Baipu Temple

Baipu Temple

Baipu temple is an ancient temple of Liao Dynasty with a history of more than 900 years. It was first built in the early years of Qiantong in Liao Dynasty, and now there are three gatehouses and main halls. The tower was built in the sixth year of jinhuangtong (1146). The tower is 10 meters high, solid hexagonal, with dense eaves in the lower part and covered bowl in the upper part. The tower has three layers of dense eaves, on which the double-layer lotus supports the covering bowl. The tower is a transition from dense eaves to covering bowl. It is a rare precious tower in China and a masterpiece of the dense eaves tower in Jin Dynasty.

brief introduction

Baipu temple is a cultural relic protection unit in Mentougou District of Beijing. It is located at the foot of Jincheng Mountain in the north of yubai village, Yanchi Town, Mentougou District. In the early years of the Liao and Qian dynasties, the believers in Changping, Yuhe, Fanshan and Huailai raised funds to build a Buddhist temple on the spot, which was initially named Baipu temple, and later changed to "Baipu Shoufeng Temple", commonly known as Baipu temple. In the late Liao Dynasty, master Yuanzheng, an eminent monk of Huayan sect, traveled to Jincheng Mountain in Wanping County of Yanjing to spread Buddhism. It was rebuilt in Jin, yuan, Ming and Republic of China. The temple faces south in the north, with a gate tower in front, three main halls and three side halls. At present, the west side of the temple is the pagoda, with Yuanzheng master pagoda, yuanyan elder pagoda

Benqin Zen master tower. Yuanzheng master's tower was built in 1146, a combination of dense eaves tower and covered bowl tower, which is rare in ancient pagodas. Yuanyan elder's tower was founded by Zen master Benqin, a disciple of yuanyan elder, in 1248. It is a popular shijingchuang style tomb tower in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Now only eight prism shaped tower body and canopy are left. The inscription on the tower body records yuanyan's trace, The pagoda was built in the second year of Dade (1298) of the Yuan Dynasty. It is also a tombstone of shijingchuang type. Now there are only eight square stone column shaped pagodas. The characters "Li" and "Ji" in the inscriptions of the pagoda are the same as those of today's simplified characters. On the east side, there are three Dragon King halls, which belong to the animal kissing hall on the main ridge. They were originally dedicated to empress, Emperor Guan and Dragon King. There are color murals on both walls. The east wall is the story of Guandi, and the west wall is the story of the Dragon King, which is composed of many groups of small pictures. After the main hall, there are stone pillars, which are relics of the Jin Dynasty. There are stone tablets in the temple during the yuan, Ming and Republic of China periods, including the "record of the industry of Baipu Shoufeng Buddhist temple in Jincheng Mountain, Wanping City", which was set up in 1296 of the Yuan Dynasty. The inscriptions in regular script mainly describe the various industries of Baipu temple, and are the material materials for studying the temples of the Yuan Dynasty. According to the inscriptions, there are many temples in Baipu, such as "Longquan courtyard in Baiyang village", "Chongxing courtyard in Yanchi village", "one in Qinyu village", "Shaoxiang courtyard in shangantongbao village" and "Fu Temple in Huailai County, Shangdu road".

Located in the mountains of Yanchi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing, Baipu temple was built in the Liao Dynasty and got its name because of its two waterfalls. During the heyday of Baipu temple, there were as many as 100 monks. The main hall was dedicated to the only two Buddhas in the country. One of them was the thousand Buddha raobiluzhena Buddha. The diameter of the bell tower was about 1.5 meters. There were a Zhenshui tower, a pharmacist tower, and a covered bowl Pagoda with dense eaves. There are eleven in the house of Commons. However, in the early years of the Republic of China, a warlord attached great importance to this geomantic treasure land of Baipu temple. He wanted to move his ancestral grave here and led his troops to destroy it. The villagers in yubai village, the nearest to linbaipu temple, are determined to build Baipu temple. However, Baipu temple is not much bigger than the previous Baipu temple. It is just a three in one courtyard temple. The Baipu temple in the Sanhe courtyard was finally destroyed by the "Cultural Revolution". The Thousand Buddhas who did not dare to be destroyed by the warlords were destroyed. The big bronze bells were sold and the "big trumpet" for propaganda was bought. Only one ancient pagoda of Liao Dynasty was left. Master Huineng was born in yubai village, which is the nearest to linbaipu temple. When he was young, he was different from other children. He was inherited by Buddhism. After all kinds of hardships, he became a monk. He led many residents to build roads in 1998 and built Baipu temple again.

