Qingtai Temple

Qingtai Temple

Qingtai nunnery is located in the north corner of the city (under the south side of the east section of the Hongshan reservoir dam). It was built in 1526 of the Ming Dynasty and was founded by Seng Mazu. Qingtai nunnery is connected to the city wall, and its gate is near Qingxi river. The bamboo and wood are green, and the scenery is pleasant.

The gate of the mountain is a stone base, with a small courtyard inside. It goes up the stone steps, and the hall has three couplets to worship the emperor Guan Sheng. Re entering the embankment, the main hall stands for the statue of Buddha. The right side is the living room, and the left side is the monk's room.

Qingtai nunnery is located in a secluded place with the elegance of urban mountains and forests. Most of its successive presiders have literary talents and have many friends with Anshun literati. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Guo Shinong and he Weifeng, the famous scholars in Anshun, set up accounts here to teach apprentices, so they became famous.

structure

The layout of Qingtai nunnery is as follows: the front middle road is the mountain gate, the left and right of the mountain gate are the bell tower and the drum tower respectively; the front Qingtai nunnery is the heavenly king hall, in which there are four statues of Vajra, followed by the main hall and the Sutra Library, and the monk's room and Zhaitang are on the left and right sides of the middle road.

Daxiong hall is the most important and huge building in the Buddhist temple, "Daxiong" is the Buddha Sakyamuni. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhist temples usually built pagodas in front of the temple or in the center of the courtyard. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhist temples generally replaced the pagodas, and most of the temples had another pagoda courtyard. Regardless of the scale and location of Chinese Buddhist temples, their architectural layout has a certain rule: the plane is square, and the space is organized by the North-South deep axis of Shanmen hall Tianwang hall Daxiong hall main hall for Bodhisattva Dharma hall Sutra library, which is symmetrical, steady and rigorous. Along this central axis, the front and back buildings are in succession, just like a lively movement.

The architectural beauty of Chinese temples is reflected in the mutual echo of mountains, pines and cypresses, flowing water, halls and pavilions. It is implicit and warm, showing the harmony, tranquility and charm given by the combination of changes. The ancient Chinese had a deep view of the universe of yin and Yang and an aesthetic psychology of advocating symmetry, order and stability. Therefore, Chinese Buddhist temples integrate the unique functions of sacrificing ancestors and heaven and earth. They are still square in plane, arranged along the north and South axes, symmetrical, steady and well-organized. In addition, Buddhist temples with garden style architecture are also common in China. These two kinds of artistic patterns make Chinese temples not only have elegant and solemn Temple atmosphere, but also full of natural interest and profound artistic conception.

Scenery

Qingtai temple covers an area of 1650 square meters, with more than 20 permanent residents. At present, there is a mountain gate, a Guanyin hall, a guest hall, a Wuguan hall, a Maitreya Pavilion, a reception hall, a jade Buddha Hall, a Mahavira hall, a sutra collection building, and three sangliao rooms. There are many cultural relics in the nunnery, including a blood script of Huayan Sutra (lost in the Cultural Revolution), a set of calligraphy and paintings of he Weifeng, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty (kept in the Provincial Museum), a stone gate, 10 steles of Jingang Sutra, a stone tablet recording the history of the temple, and an ancient ginkgo tree more than 500 years old.

The nuns of Tai nunnery in Qing Dynasty raised nunnery with nunnery through some traditional Buddhist affairs, Guanyin meeting, Mitha meeting and bansuzhai. Qingtai nunnery has long been famous for its vegetarian food. In 2006, it won the second prize of the public banquet in the "Colorful Guizhou" Xixiu District cooking competition. "Erlong Xizhu", "sujianfen" and "temple food" have become famous dishes and snacks in Anshun, and have been listed in the "Anshun volume of Chinese Guizhou cuisine".

