Zhuyuan nunnery

Zhuyuan nunnery

Zhuyuan temple, also known as Jingdu temple, is located at the foot of Zhuyuan mountain, Shaluo Jingkou village, Jiji Town, Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, 12 kilometers away from the county seat. It was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 300 years.

geographical position

The nunnery, built on the mountain, is a Ming Dynasty quadrangle building with three horizontal rooms and two front and back rooms, covering an area of about 1000 square meters. There are Mahavira hall, Guanyin Bodhisattva hall, guest hall, Zen room, etc. there are more than ten solemn Buddha statues such as Sanbao Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Weituo, Maitreya, etc. There are dadanlong and Zhaitang in the front courtyard of the nunnery. There are wooden couplets on the front gate of the courtyard, which are written by the famous calligrapher Qin Dazi of Guangzhou and written by Hong Kong compatriot Liang Wenwei, "bamboo green, pine green, looking up at the vast world, courtyard deep, pure, suitable, Hong and no two Dharma gates"; the horizontal gate of the courtyard remains. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the four character gate number was inscribed by Chen Huojian (also known as Jiu Er, commonly known as 18 ye). The architecture and Buddha statue of the nunnery are still complete.

Humanistic information

The white Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the nunnery was worshipped by Chen Tongqian (1617-1675), a native of Jingkou village at the foot of the mountain, when he built the nunnery. It is said that during the reign of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, Chen Tongqian took a boat from Xinxing River to Zhaoqing City for examination. When the boat passed through Zhaoqing City, a wooden statue of Avalokitesvara floated close to the boat and was picked up by Chen Tongqian. He also vowed to wish that if he could be selected in this course, he would surely build a temple to offer rewards when he returned home, and that he would really win the first place in this examination. When he returned to his hometown, he and his younger brother moved to Zhuyuan mountain in the back of the village to build a temple to worship, and later generations continued to maintain and pay homage. The nunnery is located in the mountains, the environment is beautiful and quiet, is a good place for Zen study, so in addition to monks, it also served as a school. During the reign of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Chen Zaiqian (1782-1838), a famous scholar in the south of the five ridges, was the fifth grandson of Chen Tongqian. He served as the imperial edict of Qingyuan County and the supervisor of Guangzhou Yuehua Academy.

Tourism information

Zhuyuan nunnery belongs to Buddhism. Every year, a large number of pilgrims and tourists come to visit it. There are four yellow Plumeria trees in the hospital, which have been growing for more than 200 years. There is a clear spring nearby, known as "bamboo courtyard Buddha spring", which tastes sweet as Li. It has a fragrance at the entrance and can be stored for a long time without deterioration. People often come all the way, greedily filling one can after another, especially on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, where people are full of water. It is said that this day's water can cure all kinds of diseases, and drink it to prolong life.

Nearby attractions

Guoen Temple

Guoen temple is located at the foot of Longshan in Jiji Town, Xinxing County, 13 kilometers away from the city, a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. It is the old residence and garden of Huineng. Huineng was built in 683, the first year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, to repay his parents' kindness. In 706, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty issued an imperial edict to grant it the name of "Guoen Temple" (now it is written on the forehead of the gate as "imperial edict to Guoen Temple"). The temple has a history of 1308 years. Guoen temple is also called "Longshan Temple" because of its back pillow Longshan. A glittering brand of "chici Guoen Temple" hangs high above the gate of the temple. The Mountain Gate of Guoen Temple faces west. In front of the square in front of the main gate of the temple, a 10 meter long dragon leaps across the temple, which is very impressive. A pair of three-dimensional sculptures of the Dragon snatching treasures are majestic on the high wall in front of the temple, which is nearly 100 meters long. After the construction of the imperial court, the courtyard is precise and strict, with a grand layout and a construction area of more than 9200 square meters.

Hometown of Deng fa

Deng fa (March 7, 1906 - April 8, 1946) was born in Shitang village, Fucheng District, Yunfu City. Only primary education. At the age of 15, he went to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places to make a living with his fifth brother Deng Fang. In 1925, he took part in leading the general strike between Guangdong and Hong Kong and was elected as the representative of workers. He joined the Communist Party of China in the summer of 1926 and served as the leader of the Northern Expedition youth team of the Guangdong provincial Party Department of the National Development Party. He assisted Chen Yannian, Deng Zhongxia and Su Zhaozheng in organizing propaganda teams, transportation teams and rescue teams, and went to the Central Plains with the northern expedition. After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, he went to Hong Kong to work underground. After a long period of revolutionary struggle, Deng FA has become one of the leaders of the Chinese labor movement.

Address: Jingkou village, liuzu Town, Xinxing County, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 112.20287159398

Latitude: 22.600464602465

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