Guangxiaolu Temple

Guangxiaolu temple, a famous Jianghuai temple, was built in the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally named Wanshou temple. Later, due to the fact that Zhao Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty constructed the spirit of the two emperors chaoduhui and Qin, the temple was ordered to set up a Daochang and was renamed Guangxiao Temple of repaying kindness. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was also renamed "guangxiaolu Temple of repaying kindness". The temple is large-scale and majestic. At its peak, it accommodated more than 1000 permanent monks. In the 1930s, guangxiaolu Temple founded the Buddhist research society. Now many famous monks who spread Buddhism abroad have studied in guangxiaolu temple. There are many precious cultural relics in guangxiaolu temple, such as song Tuo's "Ru tie", which contains the ink of famous masters of past dynasties and is known as the orphan edition; Beiye Jing, which came from India in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and so on. Near the temple is a prosperous commercial district, adjacent to the electrical street of Qingnian Road, which is known as Taizhou qiuyeyuan, so shopping is very convenient

Guangxiaolu Temple

Guangxiaolu temple, a famous Jianghuai temple, was built in the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally named Wanshou temple. Later, due to the Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao constructed the spirit of chaoduhui and Emperor Qin, and ordered the temple to set up a Taoist temple, which was renamed "Guangxiaosi for repaying kindness".

brief introduction

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was also renamed "guangxiaolu Temple of repaying kindness". The temple is large-scale and majestic. At its peak, it accommodated more than 1000 permanent monks. In the 1930s, guangxiaolu Temple founded the Buddhist research society, and many famous monks who spread Buddhism abroad studied in guangxiaolu temple. There are many precious cultural relics in guangxiaolu temple, such as song Tuo's "Ru tie", which contains the ink of famous masters of past dynasties and is known as the orphan edition; Beiye Jing, which came from India in Sui and Tang Dynasties, and so on.

Historical evolution

In 1161, Guangxiao temple was destroyed by war. After the efforts of several generations of monks, such as Yan, biefeng and Defan, the temple restored the main hall and a number of buildings. "Hall" for the heavy house eight Ying, east-west hundred and thirty-six feet, north-south ninety-six feet, high hundred and ten feet. Buddha, Bodhisattva and arhat. " After the Buddha statue, the island is shaped steeply. Han Li, the successor of Chang Ping, took the words of Huayan Sutra and the four characters of "the most auspicious hall" as the amount. In addition, six high-rise buildings were built, with the word "Biyun" given to jueshen, the abbot of Guangxiao Temple by Zhao Kuang of ningzong. The Abbot's room, bedroom, kitchen, water and land hall, left and right verandahs were also built. Lu You (fangweng) wrote the inscription "the most auspicious hall stele of Guangxiao temple in Taizhou" in April 1200, the sixth year of Qing Yuan Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen reign of Ming Dynasty (1631), the local chronicles of Tianzhu dachuo Temple (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) were invited to rebuild the temple, and Liu Wanchun, the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province, was invited to write "Abbot Biyun" with the title of "Song Er" and "zhongyun Ju Shi" on it, and the amount was suspended in the Abbot's room. Since then, the main hall (the most auspicious Hall) has become the Zhuli Daochang, where local court cases meet with various ceremonies to celebrate.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong in the early Qing Dynasty, the temple gradually declined due to disrepair. Bingyi, a lawyer from Lixiahe in Northern Jiangsu Province, was on the seat of Huiju Temple (now Longchang Temple) in Baohua mountain of Jinling. He was stationed in xiguangxiao because of his return to his hometown to visit relatives and passing by Taizhou. In the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), lawyer Bingyi was invited by local gentry to be the abbot. He shouldered the important task of rejuvenating Guangxiao temple, and the ancient temple was revived. Because Bingshi was the descendant of Baohua mountain's law school, Baohua was the preaching center of the law school, and "changed Zen into law", it was called "guangxiaolu Temple", and it has been practicing since then. Bingyi is the first ancestor of guangxiaolu temple.

At the age of 27, Bing Yitu yuanneng (surnamed Zhang, Xinghua, Xilin, other name Xiangyu) took over as the abbot and resolutely took the restoration of the temple as his own responsibility. In 1774, Qianlong restored the main hall. Prince heshuogong wrote "the most auspicious hall" in hongdaytime. After that, Xiangyu building was built, and the left and right corridors were added. Later, Guanyin, dizang, Weituo, Tianwang, Shanmen and other halls were built or repaired, and then completed. Yuanneng Tu Mingci built the front and back buildings of the abbot in the former site of Biyun Pavilion. He still built the "Abbot Biyun" as the courtyard, built the Zhaitang and Zutang, and built the jingshe in the west of the Abbot's courtyard to create a garden. Yuan Neng's Apprentice sun Dinglian (whose name is Huanran and is good at poetry, and hailing poetry collection adopts his poems) built an office in the east of the palace, specially for the local court to wish Li. In addition, Qianhua altar was built after the office for preaching precepts. The altar is ten levels high and seven Zhang eight feet in circumference. It is made of pure alunite. In Jiangsu Province, there are only Jinling Baohua, Gulin, Guangling Wanshou and hailing Guangxiao. We can imagine the high standard and quality of this kind of altar. There is a picture of Guanyin painted on the wall of Jietai, which was imitated by Wu Guangyu, a famous sculptor in Taizhou in Qing Dynasty, from Wu Daozi's Danqing in Tang Dynasty. The brushwork is quite clear and impressive, which is quite different from that of ordinary workers (recorded in the unofficial history of Wuling). At that time, Zhu Zhici praised that "a painter can imitate Wu Daozi and dissolve the river's clothing belt.". There is Qianhua gate in front of Qianhua altar. Hanging on the "Fa Yu Xiang Lin" amount, under the Department of "Lihua Ju Shi Xu Bu Yun.". Jingyuanneng and his grandparents and grandchildren worked hard for about 10 years. There are 200 halls, monk rooms and long corridors, and there are more than 1000 monks in the temple. At the four seasons, the Scriptures are constantly heard, and preaching precepts is also a common practice. During the preaching period, monks and nuns gather in all directions. The millennium old temple is famous far and wide.