At present, Baipu Temple starts from the gate of the mountain, and there are Tianwang hall, liangxuliao room, bell tower, Drum Tower, guest hall and French logistics office. The ancient pagoda of Liao Dynasty is on the right side of Daxiong hall, and the newly built pharmacist pagoda is on the left side of Daxiong hall. There are Jialan hall, pharmacist hall, Mituo hall, zushi hall and monks on both sides. The two sides of the corridor encircle the hall, winding to the Dharma hall and the Sutra library. On the left is the Abbot's room, and on the right is xiaoshiqiao to fangshengchi. Zhaitang and four storey building. Halls, halls and buildings are connected everywhere. In the southwest valley of the temple, there are dizang hall, Han white jade Avalokitesvara, reception hall, ten meter high bronze statue of dizang King Bodhisattva, and in front of dizang King Bodhisattva is a seven storey relic tower for storing relic. And there are God of wealth hall, release pool, well room, boiler room. There are two monasteries on the east side of the temple, followed by Mituo village nursing home. In front of the second monastery is the Avalokitesvara Pavilion. Inside the pavilion is a six meter high statue of Avalokitesvara carved with camphor tree fossils. Passing through the Guanyin Pavilion is a winding stone road to the pharmacist's Guanyin cave. Baipu temple is an ancient tree towering, terraced fields, fruit trees, beautiful natural environment, unique Temple environment. Following the traditional Buddhist heritage design and construction, it is a rare jungle style temple in China, which is set up in a one-stop way from family members and lay monks to their deathbed, death and storage of relic bones. The reason is that the Buddhists are willing to practice Buddhism.

Location and route

Address: Baipu temple, yubai village, Yanchi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing

Bus: take bus No.892 (get off at qinyukou) or drive by yourself

Abbot

Master Huineng

Shi Huineng, commonly known as Bai Fengrui, was born in Mentougou District of Beijing in March 1960. In 1991, he converted to LINGJI temple in Zhengding County, Hebei Province. In 1993, he received the home Bodhisattva commandment in Bolin temple, Zhao county, Hebei Province. Elder Shangjing Xiahui was a monk. He became a monk in 1998. In 1999, he received three great commandments in Xiangxiang mountain, Gansu Province. In 2000, he was the abbot of Baipu temple in Mentougou District, Beijing. In 2003, he received the Dharma pulse of Hong Kong Shangyi Xiazhao old monk. In 2004, he received the lineage of the elder of Xiayin.

In 2005, it was built in Baitasi, Yongqing County, Hebei Province. In 2006, he received the lineage of Linji, elder of Hongfa temple in Shenzhen. In 2007, he received the patriarchal lineage of Cao Dong, elder of Shangjing Xiahui in Bolin temple, Zhao county, Hebei Province. In 2008, he served as the abbot of Baijing Temple (formerly Yinguang nianfo Hall) in Guangyang District, Langfang City, Hebei Province, and the first Zhaoming temple in Fuding, Fujian Province. In the same year, he received the Dharma pulse of elder Shangti Xiahui from Taiwan. In 2009, he served as the abbot of Shengquan temple in Fangshan District of Beijing, and in the same year, he received Dharma pulse from the elder of Shangming and Xiacheng in Taiwan. In 2010, he was the first member of Donglin temple in Jiangxi Province. In 2011, he served as the abbot of jushilin, Gu'an County, Hebei Province. He is now Deputy Secretary General of Hebei Buddhist Association, vice president of Langfang Buddhist Association and member of Langfang CPPCC.

Address: Yanchi Town, Mentougou District, Beijing

Longitude: 115.920975

Latitude: 40.117799

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