Zhengguo Temple

Zhengguo Temple

Zhengguo temple in Beijing Badachu Park was built in Renshou period of Sui Dynasty. It is the oldest temple in Badachu Park. An ancient Pistacia tree in the temple is more than 600 years old, which is unique to the capital.

geographical position

Zhengguo temple is located on the hillside of Lushi mountain in the west mountain of Beijing, corresponding to the temples in Cuiwei and pingpo mountains. look south.

Historical evolution

Zhengguo temple was built in Renshou period of Sui Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1300 years. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Shi, also known as "induction Zen master", was changed into "induction Temple". In 1326, it was renamed "datianyuan Yansheng Temple". In Jingtai reign of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed "Qingliang Temple" and "Zhenhai Temple". In Tianshun reign, it was renamed "Zhengguo Temple".

After learning about the historical evolution of Zhengguo temple, Haifeng could not help but burst into tears when he saw the dilapidated scene. When he paid homage to Lu Shiyan niche on the west side of Zhengguo temple, he found a remnant stele in the grass. After reading it, he knew that master Fuhai had rebuilt the temple in the early Ming Dynasty. Haifeng and Chongli read the monument together. Chongli couldn't help saying: "strange! Why didn't I find this monument before? " Then he continued: "if we say that master Fuhai was as blessed as Donghai in the past, then master Haifeng is as tall as a mountain today?" Haifeng was surprised and moved. The monks of Zhengguo Temple who accompanied the tour knelt down to master Haifeng and asked him to rebuild the temple. Master Haifeng was deeply moved by the monk's sincere heart. When he recovered the next year, he collected high-quality building materials from the benefactor of Zhengguo temple to rebuild it. First, the main hall, the heavenly king hall, the eastern and Western Zen hall, the kitchen, the bathroom, and the drainage ditch were built; then five great compassion altars and three Abbot's rooms were built, and the mountain gate and the houses where the wandering monks lived were built; the Buddha statues were decorated with gold, solemn and beautiful, and complemented with the colored paintings. Several acres of land were purchased to support the temple, and places for preaching and repaying the benefactor were built. Monks gather here, and they can hear monks chanting sutras every day. The believers who are officially monks and practicing at home all put their hands together and say, "good!". The project was completed from 1815 to 1820. In six years, Haifeng asked Chongli to write an article to record this. Chongli praised: "in this project, you use the joint efforts of dragon and elephant to collect money from believers, and believers get a lot of happiness. If it's not the karma of common wisdom and inheritance of previous life, how can you change thorns into rare trees, a piece of rubble into a Buddhist temple, and become an immortal event? Later people will protect the temple and make it pass on. " Chongli's comments are recorded in the stele of the origin of ten permanent residences of Zhengguo Buddhist temple in Miaoya, Zhongxing, which still exists today. Haifeng also renovated and re engraved the inscriptions of Zhenhai Temple, which were not clear at that time, and the inscriptions are still in good condition. It is worth mentioning that the inscription on the origin of ten permanent residences of Zhengguo temple in Miaoya, Zhongxing, was written by Cheng Enze, a calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. Cheng Enze (1785-1837), named yunfen and Chunhai, was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province. Jiaqing 16 years (1811) Jinshi, official to the Ministry of the minister.

Architectural pattern

Zhengguo temple is built along the mountain. The gate of the mountain is built on a high platform, which is on the same level with the hall. More than 10 meters away from the gate of the temple, there is a pool with a square eye, named "qinglongtan". There are artificial rockeries in the gate, which are ingenious and exquisite in structure. The stone forehead on the mountain gate is engraved with the words "ancient temple Zhengguo Temple". In front of the hall is a stele of grace. Behind the stele is a bronze bell, about 2 meters high and 1.2 meters in diameter. It was cast in the sixth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1470). The body of the bell bears the words "Maha Prajna paramita Sutra" with exquisite casting.

There are 22 auxiliary halls in the Tianwang hall and the third Buddha Hall of Zhengguo temple, which are symmetrical, forming a square and neat layout of Zhengguo temple. There are gatehouses on both sides of the Tianwang hall. Inside the east gate is the Abbot's courtyard. Inside the gate is an exquisite brick wall with the word "Buddha" embedded in it, which is very unique. There are also five houses in the north and three in the East. Outside the South Gate of the Abbot's courtyard is a hillside, with a sea of pines and trees blocking the sky and the sun. In the west of Zhengguo temple, there is a group of garden style buildings. In the front, there are three halls with rolling shed roof. In the front, there are Baoxia and two ear rooms, which are elegant and unique.

There is a courtyard in the west of the main hall. The gate is in the shape of a vase and made of blue stone. A couplet is carved on both sides of the gate, saying: "the winding path leads to the secluded place, and the flowers and trees in the Zen room are deep.". Out of the west gate of the small courtyard, there is an octagonal pavilion with double eaves. In the north of the pavilion is a spacious open pavilion with a wooden plaque inscribed with the word "Zhaozhi Pavilion". A tablet is embedded under the plaque, and on it is engraved the story of the secret cliff Zhaozhi Pavilion. Through this gate, there is a stone road, about 50 meters through the pavilion, and to the north of Changxuan is the secret magic cliff. The walls and gatehouses in the west of the courtyard were still built when they were rebuilt in 1979. Between the walls on both sides, four diamond shaped carved tiles were inlaid, with the four characters of "layer upon layer of green". There is a pavilion on the south side of the discharge gate. It is square with four corners and a sharp top. The pavilion has wings and bright blue and white paintings.

