Jinshan Temple

Jinshan Temple

Jinshan Temple is located on Jinshan mountain in the northwest of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province. It was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is 44 meters high, 520 meters in circumference and three kilometers away from the city center.

The layout of Jinshan Temple is based on the situation of the mountain, so that the mountain and the temple are integrated. The main buildings in the temple are Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, Guanyin Pavilion, sutra library, Abbot's room, etc. Since its establishment, Jinshan Temple has undergone many generations of repair, and there are many historic sites, including: cishou tower, Fahai cave, miaogaotai, lengjiatai (also known as Sutra tower), liuyunting (also known as "Jiangtian Pavilion"), etc.

Jinshan is a Buddhist holy land in the south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty set up a solemn land and water Taoist temple in Jinshan, where he chanted sutras and set up a fast, worshiped Buddhas and worshipped the dead. Jinshan Temple has a history of more than 1600 years up to 2016, with a total of 81 abbots. In its heyday, there were more than 3000 monks and tens of thousands of monks. In the Qing Dynasty, Putuo temple, Wenshu temple and Daming Temple were the four famous temples in China. In 1983, Jinshan Temple was designated as the national key temple in the Han nationality area.

Brief introduction of Jinshan Temple

Located in the northwest of Zhenjiang City, Jinshan Temple is a national 5A scenic spot. Built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jinshan Temple is the birthplace of the water and land Dharma Association of Chinese Buddhism, which chants sutras and establishes a fast, worships Buddhas and worships the dead.

Jinshan was originally an island in the Yangtze River. Due to the "meandering river", it was connected with the land around the end of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1903). There are many scenic spots in Jinshan, which are full of historical legends and myths. The ancients praised it as "the most famous scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River".

Jinshan is famous for its Jinshan Temple. Jinshan Temple has a history of more than 1600 years. Originally known as Zexin temple, also known as Longyou temple. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty once wrote "Jiangtian Temple" in his own handwriting, but since the Tang Dynasty, it has been known as Jinshan Temple. It is the birthplace of the water and land law society of Chinese Buddhism, which chants sutras, sets up fasting, worships Buddhas, and recommends the dead. The gate of Jinshan Temple faces to the West and is built close to the mountain. There are many temples and pavilions connected with each other. The mountain is full of splendid buildings, which make people unable to see the original appearance of the mountain. Therefore, it is said that "Jinshan Temple envelops the mountain".

Orientation of Jinshan Temple gate

Jinshan Temple is the orthodox of Zen. The Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang faces the West and the Western Paradise.

Jinshan Temple is built according to the mountain. The halls and pavilions are connected with each other. Cishou tower stands on the top of Jinshan mountain, standing out of the sky. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are many pavilions and pavilions, which closely wrap the Jinshan mountain. The mountain and the temple are integrated. The whole Jinshan mountain seems to be a magnificent temple, forming a group of ancient buildings, which are connected by citron and motong buildings and reflected by Danhui and Biying. The architectural features of Jinshan Temple are absorbed in the Buddhist Pavilion of Wanshou mountain in Beijing, the Jinshan Pavilion of "Tianyu Xianchang" in Chengde summer resort, and the XIAOJINSHAN in Yangzhou Slender West Lake.

Introduction to Jinshan Temple

Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, is one of the four famous Buddhist temples in China. Jinshan pagoda is located in Jinshan Temple in Jinshan scenic spot in the western suburb of Zhenjiang. According to the records of Jinshan Temple, the pagoda was founded more than 1400 years ago in the Qi and Liang dynasties, with a height of 30 meters. There were two pagodas in the Tang and Song Dynasties, named "Jianci pagoda" and "Jianshou pagoda" in the Song Dynasty ShoutA. According to the ancient Buddhist custom, it is common to build a temple and a tower at the same time, especially in a famous mountain temple.

During the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, the tower was destroyed by war. In the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Yin Ru, the abbot of Jinshan Temple, appealed to the Beijing court and was ordered to raise money for reconstruction. At that time, the reclusive Confucians went to the north and south, begged for alms and raised money in many ways. With the support of Liu Kunyi, governor of Liangjiang, they raised 29600 liang of silver. After more than five years of hard work in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900 A.D.), they rebuilt the cishou pagoda, which is now the cishou pagoda.

Jinshan is only 44 meters high. When I come to the front of the mountain, I feel lonely and lofty, because of the cishou pagoda on the top of Jinshan peak. The Temple Pagoda and the golden mountain are integrated into one, resulting in visual illusion. The height of the pagoda is also included in the height of the mountain. On the mountain, there are many temples, towers and towers. Looking at the mountain from a distance, it is a temple. Looking at the temple from a close, it is a mountain. It forms the holding point of "Jinshan Temple wrapping the mountain", which fully embodies the outstanding ancient architectural art. Jiangtianchan temple is also called Jinshan Temple. Initially, Jinshan Temple was built in the first half of the fourth century during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was named Zexin temple. It was destroyed seven times in history, but it has a reputation of being prosperous and famous for its eminent monks.

Historical evolution

Jinshan Temple was built during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (323-325 A.D.).

In the 78th year of Yuanfeng (1084-1085) of Song Dynasty, during the period of Abbot of Buddhist seal, Haijia went to the temple to set up the water and land law society, which was presided over by the Buddhist seal himself.

In the southern and Tang Dynasties, the name of the temple was Jinshan Temple.

