Laoyinghua Temple

Laoyinghua Temple

Laoyinghua temple is located in Yinghua Town, northwest of Shifang County, Sichuan Province. It is adjacent to Jiufeng Mountain scenic spots in Mianzhu, Maoxian and Pengxian counties. It is located in the transition zone between Western Sichuan plain and Qinghai Tibet Plateau. It is 37 kilometers away from the county, 98 kilometers away from Chengdu City, 180 square kilometers in scenic area, and 3160 meters in peak height. It was the practice place of Ming Ben, a Buddhist monk in Xiangyang of Jiangsu Province in Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty. Ming Ben entered laoyinghua temple in Zhengtong period. After his death, Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty granted him the title of Ming Ben's ancestor. The temple is located between the green mountains. The whole mountain is like a quadrangle, with mountains on both sides. A beam in front of the temple is shoulder to shoulder with the temple, just like a woman's wall. The mountain behind the temple is especially high, and the mountain is like a chair. The temple is placed in it.

brief introduction

The old Yinghua temple is the ancestral temple of Yinghua. According to Shifang county annals. People, it is called "Jiangnan Jurong Jiang's son. After becoming a monk, he made great progress in Taoism and became a successful monk in xinyinghua." The old Yinghua temple, formerly known as "Yinghua jingshe", was built by Ming Benshi. In addition, Ming Benshi also presided over the construction of many temples, such as the new Yinghua temple. The founder of Yinghua was granted by Zhu Yijun, Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty also named him "emperor Hui". After his death, his younger brother held his head and hid the new Yinghua mountain temple. It has become a custom to court Yinghua every June.

Laoyinghua temple was rebuilt in 1987 and completed in 1994. There are four main halls, namely, Tianwang hall, Guanyin hall, Great Buddha Hall and zushi hall. The famous halls are overlapped and built on the slope of the mountain, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters.

The temple is located between the green mountains. The whole mountain is like a quadrangle, with mountains on both sides. A beam in front of the temple is shoulder to shoulder with the temple, just like a woman's wall. The mountain behind the temple is especially high, and the mountain is like a chair. The temple is placed in it.

There is a tablet in the temple, which records the origin of the temple: "Laoying Huatian temple, formerly known as Gaoshan temple, was founded by laoen of Luohan temple in Shifang in the fourth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1371 A.D.). In the first year of Zhengtong in Ming Dynasty, the Zen master of Ming Dynasty moved from Deyang to build it. After his death, there was a spiritual trace left behind..."

The Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008 completely destroyed all the palaces of laoyinghua temple.

scenic spot

Along the stone steps in front of the temple gate, the temple gate couplet: "with a long roar, the valley should leave a bell chime, raise your head and look around, and you can roam in the sea and sky.". The couplets are magnificent, with the broad mind of Buddhism and the heroic atmosphere in the world. It is rare to say that people have to believe that the Ming master of folklore, namely the eldest grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the emperor of Jianwen, Zhu Yunhe, are somewhat authentic.

There is a stone gate. It is an inscription in March of the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu. It has four big characters: "Tiangong Temple". Tiangong temple is another name for Yinghua jingshe (old Yinghua Temple). "Jingshe" has the flavor of folk literati, while the Zen temple is a school of Buddhist style. The combination of the two makes people feel that the temple is solemn, though not lack of peace and elegance.

According to Chengde Fu Zhi, it was written in the 43rd year of Kangxi reign. According to a stele written by monk Zhao an, Zhulin temple was built in Zhihe of Yuan Dynasty. In the temple, there is another inscription from the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, "the monk of the Yuan Dynasty wrote heaven in the moon.".

To visit the scenic spot of Yinghua mountain, the ancients started from gaojingguan and walked through gaojingguan's "two peaks facing each other and a stream training" to visit and worship the "forty eight Tangkou" in turn. Today's people start from gaojingguan. Although the forty-eight Tangkou has lost its original appearance, they have to see laoyinghua's, and then go up to Hongbai. The main peak of shangyinghua looks at sunrise, cloud waterfall, fog sea, and holy lamp and Buddha light. Laoyinghua temple is Yinghua A pearl on the tourist line.

Master Ming Ben

The founder of Yinghua, Ming Ben, an eminent monk of Ming Dynasty, is a native of Jurong County, Jiangsu Province. His father is Yanbin, and his mother is Qi. His father was the Wei Xun Shou of Songpan in Sichuan Province during the Hongwu Period. Because he lived away from Guanghan, his mother believed in Buddhism. He was born on March 13, 1407 in the fifth year of Yongle Then he went to Xiaoxitian to become a monk in the first year of Xuande (1426) in Dayi County. He was 19 years old at that time, and received a commandment for another three years. He went to wainao mountain in Deyang and joined in the cultivation of Jielu. In the first year of Zhengtong (1436), due to the earthquake, the mountain was greatly shaken, so it was moved to Gaoshan temple in Shifang County, namely laoyinghua Twenty years of asceticism, Tianshun Dingchou (1457), April 8, dache Dawu, June 13, passed away, the life of the world is fifty, and Seng La is thirty-one.... " As a generation of eminent monks, mingbenshi preached Buddhism in Shifang, which has far-reaching influence. The Yinghua Festival on June 6 has become a major folk event in Shifang, which shows that mingbenshi was the original developer of Yinghua mountain scenic spot. Every year when spring is warm and flowers are blooming, tourists from all over the world begin to visit gaojingguan, Yinghua ancient town, Zhuxi and hongbaichang to pay homage to the old and new Yinghua temple. June 6 is the "right day" of the Yinghua Festival.

periphery

Laoyinghua temple is located in the transition zone between the Western Sichuan plain and the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The beautiful Yinghua mountain is the branch of the Longmen Mountains and the Minshan mountains. Longmen mountain system is famous for its unique geology. As a branch, its natural geology is complex and unique. In the scenic area, there are high mountains, deep valleys, beautiful peaks, and many falls, forming a beautiful waterfall. The geology is complex and changeable. Biodiversity: the vegetation here is excellent and has the reputation of "Yinghua reddening". There are rare plants such as Davidia involucrata, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoia, Phoebe and Lianxiang. There are hundreds of ornamental flowers such as Rhododendron, Primula, camellia, Lily and gentian. There are wild animals such as giant panda, golden monkey, green monkey, wild donkey, antelope, Swertia, deer, goat, and rare birds such as golden pheasant, sheep horn chicken and red bellied pheasant. The famous Swan forest is composed of pine, fir and Cryptomeria fortunei with an area of nearly 8 square kilometers. There are many kinds of exotic flowers and plants all over the mountain.

There is a long history of Buddhism here. There were 48 temples on the original bailiyou mountain road. It was the famous Buddhist temple of Mingben, founder of Yinghua, a famous monk in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a flourishing incense and Buddhist culture. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it has developed into a Buddhist holy land and a famous tourist area in Western Sichuan. It is a famous spot of Shifang's Buddhist spiritual pilgrimage tourism, but the temples in Benshan have been destroyed one after another, some of them have disappeared, and now they have been partially restored and are being restored.

Not only that, but also Li Bing's platform for immortality promotion and tomb for clothes, the palace of Meng Yan, king of Shu, and his wife Huarui, built in Longju temple in Sui Dynasty. From the perspective of historical value, it has great appreciation.

Address: Yinghua Town, Shifang City, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 104.01620416548

Latitude: 31.314580924111

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