Beishan Temple

Beishan Temple

Beishan temple is located at the north foot of Fenghuang mountain. It is close to the mountain and water. It is high and steep. It has broken rocks on the top and steep slopes on the bottom.

brief introduction

Beishan temple was called Tulou temple in ancient times. It was called Yongxing temple in Ming Dynasty and Beishan temple in modern times. Beishan temple is close to the mountain and faces the water. It is high and majestic, with a broken rock wall on the top and a steep slope on the bottom. According to legend, the temple was built in the Han and Wei dynasties, as "the first ancient temple in Huangzhong.". There is such a record in the famous ancient book of thirteen states: "in the north of Xiping Pavilion, there are earth buildings, so are the shrines." Li Daoyuan, a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, also recorded in shuijingzhu: "there is a Tulou temple on the top, a mountain on the north, a peak three hundred feet high. If it is cut, there are shrines, Tongqiang and Gubi under it." It can be inferred that the Beishan temple has a history of more than 2000 years, which seems to be longer than the ancient city of Xining. The buildings of Beishan temple are built in turn from west to East according to the natural fault of red sandstone in the hillside. The western end is the Jade Emperor cave, followed by Wuliang cave and Chenghuang cave. These three holes are not too deep, but they are more spacious.

Beishan temple is a very mysterious place, which integrates Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. There are many gods on the mountain, even the king of hell, which adds to the mystery of Beishan temple. Zhang Sixian, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote the poem "misty rain on the North Mountain". The book is vague, and misty rain is drawing in the dynasty. But I remember that I stayed in the thatched cottage and loved his ink painting "Mi Dian Hu"

history

Millennium history

Beishan temple is located at the north foot of Fenghuang mountain. It is opposite Zhongshan Park in the city. It is said that the temple was first built in 848 A.D. and has a history of more than 1150 years.

Tectonic framework

When you climb at the gate of the temple, you can see the mountains covered with green brocade and the streams flowing in front of them. The fields in the suburbs are neat and the buildings in the urban area stand up, which is full of vitality. According to the records of Fenghua county annals of Qing Dynasty, Siming annals of Ningbo and scenic spots annals of Zhejiang Province, the tenth generation disciple of Huineng, the founder of Southern Zen Buddhism, monk Wei Jing came here and found that there were peaks at the north foot of Fengshan mountain, and valleys between them. The peaks and hills were so beautiful that it was a pure land. So he built a temple here and named it "Zhenghua yuan". He also became the founder of the temple. After the temple was built, there was an endless stream of worshippers from all over the world. In 1065 A.D., abbot Jianxin, an eminent monk in eastern Zhejiang, was renamed Guanghua yuan. In the sixth year of Jiading (1213 A.D.), the abbot monk Daoyuan rebuilt the mountain gate, expanded the palace and wing room, and changed it into "Beishan Temple of Zen", which is commonly known as Beishan temple. It is reported that the monks who came to Beishan temple at that time were not only from temples all over the country, but also from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries, with more than 1000 people. From this point of view, Beishan temple was not a general temple. It was an important Taoist Center for promoting Zen culture in eastern Zhejiang at that time, especially for studying and Cao Dongzong. It made a certain contribution to the spread of Zen culture at home and abroad. In modern terms, the temple was actually a Buddhist Research Institute at that time, which trained and brought up many eminent monks for the Buddhist circle.

Celebrities visit Buddha

Zhao Zhen, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, once granted a cassock to Beishan temple and "Eighty two letters of scriptures". By the Yuan Dynasty, there were more than 2800 Sutras in the temple, and some of them were brought back to China for exchange. The temple not only has a rich collection of classics, but also many ancient books. As a result, Beishan temple is also a place frequented by literati. They either browse the scenic spots in the temple or borrow books to read. For example, the eminent monk of eastern Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty, the monk Feihan, who is called the living Buddha, often came to Beishan temple to preach Buddhist scriptures. The poet Yang Shou Chen of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem: "the pavilion of Beishan hermit temple, the Moon Palace, the book covering the shoulder. When the guest came, the ape met, and the Taoist went through the bird Ding Ning. Dark smoke does not disperse, thousands of peaks purple, clear snow at the beginning of wanshuqing. It is said that Feihan once lived here, and there is Yu Xin in the danzhang of cuiya. " The eminent monk of Houliang Dynasty, Budao monk, also came to Beishan Temple many times to settle down in summer and preach to monks and good men and women.

Ups and downs

For thousands of years, Beishan temple has experienced both prosperity and frustrations. It is said that it was destroyed three times and rebuilt four times. Especially in the 15th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1676 AD), a fire broke out in Beishan temple. All the Scriptures and magic objects in the temple were burned up and suffered heavy losses. Although it was rebuilt later, the scale of the building is far less than before. In 1997, when shixinluo, the abbot of the temple, arrived, he was determined to restore the Millennium Temple to its original vitality and renovate it. With the approval of the relevant departments, he plans to rebuild the Vatican on the barren land in front of the temple to restore its former glory. In 2001, he started his own construction process with the support of faithful men and women.

According to the legend that the Budai monk was associated with Beishan temple, there will be Budai monk's lecture hall, Maitreya hall and other buildings in the temple to promote Maitreya culture. According to the plan, the completed temple will reach 30 mu, with a construction area of more than 10000 square meters. By then, it will be a tourist resort. According to the present tourists, the West Ring Road is still under construction, and the traffic to Beishan temple is inconvenient, so it is difficult for cars to drive in, which has become a restricting factor for the construction of tourist attractions in the area. With the improvement of traffic and the increase of tourists in the future, the temple has great potential in excavating historical resources such as cloth bag monks and literati, and promoting Maitreya culture.

Address: the foot of Xianling mountain, Yangshan County, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.64912512006

Latitude: 24.486329160976

Tel: 0763-7880490

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