Jianhao Temple

Jianhao Temple

Jianhao temple is a temple with a long history, rich Buddhist culture, rapid development, large construction scale and complete facilities. It is one of the large temples in Nanchong City.

geographical position

Jianhao temple is located on the Lianhua Mountain in the center of Jianxing Town, southern Sichuan Province. It is 25km away from the southern county, 0.5km away from the town and 60km away from Nanchong City. Lush green trees in the mountains, surrounded by the BMW River foothills, complement each other. It is close to the entrance and exit of Yixing on Chengdu Bus Expressway (S2), 2 hours' drive from Chengdu, the provincial capital. Beside the national highway G212, the traffic is very convenient.

Basic information

Jianhao temple is the seat of the Buddhist Association in Nanbu County, Nanchong City. Jianhao temple covers an area of more than 800 mu. It has many Buddhist buildings, such as Daxiong hall, Tianwang hall, yuguanyin hall, Maitreya hall, Qianshou Guanyin hall, Wuguan hall, Wanggao Pavilion, Fangsheng pool and so on. Among them, there are three seated statues of the Buddha in the main hall, with gilded body, bright eyes and a vivid look. With a height of 18.80 meters, the statue is the largest and highest sitting Buddha in Northeast Sichuan. Every major Buddhist Festival, the majority of Buddhist believers in Xichong, Shehong, Yilong, Bazhong, Yanting, Langzhong and other places make a long journey to Jianhao temple to pay homage to the Buddha, which shows the great influence of Jianhao temple in Northeast Sichuan.

History of temple construction

Jianhao temple was founded in the 10th year of Jiaqing reign of emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty (1805). It is a quadrangle building with Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and left and right wing rooms. In the middle of the building is a courtyard dam with a length of seven Zhang and a width of four Zhang and two feet. In the 10th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1830), the imperial court set up monk officials in Jianhao temple in the south to manage the affairs of the monk group in the whole county. According to the ancient stele on the right side of the main hall: "in the reign of Daoguang (about 1830), a monk of Jianhao Temple returned to the secular life and accepted the examination. He was elected to be a magistrate of a county. Temple monks are proud of this, but they erect double masts outside the mountain gate to show their special honor. Later, Chaoyan set up monks in Jianhao temple to manage the monks in the whole county. At that time, there was a screen wall outside the mountain gate, which was one and five feet high and two and four feet wide. It was used to post messages and official documents for monks who broke the law. The front hall, stone tablet, mast and screen wall were all demolished in 1952. Only the main hall remained. Because there was no monk to guard it, it was rotten and collapsed for a long time. In the 1980s, the religious policy was implemented. Because there were no temples here, believers went to Suining, Nanchong and other temples to participate in Buddhist activities.

In March 1993, the people's Government of Sichuan Province approved Jianhao temple as a place for Buddhist activities. In the spring of 1991, local believers invited monk Jiyin (commonly known as Zhu Shangyuan, a native of Xichong and Xinan) to preside over Buddhist affairs in the temple. The believers rushed to tell each other, raised money everywhere, and rebuilt Daxiong hall and Guanyin hall. In recent years, it has built a grand hall. 12 mu of land has been expropriated for the construction of Manjusri hall, Puxian hall, dizang hall, Yanluo hall, Puji tower and Xishan gate. So that Jianhao Temple Castle Peak embraces Buddha, bell and dragon, and the new appearance of the ancient temple is more brilliant.

Master Jiming

Master Shi Jiming, abbot and director of the Management Committee of Jianhao temple, is the president of Nanbu County Buddhist Association, vice president of Nanchong City Buddhist Association, Sichuan Province, and specially invited researcher of Sichuan provincial policy research office.

Master Shi Jiming, commonly known as he Tianming, was born in Dawang Town, southern county, Sichuan Province. He believed in Buddhism since he was a child. After graduating from high school, he studied in temples in Harbin city of Heilongjiang Province for 12 years in 1976. In 1998, master Jiming worshipped master Haicheng as a shaver. In 1999, master Jiming received three great commandments in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province. In 2001, the mage returned to Nanbu County, Sichuan Province. Master Jiming is merciful and kind-hearted. He organizes monks and residents to donate 150000 yuan to the poor areas, and tries his best to help the vulnerable groups in the society, so that they can live a happy life as soon as possible. This is a Buddhist's greatest virtue, and also our minimum responsibility to repay the public based on the society. What's more, we should vigorously carry forward the Mahayana spirit of compassion and dedication. We should advocate the idea of giving freely and helping others, actively support social charity and public welfare, spare no effort for social stability and harmony, and for building an equal, friendly, just and civilized society.

Undertaking the precepts

On October 3, 2007, Jianhao Temple preached the precepts. This time, Jianhao Temple taught the Jushi Bodhisattva Precepts. This is because we are teaching the Jushi Bodhisattva commandment during the National Day holiday. More importantly, we are teaching the Jushi Bodhisattva commandment this time. We also invited the eminent monks of various monasteries. We invited master Guanghui, the abbot of Jinlun temple, from Guanghan City, Deyang City, to teach us the commandment. It's very rare for us to be a great teacher in person. Master Guanghui, who is well versed in doctrine and strict in rituals, teaches the Jushi Bodhisattva Precepts in many places, and also participates in the bhikkhu precepts. All of them are ritual teachers. So it's very special. We also invited master Guangyong, vice president of Nanchong Buddhist Association, to be your guide.

From May 18 to 19, 2011, the Fourth Council and Deacon training meeting of Nanchong Buddhist Association was held in Jianhao temple, Nanbu county. The directors of the association, the abbot of the open temple and the director of the management committee attended the meeting. After studying the opinions of the State Bureau of religion on the activities of building "harmonious temples and churches" and the evaluation methods of Sichuan Province for building "harmonious temples and churches", the eminent monks who attended the meeting included: monk Shi Haikong, vice president of Sichuan Buddhist Association and Nanchong Buddhist Association; master Shi Guangyong, Shi Nengyuan, and Shi lingci, vice president of Nanchong Buddhist Association . Through the cooperation of the Buddhist groups in the whole city, the conference was held safely and successfully, and the agenda of the conference was completed, which played a positive role in creating a new situation of Buddhism in Nanchong.

From September 23 to 29, 2013, the 19th Buddhist dharma association was held in Jianhao temple, Nanbu county. According to the Sichuan Buddhist Association, CFH [2013] No. 45 document, the reply to the request for instruction to teach the Jushi Bodhisattva ring in Jianhao Temple of Nanchong City was issued. Under the leadership of the minzong Bureau of Nanchong and the minzong Bureau of Nanbu County, the work was carried out. Leaders attending the opening ceremony included: Mr. Peng Chaoyong, deputy director of Nanchong civil and Religious Bureau, Mr. Wang Hongbo, researcher, Ms. Du Qiu, Secretary of discipline inspection of United Front Work Department of Southern County CPC Committee, Ms. Chen Yanni, director of Nanchong civil and Religious Bureau, Mr. Jing Xiao, deputy director of Nanchong civil and Religious Bureau, Mr. Jing qiuhao, head of national security brigade of Nanbu Public Security Bureau, etc. Attending the meeting were: Master Shi Nengyuan, vice president of Nanchong Buddhist Association, master Shi Guangyong, master Shi Jiming, master Shi ganghui, master Shi Liaokong, etc. 310 residents from Fujian, Xinjiang and Sichuan attended the meeting. The meeting received strong support from relevant departments. The meeting was successful and Longhua was brilliant.

Address: National Highway 212

Longitude: 105.854194

Latitude: 31.235557

Chinese PinYin : Jian Hao Si