Liangshan Temple

Liangshan Temple

Liangshan temple, the name of the temple, this entry introduces three Liangshan temples in three places in China: Liangshan temple in Jiange County, Sichuan Province, Liangshan temple in Heyang County, Shaanxi Province, and Liangshan temple in Qijiang County, Chongqing.

Temple environment

At the top of Dajian mountain in Jianmen pass, Jiange County, located on the "sacrificial cliff" between Taohua peak and Xiaoyao peak of Jianmen 72 peak at an altitude of 1180 meters, according to Cihai: "Liangshan Also known as Jianmen mountain, Gaoliang mountain. Hundreds of miles from the east to the west, the mountains are long and steep, and the situation is dangerous. In ancient times, it was a military center. " According to Taiping Huanyu Ji, Liangshan is the ancient name of Dajian mountain. It is said that Liangshan is the place where the emperor of Liang Wu built the truth. There are Liangshan temple and temple of the emperor of Liang Wu. Liangshan temple was built in the Tang Dynasty and has been repaired in the past dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, it was expanded into a courtyard with two entrances and a building area of 947 square meters. Liangshan temple is located in the north facing south, with a huge plaque "Liangshan Temple" in the gate. There are black lacquer gilt couplets on both sides of the gate. The main hall is the main hall of Daxiong. The four characters of "Daxiong hall" are written by Li Rong of Jianzhou in the late Qing Dynasty. The door of the hall is opened, and a couplet is hung on the left door with the banner of "go to Mahayana together". Inside the hall, there are two dragons wrapped around the pillars, three Buddha statues in the middle, a lotus stand, anangaya on both sides, and eighteen Arhats in the two chambers. On the right side of the main hall is the "Sutra collection building", with a couplet on the door post and a banner of "Fahai Jinbo". There are three Buddhas in the hall. The rest are monk's room, Xiangji kitchen, Zhaitang, office hall and tea hall. There is a bauhinia tree in the temple. The trees are hundreds of years old and have different shapes. In the courtyard, there was a rectangular pool named "Oolong pool", which was several feet deep and did not dry up in winter and summer. There is an oval flower stone in the pool, about 30 cm long and 20 cm wide, with black, white and gray patterns of birds, insects and animals. It is called "Zhenshan cliff" (lost). Inside the pool are black backed, golden bellied, four legged, dragon like salamanders. It is called "Oolong". Floods often occur in summer and autumn.

Temple highlights

Gate couplet

At the end of the mountain road, an ancient temple stands, with three characters of "Liangshan Temple" in capital. Liangshan temple was the place where Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, became a monk in 551 ad. There is a couplet at the gate, which was written by a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. The first couplet: the ancient temple towering clouds, see: Fairy bridge horizontal, thunder gorge roar, golden cave deep, stalagmite peak strange, landscape vertical quiet, can't get rid of greed, anger, infatuation, finally tired. The second couplet: Xiongguan arranges his eyes, thinking: Mengyang inscription, boyue ancestral hall, bell night rain, mangrove coral, and the rise and fall of the disciples are generous. When it comes to the merits, fame, wealth, and nobility, they are all empty. The first couplet uses a word to appreciate the beautiful natural scenery of Jianmen. The second couplet uses a word to reflect on the rise and fall of history. It lists four allusions: the inscription of Mengyang (Zhang Zai's word Mengyang, written here in 281 A.D.), which puts forward the idea that the country is not in danger and the country is unified; the temple of boyue (Jiang Wei's word boyue) was in Jianmen in 263 A.D He resisted the 189000 army of Wei with less than 30000 people. His noble character of forgetting his family for the country and regardless of personal gains and losses has always inspired future generations. During the reign of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty, people built an ancestral hall for him to remember. Bell night rain (Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty avoided the rebellion of an and Shi in 756 AD and spent the night in the Jianmen post house. He couldn't sleep in the wind and rain and missed Yang Guifei. In Bai Juyi's song of everlasting regret, there is a saying that "the Yellow River is scattered, the wind is bleak, and the cloud stack lingers on the sword Pavilion. There are few people walking at the foot of Mount Emei. The flags are not bright and the sun is thin. Shujiang river is green, Shushan is green, and the Lord is in love all the time. Palace to see the sad color of the moon, the rain heard the bell broken sound. Mangrove coral (in 965 A.D., when Meng Chang, the empress of Shu, died and his wife Huarui was captured, she was escorted to Bianjing. When she arrived at Jianmen, she was filled with grief and indignation. When she stood on the top of the mountain and looked back at her hometown, Yuan Ji, the maid of honor, fell to the rock and died. In the couplet, he also advised the world to give up greed, anger, infatuation and false love, which are the sources of tiredness in life. No matter how to make a living, no matter how to respect wealth, in the end, success, fame, wealth and honor are all in vain. The author skillfully combines the beautiful natural scenery of Jianmen with its magnificent historical ups and downs, and finally comes to the conclusion that all Buddhist doctrines are empty.

