Fazang Temple

Fazang temple is located in tuowan at the foot of Futai mountain, across the river from Wangye temple.

Fazang Temple

Fazangshuo temple, located at Ji'an Road, Luwan District, Shanghai, was founded in 1924 by master Xingci (1881-1950). In 1918, at the request of Mr. and Mrs. hatong, master Xingci went to Shanghai to give a lecture on "notes on the four teachings of Tiantai", and later stayed in Shanghai to promote Buddhism. In the spring of 1924, Wang Yiting and others sponsored the construction of fazangshuo temple, which was built in 1929.

Development history

Fazang temple, located at Ji'an Road, Luwan District, Shanghai, was founded in 1924 by master Su Xingci, the founder of Tiantai Sect in modern times (1881-1911)

1990). In 1918, at the request of Mr. and Mrs. hatong, master Xingci went to Shanghai to give a lecture on "notes on the four teachings of Tiantai", and later stayed in Shanghai to promote Buddhism. In the spring of 1924, Wang Yiting and others sponsored the construction of fazangshuo temple, which was built in 1929.

Fazangshuo temple is located at 271 Ji'an Road, Huangpu District. It is the only Buddhist Taoist center established in Shanghai in the 20th century to promote Tiantai Sect. In 1924, initiated by master Xingci, the contemporary master of Tiantai Sect, and sponsored by Wang Yiting and others, he bought more than five mu of land on Ji'an road. After more than five years, he built this new temple building, which imitated the ancient four dark five storey tower. Buddhist fan Gunong Jushi's article on the merits and virtues of the pure land Taoist center of fazangshuo Temple says: "if you want to share the solemn and wonderful fruits of Buddha, you should learn the cultivation of the cause of victory of fazangshuo. So Jialan was established, which was called fazang. " This is the origin of the name of the temple. It is also a large-scale "ten square jungle", later known as the "four great jungles of Shanghai" together with the Jade Buddha Temple, Longhua temple and Jing'an Temple. As a "speaking Temple", fazangshuo temple's Dharma hall has a very important position, which can accommodate 600 people to listen to the Dharma. At that time, the purpose of fazangshuo temple was "to teach and perform Tiantai, and to return to the pure land". Master Xingci also set four Temple rules himself: 1. To be a forest of ten sages forever; 2. The succeeding Abbot should be able to be "excellent in both morality and learning, and excellent in practice and understanding"; 3. Fazangshuo temple was divided into Jingye Hall (specializing in Buddha chanting) and Society (specializing in Tiantai Sect); 4. Except for Buddha chanting and releasing Mengshan, no other Buddhist activities were entertained . In addition to some precious cultural relics, there are also some sutras such as nanzang of Ming Dynasty, longzang of Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, pinjiada Sutra and xucangjing. The temple once organized the printing of a set of Pu Hui Da Zang Jing, which is also a great event worthy of recording in the history of Buddhism in Shanghai and the publishing history of Da Zang Jing.

On September 6, 1990, with approval, fazangshuo temple was reopened. On December 18, 1994, the temple established a restoration Committee headed by master Zhenchan. On December 23, 1999, the reconstruction project of the main building Daxiong hall was completed. The original western style structure was maintained, and the Xieshan style glazed tile roof was added, forming a Chinese and Western architectural style, with a construction area of 3197 square meters. On the columns inside the hall and the external walls around the hall, Yu Youren, Zhang Taiyan, Li Liejun, Dixian, Wang Yiting, Dai Jitao, ye gongchuo and many other stone couplets made by celebrities of the Republic of China are still well preserved. On December 3, 2007, the original protected building of fazangshuo temple was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Luwan District.

Master Xingci taught and performed in the pure land. Therefore, the purpose of his founding the temple is: zongbiao pure land, with thousands of people to repair, said the idea of Buddhism, Dharma self transformation. The temple is named "Fa Zang", according to the meaning of the forty-eight vows of becoming a Buddha in the book of wuliangshou. According to records, the temple has four halls. The main hall is tower shaped. Inside the hall, there are statues of Sakyamuni, and Ananda and JIAYE stand on both sides. On the left and right walls of the hall are Island walls, with 18 Arhats on the top, five good fortune and three ginseng on the bottom. In Maitreya Pavilion, there are statues of Buddhists with cloth bags. Bodhisattva Weituo and Bodhisattva Kalan stand on two sides. Twenty four heavens stand between the false peaks. Dharma hall is a place for preaching and promoting Dharma, which can accommodate more than 600 people. There are many classics in the library, such as nanzang in Ming Dynasty, longzang in Qing Dynasty, and pinjiazang. The temple is magnificent and the statue of Buddha is majestic.

Development status

After the completion of the temple, it will accept the rites and Confessions of the believers to help the temple. Later, due to too many Buddhist affairs, which hindered the cultivation of Qing Dynasty, master Xingci made the temple rules in 1942. He did not engage in any other Buddhist affairs except the idea Buddha. He established the temple as a system of selecting sages from ten directions. The temple was divided into two parts: Jingye Hall and Xueshe, with the idea Buddha and the study of Tiantai Sect as the main principles. After the implementation, it was cleared up for a while, and the road was clean, known as "Shanghai Lingyan". Master Xingci set up Zhanfeng society in the temple to gather people to give lectures and carry forward the Tiantai Sect. In 1943, it was renamed "the society of law and Tibetan Studies". In 1944, with the help of Yihuan and Mohan, the Institute of Dharma and Tibetan was officially established, with two classes of specialized courses and lectures. In addition to teaching Buddhism according to the Tiantai teaching concept, it also taught the outline of other schools of thought and practical learning in the world. Xia Mianzun and Ruan Bokang taught in the college respectively. About two years later, Xingci middle school was opened, with a monk education association attached to it, and the law and Tibetan college was closed. In addition, the fazang temple has also successively run the Fayun Yinjing Association (founded in 1937), the fazang Temple incarnation kiln (founded in 1930), the ciguang Tutorial school, the ciguang monastery and other Buddhist cultural education and social undertakings.

After the foundation of fazang temple, master Yuequan was appointed as the abbot in 1925. He was succeeded by master Huilian in 1928. In 1934, master Huikai was the abbot; in 1937, master Xingru was the abbot. In 1942, master Xingci revised the rules of the temple. Ru San was the abbot, and employed Yi Huan, Gen Hui, Zhi Feng, Mo Chan, Jing Pei and Wei Yun to take charge of the temple affairs, accounting, rules and Buddhism.

After 1949, there were more than 100 monks and laymen in the temple. At that time, the "fazang Temple Committee of Shanghai Buddhist Association" was established, with master Tui Wei Hang as the chairman and Da Yuan as the vice chairman. Master Dade Jingquan of Tiantai Sect was the lecturer of the temple after master Xingci passed away. In 1954, master Dayuan retired and master Huilian served as abbot. At that time, there were 53 monks and 26 employees. During the cultural revolution, temples were abandoned. Since the 1980s, the temple has been rebuilt, and now the main buildings are Daxiong's collection of "dragon collection" and other classics.

Address: No.1 Linjiang Road, futaishan, Ziliujing District, Zigong City

Longitude: 104.769936

Latitude: 29.345189

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