There are stone lions and flagpoles in front of the Mountain Gate of Tai'an in Qing Dynasty, which is very imposing. The gate is a single eaves hill top, with a central gate and side doors on the left and right. On both sides of the door are the bell tower and the drum tower. To the East, there are five Tianwang halls, which are roughly the same as Tianwang Hall of Qingtai temple. The ridge of the hall is made of glazed tiles with cloud pattern, and there are three glazed Lama pagodas on it. There are four heavenly kings, Maitreya and Weituo statues in the hall. The color of the Buddha is superior to that of other temples. The ceiling is decorated with gold dragon, and a black line is drawn in the color frame, symbolizing the emperor's domination of the world with the respect of Wancheng.

Zongyin Hall

Behind the Tianwang hall is the Zongyin hall, which is seven rooms wide and five rooms deep. The double eaves rest on the top of the mountain, covered with glazed tiles. The roof is decorated with colorful glazed ornaments, which are pierced by several yellow glazed dragons. The center is inlaid with glazed tile Lama tower. On both sides of the relief umbrella, goldfish, vase, lotus, magic snail, Falun, fazhuang, bazha and other auspicious eight treasures. In the center of the hall, from north to south, it is for wuliangshou Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha and dengdeng Buddha. On their backlight, there are gold winged Mirs in relief. On both sides of the gables, there are eight disciples. In the south, from the east to the west, there are Manjusri, Vajrayana, Guanyin and dizangwang; in the north, from the east to the west, there are chuhouzhang, nihoncang, Maitreya and Puxian. The ceiling is painted with Tibetan six character pattern.

Huili Hall

In front of Zongyin hall, there are auxiliary halls on both sides, with an average width of 5 rooms. In the south, it is called Huili hall. Inside, there are three headed and six armed horse head King Kong, one headed and four armed angry demon king, and three headed and six armed angry demon king. There are 50 heads on their bodies, representing 16 initial consonants and 34 finals of Sanskrit; on the north side is the hall of Shengyin, which is the incarnation of Maitreya.

Jaya City

After Zongyin hall, it is called "jacheng" (also known as Tanyang). It is the main building of Pule temple, and its plane layout is very special. There is a stele Pavilion in Qianmen, which is inscribed with Qianlong's handwritten "stele of Pule Temple" in Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan characters, recording the purpose, process and significance of the construction of Pule temple. Jicheng is a Buddhist Tantric place for practicing, observing and imparting esoteric Dharma. It also means "all the sages come together and all the virtues return".

The fa? Ade of the city is divided into three layers. The bottom layer is made of diamond wall and stone. It is 3.36 meters high and 75 meters square in length and width. There are symmetrical pedals in the middle. There are 20 steps in the middle. There are doors on all sides. All of them are three couplets with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. In the west gate hall, there is a Qianlong imperial stele, engraved with the inscription of Pule temple. The four gates and halls are connected by a group of rooms, with 84 rooms in total, forming a closed square array. In the center of the group houses is a stone platform of 44.4 meters square, which is the second floor of the city. The platform is 7.2 meters high, with arches in the center on all sides and battlements on it, just like a city. There is a Yonglu road between the arch and the gate hall. Inside the East and West arches, there are left and right stone steps to reach the top of the platform. On the top of the platform, there are verandahs and pavilions to keep out the rain. On the west gate, there is a square forehead inscribed with the inscription "the guard is in the ocean". The north and South arches are closed to each other, with the function of a Buddhist niche. Around the top of the platform are eight glazed Lama pagodas with nearly the same shape and different colors. The four corner pedestal is octagonal and white. The four sides of the platform are square, and the colors are purple in the west, black in the East, yellow in the south, and blue in the north. The eight Tibetan pagodas are all Gongde pagodas, which show Sakyamuni's "eight great achievements". The five colors of the eight pagodas indicate the "five great" (earth, water, fire, wind and air); the four pagodas in the East, West, South and North indicate the "Four Heavenly gates of paradise"; the four corners, four sides and eight directions indicate the "four levels and eight stability". In the middle of the top of the platform, the square platform is the third floor, with a height of 6.6 meters and a width of 32.8 meters. It is surrounded by arches: the East and West doors are closed deep niches; the South and North doors are stone lined to reach the top of the platform; veranda is built at the exit to protect the rain; there are 76 cloud dragon pillars and balustrades around the top of the platform; yellow glazed tile eaves are built outside the upper eaves, and 12 stone troughs are built under the eaves.

