Wuyou Temple

In the eyes of many people in Xinjin, Wuyou temple is a pure land and a holy temple. It can help people eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties.

Built in the Tang Dynasty, Wuyu temple is far away from the noise of the city. There are no colorful neon lights and traffic, only the devout believers who are responsible for guarding the temple. In such a small temple, the incense is very strong. Pilgrims from far and near, and patients from all over the world, either come to burn incense or come to seek medical treatment. It's all because there is a mysterious monk named bhiksunish who is famous for his wonderful medical skills. Every day there are many people in front of the temple, and there are many people seeking medical treatment and offering incense.

Monk Xu of Wuyou temple is illiterate, but he can recite scriptures one by one. He has never studied medicine, but he knows the properties of herbs. When he was a monk when he was young, Wuyou temple was in a state of disrepair. The only hall left was a statue with broken facial features or broken hands and feet. Today's Wuyu temple has already taken on a new look! On Baiyun Mountain, the four halls stand majestically, with gates, walls and parking lots. On the left and right of the hall, there are dozens of guest rooms specially for people seeking medical treatment from afar, and the tall and majestic Guanyin hall has been built. The hall has a wide surface, covered with orange red glazed tiles, and inside is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva and his thirty-two incarnations. Today, cars and minivans can reach the parking lot of the temple.

Wuyou Temple

Wuyou temple is located on the East Bank of Leshan City, Sichuan Province. It is juxtaposed with Lingyun mountain (Leshan Giant Buddha). Its original name is Zhengjue temple. It was founded in the Tang Dynasty and changed to its present name in the Northern Song Dynasty. The temple was built on Mount Wuyou. Wuyou mountain, also known as Lidui and Qingyi mountain, is located at the confluence of dongmoshui (Dadu River), Ruoshui (Qingyi River) and Tonghe (Minjiang River) in Leshan City. There is eryatai in the temple. It is said that it is the place where guosheren of Qianwei County of Han Dynasty annotated Erya. On the right side of eryatai, there are four characters "mainstay" chiseled on the cliff near the river, with a diameter of 5 meters, written by Peng Rushi, a Leshan native of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. In the temple, there are many buildings, such as Luohan hall, with green tiles and red walls. The scenery is beautiful. Zhang Chuanshan (Wen Tao), a great poet and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, said in the boat of Jiading: "in ancient Jiazhou on the West Bank of Lingyun, the river is flowing with water. The green shadow can't float away. Push the boat to see Wuyou from three sides. " "The water of pingqiang river is far green, the dream is cold, and the snow of Emei is not gone. Love to see the Han Jiashan wandie, a strange place a stop radius The beautiful scenery of Leshan is poetic and picturesque.

Introduction

Wuyou temple is located at the top of Wuyou mountain at the confluence of moshui (Dadu River), Ruoshui (Qingyi River) and Minjiang River in Leshan, Sichuan Province. The founder of Wuyou temple is Hui Jing, a monk of Tang Dynasty. He has been in Maoshan for ten years. At present, there is a jiemao Pavilion on the top of the mountain. On the wall of the pavilion is engraved with the eight characters of "jiemao place of master Huijing of Tang Dynasty". Monk bianneng wrote a couplet: "the bamboo stick and rope bed open a beautiful place, and the lotus and shell leaves realize Zen." CEN Shen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed governor of Jiazhou. He once went up the mountain to pay homage to the great monk Huijing and wrote a poem entitled "shangjiazhou qingyishan Zhongfeng, where the master Huijing lived in seclusion and sent to Yang Langzhong of the Ministry of war". There is a saying that "all mountains are small, and three rivers are vast.". If LAN opens to the west, Emei is just the same. The ape and bird chime, and the pineapple is fragrant I'm sorry. This shows that when Cen Shen visited master Huijing, the temple had been built. Wuyou temple was formerly known as Zhengjue temple. In the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Wuyou temple. There are seven temples in the temple, all of which are concentrated on the top of Wuyou mountain. Now the intact temples include Tianwang hall, Mituo hall, Maitreya hall, Daxiong hall, Guanyin hall, Luohan hall, etc. From the front hall to the west, there are Yiting and eryatai. Eryatai is the place where Guo Sheren annotated Erya in Wuyou mountain. The temple is surrounded by bamboo and wood, with pavilions and pavilions scattered among them, which makes it particularly quiet. In 1983, it was designated by the State Council as a national key Buddhist temple in the Han nationality area.

Wuyou mountain is surrounded by water on all sides, with solitary bees standing upright, lush trees and overlapping shade. According to historical records and Hanshu, Wuyou mountain was originally connected with Lingyun mountain. Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, managed moshui (Dadu River), dug river channels, and led some river water down around Wuyou mountain, making it an island in water, also known as Qingyi other island. Now there is a "Lidui" stone tablet on the mountain, which means offshore.

Repairing history

There are two ways to climb Wuyou mountain, one is by water and the other is by land, which is from Lingyun mountain to Mahao cliff tomb exhibition hall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the other is from Leshan City by boat down the river to the south foot of the west of Wuyou mountain.

Wuyu temple is located on the top of Wuyu mountain, formerly known as Zhengjue temple. It was founded in the Tang Dynasty and was built by master Huijing, a famous monk in the Tang Dynasty. At present, jiemao Pavilion is built on the top of the mountain, which is called "jiemao place of Shangren in Tang Huijing". It is said that when Cen Shen was a governor in Jiazhou, he had a close relationship with Huijing. He wrote the poem "on the peak of Qingyi mountain in Jiazhou, the title of Huijing's secluded residence is sent to Yang Langzhong of the Ministry of war", which says "all mountains are small, three rivers are vast. If LAN opens to the west, Emei is just the same. Birds and apes enjoy the chime of bells and the fragrance of pines. It can be seen that Wuyou temple had been built at that time. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhengjue temple was changed to Wuyu temple, which was famous for its mountain. Wuyou temple was destroyed by wars twice in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Most of the existing buildings were built in the late Qing Dynasty and modern times.

