Pagodas of ten Buddhas

Pagodas of ten Buddhas

Located in the northeast corner of mafangsi village, wangsiying Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, the pagoda of ten Buddhas stands an octagonal nine storey brick Pagoda with dense eaves.

The pagoda faces south in the north. It is 25.18 meters high, 3.2 meters high, 24.9 meters long. It is an arched gate with a height of 1.78 meters. A stone plaque with regular script "pagoda of ten Buddhas" is engraved on the top of the gate. The center of the pagoda is conical. There is a Yanshou temple in front of the tower. Both the pagoda and the temple were built by Zen master Cuifeng of Ming Dynasty.

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The origin of history

Both the pagoda and the temple were built by Zen master Cuifeng of the Ming Dynasty. According to the epitaph on rebuilding the pagodas of the ten Buddhas in Yanshou temple, an ancient temple, "all the monks who set up a business in the mountains have no way to go back.". According to the inscription of Zen master Cuifeng in the Ming Dynasty, this tower is an ordinary one. "Putongta" in the Great Dictionary of Buddhism says: "the language of Zen. The bones of the dead monks are in one place, so YUNPU is in the same tower. It is also called the ordinary tower and the Haihui tower. " In the same book "Haihui tower", it says: "Yiyun ordinary tower. It's also the bone pagoda of monks. " Therefore, because Yanshou temple is a new temple, there is no place to place the bones of the dead monks. The pagoda of the ten Buddhas was built to place the spiritual bones of the monks. According to the epitaph of rebuilding the pagoda of ten Buddhas in Yanshou temple, an ancient temple, "the pagoda of ten Buddhas was built in Jichun, Yisi year old.

Related allusions

According to the inscription of Zen master Cuifeng in Ming Dynasty, Zen master Cuifeng was born in the fourth year of Chenghua and died in the 28th year of Jiajing. At the age of 70, he began to build Yanshou temple and built ten pagodas in the temple. When Zen master was 70, it should be the 17th year of Jiajing (1538), then, the first time to build the pagoda should be between the 17th and 28th year of Jiajing. The Yisi year in this period can only be the 24th year of Jiajing (1545). Therefore, the first time to build the pagoda should be the spring of the 24th year of Jiajing (March). The internal structure of the pagoda of ten Buddhas is recorded in the epitaph of rebuilding the pagoda of ten Buddhas in Yanshou temple, an ancient temple: "the eaves are nine, the middle is eight, the Buddha is invited to be in inner peace, the cave of Cangzhen is at the bottom to hold the immortal firmness or the claws and teeth of the alms, and those who have virtue are attached."

At the beginning of construction

It can be seen that at the beginning of its construction, the pagoda had a nine storey eaves, which was hollow and straight to the eighth level. Inside the pagoda, there was a statue of inviting Buddha. Under the pagoda, there was a hole to hold the spiritual bones, claws, hair and teeth of the dead monks. The description of the inscription is basically consistent with the scene we see today. Only the statue of Buddha has disappeared.

More than ten years after the pagoda was built, Xue Ming, the eunuch of Shangyi, and others found a leak in the pagoda due to the sudden rain damage. They were worried that it would affect the firmness of the pagoda in the future, so they came up with the idea of rebuilding the pagoda. At the request of Yuanyue, the second generation of the abbot of Yanshou temple, Xue Ming and the internal and external officials contributed to build the pagoda. The project was completed in autumn (September) of Jiajing Bingchen (35th year of Jiajing, 1556). During the Republic of China, the tower was rebuilt. In 1959, some bricks were removed from the gate of the pagoda, but the others were good. Behind the pagoda, there are four monk pagodas with brick bases and carved flowers. In front of one of the pagodas, there is a stele of tortoise with a head of tortoise. The four little monk pagodas no longer exist. In March 1989, the people's Government of Chaoyang District allocated 100000 yuan for reconstruction.

Cultural relics protection

On May 24, 1984, it was announced as the fourth batch of cultural relics protection units in Beijing. On October 20, 2000, a tablet of Beijing cultural relics protection unit was set up in front of the pagoda. In front of the pagoda, there was Yanshou temple, so it is commonly known as Yanshou Temple Pagoda. Both the temple and the pagoda were built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The temple was burned by the Allied forces of the eight countries in the late Qing Dynasty. Tower South, about 30 meters high, octagonal nine eaves brick tower. The tower is about 2 meters high, with an arched door opening and the inscription "pagoda of Buddhas in ten directions" on the top. The center of the tower is conical, straight to the eighth stage, and the diameter of the lower part is about 1 meter. This tower has the characteristics of Ming Dynasty and is very precious.

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Yanshou Temple

In the 17th year of Jiajing, Zen master Cuifeng built Yanshou temple in the east of Jixiang temple. He built a performance church, a meditation room, a nursing home and a common tower. The ancient temple began to take shape. When Zen master Cuifeng presided over Yanshou temple, there were many benefactors and monks from all over the place. However, Zen master didn't collect alms, surplus grain and temple building. He bought clothes and grain for the benefactors and monks. After someone advised him to accumulate surplus, Zen master said, "why should I collect money to steal?" Everyone was amazed. As a result, Yanshou temple is more and more damaged. In the 35th year of Jiajing reign, Xue Ming, the eunuch of Shangyi, did not repair the other buildings of the temple when he rebuilt the pagodas of the ten Buddhas. In the 37th year of Jiajing period, the tile and foil in the hall, kitchen and monk's room of Yanshou Temple fell off and the rafters and purlins were damaged.