Xuguang Pavilion

Xuguang Pavilion, the main building in the middle of the city, breaks the pattern of traditional temples sitting in the north and facing the south. It is round in plan, pavilion shaped in elevation, double eaves, yellow glaze and sharp roof, with a diameter of 21 meters at the bottom and a height of 24 meters. There are 12 eaves pillars and 12 gold pillars, which form two concentric circles. The eaves pillars support the bottom eaves, and the gold pillars support the top eaves. The outer circle forms a pattern of 12 rooms, with four doors in the East, West, North and south, and the rest with windows.

The top of the pavilion is equipped with a circular caisson with dragon and phoenix patterns, and the center of the caisson is carved with golden dragon and pearl. The caisson adopts the technique of three layers of heavy warping and nine steps on the bucket arch, which is contracted layer by layer. The carving is fine and glittering. It echoes the color, shape and size of the white marble xumizuo in the middle of the pavilion. Xumizuo is equipped with the largest three-dimensional Datura model in China, which is composed of 37 pieces of wood. It symbolizes thirty-seven kinds of knowledge of Sakyamuni. A bronze statue of the Buddha standing on the mantra is like a man and a woman embracing each other. The male statue of Shengle King Buddha is the Dharma statue of dari Tathagata, with three sides and twelve arms, facing the chime hammer peak directly, representing "wisdom"; the female statue of Princess Ming (i.e. Buddha mother Luo langzawa) with one arm, facing the relic tower of Yongyou temple, representing "meditation". This is the highest practice form of the tantric sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is one of the five Vajra Dharma statues of the tantric sect of Tibetan Buddhism. This bronze twin Buddha statue is a national first-class protected cultural relic.

There are four banners in Xuguang Pavilion: "Zhu Qianfa shows the meaning of the west, the light of the Sinian is round to the East, the Huacheng layer is arched to the East, the ring belongs to the Yueshi", "Hua Ning Baogai turns to the truth, Yun Yongxiang turns to the incarnation; the wonderful performance of fanchengchao is the best, and Guangzhen Dharma club is happy." At present, more than 30 Buddhas of Mizong Huanxi are worshipped in the back hall, dongshanmen hall and North Hall of jacheng. In the south of the East Hall, there are dense Vajra with three heads and six arms supporting the Buddha mother; in the north, there are Vajra with white umbrella cover and three heads and eight arms; in the middle of the mountain gate, there are Vajra with awe and fear, the variant of Niutou with three sides and 34 arms supporting the Buddha mother; in the north, there are Vajra with Niutou domain; in the south, there are Vajra with big black sky. In the middle of the North Hall is Manjusri's incarnation, great power, fearing King Kong, with bareheaded cattle, nine heads, thirty-four arms and sixteen feet, and embracing Ming imperial concubine Luo langzawa. It has "the method of subduing the devil and protecting the good and the good", and is the Dharma protector of Gelug Sect in Tibetan Buddhism.

Travel

There was a poem describing the temple by predecessors, which said: "the winding path falls to the ground, and the scenery in front of the Qingtai temple is new. A pomegranate tree into purple, full of grain package with red tassels. The yellow dog in front of the gate often recruits guests, and the frogs in Hanoi beat the watchmen in disorder. Idols see the beginning of the month, Zhai tofu is very emotional

Nowadays, Qingtai nunnery is full of incense and tourists. It has become a scenic spot combining religious culture and tourism, especially in Guizhou

Chinese PinYin : Qing Tai An