Brief introduction of guangxiaolu Temple

Guangxiao temple was built during the reign of Yixi (455-418) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the second year of Chongning (1103) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Huizong gave the name of Wanshou temple in Chongning, and in the first year of Zhenghe (1111), it was given the name of Wanshou temple in Tianning, with 5000 mu of temple land. In 1138, Gaozong set up a Taoist temple for Huizong, which was renamed Baoen Guangxiao temple. It was destroyed in the war in the 31st year of Shaoxing. In the second year of Qingyuan (1196), Defan was the abbot. He first built a hundred foot bell tower, and then built the most auspicious hall with eight eaves and 110 feet high. There were 31 statues of Buddha and Buddha arhat. On the steep wall behind the statue of Buddha, there were painted islands with exquisite workmanship. In addition, six high-rise courtyards were built, with the word "Biyun" given by Ning Zong in his Qiandi as the title. At the same time, Abbot's room, Squatter room, kitchen, water and land hall and left and right veranda were built. In April of the sixth year of Qing Yuan Dynasty, Lu you wrote the inscription of the most auspicious Hall of Guangxiao temple, which was written by Lu you. In the fourth year of Chongzhen reign of Ming Dynasty (1631), local chronicles applied to the temple to rebuild the temple. Since then, the most auspicious hall in the main hall of Guangxiao temple has become the Jubilee hall, where local officials pay their respects and celebrations. In the ninth year of Qianlong (1744) of Qing Dynasty, Xing Hui came to the temple from Baohua mountain as the abbot. Guangxiao temple was changed to a law temple, which was called guangxiaolu temple. Xing Hui was the ancestor of guangxiaolu temple. After the efforts of yuanneng, Mingci and Dingyun, Xiangyu tower, left and right corridor, Guanyin hall, dizang hall, Weituo hall, Tianwang hall, Shanmen, Abbot's front and back buildings, Zhaitang, Zutang and Jubilee Hall (dedicated to local officials' Jubilee) were built around the 40th year of Qianlong. After the Jubilee hall, another Qianhua altar was built, with a height of ten levels, a circumference of seven feet and eight feet, and three stones of alum. Guangxiaolu temple, a famous Jianghuai temple, was built in the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was originally named Wanshou temple. Later, due to the Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao constructed the spirit of chaoduhui and Emperor Qin, and ordered the temple to set up a Taoist temple, which was renamed "Guangxiaosi for repaying kindness". Song Tuo, known as the only one in the world

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Later, Guangxiao temple was destroyed by the war, but the site remained unchanged. After 1949, most of the monks in Guangxiao temple were scattered. The main buildings were demolished one by one. The materials of Qianhua Jietai hall, Daxiong hall, sutra library, Tianwang hall and veranda were used for other purposes. The site was also rebuilt into a factory building. Xiban hall, the former Ming Dynasty building, collapsed for a long time. In February 1984, with the approval of the people's Government of Jiangsu Province, Taizhou Buddhist Association was established. Guangxiao temple was reopened and became one of the key temples in Jiangsu Province. Zhaoyuan is the abbot after the restoration of Guangxiao temple. From 1988 to 2005, Shanmen hall, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra library, Changxing hall and Nanting memorial hall were restored. The main hall is also called the most auspicious hall. Zhao Puchu wrote a couplet in the most auspicious hall

It's Zen and Tao to guide the three realms solemnly

Da Xiao Bao Si en deeply protects the sincere, empty and endless wishes.

On the lower eaves of the main hall are giant plaques presented by eminent monks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, the Philippines and other overseas countries who have ties with Guangxiao temple, such as Chengyi, miaoran, Laizhong, Chengru, Haolin, etc. with four strong gold characters "Fanyu Chonghui" written on them, expressing their excitement that they love Guangxiao and support the restoration of the ancient temple.

Famous monk

Guangxiao temple is the center of yizhidao belief and the important town for Wanming to practice according to law. In particular, in the early 1930s, master Chang Xing, who was then the Secretary General of the Chinese Buddhist Association, founded the Guangxiao Buddhist Research Society (Guangxiao Buddhist College). After several years, he trained a number of eminent monks, which had an important impact on the history of modern Chinese Buddhism and even on the history of Contemporary Overseas Chinese Buddhism. Famous eminent monks, such as Nanting, Chengyi, Zhenchan, xuefan, yuanzhan, miaoran, Zili, and Liangzhong, all went to the Buddhist altar of the whole country and the world.

There are many cultural relics

Guangxiao temple is famous for its numerous cultural relics. There are two volumes of "Ru tie" in Song Dynasty. It was originally the Royal gift of monk Wenhai in Baohua fendeng. Later it was given to master Bingyi, the first ancestor of guangxiaolu temple in Qing Dynasty. In addition, Lu You (fangweng), a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote the inscription of the most auspicious Hall of Guangxiao temple, Wang Zhenpeng's hand-painted picture of stories of virtuous empresses and concubines in the Yuan Dynasty, Dong Qichang's real gold handwritten Heart Sutra in the Ming Dynasty, zhuzhishan's long volume of cursive script, ten hand-painted volumes of Badashan people in the Qing Dynasty and one Qing long collection (7167 volumes, 1660 copies). Although these Zhenshan treasures have gone through many vicissitudes, most of them have been preserved. Today, they still add luster to the ancient temples.

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