Buddism godness Guanyin Temple

Entering the gate, there is a patio, facing the Guanyin hall. Your Guanyin, holding willows in one hand and a pure bottle in the other, sits high on the lotus stand. You are kind-hearted, compassionate, and miserable. You pass through the side gate and enter another courtyard. In the courtyard, a bauhinia tree stretches its branches and points straight at the blue sky. This is the one thousand year old Bauhinia of the four wonders of Jianmen. The tree is about 1500 years old and has no bark. It is commonly known as "itch tree" in the local area. Sometimes it blooms every two years, sometimes it blooms every year, and its flowers are white or purple, which is very strange. Under the tree, there is oolong (scientific name salamander), which often appears when it is wet in summer and autumn.

Bajiaojing

There is a pool under the thousand year old Bauhinia tree, formerly known as bajiaojing, but now it is missing because it was destroyed during the cultural revolution. There is also a legend about this bajiaojing: Emperor Liang Wu came to Jianmen that year, worshipped Zen master Zhigong as a teacher, and asked to become a monk. Because Zhigong was a prime minister of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, he said to Emperor Wu, "you were my king. You should practice at the top of Liangshan Mountain." Emperor Wu of Liang proposed respecting Zhigong. When he got to the top of the mountain, he found that the top of the mountain was very high (about 1200 meters) and short of water. Zen master Zhigong asked Emperor Wu of Liang to dig a well in the shape of eight trigrams on the top of the mountain, and executed a magic to extradite Jialing River water to the top of the mountain. When the well was finished, Zen master Zhigong asked Emperor Wu at the bottom of the mountain how much water there was in the well, and Emperor Wu replied casually: "half well water!" It is said that the water in Bajiao well is only half of the well water, no matter whether it is wet or dry, and it will be enough when the number of people increases to one or two hundred. The strange thing is that the well water is turbid when the water of Jialing River is turbid. When the water of Jialing River becomes clear, the well water is clear. Later, as time went on, the well water of Liangshan temple was polluted by dust and fallen leaves. Zhigong then took off a Buddhist bead from his chest and put it into the well. The beads fall to the ground and turn into flower stones, making the well water sweet and delicious again. Over time, the longer the beads grow, the more about 20-30 kg, with beautiful patterns. Later, during the cultural revolution, it was stolen (it is said that it exists in Zitong Cultural Management Office of neighboring county). Because he felt that Zhigong was crossing the river, Emperor Liang Wu collected the seeds of Qinggang around Liangshan temple and scattered them to the edge of the mountain, so that there were many Qinggang trees around Zhigong temple.

main hall

There is a crossbeam in front of the gate of the main hall, on which the color painting is still on the top, and the carpenter who built the temple at that time wrote "Renwu in the 10th year of Yongzheng..." There is a couplet on the door, which is vivid and full of feelings. It is written by Ren Zhu, a Juren from Zhangwang Township, Jiange County in the Qing Dynasty. It is said in the hall that a pool of water reflects the Zen heart. The main hall is for the master of Oriental glass world (holding a medicine bowl), the master of Sava world (holding a saying seal), and Amitabha Buddha (holding a lotus). There are golden dragons on the four pillars, and eighteen Arhats on both sides. If you look at them carefully, they come in different shapes, including butchers, pawns, business travelers, generals and emperors. This is a means of Mahayana Buddhism to publicize the Dharma. Through the image of the eighteen Arhats, you can tell the world that everyone has Buddha nature. No matter what status you are, you can become a Buddha as long as you are dedicated to Buddha.

Address: top of dajianshan mountain, Jiange County, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 105.57749506013

Latitude: 32.23337664211

Tour time: 1 hour

Ticket information: 100 yuan for Jianmen Shudao scenic spot

Chinese PinYin : Liang Shan Si