Qizhen Temple

Qizhen Temple

It is said that Qizhen temple was built in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Later Zhou Dynasty, flourished in the Southern Song Dynasty and declined in the Ming Dynasty. Due to wind and rain erosion, disrepair, war, chaos, burning, digging, looting and many other reasons, the existing scale of Qizhen Temple (it is said that the current location is the seventh or eighth retreat of that year) can not be compared with the past. The area of Qizhen temple is only the "scale and half claw" of the past, and the collapse is serious, with different degrees of danger.

The overall layout and general structure of Qizhen temple have long been destroyed, but a large number of ancient stone piers, stone pillars, stone foundations (abutments), stone benches, long mangao, tower stele components, relic tower top, broken bricks and tiles, burnt peat blocks, porcelain fragments and so on can still be found in the surrounding mountains and Qiu ruins.

Historical origin

It is said that the original Zen forest covers an area of more than 1000 mu (including xianghuotian and Shanchang, and the great silk of Fanrong is no inferior to Tiantong temple in Ningbo of Jin Dynasty). It is characterized by primary and secondary dependence, overlapping eaves and couplets, high and low, and ascending layers. In front of it are a clay plaque inscribed with "Nanyan Buddhist kingdom", the seven pagodas of Tathagata with both form and spirit, a clear Koi holy pool (with Dongqiao and Liquidambar formosana beside it), and more than two meters thick and ten meters How high the Yunsong stands in the corner of the gate.

The buildings of Qizhen temple are all arranged along a north-south central axis in a longitudinal direction. They are Shanmen hall, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, cangjing Pavilion, Abbot's building, Guanyin Pavilion, Sansheng hall, Luohan hall, Qianfo hall and Zen house, with a total of ten retreating halls. Besides the symmetrical auxiliary buildings such as bell tower, Drum Tower, Jingfang, Zen house and zhaifang on the East and west sides, there are other places The main hall is more than 20 meters high. The Buddha Sakyamuni in the center, the Manjusri Bodhisattva controlling the lion on the left side, the Puxian Bodhisattva riding the white elephant on the right side and the 108 great Arhats arranging the array are all clay sculptures and painted gold, which can be called the great works of Zen Buddhism. In Fujian and Zhejiang Province, there are many good men and women, pilgrims, residents and believers who have traveled thousands of miles and heard about the trend. Many practitioners, scholars and benefactors have traveled a long distance and come in droves. Therefore, the tide of visitors is like ants, the flow of people is like ants, and the Dharma disciples gather together all the time. As a result, the temple's incense is always burning, the candlestick is not empty, the mountain gate is like the city, the Sanskrit sound is echoing in the court, the sandalwood is surrounded, the Buddhist feast is always open, the monks and the common people gather in the hall all the year round, the voices of the people are boiling, and the candles are burning like the day.

Rise and fall period

There are several opinions about the decline of Qizhen temple in the Ming Dynasty: 1. In those days, the two factions of the imperial court fought fiercely for power, and the defeated party with the Ministry and Treasury treasures (it is said that there are a large number of gold treasures and ancient treasures buried around Qizhen Temple) fled to this temple, shaved as a monk, and secretly reorganized the armaments in order to restore the country. First, the figures who are called "master Guanying" (there is also a fortress called Guanying village in the back mountain of Qizhen Temple) and the eminent monks whose Dharma name contains the word "Hui" are also included;

2. At that time, Qizhen temple was allied with several Zen jungles in eastern Fujian (even Haiyun nunnery in Zhangpu). Recently, Qizhen temple was allied with local Shifo temple, Xiantan temple, Xuefeng Temple (originally located in the back mountain of dari temple, the ancient monk who founded the temple came to Fujian one day), Yan nunnery, Banshan nunnery, etc. all of these Zen schools belong to one sect, the same sect, the succession of teachers and apprentices, and the economic succession. They are all branches of Linji sect, such as Yangqi and Yucang Linjizong in eastern Fujian originated from southern Zhejiang. After his death, he was buried in a Buddhist pagoda. Later, Qi was killed by the imperial court (there was a white bone pit for thousands of people in the bamboo grove behind the Luolong Hall). The reason for his suppression was that "such evil monks hid evil intentions, behaved unfairly, violated the law, set up a cage mechanism, set up a secret passage darkroom, lured and imprisoned beautiful ladies".

3. In the past, Qizhen temple, Shifo temple and Xuefeng temple were brothers. The three courtyards covered an area of more than 1000 mu, and there were more than 1000 monks. They did not convert to the five commandments, did not observe the fast rules, and did not recite sutras. They also ate meat and fishy food, kicked their legs and fists, and practiced martial arts;

4. The Talong mechanism and stone built secret passage of Qizhen temple are still in existence today. The inside is intricate, zigzag and unpredictable. It can reach Houshan Guanying village. Now the entrance is blocked by collapsed soil, stone slabs and miscellaneous mustard.

In addition, near Qizhen temple, there was an ancient passage called shierpanling, which is similar to the post station, delivery station and express delivery shop (Fort) line. Due to the lack of people, it has now become a wide bird path.

