On November 4, 1983, the restored blissful temple was officially opened, and the scattered monks returned to the temple one after another. The temple resumed normal religious activities.

On September 7, 1985, the Buddhist nunnery hall in the northeast corner of the area under the jurisdiction of the seventh level futu pagoda of the blissful Temple broke ground.

On July 13, 1986, Harbin municipal Party committee and Harbin Municipal People's government worked at the scene of the temple and decided to move the factories and residents in the East-West courtyard of the temple before September 1987. In December, the Buddhist nunnery hall was completed, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters and a construction area of more than 800 square meters.

On May 12, 1989 (the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), the restored seventh level funu pagoda was reopened. The tower retains the original octagonal seven storey brick and wood structure of the attic style architecture, the tower is 29.7 meters tall. In the middle of the hall, there are two plaques of "Buddha pagoda" and "Youming sect leader" inscribed by Zhao Puchu, President of China Buddhist Association.

On September 1, 1990, after more than 40 years of interruption, the Buddhist College of the blissful Temple re enrolled students and held the opening ceremony. CIFA, the abbot of the blissful temple, was the president, and miaoguan, the vice president.

In December 2010, it was awarded as the first national advanced collective for building harmonious temples and churches by the State Bureau of religious affairs.

On October 30, 2015, the unveiling ceremony of Harbin Buddhist College in Heilongjiang Province was held in Harbin blissful temple.

architectural composition

Blissful temple was founded by master juxu, the 43rd generation disciple of Tiantai Sect. The main buildings such as Shanmen, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and sanshengdian are distributed on the central axis. The gate is a memorial archway. Entering the mountain gate, there are bell tower in the East and Drum Tower in the West. In the middle is the temple's first main hall, Tianwang hall. Behind Tianwang hall is the main hall, Daxiong hall. The whole architecture of blissful temple is elegant, dignified and resplendent, retaining the style and characteristics of Chinese temple architecture. The temple is located in the north and faces the street in the south. The plaque of the temple was inscribed by Zhang Jian, a famous industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty. When he entered the mountain gate, he first saw the second floor of the bell tower. In the Temple Court, there are three parts: the main courtyard, the east courtyard and the West courtyard. The main courtyard, with an area of more than 1800 square meters, is divided into four major halls: the first is the heavenly king hall, which is for Maitreya Buddha in the middle, with four heavenly kings in the East and the West; the second is the main hall, which is the largest hall in the whole temple, for Sakyamuni; the third is the three holy hall, and the fourth is the Sutra collection building. There are bell and drum towers in front of the heavenly king hall. On both sides of the courtyard, there are side halls. The temple is the largest modern Buddhist temple in Heilongjiang Province. There are seven pagodas in the east courtyard.

Temple protection

In December 1980, the state allocated more than 1.5 million yuan to renovate the temple.

In January 1981, the temple was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in Heilongjiang Province.

In April 1983, the State Council of Harbin determined the temple as a national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area.

In 1988, in order to protect the temple, Harbin Municipal Bureau of religious affairs, together with relevant departments, relocated four factories and 58 households in the East-West courtyard of the temple.

Cultural relics

There are 60 copies of Qisha collection, 590 volumes of Gonghe, 48 copies of Pinjia collection, 678 copies of Longcang and 1750 copies of xucang. Among them, longzang is the most ancient, which is a relic of Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty.

Cultural relic value

Built in 1924, the seven level Pagoda in the east courtyard of the blissful temple is an octagonal seven story pavilion type brick tower, 30 meters high. The front of the tower is closely connected with the dizang hall. In front of the tower and the hall, there are two tower style bell and drum towers in the East and West. This kind of tower and hall has a unique layout, which is rare in China. Inside the hall and tower, there are murals of Buddhist stories.

cultural exchange

In February 1934, five monks were selected to study in Yanli temple, birui mountain, Japan. On April 5, the abbot of blissful temple, Dingxi, set out from Harbin and arrived in Kobe, Japan on April 20, via Changchun, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Yingkou, Lushun and Dalian. During his stay in Japan, Dingxi investigated the Buddhism in Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Nagoya, Tokyo and Nagano. On the way back, he told the Buddhists about the investigation in Shenyang, Changchun and other places, and returned to Harbin on May 26. On July 1, the Pan Pacific Buddhist Conference was held in Tokyo. The 25 member delegation led by Ding Xi, abbot of the blissful temple, attended the conference. At the meeting, Ding Xi was elected vice president of the International Buddhist Youth Association. The system of exchange of overseas monks was established between Harbin blissful temple and Tiantai Sect of Japan.

In April 1986, master Xuanhua, President of the Buddhist Association of the United States, abbot of the holy city of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and President of the Buddhist University of the United States, visited the blissful temple. In May, the first Harbin Buddhist Congress was held in the blissful temple.

On June 4, 1987, the friendship delegation of Japan brilliance society visited China to visit paradise

Chinese PinYin : Ji Le Si