China Buddhist Library

China Buddhist Library

China Buddhist Library is a museum of religious relics. Located in Fayuan temple, Xicheng District, Beijing. It was founded in 1980. Fayuan temple is a temple with a long history of 1300 years. Fayuan temple is located in the front street of Fayuan temple in Xuanwu District. It is one of the oldest temples in Beijing. It was first built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty. It was built by Li Shimin to mourn the soldiers who died in the eastern expedition. It was called Minzhong temple at that time. It was later revived and abolished several times. It was renamed Fayuan temple after reconstruction in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. In 1865, the Chinese Buddhist Academy was established here. In 1973, the temple was fully restored and listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

origin

China Buddhist Association

A joint organization of Buddhists of all nationalities in China. Founded in Beijing in 1953. The purpose of the association is: to assist the people's Government in implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief; to unite Buddhists of all ethnic groups in the country to carry forward the fine traditions of Buddhism, and to actively participate in the socialist modernization drive and the cause of promoting the reunification of the motherland and safeguarding world peace. According to the constitution of the association, its tasks are as follows: 1) to unite and advocate the broad masses of Buddhists to participate in all kinds of work for the people, and "to be solemn and happy"; 2) to safeguard the right of believers to freedom of belief, to promote them to study religious policies and other relevant policies and decrees, and to be patriotic and law-abiding; and to support them to manage religious places and carry out normal religious activities Thirdly, we should actively carry out Buddhist Education and academic research, publish Buddhist books and periodicals, and assist the government in protecting Buddhist cultural relics and historic sites; fourthly, we should develop friendly ties with Buddhist believers from all over the world and enhance Buddhist cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

According to the above tasks, a large number of monasteries have been renovated in recent years, including Yonghe temple and Fayuan temple in Beijing, Yufo temple and Longhua Temple in Shanghai, Lingyan temple in Suzhou and Qixia Temple in Nanjing, Lingyin Temple and Tiantai Guoqing temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Nanhua temple in Guangdong, Gushan Yongquan Temple in Fujian, and many monasteries in Tibet, which have been opened successively for Buddhist worship in Guangzhou Teaching activities. In terms of Buddhist Education and academic research, China Buddhist College has been restored, and lingyanshan branch and Qixiashan branch have been set up; Shanghai, Fujian, Sichuan, Gansu, Tibet and other places have also set up their own Buddhist colleges. The Jinling Scripture carving office was restored, and the Chinese Buddhist Library and cultural relics museum was established to excavate, rubbings, collate, study and print Fangshan stone scriptures. The activities of Buddhist cultural exchange between China and foreign countries are increasing day by day. They have participated in the world religious peace conference and the Asian Religious peace conference for many times. They have frequent friendly exchanges with other countries, especially Japanese Buddhists. In 1980 and 1984, they held a ceremony in Xi'an with Japanese Buddhist circles to commemorate the 1300 anniversary of the death of Shinto guru and the inauguration ceremony of Huiguo and Konghai Memorial Hall.

Chen hongmang Ju Shi (1909-1982)

Chen magnanimity, a native of Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, was born in 1909. His father's name returned to his early days. He believed in Buddhism. He studied in an orderly way since he was a child. He was diligent and good at poetry. Influenced by the family's belief in Buddhism since childhood, he has been influenced by Buddhism since childhood, and read Buddhist scriptures with his parents. In the year of the weak crown, he entered the society for the first time and worked as an accountant in local businesses. In May 1931, master Hongyi was stationed in Wulei temple, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province. He went to visit in large numbers and converted to the throne of master.

In 1938, at the invitation of Chen Wuwo, a 30-year-old resident in Shanghai, he went to Shanghai to help Chen Wuwo set up the dafalun publishing house, thus leaving his hometown in Tiantai county to go to Shanghai. He helped Chen Wuwo to set up the dafalun publishing house and published the semi monthly journal of jueyouqing. All the business, accounting, cashier, proofreading and even sending to the post office of dafalun publishing house are undertaken by magnanimous. They work hard day and night. But for the start-up of the book company, the salary is not enough to support the family, so the family still stay in Zili, he works alone in Shanghai.

In 1941, Chen's father, Chen Fuchu, died and returned to Shanghai. In December of that year, he asked master Hongyi to write biography of Chen Fuchu for his father, and for his young brother (a brief introduction of Li Jun's birth to the West). In the spring of 1946, a number of young Buddhist residents in Shanghai proposed the establishment of a young Buddhist Association with the same aspirations and participated in the launching work. On the day of the establishment of the Preparatory Committee, Fang Zifan was elected chairman of the Preparatory Committee, and Zheng Songying and Zhang Xiaoxing were vice chairman of the Preparatory Committee. Chen magnanimous, Zhao Puchu, Luo Yongzheng, Cai Huiming and others are the preparatory committee members. He borrowed land to work in Jue yuan of Shanghai Buddhist Jingye society, and actively promoted the preparatory work. On August 25 of that year, the Youth Association held its inaugural meeting. Many great virtuous people came to celebrate, and Master Taixu also came to guide.

