Huiyin Koryo Temple

Huiyin Gaoli temple is located between chishanbu and yucenshan. It is a characteristic tourist attraction with temple architecture as the carrier and religious culture as the keynote. Hui is famous for the Gaoli temple, which is closely related to Yitian, the fourth son of Wang Hui, King Wenzong of Gaoli.

Huiyin Koryo Temple

Huiyin Gaoli temple is located in the northwest of yucenshan and shaujiwan in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and the southeast of Wulaofeng. It is adjacent to Yu Quyuan tomb, Chen kuilong tomb, Yu Qian temple and other historic sites. It covers an area of about 15000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 2500 square meters. Founded in 927, it was formerly known as Huiyin temple.

In 1085, the prince of Koryo, monk Tong Yitian, traveled across the ocean to seek Dharma in Huiyin temple, and donated scriptures and money to make it famous, so it is commonly known as Koryo temple. In the song and Yuan Dynasties, there was a great deal of incense, but later it was built and destroyed again and again. In 2007, it was reconstructed according to the "ancient Koryo Temple map".

brief introduction

Huiyin Gaoli temple in Hangzhou is located between chishanbu and yucenshan. It is a characteristic tourist attraction with temple architecture as the carrier and religious culture as the keynote.

Huiyin Koryo temple was built in 927, and it was destroyed and built many times. By the late Qing Dynasty, there was no temple building.

In 2007, the historic temple was rebuilt. The rebuilt huiyingaoli temple has special significance and value beyond the general temples. On the one hand, the great development of the source master and the donation of Kaito Noriko's righteousness in the Northern Song Dynasty made it a center of Zhonghua and Chinese mainland, which had important influence on the history of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhism on the Korean Peninsula. On the other hand, it was also a witness of the long history of friendship between China and the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, although Huiyin Gaoli temple itself is not a cultural relic building, it contains a very rich cultural connotation. It undertakes the mission of carrying forward the Buddhist culture with the contemporary spirit and continuously witnessing the historical exchange of Buddhist culture. It is a tourist attraction with the nature of religious culture display.

Historical evolution

Huiyin Gaoli temple was first built in 927 (the second year of Tiancheng in the later Tang Dynasty) by Qian Liu, king of Wu and Yue. Huiyin Koryo Temple

His fame is closely related to Yitian, the fourth son of Wang Hui, King Wenzong of Korea. In 1085 (the eighth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty), Yitian traveled to Hangzhou to seek Buddhism and stayed in Huiyin temple with his master Jingyuan. Hou Yitian returned home and sent 170 volumes of three parts of Huayan Sutra to Huiyin temple, and donated money to build Huayan Sutra Pavilion and Bodhisattva statue, which made Huiyin Temple famous and known as "Huayan first Daochang", commonly known as Koryo temple. In the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, Huiyin Gaoli temple was granted as the former imperial merit court, and the incense flourished. Since then, Huiyin Gaoli temple has been destroyed and built many times. By the early years of Guangxu, the temple buildings had no existence.

In 2004, Hangzhou began to rebuild the historic temple, and listed it as one of the 36 historical and cultural scenic spots in the west of lake. The reconstruction took two years and seven months.

Layout and architecture

layout

According to the scale and layout of the "ancient Koryo Temple map", the Huiyin Koryo temple after reconstruction is of song style. On the basis of respecting the pattern of traditional Buddhist temples, it combines the characteristics of religious museums and Buddhist temples to create the effect of cultural temples. It is intended to inherit and explain the historical origin of Koryo temple in the exchange of Buddhist culture, and show the atmosphere and artistic characteristics of Chinese Buddhist temples in the Tang and Song dynasties. The spatial layout of Huiyin Gaoli temple is composed of three axes: Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, lunzang hall and Huayan Sutra Pavilion, which are used to display the traditional Chinese Buddhist culture. On the north side are the exhibition room of Buddhist cultural exchange, the Abbot's room and the Zen hall, which will point out the historical origin of the Buddhist cultural exchange in the Koryo temple. In the south is the supporting service facilities.

Tianwang Hall

Tianwang hall is the first Hall of Huiyin Gaoli temple. In the hall, the bronze statues of the four heavenly kings of Tang and Song Dynasties stand in Xumishan gold, glass, silver and agate, symbolizing the protection of the people's land and Buddhism. It is lined with silk painting and "Huiyin temple mountain map" to praise the grand event of Huiyin Gaoli temple reconstruction. The two walls are decorated with clouds and water patterns which are rich in the charm of Hangzhou's mountains and waters to set off the change of things and the development of Hangzhou's religion. The four pieces of jade engravings show the Buddhist connotation of the solemn Buddhist kingdom and the grand ceremony. The exhibition technique combines the modern and the traditional organically, which is both exquisite and solemn.

Bell tower the bell tower is a pavilion with big bells hanging in the temple. The newly cast Sanskrit bell integrates the Buddhist patterns of Tang and Song Dynasties, and absorbs the characteristics of the Sanskrit bell of the Koryo and Silla periods of the same period. The casting process is exquisite. We hope that all living beings will "hear the sound of the bell, worry about the wisdom and wisdom of the Bodhi of Qing Dynasty, get out of the pit of fire from hell, and be willing to become Buddhas and spend all living beings". On the ground floor of the bell tower, the representative ancient bell models and related souvenirs of Buddhist temples in China and South Korea are displayed.