Secret magic cliff is a rock hanging from the top of the mountain. It is inclined downward. Its shape is like a lion's mouth. It is composed of thick layers of quartz sandstone. However, a huge rock here rises from the top of the mountain, which is abrupt and dangerous. Engraved on the stone "natural Valley" four words, under a flat. There is a cave on the side, named "Zhenwu cave", covering an area of more than 10 square meters. It is dedicated to the Taoist Zhenwu emperor, reflecting the integration of Buddhism and Taoism. In front of the cave, there is a Zhaozhi Pavilion, in which there is a stone inscription, inscribed with the title of "the story of Zhaozhi Pavilion on the secret magic cliff", which contains the whole story of Shengjing. There are many poems written by celebrities nearby, among which the quatrains by Weng Tonghe, a calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, are the most precious. It is said that Master Lu practiced here, so people called the mountain "Lushi mountain" and the cave "Lushi cave". Later, because of his experience in praying for rain for the people, he was granted the title of "induction Zen master".

Scenic spot landscape

Monk's tomb tower

The monk's tomb tower of Badachu Badachu Zhengguo temple is located on the east side of the road of the eighth Zhengguo temple in Badachu, Shijingshan District, Beijing. The pagoda is about 0.9 meters high and 0.6 meters wide. It is carved with square stone on the table top. It is supported by stone pentagonal pillars and built on lotus petals. The shape of this tomb tower is peculiar.

Miaoya Zhaozhi Pavilion grows in the mountains for the rest of its life, so it has sex with mountains. After the weak crown floats the sea to study. When he returned to the city, he did not forget the pleasure of living in the mountains. Located at the right foot of the west mountain, the secret magic cliff was formerly known as shituolin. In Tang Tianbao's time, Lu shizhuoxi built the induction temple here, and its name began. It was changed into Zhenhai Temple in Yuantai, dayuantong temple in Xuande and Zhengguo temple in Yingzong. When it came to Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, master Haifeng repaired it again. There are three existing steles in the temple: one is composed by the old man of huannanpu, one by Yao Kui, and one by chongligao of Huanan. We can see the details by reading it.

There are pavilions on the left side of the cliff. Those who come to visit the cliff will almost all climb the pavilions and look at them. They can't move the sundial. I have been climbing the pavilion since I was twenty years old. Since he was nearly 40 years old, he has been working in a different place in front of the temple. He has built a few mu border and planted thousands of pines and peaches. He takes his family to live in it. He is only a few hundred steps away from the cliff. On the evening of the moon in the morning, I set foot in the pavilion and lingered on it. However, the pavilion is in disrepair for a long time and will collapse. At the request of the abbot, Yu Fu made a new dove craftsman. Because of the fact that Master Lu came from the south of the Yangtze River to build a boat without rowing, he was allowed to say: the boat stops me. Then it was named Zhaozhi Pavilion.

It's great to be righteous. The gengua in the book of changes is called gengua. Gen is a mountain elephant. It can be described as a cliff in its broad sense. It ends here and ends in its place. Pavilions stop here and get their place. People stop here and get their place. Lu Shizhi, I also have to stop here, and the will to die. Because of this, to inform the tourists.

It was written by Yuan Yi of Shanxi county and Yuan Yulin of Hang county. It was founded in the spring of Bingzi in the 25th year of the Republic of China.

Temple legend

Lu's name is zhuoxi. He is from Zhejiang. It is said that he resigned when he was old and wanted to practice in the mountains. So he built a wooden boat, floated in the river, and let it drift. The place where the boat stopped was where he went to practice. After a long time of drifting, the boat came to Yanjing country along the tributary of Yongding River and lived in this stone room. No, he lost two dragons to be apprentices. During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a severe drought. There was no rain for several years. The land cracked and the crops could not be planted. When the emperor called for rain prayers, two apprentices offered to have rain skills. Master Lu readily promised that the dragon would both jump into the nearby spring pool and instantly turn into two green dragons, one big and one small. Three days later, it turned out that the next day was bigger than the next. For this reason, Master Lu was granted the title of "induction Zen master" by the emperor, and a "induction Temple" was built here. In Zhenwu cave, there was also a statue of two boys (two green dragons) serving Master Lu. Until the Ming Dynasty, he prayed to Daqing and Xiaoqing for rain. Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty granted Daqing and Xiaoqing the title of Dragon King and offered sacrifices in the spring and Autumn period.

In 1754, Emperor Qianlong visited the cave. The two dragons appeared in the cave, less than one foot long. The abbot told him that this was the second Dragon King. Qianlong said with a smile, "just a little bug, why is it king?" Before the words were heard, the two dragons soared among the mountains, and their heads and tails could not be seen because of the barrier of the mountains. Only one dragon claw hung down from the mountain, its green scales were shining, and its height was as high as the mountain. Qianlong was so scared that he was stunned that he named Daqing "Lingwei", Xiaoqing "Puhua", and the dragon claw was withdrawn. On the platform outside the gate of Zhengguo temple, there is a tablet written by Nanpu monk, which records the legend.

Repair and protection

From June 12 to November 20, 2009, an investment of 2.61 million yuan was invested in the comprehensive renovation of eight non ancient buildings in Zhengguo temple.

The overall renovation project of painting and gilding of the second general of hengha in the Shanmen Hall of Zhengguo temple in Badachu, Beijing, was completed in 2009,

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