Manjusri house

Manjusri temple is a famous Buddhist temple in Western Sichuan. There are many precious cultural relics and tens of thousands of Buddhist scriptures and documents in the temple. There are more than 300 Buddha statues in stone, copper and iron casting, wood carving and clay sculpture, all of which are of cultural and artistic value. One of them, a Burmese jade Buddha, which is listed as one of the Eight Temples in Konglin, came to Myanmar to invite him back in 1922.

In addition, you can taste Sichuan's unique Gaiwan tea in Manjusri teahouse and enjoy the singing and playing of folk artists.

Manjusri house

Manjusri courtyard is located in Qingyang District of Chengdu City. It was built in Daye period of Sui Dynasty (605-617). In 1697, the temple was rebuilt and renamed Manjusri temple.

It is one of the key Buddhist temples in China determined by the State Council, the first of the four Buddhist temples in the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and the key cultural relics protection unit in Sichuan Province. It is a Buddhist holy land integrating Buddhist relics, ancient garden buildings, pilgrimage and sightseeing, and religious study.

The Manjusri courtyard covers an area of more than 200000 square meters. The existing buildings are typical of the Western Sichuan plain style. They are all wooden buildings with six main halls facing the central axis of the Mountain Gate in turn. They are magnificent and magnificent.

Historical evolution

Manjusri has a long history. It is said that in the Sui Dynasty, the favorite concubine of Shu King Yang Xiu, son of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, was built by the "Saint Ni" prime minister at that time, so it is called the prime minister temple.

In the Five Dynasties, it was once renamed Miaoyuan pagoda courtyard.

It is still called Xinxiang temple in Song Dynasty.

According to Chengdu county annals, Xinxiang temple was destroyed in the end of Ming Dynasty. Only 10 iron statues and two thousand year old ancient Chinese fir trees survived.

In 1681, in the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Zen master CIDU came to the deserted ancient temple and built a thatched cottage between the two fir trees. He practiced asceticism and became famous for walking around for several years.

From the 36th year of Kangxi to the 45th year of Kangxi (1697-1706), officials, gentry, army and people donated money to rebuild the temple. In the years of Jiaqing and Daoguang, master Benyuan, the abbot of Manjusri academy, purchased 82 stone pillars, rebuilt and expanded the main hall, forming the current scale.

In modern times, Manjusri incense flourished. All previous abbots have set up an altar here to preach precepts, and run Buddhist schools and missionary schools to cultivate monks. During the Anti Japanese War, eminent monks such as Dade Foyuan, Taixu and Nenghai came here one after another to preach scriptures.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, the people's government has repeatedly allocated funds to repair temples.

In 1983, it was designated by the State Council as a national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area.

The origin of the temple's name

Manjusri courtyard was built in Daye period of Sui Dynasty. It went through Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. It used to be called Xinxiang courtyard and Xinxiang temple. It was not renamed Manjusri courtyard until 1697.

About the 20th year of Kangxi reign (1681), Zen master Tzu Tu came to the deserted site of xinxiangyuan and vowed to restore the Taoist temple of his shaver, xinxiangjinggu, the former abbot. Because xinxiangyuan was destroyed by the war in the late Ming Dynasty, Zen master CIDU lived between two ancient fir trees, practicing meditation and living in the grass. Soon after, the Zen master was extraordinary in his meditation and showed his bright and auspicious appearance. The common people thought that he was a "Manjusri Bodhisattva" in the world. Due to the admiration of the common people for Zen master CIDU's esoteric deeds, the court was renamed Manjusri because of the strong support of the government and literati.

Emperor Kangxi admired him for his noble virtue and fame. He had issued three edicts to invite him to Beijing, but he declined. In 1702, Emperor Kangxi granted the silk banner of "Konglin" and sent special envoys to the Manjusri Academy. Therefore, the Manjusri academy is also known as "Konglin hall".

Building distribution

architectural composition

Manjusri courtyard is located in the north facing south, covering an area of more than 200000 square meters. The temple is five fold. When you enter the mountain gate, you can see the heavenly king hall, the three great scholars hall, the great male hall, the saying hall, and the Sutra library. It is a typical building of Qing Dynasty, which is solemn, simple and spacious, integrated with the bell tower, Zhaitang, corridor and other buildings on both sides of the East and the West. On both sides of the hall, there are Buddhist, Taoist, Hakka, fasting, Buddhist and office rooms. There are long corridors and dense columns between the halls, forming a closed courtyard. There are more than 190 houses in the hospital, with a construction area of more than 20000 square meters. The house is made of wood and stone, and the stone on the base of the column is exquisitely carved.

Main buildings

Approaching Manjusri courtyard, the first thing you see is the screen wall opposite the three doors. According to the records, the couplets of "Manjusri courtyard" and "Ruize deep heaven and earth, zongfeng more ancient and modern" on Zhaobi are written by Zen master Tzu Tu.

The first entrance hall consists of three gates, which were built by Zen master Tzu Tu and rebuilt by monk Benyuan to worship Maitreya Bodhisattva and the four heavenly kings. The hall of the three great scholars is the second entrance hall, dedicated to the three great scholars of Guanyin, Manjusri and Puxian.

