Yuanming Temple

Yuanming temple was built in Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. There are the main hall, Yuhuangge, tianwangdian and other buildings. Beautiful scenery, simple and elegant. The palace of Yuanming temple is Cui Wei. It is built according to the situation of the mountain. It is stacked step by step and has a large courtyard with four entrances. The structure is ingenious. It is equipped with buildings, pavilions and waterside pavilions. There are plaques and couplets praised by tourists, poets and famous calligraphers of all ages in the courtyard, with rich cultural heritage. Yuanming temple has been a Buddhist holy land with quiet environment for more than 600 years. If you want to cultivate in the temple, you can also stay in the temple.

Yuanming Temple

Located at the foot of Shanying mountain, 14km west of Tonghai County, Yuanming temple was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It contains the main hall, Yuhuang Pavilion, Tianwang hall and other buildings. In 1964, the temple was designated as a tourist attraction open to the outside world, and in November 1988, it was listed as a key cultural relics protection unit.

Yuanming temple was built in Yuan Zhizheng period, destroyed by soldiers in Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, and rebuilt in Guangxu period. It is located in Hexi Town 14km away from Tonghai County, adjacent to jiulongchi Park in the East and new Mongolian town in the northwest. The surrounding environment is superior, green trees, small bridges and flowing water, which is an excellent place for religious and cultural tourism. It has been approved as a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level. Since the 1980s, the government has maintained the main hall, Yuhuangge and ruilianchi.

The gentry near Yuanming Temple invested more than 300000 yuan to repair the eighteen Arhats, plaques and couplets, Sakyamuni and Guanyin seats in the main hall. They were plated with gold, which was very magnificent. The temple is built on the original site. There is a concrete road on the east side. The gate is open to the East. The south, North and west sides of the temple are residential courtyards surrounded by residents. The temple covers a small area of less than two mu; the building is exquisite, making full use of space; everything is brand new, without any traces of history; the courtyard is very quiet, and it is a good place to worship Buddha and chant sutras.

The origin of the temple's name

The word "Yuanming" comes from the Buddhist classics. Volume 2 of the Beiye Sutra and the Suoyan Sutra says that if you can move things, you will be the same as the Tathagata, and your body and mind will be round and bright. Yuanming refers to the wisdom of the Buddha and the meaning of perfect universal illumination. According to the Ming Dynasty Zhengde five years (1510) rebuilt Yuanming Zen stele, said: "Nanyang County northwest more than 40 miles, there is Yuanming Temple name, built in the Jin" Yuanguang "first year (1222), rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty Zhengde five years.". It was rebuilt in 1728, 1745 and 1927. Yuanming temple is one of the important ancient temples in Wanbei, with a total area of more than 3000 square meters. It is surrounded by pines and cypresses, pavilions and pavilions, ancient steles and bamboos.

Layout structure

The temple is a three entrance palace style building. The main works, such as the main hall, are of brick and wood structure, with carved beams and oak, high wings at the corner of the temple, especially the doors and windows of the wood carvings with flowers, fine carving and stone carvings, all of which are full of religious color.

The three existing central halls are all built of ancient bricks and glazed tiles. The eaves are surrounded by various kinds of vivid birds, animals and patterns. The ridge of the hall is embossed with unicorn, pine crane, lotus and other reliefs, all of which are vivid. The four corner cornice teeth, half arch high beak, are like dragons flying and Phoenix dancing. The wood carvings of flowers, birds and birds in the warm Pavilion of the hall are exquisite, and the clay Buddha statues are as tall as life. On the west side of the central hall are red painted pillars more than one foot in diameter.

The main beam in the hall is about three feet in diameter. It's really a cornice, a bucket arch and a magnificent building. The temple is built on the terrain. There are mountain gates, majestic stone lions on both sides, the second floor of the bell and drum, the middle Buddha Hall and the back hall, and symmetrical corridors and moon gates on both sides. All the buildings are in order. These buildings are on a central axis. The whole building form is magnificent and elegant. It is really a famous temple in Wanbei ancient temple.

In addition, there are two ancient pagodas in the shape of a high and a low hexagon in the front and back of the back hall, which are more than ten feet high and seven or eight feet low. There are bronze bells on the wings of the tower. On one of the pagodas, there is a Han Dynasty epitaph on the Jade Pagoda. The epitaph is rectangular, with two lines of writing birds in the middle. It is said that Cao Dong was born in the 38th generation, and the epitaph of Zen master Chenggong in the Ming Dynasty. In the front, the epitaph "jinfengshan sued Yuanming temple, which was set up on March 15th, the 17th year of Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. It is a copy of filial piety and apprenticeship, and was set up by Chang sun Xingong.

Related historical records

Yuanming temple is located in taierpo, the east section of Biyuan road and Wenlin road in Xianyang city. It was zishanyuan in the Tang Dynasty and renamed Yuanming temple in the Jin Dynasty. Jiang Ziya, Wang Zhaojun and Empress Dowager Cixi all left historical legends here. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, all the historical sites in the temple were burned down due to the war. In the 20th year of the Republic of China, the believers who loved Buddhism invested in building a small temple named Taitai on the original site. During the cultural revolution, it was severely damaged and became a piece of ruins full of weeds. In the winter of 1997, the local residents dug out the stele of Yuanming temple when they built their houses. After all the Buddhists in Xianyang learned about it, through the efforts of all parties, they invited master XingKong, who was a monk in Tiefo temple in Qianxian County, Shaanxi Province at that time. On the ninth day of the first lunar month in 1998, master XingKong was welcomed to Xianyang by his disciples and started Yuanming The preparation and reconstruction of the temple.

