Xingfu Temple

Xingfu Temple

Xingfu temple, located in Yushan, the northern suburb of Changshu City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a national key temple. It was built in the Southern Qi Dynasty. Along the central axis of the temple and the halls and pavilions on the left and right are distributed between the gardens on both sides of the East and the West. Waterside pavilions, pavilions, boats, caves and springs and pools complement each other.

In Xingfu Buddhist temple, there are inlaid in the meter tablet Pavilion "the temple of Zen after the mountain breaking Temple" written by the calligrapher Mi Fu of the Song Dynasty, the famous engraver Mu Da Zhan Le Shi of the Qing Dynasty and the poet Chang Jian of the Tang Dynasty.

Xingfu temple is a place of worship and tourism for Buddhist believers and tourists at home and abroad.

Traffic information

1. Get off at Xingfu station at No. 102, No. 120, No. 5, No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9 in Changshu and walk 900 meters southwest along Silu street.

2. In Yushan scenic area, you can take Changshu tour line 1 "zushi" station to get there.

Main attractions

Xingfu temple has been well-known for thousands of years since it was built in the Tang Dynasty

Tang Zunsheng stone building: two buildings stand in front of the mountain gate, on the left is plain Lu Zhanshu, and on the right is Jingzhao Quanzhen Shu. They are extremely exquisite. Today, one of them is still standing on the Bank of bolongjian. Tangchuang is commonly known as the stone carving of Zunsheng toroni Sutra building in Tang Dynasty. In front of the gate of Xingfu temple, the stone building is 4 meters high, and the base and body of the building are octagonal. The carved Sutra and lotus, lion and dragon are well-known and can be called treasures.

Xingfu stone: in the main hall of Xingfu temple, it is as big as Fu Niu, with vertical and horizontal veins. It looks like "Xing" on the left and "Fu" on the right, so it is called "Xingfu Temple";

Mi Beiting: in the east courtyard of Daxiong hall, the pavilion is neutral. Poets of the Tang Dynasty often build a poem stele named "Tipo mountain temple, back Zen courtyard". During the reign of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, yanrusi, a native of the city, was in charge of Xiangyang County. He got the original poem written by Mi Fu, a great calligrapher, and brought it back to his hometown. Mu Dazhan, a famous stone Carver, was invited to carve a stele in the temple. Tang poetry, song calligraphy and Qing carving were integrated into one, known as the "three unique" stele.

Save tiger Pavilion: Liang eminent monk Yan, de la with high, abstain from hardship. One night on the pavilion, a tiger in the arrow, roaring in the ground, Xu to pull it, tiger eyes lick blood, Gu and go. In the early morning, the hunter came to show his arrow. The hunter realized that he had stopped hunting. This pavilion was named Jiuhu Pavilion.

White lotus pond: located in front of Jiuhu Pavilion, the pond produces double calyx of dry leaves, and the color of white lotus is abnormal.

The hollow pool: Yamashita Yuizumi, which is located in Xing Fu Temple, is filled with water, and is filled with * MI. It is often clear and clear in winter and summer, but it needs eyebrow. The hollow pool is * for the dragon river to flow into the temple, and the lake is a gourd shaped. It is surrounded by Huangshi. The water is clear and cold. It can be seen in the middle of the pond.

Hollow Pavilion: the pavilion is named hollow by Chang Jian's poems. The beauty of the broken mountain is in sting. It is suitable to set up and proper to name. People know the work of Shaofu's poetry, but they don't know why they do it.

Junzi spring: according to the spring inscription, Shidou spring is clear and clear. A spoon with many ears is inexhaustible. If you accept it modestly, you will not be safe. The gentleman drinks it, clean and sharp ice and snow.

Lianyin Hall: in front of Junzi spring. Weng Tonghe, the teacher of the two emperors of Tongguang, once lived here.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ming Yu, a monk from Tianchi, preached "benevolence and Dharma". At the time of Guangxuan in the Qing Dynasty, Buddhist monk faleng opened a hall to preach "Nanshan". After that, the abbot lacked talents and the mountain gate was deserted. In dingsixia of the Republic of China, tanyue of the temple and the elders of the city invited the monk yekai of Tianning Temple in Changzhou to preside over the ceremony. At that time, Duke Yeh was too busy with charity to give consideration to it. He ordered his disciples Yuexia and yingci to come to the temple to revive the religious tradition.

