Qinglong Temple

Qinglong Temple

Qinglong temple, one of the eight sects of Buddhism, is the ancestral court of Tantric Buddhism, and the ancestral court of Zhenyan Buddhism in Tang Dynasty. In 1996, the Qinglong Temple site was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Qinglong temple is located in leyouyuan, Southeast of Xi'an city. In Tang Dynasty, it was xinchangfang in Yanxing gate of Chang'an. The temple was built in 582, the second year of kaihuang reign of Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, formerly known as "inspiration Temple". In the second year of longshuo of Tang Dynasty (662), it was rebuilt as Guanyin temple. In 711, it was renamed Qinglong temple.

Qinglong temple, which became the Royal protectorate Temple of the Tang Dynasty, is the Mizong Temple of Chinese Buddhism.

Historical evolution

Qinglong temple is located on leyouyuan in the north of tielumiao village in the southeast of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It is 1.5 km northeast from the Dayan Pagoda.

The temple, formerly known as inspiration temple, was abandoned in 621, the fourth year of Wude in Tang Dynasty. It is said that in the second year of longshuo (662), Princess Chengyang fell ill. The Suzhou monk recited the Guanyin Sutra and prayed for the Buddha's blessing. The princess asked for the restoration of the temple. In 711, it was renamed Qinglong temple. In 845, when Buddhism was forbidden, the temple was abandoned. The next year, it was changed into the national defense temple. In the ninth year of Dazhong (855), eight monasteries were added to the left and right streets of Chang'an, and the original name of the temple was restored. After the first year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1086), the temples were destroyed, the ground buildings disappeared, and the temple sites were buried underground. Qinglong temple is the place where Huiguo, the master of Tantric School of Tang Dynasty, lived in Wuxi for a long time. Master shihuiguo, a famous monk studying abroad in Japan, became the founder of Shinto Shinto in Japan. Six of the eight famous families (Konghai, Yuanxing, Yuanren, Huiyun, Yuanzhen, Zongrui) were all ordained in Qinglong temple.

Cultural relics protection

In 1996, the Qinglong Temple site was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Qinglong temple is located in Yueyou yuan with high terrain and elegant scenery, which flourished in the middle of Tang Dynasty. At that time, many foreign monks studied here, especially Japanese monks, six of the famous "eight masters entering the Tang Dynasty": Konghai, Yuanxing, Yuanren, Huiyuan, Yuanzhen and Zongrui in Japan. In particular, Konghai (No. master of Buddhism) paid homage to master Huiguo of Tantric school and learned the true meaning of Tantric school. Later, he returned to Japan to establish shinyan sect and became the founder of "dongmi". Therefore, Qinglong temple is the holy temple in the eyes of the Japanese and the ancestral court of shinyan sect of Japanese Buddhism.

Qinglong temple was destroyed in the first year of Yuanyou (1086 A.D.) in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was gradually unknown. Since 1963, after years of archaeological investigation and excavation, a new Qinglong temple has been built on the site. The temple is divided into two parts: the East and the West. There are a large-scale Tang style building donated by Japan - "Huiguo and Konghai Memorial Hall", and the cultural relics exhibition room of Qinglong temple. It is a tourist attraction for many Japanese tourists.

Archaeological protection

Konghai, the founder of shinyan sect in Japan, came to China to learn from Huiguo in this temple. Qinglong temple is well-known overseas because of the fact that the monks in Heling state (today's Java island, Indonesia) have been discriminating against Hong, and the monks Huiri and Wuzhen of Silla have also learned the Esoteric Buddhism from Huiguo. In 1973, Chinese archaeologists excavated the Qinglong Temple site. According to the excavation report, there are two sites, one is the tower site, the other is the Palace site. In the center of the tower, there is a square Kang, which is the underground part of the tower.

This tower may be a square wooden tower popular in Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Palace site is more than 50 meters to the east of the tower site. There are five rows of East and West, six rows of North and south, and two piers are missing in the middle. The rammed earth pier forms a network of columns, which seems to be five in width and four in depth. The center minus two columns may be a special setting of the tantric Buddhist hall. A slope like slow track is found on the East and west sides of the platform base. There are footpaths in the north and middle of the platform base, and exposed footpaths in the south of the platform base. Unearthed relics include silver and gilded small copper Buddha, Tang Dynasty building materials, etc.

Experience

In 1982, Xi'an city and Japan's four counties of Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi and Ehime agreed to build the air sea monument at the Qinglong Temple site.

In 1984, Mr. Yang Hongxun, an architectural archaeologist, was invited to study the restoration of the four halls on the basis of the excavation data of Qinglong Temple site in 1973. Because site 4 is the superposition of two cultural layers, Mr. Yang restored the upper and lower layers respectively. The upper picture on the right shows the restoration plan of the lower layer (early buildings). The final construction plan is to build the Huiguo empty sea Memorial Hall. The restoration of the superstructure is shown in the lower right. Huiguo Memorial Hall and Konghai memorial hall are commemorative buildings jointly built by the Masako Yamamoto Association, the Sino Japanese Friendship Masako Association and Xi'an city. The memorial hall is located six meters north of the archaeological site of hall 4. The plane layout adopts the remains of the early old hall, which is Dafang hall with five rooms wide and five rooms deep. After the restoration, the square hall is large and majestic, with the architectural style of Tang Dynasty. It is the first restored building in Xi'an.