During the reign of Zhenzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was named Longyou Temple because of Zhenzong's sleepwalking in Jinshan.

In Huizong of Song Dynasty (1101-1125), it was renamed Shenxiao Yuqing Longevity Palace because of its worship of Taoism.

After emperor qinzong and Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty were captured by Jinbing, they were renamed Longyou temple.

Since Yuan Dynasty, it is also called Jinshan Temple.

During Kangxi's southern tour in Qing Dynasty, he inscribed a plaque of "Jiangtian Temple" on Jinshan Temple.

In 1948, a fire broke out, burning down more than 200 rooms, such as the great hall, the Sutra library and the Abbot's room.

It was also damaged during the cultural revolution and has been repaired.

In 1983, Jinshan Temple was designated as the national key temple in the Han nationality area.

Architectural pattern

The architectural pattern of Jinshan Temple breaks the architectural tradition that most temples in China face south from the north and the temple is divided into three routes. Instead, it is based on the mountain, with the gate in the west facing the Yangtze River. All the halls and pavilions in the temple are scattered on it, mainly including the main hall, Tianwang hall, Jialan hall, zushi hall, huacang building, Zhenjiang building, Guanlan hall, Yong'an hall, Haiyue building, etc.

The temple is built close to the mountain, with Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall, sutra collection building, Buddha chanting hall, lodging place, Abbot's room and other buildings. Through the ingenious connection of corridors, eaves and stone steps, it forms a layout with buildings upstairs, pavilions outside and pavilions inside.

The seven peaks, miaogaotai and lengjiatai are connected on the mountainside; the Liuyu Pavilion and the big and small Guanyin Pavilion surround the mountaintop; the cishou tower and Jiangtian Pavilion stand on the mountaintop. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, only houses can be seen, but no mountains can be seen. Jinshan thus won the title of "temple mountain".

The gate of Jinshan Temple faces west and is built close to the mountain. The temples are lined with pavilions and connected with each other. There are many scenic spots, such as Daxiong hall, Tianwang hall, Guanyin Pavilion, miaogaotai, lengjiatai and the symbol of Jinshan - cishou tower. The "Zhou Ding, Jinshan Tu, Tonggu and Yudai" under the cishou pagoda are combined into the "four treasures", known as the treasure of Jinshan Temple.

Main buildings

Cishou pagoda

Cishou tower is about 36 meters high, with brick and wood structure, seven levels and eight sides. It stands on several buildings and is the symbol of Jinshan. The earliest cishou pagoda was built in the Qi Liang period of the Southern Dynasty. It was originally two towers, opposite to each other in the north and south, and then collapsed. During the reign of emperor zhezong of Song Dynasty (1098-1100), it was restored and rebuilt into an octagonal seven storey tower. In the third year of Longqing (1569) of the Ming Dynasty, Zen master Ming rebuilt it; today's cishou pagoda was built in the 26th year of Guangxu (1900).

Not far from the tower, there is a pavilion, which is called "Liuyun Pavilion" and "Tunhai Pavilion" because it is suitable for viewing clouds and rivers. Inside the pavilion, there is a stone tablet engraved with the four characters "Jiangtian Yizhang" in Kangxi's imperial book, so it is also called "Jiangtian Yizhang Pavilion".

Lotus House

Wang Changling's "sending Xin Jian to furonglou" (two songs) makes furonglou famous all over the world, so furonglou has become a place of interest. Today, there are two Furong buildings in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province and Hongjiang, Hunan Province. Jiangsu Zhenjiang Furong building and Hunan Hongjiang (Qiancheng) Furong building are both famous Furong buildings in the world. This group of poems was written about the first year of Tianbao (742), when Wang Changling was the Prime Minister of Jiangning (now Nanjing). Wang Changling, the great poet of Tang Dynasty, was demoted from Jiangning Cheng to Longbiao Wei in 748 A.D. Longbiao was the name of the county in Tang Dynasty. Now Qianyang, Hunan Province, is located in Qiancheng Town, Qianyang County, Hunan Province, which is not consistent with Danyang in the second part of Furong Lou Songxin Jian. Therefore, Furong Lou Songxin Jian is described as Furong Lou in Zhenjiang.

Furong building is located on the Bank of taying lake, the first spring in Jinshan. It was originally built on Yuehua mountain, one of the three mountains (rijing mountain, Yuehua mountain and Shouqiu mountain) in the ancient town of Jiangcheng. It was built by Wang Gong, the governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and still exists in the Tang Dynasty.

In recent years, in order to develop the resources of scenic spots and tourism, the historic building site was rebuilt in 1992. The overall building is composed of Furong building, Bingxin Pavilion, Juyue Pavilion and three stone towers in the lake, which are connected by zigzag outline, forming a beautiful pattern.

Furong building is an antique building with double eaves and mountain style. It is 19 meters high and has two floors. It covers an area of more than 1000 square meters. In the middle of the second floor, there are three big words "Furong building" inscribed by General Secretary Jiang Zemin, which add luster to the famous building. On both sides of Furong building, there are two antique buildings, which form horns with Furong building. In the northeast, there is "ice heart Pavilion", which is a place to show the water quality of Zhongling spring and tea art. In the southeast, there is "moon Pavilion", which is a good place to watch the three stone pagodas in the lake and the reflection of the bright moon in the water. If the weather is sunny, the bright moon is in charge, the breeze is gentle, the lake is slightly wrinkled, and the scenery is more beautiful.

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