Folklore

What happened behind the rise and fall of this ancient South Buddha Temple? A townsman surnamed Chen in Gaolong village of tangchuan revealed to the author that this was actually related to Zhu Di's usurpation of the throne. He also said that in 1399, Emperor Jianwen entered the most critical and difficult stage of cutting his vassal.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who had long coveted the throne, lobbied and assisted by Yao Guangxiao, a counselor, to issue a military address in the name of "Qing emperor's side". He claimed to "follow the instructions of his ancestors to pacify the country and flatter Tianxian to eliminate the evil." then he raised his troops in Peiping, sent his troops to the south, and openly launched an anti water rebellion against Kyoto. June 13, 1402 The emperor Jianwen, who was sitting in the world, was defeated by the power of the king Yan. Without any plan, he ended his four-year imperial journey in a panic. Following by 22 old servants, he cut off his hair and fled far away from the court, and began a long and desperate life of living in the wind and water and walking in the starry night. As a matter of fact, when Zhu Yunwen first ascended the throne of Jinluan, he intended to replace his grandfather's practice of "Hongwu" with his own rule of "respecting (building) culture", and then carried out the policy of benevolence, law and leniency (then called scholar court). In Jianwen emperor's escape route (now Nanjing Wenzhou Ruian Pingyang Fujian), southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian were regarded as the core strongholds of his last battle (sometimes Yushan woodcutter Wang Zi went to Zhejiang and Fujian for seven years to find Huidi and wrote poems for him to survive): in advance, generals Zheng Xi, Zheng Qia and Liao Ping commanded him to take the lead, command tens of thousands of troops, transfer Treasury gold and silver treasures and disperse them to Yan Dang Mountain range and Taimu mountain range (Taimu Yandang, such as Kunzhong, ascends to a mountain near Qizhen temple and can see Taimu) are surrounded by many Linji monks' gate and nearby stockade, and are supported by Qizhen temple and other disciples of the same clan. In addition, Jianwen emperor's national treasure seal, which symbolizes the orthodox imperial power (the one who ascends the throne with this seal can be called the Ninth Five Year Plan supreme, otherwise it can only be regarded as a grass chicken local bandit), and Zheng With the imperial sword of Shangfang in his hand, Xi could command the emperor to transfer his troops. The whole restoration forces are ready to take refuge in these strongholds, stabilize their positions, and conserve their energy, so that they can take up the banner of righteousness and make great achievements again one day. From the dead general full of loyalty and indignation, weeping and touching his heart, he swore his loyalty to the Lord to the death: "Yan thieves disorganize the imperial platform, harm the country, cheat the world and steal fame. It's not benevolent, unjust, unfaithful, unfilial and unruly. All the people in the world should fight together! We do not want to live, but we want to live up to our responsibilities. We pledge to live up to the true Dragon Emperor and he will surely revive the imperial program. " All the officers and men became monks, and formed a team of monks with Linji Zhitu and Zhongren Yishi. They built Tucheng stockade in the secret chamber of the secret passage under the Zen forest and in the nearby high pass. Although the fortress is not as solid as the iron wall, it is also commanding, broad-minded, and easy to retreat. In addition, it is equipped with rolling wood and stones, and the secret passage connecting the temple, which is enough to form an arch guard force for the temple.

After enduring the loneliness of the ancient Buddhas, these monks and soldiers began to build and practice equipment, raise horses, and store food and grass under the cover of the high wall of the monk's gate and the surrounding deep Qing. At the other end of the road, Zhu Di, who had been given the title of emperor's power by God, was not right, but after all, he had established himself in the world and could not be shaken. He could hardly forgive the revolutionary ministers who despised him for "ignoring the patriarchal precepts and family rules, disobeying the patriarchal system, and being ashamed of the emperor's responsibility for the Li people".

Experience

As the saying goes: living people are most afraid of death, what are they afraid of? In the end, it was Jianwen emperor, whose life and death were unknown and whose whereabouts were unknown, who made Zhu Di sit like a needle and felt, worried day and night, and had trouble sleeping and eating.

When Zhu Di received the full and reliable information that the "Abolishing the emperor" and the remaining forces of the old army were lurking in the southern coastal areas, he immediately ordered the Ministry of relatives and followers: "I heard that the remaining evils of the revolutionary Dynasty were gathering in the dark, hoping to burn the ashes. Now the plan is clear, and it is necessary to eliminate it in a hurry! You must go to battle in the starry night, and remember to eliminate the chronic disease of cancer, cut off the bud, and avoid other changes! " As a result, a large number of planned and organized soldiers from the royal guards' Academy and the eagle dog's paws from the dongjishichang, who carried weapons across the carving saddles and drove directly to the "severe disaster areas", launched a big killing campaign: the vanguard team arrived in southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian with Shenji firearms, set up sentries at the key points and the throat of Tongdao to monitor, closely control and check the traffic; many main forces waved their whip After entering the mountain, he surrounded Qizhen temple and other gathering places of Jianwen emperor's former headquarters without leakage, and then the factory and the guards joined forces and went forward separately. He wanted to wipe them out one by one with the momentum of "lianguoduan" and "fixed point elimination" when the other party was caught off guard. In a flash, the Linji ancient temple on both sides of the official road was full of fire, gunfire, thunder and blood. After all, the Zen jungle such as Qizhen temple was separated and there was few support. No matter how skillful the monks and soldiers were, they could not resist the close encirclement and close suppression of the factory guards and the wolf killing in turn. Finally, they were all killed.

Those Chu Di's followers were like red eyed hungry wolves, and they were so cruel that no temple would burn, no image would destroy, and no monk would kill. "From

Chinese PinYin : Qi Zhen Si