Puzhao Temple

Puzhao Temple

Puzhao temple is located in Daguan Town, Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province. According to the records of the origin of Puzhao Temple: "the temple has several dynasties, there are descendants from all over the world, and the fire is offered at the end of Ming Dynasty." The original temple was burned by Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming Dynasty.

Puzhao temple in Shan county, also known as Dafosi temple, is located in the northwest corner of the county, north of Paifang West Street. It is the first of the Eight Temples in Shan county. It is famous for its large temple, high Buddha and long history. In particular, the "Great Buddha Temple" is known to all women and children in the county.

Traffic information

1. From Chengdu station to Qingchengshan station, then take bus 102 outside the station, get off at Daguan Town, take huosanlun and go directly to the temple; or go straight to the foot of the mountain at the intersection of puzhaosi in Daguan town and climb into the temple.

2. Get off at Dujiangyan passenger transport center, take bus 102 beside the station, get off at Daguan Town, take huosanlun and go directly to the temple; or go to the intersection of puzhaosi in Daguan Town, walk straight along the road to the foot of the mountain and climb into the temple.

Historical origin

There is no way to investigate the age of the earliest construction of Puzhao temple, only to know that the original temple was burned in the late Ming Dynasty. In 1873, gaoluhe, a Gongsheng of Dujiangyan, once said in the records of the origin of Puzhao Temple: "the temple has been handed down from Dynasty to Dynasty, and the fire was offered at the end of Ming Dynasty." It is clearly pointed out that Puzhao temple was burned by Zhang Xianzhong.

Related allusions

In Puzhao temple, from zhumaokai in the Jiazi year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty to the seventh year of Yongzheng, a monk named Xinlian came here from Zhaojue temple to hang a list. Seeing the stele tower of the late monk in the first dynasty on the left of the temple, he knew that the ancient temple belonged to the Linji branch of Zen Buddhism, so his heart revived. His ninth ancestor, Xinlian monk, was the founder of the mountain, and his 10th and 11th generations of faxes and Haiwen were able to keep success; his 12th generation of Yinguang, his elder martial brother Yinzong and his disciples worked hard to accumulate and manage together; his Dharma hall, jingshe, zhailiao and pagoda Jinbi wood and stone were decorated successively.

By the time of the 13th emperor's text and the founder's offering, there are more Buddhists. Please get the imperial edict and pass on the three great precepts. In the early years of Xianfeng, Lingfeng, the 14th ancestor of Xianfeng, set up another 2000 mu of farmland, belonging to two nunneries. In the early years of the founding of the people's Republic of China, there were 24 temples and 365 houses in the temple. During the Cultural Revolution (1972), it was inevitable that the Puzhao temple would be destroyed. Most of them were demolished, leaving only 61 Scripture houses and surrounding buildings.

Layout structure

Although most of the original Grand structure of Puzhao temple was destroyed, the Sutra building and boat shaped stone boat like Putong tower are still of high value for the study of Buddhist culture and architecture.

On June 29, 1988, Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, visited Puzhao temple in Qingcheng Mountain for the first time, and left the "Puzhao Temple women's hall" as a treasure for Puzhao temple. In 1996, the main hall was restored and the Jade Buddha was invited back from Myanmar to pay for it. In 1998, the Jushi building was completed. It was completed in 2000.

Famous far and near

Puzhao temple, known as "Jinhua Temple" in the early days, is dedicated to the founder of Yinghua. It is a small poor Temple reconstructed from a abandoned ancestral temple of a family, "without food to support monks, without room to protect gods".

It is such a small poor temple, but after 30 years of Qianlong's reign, it suddenly built large-scale buildings and widely purchased land. Around the 29th year of Daoguang's reign, after more than 100 years of continuous expansion, Puzhao temple has become one of the four great jungles in Western Sichuan and is well-known. It is estimated that during this period, the construction cost of Puzhao temple was more than 10000 taels of gold and silver, and the inscription of Puzhao temple said: no donation, no false help. So, where does this huge cost come from? This is the mystery of the sudden prosperity of the Puzhao temple, which is beyond our understanding.

Chengdu folk once spread a folk song: "stone bull to stone drum, silver ten thousand five." This ballad hides a huge historical mystery. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong's uprising at the end of Ming Dynasty overthrew the rule of Ming Dynasty in Sichuan and established his own peasant regime "Daxi kingdom".

Later, the Qing army entered the pass, and years of scuffle took place in Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong had to withdraw from Chengdu, and "Daxi kingdom" was destroyed by Wu Sangui. The folk saying is that when Zhang Xianzhong was defeated and left Chengdu, he hid the gold and silver treasures of "Daxi kingdom" secretly. In order to find the hidden treasure in the future and not be lost due to the age, he designed Shiniu and stone drum as treasure marks. Whoever found Shiniu and stone drum, it is possible to find the mysterious treasure of "Daxi kingdom".

