Shifengyan Temple

Shifengyan Temple

Shifengyan Temple

Located at the east foot of caijianwei, Zhongshan village, Haicang District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, it is the first of the nine peaks of Zhongshan, facing Ludao across the sea. Because of its mountain built between the rocky peaks, it is called "shifengyan Temple". According to local records, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were Gude Wuyu and Yuanquan, who built the Vatican Palace here.

Introduction to the temple

Xiamen shifengyan temple is located in Zhongshan Mountain, Haicang District. It was founded in the late Ming Dynasty. It is a place with many mountains, many peaks, dense trees, clear spring, Qingzhang "Buddha", Longtan lotus fragrance, Qinshui Pavilion, Yingshui cave, Yinsheng, Yuexiu, Xinshi and so on. "Yinsheng" is a natural cave built in a hollow boulder. The rock boundary is straight and straight. It is engraved with two big characters of "Yinsheng". On both sides of the cave, it is inscribed with the couplet "yinmiao Huiguang shines on the Dharma world, Shengying enlightens all living beings". On the cliff, there is Cai Zhong from xuezhai of Qing Dynasty, who said, "there is no axe on the cliff; in the natural cave, there are moon and cloud." Poetry carving. The entrance of the cave was spacious, and later generations built walls to block it. They opened the door and left windows. The sun and moon were pictorial, so the stone hut with peculiar shape was formed. The rock temple is built on a high platform, surrounded by railings. The mountain gate is wide open, and a platform is built under the platform. On both sides of the platform, there are squatters and monks' houses, which are scattered high and low. Due to disrepair, Xiao Temple withered and its buildings were in danger, which needed to be restored.

The Buddha Hall is decorated with beams and carved columns. There are three Buddhas on the hall. In the middle is Sakyamuni Buddha in the Suva world, in the East is pharmacist Buddha in the Oriental pure glass world, and in the west is Amitabha Buddha in the Western Paradise. Three tall gold-plated Buddha statues carved in wood are exquisite and lifelike. On both sides of the temple, there are eighteen Arhats. There is a great deal of incense and many believers here. Overseas monks often build monasteries, and build a retreat on the hillside for Chinese and foreign eminent monks to visit.

Qinxin Pavilion:

On the right side of shifengyan temple, there is a Qinxin Pavilion, which is built on the cliff. It is said that Zheng Chenggong was trapped by the Qing soldiers and was unhappy. When you climb Zhongshan Mountain and stop here, you can't help but be inspired when you look at the surrounding peaks, the towering rocks, and the constant wind and rain. Finally, he defeated Qing General Chen Jin in Hongtang village of Dongfu and smashed the Qing army's encirclement and suppression. Later generations built a small pavilion here, named "Qinxin Pavilion".

Yingshui cave

There is also a dark cave near Yinsheng cave, which is called "Yingshui cave". The hole is small and most of it is not in the water. It is said that the moonlight shines brightly in the night, and the sound of frogs in the cave is like a tide. When it comes out of the cave, it's amazing that frogs can't be heard. Some curious people dive into the cave during the day and find that there is something strange in the cave. The four walls of the cave are full of water and light, and the cave is extremely bright. Originally, it was formed when the water and light outside the cave were reflected into the cave.

Hidden saints in ancient caves:

Behind the Qinxin Pavilion, there is a huge stone leaning on top of another. Below it, a natural cave is formed, with a width of 56 square meters. It is said that a long time ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva incarnated as an old man and played with the mountain god in the cave. At the foot of the mountain, a poor scholar came into the mountain to cut firewood. He happened to meet the two old men in the cave. He inserted the shoulder pole into the stone crack outside the cave, and then watched silently. Before he realized it was too late, the scholar came out of the hole to take the pole, which was already rotten. The scholar was surprised and had to pick up some firewood to go home. Unexpectedly, I couldn't find my home in the village. When I ask, I know that my father, brother and sister have already passed away. It turns out that one day in the fairyland, one hundred years has passed. The scholar had to look back for the immortal in the cave. However, the immortal had already left, leaving only a handful of rice at a crack in the cave. When the scholar cooked it and ate it, a handful of rice leaked out of the next crack in the stone. Relying on the rice, the scholar waited for the immortal in the cave. When his hair and beard turned white, he failed. Before he died, he shed his last tear and finally became an immortal and left with the wind. And that tear just good drop on the back of an old cow lying on the ground eating grass, the old cow long call, it became a big stone. This fast stone is still lying on the side of the mountain road under shifengyan temple.

It is said that after the scholar became an immortal, rice still leaked out of the cave for the monks in the temple to enjoy. There are as many monks in the temple as there are meters. Later, a greedy monk wanted to make more rice leak, so he chiseled the stone gap wider. But with this excavation, there will be no more rice in the cave. Later, people called this cave "Yin Sheng" cave, and carved the word "Yin Sheng" on the stone above the cave. Today, we can also see a wall of praise left on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave by the ancients: "at the cliff of the four walls, there is no driven axe. In the natural ancient cave, the moon is full of clouds."

Address: east foot of caijianwei, Zhongshan village, Haicang District, Xiamen City

Longitude: 118.012358

Latitude: 24.507617

Ticket information: free.

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