In 1984, it was handed over to the Buddhist community for management and use. The monks established the Buddhist Association of Wuyou temple in Leshan City, with master Puneng, the abbot of Wuyou temple, as its president. With the support of relevant departments, according to the actual situation, Wuyou temple has formulated a series of rules and regulations and management measures, such as "Trial Provisions for religious activities", "temple management system" and opening to the outside world, security, fire prevention and anti-theft, so that each monk has clear responsibilities and participates in temple management while engaging in religious activities. With the strong support of the government and all walks of life, Wuyou Temple spent a lot of money to renovate the main hall, and the Luohan hall and other buildings destroyed in the "Cultural Revolution" were also restored.

In the middle of the gate of Wuyou temple, there are three big characters: "Wuyou Temple". The couplets on both sides are as follows: the gate of the temple is high, the Dongting field is open, and the cliff is half into the Yuntao pile. There are inscriptions such as "farewell island in Qingyi", "Ciyun" and "Fayu" on the mountain gate, which make the atmosphere suddenly solemn and quiet.

The entrance to the temple is the temple of heavenly kings, with four new statues of heavenly kings. Passing through the Tianwang hall, facing is the Mituo hall, which stands on the Shendao road beside the cliff of Minjiang River. It was built in 1920 and stands on the cliff with different styles. Inside, there is a 5-meter-high statue of Amitabha. It is made of clay and gold standing on the end of the body. Holding the gold platform in the left hand, it means to receive and lead all living beings, also known as receiving and leading Buddha. There are 48 statues behind him, representing the 48 wishes made by Amitabha before he became a Buddha. Later, Maitreya hall was rebuilt in the late Qing Dynasty (1851-1861) and tongzhi (1862-1874). Maitreya Buddha is worshipped in the middle, with four Bodhisattvas on both sides. After Maitreya hall is Weituo hall, with Weituo statue in the middle and Jialan and dragon statues on both sides. These three are Dharma protectors. This hall is also called Dharma protectors hall.

Then there is the main building in the temple, the Mahatma hall, which was built in 1913. It is a document style building, solemn and majestic. The three characters of "Da Xiong Bao Dian" were written by Huang Yunhu, a famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. The door and window panels of the hall are carved with Chinese classical flower patterns, which are exquisite and unique. They are reflected with the plaque of "majestic leading source", "seeing the source of Tao" and various couplets on the hall columns, which are more elegant and gorgeous. In the middle of the hall, there are three Buddha statues of Sakyamuni, Manjusri and Puxian, each of which is 4 meters high. It is made of Cinnamomum camphora wood. The whole body is covered with gold. The clothing patterns are natural and unrestrained, and the expression is kind and solemn. It has the style of Tang Dynasty statues. Outside the hall, there are octagonal bell pavilions and drum pavilions with double eaves. The hanging bell in the bell tower was cast by Yongle Nianwen in Ming Dynasty. The wing room on the left of the hall is now a cultural relics exhibition room, displaying nearly all kinds of cultural relics from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.

At the back of the main hall is the Tathagata hall, which was rebuilt during the Tongzhi period in the late Qing Dynasty. It has a double-layer structure, and the upper layer is the Tibetan scriptures. There are about ten thousand volumes of "Pinjia Tibetan scriptures" and "Japanese continued Tibetan scriptures". On the two braces in front of the hall, there are sculptures of Lingyun mountain and Wuyou mountain, exquisite and exquisite. In the center of the hall, there are five Tathagata statues, representing the five directions of East, South, West, North and center. They are also called five Buddhas of five directions, namely, the Buddha of a'yi, the Buddha of Baosheng, the Buddha of Mitha, the Buddha of achievement and the Buddha of viluzana. On both sides are 24 statues of Dharma God and 18 clay statues of arhat, with humorous expressions and actions.

At the end of the west corridor on the right side of the Tathagata hall is the Guanyin hall, which was rebuilt in 1925. The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the hall is 3 meters high, beautiful and graceful. At the end of the East corridor on the left side of the Tathagata hall is the Abbot's room. The Abbot's room is a small courtyard, quiet and elegant. There are many inscribed tablets and couplets on the four walls. Among them, the poem by Zhang Fang, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty, describes the momentum of Wuyou mountain: the bamboo bridge, the sand water, the Wuyou River, the isolated cliffs and the arrogant spirit. So he and Ling Yun sat in half, and the monk saw Jinjiao in the window. On the west side of the Tathagata hall is the famous eryatai, which is said to be the place where guosheren annotated Erya in the Han Dynasty. On the right side of the platform, there are four big characters "mainstay" written by Gu Rushi of the Ming Dynasty, with a diameter of 5 meters. A view of Wuyou. Next to Kuang Yi Pavilion, it is a good place to enjoy the scenic spots of the mountains and rivers. Then there is the peak garden. When you climb the garden, you can see from the octagonal pavilion, the lush mountains of Emei, the surging water of Minjiang River, the vast wilderness, and Leshan city surrounded by three rivers.

Since its opening in 1984, Wuyou mountain has attracted millions of tourists every year. In order to facilitate tourists, Wuyou temple has set up service projects such as French logistics office, tea garden, vegetable restaurant and food shop, which are well received by the society. In 1985, Wuyou temple also installed fire-fighting equipment, trained volunteer fire brigade, strengthened the protection of ancient temple buildings and fire prevention work, and was rated as the first in winter fire prevention work in Leshan City in 1985

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