Classical culture

In order to carry forward China's classical culture, develop tourism, rescue and protect the motherland's historical sites, Yuanming temple was relocated. Refer to "Nanyang area religious records" and the existing stone tablets of Yuanming temple. Yuanming temple, also known as huliba temple, is located in the mountains three kilometers north of Xiaozhai street, Wancheng District, Nanyang City, about 20 kilometers away from the city. According to the Ming Dynasty Zhengde five years (1510) rebuilt Yuanming Zen stele, said: "Nanyang County northwest more than 40 miles, there is Yuanming Temple name, built in the first year of Jin Yuanguang (1222), rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty Zhengde five years.". It was rebuilt in 1728, 1745 and 1927.

Yuanming temple is a famous historic site in Wanbei, Nanyang, and also a place to carry forward the Buddhist culture of the motherland. At its peak, there were more than 280 monks in the temple, who often received monks and visitors from Jinan to the north. During the war period in the late Republic of China, Buddhism declined, the abbot fled far away, and most of the halls collapsed. Although it was declared as a county-level cultural relic protection unit by the original Wan county government in 1982, the temple has been occupied by the primary school, and now there is only one zhongfo Hall left.

Prosperous period

Throughout history, the great cause of building temples has always been the prosperity of the wise officials and local people.

In the age of Cathay Pacific, it is indeed a great virtue and good thing to build the declining Yuanming temple under the leadership of provincial, municipal and district religious authorities with the help of social forces. "Xing Kong Yuan Ming" is a commonly used idiom in Buddhism. Its main idea is to gain perfect wisdom after practicing the Dharma and understanding the mind, and then enter into the Buddha's view to understand the truth of the universe and life and the empty principle of "all actions are impermanent, all laws have no self". It is inconceivable that "XingKong Yuanming" happens to be a wonderful combination of XingKong master's Dharma name and his Abbot's Yuanming Temple name in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. This combination adds some mysterious and sacred color to this Buddhist temple with a history of more than 1000 years.

architectural style

Yuanming temple has four floors. It is composed of mountain shaped screen wall, Mountain Gate, fish pond, West Flower terrace, dust tower, Tianwang hall, patio, platform, North and South guest hall and four treasures of study. On the right side of the main hall is the big bell of yuanchan quilt temple. On the right side of the corridor, there is a portrait of master TONGCHAN. At 1870m above sea level, there is a round Tongbao hall with a wooden lattice door, which is exquisitely carved. On the right side of the hall is a nine meter high thousand Buddha pagoda. There is a bronze carving in front of the hall. The whole building and decoration show a strong religious atmosphere, solemnity and solemnity. Paekhwa hall is the main building, which is a wing arched building. Different from other Buddhist temples, there are many rooms inside; chilsong Pavilion in kuknak Hall: arbor; floating picture: monk's cemetery. Yuanming temple is located at the foot of Shanying mountain, 14 kilometers west of Tonghai County. It was built in Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.

main hall

Yuanming temple, with the main hall, Yuhuangge, tianwangdian and other buildings. In the temple, there are steles of Ming Temple rebuilt in Ming Dynasty, which are beautiful and fat. Yuanming temple is a famous historic site in Wanbei, Nanyang, and also a place to carry forward the Buddhist culture of the motherland. At its peak, there were more than 280 monks in the temple, who often received monks and visitors from Jinan to the north. Due to its long history and vicissitudes, the temple was in disrepair. In the late period of the Republic of China, Buddhism declined, the abbot fled far away, and most of the halls collapsed. Now there is only one middle Buddha Hall, several Ming and Qing steles, and one pagoda inscription. In the lush forests and bamboo trees at the foot of the mountain. Yuanming temple was first built in Yuan Zhizheng period and rebuilt in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty.

Along the main axis of the temple, the mountain is stacked four times. The gate of the temple is located on the top of the steps. The entrance includes the Tiguang building, the Yuhuatai (with a fish dragon fountain in front of the platform) and the Tianwang hall. The Grand Hall in the center is majestic and spectacular, with a golden Buddha statue. Behind the main hall is the Jade Emperor Pavilion, a two-story palace building with towering cloud surface. You are a hundred level steep stone steps. When you climb up the attic, the white clouds are misty in front of you, just like you are in the palace of heaven. The surrounding environment is superior, green trees, small bridges and flowing water, which is an excellent place for religious and cultural tourism.

The main hall is covered with green tiles, with a width of 5 rooms, a length of 15.3 meters and a depth of 4 rooms, a width of 9.7 meters. The eaves column is made of shuttle column. The column has side feet and rises on both sides. On the eaves column, there are high and thick appendix forehead and flat and thin Pu Bai Fang, with T-shape at the top. There are 30 Dougong on the six pavilions on the Pu Bai Fang, and the third one is on the Hua Gong

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