Jifu Temple

To the north of Taihuai central area, it is 500 meters away from Taihuai temples and about two kilometers away from Dabai pagoda

Jifu Temple

Jifu temple is 500 meters away from Taihuai Temple group and about two kilometers away from Dabai pagoda. The temple was once a lama temple, and now is a bhiksuni temple. It was built in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, and is one of the five living Buddha temples in Zhangjia.

There are more than 80 temples and monk rooms in Jifu temple. The main buildings are Mahatma hall and Manjusri hall. Daxiong hall is the main hall of the temple, which was originally dedicated to zongkaba master and longevity Buddha. In the Nanpei hall on the right side of the main hall, there is a very special statue, namely the statue of Yang Wulang.

Jifu temple, the statue wearing armor, dignified.

Brief introduction to temples

Jifu Temple belongs to the Lama Temple. The architecture of the temple is in Tibetan style.

The hall is located from west to East. The hall is divided into three parts. The first part is the heavenly king hall, which is three rooms wide, with a single eaves resting on the top of the mountain and a bell and drum on the left and right. The second entrance hall is the main hall of the temple, with three rooms in width and four single eaves. The hall comes out of the corridor on Thursday. There are board paintings on the forehead of the hall, and the shadow part of the eaves is painted with dragons and phoenixes. The third entrance hall is also three rooms wide, with a hard top. There are four gold pillars in the hall. The latter two are square pillars and the former two are columns. The temple sits from the west to the East. The three entrances hall is equipped with porches on both sides. The two gables of the back hall and the gables of the porches form small courtyards, which are connected by the small gate in front of the long head of the back hall. There are monk houses in the two courtyards. The whole layout of the temple is very symmetrical.

In the Nanpei hall on the right side of the back hall, there is a very special statue, namely the statue of Yang Wulang. It turns out that the Taiping Xingguo temple at the foot of the North platform of Wutai Mountain supports the statue of Wulang. Therefore, Taiping Xingguo temple, also known as Wulang temple, is "the fifth monk of song Yangye". Although Taiping Xingguo Temple no longer exists, it is well-known and often mentioned. According to Qingliang mountain annals, the Song Dynasty's Salmonella was born here. The fourth person who swears to himself in his life: he doesn't look at the color of illegality, he doesn't listen to the voice of illegality, he doesn't speak the words of illegality, and he doesn't have the heart to do anything illegal. Taizong Pingjin, teacher Road, Zhao see palace.

Related allusions

The imperial edict built the temple, granted the amount of peace and rejuvenation of the country, to the master, that is, Yang Wulang's teacher. There is Wulang temple in the temple. " Yang Wulang is the second generation monk in charge of the Taiping Xingguo temple. He once coached 500 monk soldiers and killed Liao General Han Chang. Out of respect and nostalgia for the monk general, a new statue of Wulang has been built in Jifu temple. Wulangcha was sitting on the altar. He was as big as his real body. He was wearing armor, robes and clothes. He had shaved and shaved hair. He had a stubble on his mouth. He was optimistic and confident.

Jifu temple, also known as Hongquan temple, is located on a mound in Dongzhuang village, Taihuai Town, Wutaishan City, Shanxi Province, about a mile away from Dabai tower. According to Wutai County, the temple was founded in the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1821-1850). It was one of the five yellow temples under the jurisdiction of Zhangjia living Buddha and is now one of the nuns' temples in Wutai Mountain.

Layout structure

The temple is located in the north and south. From south to North on the central axis, there are Tianwang hall and Daxiong hall. On both sides of the hall, there are corridor rooms, auxiliary hall and East and West Zen rooms. The monk's house is well arranged and symmetrical. The environment is quiet and elegant. It is a treasure place for practicing meditation. Tianwang hall, three rooms wide, 11 meters wide, 5.7 meters deep, single eaves rest peak. Maitreya Buddha in the front of the hall and Weituo general in the back, with four heavenly kings on both sides.

The main hall is three rooms wide, 14.9 meters, 10 meters deep, with single eaves and four roofs. Inside the hall are two disciples of Sakyamuni, Kaya and Ananda; behind them are the "three saints of the west", with amitabha in the middle, Guanyin Bodhisattva on the left and dashizhi Bodhisattva on the right, with 18 Arhats on the two walls. Manjusri hall has three rooms, 13.1 meters and 11.4 meters deep. It has a single eaves on the top of the mountain and a front porch. Inside, there are three great masters, including Manjusri, Puxian and Guanyin. The hall is clean and solemn, which is the pure land of Buddhism.

In the side hall on the right side of Manjusri hall, there is a colorful statue of Yang Wulang of Song Dynasty. It is 1.5 meters high, wearing armor and yellow robes, squatting on the altar. It has a big body, a square face, a bald head and bright eyes. It is confident, optimistic, broad-minded and dignified.

Folklore

It is said that Yang Wulang once became a monk in Taiping Xingguo temple in Wutai Mountain. He was remonstrated by Shi Rui and was a disciple of Zhenbao. Because of his patriotic spirit of resisting aggression, after the destruction of the Taiping Xingguo temple, the monks of the temple worshipped the statue and were favored by tourists. In today's treasure house of Xiantong temple, the "iron stick" that Yang Wulang used to kill Han Chang is still preserved. It is engraved with the words: "it weighs 81 Jin, made by Xie Ronglan and Duan Sili."