Folklore

Therefore, around the mystery of treasure, there are many legends and conjectures. Some say that the treasure is buried at the bottom of the Jinjiang River, some say that the treasure sank into the Minjiang River with the boat, some think that Zhang Xianzhong's treasure is buried in Qingcheng Mountain, and so on. Until the early 1990s, there was a treasure hunting craze in Chengdu, and some even took out treasure maps. At that time, many people were eager to set up treasure hunting institutions. In fact, looking for Zhang Xianzhong's treasure is not a day's work. In other words, after the fall of the Western Kingdom, people began to search for treasure. During the Anti Japanese War, Jinjiang bank panning company was established in Chengdu. After more than a year's efforts, a stone ox and a stone drum were found at the bottom of the river, which really excited people and proved that the folklore is true. But if we continue to do so, there will be no treasure. Taoyin's action is over.

In order to find out the secret of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure, we must first know whether Zhang Xianzhong has any treasure to hide. It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the great west state, Zhang Xianzhong held a treasure fight meeting in the imperial city with 24 houses full of treasures, gold and silver ingots. On the one hand, it aims to show the extravagance of the imperial relatives, the rich gentry and the inferior merchants; on the other hand, it aims to show off his wealth. But this has aroused the attention of the world, until the end of the Great West, everyone wants to get this treasure. It is said that when the Daxi army defeated Chengdu, more than ten large ships set out from Xinjin and went down the Minjiang River. They were stopped by the iron chains laid in advance by the Qing army in Pengshan. The generals of the ships escorted by Daxi Kingdom saw that they could not resist the siege of the Qing army, so they chiseled and sank the ships, abandoned them and fled ashore. The Qing army had known for a long time that Zhang Xianzhong had a large amount of gold and silver to be transported from Chengdu. They thought that they had intercepted the treasure carrying fleet, and they were overjoyed to board some big ships that had not yet completely sunk, only to find that they were loaded with stones.

Prosperous period

Since Zhang Xianzhong's treasure disappeared with the extinction of Daxi Kingdom, the mystery of treasure has puzzled everyone who has paid attention to it for generations. In particular, a large number of "Dashun Tongbao" coins and silver ingots have been found in Chengdu and Xinjin, which makes treasure hunters believe that the treasures displayed in Zhang Xianzhong's 24 big houses are hidden in or around Chengdu. Among them, there are many anecdotes and mysteries about the treasure collection in Qingcheng Mountain.

Puzhao Temple becomes rich

Puzhao temple is a famous Buddhist temple located in Daguan town of Qingcheng Mountain. There is no way to investigate the time when the temple was first built. We only know that the original temple was destroyed in the war in the late Ming Dynasty. In 1873, gaoluhe, a Gongsheng of Dujiangyan, once said in the records of the origin of Puzhao Temple: "the temple has been handed down from Dynasty to Dynasty, and the fire was offered at the end of Ming Dynasty." It is clearly pointed out that Puzhao temple was burned by Zhang Xianzhong. It was restored in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It is a simple Temple covering only half an acre. In the middle of Qianlong period, around 1776, Puzhao Temple began to expand. During the reign of Daoguang, the abbot Jianshan suddenly built a great temple, which covers an area of 400 mu, has five temples, 24 patios that coincide with the 24 heavens, and 365 halls that are the same number as those of the zodiac. It is very difficult to build without tens of thousands of silver. According to the formal channel, it is because of the help of God. In 1868, Qian Zhang, who was the magistrate of Guanxian County in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, said in the article "records and praise of rebuilding Puzhao temple and building Sutra collection building": "Daoguang gengzi, who succeeded the abbot of Jianshan mountain, read the deeds of his ancestors, thought of Maojian, and made a great contribution to the sky. That is to say, in winter, he showed the gods and marvels, cracked the mountains and brought out the stones. He didn't bother to carve and transport the chariots, and made good materials to show the scenic spots. So Lingfeng was rebuilt because of the old foundation. Instead of raising money, he added dozens of couplets to Guangxia. " Dozens of houses were built all at once, which was "miraculous" by heaven. The stones cracked by themselves. Without carving or carrying, they went to the construction site, and created a large temple out of thin air. This is absolutely impossible. Another popular folk saying is that there was a young monk named Guo Shi in Puzhao temple at that time. When he went to the Xueshan Temple adjacent to Puzhao temple to cut pig grass, he found a place where the grass was very luxuriant, and it grew quickly the next day. This matter was known by the abbot. He knew something different and kept quiet. He secretly organized the excavation in the temple, but dug out a cellar of gold and silver! This is the source of funds for the construction of Puzhao temple.

Zhang Xianzhong's mystery of quarrying in Qingfeng mountain

Zhang Xianzhong established Daxi regime after conquering Wuchang in 1627. In 1628, Chongzhen conquered Chengdu for the second time in Sichuan and established its capital. In 1646, it died in Xichong. The Daxi regime has been in Sichuan for only 18 years. A few years before the fall of Daxi state, Zhang Kewang, Zhang Xianzhong's most important adopted son, led his troops to Guanxian County, and collected 300 masons from the people to collect stones in Qingfeng mountain in Daguan town. Qingfeng mountain is a branch of Qingcheng Mountain. It is located in Daguan town. Puzhao temple is built at the foot of Qingfeng mountain. Strangely enough, Zhang Kewang supervised hundreds of stone quarrymen, but he did not transport them out of the mountain, nor did he build any buildings or pave roads in the mountain. Quarrying for half a year, but not even 300 masons left

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