In 1986, Qinglong Temple introduced more than 1000 cherry trees from Japan and planted them in the temple. In March and April every year, cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the garden is full of spring color. Qinglong Temple existed as a cultural heritage before 1997. November 17, 1997 (Buddha's birthday). The people's Government of Xi'an transferred Qinglong temple to Buddhist administration, and since then religious activities have resumed. Up to now, Qinglong temple has attracted many Chinese and foreign tourists with its legendary historical role and beautiful quiet scenery.

Heritage Park

From the excavation of Qinglong Temple site in 1973 to the completion of the first phase of Leyou original Ruins Park in 2012, Leyou original Qinglong temple has become a historical and cultural scenic spot integrating ruins, temples, parks, museums and tea houses.

The main areas are as follows:

Qinglong Temple site reserve of Sui and Tang Dynasties in Southwest China

Qinglong temple area and Qinglong Temple site protection center in the South

Huiguotang business hotel in the Southeast

Leyouyuan historical and cultural experience area in the North

In the middle of the ancient building, Qinglong Temple Museum, etc

cultural meaning

Every year in March, is the ancient city of Xi'an spring blooming day. When it comes to appreciating cherry blossoms in Xi'an, we have to mention Qinglong temple. It has the most complete variety of cherry blossoms, the longest history of Cherry Blossom cultivation, the most precious Cherry Blossom culture and the most beautiful cherry blossom scenery.

Qinglong temple in Xi'an city is located on leyouyuan in the southeast of the city. In 1986, when Qinglong temple was building a memorial to the Japanese monk Konghai, cherry trees, a symbol of friendship and peace, were planted in the temple. Every March, cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the temple, and the spring is full and colorful, which attracts many domestic and foreign tourists to watch and feel the breath of spring.

tourist attraction

According to the staff of Qinglong temple, more than 600 cherry blossoms in the temple are usually divided into three periods in a month's blooming season. The fresh and elegant "ranjingyoshino" and the elegant "Yangguifei" are familiar Cherry Blossom varieties everywhere. Visitors can have a good time to enjoy them.

Current Abbot

Master kuanxu, commonly known as Zhang Xuhui, was born in a Buddhist family in Tianshui, Gansu Province in 1970. He was influenced by his family since childhood and loved Buddhism. At the age of 9, he returned to his native village as an old monk. In 1985, he became a monk in Chang'an Xingjiao temple. In September of the same year, he received a full commandment in Xingshan temple.

In 1988, he was admitted to Putuo Mountain Buddhist College for further study. During this period, he was close to the old monk Miaoshan of Putuo Mountain, and served as the Deputy Supervisor of Puji temple. After graduating from the Buddhist College in 1993, he returned to Xingjiao temple as the supervisor, assisting the old monk Chang Ming in the construction of Xingjiao temple. During this period, he renovated the main hall, Langfang, reclining Buddha Hall and other buildings of Xingjiao temple. He visited the Buddhist circles in Taiwan in 1996. In 1997, the abbot of Qinglong temple in Xi'an was invited by Xi'an Buddhist Association. Since then, the Qinglong temple in the Tang Dynasty has resumed the religious activities of morning bell and evening drum. During the period of the Abbot's Qinglong temple, he called for the restoration of Qinglong temple, received and visited Japanese Buddhist groups for many times, actively promoted the friendly exchange activities between the Buddhist circles of China and Japan, and held many prayer world peace law meetings in Qinglong temple .

In 2001, he served as the supervisor of Guifeng temple in Guifeng mountain and was elected as the president of Zhongnanshan Buddhist Association in Chang'an. In 2002, he organized young Buddhists to build "Zhongnanshan Buddhism network", and held the first Zhongnanshan Buddhist summer camp.

Buddhist activities

During his tenure as the president of Zhongnanshan Buddhist Association, master Kuan Xu actively contacted the Cihui Buddhist foundation of Hong Kong to donate money to set up charities and scholarships for colleges and universities in Yulin, Shaanxi and Xi'an. Xi'an Institute of foreign affairs alone won a student loan of 1 million yuan per year from the Cihui Buddhist Foundation for five consecutive years. Master Kuan Xu has also been responsible for the distribution of Taoist food for the monks living in Zhongnan mountain for a long time. Over the years, he has insisted on the distribution of Taoist food on time, providing a guarantee for the protection of the monks living in Zhongnan mountain. In 2005, he was elected by the second Zhongnanshan Congress to continue to serve as the president of Zhongnanshan Buddhist Association.

Master Kuan Xu is currently a member of the ninth Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, director of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Secretary General of the Shaanxi Buddhist Association, vice president of the Xi'an Buddhist Association, President of the Zhongnanshan Buddhist Association of Chang'an District, and Abbot of Qinglong temple.

Every year when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, many tourists will stop here.

In 1986, Qinglong temple in Xi'an was introduced from Japan

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