The origin of the temple's name

Xingfu Temple

It is located in the secluded valley at the northern foot of Yushan Mountain. In the Southern Qi Dynasty, Ni Deguang, the governor of Chenzhou, gave up his residence as a temple, which was initially named Daci Temple. In the third year of Liang Datong, it was renamed Xingfu temple. After Tang Zhenguan, it was called Poshan temple. Poets in the Tang Dynasty often wrote a poem entitled "the temple of Chan after the temple of Po Mountain", which depicts the scenery of the ancient temple and is well-known, making the temple more and more famous and becoming a famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are many places of interest in Xingfu temple, such as Tangchuang, Xingfu stone, hollow pool, meter stele Pavilion, etc.

Layout structure

Chongjiao Xingfu temple tower, commonly known as the square tower, is located in Dadongmen Tower Lane, Changshu City. Now it is built as a square tower Park, which is jointly opened with Changshu celebrity Museum and Changshu tablet Museum, becoming a major tourist attraction in Changshu.

The pagoda of chongjiao Xingfu temple, with a square bottom floor, is a nine level brick and wood pagoda with a helmet shaped top. The outline of the facade is a parabola, and the eaves of each tower are flying, exquisite and beautiful. From bottom to top, the Tasha has iron components such as covering bowl, drum shaped waist, dew bearing plate, seven phase wheel, treasure cover, helmet shaped dragon head wing angle, pearl, and so on. The four wing angles are connected with the four berm angles of the ninth floor by iron wind and waves. The whole tower is 67.14 meters high, simple and magnificent. It is the highest and most powerful building in the ancient city of Changshu so far.

The pagoda of chongjiao Xingfu temple was built in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was built several times after years of changes. At the same time of renovating the pagoda, the pagoda yard has been set up, with pavilions built around, rockeries stacked, flowers planted and trees planted widely. It has become a good place for Changshu citizens to rest and for outsiders to visit. In recent years, the relevant departments of Changshu have launched the activity of "love me Changshu, repair my square pagoda" to raise funds to repair the square pagoda, so that the ancient pagoda, which has gone through more than 720 years, will show its magnificence again.

Historical records

Xingfu temple is located at the foot of Yushan Mountain in the north of Changshu City, with green peaks, towering ancient trees, flying springs and stone bridges. It has a magnificent and ancient atmosphere, and is quite good at the beauty of forest springs and clouds.

This temple was founded in the Southern Qi Dynasty. It was named "Daci Temple" by Ni Deguang, a native of Chenzhou. It is said that during the reign of emperor Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, there were two dragons, black and white, who fought against Chengxi and became a ravine, so it was also called "Poshan Temple". In the ninth year of Xiantong, Emperor Yizong of Tang Dynasty, he granted the big bell and "Xingfu Temple" the name of Xingfu temple.

According to the records, the eminent monks of Xingfu temple have experienced more than 500 years since the beginning of the mountain, including Tang Zhihuai's narration and Chang Da's; Liang Zhiyan's; song Zhien's encouragements, either hongzong's performance in teaching or Shenying's understanding. The vicissitudes of the world, the rise and fall of more and more, the end depends on Shuo Xian, the mainstay of which, Yi Ye inherited, passed on endlessly.

Abbot mage

Master Yuexia was a master of Huayan sect. He held a Dharma feast. At the beginning of the ceremony, he had no time to warm himself up. He set up a Huayan lecture hall to promote the Dharma. Master yingci abides by master Xiashi's last instruction: "Li Hong, Hua Yan, don't be Abbot". He's 90 years old, and he keeps talking about it. Master Chi song, a member of the Dharma school, established the "law school" to cultivate monks. After leaving the banquet, he went back to Japan and paid a visit to Mushao in Jinshan at Tiande courtyard of gaoyeshan. He was taught by zhenyanzong and won the title of Ali of the fifty first generation. He had the famous works Hua Yan, MI Cheng and Wei Shi Fa Xiang in the world.

Today, master Miaosheng, the abbot of shiye law school in the past, was deeply rewarded for his kindness. He stayed in the mountains for decades, preparing for the hardships. Today, when we are in the prime of the times, the Buddha's Day is full of light, and the monk leads all the people to practice Taoism and chant Zen in a peaceful way. Tang Shaofu's poem "all sounds here are silent, but the sound of Yu Zhong Qing" has been reproduced today.

Address: Changshu City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 120.719860921

Latitude: 31.665468275848

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