Da Xiong hall Da Xiong hall is the main hall of the Buddhist temple. Da Xiong praises Sakyamuni's virtue. At present, the Buddha statues in the hall are presented by the group portraits of the Song Dynasty, the most prosperous period in the history of Huiyin temple. There are 19 statues on xumizuo carved in Honghua pear wood, which are used to show the three Buddhas, ten Bodhisattvas, Arhats and all sages. There are three traditional color paintings on the back wall and stone carvings on both sides. The whole hall is solemn and solemn, creating the atmosphere of Tang and Song Dynasty Buddha Hall.

Lunzang temple lunzang is a traditional temple dedicated to the collection of scriptures, which has the special meaning of "pushing one turn is the same as reading a large Tibetan scripture". In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the setting of wheel collection in Jiangnan area was very popular, and the shape of wheel collection was gorgeous. Temples competed to boast of the richness of Scripture collection, but the wheel collection of temples in contemporary Jiangnan area has not been left. According to historical records, there is a large scale of lunzang in Gaoli temple, in which there is a song style lunzang. The restored wooden lunzang has four stories and five eaves, and is 13.5 meters high. It is the largest lunzang in China. Among them, three floors are built with sutras and Buddhist relics. The top floor is the Tiangong pavilion with traditional song style Buddhist and Taoist tent. The whole body is engraved with Tianlong flying to protect the Buddhist scriptures and Dharma. The whole body is carved with nanmu according to the traditional song style small wood method. It contains the excellent technical tradition of Pavilion style wooden tower construction in Jiangnan area, and also shows the epochal nature of engineering technology. It is not only the most unique one in Huiyin Gaoli temple The temple is also a unique structure at home and abroad.

Huayan Sutra Pavilion Huayan Sutra Pavilion is the end point of the spatial sequence of the central axis of Huiyin Koryo temple. In the pavilion, nanmu song style wall tent is rebuilt to collect Buddhist scriptures, and to display the engraving plates and various Buddhist relics provided by Korean Buddhist circles. Its environment combines the design of niche and Feitian painting. Tourists feel as if they are in the paradise in the jingle of the jade ring pendant. They can enjoy the marvellous of Feitian music and the solemn and holy faces of Buddhas and other Buddhist culture related films and TV programs. They can get a special Buddhist culture experience and enjoy a feast of Buddhist art.

The Buddhist exchange exhibition room, Chinese mainland and Korean Peninsula (Korea), began in the middle and late fourth Century, and has been in existence for more than 1600 years. It is a rare phenomenon in the history of world cultural exchange that the influence of its exchange activities is extensive, far-reaching and lasting. There are many eminent monks who have played an important role in the history of Buddhist exchanges between the two countries. Due to the limitation of the venue, the exhibition room finally displays the deeds of 22 eminent monks.

In the center of yitiantang yitiantang is a bronze statue of master Yitian, which is surrounded by 12 copper plate serial paintings to show the life story of master Chen Yitian. From the exhibition room to yitiantang, the blue stone relief of Yitian's search for law in the Song Dynasty and the navigation chart of his return to China are designed. Today, people can follow Yitian's footsteps and take the historical route again, symbolizing the context of traditional culture.

main features

Tang Song style

Huiyingaoli temple, which was rebuilt in the heyday, was restored in the style of Tang and Song dynasties. This is quite different from the modern Temple furnishings in Jiangnan. It covers an area of about 15000 square meters, with a total construction area of about 2500 square meters.

Many things are unique. Such as lunzang hall, the unique shapes of the four heavenly kings, Buddha statues, murals In particular, it is worth mentioning the "zhuanlunzang" in lunzang hall.

According to reports, most of the temples in the south of the Yangtze River are in the Ming and Qing Dynasties style after the Yuan Dynasty, such as the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, which is more solemn and has a large volume of Buddha statues. In the main hall of Huiyin Koryo temple, the statues are gorgeous in clothes and rich in posture.

The statues in the hall of Mahavira are common in Tang and song temples. It is difficult to see them in later temples. The production process of these statues is called "raw lacquer bodiless", which is almost lost. The statues handed down by using this process are quite rare. In tangzhaoti temple in Nara, Japan, there is a "master Jianzhen", which is made by bodiless process. It is a precious cultural relic of Japanese national treasure.

The four King Kong in the temple are not standing in rows, but standing face to face according to the four directions of southeast and northwest. The four statues of Vajra are also very unique. They are holding magic weapons and have a kind look. They are not the common "angry eyes".

Wheel collection

Huiyingaoli temple also has the world's tallest runner Tibet, up to 13.6 meters. The whole body is carved with nanmu and decorated with gold foil.

Lunzang is a traditional temple dedicated to the collection of scriptures, which has the special meaning of "pushing one turn (circle) is the same as reciting one great Sutra". In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the setting of wheel collection in Jiangnan area was very popular, and the shape of wheel collection was gorgeous. Temples competed to boast of the richness of Scripture collection, but the wheel collection of temples in contemporary Jiangnan area has not been left.

This exquisite building, which weighs several tons, can be driven by ordinary manpower. Each of the four men held a wooden push hand and pushed forward slowly with the same force. The golden "giant" began to rotate slowly. Because the speed is very slow, there is enough space

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