Guangyou Temple

Guangyou temple in Liaoyang was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was one of the earliest temples after Buddhism was introduced into China. It was once the Buddhist Culture Communication Center in Northeast China. It also played an important role in establishing Liaoyang (then called Liaodong Prefecture and Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo) as a political and cultural center in Northeast China. Over the past 1000 years, Guangyou temple has undergone many renovations and expansions. Now it has become a national AAAA tourist area, one of the top ten tourist attractions in Liaoning Province, one of the top ten honest scenic spots in Liaoning Province, one of the demonstration units of honest scenic spots in Liaoning Province, and one of the certification units of ISO900 and environmental 14001 international system standards.

Guangyou Temple

Guangyou temple is located at No.60, Section 1, Zhonghua street, Baita District, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province. It is adjacent to the Baita in the West and blends with the ancient city moat in the East. It covers an area of 60000 square meters. The North-South central axis is archway, Mountain Gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Wanfo hall, sutra collection building and monk's house. The bell tower, Drum Tower, stele Pavilion, accessory hall and Yuantong Temple are built on both sides, with a construction area of more than 20000 square meters. The base of Sakyamuni Buddha is 4 meters, the height of Buddha is 17 meters, and the total length is 21.48 meters. At present, it is the highest and largest wooden sitting statue of Sakyamuni Buddha in the world.

brief introduction

Guangyou temple is located at No. 60, Section 1, Zhonghua street, Baita District, Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province.

According to historical records, the temple, built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is one of the earliest temples since Buddhism was introduced into China.

National AAAA scenic spot.

The top five in the world;

1、 The world's largest bluestone archway, 16.9 meters high and 34 meters long, is composed of 95 huge stone sculptures;

2、 The world's largest bronze censer is 12 meters long, 1.2 meters high and 2.9 meters wide;

3、 The world's largest main hall, with a construction area of more than 11400 square meters;

4、 The largest temple in the world is decorated with wood and gold;

5、 The world's largest palace lantern is 4 meters high and weighs 1 ton. There are two Buddhist relics in Guanyin hall.

On August 27, 2002, master Yongxing, vice president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association, presented his precious Buddhist bone relic to Guangyou temple, which is now dedicated to Yuantong Temple.

The overall scenic area of Guangyou temple is set off by the towering white pagoda of Liaoyang, with the theme of temple buildings including Mountain Gate, bell and Drum Tower, Tianwang hall, dongxipeidian, Daxiong hall, Sanbao hall, etc. it covers an area of 50000 square meters of China square, 90000 square meters of classical gardens, 200000 square meters of Youth Lake Disneyland garden, nearly 10 kilometers of river protection cruise around the city and sightseeing The commercial street of traditional culture in the ancient city, which integrates shopping, catering and accommodation, forms a tourism scenic spot with historical culture as its foundation, religious culture, garden art and tourism economy as its connotation.

Architecture

Guangyou temple in Liaoyang is one of the earliest temples after Buddhism was introduced into China. It was rebuilt several times in the Jin, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. At its peak, it covers an area of 90000 square meters and has 200 temples. It is the largest Buddhist activity site in Northeast China. In the 21st year of Kangxi, Xuanye, the emperor of Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem for Guangyou temple when he visited Liaoyang in the East: for many years, the temple of Zen has accumulated wind and smoke. Jadeite moss stele dark, pearls treasure handed down. Tame eaves to purple pigeons, surging out green lotus. Light rain and gentle washing make the morning more prosperous. In 1900, Guangyou temple was burned down by the Tsarist Russian invaders and later collapsed. It was not until 2002, when Guangyou temple was in its heyday, that it was rebuilt.

The Qingshi archway in front of the mountain gate is 34 meters wide and 16 meters high, with five gates and six columns. It is a masterpiece of Chinese stone archways. There are two bronze sculptures on both sides of the mountain gate. On the left is the carriage and horse traveling. The painting is based on the tomb murals of the Han Dynasty. The painting vividly shows the Han and Wei Dynasty style of ancient Xiangping leading the northeast by taking advantage of the public opinion. It is said that Ding Lingwei, a local official of Liaodong in the Han Dynasty, loved the people like a son and liked to raise cranes. It was a severe drought that year. Ding Lingwei disobeyed the imperial court and opened a warehouse to release grain to save the hungry people. Because of the death penalty, he moved the people of heaven and earth. At the time of his death, Ding Lingwei was rescued by the crane and ascended to heaven. Both groups of bronze sculptures are so lifelike.

