Buddhist temple

Buddhist temple

Foguang temple is located 17.3km east of Huilai County in Jieyang, Guangdong Province, between Quxi village and Luyang village in Xixi Town, and on Huangguang mountain, a tourist attraction. It was founded more than 800 years ago in the first year of Jianyan in Southern Song Dynasty (1127). With the attention of county, town and township governments and the support of good faith at home and abroad in Chaoshan, it was rebuilt and expanded.

Brief introduction to temples

Foguang temple is located in Mazu scenic area of Tianzhu Mountain, a national key scenic spot. It is closely related to the Tibetan king of Jiuhua Mountain

Bodhisattva Daochang, Lushan Jingzong Daochang, the second, third, fourth and fifth ancestors of Zen Daochang form a "Golden Triangle" of Buddhist culture, a place of pilgrimage with great humanity and tourism.

historical origin

Foguang Temple originated from master mazudaoyi, a Zen monk, with a history of 1300 years. According to historical records, in the Tang Dynasty, Mazu Daoyi traveled to Tianzhu Mountain and practiced Buddhism in the cave. Local believers call the cave Mazu cave, outside which Mazu temple, the predecessor of today's Foguang temple, was built. The wooden fish stone in the temple is rare in temples all over the world. The huge stone is similar to the wooden fish, a Buddhist weapon. It weighs more than 2000 tons. There is a wooden fish Pavilion on it. At that time, Zen master mazudaoyi opened the altar to preach and preach. The unique religious charm and rich natural landscape make Foguang temple one of the best monasteries for cultivating one's character.

Foguang temple is an imperial temple. In the 27th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1599), Shenzong dreamed that he would take the queen to mazu'an and see the light of the Buddha. Because the queen was pregnant, he made a wish and got the Dragon son. Then he sent the envoy to the party to present the Sutra curtain to the emperor, and ordered mazu'an to be changed into Foguang temple. Today, there is a stone inscription of dangli on the stone wall beside the temple, which records the grand event.

Cultural relics protection

The main hall of Chan temple and Foguang temple were listed as cultural relics protection units by the county government on February 8, 1985, and approved by the State Council

to open up. In 1993, the highest standing statue of stone Buddha in eastern Guangdong was completed at the back of the temple.

In 1994, he was awarded 1.9 tons of white marble Buddha statue from Myanmar.

In January 2001, Tongsi Avenue and parking lot were built.

In September of the same year, the reconstruction of the grand Mahavira hall was completed, which made the ancient temple more charming.

In 1993, the ancient temple was once illuminated with white light, especially the stone Buddha was built behind the temple, so it was renamed "Foguang Temple", which was approved by the county Religious Bureau.

architectural style

The temple was founded in 1127, the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (about 1984)

It was built many times in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was the place where Quxi military examination was practiced in the Qing Dynasty and the site of modern revolutionary activities. During the great revolution, it was demolished by the Kuomintang Longjiang joint defense team and repaired with donations from the masses. It was destroyed again during the cultural revolution. Since 1983, with the support of the county Religious Bureau, the ancient temple has been rebuilt. The temple is located in the north and south, with a total construction area of more than 3000 square meters. There are two concrete roads and one parking lot for climbing into the temple, which is magnificent and spectacular. main hall. On the hillside below Dacheng in front of the ancient temple, there is the foundation of Tianwang hall to be built in front of it, and further ahead is the release pool (formerly known as shedi Lake). In 1994, the foundation was laid and the construction started. The more the typhoon happened, the more the wall collapsed. In February 1996, the construction started again. On October 19, the construction was completed. The supporting facilities were added and completed in August 2001. The building area is 670 square meters. The stone sculptures of the three Tathagata are all 5.3 meters high, and the stone statues of the two waiters, JIAYE and Ananda, are more than 1 meter high. On both sides are the stone sculptures of the eighteen Arhats.

In front of the gate of the ancient temple, Kuocheng built a 10 meter high and 30 meter wide stone wall to protect the mountain in the south. In the middle of Dacheng, there is a Burmese white jade Buddha statue of Sakyamuni. It is more than 2 meters high and weighs 1.9 tons. It has a solemn and kind face and white body. Its left hand is on the knee and its right hand is on the front chest. It has clear lines and excellent carving skills. This is a treasure of the ancient temple.

Reconstruction process

Foguang temple is famous in Jianghuai, where many eminent monks are abbots. Among them, monk Guan of Ming Dynasty was stationed

Xi Qingxiu was worshipped as the national master. His disciples were in Jianguo Shita after Mazu cave, which was the incarnation of Guan Zhi. In modern times, Miaotao monks built more than 90 halls and squatters, and paved more than 2000 stone steps in Tianzhu Mountain. Cherish the ancient temple for thousands of years, destroyed by war.

After the reform and opening up, with the implementation of the party's religious policy and the development of tourism in Tianzhu Mountain, Foguang temple was restored and rebuilt in 2000 with the approval of Anhui Provincial Bureau of religion. With a planning area of more than 30 mu and a total fund of more than 60 million yuan, the foundation was laid in 2005. The reconstruction project is highly valued by the local government and strongly supported by the Tianzhu Mountain Management Committee. Under the protection of 100000 virtues and good faith, after three years of construction, a total of 32 million yuan has been invested. Now, the mountain gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, bell tower and hall Buddha statues have been fully completed, and the conditions for Buddhist activities have begun to take shape.

The follow-up works of Foguang temple, such as zushi hall, Sansheng hall, Yangxin hall, nianfo hall, Zhaitang, tujuliao, still need 30 million yuan. Thanks to the good faith of Dharma protectors, the four disciples and all walks of life gave full support. Buddhist temple will issue Dharma protection certificates to all merit units and individuals, engrave steles and write sutras to pray for blessings.

the founder of a religious sect or a school of thought

Ma zudaoyi

Master Mazu Daoyi was born in Hanzhou in Tang Dynasty. He was known as master Ma and Mazu. Yizizhou Tang Monk became a monk

In the case of Yu Zhou Yuan, the lawyer was given a full warning. During the Kaiyuan period, he learned from Nanyue huairang the Zen of Caoxi. Huairang used the machine language of "Tang brick can't become a mirror, how can meditation become a Buddha". He had an epiphany under his words and received the mental Dharma closely.

The master promoted Zen with "ordinary mind is Tao" and "heart is Buddha". He introduced scholars with stick drinking, argot, action and gesture. Instead of the past tradition of reading scriptures and sitting in meditation, the master became a free and lively Zen style and left many popular Zen cases.

The master's family is flourishing, and there are many talented people. There are three disciples, Xitang zhizang, Baizhang Huaihai, and Nanquan Puyuan. They are called Hongzhou's three great scholars. There are 139 disciples who enter the family. Later, they are the masters of one sect. They walk around the world. So far, Zen is popular in the north and south, and they are called Hongzhou sect.

A huge stone cracked into a cave. At that time, Daoyi Zen master practiced meditation in the cave, which is called "Mazu cave" by the world. The origin of Foguang temple is here, and now the word "Ru Ding" in the cave is still clearly visible.

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