The story of Yang Wulang's becoming a monk in Wutai Mountain has been handed down for a long time. According to legend, Taizong of Song Dynasty was escorted by Yang family and son to tour Wutai Mountain. When Taizong of the Song Dynasty went to the Taiping Xingguo temple to worship Buddhism, Yang Wulang met the abbot Ruijian in the temple. They got along very well. Ruijian intended to make him a monk. When Liao soldiers broke the border, the Yang family general was ordered to resist. When he left, Ruijian gave him a burden, and told him not to open it at ordinary times, but to open it again in case of emergency. It can help you to be lucky in case of death. Don't want the golden beach war, because pan Renmei deliberately framed, Qilang eight tigers died four, captured two.

Yang Wulang broke through the encirclement and came to a forest. There was no way to escape before, and then there were pursuers. At this critical moment, he thought of Ruijian's command and found out the burden. It was a monk's hat and a black cassock. Yang Wulang resented that the treacherous officials were in charge, and Zhongliang was injured, so he decided to abandon his armor and become a monk. The way is to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha. So he made a quick decision and walked out of the woods wearing a monk's hat and a black cassock. Seeing that he was a monk, Liao Bing ignored him. After that, Yang Wulang went straight to Taiping Xingguo temple in Wutai Mountain, worshipped Ruijian as his master and became a monk.

Although Yang Wulang left home, he still practiced martial arts every day. Weapons such as knives, spears, swords and halberds were inconvenient for Buddhists to use, so he asked someone to build a big iron bar weighing 81 Jin. The young monks in the temple saw that he was extremely powerful and had excellent martial arts skills, so they followed suit and organized a monk army in the temple.

In the battle of Jinshan, Liao soldiers won, and most of the Yang generals were killed. Han Chang felt that there was no one in the Song Dynasty. So he was ordered by Empress Xiao to lead his troops south in an attempt to capture Bianliang.

After war

When the soldiers entered Yanmen pass, the king of song ordered LIULANG to meet the enemy. LIULANG knew that Han Chang was powerful and felt weak. He wanted to ask his five brothers to help him, so he ordered Jiao Zan to invite him under the pretext of imperial edict. Do not want to five Lang is angry emperor fatuous, harm me Zhongliang, said: "poor monk has been out of the world, not by Royal control."

Later, Baxian king, who was escorting grain and grass, wrote a letter and asked Wulang to get out of the mountain. So Wulang took off his cassock and ordered 500 monks to kill the general. During the war, he held an iron bar and split Hanchang's head in two. As a result of excessive force, the iron bar hit the big stone on the edge of the battle, sparks splashed, the stone smashed, and the iron bar broke in two. This iron stick was originally kept in Wulang Hall of Taiping Xingguo temple. The staff is 8 feet long, 0.5 cm thick and weighs about 81 Jin. It is engraved with the words "Duan Sili made" on its surface. Now, it has been preserved in the "Buddhist treasure house" as a precious cultural relic.

Wulang is a Buddhist hero. After Wulang, monks are better than Wulang. According to Qingliang mountain records, "after Wulang, Zhenbao was born in daizhou. He took righteousness as the quality of life and death, and was well received by Emperor qinzong. During the rebellion of Jingkang, the treasure was obtained by the chieftain of Jin, and the court resisted the rebellion.

Jin couldn't bear to kill, but he was persuaded and ignored. And he said, "if I promise the emperor of song to die as a Buddhist disciple, it should not be a lie. I'm happy to be killed. " Today, although the temple commemorating monk Zhenbao has disappeared, his lofty national integrity will always be respected and remembered by people.

Architectural style

There is only one nunnery temple in Wutai Mountain, Jifu temple, which is located on the road to the north of Taihuai town. This temple was originally a lama temple. It was looted by the "Cultural Revolution" and was desolate. Later, it was rebuilt, and all the nuns of the temples were gathered here, so it became a nunnery, 500 meters away from the Taihuai temples and about two kilometers away from the Dabai pagoda. Yang Wulang, a monk here, is worshipped here.

Jifu temple is a famous Buddhist nun temple. It is only a hundred meters away from Bishan temple in the northeast and connects with Qifo temple in the southwest. The temple is located on the hillside. It used to be one of the "five places" of Zhangjia living Buddha. There is a beautiful wooden archway under Jifu temple with beautiful scenery. At this point, however, the three door archway on the third floor stands facing the road, but it is richly decorated and well constructed, surrounded by graceful trees, shaking branches and bones.

From the archway under the stone paving and up, happy and into the secluded place, Jifu Temple hidden but not exposed, its environment Qu ya. But when I look back, a red wall is on the high ground. This is the Jifu temple where the nuns in the red wall deep courtyard practice. Along the mountain road, the mountain wind blows slightly, bringing the fragrance of pines and cypresses, occasionally mixed with the sweet smell of candles in the main hall. Take a deep breath, and the lung, which has been influenced by dust and car exhaust for a long time, is finally filled with a trace of cool air.

The origin of the temple's name

Jifu temple, also known as Hongquan temple, is a lama temple. It was built in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. The temple sits in the north and south. On the central axis, there are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Manjusri hall and the Sutra pavilion built on the high side. On both sides, there are auxiliary halls and east-west Zen rooms. There are more than 80 temples and monk's rooms in the temple. The main buildings are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Manjusri hall, etc. Daxiong hall is the main hall of the temple, which was originally dedicated to zongkaba master and longevity Buddha.

The courtyard in the temple is quiet. In the hall, Sakyamuni, Kaya and Ananda are the two disciples. Later, they are the "three saints of the west" with two walls

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