The main building of Guangyou temple, Daxiong hall, has a construction area of 11472 square meters, a height of 41.7 meters, a width of 11 bays of 73.78 meters, and a depth of 7 bays of 49.8 square meters. It is a three story building with arched eaves. It combines the styles of Liao, Jin and Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is made of brick and wood. Its volume is much larger than that of ordinary temples. It is said that it is the largest temple in the world. The Buddha in the hall is said to be the tallest and largest wooden statue of Sakyamuni sitting Buddha in the world. The total height of the Buddha is 21.48 meters. The height of the Buddha is 17 meters. The face of the Buddha alone is 28 square meters, the length of the ear is 3 meters, the palm can stand eight people, and the length of a finger is equivalent to the height of a person. The traditional process of "wood carving, lacquer, gold, vermilion and gold" is adopted for the Buddha statues. Share 600 cubic meters of camphor wood, 24000 grams of gold. The Golden Buddha sits on the lotus throne, dignified, solemn and peaceful. Different from the Buddha sitting statue, Sakyamuni's right hand gently twists a golden Brahma flower, which is very unusual.

history

Guangyou temple in Liaoyang was first built in Liao Dynasty, reaching its peak. At its peak, there were more than 200 halls, pagodas and pavilions. It was one of the Buddhist activity centers in Northeast China. In 1635 A.D., the stele says: "the temple was founded in the Han Dynasty, rebuilt by yuchigong in the Tang Dynasty, and built an ancient temple."

In 1635, Guangyou temple was built in Han Dynasty. In 1145, Li Hongyuan, the mother of wanyanyong, Emperor Shizong of Jin Dynasty, was a monk in Liaoyang. For its particularity, the Jin government appropriated more than 300000 yuan to build "an Chan Temple of the Qing Dynasty" and "Chuiqing Temple" for its living alone, and called Li's law "master Tonghui Yuanming".

In the third year of Jin Zhenyuan (1155), Wan Yanyong was left behind in Tokyo. He met his mother Li in Liaoyang, and the mother and son traveled between the official residence and the temple. In 1161, master Tonghui Yuanming died and was buried in the pagoda garden of Chuiqing temple. In October 1161, Jin Zhenglong launched a coup in Qing'an temple and arrested political enemies Gao cunfu and Li Yanlong. Later, he announced that he was the emperor and changed the Yuan Dynasty to "Dading", which was named emperor Shizong of Jin Dynasty. Li's residence was renamed "Xiaoning Palace".

In the second year of Jin Dading (1162), the Li's burial tower was added and a "fengci hall" was built in front of the tower. Wang Jing, the Minister of rites, was ordered to rewrite the inscription. It was ordered to build "Shenyu hall" in Qing'an temple. In 1169, Jin Dading changed the Shenyu hall into "Baode hall". Zhang Jingren, the academician of the Imperial Academy, was ordered to write the monument of Qing'an temple. In the 12th year of Jin Dading (1172), a large area of civilian land around Chuiqing temple was collected as the property of the temple and the Shenyu hall was rebuilt.

In 1184, Jin Shizong came to Qing'an and Chuiqing temples. In the 25th year of Jin Dading (1185), Longgong, the eighth generation abbot of Qing'an temple, passed away, and Shi Shanying became the ninth generation abbot. In 1188, Shi Shanying passed away.

Qing'an temple was renamed Guangyou temple in Yuan Dynasty. In 1313, Guangyou Temple Pagoda (Liaoyang white pagoda) was rebuilt. In 1372, the Ming army conquered Liaoyang. Guangyou temple was destroyed by fire, and only the pagoda survived. In the 16th year of Hongwu (1383), master jueguan came back and conferred the post of deputy capital of monk Gang division in Liaoyang. He rebuilt the temple and formed a pattern, named after "White Pagoda Temple".

In 1408, the sixth year of Yongle reign of Ming Dynasty, master Daoyuan took over the post of deputy dugang of Sangang Department of Liaoyang and concurrently served as the abbot of Baita temple. New Great Buddha Hall, heavenly king hall, Jialan ancestral hall, Dabei Pavilion, bell tower, abbot, two verandahs and Mountain Gate will be built, and statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva and arhat will be rebuilt. The old stele of Guangyou temple was found, so it was renamed "Guangyou Temple". In 1419, Daoyuan presided over the reconstruction of the White Pagoda, which took four years to complete. In 1438, Daoyuan resigned as the abbot of Guangyou temple and built the lower yuan Yongan temple in Qingyang. In 1442, Daoyuan died and was buried in the pagoda garden of Yongning Temple.

The white pagoda was rebuilt in the third year of Zhengde (1508) and the fifth year of Longqing (1571). So far, Guangyou Temple reached its peak, with nearly 200 temples. In 1590, the pagoda was rebuilt.

In the summer of 1598, the white pagoda was rebuilt. On the third day of July, he went to the capital to cast three gold-plated Buddhas, three pure Buddhas and one Bodhisattva. In September, Emperor Wanli gave Guangyou temple a 637 letter of Scripture and an imperial edict. On July 10, the 27th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1599), the emperor granted 38 cases of scriptures to the Sutra collection building.

In 1635, Guangyou temple was rebuilt.

In 1682, Emperor Xuanye visited Guangyou temple and wrote a poem about Guangyou temple. Guangyou temple was partially repaired in 1842. In 1898, tsarist Russia built the Middle East Railway, and Guangyou temple was partially destroyed. In July of the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1900), Guangyou temple was a place for boxer activities. On September 28, tsarist Russia captured Liaoyang, Guangyou temple was burned by Fox palace and most of it was destroyed. Later, it gradually collapsed.

scenic spot

Yuantong Temple

Yuantong Temple is an affiliated building of Guangyou temple

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