Doulu Temple

Doulu Temple

Douliu temple is located in shiziling scenic area of Laoshan National Forest Park, Pukou District, Nanjing. At its peak, there were more than 40 permanent monks in the temple. In 2006, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

brief introduction

It is said that there used to be a wooden couplet in the temple. The first couplet is: it's really hard to pick the important tasks in the world. In the lion forest, it's good to rest and talk about the stones. The second couplet is: if it's hard to walk all the way, why don't you stop and pour tea.

This couplet is in simple terms. It is against Gongzheng and contains Buddhism and philosophy: in the world affairs, the eyes are closely linked with shiziling mountain rocks and famous tea, which makes people ponder.

Shiziling is located 7 kilometers west of the street city, between Daci mountain and Xihua mountain. It is 363 meters high. It is said that the Bodhisattva dizang sat in the road of Xihua peak all night, and the stone suddenly rose from the ground behind him. It looks like a lion, so it is called shiziling. It is one of the 40 scenic spots in new Jinling.

Historical evolution

The temple was formerly known as shiziling Daochang. Built in the late Ming Dynasty, it has a history of more than 300 years. Its founder is Zheng Jifan, the third son of Zheng pin in the Ming Dynasty.

After being nurtured by his father, he became a potential psychologist. In his middle age, because he was dissatisfied with the government, he studied Buddhist scriptures and cut his hair to become a monk (called monk Bai'an). He founded shiziling Daochang and later renamed it Douliu temple.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, it was rebuilt into a temple without walls, mountain gates and main halls. Only the building facilities with the Sutra collection building as the main body kept the characteristics of the Sutra temple, which was rare in many temples in the country.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the temple became more and more famous. Monks from all walks of life gathered in the temple, and there were still more than 100 people in the temple. Every morning, the drum beat and incense filled the temple. It became a rare holy land for Buddhism.

On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, 104 monasteries were planned to be built, with complete bells, drums, and magic weapons. There were thousands of volumes of all kinds of sutras and all kinds of sutras. During the period of "Cultural Revolution", the name of Douli temple was dead, the monks were all gone, and the incense was extinct.

After 1978, the temple was rebuilt, and the main hall of zhaishi and Sansheng hall were completed one after another.

The origin of the name

Why is the temple named "doulu"? Originally, the word "doulu" comes from the Buddhist scripture "doulu heaven" and "doulu" is Buddhist Sanskrit, which has been changed into "Doushu", "doulu Tuo", "dulido" and so on. It is translated into "contentment, joy, wonderful contentment, superior contentment" and so on. It is said that "happiness born from contentment is the heart".

"Douhutian" is divided into inner courtyard and outer courtyard. The outer courtyard is inhabited by Tianzhong, and the inner courtyard is the pure scholar of Maitreya Bodhisattva. The temple is named after "douhutian", which shows that the founder is happy to get the treasure land of shiziling. It seems that he is satisfied with being in the "douhutian". According to puzhaijing, "there is a grand heaven palace in his douhutian, which is named Gaozhuang, with a width of 2500 tongues and 60 Li. Bodhisattvas often sit here for the heavens People play classics.

From this point of view, the temple named "Dou Temple" can also see the founder's original intention of "preaching scriptures and performing classics".

Master Yuanlin

Master Yuanlin (1916-2008) was born in Suixi, Anhui Province, with a common surname of Du, a pseudonym of Daxiongshan and a nickname of shanseng.

Since the 1980s, he has presided over the restoration and reconstruction of the original ancient buildings of Douri temple, and newly built the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, jade Buddha Hall, Sansheng hall, east gate and other buildings.

In 2004, a landmark building, Daci tower, was built on shiziling.

Master Yuanlin is good at painting and calligraphy. In January 2003, Shanghai pictorial press also published the collection of shanseng Yuanlin's calligraphy and paintings.

At 21:40 on May 6, 2008, the mage showed his serenity in doubi temple. He was 93 years old.

Traffic information

Take bus 422, 420, 424, 607, 608 to Tangquan station

Address: Shuidong street, Jinhua Town, Shehong County, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 105.29112272165

Latitude: 30.985591616768

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