Li Gong, the eunuch of Si Li (No. Zhongxuan). After hearing this, he invested in Jiugong aggregate, built the hall, kitchen, monk's room and other places, and built the surrounding walls. The whole temple is resplendent and new. The project was completed on July 1st of the fifth day of Jiajing (1558), and on October 1st of this year. During the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Dowager CI Sheng (I heard that Yanshou temple had been destroyed for a long time, so she was willing to give away 1500 liang of silver. The family members of the palace successively gave away 1000 liang of silver, and ordered Wang Xi, a near servant, to preside over the renovation. From the third day of April in the fifth year of Longqing (1571) to the first year of Wanli (1573) On the 10th of August, "a mountain gate, a heavenly king hall, two bell and drum towers, five Sutra collection halls, five newly printed sutras collection halls, five water and land collection halls, three newly built water and land collection Abbot rooms, ten Zen rooms, and three monk reception rooms are built inside. There are all kinds of utensils, the Zhifang palace, the GUIDIAN palace, and the Baoge Qiongtai palace."

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Empress Dowager ordered his wife to pass on the benefactor and his family members to rebuild the dizang Pavilion, the left and right side halls and the surrounding mountain houses. The project started in the spring of Yiyou (the 13th year of Wanli, 1585) and was completed in the autumn of bingxu (the 14th year of Wanli, 1586) next year. At Wuyin (the sixth year of Wanli, 1578) in the Ming Dynasty, yinkong Chan Master (the second generation of the abbot of Yanshou temple, the full moon) disappeared. There was no master in the temple. Yinkong's disciples, who were on the boat, accepted the request of the benefactor with great emotion. In Guiwei (the eleventh year of Wanli, the whole moon) died, In 1583, he left Funiu Mountain and came to Yanshou temple. At that time, the people who were good at cultivating came to Yanshou temple. The rich donated them to win, the people who were good at painting and the people who were good at thinking. Within three or four years, the dizang Pavilion and the left and right side hall, the hall of Jialan, the patriarch of Daxiong heavenly king, and the bell and drum tower were well built. The doors, the walls, the houses of zhaipao, and the houses of Qirong were covered with gold and green. The renovation was completed in mid autumn (August) of the 14th year of Wanli (1586). The temple was burned and destroyed in 1900 when the eight powers invaded Beijing.

Stele of Zen master Cuifeng

In the north by west of the pagoda of the ten Buddhas, there is a stone tablet. The seal script on the forehead of the tablet is: "the inscription of Zen master Cuifeng of Ming Dynasty". The height of the tablet is about 180 cm, and the height of the seat is 60 cm. It is made of green stone. The monument is of great value to the study of the life of Zen master Cuifeng. Zen master, surnamed Wu, has the legal name of Deshan and Cuifeng. Shaanxi people. He was young and simple. He admired Zen for a long time. At the age of 30, he abandoned his worldly fate and became a monk. He was a monk of nanniushou temple. Keep the five commandments, vow four vows, accumulate the sun and grind the moon. Soon after the Duke of the sea was westernized, the master said, "the sea of Buddhism is boundless, and the other side of the sea has not been boarded. Can you have a sudden change?" because you have visited famous temples all over the world and visited eminent monks, you can see that the reason is due to the ancient peak, and you have received the message from the moon and the sky. The purpose of Zen Buddhism is quite epiphany. He went to Funiu Mountain in Henan Province and worked hard. He ate wheat bran and vegetable root every day. He was a law forbidding body. The more six years he lived, the more successful he was. The teacher said, "Buddha, you feel it. It's not compassion to be aware of yourself but not others. " At that time, there were thousands of people who followed the scene when they heard about the religion. Although the wise people also went to kowtow the mystery of the temple and accepted its theory. The first thing is that the law is prosperous, and the devil is full of exaggeration. It is said that the sky is powerful. All of them are in danger. We advise them to stay away for a while. The master sat firmly in the futon and was not afraid. He was not afraid of any disaster. Even if he hit for several months, he died. He stopped talking and went back to Funiu Mountain to build a large-scale altar, and widely practiced Dharma teaching. The more people who were educated, the more people who understood.

The monks said

When the teacher was 70 years old, once the monks said, "go back, go back, I'm from the north.". It's my wish to naturalize Shouqiu. " Then they returned to Beijing and built temples in more than seven hectares of Xianghuo land to prolong their lives. Besides, there is a hall for performing and teaching, a room for meditation, a fast for the aged, and a tower for ordinary people. Although the site of shijixiang and Funiu old temples is different, it is also strictly regulated. There are a lot of teachers, especially the full moon. I can see that he is the abbot of the elder. Li Xin, the Prime Minister of Inner Mongolia, led the construction of the temple. However, the temple was just finished. On November 12, the fourth year of Chenghua, the teachers and students were bathed and naturalized on February 11, the 28th year of Jiajing, and they lived 80 years. Bu was buried more than a few feet behind the ordinary tower. The Marquis of the royal family, the king of the royal family, was also a member of the Xia people. He was once a teacher. He gave things to the people of the Xia Dynasty, and was suitable for official travel. When they met, they said: Confucianism and Buddhism are also heretics, but Buddhism is not what Confucianism said. However, Confucianism and Taoism are as vast as heaven, and Buddhism has one of them. Where the reason lies, Confucianism should not be silent. Try to see Shi Shi. The most important part of the Dharma is that it is based on mindlessness

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