The youth association was established and elected Fang Zifan as its chairman, Yu Boxian, Zheng Songying and ye Zhuqing as its vice presidents, and Chen magnanimous, Zhao Puchu, Cai Huiming and Luo Yongzheng as its directors. At the same time, the journal "Juexin" was published. In the winter of 1947, the Buddhist Youth Association did not have enough sites to use. Fang Zifan proposed to find another house. On the new year's day of 1948, the Buddhist Youth Association moved to Linsen middle road. In 1949, it moved to the new site of wusheng road. After that, the young people's Association (YMCA) raised funds and invited a large number of people to set up Daxiong publishing house. Although it was the beginning of the initial establishment, it had a large scale and business development.

In 1955, Chen magnanimous, Zheng Songying and Li Xingxiao attended the second congress of China Buddhist Association in Beijing as representatives of Shanghai Buddhist Association. It was just at the time of the "anti rebellion" movement that someone accused the Shanghai Buddhist Association of being a "counter revolutionary group". They returned to Shanghai after a meeting in Beijing and were arrested by the public security organ before leaving the station. They were tried by the Shanghai Intermediate People's court. As a result of the trial, a large number of people were sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment, while others were also sentenced for different years and were escorted to Qinghai to serve their sentences. It was not until 1980 that he was released on parole and returned to Shanghai.

In 1981, he was elected the fourth director of Shanghai Buddhist Association. Zhao Puchu introduced him to work in the China Buddhist Library and cultural relic Museum in Beijing for only a few months. He came back to Shanghai for recuperation due to illness. He was also ill at the request of the overseas Chinese living in the United States and the residents of JinYuTang.

In 1982, he died of illness in Shanghai. On his deathbed, he prayed to Buddha in peace. Now Zhu Ruixiang was 74 years old. A large number of two sons and one daughter, no dirt, no worry, no flaw, are devout Buddhists.

Chen magnanimous Jushi took Vajra Sutra, Huayan Sutra, Puxian xingyuanpin and jingxingpin as his regular courses. He was able to recite them like a stream and kept on reciting them all his life. His broad mind and ability to endure painstaking practice are all due to this. His main works include "to learn Buddhism at home", "to build a Buddhist family", "to be able to make a promise", "to know yourself and the other", "to dispel doubts and show the truth", "the truth of Sakyamuni Buddha" and "the girl who learns Buddhism". These works sell well at home and abroad, and have been reprinted and circulated in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nanyang.

Historical evolution

Founded in May 1980 and registered with Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics in April 1986, China Buddhist Library and cultural relics museum is a special museum for collecting, displaying and studying Buddhist cultural relics and books under the China Buddhist Association. The museum is located in Fayuan temple, the oldest existing ancient temple in Beijing. Fayuan temple was built in the early Tang Dynasty, formerly known as Minzhong temple. During the reign of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, it was named "Fayuan Temple" because it taught precepts here. In 1965, China Buddhist College was established here to cultivate Buddhist monks. At the beginning of the ten-year turmoil, the whole temple was seriously damaged, and many precious Buddhist relics disappeared. In 1979, under the leadership of the Chinese Buddhist Association, the whole temple was comprehensively reorganized and restored. In 1980, on this basis, China Buddhist Library and cultural relics museum was established. Its purpose is to collect, sort out and collect Buddhist classics and related books and materials, carry out Buddhist academic research and international cultural exchanges, collect, restore and preserve Buddhist cultural relics of past dynasties, and select some treasures for exhibition and open to the outside world.

architectural composition

Fayuan temple, facing south, has six courtyards: Tianwang hall, with four heavenly kings on both sides; Daxiong hall, with a plaque of "Fahai Zhenyuan" written by Emperor Qianlong, with Sakyamuni Buddha, Manjusri and Puxian on both sides; Guanyin Pavilion, also known as Minzhong Temple Pavilion, with 18 Arhats on both sides; Jingye hall, with Ming Dynasty bronze "five directions" The Dabei altar is the fifth courtyard, which is now called the "exhibition room of Buddhist scriptures of the past dynasties", displaying the sutras written by the Tang people and the sutras collected in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the texts of Xixia and Hui The Buddhist scriptures in Chinese, Dai, Tibetan, Mongolian and other ethnic languages are magnificent. The last entrance to the courtyard is the Tibetan Scripture building, which is now the "exhibition room of Buddha statues of past dynasties". There are dozens of exquisite Buddha statues from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, each with its own charm. Among them, the wooden Buddha statue of Ming Dynasty, about 10 meters long, is the largest reclining Buddha statue in Beijing.

Collection

There are 2100 cultural relics in the museum, including 34 first-class cultural relics. At the back of the hall, there is a "exhibition room of Buddhist Scripture versions of past dynasties" in the Dabei altar. The exhibition includes the Scriptures written by the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the song edition of kaibaocang, sixicang, qishacang, the gold edition of zhaochengcang, the yuan edition of puningcang, the Ming edition of Nancang, BeiCang, Jiaxing Cang, and the only surviving editions of Wulin Cang and the Qing edition of Longcang. In addition, there are also Sanskrit Beiye scriptures and scriptures in Xixia, Uighur, Dai, Tibetan, Mongolian and other minority languages. On the attic of Tibetan scriptures, the collection of Ming Dynasty's northern collection, Jiaxing collection, and

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