Dingguang Pagoda Temple

Dingguang Pagoda Temple, commonly known as white pagoda temple, is located at the foot of Shanxi. It is a palace style building. Tang Tianyou was founded in 905. Two years later, to celebrate Zhu Wen's accession to the throne, it was renamed "WANSUI Temple" (commonly known as Tashi). The existing temple was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The temple is divided into three main halls: Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Fayu hall. Around the hall are Huafeng hall, Abbot's room, living room and monk's house. Beside the temple is the famous white pagoda, 41 meters high, seven story octagonal, covered with white ash. Visitors can climb the top of the tower and overlook the city.

Dingguang Pagoda Temple

Dingguang Pagoda Temple, commonly known as "White Pagoda Temple", is located at the foot of Shanxi, which is a palace style building. It was founded in 905. Two years later, to celebrate Zhu Wen's accession to the throne, it was renamed "long live Temple" (commonly known as Tashi).

The existing temple was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The temple is divided into three main halls: Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Fayu hall. Around the hall are Huafeng hall, Abbot's room, living room and monk's house. Beside the temple is the famous white pagoda (dingguang pagoda), which is 41 meters high, seven stories, octagonal and covered with white ash. Visitors can climb the top of the tower and overlook the city.

Fayu hall was built to commemorate the temple monks' self Immolation and sacrifice their lives for rain. Fayu hall used to be Yan Fu's reading office and the school building of Fujian shipping school in Qing Dynasty.

history

During the Five Dynasties, it was one of the famous temples in Fuzhou. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, most of the main temples were destroyed by Japanese invaders. The existing buildings were built in the Qing Dynasty

During the period from Daoguang to Guangxu, it was rebuilt and divided into three main halls: Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and Fayu hall. The Fayu hall was built to commemorate the temple monks in the Houliang period who collected money to set themselves on fire and sacrificed their lives to pray for rain.

It is said that in 915, the first year of Liang Zhenming, after the Five Dynasties, there was a long drought and no rain in Fuzhou. Yishou, a visiting monk, went to Baita temple to pray for rain. He built a tower with firewood in front of the temple, sat on the tower, closed his eyes and prayed for rain for the people. Three days later, he agreed to light the firewood tower at the appointed time, but Yishou still insisted. As the fire rose, the heavy rain suddenly fell, and Yishou walked out of the fire unharmed Next. Later, people built Fayu hall to commemorate Yishou.

Just to the south of the white pagoda is a temple propped up by a large pillar of blue stone Panlong, known as "Fayu hall". It used to be a place for monks to meditate, chant and do their homework. In the Qing Dynasty, before the Fujian shipping Academy was built, it used to be a school building, where Yan Fu, Deng Shichang and others studied. In his later years, Yan Fu still missed this place. In a memoir, he wrote: "the voice of Yi PI (in English) in the morning and night answers the chant of fan Bei Looking back on the past, the shadow of the pagoda and the light of the mountain still appear in my dreams. "

Original name

Originally known as Baoen dingguang pagoda, it was built by Wang Shenzhi, king of Fujian Province, in 904, the first year of emperor Tianyou of Tang Dynasty. It's said that a shining pearl was found in Biji, so it was named dingguang tower. At the beginning of its construction, the tower was built with a brick shaft inside and a wooden pavilion outside. It is a seven story brick core wooden tower with a height of 66.7 meters. The Dougong, Yunmei, pillars and railings on each floor are exquisitely carved, and the pagoda wall and door leaf are also painted with Buddha statues. In 1534, the pagoda was destroyed by thunder fire. In 1548, it was rebuilt as a seven story octagonal brick tower, 41 meters high. Because the outside is coated with white ash layer, it is called white tower.

present situation

see evidence of people's distress everywhere

Baita temple, also known as Wansui temple, was founded by Wang Shenzhi, king of Fujian Province. It used to be one of the most splendid temples in Fuzhou, but now it is full of ruins.

White Pagoda Temple, the majestic hall, two big stone lions sitting at the door, let people imagine the style and glory of the temple.

Walking into the temple, we were stunned by the scene. The magnificent palace and the magnificent corridor had already become a vicissitudes of life. In the main hall, many tiles have been broken, and the light comes directly from these broken tiles. According to the temple staff, every time it rains, the roof of the main hall leaks, and when the situation is serious, they have to bring a washbasin to get water. Following the guide, we came to the corridor of white pagoda temple.

Looking up, several strong lights shot down from the roof, which was extremely dazzling. The original roof was gone, and several rafters were rotten. "Don't come near!" The temple staff quickly called to us, "the wood has rotted and will fall down at any time." Walking through a complete White Pagoda Temple, there are several such roof collapses, one of which is nearly 3 meters long and about 1.5 meters wide, and the ground is full of fallen rotten wood.

Injured roof

The wooden piles with big bowl mouth are propped up under the broken roof and arranged in disorder. This is a scene that can only be seen when the building is capped, but we can see the same scene in the White Pagoda Temple. "The wood is rotten. We are worried that the roof will collapse, so we use these piles to support it. If it were not for these piles, the corridor would have collapsed. However, it's not a long-term solution to support with wooden piles. " Temple staff said. After that, the staff pointed to a stake at the corner of the corridor. Along the direction of her fingers, we also saw a beam nearly 2 meters long, 20 cm wide and 10 cm thick. The interface between the beam and the column had rotted and broken. It was the stake that acted as a pillar, enabling the beam to continue to function.

Dangerous house slogan

"Dangerous house! Keep away A few big words are very eye-catching, keeping tourists away from the collapsed roof area. According to Aunt Cao, who protects the temple, it was specially hung when they took over the White Pagoda Temple to avoid accidents when tourists passed by. On the side of the warning signs, long ropes circle after circle, isolating tourists from danger. Aunt Cao said: "we have more or less broken down here. Even the main hall has been damaged to varying degrees after the Department that used to work here moved away. For everyone's safety, we have to put up the slogan "dangerous house."

Typhoon devastated

A considerable part of the roof collapsed in the days when typhoon Haitang came. On that day, aunt Cao, who was guarding the temple, was resting when she heard a few "click" sounds. She ran out to see that the whole roof in the middle of the corridor collapsed on the ground. At that time, the wind was so strong that she hid in the house and did not dare to come out. "Disrepair is also an important cause of roof collapse." Aunt Cao said that she did not know when the White Pagoda Temple was last renovated. "In short, it was a long time ago.".

Overseas Chinese often return home to visit the white pagoda. It's not easy to open or close it

For the safety of sightseeing in Baita temple, temple staff have been very worried. "The house is broken like this. If it hasn't been repaired, what can we do if something falls down one day and smashes the tourists?" Aunt Cao said. It is understood that there is an endless stream of tourists to Baita temple. A considerable number of them are Fuzhou overseas Chinese living in Southeast Asia. They have a deep feeling for the white tower. In their memory, in addition to three lanes and seven alleys, Fuzhou is "three mountains and two towers". Many people come back to visit the white tower. In addition, many citizens who go there to exercise on weekdays also have deep attachment to the white tower. In response, aunt Cao said, "we are in a dilemma whether we close the White Pagoda Temple or not."

The renovation plan has been submitted; once approved, construction can start

"The White Pagoda Temple is really old." Li, who is about 70 years old, shakes a banana fan and sighs, "since I was sensible, the white pagoda has been renovated a few times, but I haven't heard that the White Pagoda Temple has been renovated. No matter how good the wood is, it will rot all day long. "

Address: yushanlu, Gulou District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 119.30563891286

Latitude: 26.076907797232

Tel: 0591-83300119

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