Daxiong hall is the third entrance hall, which was built by Zen master CIDU and rebuilt by monk zhangbo. The main hall is 10.56 meters high, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain. In the hall, there is a tall glass Xi, which is dedicated to a bronze statue of Sakyamuni Buddha; on the left and right, there are bronze statues of Kaya and Ananda, both of which were cast in the ninth year of Daoguang.

The fourth entrance hall is the saying hall, which is said to be the site of the ancient Xinxiang temple. There are brick altar in the hall, Kangxi's handwriting "Konglin" is inlaid in the middle wall, a pharmacist Buddha is provided under the central cover of the hall, and twelve medicine fork generals are provided on the left and right.

Chen Jing Lou is the fifth entrance hall, which was founded by Zen master CI Du and rebuilt by monk Ben yuan in the fourth year of Daoguang. Chenjing building is divided into two floors, 15.84 meters high. It is the place where the temple collects scriptures and important cultural relics.

In 1997, old monk Kuanlin, the 17th generation abbot of Manjusri temple, built Manjusri Pavilion at the end of the central axis of the temple, covering an area of 1000 square meters. It is composed of the first floor "Konglin lecture hall", the second floor Konglin Buddhist Library and the third floor ten thousand Buddha Hall.

In addition, there are bell and Drum Tower, ancestral hall, zhunti hall, Yuantong hall, jade Buddha Hall, Sansheng hall, Wuguan hall and other halls in the temple; in the 1980s, Kuanlin monk vowed to build the thousand Buddha Peace Tower to pray for world peace; the free life pool and east-west garden also make the temple shade with trees and flowers, which is not only a holy land for practitioners, but also a leisure place for people around the temple.

Tourist attractions

Two saints of Konglin

"Two saints of the empty forest" -- the Buddhist relic and the parietal relic of master Xuanzang.

Buddha's relic

Buddhist relic is the most precious sacred thing in Buddhism. There is a Buddhist bone relic in the chenjing building of Manjusri monastery. In 1920's, when the dadenang sea master in Shuzhong was worshiping India's Bodhisattva, master fojin, a monk from Xiyang, Chongqing, was in charge of incense in Bodhisattva. Master fojin brought the Buddhist bone relic back to Manjusri monastery for worship. This Buddhist relic was once hidden in a secret niche in the temple. In recent years, a relic tower was built for the public.

Master Xuanzang's parietal relic

On the left side of the chenjing building in the temple is the parietal relic of master Xuanzang, which was found in Baoen temple in Nanjing in the 1940s. Because Chengdu is the place where Master Xuanzang received precepts after he became a monk, and master Xuanzang lived here for five years. Because of this special reason, I invited back a parietal bone relic from Nanjing. Master Xuanzang was praised as "the backbone of the nation" by Lu Xun for his spirit of not fearing the hardships and dangers of going west to seek development and not being trapped in the world. Therefore, this parietal relic is not only a portrayal of master Xuanzang's spirit, but also a symbol of "national backbone".

Eight views of Konglin

TIANTI zhanbang

In 1720, Emperor Xuanye of the Qing Dynasty wrote a banner with the word "Konglin", which bears the seal of Zhu Wenxi, the treasure of Emperor Kangxi's pen. On the left, it reads "the mid winter of Renwu year in the 41st year of Kangxi", and on the right, it reads "the monk of Manjusri temple in Sichuan Province has been granted super preservation". Therefore, the word "Konglin" is also called "konglintang".

Burmese jade niche

In the niches of the main hall of the temple, there is a Burmese jade Buddha. The Jade Buddha on the left was in April 1923, when the monk Xing Lin and Shang Yuan came back from Myanmar. The Jade Buddha on the right is monk Deng Yun, who was invited back from the Burmese golden Pagoda in 1938.

The caves burst into light

The Manjusri temple has a niche for the statues of Sakyamuni Buddha. In the autumn of 1922, monk Chan'an, the 15th generation abbot of Manjusri monastery, excavated from the abandoned site of Baoguo temple in the western suburb of the city. This group of statues was created by Kangsheng in 523 ad. the Standing Statue of Sakyamuni is carved in the center of the front, and the story of vimo Shiji is engraved on the back. There are 60 portraits in the whole niche. It is an important achievement of Sichuan stone carving art. Later, it was collected in the Sichuan Provincial Museum and listed as fine utensils.

Shuangshan biaorei

Outside the eaves of the main hall, there are two ancient fir trees, each 15 meters high, which are the oldest ancient trees in the temple. It is said that these two ancient Chinese fir trees are the same as Huabiao trees in front of the three gates of Guxin Xiangyuan. In those years, Zen master Tzu Tu planted grass between these two trees. The original tree died in 1963 and is now replanted.

Colorful clothes

Tianyi colorful cassock, also known as Tianfei cassock, is embroidered by Tianfei, a favorite of Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty. There are 248 Buddha statues. It is said that Tian Fei was born in Yilong, so she was once collected in yilongxi temple. After 1922, she was transferred to chenjing building of Wenshu courtyard.

The tongue is full of treasures

There are four blood Book Buddhist scriptures in Shehua temple, namely Huayan Sutra, which was published in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (173

Chinese PinYin : Wen Shu Yuan